Happy 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad

We love you both so much and hope you are having a fantastic trip and a wonderful Anniversary!  Thank you for being such a great example of love for us growing up!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We hope you are all wearing your green!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from our 2 guys!

Handsome Caden!

Caden and Cameron in their green!

Fun at the Movies and the Park

Caden was on Spring Break this week and had fun spending his time off with me at work!  However, on Thursday I was off and Caden and I decided to go to the movies!

Here he is chowing down on some popcorn, that oh by the way, he said he didn't want when we were at the concession counter!  I think he changed his mind!  

We saw The Lorax and loved it!  Caden was especially interested in the fact that trees help everyone breathe and give the animals a home!  It was really a great story!  Here he is posing in his 3D glasses!

After the movies, we headed to McDonald's to get lunch and to bring back to the park.  Here he is sliding!  I remember like it was yesterday taking him to this park when he was barely walking!  Time flies!

Me with my Cade Man 

He has loved watching ducks ever since he was a little guy!  Here he is watching them eat.

Posing in front of a sign!  I love all the funny faces he makes!

Caden's Injury

Caden had a bad Wednesday!  After work I pulled up to our mailbox and noticed a package on our doorstep.  I told Caden to get out and grab the package and in the meantime I would circle the culdesac and pick him back up.  (I've done this a million times.) 

I drove back by to pick him up and he was sitting on our walkway screaming his head off.  He had ran down the walkway and tripped skinning up both his knees pretty bad.  I felt so sorry for him!

I helped him to the car and my precious Cade Man was so worried about getting blood on my seats that I had to assure him that it didn't matter just to get him to get inside the car! 

Dr. Daddy took the band aids off when he got home and put some gauze on it so it could breathe.  He is more a fan of Dr. Daddy than he is Dr. Mommy!  He would only let Daddy take the bandages off and clean him up!

He is much better now and hopefully will not run in flip flops down the walkway anymore!  Yeah Right!

Wordless Wednesday

Caden on Spring Break

Caden was with me at my office during Spring Break which means we got to have fun and go out to eat lunch together!  

Here he is in the backseat of Glenn's car on our way to lunch.  Funny story about the car!  Glenn has a 4 door Panamera Porsche and a Red Porsche Turbo.

When we got home from work this day, Caden told Daddy that he rode in Mr. Glenn's car.  Tim asked him if it was the red one.  Caden answered, 'No Daddy it was just the regular gray one.'  So funny! 

At the restaurant Caden was playing with my phone and he snapped these 2 pictures of Glenn while at the table!

Worn out from a hard day at 'work'!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Mom!   I love you so very much and am so happy that you are not only my Mom but my best friend!  I love how when I'm calling you or vice versa, that we are in the process of calling each other at the same time!  I love how I go 'dumb' (inside joke) when you and I are around each other!  LOL  

I think, no I know, that Memaw is so proud of you for picking up right where she left off, and being the best GiGi in the whole world for the boys!  They adore you and I know you do them as well.  

Thank you for being that constant in our lives that always believed in us and helped us believe in ourselves.

You do not look the age you have turned today!  You look soooo much younger! I'm proud to hear people tell me that I look just like you!  What a huge compliment!

I love how you are always 'made up'...and how when we Skype you are always making sure your hair is 'just so'!  No idea where you got that from either!  (MEMAW!)

And Kari and I promise that when you die, we will make sure you have eye make up on, mostly because you said you'd come back to haunt us if we didn't!  LOL

 Happy Birthday Gorgeous!  We love you much and hope you have a fabulous day!  Love your guts! :)

Time Again for Caden Sayings:

It has been a while since I have listed some funny things that Caden has been saying.  He is quite the comedian lately:

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Caden:  Mommy, do you want one of my muffins?
Me:  No thank you.
Caden:  Fine, shoot yourself!
Me:  Caden, I think it is SUIT yourself.
Caden:  Whatever.
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Caden:  Mommy when we get back in the car after picking up Cameron, can we have the music Stupid Loud?
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Caden:  Hey Mommy, can you hit that car in front of us like Chick Hicks hits Lightening McQueen?
Me:  No Caden!
Caden:  It's okay Mommy, you can do it, it's just a movie!
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Me:  (I said something funny...)
Caden:  Mommy you crap me up!
Me:  Caden, I think the word you are looking for his CRACK, not CRAP!
Caden:  Shut the front door!
Me:  I give up.
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Me:  Caden you are so smart!
Caden:  No, Mommy you are so smart!
Me:  Caden you are smarter!
Caden:  Yeah, you're right.
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There was a dead mosquito fly on the tile and I made a HUGE deal out of it!
Me:  (yelling)  Caden!  Get the bug!
Caden:  No, Mommy, YOU GET IT!
Me:  You get it!  You're the grown up!
Caden:  YOU GET IT!  YOU ARE THE GROWN UP!
Me:  But you are suppose to protect me!
Caden:  No way!  You are suppose to protect me!
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That is all for now, but check back soon... :)

Caden's Certificate!

