One Full Week of Excitement!

Our little Kaden was blessed today by his daddy. Right before the blessing started, Kaden looked up at Jacob in the circle and smiled his biggest smile ever. He was excited to finally be blessed :)

Daddy and Kaden on his blessing day

Kaden on his blessing day

We also took a trip to Palmyra, New York earlier this week.

A dream come true!

This is the view of the temple from the Joseph Smith's house/ Sacred Grove

The window on this side of the temple is made of clear glass. This is because Pres. Hinckley said that without what happened outside that window, we wouldn't have what happens in the temple.

I am so grateful for the temple, it was such a beautiful image to have the Sacred Grove on one side of me and the temple on the other. I know the temple is a House of God, and I am so grateful for it so I can be with my family forever!

Family photo inside Joseph Smith's house.

This is the bed where he would have slept, along with 2 other brothers.

In front of the newer Smith home

Joseph Smith hid the gold plates under these same bricks Pretending to be cows and horses :)

Our family in the Sacred Grove

This was an amazing opportunity for our family,

if you ever have the chance to go, you should!

Kaden had quite the poopy diaper while we were there( as you can see in the background)

So Addi chased Jacob around and tried to throw grass on him.

I love the look on her face...pure joy and happiness!

The kiddos on the temple grounds

On top of the Hill Cumorah

We had a picnic at the top, and I just kept thinking...

"I can't believe I am having a picnic on top of the Hill Cumorah!"

This is the actual place where the gold plates were hidden, to come forth in a time when they could be translated and shared with the entire world! I am extremely grateful for the sacrifice of so many people, so we can have the Book of Mormon today! Book of Mormon statue at the Hill Cumorah Visitors CenterAfter Palmyra, we headed to Niagara Falls.

The kids slept the entire way there :)

We went to the aquarium first...

then to the falls...beautiful!!!

It was so windy that my cheeks were flapping and you had to push against the wind to stand up straight...it was awesome!

WE LOVED OUR NEW YORK TRIP!

Can't wait to go again!

This past weekend we had a bike parade to celebrate the 4th of July!

Can you find Addi?

We ended at the park to play...

and eat watermelon with friends...

and take a lift in the fire truck :)

This has been an exciting week!

I Hope we have more just like it :)

2 months old and a Sunday afternoon

Here is Kaden at 2 months and 1 week

(our camera broke so we didn't get a picture on his real 2 month birthday)

I love how he is starting to get chubby cheeks :)

He now weighs 11 lbs 1oz and is 23 in. long.

We love our little Kado Potato.

He is such a happy little guy :)

What's a Sunday afternoon without twirling in your poofy dress.

Just look at that form :)

Sweet Sweet Girl

Sunday afternoon walk.

Addi noticed this trail at the end of our street, and has been wanting to walk down it for a while now. It was beautiful and Addi kept us entertained with all her silly stories. We love that little girl!

Sweet dreams...

Pictures!

Just us :)

Out Pickin' strawberries.

We picked 7 lbs.

1 pound was probably eaten before we got home. We just opened the windows in the van and let the warm summer breeze blow through our hair, and tossed the tops of strawberries out on the country roads the entire way home... what a life!

Another pound was eaten that night and the rest we made into jam :)

And last, but not least...Addi got her first haircut!

She cried at first and wanted to run out the door, but after she was offered a lollipop, she jumped right in the seat, and was happy the entire time.

(She told me she didn't want to cut her hair until it touched the toilet when she went potty because that would be gross :) I love her little mind)

One Month Pictures

Here is Kaden on his one month birthday!

And these next two are of him after church today :)

He is starting to smile and talk. I love his sweet smile!

And I've been meaning to mention, that this sweet little girl learned how to pedal her bike! Way to go Addi! She rides it every chance she gets now :)

Introducing Kaden - He's Been Here for a While

The little Kadenator arrived exactly one month ago and we are beyond thrilled to have him here! Such a sweet little guy.
These are some recent pictures he was just about three weeks old in all of these.

Addi sure does love her brother! Sometimes she can show her love in less than 3 seconds flat, but other times she likes to hold Kado a bit longer to help out Mom. And what a good little helper she is.

Cousin Ben and Kaden. Amazing what 7 months can do.
This is just how we do some days. Whenever and however he sleeps as long as he's sleeping!
Mommy and Kaden. So happy!
Last but not least in all his swinging glory. We sure do love this new little one. What a blessing he is to our little family.
The End! More to come...eventually!

Kaden is Here!

The story...

Kaden was born 5 days late on April 18. He weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and was 21 inches long.

Have you ever seen movies where women suddenly go into labor in the middle of the night? And have you ever thought... "that never happens"? I sure have! Well, no longer do I think that...

At about 1:30 am I woke up suddenly to very painful contractions that were about 30 seconds to 1 minute apart (I must add here that they didn't feel like normal contractions so I didn't want to go into the hospital right away) so after laboring at home for about 45 minutes, we called the Dr. and headed to the hospital. When we got there, I was an 8 and 2 hours one epidural and 4 pushes later our little Kaden was here.