Caden is Getting really good at walking!

We have five more weeks till the baby comes so I think he will have it down pretty well by then. I saw somone at the mall with their child on one of the those child leashes. They are like a little animal backpack that has a leash for you to hold onto. I'm Curious what people think about those so I'm doing a poll on them. Answer above or leave a comment if you have a more verbal opinon. In the mean time here is a cute video of Caden Walking.

I have a project!

I love when I have a project! Me and Nate were talking about our Dating Day's the other Day and we realized we are already getting confused on the details! We decided we needed to write our whole love story down so that our children could hear the story without us fighting over how our first kiss went! Then I decided that I could in corperate all of the pictures we took at that time into the story and that's when it became a project! A Scrapbooking Project. Nate bought me a little scapbooking program so that I could get it it all done that way. It would be way to hard to do it by hand like I do my other scrapbooks. Plus there are alot of words that need to be written which make typing a nessesity. We've already written alot of it down and I've made several of the pages already. The one above is the cover page and we are calling our story, "The Story Of Us". Anyway, I'm having alot of fun with it.

Side Note, Nate is doing really well riding his bike. His time has already gotten faster. He's still struggling with cravings for bad foods but I promised him I would keep him away from them. Grocery shopping was hard with a drooling husband:) His Weigh in is Sunday and we are excited to see the results. At the end of this week he gets to get a gadget for his bike! Some kind of speedometer thing??? Men and their gadgets:)

These Shoes Are Made For Walking...

And that's just what they'll do! We went shopping for shoes! Not for me:( but for Caden. Now that he has started walking we wanted to get some good walking shoes for outside! We honestly went to nine different shoe stores in the mall everywhere from Payless to Striderite! Nothing had what we wanted! They were either too expensive or they were ugly or weren't good for walking. We were about to give up when we saw New Balance. They had the perfect little tennis shoes. The store person had to try 3 different sizes until he finally fit into a size 5 with a little wiggle room for growing. We had Caden walk around the store and he just took off! He wanted to walk everywhere after that, every store we went to he would walk from shelf to shelf so proud of himself. I couldn't help thinking "My baby's growing up" (tear). But I'm happy that I won't have to carry two babies all of the time. Here is a video of Caden walking in his new shoes but gets so close you can't see his feet some of the time:)

Nate Is On A Mission...

To get in shape! He said "I'm tired of being fat!" He stopped drinking soda completely, he's cut all of his portions in half and He has started riding a bike to and from work 5.5 miles each way! He's also making healthier choices in food as well, less sweets and bread more fruits and veggies. We went on Thursday and got him a bike, helmet, lights, lock, rain suit, and gloves! He's all geared up! We are also looking forward to the gas savings and now that I'm learning how to drive, I will be able to use the Jeep during the day. We are going to track Nate's weight loss each week on this blog. You will be able to see the update in the top left corner. He's hoping the publicity will encourage him further! He's not on any time limit but if he gets down to his goal weight (215) then he gets to buy a laptop! He is way excited about that. I will be joining Nate on his mission once I have my little guy out and I've recovered from the Delivery! For now he's on his own with his family's support! Go Nate!

So Much Love!

So much lately I have enjoyed seeing Nate and Caden together. As Caden is getting a little older I can see how much he really loves his Daddy. I used to say to Nate "Won't it be fun when he's old enough to run up to you and say "Dada!" when you get home from work!" Well, we are almost there. When Nate Came home the other day Caden walked right up to him and held up his arms. While Nate was holding him and talking to him Caden was so happy he was actually acting a little shy. It so obvious that he loves his Daddy. Yesterday I was trying to get Caden to say words and when I said "Can you say Dada?" he got all excited and crawled to the front door saying Dada over and over. He thought Dada was going to come through the door. I was so filled with love for Nate at that moment. I'm so glad he takes the time to play and bond with Caden. It will be even more fun when he has both of his boys:) So to Nate, thank you for being such an amazing Daddy and husband. Me and the boys are so blessed!

Funny Bath Sounds

Going to the Temple!

We left Caden with a good friend of ours and we went to the temple! The Seattle Temple was beautiful as you can see from the photos. It was really hard for me to leave Caden but we really needed some time for just the two of us. We are hoping to go again before little Brother comes but we aren't sure if it will happen. Caden didn't like us leaving him but maybe he will do better next time. Here are some pictures of us at the Temple enjoying Mommy and Daddy Time:) This was our first time going to the Seattle Temple.