Tackle-It Tuesday

Making jewelry has been a hobby of mine for quite a while now. I have made a few pairs of earrings for Jenna and she said that she gets compliments on them all the time! So she suggested hosting a jewelry party at her house. I am very excited to get my creations out there and on the ears of other girls besides myself . Tuesday I worked on some new earring. I was able to make quite a few pairs and I really like all of them. These are some of the ones I made.

Wordless Wednesday (on a Fri)

Beautiful Day in Bend

Sunday was the first real spring like weather here in Bend.
It was sunny and 67 for most of the afternoon and that brought EVERYONE outside. After church we took Cade to the park for the first time. We packed a picnic lunch and met Robert, Sam and Emma there. Emma has been to the park before so she was able to show Cade how everything was done. Cade ended up with a little burn on his cheeks, I didn't even think to put sun screen on him. It did give me the chance to crack open one of my aloe leaves and test it out! It worked GREAT, today his burn is gone!
Thanks Katie for the great plant!

Wordless Wednesday

Ok, I know this is supposed to be "wordless" but I have so much to say! My nephew Jaxon is the best! His little personality is so funny yet so sweet. When he was little I always worried that he wasn't going to know who I was because I live far away from him. I would pray that the Lord would some how allow him to remember. Well my prayers have been answered tenfold! Not only does Jaxon know who I am, he asks for me all the time. Amy has to wait until the day I am planning to come visit to tell Jaxon because he will continually ask for "auntie Meggie". The last time I went over to visit, Jaxon knew I was there because he saw my car!! He even recognizes my car!! He came into my parents house and immediatly said "where's Meggie"!

Jax and I have a special sound we make to eachother. If I want to get his attention I will go "psst" when he hears it he immediatly does it back to me. We can go on for ever doing this back and forth to eachother. It is such a blessing to have such a special bond with my nephew.

He is now really into Tyler as well. When Jaxon left my birthday party over the weekend he walked out the door then immediatly turned around and came looking for uncle Tyler, Jaxon realized he had forgotten to give uncle Tyler a good bye kiss. How stinking adorable is that!!

I love watching Jaxon grow and I am so excited that Cade gets to grow up with Jaxon and Jace. I can't wait for the day both my nephews can come have weekends with auntie Meggie and uncle Tyler!

I love you Jax!

Tackle-It Tuesday: Master the Sewing Machine

For my birthday this year my mom and dad got me a sewing machine. I have wanted one for a very long time and dropped lots of hints! For Christmas a couple of years ago my mother-in-law got me a really old vintage Singer, but since it is so old it doesn't work very well. So now I have a brand spanking new one and I couldn't wait to put it to use.

Today I organized all my "sewing stuff" threads, pins, bobbins, scissors, seam ripper; it all now has it's own home in my handy sewing basket.
I also spent some time working on mastering threading the needle and winding and placing the bobbin.
My first project was a little table cloth for the end table next to the rocking chair in Cade's room. I used some left over fabric from his bedding so it all ties together. It actually turned out pretty good!

Wordless Wednesday Part 2

Wordless Wednesday Part 1

Tackle-It Tuesday: Organize Cade's Clothes

I have been putting off this little task for a while now. But today I got annoyed with the fact that each time I opened Cade's closet, clothes would come spewing out. So I went to Walmart and got some storage containers and began digging through all his old clothes that don't fit anymore. I organized them according to size and put the different sizes in separate containers and even labeled the containers with the appropriate size. Now there are no more clothes on the floor or over flowing out of his closet.
I have my mother to thank for my ability to organize. Thanks mom!!
Going through all those clothes made me so sad at how big Cade has gotten, and so fast! I was "folding" (as good as you can fold NB cloths) the outfit we brought him home in and I couldn't believe he actually used to fit in it

The big 25

I had a great birthday yesterday! It started out with Tyler preparing me some yummy french toast for breakfast. He had it all ready by the time I woke up, along with my gift, a birthday balloon and the cuttest card ever from him and Cade.

My afternoon was pretty chill and relaxing, I did a little shopping and just hung out at home. Later in the day we went to Steve and Sharon's house for a Settlers of Catan game night. Sharon even made me a birthday cake and everyone sang happy birthday to me, it was so thoughtful! I have yet to win a game of Catan, the "it's my birthday" pity line didn't work on anyone!
Thanks everyone for making me feel special!!

Wordless Wednesday

Tackle-It Tuesday

From my previous post, I had start the laundry and work at the pre school on my to do list for Tuesday, pretty easy and not much to tackle right?! Well Tuesday turned into a "cram it all in" kind of day and made up for my lack of tackling last week.
So this is the run down of my day:
8:00 Start laundry
8:15 Shower/Get ready
8:45 Make pumpkin bread
9:00 Feed Cade
9:30 Put Cade down for a nap
9:45 Prep the filling for Calzone
10:00 Clean my kitchen
10:30 Put together a bag of clothes I don't wear anymore to take with me to a Clothing Swap
11:15 Eat lunch
12:00 Feed Cade
1:00 Work at the pre school
5:15 make dinner
6:00 Clothing Swap
9:30 GO TO BED!!

It was a crazy busy day but it was a lot of fun to be so productive and have such a fun time at our little clothing swap. It is such a great idea, just put together all your old cloths you don't wear anymore and invite some friends to do the same and swap cloths. Here is an article Amber found that has a good write up on it. http://www.bendhomes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090211/NEWS0107/902110315

To Do List

So this week I have quite the list of things I to do. If I do it all I will feel very accomplished!
Here it is...

Monday:
Go to the gym

Clean the upstairs

Take Cade to dr. appointment

Dinner at Deschutes Brewery

Tuesday:

Start Laundry

Work at the Pre School

Wednesday:

Go to the gym

Work at the Pre School

Thursday:

Bible Study

Work at the Pre School

Friday:

Relax! It's my Birthday!!

Tackle-It Tuesday: Sanitize

With Cade and I being sick the last few weeks, I have felt like there are germs and sickness just lingering in our house. So yesterday I decided to wash all the blankets, sheets and towels as well as go through and sanitize all of the toys that Cade chews on.
Now my house feels healthy again!

6 Month Pictures

P.S. All of these pictures were taken on the same "sit up session"! He is up to almost 1 min of sitting by himself !

These are the moments

I usually don't rock Cade to sleep, I think it is important for him to be able to fall asleep on his own. However last night he was in such a cuddly mood I just couldn't resist. He was practicly falling asleep while I nursed and burped him, so when he was finished I snuggled him tight and wrapped a blanket around us both. I began humming and singing him lulaby songs very softly in his ear. He absolutly loved it, if I paused or stopped he would start doing this sad little whimper until I started again! Talk about melt your heart!

Nursing has been such a blessing to me in many ways. One, being the ability to take off my baby weight really fast :), but more importantly it has been such an amazing time for me to pray over Cade and daily give him back to the Lord. Through my prayers and quite time I have been reminded that Cade is my son but ultimately he is the Lords, Cade was given and entrusted to Tyler and I, so I want to make sure that we take every opportunity to seek the Lord for wisdom and dirrection for every part of Cade's life, the big things like developement, health, salvation, and also the little things like sleep and bowl movements (or in Cade's situation, lack of bowl movements).

These are the moments that will forever be etched in my memory.

My 2 Front Teeth

Time Flies when you have a little one

Today marks Cade's sixth month in our family. Six months, I can not even believe it has been 1/2 a year already! I can honestly say that these six months have been absolutly amazing and I couldn't have wished or asked for a cutter, happier, or more precious baby.

Here are some of Cade's favorite things:
Eating his solid food. So far he has tried sweet potatoes, squash, pears, bananas & avocado. Of those foods he prefers sweet potatoes, pears and bananas.
Jumping in his jumperoo while screeching really loud.
Reading and eating books, he has a fascination with paper.
Playing peek-a-boo.
Sitting up by himself, only for about 10 seconds though :).
Chewing on his tongue, he loves the feel of his 2 bottom teeth!
Getting lost of attention for the kids at the Preschool I work at. (Hey I get paid to have little kids entertain my son, who could ask for a better job)
Shadows, Cade is fascinated with shadows, when I change his diaper and he sees our shadow on the wall he scratches and claws trying to get it.
Bubble Baths.

I will post 6mo pictures of Cade soon, I haven't uploaded them from my camera quite yet.

Snowy Day

On days like today it is so nice to be able to stay inside and just hang out.
When I was working full time I would wish so bad that when it was rainy, cold, snowing or even a beautiful sunny day, that I could stay home and not go into work. Now as a stay at home mom I have that freedom! It is the best. Today with the wind blowing and the snow flurrying down, the crock pot was calling my name. I had a roast that I have been meaning to make forever, so I chopped up some garlic added a few basil leaves and left the roast in the crock pot all day long. What an amazing smell that is! Along with our roast I made mashed potatoes, gravy and corn.
Yummy!

If I was on top of it I would have taken a picture of the beautiful meal like Megan Caston does, but I always think of things like that when it is too late.

