Puppy Towels

So Cadence LOVES her Puppy towel (unless of course she sees her elephant or kitty towels first...kids are funny that way). She had just taken a bath and before she got dressed I snapped a few shots. She was making the face below (which I thought was perfection in my photographer brain) I snapped the shot and then she told me that she went Pee-Pee. So this is Cady's "Pee-Pee Look." Yeah I thought you all would get a kick out of that! Unfortunately the Puppy towel is out of commission for a couple of days while he gets a bath, but I think he will make it though this trauma just fine! Hope you all are having a wonderful week!

Belle and Hair Cuts

Cadence is pretty sure that she is a princess. She tells me this at least once every day, and if she isn't a princess she is "like and princess." Her words not mine! lol. So here she is in all her Belle glory. These pictures will also serve as a "before" picture of her hair.

I love how the ball is behind her hand in this shot. That combine with the leg is priceless.

Now on to the hair cut. Her buddy Gia was getting one at Grandma Suzi's house on Monday night and she wanted one too. Aunt Heather told me she wanted to give Cadence a bob and I agreed (since I don't really care that much so long as it is cute). Cadence held perfectly still on the table while her Aunt Heather cut her hair "so cute!" in Cady's words. It really is pretty darn cute! Cadence has also refered to her hair as "Beaumtiful" and "like a princess." Every morning since she wakes up and says, "Hi mommy! My hair is so pretty! I gots a cut!" Here is a pic of the front and the back. It is about 2 and 1/2 inches shorter, which on her little head is a lot.

Thanks bunches Aunt Heather for the much needed hair cut! She really loves it!
Also Monday night, Cady's cousin Paisley decided to put on a show for everyone. To start you should know that Paisley loves to be neked. Pretty much every time I see her she manages to lose at least three articles of clothing before she leaves. Monday night she upped the ante with the bucket. Here is what we all saw (I appologize if anyone is offended by nude toddler bums!):
You know she has the cutest behind on earth. Just admit it. You want one. Okay maybe the guys reading don't. :o) Oh and Heather, just let me know if you want me to take this down. ;o)

Cadence's 2nd Birthday!

Better late then never. I meant to post this much sooner, but the days have just been crazy.

First things first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU CADENCE! I cannot believe that she is 2 years old already! Her birthday was Saturday and boy did we have a blast of a party. Friday night I was busy getting food ready to put together on Saturday morning and baking Cady's cake. We woke up early the next morning so I could decorate the cake and start the Chicken, Apple, Grape, Super Yum Salad (It doesn't have a name that I know of so this is what I call it). The Salad then went on Crousaunts and then we put together the veggie tray and the fruit platters. It was a really Yummy party. Here is a picture of Cady's completed cake...no making fun of my cake decorating skills...

It was a beautiful day outside and all the kids played outside for about 40 minutes before we herded them inside to either eat cake or open presents. Cady picked open presents first and actually did open a few before it degenerated to this:
It was awesome. Totally the most fun I have seen a bunch of 18 month to 3 year olds have in a long time. This is what the floor looked like when they decided to move on to other things:

Then we had cake and ice cream. We of course sang to Cady. I don't have pictures of her blowing out the candle, but we got it on tape. The cutest part was that Cady's older cousin, Saylor, insisted that she sing happy birthday to Cady by herself. IT WAS ADORABLE. And she got pretty much all the words right! We got it all on tape. Then everyone sang and Cady blew out her candle (after Saylor told her too when the song was over...thank goodness someone knew how it was supposed to work! We love you Saylor!). Anyway here is Cady enjoying her cake!

Brady and I got Cadence a couple of Princess Dress Up Dresses for her birthday (she is obsessed with the Disney Princesses and insists that she IS one. We agree whole heartedly!). She of course wanted to try them on and dance around. Then she found the bubble gun that Uncle Kyle got for her and this was the fun that resulted...

Yeah, there was bubble juice all over the floor but she was having a blast and got Avery to grin...


As you can see, Cadence had a really good time. So did everyone who made it out to celebrate with us!
Cadence also had her 2 year check up with her doctor on Monday and was actually chatty with the Doc for the first time ever. She kept asking her what she was doing and telling her that after the Doctor we were going to eat. I never said we were going to eat, but Cady had apparently decided that we were. The Doctor was very impressed with her verbal skills. Once again she was 75th percentile for weight (30lbs...my darling little tank) and was above 97 percent for height (she is now three feet tall...insane...people think she is 3 not 2). I then explained to her that she had to have two shots and that they would hurt but that she would get a bandaid and a sucker for getting them. She was all excited until they actually stuck her with the needle. She told the nurse, "You hurt me! I need kisses!" and bawled for about ten minutes. As we were paying and checking out she told me that we were going to eat and that she wanted Mac and Cheese because she got an owie and she was sad. So I took her to Denny's where she proceeded to order pancakes and eggs...go figure. She ate it all though! :o)
The rest of the day she milked the owie card for all she was worth. It was pretty funny.
Anyway, Happy Birthday Cady! We love you and can't wait to see where you are at next year!