A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer...

We had a WIC appointment yesterday, which is awesome because: 1. Farmer's Market Vouchers! 2. Getting Cayden's latest digits! The lady said she's had a growth spurt since her last appointment... This came at no surprise as she has started hitting her head on  pieces of furniture that towered above her in the past.  She has grown 1.5 inches in the last 3 months and gained just less than 2 pounds.  At 15 1/2 months, she has 12 teeth and wears size 5 shoes.  Cayden loves blueberries, crackers, bubbles, birds, pens, eating crayons, playing outside and the hose. Names she can say: "Daddy," "Mama," "Papa" (Grandpa/Grandma), "Steee" (Uncle Steve),  "Dougie" (Douglas),  and differing renditions of "Carrie" for Aunt Carrie. Words she can say: "Bubble" (referring to many things including balloons, water, and actual bubbles), "bir" (bird), "baa" (ball/bath), "chee&

I need to remember to treasure the little things. It's the little things that make up my day. Today she powered through a trip to Winco without even a little impatience. I had to sneak the goldfish into the cart behind her back so she wouldn't get mad she could only snack on banana nut cheerios. Those ended up on the floor in the checkout line, but luckily there was a sweeper guy coming by and he cleaned up for us. He looked at Cayden and asked, "Did you do this?" She instantly smiled her best smile and let out a giggle. Such a charmer. I love that she loves everyone. She's generous with her smile and has started giving kisses (so far only to family members). They aren't really kisses...she just kinda puts her face close to yours and waits. If you return the favor and finish the job, she usually head butts you for more. So sweet. She has taken a liking to the hose outside. The sprinkler, not so much. She's all about the hose. She likes to contro

We've had a busy past two weeks, with Lauren's graduation party May 28th,  which was a combined party with her friend and fellow Santiam Christian HS graduate, Tyler Howell. Then, on May 30th, her mom and brother flew in from Korea  (while Lauren was still gone on her senior trip). They don't speak English, but luckily Angela helped us translate on that first day, and Lauren came home a couple days later.  On May 31st, Joe graduated from 8th grade.  Cayden did pretty good during the ceremony, stalking a little 1-year-old boy and walking up and down the aisles trying to find Joe.  Joe made lots of friends this year. He left to go back to Korea on June 2nd (thank you to Bryan's parents for driving him to Seattle!), but will be back Sept. 1 for his first year of high school!   Also on June 2nd, Lauren graduated, to the cheers of all 23 of us spectators.  And a couple sleepers... We had a great time celebrating Lauren's hard work. Laur