Kaden's Birthday Party Part 2

Alright... so... we headed to Seattle two weeks after Kaden's birthday to celebrate with friends and family that couldn't make down to Portland! So, Kaden's birthday Part 2 was on Sunday, April 26th. We would have had it on Saturday but KT had a birthday party and Lisa's brother & Sis in law had a baby shower...so, we moved our party to Sunday after church. Which worked out great!

 It was a packed house with yummy food, sweet treats, lots of laughs, awesome presents (thanks!) and Kaden still doesn't like cake. (We had his smash cake, that i made, and my mom ordered a cake from the person who made our wedding cake...it tasted pretty good... it just wasn't very pleasing to the eyes... toying with the idea of submitting the cake to cakewrecks.blogspot.com but good thing she didn't mess up on our wedding cake 5 years ago. 

So, we partied hard on Sunday and slept all the way home. Thank you for all that came out to celebrate Kaden's life! It's been a fun adventure... now he's a walker... life seems like it's going to get more interesting. :-) He's adorable toddling around the house... definitely doesn't look like a little baby any more. Life finally is slowing down for us To's. Joel is done with school and walks this Friday... and Lisa is all done with all the major events for the year at her work. So, time to slow down and figure out what God has in store for this family of three. Please keep praying for us and knowing where God is leading us in this next season. Much Love!!! :-) 

Kaden's Birthday Party

What a fun filled birthday week for Kaden! Auntie Gracie from California was up in Portland for her spring break, she's a school counselor. Auntie Gracie made Kaden's first birthday Dr. Seuss themed cake. It was amazing! Auntie Annette helped with the supplies and the assembly of the masterpiece! Beautiful just beautiful! So the week was spent hanging out with Auntie Gracie and eating a lot of treats... lots of frozen yogurt... cookies...cake... other yummy food! Man... we think we all gained five pounds! 

Birthday party day: 

Over 50 people came through the To house...lots of fun and laughter was had by all. I am sure everyone was super stuffed and tired by the end of the party! The kids played in the bounce house (thanks Chu Nappy and Co Annette for loaning it to us).

The adults sat close to the food and munched all afternoon! :-) Kaden was so good... even without really napping all week! He loved being around all the people and knew he was very loved!

 

He loved the balloons, the tissue from the presents, the kids playing... the adults holding him... he loved it all... EXCEPT when it came time to eating his personal sized cake. He didn't the texture of the frosting... he freaked out!!! It was quite adorable.

 

After all the friends and family went home... Kaden crashed for almost two hours! He napped so hard he didn't even budge from the position we laid him down from.

 

Happy First Birthday KADEN!!!

We know you have read this a million times in our blogs, but man... time flies! It's been a year since we started this blog. Thank you for reading it this year... joining in the adventures of being parents and watching Kaden grow along side of us. He's been such a joy this past year... we have experienced the love of God in a new way and are continuing to see Christ in a different light. It's Easter weekend and as we are remembering Christ's death and celebrating his resurrection we see the sacrifice that God the Father gave us when he sent his ONLY son to earth to live and die for US. To be separated from his son... wow... that's huge LOVE to see him being beaten and hung on a cross... we freak out when Kaden falls down and gets a scrape. We are daily thanking God for his son that he sent for our sins... and we thank God for blessing us with a son that brings such joy and love to this family! Happy Birthday Kaden... we love you so much! We love watching you take your first steps... we love seeing you explore things and dislike grass... we love that you care for others... especially other babies when they are crying. We love your hugs and kisses... we love how you sing and dance! We love watching you look out the window and wave hi and bye to people. You are a blessing to us and we hope and pray that we will be a blessing to you too! Hope you can look back to the pictures of this past year and the blogs and stories we have written down and know that you are very loved by many people. But most of all loved by your creator... Happy First Birthday Kaden! 

First Full Haircut

Kaden has gotten a trim from Lisa's hairdresser, Jo Anna... but for his first "official full" haircut we took him to one of those kid shops that have all the cool cars and stuff to sit in. They have movies, toys, bubbles... everything you can think of to entertain kids... it was a little over stimulating actually. Kaden did a great job and now looks like a little boy, not a little baby! How they grow so fast. One more week and he turns ONE!!!