The Wiggles Guitar

Caden got a few duplicate presents for his birthday, so we headed out to toys r us for a return. We told Caden that this could possibly be the most exciting place he has ever been! We were right, Caden was in love with toys r us! There was so much to see, and so much was at his level. We found this wiggles guitar and he is in love. It plays music and even has a wammy bar! Who knew that this even existed, but we are sure glad that we found it! I will try to get a better picture of it for future updates. Caden wants to take the pictures these days, so that definitely creates a bit of a challenge for us to take pictures.

Here is a video so you can experience the wiggles too! ( you can't really hear the songs, but you can hear Caden say his name)

I mastered the picture upload!

So the pictures are actually in the order I wanted them to be! finally!
I am just accepting the fact that right now, we will be posting about 2 times a month. That's the way it goes. So, below I have some pictures from Caden's birthday party. We had a pirate party for Caden and he loved it! This is a picture of the pirate ship cake. Just want to say thanks to my husband for making this. It was a big hit! This is cousin annie. She will be 1 in a week so we are excited for her birthday too!

Here is Caden opening his presents. I am so glad that you get a great shot of my arm in this one! :)

This is one of the kids that came (Cole), I work with his mom and he is about 4 month's younger than Caden.

This is Caden & Layla. I work with Layla's dad and she is about 7 months younger than Caden. She is an eater. She actually reached up to the table and ate a pepper and liked it. It made all of us laugh.

I guess I will have to take more pictures next year! I didn't take any this year, someone else did for me.....

Not trying to slack, but it's beyond my control

I am not trying to slack on the blog, it's just beyond my control right now. Our camera battery doesn't last very long right now, and apparently I am too cheap to buy another. So, I just have to charge it before I use it. Then it has no power to upload. Maybe tonight I will get some pics up. Until then, here is what is going on with us.

Caden had a great birthday party last weekend. Justin made a pirate ship cake and we had some friends over to celebrate. Caden had fun with all the little ones that came over. Cousin Charlie had to come later (like 10 minutes before the end of the party). He was sick.

Caden had his 2 year check up and is growing as he should. His weight was around 29 pounds and I don't know what his height was. I didn't take him to the doctor appt, Justin did.

Work is a bit stressful these days. 2 sales managers have been let go for not making their numbers. Thankfully right now I am making my numbers. But with that, I do not want to be missing any work if I can avoid it. Justin's job is slow going. With people tightening their belts on spending, surprise surprise, they are not going out to eat, which means, Justin works less.

Caden is still at Kindercare and really likes it. He is surprising us with all sorts of things. We don't know if we are teaching him things or kindercare or both. For instance, he knows his name and says Caden Finnegan. He also know many colors (red blue yellow green pink and purple) He does confuse some, but is learning. He also knows some letters thanks to his alphabet talking magnets. He knows "D" is for Dad, "M" is for Mom, "A" is for Annie and "Q" is for Quincy. He also likes to torment our dogs, which we are working on this since that is not nice.

Caden has a naughty spot if he is bad he gets a warning and if he does it again, he goes to the naughty spot. He hasn't been there in a while, so that is good. The doctor told Justin that his room cannot be a naughty spot. That is his safe haven. A little disappointing since Justin wanted to send him to his room when he is bad.

That's all to report for now. :)

Playtime with Caden & Charlie

Charlie & Annie (& Jeannette) called last week to see if they could come over & play. Matt (Jeannette's Hubby) is in grad school and has a night class. So I said come on over, let's play. Caden was thrilled to have them over. Caden & Charlie got out the shopping carts and chased each other all over the house. Charlie knew what store he was going to - Costco - how much money he had - $5 and what he would buy - croissant. Caden just ran around!

Caden doesn't just want to be in the picture, he now wants to take the picture too!

Below is Annie, just enjoying the show and drinking her bottle!

Gotta go, the bachelor is on now!

Happy birthday to us!

We got out the coloring mat last weekend that Caden got for Christmas from Nonie (Justin's mom). We had fun coloring on the mat and then tracing and punching out the shapes. This kept Caden entertained for about 5 minutes. Same as most activities we do. I hope this isn't a warning sign of ADD....
Caden is a wildman all the time. He was trying to run over Rocky possibly, or just laughing.

This is him eating birthday cake on mine & Justin's birthday. I guess the picture above is what happens if he eats sugar... Lesson learned!

This is Caden & I decorating the birthday cake. I wasn't going to make a cake, since I am trying to diet, but I decided to make it healthy and use cool whip for frosting, and a can of soda instead of the eggs & oil in the cake. Not too bad.

Caden had fun decorating. But he also stuck his fingers in it. What do you expect from someone that is almost 2

A bit of a slacker...

You are right, I have been slacking on the blog. We have had a restless and stressful month, but should be back on track. We are getting excited about Caden's birthday party. He will be 2 on Saturday! He is going to have a pirate party! The cake will be a pirate ship! Can't wait!

Caden is kid of the month at kindercare this month. So we sent some pictures of him to daycare for them to put on the bulletin board. More to follow on that later this week. ( I promise).