Caden is TWO!

His birthday is on the 22nd, but Jimmy had to work that day, so we celebrated a day early!



He sat so patiently waiting for his gifts.  When Jimmy brought over the big box- he flipped!




I had a bucket filled with Hand-me-downs.  He loves them all.  Some are from when I was a kid and some are from a friend.  I love watching him play with the toys that I loved playing with.  And it's cool, bc now I have a legit excuse to play with them again.  Hey Little People are sweet!


A lot of toys need batteries, so he already has that word in his vocabulary.  It doesn't exactly sound like "battery"but one night, I said something needed batteries (I didn't want to turn it on bc he had to go to bed).  So now, every night he said "Bi-Yee" and points to the cool mist nightlight.  HA!

We turned it on that night.






Still need to find some more of the Little People collection I had.  Oh and those pretend foods....we had these cupcakes that smelled like chocolate.  After 24 years, they still smell like they did when Kim & I were little!!!!  That is a quality toy!  Probably painted with lead paint, too!





He wasn't shy at all when we sang Happy Birthday to him.  He was soooo excited!  Then Jimmy brought over his dessert with the candles and he had the cutest smile.  He was so happy.  He tried to touch the flame on the candle but Jimmy yelled, "NO! Don't touch!"  I kinda just kept snapping pictures.  haha




He blew out the candles on his own!  I hope he made a wish.  I love asking him how old his is.  He says, "two," so matter of factly.  (eh it should be a word)

cutie

finger paint!

Caden trying "finger paint" for the first time.  I don't count it as true finger painting, bc it was "mess-free"   He couldn't wait for us to open it, so he tried getting into it on his own.










Also, he wasn't a huge fan of getting it on his hands.




Ryder is a super happy baby!  He is so adorable!!!  Jimmy & Caden have a "thing" already.  Kinda like a new tradition.  When Daddy gets home, they put all of the loose change he collected at work into the parking meter bank.  Caden is now old enough to reach the top!!!

Caden & Ryder

Told you he likes to smile!



And make silly faces.









I love how Caden runs away, and Ryder just sits there and smiles.  He's like, "take more pictures of me!!!"









HAHAHAHA!




I want to eat him up!



My handsome boys!

ryder is 3 months!!!

wow! I can't believe he is already 3 months old.  He is starting to fill out and by that I mean, he is a chunky lil monkey.  He does a great job holding up his head while on his belly.  It's already at a 90º angle!  He has rolled over from back to left side and he is definitely working on going to his right side.  He moved to 7 oz today for eating.  We bought rice cereal at Target, because he is probably going to be eating that soon.




The poor little dude has Cradle C[r]ap.  That stuff is NASTY!  I can't wait until he grows out of that.  But the rest of his skin is baby soft!





Sleeping:  goes to bed around 10:30, gets up around 7am   *if he doesn't sleep through the night.  Last night he got up at 2:30.

He is ticklish (so cute).  Likes to giggle & "talk" a lot.  He's been sucking on his hands a lot, too.  And he'll hold a toy if you give it to him.

Ryder's Baptism

I joke that when my babies are Christened they "are getting the Devil" out of them.  But, I do kinda feel that way.  HAHA  I swear Ryder's eyes lightened to a crystal blue that day.




He shared his Baptism with a 4 month old little girl, too.  So 2 hours later, we were able to make it back to our house.  It was a fun time.  And my chicken casserole didn't fail me, except for that making 2 of them wasn't enough.  Haha.





After looking at these pictures, I realize that maybe my new hairstyle is NOT the right style for my FAT face.








The whole fam damily showed!  :)



Jimmy's brother and my sister were the Godparents.  :)   Thank you Whitney for taking the pictures for me!!!!!  I appreciate it!