Father's Day...

I just wanted to write a quick post as a tribute to the man I love, the father of my precious son. This father's day is his official FIRST (though I was pregnant at this time last year). It's been a wonderful year. I am so glad everyday that I chose this man.

If you've read our story from the beginning, or are near and dear to our family, you'll know that our lives haven't always been easy and happy since we found out we were having a baby (with all of the potential and actual diagnoses that have existed). But Cayden is my perfect angel, and I must admit, those tough times were made easier because of Cyle (and the support of so many others!). He has absolutely been my rock. And now that Cayden's been around for nearly a year and is thriving, I'm able to look back and really realize what a great dad Cyle has been to him. When I see these two boys together my heart melts. I know that Cyle is in love with this little man, and I am absolutely POSITIVE that Cayden adores his big daddy!

Thank you, Cyle for being the man of our lives. You amaze me everyday, and our love for you grows with each passing moment!

Always safe in Daddy's arms...from the very beginning

September

October

I'll be adding more pictures from throughout the year, so check back! Here's a few shots from this fabulous Father's Day!

Daddy and his little man swimming in Meme's pool - my child just adores his daddy!

A Quick Update!

These past few weeks have been busy ones for us!

Summer is coming, and that means lake season! We've made it there once already, but there will undoubtedly be many more visits, and that means many more pictures! We can't wait!

Here's a little update on what we (and when I say we, I mainly mean Cayden) have been up to lately:

• Cayden continues to army crawl all over the world!

• He is working really hard on the "walking" motion when hanging onto our hands.
  
• He is teething again...so hopefully soon he will have more than just two little chompers!

• His vocabulary consists of: Dada, Mama, Papa, Baba and BLAH BLAH BLAH! Literally - he sticks out his tongue and blah blah blah! Kinda funny!
  
• He's so smart! He just learned that when asked "Cayden, what does a doggy say?!" He actually responds (about 80% of the time) with his little dog barking sound! :-) Okay, so this may seem like a small feat to most of you, but as a Mama, I think that's so smart!
  
• This boy eats everything under the sun! So far he didn't inherit my extremely picky taste palate - so that's VERY exciting (okay, he is a little weird with textures so that has me a little worried, but hopefully that will pass?!)!
  
• Overall, he's just so fun to watch grow up! He changes everyday, and every little change makes us smile. :-)

Enjoy a few new pictures!

Here's a good one of Uncle Dan corrupting Cayden's "well-balanced" diet with a nice big slice of pizza! Cayden's eyes got SO big!

Then PaPa decided to chime in and decided Cayden needed something to wash the pizza down...His choice...BEER. Naturally. Too funny!Here's one of Cayden and the big Daddy. Daddy had just gotten home from work (hence the "tired" look), but Cayden just gets SO excited to see him everytime he walks through the door!

Cayden got this new fun toy and he loves to ride it! Hopefully it will help him in the "learn to walk" phase! Here he is having a blast! (Watching Word World of course, and dancing like a maniac to it's intro song!) He's just so animated! :-)