More to come

Ok, ran out of time for the night, but will finish my buildup of blogging soon... promise! And don't worry, these ones will be a little more recent :)

Brock's Farewell

I can't believe I'm just now posting about this, but my little brother Brock is on a mission for our church. He was called to the West Indies mission. He left June 3rd and will be back in two years! We're so proud of him for making the decision to do this. It will change not only his life, but the lives of those he comes in contact with. He and the people he serves will continually be in our prayers.

Before he left, my older sister and her two little girls came up to say goodbye to him. It was soo much fun having them here! I love those girls and I can't believe how much they've grown up since the last time I saw them. It was so fun to be able to spend so much time with family. Like the last time my sister came up, we stayed at my parents house the whole time... it was a blast!

Here is one of their last pictures together before Brock left. It's going to be crazy for Brock to see him and how much he's changed when he gets back!
Brock was trying to make the same face as Cade... successful??

Brock got Cade a Jordan outfit when he was born. Then Darren got some shoes that matched it. He's a basketball player in the making!

Oh yeah! Cade actually PLAYED with his toys for the first time while we were there! I didn't have to force him to hold them or anything! It was very thrilling :)

Again, pictures are in the slide show below. View if you desire.

Cade's Baby Blessing

Finding a day to give Cade his blessing was crazy because the grandparents happened to alternate weekends out of town. Then my Grandpa passed away and the funeral was held the only weekend that would have worked. It just kept getting pushed off. FINALLY, we found a day that worked! For those who don't know, a baby blessing is something we do in our church that officially gives a baby a name for the records of the church, and a blessing from God for the rest of his life. It's not mandatory, but customary. Unfortunately, we are terrible people and only got ONE picture of Cade in his blessing outfit... and I'm not even in it... whoops.

We had family and a few friends over after for some food to celebrate Cade's special day. The pictures are in the slide show below. We'll make sure to get more of the next baby...

Grandpa Beeson

At the end of April, my Grandpa Beeson (Dad's Dad) died. Totally unexpected. However, it was perfect for his; he died suddenly of a heart attack right off the dock at Lake Powell (probably his favorite place in the world). Obviously it was a sad occasion, but it was perfect timing for everyone to be able to meet Cade. Darren wasn't able to make it, but I drove down with my family and my little man. He did amazing on the long trip and I was so glad we were able to go. It was wonderful seeing everyone. Not only was he able to meet tons of my extended family, but he got to meet his only boy cousins for the first time! They were so cute with him. Wish you could've been there Darren!

Ok, is this the funniest thing you've ever seen or what?? My grandma had breast cancer about a year ago and had to go through chemotherapy. She lost her hair in the process but had a beautiful wig to wear when she went out. Well, as you can see, her hair is back now and she's cancer free! So we thought we'd put the wig to good use, since Cade had just lost most of his hair by this time :) I think he looks like a baby Einstein. We couldn't stop laughing!

The rest of the pictures from the trip are on the slide show.

Vancouver

So yes, I do realize this was more than half of Cade's life ago, but I wanted to post it anyways. We went down to Vancouver, Washington for Darren's cousin's wedding (which happened in April). We had so much fun down there spending time with family and it was great for me to meet some of them for the first time. We were only there two nights, but we made sure to stay up late to make it worth the trip! Darren's parents, his brother Cory, wife Lindsay, daughter Brooklyn and us stayed in a hotel close by. There, Cade and Brooklyn got to have their first swim!

The water was great! Bathtub temperature, which was perfect for Cade... and me :) He absolutely loved it! Darren had lots of fun swimming with him.

We didn't think to buy swim diapers and Brooklyn's were much to big for Cade, so he wore a normal diaper... it was INSANE!!!

Do you see that??? It's so full you can practically see down his diaper!


Here is a slideshow of our time there. We had so much fun! Thanks for getting married Shauna!

Easter

Easter was fun this year. We went to an Easter egg hunt with some of our friends from the ward on Saturday and it was pouring rain. Luckily (for the kids) it only started raining hard once the hunt was over and we were under cover. A little girl from my sunbeam class, Allison, gave Cade his first Easter Egg! So sweet! Sunday morning, I got up early with Cade (as usual) and set up an Easter egg hunt for him and Darren. But we ended up running out of time to do it in the morning so we had to wait to do it until later. After church we went to my aunt and uncle's house and had dinner with the fam. Everyone seemed to have fun with Cade (mostly because he was either smiling and cooing at them or making vibrations on their laps :) if you know what I'm saying...) When we got home, we FINALLY did the Easter egg hunt. It was a lot of fun!

Here's our smiley boy with his findings from the hunt! What a chunk!... I mean... hunk? :)

Side note: this is a 3 month outfit... what the heck??

