Hold You

One of Caden's new phrases is "Hold You, Hold You". Often, when I pick him up, I say, "can mommy hold you? Or, do you want mommy to hold you?" He's decided now that when he wants me to pick him up, he should say "hold you, hold you mommy." It's so sweet! I love it!

Here is a picture of our sweet and snuggly little guy.

Caden's Blankie

Caden has a baby blankie that he loves. It is very soft, light blue, and has his name embroidered on the edge. This is a horrible picture of it but you get the idea.
One thing that calms Caden down is rubbing one of the seams between his fingers. After 22 months of this rubbing, Caden wore a tiny hole in the seam. Soon, the hole was large enough to stick his finger into...which he of course did. Just a couple days later, the hole was the size of a golf ball.

We knew the hole would continue growing so we asked Grammie to sew it shut. She quickly patched the hole and gave Caden his refurbished blankie. Within seconds of receiving his blankie, Caden said, "Uh oh... uh oh... broken... fix... fix... broken... fix... fix."

While saying "fix" over and over, he tried to hand me the blanket and show me what needed to be fixed. Both Caden and Caroline believe I can fix anything. Thankfully, I have yet to disappoint them with my fixing ability...although most of the time "fixing" means taping a book back together or replacing the batteries in a toy. :)

I told him his blankie was not broken but was instead better than before. I don't think he believed me. Either way, everyone got a good laugh out of Caden.

Deer In Headlights

This picture makes me laugh.

Ella's Birthday Party

We went to Dallas over the 4th of July weekend to celebrate an early birthday with our niece Ella. She had a swim party with lots of her friends from Dallas. The twins thought the party was great!

The birthday girl, Ella! She had her first b-day party in this same pool. I can't believe what a young lady she has grown into!
Cousin Cal swimming in the pool.
Cousin Will swimming in the pool.
Greer, Ella's cousin, showing off her swimming skills! Our favorite line from Greer was...."why do you call Caroline princess? My daddy calls me princess. I am my daddy's princess." So sweet!
Beach ball cookies.
Caroline indulging in a cookie. Yummy! She LOVED it!
Caden peering through the window to the pool. Let me out! After 4 days outside in the pool, we chose to let the twins play inside for this party. Not to worry, there were PLENTY of toys inside for Caden, Caroline and Jaxson (Ella's youngest cousin).
Popsicles by the poolside.
More friends and pool party fun......
Thanks for inviting us to celebrate with you Ella! Can't wait to celebrate with you again in Seattle on your actual birthday!!

Bounce House with Cousins

Another thing we did with the cousins was visit a bounce house. The kids had a ton of fun and used up a lot of energy. We didn't take many pictures during this trip but I like this one. You can see how Caroline looks up to her big cousin Ella.
Within a few minutes of leaving the bounce house, we had this in our back seat. Our little man was tired and needed a quick nap.

Splash Park with Cousins

Amy's brother and his family were in town a few weeks ago. While they were here, we all headed to a splash park. We all had a lot of fun.

All five kids liked flying through the water. These first two are Caroline flying.
Caden had a lot of fun with his buckets.
Ella and Cal going down the water slide. You can see Caden and Will in the background.
Caroline and I sliding down.
Caroline trying to taste the water.
We had a lot of fun at the splash park.

Red Head Appreciation Day!

Marble Slab introduced a New Red Velvet ice cream last week and held "Red Head Appreciation" day to celebrate. Caden and Caroline treated mommy and daddy two free ice cream! Caden probably consumed less than a tablespoon of ice cream. Caroline would have eaten all four scoops if we had let her.


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