April Showers........they'll hopefully really bring May flowers :).

Well, April just started it seems and now it's almost done.  Craziness.  We've had a lovely April, hope you have as well.  I'm sorry it's been a couple weeks since I posted, and almost a month since I posted pics.  Not sure how that happened.  At any rate, I'm finally posting now. 

Caden is changing and changing.  He is starting to say more and more 'words.'  By that I mean, most may not understand much of what he's saying/doing, but we do :).  He has certain things he says for certain things, and it's great.  It seems like in the last week it's really started happening more.  He says "crackers" clear as day (probably because that's all he'd eat if he'd have it his way).  He calls all buses and trucks "cars."  And when I tell them they are trucks, he says "No, cars."  It works.  He says tractor.  He says keys.  Everything he says has the "k" sound with it.  It's cute.  He has his molars on top and bottom in back, and he can chew up lots more and much better.  One of these days his nervous nelly mommy will quit cutting up his food into teeny tiny bits.

We have read the same book every night before bed and naps for the last month.  I mean every time.  And not just the same book, the same page.  Yep, 1 page in 1 book is what CW insists on every time.  It's a hoot.  It's a page that shows different kinds of trucks/semis, and we have to point at each one and I say what it is.  Sometimes he lives on the edge and decides he needs to point at each one and I say what they are.  And if he's REALLY  feeling like living on the edge, he will point at each and 'say' what each one is.  (Can you sense I'm making fun of my Type A little man :)).

He loves a dance party.  He's pretty specific about those too.  Sometimes I'm supposed to clap and Jared dances to the music, sometimes we both are supposed to clap, and sometimes we are both to dance/do both.  It's pretty strict.  And it has to be the right music.  Sometimes CW leaves the room for a minute, but if you do something dumb like quit your job for the dance party (i.e. quit dancing), Caden will make sure and get you back on track when he gets back in the room.  Ah, how I love him.  He's too much sometimes.

We are anxious for nice weather, complete with trips to the zoo and parks.

Looks major league-like to me, don't you think?  Look at that form!  Ha.

Cuddling with Grandpa.  I've never seen him stay so still for so long.

Went to visit Great Grandpa D to see his new carpet :).

CW making sure the carpet is nice.

We took advantage of the 1 warm day...broke out the shorts.  (That's our diagnosed
'morbidly obses' dog walking with him).  He is currently 23.5 pounds
and should be around 15.  Eeks. Better do more CW chasing.

Leslie came to visit Allie all the way from Texas, and they hung out with us some :)

Cute little butters in his shorts.

The dogs get lots of love.  They get hugs before every nap and bedtime.
Not sure if the feelings are mutual, but it's pretty cute :).

So, I was putting makeup on and happy that Caden was quietly watching
TV.  Ha.  I came around the corner to find him like this.  He'd opened the
dishwasher, climbed on the lid to get a bowl of soggy Rice Krispies off
the counter from earlier, grabbed a spoon from the dishwasher, and was
having a snack when I found him.  It was 2 minutes alone, seriously.  Oh, Caden!

We went to Katina's 5th birthday party.  Not sure how she's 5!!  Seems
like she was just CW's age.  Caden had a blast.  Can you see his face?
He's laughing SO hard.  What a stud!

When in doubt, grab your clothes hamper and crawl in it to chillax.  Makes sense.

Here he's going "Ymmmm!"  It's hillarious.

Getting REALLY serious about coloring Easter cards to be sent out.

It got intense.  And then he got over it.  And Mommy had
15 more cards she wanted him to color.  Oh well.

We walked to Target and bought CW a Cars Movie set of cars.
All in an effort to make our morbidly obese dog less that way.

Caden getting his Easter basket when he got up Saturday morning (since
Sunday was so busy).  Momma bunny was good to him.  Coloring book,
stickers, sunglasses, Toy Story 3, new Veggie Tales, new PJ's, and
a little Easter chick that 'tweeted,' and a Cars Booboo.
 He loved it.  I went overboard, I know.

In his favorite place, the back yard.

This was the funniest & cutest thing I've seen.  He rode with Jared
while he mowed.  Jared told him he had to wear earplugs, and his
sunglasses to protect his eyes.  And he did.  And he was serious. 

Makes my heart melt.



Caden's first worm!!  We won't go into details about how Uncle B had
actually chopped it in half with a shovel already, and how Caden
threw it to it's death on the brick patio right after this pic.  Ha.



There you ahve it.  That's our April in a nutshell.  Here's to May flowers!!  I'll post Easter pics soon.