Pictures... pictures... pictures....

So I have been practicing and practicing with my new camera (Love it by the way)... and I think that Cade has finally had it! I made 3 attempts at Christmas pictures of him, in front of the tree, dressed up... blah blah... Well, it went something like this... Attempt #1... I put a white sheet up in his room, dressed him up in his Christmas outfit and proceeded to take around 150 pictures of him. He was so good, even looked at the camera for about 10-15 shots. But when I put them on my computer, I did a mental head slap... I used flash, inside, and the shadows were just ridiculous... so we'll just try again, right? Well attempt #2, the next day... put him back in his Christmas outfit, and instead of doing the white sheet in his room, that gets very little natural light, I opened up the front shades in the living room and attempted to get some shots in front of the tree. Terribly blurry, just not even usable. So I adjust the settings on the camera and sit in the floor for one more attempt and by this point, he is annoyed. He turns around and is pulling ornaments off left and right and before I could get up to stop him, he pulled the tree down... on us. It was a disaster... tree parts all over the living room... the top of the tree actually bent. Was really great. Thankfully it was nap time for Mr. Monster and so he went straight to bed and right to sleep. I spent the rest of the afternoon picking up the mess, rewrapping torn gifts & destressing. This is the picture that I snapped right before he pulled it down...



Third attempt... today... and I am so happy that I finally got some pictures that I loved. Because this was seriously going to be my last attempt at pictures in front of the tree. So here they are... :)

pictures... as promised!

I have a lot to learn with my new camera, but as promised, here are a few of my favorite shots from this weekend!!

Photo Dump!! And update!

Holy Cow, where did November go??? :)

I know I know, bad mommy for not updating the blog in ONE MONTH!!! But... what can I say, life happens, we get busy, and then we do a lot of begging for forgiveness, LOL... so here I am... with PICTURES! I'm actually doing a camera dump today... for one thing, my camera is toast... it has been dying on me since Halloween so these pictures are not the best. I didn't take nearly as many in November and I'm sure by looking at these pics, you can see why... I did some pretty wacky photo editing just to make them look decent enough to post. The good news, I'm getting a new camera, should be here today, so you'll be seeing PLENTY of Mr. Cade in the coming weeks!! I CAN NOT WAIT to get it. I'm just sitting here waiting on the UPS man, LOL.

A little update on Cade... he is doing FANTASTIC! He is so much fun, so sweet & smart & such a good boy! He is starting to talk a little. He doesn't say much consistantly but when he comes out with something, you know it! His latest thing is that everything is "gooood"... LOL... and I'm just assuming that's because I always call him my good boy. I think he even said "good da-e" last night... (yes, he calls Derek da-ee... his version of daddy) He LOVES the Christmas tree. He was so excited when he saw it for the first time and we spent much of the evening decorating it with blocks and gears and stuffed animals... but I think he's over it now and usually just runs up and touches it and then leaves it alone. So not the disaster I was afraid it would be.

And, at Cade's 18 month checkup (which he was actually 20 months when he went, LOL) he was 33 and a half inches and 29 pounds and the doc was very happy!!

Okay, now for my camera dump... say bye bye to these point & shoot photos! I can't wait to start shooting with my new camera!!


Superman Jammies




Playing outside...



















Happy Thanksgiving! Looking all handsome ;)




Brady




Playing basketball with Uncle Adam




Just a little higher Uncle Adam!




He had to have his own hula hoop after this... saw them at walmart and he REMEMBERED. LOL







Cade's room decorated for Christmas...




Lights & his own little tree :)




And mommy's tree :)




Tried to get a good pic of us...










That's it for now! I promise, more pics to come... my camera just arrived so yep, yep, check back in the coming days!!

Our Little Boy...

We had Cade's pictures made this week, taking full advantage of the beautiful fall weather & gorgeous colors. I look at these pictures and can't believe how big he is getting. This time is going by way too fast!!

separation anxiety at it's best...

can't even go to the bathroom alone anymore.

This was taken a month ago but it's definitely still relevant.

Hello everyone! I know, it has been awhile and I'm very sorry that I haven't updated the blog. Things have been busy & hectic and it has really been the last thing on my mind. Between my work-at-home job, being a mommy to a VERY active (and cute) toddler, and now getting my digital scrap store going, I've been finding myself with very little "free time"... so now it's 7 a.m. and I'm sipping on some coffee, hoping that Cade will sleep for at least another 20 minutes. He tried to get up at 3 a.m. today, and almost tricked me into thinking it WAS in fact morning. I heard him laughing & playing and actually sat up, getting ready to get up, and then realized that it was so early.

I guess the hardest part of the past few weeks has been that we lost our kitty cat, Josie this week. She was hit by a car on the road sometime Sunday night. It absolutely crushed us and I still can't believe she's gone. We went & rescued Josie at the animal shelter in Winchester when we were first married... got her around Thanksgiving 2003. She was our baby, probably the most quirky cat that I had ever met, and I miss her more than I ever imagined I would. We never expected her to live 20 years because she had so many health problems, but this was unexpected and has been so hard.

So in memory of Josie...

This is probably my favorite pic of her... as a tiny kitten:

She was fat & happy... at least we can say we gave her a good life.

Now for some pics of Cade. He has been doing great. Still not talking but he jabbers all day long and has been saying a few more words. He will just say a word once and that's it though. No need to repeat words, right? He has been saying "mom mom" lately though and I am almost certain I heard him say "car"... and we're pretty sure that he says "fishes" on a pretty regular basis (for goldfish - his fav snack!)

At his first Sorghum Festival...

Picking Papaw Bentley's flowers, LOL

Doesn't he look rotten here? LOL

He is such a little boy now... no baby here!

Where he plays ALL. DAY.

And as you can see... our little climber.

Thanks for looking & I'll try to update more often! Have a great weekend!!