Coolest Pic Ever...

Teacher Kesia created this pic for us.
She is such a blessing!
We all agree Cade belongs on billboards!

Cade's 1ST Birthday and Our 2nd Wedding Anniversary

This past Saturday we celebrated Cade's 1st Birthday. We celebrated at my bother Brad's and his wife Cynthia's house in Austin. We are so blessed to have such gracious family members- thank you so much for letting us use your home!! Brad was our griller and Cynthia was our chef- they are both fantastic people! We love you guys!!!!!!!!!
There were sooooo many people there, many of whom I did not get pics of (Carrie, Lockie, Warren, Tristan, Melissa Peters, her main squeeze Adam, my sister Johna, and many more I am missing)
It was a very successful party, lots of food, sangria, beer, cake, ice-cream, cupcakes, candy, balloons, presents, etc, etc.......
Loved every minute of it! I know we will have many more fun parties to come!
Elmo loves you and so does his goldfish Dorthy!















4 days after Cade turned 1, we celebrated our 2nd yr anniversary.
It seems like we just never get to really celebrate, last year I was drugged up after a c-section, breast-feeding every 1-2 hrs, and I just had no interest celebrating anything!
This year my hubby got stuck working. Doing undercover crud!!! But he loves the scary stuff!!!
So we are celebrating on Saturday night, we are headed to a great steak place, and no- there will not be any Kobe beef this time!
Here are the flowers he sent to my work! Good man! I love him!

Let the festivities begin....

Today began the start of Cade's 1st birthday festivities.
We had cupcakes at Cade's school. We also learned that Cade does NOT like balloons, which should be interesting at his real party this weekend considering we have a life-size Elmo balloon, I'm sure those pics will be interesting!
His teacher Kesia bought Cade his 1st build-a bear, and it's in overalls, just like Cader Bob wears!!!

Also I added a video of him taking some steps.

More pics to come after his party this coming Saturday!!!! I still can't believe he's already going to be ONE!

Just a thought....

So I am sure most of you are aware, but I am walking the 3-Day Walk against Breast Cancer.
The event is Nov 13-15 and I am participating in the Phoenix Event because my sister lives there, and this whole CRAZY idea was hers!!!
We will walk 60 miles in 3 days, yes I said SIXTY!
We will sleep in pink 2-person tents each night.
We will take showers in huge trucks- not sure how this works yet.
We don't know our route, we find out when we get there.
We have to train every week, lots and lots of miles.
We will be with thousands of complete strangers.
We will be sore, in pain, have blisters, and just OUCH!!!!

But today brought a whole new light to this entire event.
I received a prayer request on my Facebook page for a family. I read and read and read this family's blog. I kept going back further and further to see why this was happening to this family. After about 5 pushes of the "older posts" button I read it- Sara has breast cancer. No I don't know this family at all, but my eyes just flooded with tears. It emotionally just got the best of me.

Basically it made me realize the challenge I am about to face is nothing compared to this family's ordeal. She is such a gorgeous, beautiful woman, wife, and now mother. Prayers are headed their way by millions.

So I have dedicated my walk to Sara Sullivan. I will think of her every moment of that walk.
Every woman deserves a lifetime.
So this walk will be my way of supporting an amazing cause and obviously millions of amazing women.

http://bandssullivan.blogspot.com/

Cade's Labor Day Weekend

While mommy was in Seattle.... Daddy and Cader Bob visited Nannie and PawPaw.

Seattle and Beanie

Went to Seattle for Labor Day weekend with my best bud Austin to visit our fellow dental school friend Amrit. She just bought a home in West Seattle and its so cool and in an amazing area!!!
It was a blast from the past for sure!!!






And here Cade is sporting his Halloween beanie! He's trying to look scary :)



Also Cade had his 1st ride on a HARLEY with his PawPaw Chip! Not really, but he's practicing!!!

The Box Again

Like I said..... Cade loves boxes.
This is Cade in his box at daycare.
I love his teacher, she always sends me cute pics ;)