Caden turns 4!

Can you believe my once severely colicky baby is now 4. Has it been 3 years since I stopped walking the floors and taking drives to calm this little man. Now look, he has his own transportation to cruise around in. Boy, he loves his firetruck and he will not let any of his sibling within 5 feet of it. He is so cute playing, he gets all his "gear" on. Hops in and puts out all the fires around the house. I didn't realize I had that many. You get real jumpy when he barrels through the living room yelling, "Mommy your house is on fire!" One has a tendency to jump and look. Seriously I hope I don't have one, I may still be sitting when the real fire department come, I have heard it that much from him. And then on top of his fabulous birthday gift, he got his rocket cake. I am no Martha Stewart, but by george I made him his cake. It was a rocket and it had sparklers on the bottom. We had a real countdown, then blastoff. He was so excited! What a joy this precious child of God is to us . He is so full of life, we are always on our toes. You just have to love the adventure of what will be with Caden.

Dance Baby Dance!

Katie and Andy went on their first date Friday night. Our church hosted a Daddy Daughter Dance and they attended with several of our friends. It was a big party for the girls and their Daddy's. Katie and Andy stayed the whole time, she sure had a great time and it showed when she got home. Andy said she stayed on the stage the whole time, not on the dance floor. Several of her girl friends were there and they boogied down. How special that time is for a Daddy and his daughter, a tradition that is started and will never stop. Andy is setting the standard for her now, that way in the teenage years he will not have to "clean his gun" often as he says. Enjoy the pictures of their special night...

Caught in the Act

I love catching my kids in the act of something, not necessarily trouble. Just catching them being kids and using their imagination. I love hearing them play and laugh, mostly the boys are in the bossy stage of each other. There are those precious times of their play that my heart grows tenfold as I watch them interact with one another and love on each other. So sweet it makes me cry. Here are some cute photos of the kids caught in the act... Katie was caught taking all the Kleenex's out the box, a new box. I think she loved the act of pulling one out and then another, they just kept coming out for her. The boys were caught, just being boys. These are just some of the moments, I simply could not ask for more. Every single baby is a brand new idea from God and my do I ever love his creativity!

Katie's ONE

Katie's first birthday was this past Sunday (Feb.1), I wish I could say she had her cake and ate it too. She had other plans. She didn't cram, she didn't get messy all she did was daintily pick at her cupcake and sweetly sampled. Andy and I were posed and ready to capture the moment of our first big mess, it didn't happen. She just simply sat and enjoy picking at the icing and putting little bites in her mouth. It was too sweet. She loves her gifts, a grocery cart, telephone, clothes and a butterfly. However, she is a girl who loves diamonds more and loves to play with my jewelry. She especially loves to put them on her toes. Well, you know girls have to have one for every finger and TOE. Can't wait to see what is in store for us this year.