Cayden's First Christmas Program

Unfortunately, I can't get the videos to load and his song was soo cute!

Boxers/Boxing

My dad was watching boxing over at our house one night and then I got a free pair of "overnights boxers" so this is what happened when we mixed the two:)

Memory Verses

Cayden started AWANA Cubbies a few weeks ago and he's been doing so great! At first he was sad when we left, one night he said, "my heart was sad for a little bit." Then after about the 3rd week he said, "my heart was happy the whole time!" It was so hard to leave him when he was sad, but he always did well and I knew he needed to be able to do something without me. He memorizes verses so well. He retains the info too. We've written the verses on paper and taped them to our kitchen wall so that I can remember what they are to make sure he's doing it right-and he does! :) This video was after the 2nd week. Cubbies don't require the kids to memorize the reference, but I wanted Cayden to know where the verses are in the Bible so he's been memorizing them too.

I realized that the last verse was too short for him, once I told him to memorize the whole verse, he got it right away! Weird huh? So now, instead of "All have sinned" he says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Happy Thanksgiving 2010

The shirt says it all!

Aren't they cute?!

Flash back 3 years and see the first time this outfit was worn:

Cayden October

Cayden is such a GREAT brother!! He wants to help Karis however he can, he's always running and getting diapers, her pacifer or singing her a song.



Cayden got to spend the morning at the fire station with his new (Elianna and Elijah) and "old" (Noah and Madison) friends

Comparison Pics

Here are a few pics of Cayden and Karis. We went through some baby pics the other day and she looks exactly like my brother did in the hospital and how I looked at 1 month old. It'll be interesting to see how much our 1 month pics look alike. (I haven't been able to find any birth pics of me, which is helping to fuel my adolescent thoughts that I was adopted.) She also looks a lot like my mom in some of her younger pics. There are parts that look like Cayden, but I think she mostly looks like my brother, mother and I.

Karis

Cayden

(I'm always happy when their eyes get stronger and they stop going cross-eyed!)

Karis

Cayden

(They didn't give out cute hats when Cayden was born)

My Son the Pianist

Awhile ago we went to the Tingelstads for dinner and Eliza helped teach Cayden how to play the piano, he made wonderful progress:)