Love my boys

This past week we celebrated Caden's first birthday and it was such a shocker how fast time goes by. I wanted to take just a second to jot down some of my favorite things my boys do so I don't forget them.

Jacob

• His favorite toy is Buzz light year and he will run around the house shouting "to infinity and beyond"
• He love to be outdoors whether that is going to the park, swimming at a friends, or to the beach.
• I think I am officially in the mist of the terrible two's...he has several temper tantrums a week and his favorite word is "MINE"
• Everyday Jake wakes up hungry. He comes in my room wakes me up saying mama eat, eat, eat.
• He is truly a boy. His more little legs are so bruised, scratched and scrapped.

Caden

• Caden has the best army crawl of all time. He is so fast and has little callouses on his toes from pushing him around.
• He is quiet the talker he will say..mama, dada, no no, ba ba, hi, bye bye, night night. Isn't it funny how babys say everything twice.
• Caden love to eat. What every I put down in front of him he shovels in his mouth. I don't think he has ever refused anything.
• He is obsessed with my cell phone and he always manages to unlock the key pad or turn it on.

Happy Birthday Caden

I can't believe my baby is one. It has gone by so fast. We had a pretty low key birthday for him this year. On Saturday we had some friends over for cake and ice cream. I was going to be adventurous and make a cake but got tired and found this cute little one at Albertson..(FYI I guess you pre order a one year old birthday cake from Albertsons its free). Caden was so funny he didn't know what was going on. I love the look on his face below when everyone was singing to him. He loved the cake as you can tell from the picture. I think Jake felt like it was more like his 2 1/2 birthday then Caden's first birthday. All the presents Caden got Jake got so excited would take it away and say "mine". Good think Caden is so mellow he would just find something else.

Fall Fun

We have been able to do a lot of fun things with the kids the past month. One of my favorite is going to the Santa Ana zoo. It is a really small zoo but perfect for a 2 yr old with a very short attention span. It is only $2 also so if he throw a little temper tantrum you are not out much money. Jakes favorite things to do there are feed the goats and ride the train.
Jake with his friends on the train
Our other favorite fall activity is to go to Disneyland. The temperature has cooled down plus all the it is usually not busy because everyone has done there summer vacations and school kids are back in school. Jake is obsessed with Buzz lightyear. His favorite ride is the new toystory ride and he love to watch the Pixar Parade.

Visitors

This fall we have had some fun visitors. In September our good friends the Larkins came down to go to Disneyland and the Beach. Sunday they came over to our house we had a BBQ then drove down the the beach and walked around. On Monday we met up with them at Disneyland and had a good time. Jake loves it when he has older kids to play with.

We also had my good friend from scotland, Joan come a visit us for a few weeks. She was in Las Vegas doing a bike ride for charity. She rode 300 miles in 5 days...she is a superstar. While she was here we just relaxed, got pedicures, went to the movie...and she was such a great help with my kids. They really loved having her around.