Bryan * Tiffany * Cade * Jace

Monday, December 13, 2010

More Cade Part Two!

This might be the last batch of ALL Cade pictures! A miracle I know! And we've made it out of summer pictures and right into Fall (my favorite time of the year!) Cade loves to be outside and is ALL boy because he has to be in the dirt and exploring everything and everywhere! He does NOT care if he gets dirty, in fact the dirtier the better! At first I was paranoid and tried to keep him somewhat clean and tried to catch everything he put in his mouth, and then that wore off! I know people say by your last child you mello out, Cade is helping me already! It was a BEAUTIFUL Fall and we tried to soak it all in before the winter set in....




Cade holding Jacks really clean ball (as you can plainly see!) Yep, that's it...the round thing that blends into to Cades camoflauge jacket!









Cade does NOT have a good poker face! You can always tell when he's doing something he probably shouldn't..."maybe since moms taking pictures she won't notice me slip these leaves into my mouth"



Sorry, but this one is just way too cute! I can't stand it!




I love to take "different" pictures instead of your normal straight-on smiling ones. Sometimes they turn out and sometimes they don't but it's sure fun to practice. I hope Cade doesn't get sick of being my model, because he's pretty easy to take pictures of!


Here's one of Cades favorite spots...on the ZOOM ZOOM. Cade LOVES to go for rides and he doesn't even care where we are going, as long as we are going somewhere. Sometimes he sings while we are driving and if you can imagine he's got to sing pretty loud to hear himself over the zoom zoom. Our neighbors told us once they had to stop and listen because at first they thought he was crying, nope just having a good time!

Jack! We've had Jack since he was 7 weeks old! He is now 2 1/2 years old and still A.D.D as ever! Seriously, Jack does some of the weirdest things...Bry and I just have to laugh. Jack is such a GREAT dog, and best of all he tolerates Cade. We didn't really plan it out this way, but next summer will be so much fun because Cade will be big enough to run around with Jack and HOPEFULLY Jack will settle down a bit! We love him and are glad he's in our family.

These last two pictures didn't turn out very good and I was so mad because you can't see the saddle. Bryan bought Cade a little kids saddle and it looked so little and cute on the big horse. And even cuter when Cade got on! Oh well, you get the idea and well, he's still SO cute!


Monday, December 6, 2010

More CADE!

Here's another batch of Cade pictures, as I was posting them it brought a smile to my face because I love all the quirky things Cade does and these just reminded me of a few!

Cade loves to put things "away" or "back" it what he calls it, but what he's really doing is hiding things. We have found many toys, utensils, remote controls, all sorts of odds and ends in the funniest places. A favorite hiding place is the toaster. He puts many things next to the toaster, and also in the toaster. In fact the other day I went to make toast and I USUALLY check the toaster to make sure nothing is in there, but I didn't this day and all the sudden I could smell something burning...yep sure enough! I had given Cade some Laffy Taffy's and we were naming the colors and then I just let him play with them, well now one of them is melted to the inside of my toaster! I had to laugh!
Yep, those are tampons. He's not only figured out where they are, but how to get the wrappers off. His next favorite thing to play with in the bathroom is condoms...then toilet water. We aren't bad parents I promise! The doors to ALL bathrooms in our house stayed closed now.

Cade loves to play with my IPOD for a few reasons:

-because it's kind of a no-no and he feels like a rebel when he gets to
-he likes to pretend to play games
-he can see his reflection on the back of it and well, he likes himself
-he loves to listen to music, plus it's a good way to find where he is...just follow the music!
One day I caught him "hiding" in his closet with my IPOD, it was so funny. Anytime Cade thinks he's in trouble or he knows he's doing something wrong, he will look up at you with the cutest face and in a higher pitched voice say: "HI". That's what he did when I found him...it was cute!
Bryan bought this GIJOE tent and sleeping bag even before I was pregnant with Cade. It was on sale at Cabelas and he couldn't resist! It is pretty dang cute though- the tent and the fact that Bry wanted to get it. We decided to set it up and Cade LOVES it. Its been up in our dining room for about 3 months and I don't see it coming down anytime soon. But that's ok because it gives him something to do and sometimes when it gets "too quiet" I will check the tent and he will be in there with a book, or his animals, or one time he put all the pillows off our couch in there and had a blanket and was going "nigh nigh". It's a fun little play "house".


