Happy Birthday Grandpa

Thanks for being such a great Dad and now grandpa! Cade wanted to say happy birthday to his curmudgeon grandpa. We can't wait to see you this weekend. Love you Dad. Have a great day!

The pinky bone's connected to the ???

April was a CRAZY month. Here are the highlights:

Clay broke his finger playing flag football.

He's not really sure how it happened but he went for a guy's flag and they both went to the ground and in the process his left pinky finger became displaced by 3mm.

So he had to have surgery and now he is going to physical therapy and doing his pinky exercises. I think he just wanted to get out of diaper duty for awhile.

We got to go home for Easter. We hadn't been anywhere since Thanksgiving because of a certain little guy so it felt good to get out of the state. We were lucky enough to see both families. All of Clay's family was together for Easter for the first time since our wedding. We are blessed to have such awesome and loving families.

I cut my hair!

And Cade grew his out.

And discovered books.

We celebrated our two year anniversary. Yes, we're going the distance.

And my boys have been enjoying the NBA playoffs. Cade loves to watch ESPN with his Dad. Thanks for not giving up on us. Hopefully May will be a little more calm, but probably not!

Pick Me Up

Our Chunky Little Guy

I can't believe March is almost over. I had to hurry and post so I can make my goal of posting twice a month. I know it's not much, but it's an improvement from last year! Cade had a runny nose last week, but he is a little tough guy and was surprisingly good through all of it. We are so lucky to have him. And he actually liked the booger sucker. He would start to smile when we used it!

We went in to the doctors for a weight check on Tuesday and Cade is now 8 pounds and 6 1/2 ounces! He gained a one and a half pounds in the last month. All those night feedings are paying off. Soon I can hopefully sleep through the night again. Now that he's three months he's almost grown out of his newborn clothes!

So we're just haning' out, trying to survive until the end of the semester in about three weeks. I am looking forward to spring and sunshine and the end of the flu season.

Leapin' Leprechaun

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Cade's Blessing

February has been a crazy month for us and I can't believe it's almost over. We blessed Cade on the 15th and it was wonderful. My mom made his cute little outfit! We had over 50 people come to support us and had a big dinner afterwards. Thanks to everyone who came. We felt so loved. And a special thank you to my two moms for all of their help with the dinner. You are both amazing and I hope I can be as good as you two.

Soon after that crazy weekend and everyone left, I got the flu and was down and out for the next five days. It was awful. I couldn't keep anything down so I couldn't feed Cade. Clay was wonderful and missed school and work to take care of us. I am the luckiest girl to have him. Luckily I felt better for my birthday.

Cade is over two months now and over seven pounds! I know. He's a chunkster. He is small but really strong. He likes his "tummy time" and is always moving. He lays on his stomach and squirms around so much he rolls over! He's going to be a handful when he starts crawling.

He loves to hang out and play with his Dad. Clay is still working hard as a phlebotamist and is looking forward to the end of the semester. And we recently signed up for Netflicks and have been enjoying the first season of "Psych." It's our new favorite show and we highly recommend it. So that's us. Say hi and leave us a comment so we know how you're doing!

Ice Cream, Potato Arms and Receding Hairline

This ice cream is good enough to blog about. Wow! This divine flavor is our new favorite. Summed up in one word: decadent. That's all we have to say.
So I love ice cream, but I hate potato eyes that grow into arms. I pulled out my bag of potatoes to make dinner yesterday and this is what I found. I just think it's freaky. I know I'm from Idaho and I do love potatoes, but not when they look like a threat to my family. Cade is six weeks old today. He brings so much happiness to our lives. He is so close to smiling. And, he's losing his hair. Now he looks like a cute old man with a receding hairline!

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After

Thanks for checking in on us. Hope all is well!