Mega Post

Here is a update of what has been going on the last little bit! (get ready-it is kind of long!)

Birthdays and Half Birthdays
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday and Cade's first half birthday! For my birthday Cole made me breakfast in bed (french toast-my favorite), I went shopping, we went to dinner and then to a movie. Thanks Cole for a great birthday! Thanks to all my family for the gifts and visits-it was a great day!

Cade had his 6 month appointment yesterday. He is 16 lbs 10oz and is 26 inches long. Last week he got some type of viral infection and was really congested and coughing. We took him in and when the doctor checked his breathing he said he was wheezing a lot. He said if that continued to be a pattern then he could be diagnosed with asthma. But at this point it is to soon to tell. He was prescribed some asthma medicine. We had to put this mask on him and let him breath in the medicine to open up his airways. It was really sad but Cade was a champ! So anyway at the appointment the doctor said his breathing was perfectly clear! He got his shots and only cried for a minute after they were done. It was so hard to watch but what a trooper! Here he is waiting for the doctor.Cade has recently learned to make spit bubbles. It think it is the cutest thing when he just sits there making spit bubbles and babbling to himself!

Texas Trip
A couple of weeks ago we went back to my home for Ciera's graduation. There were 1300 graduates!! She will be here going to BYU in the fall. I am so sad that we won't be living here anymore and will just miss her. That would have been fun to have her living so close. I guess Shan and Matthew will have to watch after her. This is a bad picture but she is in the lower middle waiting in line to walk across the stage. Congrats birdie!! Also while we were there my cousin got married. I was so excited to go to her sealing since the only other one I have been to was my own. They look so happy to be together-Congrats Katie and Jason! We got to spend a lot of time with her family which was so much fun!The night before the wedding we went over to my Aunt and Uncle's house to eat, mingle, and swim. This was Cade's first experience swimming. At first he didn't like it but then he got in later and was ok.

This is a picture my cousin took of Cade and the other is her little boy, Ethan. They look so similar! (and Andrea is great at photography!)














Cole had fun playing with Andrea's kids in the pool and I definitely got thrown in! Thanks Cole! (but it was fun!)


Here are some family pictures we took.I wish I had more pictures of the family doing stuff but I don't. It was really good to see my family and spend time with them. It was fun to see them play with Cade and all the sisters were really good with him. (although they do need practice changing a baby BOY's diaper-that was new for them!)

Summer Fun
A few other fun things we have done:

We have done some fun hangin out with Shan and Matthew. We will be gone soon so we are tyring to get it all in now! Here we are playing rock band and my house and then we are playing games at Shan's house.
Cole's family just got a cabin up in Scofeild. We met his family up there and had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of us riding the 4-wheelers. Needless to say-we got filthy!

Question

Isn't this one of the cutest pictures you've ever seen?! I guess I am kind of biased ;)
A posting of our trip to Texas coming soon! (I am just waiting on some pictures.)

Last Day of School/Hair

Yesterday was the last day of school! Woo hoo!! My summer has started. It was such a weird feeling to be cleaning out my room. I remember walking into it for the first time and thinking how much work I had ahead of me to set it up and then to teach in it all year. Now I have made it to the end of the year and that is all behind me. I am grateful I had the chance to teach there. I enjoyed it so much and I learned so much. I loved the faculty I worked with and especially the other 6th grade teachers I worked so closely with. They helped me so much and are amazing women. I was sad to see my students leave. We have spent a whole year together and I loved being able to teach them and also learn from them. I have posted these pictures before but I thought I would reminisce. These are from the beginning of the year so my room is still kind of bare!

We have decided that when we get to Kansas I won't be teaching this next year so that I can be able to be home with Cade. I am so excited to be able to play mommy now! (and no more pumping at lunch!!!) Our summer plans include going to Texas, a family reunion in San Diego and the big move to Kansas!

After much deliberating I decided to go with the "mom haircut". It took me two different hair cuts to get it this length because I chickened out the first time. In all I took about 8 inches off- 4 the first time and then 4 again. Since having Cade my hair has been falling out like crazy so it has been so much easier to deal with short plus it is a great summer cut! It is taking some getting used to but I really like the change!

Happy Birthday Cole

Yesterday was Cole's 25th birthday! He is gettin up there! Here is a picture with his birthday pineapple up side down cake.
He loves pineapple so I found this recipe and tried it. It turned out pretty good. Along with loving pineapple I thought I would post 25 things that people may not know about Cole-OK you may know some of them but it was hard to come up with 25 unknown things!!
1. He has a phobia of old food
2. The first diaper he ever changed was Cade's
3. He used to be an extremely shy person
4. He loses things easily (he lost his wallet once while in CA so he missed his flight for this brother's wedding and his parents had to drive down to Vegas to get him. I think that story is hilarious!)
5. Was one of the top wrestlers in the state of Utah
6. Has gorgeous blue eyes
7. LOVES playing sports
8. He took Shan out on a few dates before we started dating (no they did not kiss thank goodness!)
9. Has a fear of heights and deep water
10. When he proposed he flew out to Dallas and surprised me!
11. LOVES watching sports
12. a very loyal friend
13. Loves to share the gospel and is very good at it.
14. Very stubborn
15. Loves the rain
16.Loves drinking soda
17. Hates being late
18. Obsessed with fantasy baseball
19. Did I mention sports?
20. Served his mission in Baton Rouge, LA (his first area was completely destroyed by Katrina)
21. He is a super good daddy-plays Mr. Mom more often than I get to! (to0 bad that doesn't include nursing Cade in the middle of the night!)
22. Favorite color is red
23. Always willing to help others
24. His first name is Gary
25. He said he would never marry a red head (both of his sisters have red hair also!)

Cade

Thanks Grandpa!

Dad found these and bought them for his grandson. They are a little big but he can grow into them. They are the ones that light up when you walk on them. We thought we would try them on. So cute!

Cade at 4 months

Cade has made huge milestones since he hit the 4 month mark. He is 14.8 pounds, 25 inches long and healthy as can be. He is usually a very happy boy and will usually give you a smile and a story if you talk to him. We started feeding him with a spoon for the first time on Thursday. We fed him rice cereal and he was so cute! I was impressed at how much he actually got in his mouth. On Friday when we tried again we couldn't feed him fast enough. So it seems like he likes it-just doesn't always know what to do with his tongue! Here are pictures from his first experience with a spoon.



Also today Cade rolled over for the first time!!! We knew he should start doing it anytime now. We had him sitting in his bouncer and he was kind of twisting around. We thought we would put him on the ground just to see what he would do. We laid him on his stomach and within 30 sec he had turned over onto his back. He did it so fast it took us by surprise! We hurried and got the cameras out. He did it two more times and then was done. Here's the footage.