{Love} Eight Months!

Cinco de Mayo - May 5th 2012 

You at 8 Months:

You have 2 teeth now 

You are crawling everywhere (an army style crawl) 

You know how to clap (I am so excited and entertained by this) 

You know to the word OPEN and are amazing at opening up when eating 

You still love your dog Chloe and she is the first thing that you look for in the morning

You love watching and learning your fun word flash cards 

You enjoy the park (we go almost every sunny day) and you love the swing and slide 

When Dad and I hold your hands and guide you - you can take "steps"- it amazes us 

Your first word was Da-Da - no other words yet...but you say this word everyday

You are a great traveler - we are currently on our 2nd out of state trip (Alaska) 

You love to be outside and watch Dad work in the yard, golfers, kids at the park and Chloe 

We love you and enjoy watching you grow everyday! 

Hola...Our First International Adventure

We just returned from our first international adventure; our first family vacation that included a plane ride. We enjoyed an amazing 2 weeks in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. This is the spot where we were married in November 2010. We stayed at the beautiful Grand Luxxe and were so lucky to have my parents there and three groups of dear friends that joined us over the 2 weeks. Cade LOVED the pools and his first introduction to the ocean (he has been on Puget Sound but this was his first ocean...the Pacific Ocean). He had his first tooth pop up while we were there and now is officially crawling!  This milestones have been so incredible to experience for us. It is official being a mom is the BEST thing in the entire world!

Cade and I head up North to Alaska next week to visit my sister and nephew (Baby Wyatt) for a few weeks  -  one of my goal is to learn Photoshop (which I received for Christmas) while I am there and post a few more pics from our trip to Mexico.

Adios...

{Love} Seven Months!

Today we celebrate 7 months with you little man! 

What you love right now:

Your dog - Chloe. She makes you smile & giggle.

Rolling all around and getting up on all 4's - you are SO close to being able to crawl

Cruising in your Radio Flyer wagon 

Playing with your plastic tools - hammer, wrench and screwdriver (thanks Auntie Meg and Uncle Wayne)

Playing with momma's measuring spoons 

You favorite fruit is apples & peaches and you LOVE sweet potatoes 

Playing cards with your Dad - you love to watch the cards 

Spending Monday's with your Grandma and Tuesday's with your Grandpa  

Love you to the moon and back little Cade. 

{Love} Six Months!

Today we celebrate your 1/2 birthday! 

Oh what a perfect adventure this 6 months has been. It is hard to think about the days before you were here. I LOVE that we get to spend our days together: learning & making the most memorable adventures in life each and every day. You are such a happy baby - your giggle & smile mean the world to us! Happy 6 months Baby Cade. 

{Love} Five Months!

February 5th 2012 - What a Day!

Today we celebrate 5 months with you, your Great Grandma Shirley's 90th Birthday, and your Aunt Megan and Uncle Wayne's 1 Year Wedding Anniversary. It is also Superbowl Sunday, one of your Dad's favorite days in sports. 

At five months of age you are very active. You love to roll over - back to front & back to front, you love your books - you love to listen and touch the pages in your books,  you love to "talk" to us, your giggle makes me so happy. This month we will be starting solid foods with you - this will be a fun adventure! 

We love you.

Baby Shower For Our Little Man

While looking at Pintrest tonight (which I  am obsessed with) I realized that I never shared images from the baby shower that my very best girlfriends hosted for our little man. These images are from Heather, one of the three that hosted the shower. It was the perfect day with no detail spared by these amazingly

talented women! I love you Heather, Jen and Rebecca! 

The Invite {Graphic Design by Heather}

Baby Trivia {Created by Heather - this was so fun}

The Favor {My Favorite - Grandma Kay's Cream Cheese Cookies - these cute mason jars had all the dry ingredients and recipe for the cookies} 

The Brunch {Delicious}

Floral {Created by Jen  - J. Robbins Florist}

Sweets {Creamsicle Cupcakes by Dulce Cupcakes}

Advice & Wishes {These are now framed in the Nursery}

Hostess Gifts {A small Thank You}

Cade's First Snow Day

I could not be more excited about the snow that we are having, I love the snow. I find myself waking up at night and peering out the window to see if the snow has started back up. The forecast tells us that we have two more days of snow coming our way - yay! 

 Our snow dog - Chloe 

Cade's First Igloo 

We had a yummy cocoa warm up half way through the igloo build.

 The Igloo - a few finishing touches are left to do - we ran out of light today 

My sister and brother in law came over for dinner and we made breakfast for dinner - one of our favorite dinners growing up. Our feast tonight: scrambled eggs with herbs, blueberry pancakes topped with strawberries & whipped cream or maple syrup, sausage, bacon and orange juice. 

We followed up dinner with a game of Farkle - a really fun dice game!