Here is a video of Caden with his certificate from Coach Dave!  Moving on to Hockey 1!!!!

Click HERE

Wordless Wednesday

Valentine's Day

I posted a lot of stuff in chronological order, so please click HERE for Valentine's Day continued!

Cameron's 4th Month Slideshow

There were not a lot of pictures this month.  Both Caden and Cameron were sick a lot in February so we didn't take too many pictures.

Click HERE for the slideshow.

Caden Singing about Stinky Old Bill

GiGi's Birthday Celebration (and Kari's Surprise!)

My sister and I have been wanting to do something nice for our Mom's 60th birthday and we finally came up with a plan!  We decided to do a Girl's Night Out and rent a limo and take some of Mom's closest friends out to dinner at Perry's Steakhouse in The Woodlands.  

Mom knew nothing except she had to 'dress up' and head to Kari's house as soon as she got off work Thursday.  

Caden, Cameron and myself headed to Conroe on Thursday to stay through Friday and head back Friday night since Caden had Hockey Class on Saturday!

Kari and I had so much fun dressing up and getting Mom ready for her big night out!

My beautiful (doesn't look 60 at all) Mother and my gorgeous sister Kari.

Mom and Me

My sister, my best friend!

The Diva which is our Mother!

 Mom and her girls!

The group!  From left, starting with the back row, Me, Tamara, Teresa, Kari, Front row, Laura, Ruth, Mary, Mom and Connie.

Our Diva Picture!  Thank you to Junior our Limo driver for taking the cool shots!

Mom and Me in the limo!  I love her tiara and feather boa!  Thank you Ruth!

 Mom, Me and Kari

 We had Sparking Grape Juice toasts to Mom!

Here is Mom at Perry's with her Birthday dessert!

On Friday we celebrated at Kari and Scott's so that the grandkids could give her their presents.

I love her cake!

She thought she could slap a bow on Cameron and take him home with her as her gift, but I nixed that idea! :)

Mom and Dad's 40th Anniversary is March 31st so I gave them their gift from our family.  It is a canvas family tree with all our names on it, the Reaves and WE 4 Iveys!  The bottom says Est. 1972 and there is a heart carved out in the center of the tree that says Robert + Pat.  They loved it!

Without Kari knowing, I ordered her a cake and we celebrated her birthday!  She and Scott were in Canada during her birthday so I told her that I would just 'bring her gifts' down when we came down for Mom's party.  She was so surprised!

Here she is with her necklace and earrings, courtesy of my friend Jennifer Dolcefino!

Hat and scarf from We4!

Here she is holding her cake.  We had so much fun wining and dining our Mom and I had a blast surprising Kari!  I love you both so much!

Tim Hooked Me Up

Tim brought back a ton of chocolate for me and I could not be happier!  I got some really unique magnets and a cool key chain as well.  Caden got some chocolate eggs that look like Cadbury eggs but they are hollow and have a small toy inside of each one!  Very cool!

While Daddy Was Gone to Europe...

Tim left for Eastern Europe on February 16th and was gone for 10 days.  I had all these fun plans in my head for We3 left behind...however, none of them materialized... 

Here is Cameron the day that Daddy left.  We had to wear our I Love Daddy onesie just for him!

I picked Caden up this same day from school and took him to McKinney to get some practice skating time in.  He had a blast showing off for Mommy because normally this is Daddy and Caden's time to skate!  Tim was texting me from the airport in Houston (where he was connecting on to Frankfurt).

I will try to help you all keep up with the fun  time we had while Daddy was away!  Daddy left Thursday, February 16th and on Friday, February 17th Cameron had an appointment for a re-check of his ears from his last double ear infection.  I took him to Dr. Berry and he was all clear!  Let the fun times begin....NOT.

