Work Party

So about a week ago Josh had a work party that we went to. It was lots of fun and there were a lot of things for the kids to do. They had a little train ride, a blow up jump house, face painting and of course a pinata. They also had mexican hot dogs (which consist of a bacon wrapped hot dog topped with beans, grilled onions, and pico de gallo), mexican tacos (which are my favorite!) and smoked chicken. They also had shaved ice which Caden loved! He would wonder off and when we would go find him he would be at the shaved ice station getting another one. I think he got about 6 just by himself. Although we did have a good time I go soooo many mosquito bites! I think I counted 30 total! We are in the desert! There are not supposed to be mosquitos here. Here are some pictures from the event.

Here is Micaela riding the train. She loved it an ended up riding it several more times.


So when we first got there Caden was really grouchy so Micaela was having fun on the train, this is what Caden was doing...



That was until he discovered shaved ice!


The local Fire Fighters came out and sprayed everyone down with their hose.



And Caden loved it! He was soaked!

Delivery

So I have been having these weird dreams during this pregnancy that I deliver my baby either at home or in the car. Once we move we will be about 45 mins away from the hospital so my anxiety level is fairly high. So today at my appointment I told my Dr about my concerns hoping he would just say that I could have a scheduled induction but that was not the reply. He told me to bring Josh in to one of my appointments so he could tell him how to deliver the baby if he needs too. Great! That was the exact answer I wanted. Hopefully we will not have to resort to that but we shall see...

Our First House!

So finally we are getting a house! If everything goes as plan we should get our keys on Sept 26th. We are very excited! Here are some pictures we recently took...


The living room area


The kitchen!! (Janeen's favorite room of the house! And it has brand new appliances! No more 20 year old apartment appliances!)


Dining area

Tonsillectomy

Friday was the big day for Caden. He finally got his tonsils out. He has done fairly well. The nurses sort of scared me a little telling me how bad it was going to be for the next couple of days but Caden is doing good. They said that he would not want to eat or drink but Caden has eaten a lot. He wanted pretzels for breakfast but that is not on his approved diet list. It is lots of jello and pudding and marshmallows for the next two weeks. The hardest part is pinning him down and making him take his medicine. He is one happy kid when he takes his pain medicine. Here a couple of pictures right when we got back from the hospital. He has a little bed made up on the sofa so he could watch all the TV he wanted.

Birthday Party!

This past week we all went to a birthday party for one of Caden's friends and had lots of fun. There was a fun little water park for the kids to play in. Here are some pictures...

Micaela


Caden running through the water...



Playing again...


Caden showing off his candy that he got from the pinata. (And for those that for some crazy reason want to see how fat I am look in the background.)

Preschool

So I am a little behind on posting this. Caden started preschool a couple of weeks ago and is really enjoying it! He is learning all of his colors, alphabet and numbers. He gets up every morning and wakes us up saying "Hurry, mommy, school!" Hopefully his excitement for school will continue for a long time!