Sunday, September 12, 2010

A year and a half! Where has the time gone.



    I can't believe cade is already 1 and a half. Time has flown by. He is still such a delight. Still doesn't always sleep through the night. Still loves to laugh and explore. Still loves the beach and people. He talks a lot but also loves to sit in his chair and "read" his books. He is fascinated by the littlest things and loves observe everything.
    He still loves all things cars, tractors, dump trucks, machines. The sound that always stops him in his tracks is a siren, he loves fire engines, ambulances, cop cars etc. He makes the best faces and is very enthusiastic in his words and emotions right now. We crack up all the time when he seems something normal but stops and screams wow or woah and is so amazed. He is learning to color but doesn't seem to understand why daddy has marker all over him but he isn't supposed to put marker on himself. :)
     He loves to climb and be at the beach.  We have spent a lot of time at my parents over the past few months and cade and the chickens are best friends. When we are there he is literally outside all day long. He loves the dirt, loves water, mud, shovels, washing the car, sweeping, vaccuuming and climbing. He is the cutest little guy and yet such a mister mischief. We are so enjoying each day with him and learning patience as well. Toddlerhood is in full force with the tantrums and the frustrations of us not understanding him but the Lord is so gracious and gives us the strength and patience we need. It has really given us a clear picture of our attitudes toward the Lord a lot of times too and made us laugh with wow we must look ridiculous.
  In July i got to go out to Austin and spend some time with my best friend jill and their new baby tori. It was so good to get to hang out and help her out a little bit. It was my first trip away from cade and it was hard but also a good break.
    Nick and I also celebrated our 5 year anniversary. We had the whole day to ourselves and did the most random things. It was wonderful. We walked and hung out on the beach, we shopped a little, had leisurely lunch at a restaurant, got some coffee at verve and grabbed dinner at shadowbrook where we had dinner the night he proposed to me. We then came back and had birthday cake with nicks parents for nicks dads birthday. It was a great day.
   We are loving being in Santa Cruz and so close to the beach. Ministry is slowly forming and it is really exciting to see the directions the Lord is taking it. We are so grateful for the community we are blessed with at Faith Community Church and loving getting to know the people. We have our continual challenges here in ministry and yet the Lord provides wisdom and strength. We have been challenged lately with the idea of letting the Lord fight for us, truly surrendering and seeing what the Lord does. Not being lazy or not caring but allowing the Lord, who is all powerful and all knowing, work, which requires us to get out of the way and just trust. It is such a challenging paradigm but we are seeing such freedom and excitement from it.
  This is such an amazing season and we are so grateful for the place the Lord has us in. We feel so truly blessed.

here are some pics from the past few months:
Cade's amazing hair
Wetsuit outfit

Loves to be at his table
Markers taste good apparently

first coloring picture
beach walking
loves sticking his head through the rails at steamers
loves to walk with things over his head
sandy buddies
nick stuffed cade full of packing peanuts
handy manny's at papa and nona's
Hanging out with tyler and tori
Jill!! love her!
beautiful flowers my bud bought me
first real ice cream cone and he stole mine too!
5 year anniversary!!! Me fake laughing at bud's real laugh!
our feet
headphones are cool
cade and i in our boat shoes
washing his truck while daddy washes our car
my buds
loungin in gpa grizz's chair eating cheese puffs
eating chicken corn with the chickens
watering the plants at gma cookies
swimming attire
"i can put my helmet on myself"
wind blown hair
Hey there's a hand in this hole
Daddy's hand
Just another day at steamers
boys at the beach
hanging out with mommy
bro outfit
I have an idea
Mud party
scoop
I love mud!! (Creepy joker face)
not a black eye just mud!!
hahaha
mmm ice cream
pictures on me just like daddy

my mom gave me this picture of me at 18 months one day when she saw cade and said i felt like i was looking at you so here are the 2 side by side. pretty crazy!

Cade 18 months
Lindsey 18 Months


Wednesday, June 30, 2010

15 & 16 months

So we've moved twice, started to adjust to santa cruz, and just been so busy. But we are all doing well. Cade is growing like a weed. He is almost 30 pounds and getting taller by the day. He talks non-stop and is walking and climbing on everything. He loves to laugh, loves all things cars and still lights up a room. He is an amazing little boy who enjoys life and all that it brings. He has done amazing with this transition in moving and being here and there. Two awesome things about living in Santa Cruz are that we get to go to the beach any day we want and Cade has a friend down the road that he gets to hang out with daily. Cade loves the beach, the water, the sand and loves being outside in the dirt, and in his wading pool. He loves his bike and skateboard. He loves handy manny and cars. He loves spicy food and loves his hats and shoes like his daddy. He loves shoes so much that whenever he sees them he says "oooooh" (sounds like shoe without the sh but i realize that baby words are hard to spell haha). His favorite pair of shoes right now are his Disney cars crocs and occasionally he has to wear them into the bathtub as well. He teaches us so much daily and we are amazed by him. He is such a joyful and sweet boy who has a very strong opinion on things :).  Each day is such a blessing to be parents and at times so trying but we have loved this amazing journey so far. Here are some of the pics from the last few months.


 posing with daddy

chillin with papa

 surf competition

grumpy sand face


    funny faces


climb on daddy

cold beach day with mommy

cheese!


mommy's glasses

gotta have drumsticks at the beach

reading truck books with daddy

where cade has been known to spend hours! in the car car!!

fun times at verve with mommy
oh nothing...
beach time with daddy

moving. boxes can be fun!




Minnesota trip:


just driving the rhino with dad


go cart time
wasn't a fan of the snow. or maybe it was all the clothes we had him in.


minnesota plaid fur hat from grandpa grizz

new house:

sprinklers are amazing!!!

new pool
sometimes my booty hangs out

first real ice cream cone
trucks make great hats!

ready for bed
almost fits
milk break at the beach


aunty hottie rules!
traveling accessories
maybe ill watch tv while daddy sleeps
nick and cade on the beach
running on the beach
look how long my hair is and how big it makes my head look
thank you for my car car chair gma cookie

hwy 1 coast drive:


relaxing with mom

being lotus flowers with daddy
hugging gma cookie and gpa grizzes dog statue like it was real

playing in the pool with daddy

family pics by Kelly Boitano:




pacific crest trip to sun river oregon:


waiting for daddy to come back in

sunset on the drive there

9pm and cade still wasn't sleeping face
more sunset pics
bath time accessories

sometimes meals are messy

gpa grizz this things over my eyes

thats better

fun in the pool


daddy and cousin shane after the ride