13 months!

Caden turned 13 months on 8/21/10. Another month has gone by and our baby is growing and growing! He is walking everywhere! He is growing up into such a little man! I love to watch him play and learn new things! He can now blow kisses, it is the sweetest thing ever! And the little noise he makes when he does it makes my heart smile! This month we went to the Mayborn Museum with our BFF's, Rylee and her mom Brittany and cousin Kinlee and Aunt Veronica. It was Caden's and my first time there and it was really neat!

Here is one pic from the Museum (More to come in a later post.)

This was on his 13 month Birthday!
Notice his new shoes!

Thanks to Granny and Granpa we got a second big boy car seat, it is just too big of a hassle to lug his huge thing from daddy's truck to mommy's car. This one stays in daddy's truck and the other one is staying in mommy's car. He seems to like both of them so we are all happy! Thanks again to Granny and Granpa for purchasing these!

Caden loves remotes and seems to know what each remote goes to because as he pushes buttons he will look to see what it does, he knows this one here is for the cable so he will push buttons and watch the television change channels. With the remotes in our room he knows the difference from cable one, the one that turns the t.v. off and the one that controls the light and fan! He is such a smart boy!

Cousin Kaeding came over for a visit this month as well!
Caden trying to give Kaeding a kiss

Diaper change time!

We also went to Cousin Haleigh's and our friend Madison's first birthday parties. (No pictures yet, but hopefully I can do a birthday party post later with Rylee's, Haleigh's and Madison's parties at the same time when I get the pics from the other two.) It has been an eventful month to say the least. Caden also had a stomach bug for about 2 weeks at the begining of the month. Poor baby even lost 8 ounces in that 2 weeks. But all is better now and he is keeping mommy and daddy on their toes for sure! He still only has two teeth and I'm not really looking forward to him teething again and going through that pain. He is still in size 4 diapers and 12 to 18 month clothes. He is growing like a weed, I swear his legs get longer each time I look at him!

Thank you Lord for the amazing gift you gave up with Caden! I pray that we are the parents to him that You want us to be. I pray dear Lord that we show him to walk in your light and that we are good Christian examples for him to follow. Thank you for your amazing love and never ending grace!

...put your hope in the LORD. For there is faithful love with the LORD, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

Psalm 130:7

ONE YEAR check up and pics!

On 7/23/10 We went to Dr. Ferguson's office for Caden's ONE YEAR checkup! Our Little boy is growing so big! He does not have a fear of the doctor's office which is a very good thing. He also likes Dr. Ferg until he goes to messing with him, then he would much rather be in mommy or daddy's lap. He weighed in at 22 pounds, 7 ounces and was 27 1/4 inches tall! Big Boy!He always seems to have fun at the office! He enjoys taring off the paper from the beds and playing with the magnets.

Daddy often takes off work to come to the doctors appointments. Mommy loves the extra support especially when Caden has to get shots.
My boys!

Before his shots! Getting all checked out!

After :( my poor baby! But he was so big about getting 3 shots!

Up and playing after!

About a week and a half before Caden turned one we took him to get his One year pics done! A friend of mine is an amateur photographer and took them for me since my good friend Stephanie who usually takes his pics was unavailable. Well actually our schedules never went together to get them done because I know she would have loved to take them. Brittany Hejl took them and I do love how they turned out. She edited about 60 of them and I couldn't put them all on here (well I could but I figured you all would get bored) so here are a few of my favorites! Hope you enjoy them! He has been such a joy to us and we love him so much more than words could even begin to imagine!

SMASH!

Our little family!

My sweet sweet baby!

My favorite!

Love that smile!

Corky!

With his birthday party favors...bug catchers!

:) He makes my heart happy!

Birthday Boy!

lol so stinkin cute!

These are the moments I'll remember most!

Pure blessings!

~LOVE MY BOYS~

I always thank my God for you and for the gracious gifts He has given you...
I Corinthians 1:4

Let's Party!

Saturday July 24, 2010 we threw you a First Birthday Party! I went with a BUG theme because ever since the day you were born I have called you Buggy, Bug, The Bug, or Buggy D! You get the picture! So after months of looking for the party favors and planning it was time for the BIG day! I must say it turned out great! Caden, you really seemed to enjoy yourself! You woke up the morning of your party and saw this gift from Daddy and I. You loved your fire truck!

I'm going to spray you!

As you can see, this gift was a huge hit! You loved every minute of it!

These are the invitations I found from another blogger and Daddy and I both loved them! We got to customize them ourselves and we were very happy with the way they turned out. They came with bright yellow envelopes that brought out the bugs wings! So cute!

Party decorations!
This table has the party favors we chose for the guests: butterfly catchers, large magnifying glasses with a little bug keeper in the handles and the insect houses. They were all a big hit with all the kiddos!

The wall has pictures of you at each month of your life from birth so everyone could see how much you have changed and grown into our little man!

My favorite keepsake! Thanks Koury from Practically Pikasso for doing an amazing job on this!
The bug came from his invitations.

The day before the party I went to HEB to finalize our cake order and the girl working was not very nice, all she said was "I can't do it!" So I went to the Cake Box on a VERY short notice and had them do one for me. For a free hand drawing of the invitation I think she did a good job! The main idea wasn't cake anyway, it was worm dirt, but a certain sister of mine said we needed cake so here it is! :)

Playing in your school bus from Granny and Granpa before the party started.

I had your shirt made by Monograms by Terri special for the party. The front has a little Caterpillar and the back says The Bug with the number 1 below it! I LOVED it!

Guests arriving!

Family :)

Our BFF's
Rylee Grace and mom Brittany

You are so blessed!
Thank you everyone for showering our son with gifts and especially LOVE this past year! I handed out pictures for the refrigerator as Thank Yous and I loved the way those turned out, although I didn't get a picture of them but they have 4 of Caden's 1 year pictures on them.

The cake table with the cups of worm dirt!

1
I'm one
You can also see the little Caterpillar on your shirt!

Greeting Rylee Grace with sugars!

Pinata time!

You loved hitting the pinata Caden!
I'm sure it will be a tradition at every one of your Birthday Parties!

Madison! (She will be one in August)

Rylee (Your birthday buddy)

Cousin Haleigh (She is 8 days younger than you)

Watching the fun!

Daddy getting him, I mean Caden some goodies!

Family

Family

Just the 3 of us!

Beautiful!

Present time!

Caden playing guitar with his groupies around! So cute! I love that smile!

Cousin Kaeding with decor matching attire!

Getting ready for cake!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Caden,
Happy Birthday to you!

My favorite!
About to dig in!

You love to share my bug! You are so sweet!

Giving daddy some!

At the end of the party you were all tuckered out and you fell asleep in Mimi's arms!

Thank you Caden Lane for blessing daddy and I beyond measure this year! We are so thankful to God for giving us the best gift of all on July 21, 2009!
Our Caden Lane Bug!

Every good and perfect gift is from above.
James 1:17