So then on Saturday the 18th, Caden had his Hockey Class in McKinney.  He had started coughing the night before, this rattly bad cough.  After his hockey class, I called Dr. Berry who now happens to be open half days on Saturday, and she could get him in at 11:15.  So I headed to Dr. Berry who checked him out only to find out he had Bronchitis.  Lovely.  To CVS we went to get some antibiotics.  

Here is Caden before the Dr's visit.

 He helped cook some burgers on the George Foreman grill for me that night!  Such a helper!

Sunday the 19th, Cameron's nose started running and he started coughing!  I was in disbelief!  REALLY?!  Daddy goes out of town and both my boys get sick???  Here is Cameron on the floor on Sunday playing.

Here are the boys before bedtime Sunday night.

I know this picture is blurry, but you can see in his eyes, he is not well at all.

Monday the 20th was a holiday so our offices and both the daycare and Caden's school were closed.  I headed to the Dr. to take Cameron in to see what in the world was wrong with him.  Dr. Rylie saw him and concluded that he had a bad cold.

Caden was on the exam table playing with my phone and snapped this picture of Dr. Rylie explaining the cold to me!

So Tuesday came and I stayed home with Cameron because he was coughing more and just didn't feel well.  I sent Caden to school because the Dr. said he was on antibiotics and would be good to go.

Then on Wednesday morning I got up fully intending to go to work myself, send Caden to school and take Cameron to daycare.  But...as fate would have it Cameron was much worse...he had coughed all night and was just miserable.  I was panicking because the Dr. said that bronchitis mainly in adults that is passed on to babies turns into RSV for babies.  I was watching him like a hawk and listening to his every breath!  I called the Dr's office Wednesday and they said to bring him on in.

Here is my sick 'happy' baby in the waiting room.

Dr. Berry checked him out and to my surprise he now had another double ear infection!  I was nearly in tears and completely sleep deprived!  Again to CVS we go to get more antibiotics!

Here is Cam that night when I literally laid him down, filled up the bath tub for Caden and walked back into his room and he was out.

He had another awful night of coughing and drainage, etc.  Here he is on Thursday morning.

So now we are 8 days into Daddy's trip to Europe and the only time I left the house was to go to Caden's school, their Dr's office and CVS.  Dad called and said he wanted to come up and visit (Mom was working) so he drove up Thursday to stay one night.

Here are Poppa and Cameron.  I'm glad he was able to come up.  That Thursday night we were Skyping with GiGi and Cameron started coughing and could not catch his breath!  He turned red, the whole 9 yards.  I was glad Dad was there to help out.

Since it was Thursday and I wanted Caden to get some practice time in, so Dad and I picked him up from school and headed to the rink.  Dad watched Cameron while I focused on Caden.

Here he is giving a 'thumbs up' to Daddy!  We sent Daddy pictures the entire time he was there and we were able to Skype with him every day!  I was trying to be so up beat telling Tim that all was well, although both the kids were sick, etc...it was just not fun!

We stopped at the store on the way home from the rink and Dad bought Caden a bat and ball, so they played outside Thursday night!

Poor Cameron was still so sick and would just fall asleep wherever you laid him down at.

Here is Poppa and Cameron on Friday morning.  Dad fed Cameron and laid him down while I took Caden to school Friday.

Dad left and then Mom came up Friday night and stayed through Sunday morning.  She and I took Caden to his Hockey Class on Saturday.  Caden was in the backseat with GiGi and Cameron and took these 2 pictures with my phone!

We got to the rink and Grammie met us there.  Here I am with my 2 sick boys.  I can just see in my eyes how tired I was!  

We headed to the mall after the class because I was going stir crazy.  Caden and I got into one of those photo booths where you pay money and get the 4 poses.  We paid the money, it took our pictures, then it printed out white paper.  Bummer...we lost our $3!  So GiGi took this one picture of us that night!  This was one of the poses we had intended on PRINTING OUT!

Here is Caden pretending to be asleep on GiGi!

We used Allison's (Jamie's sister) idea of one Hershey Kiss per every day Daddy was gone.  Caden so looked forward to coming home and not only counting them but eating them!  Here he is on Sunday morning eating the final kiss!  Daddy was coming home today!

OH, and Mom made some Monkey Bread which was delicious!

Thankfully Daddy came home safely!  Caden and I made a poster for him that GiGi picked up and we had a balloon and the poster on the back door when he came in!

I was soooooooooooooooo happy to see Daddy!  He had a great time and brought back lots of fun stuff for us!  I was so glad that we were We4Iveys again!