Pumpkin Patches

We've had the opportunity to visit a couple of pumpkin patches over the last few weeks. Caden has loved every bit of it. The first visit was to a pumpkin farm and it was great! It made the trip really cool for Caden because Ricky took the day off and went with us and Caden got to ride on a school bus to get there. You can't beat that if you are 2 yrs old! The second trip was to a pumpkin patch with our playgroup that meets weekly. The kids had a great time feeding the animals, going through the straw maze, taking a hayride, and playing in a TeePee that was set up.

And by the way (I should note since I'm including pictures), we have officially entered the stage of making crazy faces when you see the camera (especially if you use the word "cheese"). It is hard to find a picture where he actually looks normal. : - ) Most of the ones I capture have a wrinkled nose and one eye closed. Silly Kid!

Happy as can be...riding on a School Bus!

Posing with a pumpkin we picked.

Making the way through the corn maze.

Crazy face Caden (attemping to smile for the camera) with his gourds and little pumpkins from our trip.

Second Pumpkin Patch Visit

Posing with some pumpkins

Riding a straw horse

On the hayride with Mommy

Laughing at the rabbits with buddy Owen

Wedding Reception Fun

Caden finally lasted long enough at a wedding reception to get to hear the music. As expected, He loved it! He kept dancing way past bedtime.

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Update

We've just been doing the normal things around here. Nothing too eventful. Enjoying some cooler weather. I do have one bit of news to share... We did find out that we are having a GIRL!!!! We are all very excited. Everything looked good with the baby, she seems to be growing and developing just as planned. Here are a couple of recent pictures of Caden.

Just hanging out with Lilly (or on her to be more exact).

Go Vols! Caden is a fan just like daddy.

First Cardinals Game Fun

Clap Drew! You can't sit this one out when Caden's around. Everyone must participate!

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First Cardinals Game

Caden had a Blast at his first Cardinals Baseball Game last weekend. We were able to meet some of our friends from Memphis and catch a Sat. night game. Caden absolutely loved the atmosphere. We stayed in our seats nearly the entire game and he sang, clapped, and danced the whole night. The wave was also quite cool. Here are some pictures.

A family picture before the game

Daddy and Son

Being Silly...Having Fun with Drew

Cheering the Night away

Catching Up

Here are some pictures I came across that never got posted. Enjoy!

Caden enjoys playing with his new t-ball set he got for his birthday!

Some pictures from Caden's actual birthday

A Birthday breakfast...with hat of course.

More presents! A Mickey and Minnie Safari Road set.
Can I blow yet? Cake after Lunch.

Blowing out the candle (again and again). He kept saying blow again. So we lit it several times.

Yum! Cake is Good!

A visit to Chuck E Cheese.

A few days later Caden wasn't feeling the best...He was resting on the cool tile floor and Lilly decided to join him. Pretty Cute, huh?

Our Birthday Boy!

Happy 2nd Birthday to Caden! He has been soaking it up all week. We did a family party last weekend in Cape so he has enjoyed playing with all of his new presents this week and then today (his actual birthday) we celebrated again. He thinks singing Happy Birthday is great, especially if you are singing to him and then he gets to blow out candle. We probably lit the candle 10 times at lunch so he could blow again. And of course you have to sing each time too. Here are a couple of pictures from the morning of his party.

Stylin with his Elmo attire

Blowing out the candles

Baseball Boy

Here are a couple of pictures of Caden playing baseball in the backyard. He has really enjoyed watching baseball this summer and loves playing himself. He determined a few weeks ago that he "Needed" a helmet to play baseball. We gave in and went looking. A T-ball size actually fits remarkably well and maybe he will wear it someday to play on a team. Who knows. For now the backyard will work. : - )

On Our Way to Two

While Caden is almost two years old now...we are also moving on to two children in our life. We are expecting another baby in January!!! We are very excited and everything seems to be going well. Caden will be a great big brother. And currently he is still a big fan of babies so hopefully that sticks around for a while. : - )


I can't believe that Caden will be two in less than one month! It is crazy how much kids change from year to year. I'm sure he obviously changed dramatically during his first year of life but I almost think this second year has been even more amazing. He has learned so much from when he turned one until now. I never would have imagined that my one year old then would be the full fledged toddler he is today. Running, playing, climbing, talking, singing, etc. It is crazy. Whether it is singing with the radio or saying the words with us as we read a book or counting as we count. He thinks that is pretty cool right now. I tried to attach a video below of Caden counting with his computer from several weeks ago, but I've been trying for like two weeks and blogger evidently hates the idea of me uploading this video so I gave up and posted this post without the video. Sorry.

Fireworks

Caden enjoyed the fireworks. We did some small things at home like smoke bombs, sparklers, snakes, and snap pops. Snap Pops were the coolest for him but he also really liked the smoke bombs. We went to a church function on the evening of the fourth. They had some fun things set up for the kids to do and then there was a fireworks display. Caden really did like the fireworks. He liked saying the colors that they were. At first he thought it was safest to cover his eyes and just peek but eventually he was good looking straight at them. : - )

Smoke Bomb fun. Observing at first.

Now he's running through it.
Watching the Snake appear.

Snap Pops

Sparklers. He wasn't scared at all, which made me a little nervous.

Caden's in the last seat of the I love America Express.

This is serious business.

Jumping in the bounce house.

Peeking through his fingers at the fireworks.