Two! Can you believe it!?

Well we made it to two! Poor Cadence, woke up morning of his party throwing up. Our guests were oh-so gracious when he threw up again in the middle of breakfast; they hardly flinched. That's family for ya! (I found it interesting that he was sick on that day, as I reminisced to the day before giving birth & how I had the same symptoms after taking a double dose of castor oil).

Anyways--although he didn't get to eat his cupcake until a couple of days after his real b-day, Cadence had a great party & continues to talk about Peter & Emma being here, about his cupcake, about candles, and about singing Happy Birthday. By next year I think he'll really have the whole thing down to a perfection.

Otherwise all is well. Drew's out tonight watching some music at the theatre, and we've been keeping busy. I got to go in the dragon boat races last weekend, played my first baseball game last week (since elementary school I believe!) and Tofu got to have a sleepover with a puppy friend this weekend. Cadence seems to be over his ailment & is now eating like gangbusters leading me to believe that he's about to grow about two inches overnight. Summer's sort of here & we're doing all we can to enjoy it...gardening, swim in the lake last Friday, picnics at the playground whenever the sun's shining (which isn't all that often!) Cadence & I still wear our winter jammies every night as it just won't seem to get hot! Oh well... :)

We seem to have really slowed down our picture-taking...but I've rounded up a few from the last while.

On birthday party morning, with cousin Emma, enjoying the fridge farm animals he got from Grampa & Gammie.


After breakfast, when Cadence came outside to play, he was greeted by a yard full of little chairs, each one with a balloon tied to it. Grampa & Gramma had put together a scavenger hunt for him for his birthday..took a little coaxing but he completed it, with an armful of new books, crayons, & paints to play with! (Nice work Grampa!)


With cousins Peter & Emma, after the treasure hunt concluded. Those three were great together the whole time. I think Cadence really misses them!


Cadence got a great package from Nana & Auntie Mer...he was quick to put on his new beach/swim shoes ('pidding shoes') & quite enjoyed the card. Books/card with flip-up things are a bit hit at two.

All the balloons leftover from the b-day have been great & Cadence has learned the joy of catching a ball(oon). We practice daily now, although the balloons are barely the size of tennis balls by now. Maybe soon we'll notch things up a bit to a beach ball!


Checking out the latest Vegetarian Times over breakfast.


This Saturday I got up & ran out to the farmer's market & a couple of yard sales while Drew & Cadence hung out at home; I picked up a great little table & chairs for C's bedroom (to ease the transition of the rocking chair out into the basement). Before bringing it upstairs we broke it in with some whole wheat mac & cheese (I've had better...).


Tofu & Deacon, his little sleepover friend from this past weekend. Deac's 14 weeks old.


Flash back--more or less 2 years ago...I remember it like it was yesterday!