Clothes Optional??

I think I may have a streaker on my hands...

When Caden got up from his nap today, he came walking out of his room completely naked. Then as he was finishing eating dinner (I was still making mine) he started taking his clothes off again and took off running through the house. Hard not to laugh at him today but if it happens tomorrow, I will have to control myself...don't want this happening in public! :-) Oh the things kids do!

No photo...but you get the picture!

Handsome boy

Mama's "handsome boy" with his cheese smile

Caden magically becomes my handsome boy after he gets his hair brushed after his bath. If I call him that before he gets his hair brushed, he will tell me "not yet mama, no handsome boy yet". If daddy brushes his hair, then he will come running to find me saying "mama, I handsome boy!" and give me a big hug! Love my little handsome boy! Can't wait to have 2 handsome boys to hug!

Boys and Trucks

Bet you didn't know that a leaf vacuum truck could provide 10-15 minutes of free entertainment! To this 2 year old little boy it does! He heard a truck outside and went running to the window to see it. He stayed and watched the men work to vacuum up all of the leaves on one side of the road and when it went out of sight he went running around asking where it was, looking out all the windows. He was excited when it came back down the other side of the street. Wednesday mornings are usually an exciting day around here as well because that is when the garbage and recycling trucks come!

Family Visits

We had family from both sides come visit us for a total of about 10 days. First, my parents and grandmother came for a couple days and then Jimmy's mom, brother, sister, bro-in-law, niece and nephew came for a week. We had lots of fun and I am glad that we got to spend some time with family that we don't see on a regular basis. I was a little worried about how Caden would do with going potty with everyone around and being busy but he did great! Only one accident the whole time! Here are a few pictures from the visits.

Playing trains with Gigi and Nana

and of course being tickled by Papa

Playing outside with Christian and Natalia


Stayed in Gatlinburg for two nights with Jimmy's family in a three
bedroom condo. We had the whole second floor.

Abuela and Caden



Reading lots of books with Abuela

Made Jose do some work on his last day of vacation before he left.

Baby Boy #2

We have started telling people the name we have picked out for the baby so I thought I would share...especially since there is a Caden story to go with it. :)

Last week, Caden's teacher at Mother's Day Out asked him what his baby brother's name was going to be so he told her Noah Lion. When she questioned the lion part of the name, he said yeah Noah Lion and then proceeded to sing "In the Jungle". (one of his favorite songs to sing right now, he loves The Lion King) I made sure to tell her we were planning on naming him Noah Rylan.

Potty Training

We are currently potty training Caden and he is doing really good! I'm very proud of him! We have had our setbacks and fair share of poopy big boy underwear to wash out (and when I say we wash the underwear out, I mean Jimmy. He has been the best husband ever because, being pregnant, I still can't handle strong smells), but overall Caden has done well. We are still working on him telling us when he needs to go instead of just taking him once in awhile, but we will get there. I have found the trick to potty training is finding the right candy as a reward. For Caden, it wasn't Reese's Pieces or even M&M's but we finally tried Jelly Beans and those have worked wonders! :) He loves the yellow lemon ones!

Jumping In!

Ok, I have decided to go ahead and try this. Hopefully, I can keep up with it. :) Caden is 2 and I am 23 weeks pregnant so I thought this would be a good place to be able to write down and keep memories of what happens in our daily lives. I may be a little bias, but I always think Caden does or says something funny or interesting and would like to be able to look back and remember those things.