Cade started talking pretty young and is really good at putting words together already. He's always been really good at saying "Pease" (Please) and knows when to use it. Bryan is so proud because he taught Cade how to say it. He will say stuff like "pease more" "more pease nana" (banana or whatever he is eating at the moment) and "pease help u" (asking for help). This is him saying " pease"

What a cheeseball! (but I love it)
Bryan was hiding behind me and then "getting" him and this particular day Cade thought it was the funniest thing ever. So then Bryan started getting creative and making different sounds and faces and Cade was loving it. He loves his dad so much. I love watching Bryan with him, the other day I was working and Bryan took Cade to Micks (a yummy OLD hamburger joint out here in Shelley), then they came home and did the chores and horse stuff and then I'm guessing played inside for a bit and then Bry put him to bed. I got home and asked how everything went and Bryan said "Cade was so cute today, he was the little buddy every dad wishes for" It was SO cute and I'm not going to lie, I teared up! I love my boys!

waitin' for daddy.....
Whenever Cade is in his high chair he always crosses his feet. He's done it FOREVER, really, I don't even remember how little he was when he started doing it. It's one of my favorite things that he does.

That is just too CUTE!
I got Cade these Camo slippers online and LOVE them so much and Cade will actually leave them on! The only downfall is they are really slippery (no pun intended) and we have wood floors and this really pretty blue laminent flooring so not slipper friendly! But they are cute wouldn't ya say?
It looks like Cade already knows how to text! I'm in trouble...actually whenever he gets a hold of my phone or grandma's, we all have some extra charges on our bills from Cade connecting to the internet and chatting with babes!

Alrighty, one more down, and a few more to go! I'm almost caught up with my pictures! Hooray! Hope everyone is having a FUN and SAFE holiday season so far!













Thursday, December 2, 2010

CATCH UP!

Ok, this is classic Tiffany...always a little late! I hate to admit it because I'm not late ALL the time, but I do tend to run a little behind schedule. Classic example: my blog! Haha! Oh well, sometimes things are better late than never...right? or maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better! Regardless, here are Cades 1 year old pics that my sister Jen took. She did such an awesome job and I LOVE how all the pics turned out! Thanks sis! My next few blogs are going to be a ton of pictures of Cade that I took during the summer, I really want to catch up so when Christmas comes I can be fairly on schedule. So, without further ado you can see how obsessed I am with my child!







I love my little family! Bryan and I were talking about how many kids we want and he was teasing me that I wouldn't stop until I got a girl, and I think I surprised him when I told him I could have all boys. I really could! I LOVE being with just Cade and Bryan and although I know its fun dolling up the girls and all that, I think I could do without! Now don't get me wrong, if I had a girl it would be AWESOME and I would love her so much, just saying I'm not going to join the Duggars and have 20 kids, just to get a girl! P.S. this little tidbit does NOT mean I'm pregnant either! Alright, I think I've said enough.....






Saturday, November 13, 2010

More Summer Stuff...

HOUSE
We've been remodeling our house ever since we moved out here...4 years! It is quite the project inside and out, but it has been so much fun (honest) and rewarding! Bryan is such a hard worker and is so smart...and if he doesn't know how to do something he learns how, and if it's smarter to hire it out...he does! The vision we have for the house is coming together and we are excited to see it complete...who knows when?




THis isn't a very good "after" picture, but it was the most recent that I had.




SUNSETS

I love where we live for many reasons, one being that there are so many picture opportunities it's perfect! I could honestly take pictures for HOURS where I live and probably do it again the next day and the next day! I don't want to become a pro, but I do enjoy taking spur of the moment shots like these beautiful sunsets...if I knew how to edit I could make them a bit sharper and fancy, but I think they are dandy how there are!

I must have been in a hurry to go somewhere because I just took my camera with me in the car, and I'm glad I did because I had a good photo idea and pulled it off...(if you can't tell I'm taking the picture in my car and that's the reflection from the driver's side mirror)
FLIES!!!!!
Ugh! I HATE flies...and they are EVERYWHERE! This is one of 6 sticky fly traps in my house and this is the 2nd time I've hung new ones up! My husband tells me that it's normal because we live in the country, but seriously! I think there's a secret passage the flies have found and they are slowly taking over my home! It's really ridiculous and I'm SICK of them! That's one good thing about the cold weather! DIE FLIES DIE!
To Can or Not to Can...that is the question!
The answer...CAN! My mom helped me with my first canning "season" last summer and I only did peaches. This summer I planted items in my garden so I could make salsa, I got some tips on stewing tomatoes from my good friend Sherelle and I have a 14 month old who LOVES peaches and pears, so this canning "season" was a busy one! And the funny thing is, is I know that lots of people do WAY more than what I did, and I thought I did a lot! Ha! Anyway, I did feel really resourceful and very homemaker-ish growing my own produce and actually making things out of it. It was a very good feeling.




Here's my big helper...