Random Stuff

Most people say they don't realize how big their baby is getting while it's happening since you see them every day. Darren and I, however, are the opposite. Every day we can actually SEE that Cade is getting bigger. He no longer fits his newborn clothes, which is simply depressing. I used to be able to lay him in my lap with ease, but now when I do he pushes off my stomach with his legs. What the heck?? Can he really be growing this fast?! Not only is he getting taller, but he is getting MUCH fatter! More and more rolls show up all the time. I know his cheeks were chubby to begin with, but now I'm pretty sure they hang lower than his chin... is that normal? :)

Anyways, since Cade is getting so big, I am able to try new clothes with him. A week ago we put him in his overalls for the first time. Darren didn't like it because he thought they made him look too old! But when we took them off, Darren practically peed his pants:

According to Darren, Cade "looks like the old man that walks down the stairs, all dressed for the day, that forgot to put on his pants"

Here are a few pictures of Darren and Cade. I didn't want to talk about them all, but wanted to post them, so I just put them on a slideshow.

It's so fun to see Darren play with our little baby. It has almost been two months since we had Cade and Darren still gets giddy when he plays with him. Before Darren and I were even seriously dating I knew he would be a good dad. It all but melted my heart when I saw him playing at the park with the kids I was nannying at the time. It was at that moment that I knew I wanted Darren to be the father of my children. He's such a good dad to Cade and I'm so happy I married someone who loves his child (almost) as much as he loves me!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to talk about other developments! Not only is Cade growing, but he's starting to DO so much more! He holds his toy rings, sucks on his hands, follows us with his eyes, rolls on his side and a bunch of other fun things. But my favorite new developments are his smiles (which he does in response to US instead of gas) and coos (umm... is that how you would spell that?)! He smiles and coos at us ALL the time now! Even though it happens all day long, I still can't help but smile and laugh every time I hear it. Below is a video of him cooing. Unfortunately, this is more of a sad cooing instead of a happy one, but is cute nonetheless.

Is Spring Here??

We were tricked by the weather last week and enjoyed a few AMAZINGLY sunny and warm days! I thought spring might be here, but the sun was short lived. We are now back to the typically rainy weather, but have high hopes the sun will be here to stay soon! While it was sunny, we enjoyed a little family outing to a nearby park. We packed up a mini picnic and took Cade on a stroller ride. We went off-roading in the stroller to get to the park, which Darren enjoyed thoroughly! Once we got to the park, we ate our mini dinner and tossed around the football. After that, we took Cade down the slide for the first time. I think he had fun!

The scary part was actually getting UP to the slide. The normal way up included a tube which I couldn't go through with Cade in my arms so I had to climb. Do you see that metal "ladder" in the background of the above picture (to the left)? Yeah, that's what I climbed up... with one arm (since Cade was in the other). Now that I'm thinking about it, I probably should have had Darren hold Cade until I got up and THEN had him hand him to me... whoops! Maybe next time.

We can't wait for Summer to be here so we can do this more often!

Family In Town

So this was a couple of weeks ago, but my younger brother Brock and older sister Brooke were able to come home for a few days to meet Cade! It was so much fun to have them in town. Darren, Cade and I packed up our bags and stayed the weekend at my parents house so we could enjoy their stay to the fullest :) Naturally, we were really bad about taking pictures, but I DID get one of Brock:

Cade and Uncle Brock were dancing to Bailey's piano music and had a blast! Here they are making the same face :) Ok, Cade was actually yawning, but it's practically the same...

Sadly, I got none of Cade and my sister Brooke... my bad. I think my mom got some; so at least someone was responsible! We spent much of our time watching movies. Mostly Twilight (which my younger sister Bailey didn't want any part of!), but one of the movies we watched that WASN'T Twilight was Outsourced, which turned out to be... interesting. But while we were waiting for everyone to get downstairs to watch it, Cade danced to the DVD menu music:

It was so much fun to have you guys here! Thanks for coming! We can't wait see you all again at Brock's farewell! Next month baby!

P.S. Ben and Melody - wish you guys could be here too :( Can't you just forget about school?? Come ON!!!

Things We Do

lright, I'm not even going to get in to excuses for not blogging... because I have none. I feel like my days are busy because I'm always doing SOMETHING, but mostly my "somethings" consist of staring at my baby, holding him, rocking him, feeding him, changing him, bathing him, and watching TV (namely CSI or House) or a movie while I do the activities listed above. So technically my day is pretty full. HOWEVER, there is no reason why I can't do some of these activities while I blog... other than the fact that I'd rather be watching TV. But for those of you who actually check this thing, I suppose I should give you a little something to look at every once in a while! Here are some pictures of our recent activities:

When we first gave Cade a bath he FREAKED out! Since then, he has gotten much better. I think he may actually even enjoy them now!

We try to make sure he gets "tummy time" but found that he enjoys it much more if he can do it on the boppy. Our doctor told us this was a better way to do it because his stomach is upset a lot of the time and apparently this doesn't hurt as much.


I also put him like this in the boppy so I can try to get a few things done every once in a while. I just love how he's holding his hands! So cute!


About two weeks ago we thought we'd give the bumbo a try. He did so well! It was a little hard for him to stay sitting straight up (after a little while he'd start falling to the side), but he's getting better at it all the time!


I just LOVE this face! He gives us this look all the time! It is usually accompanied with the most adorable cooing sounds!


We are now starting to find him sleeping in funny positions. I love when he sleeps with his arms sticking out like this! Who can sleep like that???


So do you guys remember his cute little cry that we posted a video of last month? Well, it's gone. Here's his new cry: