I Heart Kade

Sometimes when we least expect it...something so special happens and your life would never be the same without it! That's how I feel about Kade! My little blessing! I never thought that I would have a fourth child, but God knew that my family wouldn't be complete without this little ray of sunshine! He is such a blessing to my life, Out of all of us he is the most easy going!! He is always happy, unless you aren't feeding him fast enough! He is 13 months old now and walking all over the place and getting into everything! He is going to have to learn how to be tough with Kennedy pulling him around like a babydoll! Even when I am having a bad day or life isn't going as I think it should, I can sit back and look in these beautiful blue eyes of his and think about all that God has blessed me with! He is the topper to this cake of a family...all of its complicated layers are made complete by him just being here! XXOO Kade!!

Christmas/New Year Vacation

We had a beautiful Christmas! What a blessing to have our family together and then to be able to take a trip to the mountains! We had a blast on our road trip as "Griswold" inspired as it was! We stopped over night in Atlanta and toured the city. We had the opportunity to see the brand new World of Coca Cola and the Georgia Aquarium which was FANTASTIC!!! The kids loved every minute of it! Log Cabin fires, smores and lots of snow playing too! It was a wonderful trip and a wonderful way to start the new year! We are glad to be home and ready to see what God has in store for us in 2010! Its going to be a GREAT year in HIM! I am so thankful to be a stay at home mom, even as crazy as life seems at times! All of my kiddos are well and happy and I couldn't ask for anything more! Happy 2010!!!

Happy Birthday KADE!!

Kade had a WONDERFUL birthday!!! He was a super champ! He didn't cry once! He ate 2 hot dogs, his father's idea, and he would have eaten all of his cake if I would have let him!! He was super sweet, and the happiest one year old I have seen at a party!!! Andrea Reed with Sweetcakes LLC made his cake, http://www.sweetcakesllc.com/ as you will see it was AMAZING!!! We are getting ready for Christmas but running out of time!!! I have scones in the oven now! I plan on packing up goodie bags for friends this week and spreading a bit of Christmas cheer on Wednesday!

The holidays snuck up on me this year! I have been training for a 1/2 marathon which I ran this past Sunday the 20th. I was so proud of my time! 2:05!! That's 13.1 miles!! So now that that is over, I am wrapping up final Christmas chores! We are looking forward to a trip to Tennessee after Christmas for a week! No plans, just relaxing, or as much as you can with a 1 and a 2 year old!

Merry Christmas!!!

Preparing to PARTY!

Kade's first birthday party is in a little over a week! I have been out and about getting items to put on the greatest show on earth! Kade's Circus! His cake is being designed by Andrea Reed of Sweet Cakes LLC. http://www.sweetcakesllc.com/ I am super excited as two years ago she designed Kennedy's WONDERFUL candy land cake! It was fantastic! Well Kade now has four teeth, two up top and two on the bottom. I can also see more coming in in the back. But you would never know it as the little one is always smiling...unless he is hungry and BOY can he eat! Kyle and Leanna are getting ready for Christmas and doing well in school, we still have to stay on Kyle a bit to turn in assignments but when he does DO the work it is always good! Teenagers!!!! But he really is a sweet kid! Kennedy loves to sing and is still Dora's #1 fan! She is talking more and more and is starting to ask questions about everything! She even copies Leanna's tone sometimes it is so funny! Well that's all for now..I leave you with a picture of the soon to be birthday boy!!!

Halloween

We had a quiet family Halloween this year! Pumpkin carving, homemade chili, and trick or treating! The kids had fun and got way too much candy as usual! Kade has his first top tooth coming in! He is walking behind his car and will be taking off any day now! Kennedy loves to sing songs and has just mastered "If Your Happy and You Know it!" She wants to play babies and have tea parties all day long. My full time job is playing and it is STILL a lot of work! Every minute is precious though, as these babies are growing up so fast!

Spinning

It has been so long since posting. I don't even remember what it was like to have time to post! Is Kade even on this blog? WOW He will be a year old in December and since he was born it has been one long whirlwind. I can barely remember to feed them it seems! Four children is a lot. But I was just thinking how blessed I was today when listening to a lady's testimony about her fear of not ever feeling a baby kick-WOW I have had FOUR babies!!! I have experienced what it feels like FOUR times! AMAZING! They are healthy too, what a blessing!!! Kade is saying Ma Ma and Da Da, crawling and standing holding on. He is so cute when pretty girls come around, flirting and holding his head to the side while smiling shyly. I think we are in trouble!!! Kennedy is 2 and happy as long as we are giving her whatever she wants at the time! She is starting to talk in sentences and loves to color, read and play babies! Kyle is doing well in high school, but could be studying more in my opinion-he is SO smart and just fails to apply that at times! Leanna is super sweet as always-A student and loves dancing and soccer! More pictures to come I promise! Our lives are busy, and not always easy, but God is good and he is going to come through! He has given me the strength to do this even on days when I tell myself I can't! I love my family, and am so blessed to be a mom!

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