Highlights in Kade's recent days

Hi all! Sorry we are taking so long between posts. It has been extraordinarily busy around here but not really anything that's blog worthy has been happening. The next couple of weekends are are going to be with family and I PROMISE to remember to take my camera.

Anywho...This is Kade's buddy Elliot who was born in June. Kade just loves this little guy. He definitely seems to be ready to fill the role of big brother someday. All he can say is, "Oh, baby Elliot...so cute" when he is around him. Kade asked to hold Elliot the other night and we got this cute picture. Elliot is actually wearing a pair of Kade's shorts from when he was a baby. I can't believe it has been so long since they were on my little guy.

The picture above of the toys:

Kade got these as a big surprise from Uncle Matt, Aunt Steph, and cousin Rachel last night. They recently returned from a family trip to Disney and got these as a gift for Kade. He LOVES them! Big fan of the movie CARS. He knows all of their names and has been playing with them non-stop since getting them last night.

Cute Pics

Above is Kade's self portrait taken this weekend. He really enjoys getting my camera and clicking away. I think both pictures are a little blurry...sorry. Slim pickins' with the pictures thanks to mommy forgetting her camera every time something memorable happens. :)

Wild at the Zoo

We made a trip to the Zoo on Monday. It was really fun with Kade at this age. He seemed to enjoy it more than last year when we took him. He really loves animals so it was fun to show him all the different ones there. Above are some of our favorite animals. Kade wouldn't stop talking about the sea horses. I didn't get any pictures of those.

Special Olympics

We have a sweet friend Meghan that participated in the Special Olympics this weekend. We had lots of fun watching her ride her horse and cheering her on. Kade was her biggest fan yelling, "Go Meghan!" It was just fun to be there to support her and the weather was beautiful! We couldn't have asked for a better morning. Thanks for inviting us Meghan!!

Some random pictures

The two small pictures were taken at the Rib Fest last weekend. Sorry, I can't get them any bigger without causing them to become blurry. Kade and Elaina had fun goofing around together. At times they have a love/hate relationship. They really act like brother and sister more than friends sometimes. I'm sure it is because they have always been together so much.
This last one is obviously of my two boys. Aren't they cute? :)

What would we do......

...without these matchbox cars lately. Kade has been loving cars so Scott got his childhood car collection down from his mom's attic the other day to add to the fun. Kade can hardly leave them when we have to go somewhere. Today Scott made him a "garage" out of legos and Kade lined the cars up like this all by himself. Below is a picture that Kade took of me by himself. Whenever I get the camera out he thinks he has to take a picture too.

We have had a very fun long weekend together and there are more pictures to come. We went to the rib fest on Saturday with our friends. I will post soon with those pictures. Scott took most of the day off on Friday so we have had 4 whole days together. It is so good to be together.

P.S. I promise Kade doesn't wear that IU shirt everyday...it seems like every picture I post of him he is wearing it. :)