Let's play catch-up!

Before the weather started to get too cold, and before the snow began to fall, we spent a lot of time playing outside!  We played together outside, and when it got a little colder we came inside to play.  Cayden is always most excited this time of year because he knows that with the chill comes hunting season...and just like his daddy, he looks forward to it all year long!

 These two love to be outside, and are both such explorers! They are always looking for treasures, and ready to learn about new things in the outdoors. Cyle loves the fact that they're both such outdoor babies because that's where he'd spend all of his time too if he could!

 Mya has really been following Cayden around more and more as she gets older.  She looks up to him so much, and it warms my heart.  Cayden is so patient with her and has taught her so much.

 We carved pumpkins!

 We have story time!

Cayden is very creative, and is really an animal lover.  One day we had a cook-out, and as he waited for the grill to heat up, he dug holes and made zoo cages for a bunch of his pretend animals!  Adorable! He worked SO hard!

 Mya spent some evenings reading stories to her babydoll :-)

 We played in the leaves...

 and learned new things!

 And laughed a LOT!

We played...

 and watched...

 and smiled!

 Daddy shot a big buck this season, and he shared his accomplishment with his number one fan! With all that we have been through with Cayden, there was one thing that I think really helped Cyle cope.  He decided early on that he would try to mold Cayden into a great hunter, and a great fisherman.  He knew that sports and some other activities would never be an option for his son, and he accepted that.  Since Cayden has been old enough to understand, Cyle has been teaching him all that he knows about hunting.  And Cayden has embraced it all and truly enjoys it just as much as Cyle.  We've discussed what would happen if he just didn't like to do those things, or if he never became interested in them....we'd have to figure other options out.  But luckily, Cyle's dreams have come true so far, and he has the best hunting buddy a dad could ever ask for.  Cayden is really getting stronger and stronger every day, and if you ask him, he'll be as strong as daddy one day (brittle bones, or not!). It's an amazing bond.  I love these two...

 And who knows...he might even have 2 hunting buddies!