Presents from us

We had Cadynce open her presents from Don and I on Monday so Cadynce could play with her new toys for a few days before flying back to Indiana.  We set her vanity by the tree and let her come downstairs and find it set up.  Next, she opened up her makeup kit and freaked out.  I couldn't open it fast enough.  She loves to blow dry her hair and put on fingernail polish.  Roxy is also getting her toenails painted now.  She loves to sit at her vanity, look in the mirror, and play with her makeup.  We also got her a tee ball set so she was running back and forth between putting on her lipstick and swinging the bat.  She really didn't want any help on swinging the bat and wanted to do all by herself.  View Album for more pictures.  Click here for videos.

Santa Claus

We took Cadynce to see Santa yesterday, and it went just as we expected.  She was terrified!  She liked looking at Santa from far away and she loves talking about Santa, but sitting on his lap was a different story.  As you cans see in the picture she cried, and who doesn't want a picture of their child crying on Santa's lap?  After the picture Santa gave Cadynce some jingle bells so at least it wasn't all bad.

Happy Thanksgiving & Anniversary!

We hosted our first Thanksgiving dinner this year.  Don and Rhonda flew out to spend the holiday weekend with us.  Rhonda and I spent the morning in the kitchen making all kinds of good food, and the boys watched football and entertained Cadynce.  

Don and I took part in black Friday this year.  We left the house at 5am and drove to the outlet malls and shopped until we dropped.  Grandpa and Mimi got to watch Cadynce most of the day while we were gone.  It sure was great to get out, and the best part was that we didn't have to pay our babysitters!  Our four year anniversary was also on Thanksgiving this year so it was nice to get away for the day.  Cadynce loved having her Grandpa and Mimi here.  She loved all the extra attention, hugs, and kisses!  It was so nice to have family here for the Thanksgiving weekend!  View Album for more pictures.

Jeff and Julie Visit

Jeff and Julie flew out to visit this weekend.  Don and Jeff ran the half marathon together on Sunday.  They did great running it in 1 hour and 41 minutes.  Julie was the navigator and we got to see them 4 times.  Cadynce loved having her Uncle Jeff and Aunt Julie here.  She did a lot of showing off for them.  We had a great time hanging out and we enjoyed eating dinner at Saltgrass and Mamasitas.  We also went bowling on Monday morning before they had to fly back to cold Indiana.  View Album for more pictures.  Click here for videos.

What a Day!!

Saturday was a big day for Cadynce.  In the morning we went to a petting zoo that's really close to our house.  She got to hang out with the goats, pet little ponies and donkeys, feed rabbits, look at pigs, and finally she got to ride a horse.  Boy did she love that.  As she was riding she would say "my horse" and did not want to get down.  She did so good holding on to the saddle.

After nap time we picked up Ricky and went to the Air Show at Lackland Air Force Base.  We went to see Ricky's Squadron where they had food and fun for the kids.  We ended up staying there to watch the air show.  It was awesome!  Ricky also took us to look at the F-16 jet, which is the jet he is currently flying, and we got to climb up and sit in it.  That was awesome!  Cadynce was so excited to touch the airplane.  It was a long, fun-filled day.  View Album for more pictures.  Click here for videos.

Happy Halloween!

We weren't too sure how Cadynce's first year of trick or treating was going to go, but we found out that she loved being a Monkey.  We gave the costume a try earlier in the day when we went to Blake's house to take some pictures of the kids dressed up.  She did not want to put the costume on, but once I got it on her she went right into character.  She loved looking at Blake in his Elmo costume.  They also liked that we called them George and Elmo.  We went outside to take some pictures then we let them run up and down the driveway.  They ran in the driveway for a good half hour.  

When it was time to get Cadynce in her George costume for tick or treating, she came running from the kitchen all excited, then she fell and busted her lip.  That was not a real good start to the evening.  Once we stopped the bleeding, we gave her a popsicle which made her feel much better.  She got a nice fat lip to show off.  Cadynce had a blast running from house to house.  I think half of the fun was that she got to run in the street!  She only wanted to go to the houses with pumpkins so she could touch them.  We only went out for about a half hour then put her to bed, and Don and I handed out candy the rest of the evening.  View Album for more pictures.  Click here for videos.

South Texas Maze

Saturday night we went to the South Texas Maze in Hondo, Texas.  We hadn't heard anything about this place, but we decided to give it a try.  We all had a great time.  Cadynce saw the goats and immediately starting running for them.  She was trying so hard to hug them through the fence.  We walked around looking at everything they had, then we sat down and ate dinner.  We decided to walk the corn maize before it got dark and Cadynce thought it was so cool running through there.  It took us about 45 minutes to make it to the end.  The last thing we did was the hay ride.  Cadynce was enjoying watching the tractor, but it was the cows that we saw that got her really excited.  She started yelling "cow"  "moo" and waving to them.  It was really cute.  She talked about those cows all the way home.  Sunday we went and picked out a pumpkin and took it home and carved it.  We walk around the neighborhood every day looking at everyone's pumpkins.  View Album for more pictures.  Click here for videos.

18 Months Old

I can hardly believe Cadynce is 18 months old now.  She is growing up so fast, but her hair is still lagging behind!  We went walking on some trails today at the park, and Cadynce had such a great time just being able to walk and run around on her own.  She found her two favorite rocks that she held on to, and she didn't even let go of them when she fell.  She took several good falls and only walked away with a scratch on her elbow (which she is very proud of).  If you didn't know already, Cadynce is obsessed with elbows!  Everywhere we go she points out elbows and she'll touch them if we're close enough.  View Album for more pictures.

Colorado Trip

We had a really great trip to Colorado Springs this weekend.  Cadynce just keeps getting better and better every time we fly.  We got there Friday morning and took our time getting to the Springs.  When we got there we went to the Academy gift shop then we stopped by the athletic facility to see some people Don knows.  Saturday was game day.  Cadynce got to see some airplanes fly over right before the game started.  It started raining in the fourth quarter so we left a little early and unfortunately Air Force lost to Navy.  It was a lot of fun being able to take Cadynce to the game with us.  Sunday we didn't leave until the evening so we took our time and let Cadynce nap at the hotel before we left for Denver.  Before going to the airport we went to the Denver Zoo, and it was a really great zoo.  It started to rain right when we got there, but being Colorado we knew it would only rain for 15 minutes so we waited it out.  We were able to get so close to the animals which made a big difference for Cadynce.  It was a great trip, but we're glad to be home.  View Album for more pictures.

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Indoor Playland

Today Nicole and I took the kids to an indoor playland, and they had a blast.  When we first got there, they both just ran around unsure of what to play with first.  Cadynce's favorite things were the roller coaster and the big slide.  I think they managed to play with every toy in the place.  View Album for more pictures.

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