Finally meeting Brodie

Caden and I headed for Cottonwood on Friday evening to meet the new cousin. We got to Cottonwood around 9:00 and mom had Cole in bed but he heard us and was yelling for Caden from the bedroom. So, Cole got to get up and they played for about an hour and then headed off for bed. Saturday morning I headed for Lewiston to get a much needed hair color and cut. I got back to Cottonwood around 1:00 and pretty much held Brodie the afternoon. He is so cute and tiny - I am ready for mine to arrive. Caden absolutely fell in love with Brodie. When we got there he gave him hugs and kisses - Kristin was really good about it. On Saturday I let Caden hold Brodie and he held him for almost 5 minutes. He took out his pacifier...gave him a kiss...and then put the pacifier back in his mouth. He got to help me feed him and burp him. He is going to be a great big brother and very helpful. When my mom asked him what was in my belly he told her it was his sister...he came over...lifted up my shirt...and poked his finger in my belly button and said that was where she was...everyone got a laugh out of that. Cole and Caden got to make cookies with aunt Karel on Saturday after nap time - they enjoyed that. You might not want to eat them if you knew all the fingers being licked:) They got to ride bikes and boy does Cole have an imagination. He told us that his Datsun pickup (like daddies) got stuck in the mud (because Riley did) and that mader pulled him out - it was so funny. Caden and Cole found a box of old doll clothes and insisted on wearing them. Caden has on a pink dress and Cole is wearing bloomers - they were pretty silly. Finn did his own thing, crawling everywhere and putting whatever he could find into his mouth. He got upset a couple times when we were feeding Brodie and he wanted his bottle. Finn loves food!

Caden and Cole making cookies with Aunt Karel

Caden holding baby Brodie

Finn

Cole in girl bloomers

Caden wearing a girl's dress

Caden's new 4-wheeler

Caden got a new 4-wheeler this weekend - I got it for $65.00 on Craigslist - we were pretty excited since they are $300.00 brand new. He loves this thing. We have definitely gotten our money's worth already.

Weekend at the Park

Sunday morning it was gorgeous outside so we met some friends down at Ann Morrison Park for a picnic and to play at the playground. We got there at about 10:30 and played until noon - then had our picnic and played a little bit more. This park runs along the green belt/river so we went down to the water and let the kids throw in some sticks and just enjoy the water. It got to about 75 today and it was beautiful. We got home about 1:30 and Caden went down for his nap and then Rod and I planted our seeds in the veggie garden and I got some weeds pulled and some flower plants planted. Our yard is really looking great. Caden also got a new Yamaha blue 4-wheeler and he loves it. He pretty much rode it in all his spare time this weekend. It fits him perfectly and our neighbors gave us a spiderman helmet so he thinks that is pretty cool as well. He got it on Friday night and Saturday morning he woke up at 7:00 and was yelling from his room that he couldn't see his 4-wheeler from his window. At 8:00 Rod had him out riding it. I will post pictures of it later. I am sure tomorrow morning he will wake me up early to go and ride it. It is supposed to be 80 degrees here tomorrow so I am really looking forward to that. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

New Crib

So last weekend my wonderful mother-in-law to me shopping to get a new crib for the baby. When we had Caden I had borrowed a crib from a friend and then shortly after I had Caden she got pregnant so I returned her crib and then borrowed a crib from another friend's parents because there were no children around...but then...her sister and sister-in-law got pregnant and so I had to give that crib back as well...so needless to say I was crib less for this baby. I got a white crib from babies r us with a drop down rail in the front...it is really nice and I love it. Caden has already showed me that he can climb in and out of her crib - he thinks that it is pretty cool. We got the changing table put together and got the chair put in there with a night stand and new purple/white curtains. My dad is making her the crib and I still need to get a mattress but other than that I am set. I am getting a pretty good collection of girl clothes started, I don't think that I need anymore 0-3 month or 3-6 month clothes...guess I will start working on the bigger stuff.

Caden coloring Easter Eggs

Caden had a wonderful Easter, it started off on Friday night with coloring Easter Eggs - he really loved that. Saturday we got the house cleaned and ready for the Easter Bunny! Rod had the GREAT idea...and I stress GREAT...to leave his Easter basket out his bedroom door so that when he woke up in the morning he would see it...well and 7:00 he had 5 pieces of chocolate down and was ready for the day. 2 hours later he crashed and was getting really whinny! We went out to Grandma and Grandpa Looney's house and had an Easter Egg hunt. Caden got to ride the tractor, feed the horses and play in the dirt - he loved it. When we finally got home and I put him to sleep around 9:00 it only took him 2 minutes to fall asleep. He is already asking me when we can do it again.

Brodie Joseph Wessels

My newphew has finally arrived. My sister Kristin had her baby via C-section on Wednesday night around 7:00 (Lewiston time). She was 41 weeks prego (so you can imagine how uncomfortable she was) and was having trouble with high blood pressure. Dr. Demeyer gave her cervadel on Tuesday night to soften her cervix and sent her home. Wedenday about 1:30 a.m. her water broke and she headed to the hospital for what was to become an extrememly long labor. She was dilated to an 8 at about 2 or 3 and just never progressed from there so they did a C-sectoin. And come to figure out he was 10 pounds 7 ounces and 22.5 inches long so there was no way he was fitting through the birth canal. He is perfect looking and I think he looks a lot like her. I happen to think he is adorable...I am happy that both Kristin and Brodie are both doing really well and that they are both healthy. He is very alert and starting to eat pretty well to. She will get to go home around Saturday sometime. When I showed Caden Brodie's picture and told him that Kristin had her baby he said to me "I want my baby sister to" I just laughed and told him pretty soon!

Playing outside - what a wonderful weekend!

We had a great weekend! The weather was warm and we took advantage of it every second. We went to Grandma Looney's horse show on Saturday morning and then Saturday evening we went to our friend Tim and Jen's house for dinner and more outside fun. There is a park just behind their house in Meridian called Settlers Park and it is so much fun - of coarse I didn't have my carmera for that. It has musical instruments in it for the kids to play with and in the summer time has water shooting out of the ground. Sunday we were outside cleaning out the garden and flower beds and on Monday Caden were outside all day except for durning nap time. We went for walks, flew his kite, swung on the swing set. Here are a few pics of Caden having a good time. I just love that he wants to sit in this shopping cart and wants me to take his pictures - but when we are in the grocery store he cries and cries because he wants to walk - what gives??? He is also getting really good on his trike - he can finally reach the pedals and has figures out that moving his legs makes the trike go. Hope everyone enjoyed the weather as much as we did.

Caden's Song

So last night when I picked Caden up from Pam's he told me that he had a song for me - here he is at home singing it - isn't it lovely. He loves to ride his car all over the house. He pretends that he is going to the bank to get suckers or to the store for soup. He comes back to Rod and I with his "pretend" objects and we "pretend" to eat them. Last night he came back with chocolate milk for his baby sister and tried to feed it to her through my belly button - it was very cute!