Caden's Pictures

This is what I did with Caden's new pictures.  I think that it turned out so cute!  Caden told Matt that he loves the big picture of him, and that it made him so happy.  That kid cracks me up!

Rain!

We enjoyed having some much needed rain a few days last week! (but not so much the accompanying humidity!)  On Saturday afternoon it was super windy and pouring rain.  When we went out afterwards we found flooded streets and many broken trees.  We had to navigate this obstacle course to get into the parking lot at Outback!

Visit From the LeSueurs

Sarah, Steve, Max, and Madelyn were here visiting for a couple of days.  My camera battery died, so I only got a few pictures to post. :(  The first day we went swimming at Basha Pool and then the second day we went to Bounce U.  The boys were so cute playing together as always.  It's surprising how well that they get along considering that Caden doesn't seem to get along that well with other 3 year old most of the time.  

This is my favorite picture.  I couldn't believe how big that Madelyn is!  She is such a doll too! 

 My mom always likes to get the boys matching outfits.  I can't decide if it's cute or embarrassing.  I'm sure that people must think that they are fraternal twins or something.



Caden's 3 Year Pictures

So we got Caden's 3 year pictures taken a couple of weeks ago, and they turned out so cute!  Here are a few of my favorites (yes I know that there are a lot of pictures here, but I had 124 to pick from!) and a few that made me laugh because Caden was being silly.  If you want to see all of the pictures you can go here. If you open the link you can like them on Facebook, and maybe you can help me decide which ones are the best!

Caden Dancing

Caden likes to dance and he does it wherever we go.  Matt recorded some videos on his phone and decided to put them all together. 

The Boss

So my sister-in-law keeps telling me that Caden is the boss at our house, and well I hate to admit that I think she's right.  The other day Carrot (our cat) was licking the faucet in the kitchen to try and get some water. (I'm not really sure why he does that since he always has fresh water.)  When I yelled at him to get down he gave me a dirty look and went back to licking.  Caden decided to handle things himself, and as soon as he yelled Carrot got right down and ran away to hide.  I wish that I had that much authority around here!

Happy 4th of July

 We celebrated the 4th by doing some swimming in the rain (you gotta love rain in the middle of the day in July in Arizona!) and watching fireworks.  There is a huge church near our house that had a free fireworks show, so we rode our bikes to a nearby neighborhood for front row seats.  Caden loved the fireworks.  He was so excited to see them!  Matt was itching to buy some fireworks to set off ourselves since we've not done that since they've become legal.  I thought that it was going to be pretty lame, but it actually turned out to be pretty fun.  We got these fire truck fireworks that make the truck drive on it's own.  Those were pretty cute.  We also got some called Tasmanian Devils that shoot out these things at you.  I have to say that they gave us a little scare the first time.  Happy 4th of July!

Go Dbacks!

Matt had bought some coupons for Dbacks tickets from some sort of fundraiser, so we took Matt's dad with us to the game on Monday.  The seats were pretty good- near home plate in the first row of the upper level.  It was actually a little scary to sit in the front row because is a really far drop to the next level.  There was this waist height guardrail with slats made of cable.  They worked perfectly as stairs so we had to keep  close eye on Caden.  I'm pretty sure that the Dbacks lose every time that we go, so we must be bad luck or something since they lost to the Padres who are like the worst team in the league.  

Caden's full leg tattoo.  This is actually just a sleeve that's supposed to fit on your arm,  but was way too big for Caden's arm.  It's the same tattoos that Ryan Roberts (Dback player) has on his arm.

Potty Training Take Two

Well I've decided to try and tackle the potty training again.  I always swore that I would never buy one of those little potties because the whole point of potty training is to not have to deal with cleaning up the poop and pee anymore.  Well as a parent I have discovered that I end up doing many things that I said I wouldn't which is why I found myself in the potty section at Target.  At this point I am willing to do whatever it takes even if it includes cleaning the little potty chair.  Wish me luck this time!

Caden's 3 Year Stats

Caden went to the doctor on Wednesday for his 3 year check up.  He is 40.4 lbs (97%+) and 39.5 in (90-95%).  I guess that he passed all of her tests with flying colors.  He could jump up and down, stand on one foot, and he knew that he is a boy and I am a girl.  The doctor said that everything is good.  He also didn't have to get any shots so yay for that!  Caden is quite the talker these days, and he pretty much can say and understand everything.  He can recognize all of the letters really well, and he is pretty good about recognizing the numbers 0-10. He can mostly count up to 20 (sometimes he'll miss a couple of numbers). He is also learning how to spell his name, and if you give him all the letters in his name he can arrange them in the correct order.  He knows the colors orange, yellow, pink, purple, green, yellow, brown, black, white, blue, and probably some more that I didn't name.  He knows most shapes including the oval, diamond, and hexagon.  He also knows right, left, and straight.  His favorite show to watch on tv is Little Einsteins, and he loves any type of music.  He also still loves all cars and trucks.  Anytime that he gets to pick out a toy it is inevitably going to be a truck.  He loves going to nursery at church and going to the Kids Klub at the gym.  He makes me feel guilty if we don't go, so we are usually at the gym 4 days a week.  Caden is fairly picky with his eating which is something that we are trying to work on.  He loves hot dogs, fruit, mac and cheese, and pizza.  He still takes a nap (yay for me!)  but he has actually started waking up at night again (not yay for me!).  Usually he just goes right back to sleep without needing anything.  I am hoping that this is just a phase that will pass really quickly!  Caden is very stubborn, and once he makes up his mind it is pretty much impossible to sway him otherwise.  He's super cute though, and he definitely keeps things interesting around here!