Happy Birthday Kade!

Not quite sure how he went from this

 to this:

This has been the fastest year of my life, hands down!  Ironically, getting Kade here was one of the slowest EVER.   2 rounds of IVF, hundreds of shots, 1 scary abruption, 2 ambulance rides, 1 week in the hospital, and 10 weeks of bed rest later, this little sweetie was finally here.  We are so blessed he is here with us when it could have easily been God's plan for him not to stay.  Kade is such a ray of sunshine and we just adore him! (As well as everyone else who meets him.) Love you Kader-bug!

Milestones and things that I love about Kade:
*He is a mama's boy! Finally :)
*Has two cute little teeth and is so happy and smiley.
*Loves his blanket, dirt, rocks, dancing, and playing outside.
*Says lots of words-mom, dad, Gav, up, yeah, blanky, stinky, kiss, this, baba, and makes car noises.
*Has a permanent bruise on his head from trying to walk too fast.  Taking 3-5 steps.
*Is obsessed with our vacuum and leads me to the closet several times a day so he can play with it.
*Scoots all over like a monkey (half crawl/half scoot)
*Loves Gavin but loves his toys more. Is a big teaser.
* Has the sweetest, purest laugh and chubby cheeks.
*Not a great eater but is starting to like bananas and graham crackers.  He's in the 25th % for weight, 30th % for height, and 95th% for head.  Our boys have big brains.  :)
*Has a million nicknames: Kader, Kader Vader, Kader-bug. punkin pie, chunk-a hunk....

Tonsils

Gavin had his tonsils and adenoids taken out in May because of sleep apnea.  They were ginormous!  (a really technical term used by his Dr. ) They were so big that when he'd eat, food would get stuck on his tonsils. Gavin did really well after the surgery but had trouble with the pain medicine.  Lortab made him soo CRAZY!  He literally bounced off the walls until we switched to Tylenol and Motrin. He was so brave though-- a lot braver than his parents. Gavin loved having Grandma Barbara come stay with us and thinks we should continue to eat popsicles and ice cream all day long, every day!

Memorial day

Easter

 Is it better to catch up on your blog or move on and pretend like Easter didn't happen?  :) 

Easter morning at Grandma's house.

 Only in Idaho/Utah would there be snow at the Easter egg hunt! We weren't prepared of course for snow so Kayson let Gavin borrow a coat.  Thanks!

Be my valentine

Christmas 2011

Happy Birthday Gavin

After months of Gavin telling me "My birthday's coming up" his special day finally arrived! I've never seen anyone so excited about their birthday as Gavin. He loved his football cake and opening up presents. Happy Birthday love! I couldn't imagine life without you. Some of his favorite things are:
*Favorite show: Super Why
*Favorite color: blue and green
*Favorite food: french fries and yogurt
*Favorite thing to do: Play football
Some things I love about Gav is that he always has a smile and a twinkle in his eye. He is so sweet to Kade and has really grown up a lot this last year. He TALKS my ears off every day but it makes me smile to hear about the things that are on his mind.






















































Cody just LOVES all the displays (decorations) I do for parties. :)