Cade's 4th Birthday

Cade has been talking about his birthday for months! He wanted a transformer party. We had our friend Rebecca make the awesome cake, and he invited several of his friends from school (Logan and Janie), and the kids in the neighborhood that he plays with. Michelle commented at one point that she has never seen Cade so excited, and I think that she was probably right. Cade had the time of his life, which made everything SO worth it. Cade did GREAT, I was so proud of how good he was the whole day. When I asked Cade what his favorite part of the day was, he said "that everybody came!" Love that kid.

4 year old facts:
Favorite Toy/TV show: Transformers (he watches the old school episodes all of the time!)
Favorite Drink: Rootbeer
Favorite Food: Pizza, but only if it's cut into small squares so that it will "fit" in his mouth!
Favorite Friend: He likes everyone with a pulse! He is such a loving kid!
Cade wakes up at about 5:00 am and climbs in bed with us every night. Once he even came in and said "get out of my spot mom!"
Cade loves Coleman and loves being a "big boy". He shows Coleman how to do things, and is very good at telling me when Coleman is getting into trouble.

Cade has started sunbeams in primary, and it has been tough, but he's getting the hang of it! He is doing fantastic in preschool. I think that he's ready for the next challenge as far as schooling is concerned, and we're super excited that he received a scholarship worth a LOT of money to a specialized school in Salt Lake. He will start this fall. I will be very sad that he will be gone for most of the day (Mon-Thurs), but I am excited that he will get to participate in such an amazing program with amazing people.

Cade is one-of-a-kind. He puts life into perspective for me every day, and helps me realize what is important. Cade has a huge heart, and an even bigger smile. I feel like Cade has helped make me the person that I am today, and he has also helped to make our family what it is. I couldn't imagine life without him! I love you, buddy!

T-Ball... Another attempt

Cade started t-ball a few weeks ago. So far it's going tons better than last year (last year it was all I could do to keep him on the correct field). So far he is having a great time. He loves his hat and jersey, and tackles whoever has the ball.

I just can't get enough of that grin!

 

Cade's Love...

Cade picked this remote controlled car out for Russ for his birthday :) He knew that he couldn't open it... because it was dad's... so he just sat and looked at it until he fell asleep.

 

When Mom's not Looking...

When mom's not looking... grab a fork, the pan of brownies, and eat as much as you can... just as fast as you can! Cade does this EVERY time I make brownies.
 

Coleman at 18 (errr... 20) months

So this post is a little late coming!

Coleman is now 20 months old. At his 18 month appointment, he was in the 50th percentile for weight, and the 30th percentile for height. Here's some facts about what he's been doing lately...

Coleman LOVES to climb. He climbs everything, all day long. He pushes the chairs all over the house to see what he can get into next.

He is VERY attached to his blankie and binky.

He is a very picky eater.

He loves being read to.

Coleman likes Sesame Street, and says "Onnnt Emmo!" for "want Elmo". It's seriously the cutest thing you'll ever hear in your life. It makes me smile every time he says it.

He loves his dad. Every morning, he climbs up onto Russ, lays his head on his shoulder, and just sits there for a good 5 minutes. He is always very excited when he hears Russ come home in the evenings.

Coleman started nursery, and had a very hard time at first, but now that he has gotten to know everyone a little bit better he seems to really enjoy it.

Coleman is starting to put two words together. I would guess that he is saying over 50 words, but it's hard to say since most of his words are still not intelligeable. He mostly just articulates the vowel sounds in each word, but those words definitely have meaning.

His comprehension is very good when he is close to the speaker, but his responses aren't reliable when the speaker is over 10' away. His audiograms show a borderline normal to minimal loss in the lower frequencies (20 dB), a mild loss (35-40 dB) at 4000 hZ, and borderline normal to minimal loss at 8000 hZ (again around 20 dB). He is still not passing the OAE tests. His audiologists are still on the fence about wearing his aids, especially for his left ear, but agreed to keep them on the shelf for the time being.

Coleman is my little piece of sunshine. He's so loveable and cuddly and always full of smiles. He adds so much to our family, and I'm so glad that he's ours.

 

 

 

Easter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day to My Boys

To Russ, Cade, and Coleman,

I love you more than anything.

Love,
mom

Getting older is not so bad...

BEST. BIRTHDAY. EVER.
Russ took me out for a night away from the kids (my first time!). We went to dinner at The Roof in the Joseph Smith Memorial building. It was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. After dinner, we stayed at the Hotel Monaco. It was very fancy and I felt spoiled :) It was so nice to have a break from everything... no kids, homework, or housecleaning calling my name. Russ and I were able to have an entire evening to ourselves with no interruptions! Crazy!

Looking out from our room...

Breakfast at Bambara...

Russ will play along with my cheese when it's my birthday :)

"Where they gonna lay out the ice?"

Cade started hockey camp this month. When we pulled up to the rec center for his first lesson, he said, "where they gonna lay out the ice, mom?" When his coach came into the gym and layed out all of the sticks for the kids to pick from, Cade just started saying "wow! wow!" He could care less about all of the rules of the game, but he sure likes to run. I hesitated putting him in, because I was afraid he would use the stick as a weapon... but so far... so good.

Gorzola Park

Last Saturday, we took the boys to Gorzola Park in Park City. It was probably one of my favorite Saturdays ever. The boys were absolutely adorable. Cade tried skiing for the first time, and loved it... until he couldn't stop and ended up tangled in the snow fence. Coleman fell asleep on the little kids' tube pull. He would cry every time they stopped it to let another kid on. As soon as it started up again he would go right back to sleep! Cade and Coleman's favorite part though was racing each other down the little hill. I love these boys!