Pacific City

Last weekend we made our first of many trips to beautiful Pacific City. Riley and Leslie now have a timeshare there right on the beach and steps away from the Pelican Brewery and Pub! We lucked out and had beautiful weather (kinda chilly, but sunny). Addie loved exploring in the tide pools, playing in the sand, flying her kite and climbing the big sand dune hill. Caden did awesome on his first road trip- sleeping a lot and looking around when he was awake. He has a great personality- very mellow except when he is really hungry/tired. He enjoyed his numerous walks in the Ergo along the beach and so did I! We are so thankful that we can look forward to years of fun in this beautiful part of the Oregon coast with amazing family members!

Easter

Easter was extra special this year because Addie and Caden were around both sets of their grandparents and Uncle Dan! Grandma Cindy stayed with the kids and me while Ryan was away in NYC for work training. Her help was much appreciated and needed! Grandpa Bill and Uncle Dan came up the following weekend to spoil the kids rotten! The boys gave my old rocking chair a face lift and created a mini masterpiece for Addie. She got to pick the colors and demanded her name be written on it. Uncle Dan first drew an "A" that Addie said was "silly", so she said "write an A- D- another D-I with a dot-then an E---that spells Addie!" That is just what Uncle Dan did to make Addie happy. We enjoyed every minute of our company. Come back soon.

Addie must have participated in 4 Easter egg hunts and she loved every minute of it! It is not uncommon for us to have sudo Easter egg hunts on a weekly basis. Thanks to all the grandparents and Uncle Dan for making Easter extra special this year! We love you all!

2 months old

I can't believe that Caden is almost 2 months old! Although the nights have been rather long, the last two months have flown by. So far, Caden is a rather easy going baby with a sweet personality. He only cries when he is hungry or super tired. He is awake more and more each day and enjoys watching his big sister. He is growing like a champ, weighing in at 11.5 pounds and 23 inches long (up from 6.5 pounds and 20 inches at birth). He loves to eat and sleep...pretty typical for a baby! We got our first true smile last week and even some sweet baby noises--melted my heart!

Big sister, Addie, loves loves loves Caden!! When he is sad, she will comfort him and tell him that "it is okay, mommmy is coming"! She likes to hold him, show him her drawings of rainbows, sing to him, and run around the house for him. She is quite the entertainer. It hasn't been all fun and games though. When Caden was 3 weeks old, the Binkie Fairy visited our house and rocked Addie's world. She was in love with her binkie, so to have it taken away was not so pretty. She didn't want to sleep anymore and she was throwing lots of tantrums. Luckily, that stage has passed and she is back to her happy, loving self! Thankfully, because I was about to go crazy!

We have some visitors coming next week (Grandma Cindy, Grandpa Bill and Uncle Dan), which we are very excited about. And of course we are excited for summer time!!

Photo Session

When Caden was 10 days old, we had Lesley Barr (a local photographer) come to our house for a photo session. In order to photograph newborns, the room has to be super hot (sweating) and the baby is naked (which leads to some issues with poop and pee). Caden only pooped on me once and Addie was super smiley and happy that day! We love Lesley's work and our so thankful for these lasting memories of our family.