California!!!

Kaden had a good time on the plane sleeping and playing with other passengers.

Chillaxin on the beach!

Our first time at the beach...
Momma this is a little cold!!!

We had an opportunity to use our air miles and a free place to stay in Orange County...so we decided to pack up the kid... and ALL of his stuff and head down to So Cal! Kaden did so good on the plane ride... barely cried or fussed! He's been enjoying all the good food!!! Okay...momma and dadda are enjoying all the good food... In 'N Out... amazing mexican food! And don't even get us started on how good the Asian stuff is!!! Fresh fruit... oh...this is the ideal vacation... We have awesome friends we haven't seen in a while... so...here's some pictures. Kaden's first plane ride and beach trip...

Kaden & Mommy Playing!!!

Lisa and Kaden love playing together when she gets home from work.

Here is one example of how they play.

When Kaden gets laughing he starts to get the hiccups. 

Mommy and Baby have been playing for a while before 

daddy starts taping. 

Jumper...

Joel's Co-workers got Kaden a gift when he was born and now 

he is just old enough to play with it. Kaden is really loving this

jumper and has figured out that when he jumps it makes noises.

Kaden is fun to watch when he is playing in this jumper.

We love to see the little guy enjoy playing.

Urban Camp

Urban Camp is two weeks of events with our church, Mosaic. Sundae Sunday...we ate icecream after each service on the sidewalk of our church. Then we went to a coffee house in the evening to hear the vast talent of people in our Mosaic family. Yesterday we had movie under the stars in our backyard. Kaden has been loving all the people and excitement. Some of the staff at Mosaic say that Kaden should be the mascot next year!!! We are walking Urban Camp advertisements! Many more events to come: Comedy Sportz night, Amazing Race, Biking, Hiking, Swimming, picnics...and lots more. Calendar of events on www.mosaicportland.org 

Addicted to Froggy?

We received this cute little froggy stuffed animal from a neighbor we don't even know. We came home one afternoon with a present in our door jam with a cute little outfit and a froggy to match. We started to use it to measure Kaden's growth. At two weeks old Kaden was just a little bit bigger than the frog.At eight weeks he looks like the frog is 2/3 his size.












The frog is about half his size at 12 weeks...today Kaden is 16 weeks old and we think he's a little addicted to this frog. He plays with it all the time. Loves to eat it's legs!!! He cuddles with it when he's tired. And so we went into a panic mode. We were thinking if this becomes his "lovie" (in Vietnamese his "ghien") we better be prepared. We have been around too many kids who lose their "lovie" and the parents can't do anything to console the kids. A lot of people we know have tried to buy multiple ones of whatever a blankie or cuddly and they discontinued them or were from a specialty shop or something. So, we KNEW we have seen the frog at Target. Joel goes on the adventure to find some more frogs. He goes to two Targets and they said they don't carry them anymore! Then we REALLY panicked! We call some Carter stores and look online. Online failed us. Carter said they had some frogs... so, Joel packed up Kaden and journeyed out to Troutdale Outlet Mall... wrong frogs! We are out of luck!!! Joel has bought some friends for froggy... a little doggie and a little bear. Same brand, material, look...so...we hoped that it wasn't the actual frog he is attached to...but maybe the type of toy it is. And Lisa makes one last attempt to stop at the Target near her work... and volia! THREE OF THEM!!! So she bought them ALL!!! Now Kaden has many friends. We are going to keep some of the frog's tags on just in case we don't need them... we can spread the froggy lovie around. :-) That was a close call!!! Here's a pic of Kaden and ALL his new friends!!!! Hehehe!!!

Just Keep Rolling!!!

Being parents has many joys... One of our favorites is hearing and seeing Kaden laugh. He is such a happy baby. Even when he is crying he will crack a smile.

Another joy is watching him develop into a little person.

Being that Lisa majored in Sociology and Joel's undergrad was

Human Development and Family Science; we just love

to see our choice of studies come to life. (yeah a little geeky)

Kaden has just learned to roll from his back to his tummy!

So now he can roll over both ways. We can't just leave him anymore... we really have to watch him.

Check it out... These videos are the best!

Lisa tries to make him roll, but he gets the giggles.

(this video's a little long {3 min.} but worth it!)

Then he start to roll after we shut off the camera.

You gotta get one of these if you don't have one yet!

haa haaa....

Maybe I'm Weird

Joel ~writing

I know normally you are kept in the dark about who is writing.

Even though I'm sure you can figure out who is writing because 

mine and Lisa's styles are so different. 

Anyway, I'm wondering if it's weird that I visit this blog regularly

just to look at Kaden's pictures. My son is so stinking cute.

(He must get it from his mother...) 

Seriously I come back to this blog at least once or twice 

just to look at my boy. Even though I am home with him 

and can look at him live!

Life is so fun with him. Lisa and I will lay on the bed with him 

and poke him and prod him to make him smile 

and it never gets old. It is such an amazing experience.

I wonder if that is how God is with us.

 Does he just look at us and get that warm feeling inside?

I hope so... I hope God just takes pleasure in gazing at us and watching us smile.