1 Year!!!

It is crazy to think that a year has gone by already. Our little man turned one today! He is amazing. Its funny because Nick and I were talking about how much we have learned in our first year of parenting and how much we still have no clue about. haha. isn't that how life goes.

Well, i have tons of pics to publish so ill update you all and then get them up little by little.

Cade's conquests over the past month:
-got his cast off!!!!!
-learned how to crawl fast with the extra weight of the cast so now he can crawl at super speed without it
-his attempts at walking were slowed a bit by the cast especially being able to stand without holding things so he is working on that
-we did look over in the middle of a conversation about how we were convinced he could stand on his own to see him standing
-he only does it on his own time and doesn't want to do it when you encourage him too
-he is all energy but such a sweet boy
-he makes hysterical faces, and has a mouth full of teeth to smile at us with
-he still loves people and loves other kids
-he loves books again and now doesn't eat them as much
-he loves anything with wheels and could spend hours on his bike
-the faster he can go the bigger he smiles
-he lunges, pounces, dives, rolls and flips on and off of things
-he loves to lick everything his favorite are still shoes and has been known to spit up and lick it off the floor, disgusting i know!!!
-he now says dooog, uh oh, hello, he tries to say i love you back when you say it to him
-he loves phones and computers, so any time the phone rings he stops what he's doing his eyes get big he crawls really fast towards the sound and says hello
-he can throw a mean temper tantrum but is really pretty mello kid
-he developed this hand motioned for no when he was really little and we've started using it with him for things that mean no and so whenever he knows he is doing something he isn't suppose to he turns around and smiles and makes his no sign. haha! but he hasn't figured out yet that that means he needs to remove himself from the situation, i guess that's to come later.

-we had a fun paul frank birthday party for him where my friend joanna made an amazing mango paul frank cake cuz cade loves mango and  i made a funfetti cake paul frank cake because every kid needs a funfetti cake!!!

-We also love making custom shirts so we started a tradition of making him a birthday shirt. so this year it is paul frank in theme with his party. It turned out super cute!

-Cade still has an amazing gift of stopping people in their tracks and getting them to look intently at him which is so cool cuz we know that people just see the Lord in him. My favorite comment the other day was from a lady that stopped dead in her tracks in the parking lot and said, "you are God's expression aren't you". I was honored and blown away.

-we love our little man and can't believe a year went by so fast!

As far as our lives are going, we are currently about 75% fully supported and looking for a place to move to in Santa Cruz. We are so excited to get started working at Faith Community Church and can't wait to move down there. We started a ministry blog to keep everyone post and there is a link on the side here but the blog is :http://hartfamsc.wordpress.com, check it out.

well, it is late but we love you all and so appreciate all your love and support! (don't worry pics to come)