Oregon Coast

We are off this afternoon for the Oregon Coast. I can not wait for some much needed R&R... well kind of. There is a lot I want to see and do while we are there. I hope we get some great pics of Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach. We are also planning to attend the Seafood & Wine Festival in Newport.

My next post will have beach pics!!!

February 2010

Has SUCKED so far! As you know, Kaden was admitted to the hospital with RSV. He was there from Tuesday the 9th through Sunday the 14th. He was so good while he was in there though. I can't believe he would sit in the hospital crib so content. There was a lot of suctioning, breathing treatments, and medication. We took shifts staying with him. He has had two follow up appointments. His first was Monday the 15th. I was off work that day and took him. Dr. said he wasn't out of the woods yet but was doing good. Kristen took him back on Friday the 19th. He was doing much better. The Saturday before Kaden came home, I got sick....and Tom was only a day behind me. He got it much worse than I did. I had to take him to urgent care today. He has bronchitis. We need some warm weather!!!

I am looking forward to our trip to the Oregon coast next week. Tom should be well enough by then to go. Fingers crossed. We need to get away!

February 2010

I can't believe it is already February! Where does the time go? Well so far this year has started off pretty good. Tom and I made a trip to California to see our family in Vulare as Tom calls Tulare/Visalia. We took Kaden with us and he was PERFECT! I would take him with us again any time. Kristen and AJ missed him though.

Tom and I are taking a trip at the end of this month to the Oregon Coast. I can not wait! It is such a nice place to visit. We rent a condo on the beach when we go. So much fun!

Kristen and I took some pictures last weekend. I wanted to go take them at this old shack right off the road. We pulled up and Kristen said, "Um....no". I laughed and said come on! They will turn out so nice.....and I was right!

These are the pictures.

More Pics

We went to Park City a while back. If you will notice I have everything I needed in this picture. Hair clip, junk food, and my blankie.

Kaden had to have breathing treatments for a while when he had the flu. He was so cute. He just tried licking the damp air inside the mask.

Smash Burger. A really good burger place. A must try. Love the "Sizzle".

This is one of the pictures from my FB post of.... Journey of a Lovesac. Mindy was SURE it would fit in her car. I just laughed and took pictures - knowing there was no way it would fit. We ended up putting it in our truck and driving it over to their house.

The Friday before Halloween Kristen brought Kaden in our office for Trick-Or-Treat. After we went to lunch (Kristen, Kaden, me & Tom) at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Kristen feeding Kaden a lemon. He is his great grandmother's child.

This is one of the really cute pictures Kristen has sent me on my cell. I ask her quite often to send me pictures of him - even though I see him all the time, I miss this little guy.

Look at those big beautiful blue eyes!

Kaden loves him some wings! Ha! We took him to Buffalo Wild Wings.

Kaden loves to grab his feet!

We volunteer at the Idaho Food Bank.

Glad we wore gloves! This night we were in charge of sorting and boxing up frozen meat. YUCKO!

Funny that Kristi and I both had striped gloves on.

Kristi & Shanna

Tom at the food bank

Packing boxes of frozen meat. You can see Kristi in the pink - arms in air.

Love this picture of Kaden sleeping. Look at those long eyelashes!

Kaden on his 5 month old day! Looks like he is giving the "Thumbs Up".

Happy boy!

A Few Miscellaneous Pictures

Kaden playing in his saucer while I was baking

Cutie!

If I water her - will we get kittens?

Late Summer Storm

Huge Hail!Danny& His Birthday Cake!

Maycee giving Kaden Kisses

Tom standing in the backyard trying to capture lightening with his camera.

Lucky shot I (Shanna) took with my camera!

Me, Kaden & Mom taken during her last trip up here this month.

Mom & Kaden

Tom and Kaden - teaching him early!

The last of the apples for this year. Made some yummy apple muffins.

What a mess!!!! But love the view of the foot!

I love this picture of Kristen & Kaden. They were taking a nap at our house.

Mommy & Baby hands. How sweet is that?

Kaden is 4 Months Old

Can you believe it? He is grabbing things with his hands (including my hair), he almost laughs, he blows raspberries all the time now, he knows who his mommy is and follows her with his eyes where ever she goes, he can roll from his back to his tummy, but then gets mad because he doesn't like tummy time. He sits up using a sitting chair, he also loves to sit in his saucer and play with the hanging toys. He uses his feet like hands and loves to play with them. He is starting to have definite wants and lets those be known. When laying down, he tries to sit up. He also likes playing patty cake with me!

I had him outside in the backyard to take these pictures and he would not take his eyes off of the willow tree branches blowing in the wind.

Wardrobe change.

Kaden Bug

Kristen stayed home from work sick today.... and I could have taken Kaden to his aunt Mandy's house for her... but I decided to stay home and watch him so Kristen could sleep. Of course I had to snap some pictures of him. He is just so cute! Some of these made me laugh.

This is the look I get when I use the flash.I think I will talk now....Or smile!

Look how long I am getting.
And... hands back in the mouth
(where I keep them most of the time these days)

Picking Apples....

Tom and I stopped on our way back from Park City to pick some apples from my grandma & grandpa's house down by the river. It's that time of year!

We have made 3 pyrex dishes of Apple Crisp. I took two to work today, and they were gone by 10:00 this morning. I will have to figure out more apple recipes. We still have about half of this bag left. Tom wants applesauce... but I am thinking he can make it this year if he wants it that bad. I made it last year. Not my favorite.