Reflection: First Father's Day

 Top Left: My Dad and I the day I was born  / Top Right: Happy Father's Day Welcome 

Middle Right: The table  / Middle Left: The Moll's - Adam, Gary and Cade 

Bottom Left: Dessert - Root Beer Floats  /Bottom Left - Packaging: Craft Paper + Bakers Twine + Button 

Instagram book that I created for Adam using Blurb.com

Although Father's Day has come and gone, I wanted to share some images from our family Father's Day Celebration. We hosted our families for a backyard BBQ and sunshine Father's Day Sunday. I am so happy that we were able to spend the day with both of our Dad's on Cade's first Father's Day. I have loved every minute of watching Adam grow into his role as a father and Cade is so lucky to have such an amazing Dad! 

Craft Night: Let the Summer Crafts Begin

A few weeks ago our group of ladies that likes to create and craft got together to create a living moss & succulent wreath. Our dear friend and super talented florist Jen lead our group for this craft night. It was so much fun and we had amazing weather and delicious appetizers and of course wine to complete the night. Looking forward to our next craft night.

The ingredients for the perfect moss & succulent wreath: 

1. wire wreath form

2. variety of mosses - we used a combo of 3 

3. variety of succulent and our ground cover plants - we used a combo of 3 

4. wire (to wrap your creation) 

5. have fun & get creative 

{Love} Nine Months!

You at 9 Months: 

You are one HAPPY baby - full of smiles and laughter all day 

You love to be outdoors - the park, backyard, zoo, on a walk or wagon ride 

You get very excited when you see new things and preform the world's best army crawl to get to it

You pull yourself to a standing position any chance you get 

You are SO close to walking 

You have learned to high five - so fun! 

You are working on perfecting your wave - we have a little ways to go 

You love water - bath tubs & swimming pools

You still love your dog Chloe more than anything 

You still have only 2 teeth (bottom) 

You love listening to mom and dad read you books 

You love your cousin Wyatt and think watching him is pretty cool 

You smile at everyone 

Your dad and I celebrated our 1st Mother's and Father's Day this year  - thanks for giving us the best year of our lives! We love you.

{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.