Wordless Wednesday

Tackle-It Tuesday: Get up before Cade

LOL!
I know, I know I'm laughing at myself. Hey I have to start somewhere. Even though I didn't physically "tackle" anything around the house I felt accomplished to have eaten breakfast and had some "me" time before cade woke up.
Next week I will set my goal a little higher!

Gerber

I want to know what is up with the brand Gerber's sizing?
Cade is almost 6 months and he is wearing 18 month plain white onezies from them.
Could there sizing be any more off....
weird!

Peak-a-boo

No I'm not talking about the fun game of peak-a-boo, I'm talking about what Cade's tooth is doing. He has been teething since he was 3 months but finally has something to show for all of his pain. His first tooth decided to cut through the gum yesterday and oh how painfull it looked, and was! He was so fussy and just a slobbery mess! Hopefully it stays up and doesn't deside to go back down.
The days of his gummy smile are almost over :(

Joining Mindi.. Wordless Wednesday

So one of my friends has started doing a fun thing on her blog.
She does "Tackle it Tuesdays" and "Wordless Wednesdays".
I thought it would be fun to join in, so here it goes....

Super Cade

Cade and I had a great time the other night just playing and giggiling. Here is a glimpse at what makes him giggle the most. For some reason he likes really high pitched talking! It was so fun to listen to his little giggle!
It is these priceless moments I thank God for.

Reading Rainbow

Cade loves books. 1 book imparticular; Barnyard Dance.
We could read that book to him 20 times in a row and it would never get old to him.
He has become really good at reading the book himself and turning the pages. Just prop him up on the bobby and he can be satisfied for quite a while.
He is going to be very smart I can see it now!

Cade's 1st Food

Today was Cade's first taste of "solid" food.

Whenever we would eat he would grab for our food and smack his lips. It was making me think he may be ready to give it a try. Our pediatrician recommended waiting until 6 months but as a mom I decided to use my best judgment.
We started him out with sweet potatoes, he really seemed to like them! He didn't make any funny faces or weird noises he just eat them like he knew exactly what he was doing.
He was very interested in the spoon and kept trying to grab it out of my hand so I did have to use my had to restrain him down :)

Hawaii pictures

Maui

Tyler, Cade and I got to take an amazing tip to Maui last week.
We had a blast! The weather was perfect for our time on the island. It only rained the first day which was ok because we used that day to check out the Maui Ocean Center. All the other days was sunshine and high 70's low 80's.
Some highlights of our trip:

- Seeing Cade's little feet
- Swimming in the clear blue 76 degree ocean
- Taking Cade swimming for the 1st time. He LOVED it!
- Snorkeling with the turtles
- Going to the Old Lahina Lu'au
- Laying on the beach reading a good book
- 1 week of non stop time with both of my men
- Dinner with Jeff & Megan at The Melting Pot
- Coming home with a tan

Lots of pictures to follow
:)

Cade's Dedication

So I am officially a blog slacker.
Cade was dedicated on January 11th and I am just not getting around to blogging about it.
Anyways, it was a great Sunday. Both sets of Cade's grandparents were able to make it over for the celebration. Cade got all dressed up in his button down shirt and sweater vest, he looked so cute.
Tyler and I are so blessed to have such an amazing church family here in Bend. We would be lost without it.

Cursed!!

I swear we are cursed when it comes to ordering/getting items online.
It all started when we made our baby registry at Babies r us. Some of my girlfriends ordered us the jogger we registered for. They conveniently had it shipped to our house and I was so excited to come home from work to a package waiting at the door. I immediately opened it and to my disappointment found a bent up stroller frame that couldn't even be fully opened. So needless to say we sent it back and ordered a new one. That was item #1. Item #2 was the portable swing we got as a gift off of our Babies r us registry. It worked for about 2 weeks then the motor went out. Item #3, our pack-n-play, also off of our Babies r us registry came with missing/wrong pieces to assemble the changing table feature. Now item #4; just yesterday Cade's Jumperoo finallycame. I got it all put together, went to attach the last toy and what do you know.... it was broken!! Seriously people is there some hidden thing attached to my name, address, or credit card number that says "send me the broken one"? I was so irritatted and annoyed yesterday after finding the jumperoo broken I had Tyler deal with taking it back because I didn't even want to think about it.
All of these experiences make me never want to order something again!!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Cade on the Move

This past weekend my sister called to say that her son Jace who is 3 weeks younger than Cade, is already rolling over from his tummy to his back. Well Cade must have his dads competitive side because this morning he was rolling over himself. He couldn't let his cousin get to far ahead of him. Check it out!