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In case you were wondering how Caden is...

My Weekend

This weekend was a good one. One of those that you wish every weekend could be like. First off, I took the weekend off work. (Hey I like my job and everything but come on, don't we all wish we could enjoy our weekend and not work but still be getting paid at the same time? The beauty of vacation days)
Saturday morning started with a mani and pedi that I snuck off to while Jon happily played with Caden. It was niiice. I think I fell asleep at one point.

Then Saturday evening was our good friends Scott and Jennie's wedding. It was at the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, and it was a beautiful wedding and so much fun. My mom and dad watched Caden for us so we could go, and Jon and I had a great time with each other and with friends. Dinner, dancing, a night out with friends--all in all, a good time! Here are some pics from the wedding: On the water

Julia and I on the dance floor!

The happy couple with Jon and Chris

Girls being silly dancing! (Deanna, Me and Julia)

Julia and I with the beautiful bride! Jennie looked so beautiful and so happy!

To round off the weekend, since I had today off I was able to sleep in (Caden had a slumber party at Grammie's, hence me being able to sleep in) and then I headed off to Burke Williams. When Jon found out I was taking today off, but he had his once a year huge "Fantasy Football" draft today, he insisted I make it a spa day for myself. No arguments here. It was wonderfully peaceful and relaxing. I enjoyed all the amenities as well as a relaxing massage. It was so nice to have some much needed "me" and quiet time since needless to say that doesn't happen much these days.
When I got home and told Jon all about it, he was saying how I need to do that more often. He said, maybe if it feels too expensive to get a full treatment, go for a "half massage" and then still enjoy the amenities. Um OK! Sign me up!
What a sweet husband I have to let me pamper myself and then even offer it up again so quickly. I could get used to this. :)
When Caden got home from Grammies, it was wonderful to hear how much fun he had and what a good boy he was. It's such a blessing to be able to leave our son with family that we love and trust, knowing that he gets so much attention and love. And we are even more blessed that everyone says he is such an "easy baby". (We think he is, so its nice to hear that from others too!) It makes it so much easier for us to get to do special things like this, knowing he is in good hands and enjoying himself.
Ok, that's all for now. Time to get ready for bed since I have to work tomorrow. Getting up for work has been a lot easier lately since Caden is sleeping through the night. And after my relaxing weekend, I'm thankful it shouldn't be that hard tomorrow!

This Kid Can Eat

So after we've introduced cereal and he got used to it, he never looked back. He's on to baby food and man, this kid loves to eat (not that we didn't know that already from all 18 lbs of him). Here are some pics of him chowin' down.

Gimme Gimme...

Is that food for me?

Caden's First Angels Game

Jon, Caden and I went to our "All Church Angels Game" last night, and it was Caden's first baseball/Angels game! It was so fun sitting with all our friends, passing Caden from friend to friend (he was SUCH a good little boy and made lots of new friends too!), hanging out as a family. We made it all the way to the 5th inning before deciding we had tortured him long enough (keeping him 2 hours past his bedtime). You wouldn't have known it--he hardly fussed, just was really red in his eyes, poor thing! Here are a few pics of our night:

3 Years

Jon and I celebrated three years of marriage on Tuesday! He took me to the Melting Pot which is probably our favorite "fancy" place to eat. We stuffed ourselves with great food and had a fun, romantic night out just the two of us. Without getting too mushy, I will say what an amazing year this one has been. For obvious reasons (Caden), it has been full of priceless memories, lots of tears and even more laughs, and a year where I can honestly say its hard to imagine that life can get better than this. With our new little blessing, we have been blessed with how we have grown closer as a couple and how we've made it through some highly emotional times (ok so that was me) and come out the other end all the stronger. Jon and I have known each other for 10 years now (we met in August 1998!), and its amazing to see the journey we've been on, and the place we are in. It's even more amazing to know God knew how it was going to turn out all along! We are blessed, and I can't wait to see what the next year will bring. Love you, Jon.

On a funny note--we started Caden on rice cereal and here are some pictures of his "first feeding". He's doing really well with it now, but we weren't so sure at first:

"What is in my mouth?"

"Ok, this is NOT milk and I don't think I like it..."

Backtracking a little: Camping in July

Here are some pics I forgot to post from our Mammoth camping trip. (I posted some on my Facebook but forgot to put them here!) Jon, Caden and I joined my family (Grandma, Grandpa, my parents, aunt, uncle, cousins and their wives/girlfriends) for our annual camping trip to Mammoth, specifically Lake Convict. They all camped there while Jon, Caden and I stayed in town (Mammoth) since camping with a newborn could have been interesting. :) It was great to spend time with my family, and Jon had a great time catching fish and hanging with my cousins. Here are some highlights!

Grammie and Caden

"Um Mom, what are we doing..."

Here is Caden in his "camping outfit" my aunt bought him before he was born! It fit perfectly! He's all strapped in ready for a walk!

By the creek

Isn't the view amazing?

Caden with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma

Caden playing cards...Daddy is proud!

Our "visitor" to the campsite. Yep, that's right. A bear. It was less than 20 yards away from us. This is the first year we've seen one in all the years we've been up there (my aunt/grandparents have been going up for 20 plus years, and this is the first one they've ever seen there!) Caden was excited to see his first bear...but not too up close. Caden would be an appetizer for that thing.