Just Cade and Mommy...

Today Chris left for Washington, D.C. with his eighth graders. Wish we could have gone.. I love D.C... especially since I teach Government. He just called and was able to go to the Naval Academy.. so cool..
So Cade and I are going to enjoy some time together in the next three days. We are working on using the potty and not having to sit in time out everyday. We did go a whole week with no timeouts..YAY!! The potty thing is slow moving... Cade is just taking his time with that whole thing.
On Friday, Cade has his tonsil appt. Please pray that removing his tonsils will not be the option. Can't imagine him going through another procedure right now.
We are heading to Chattanooga this weekend to visit Thomas the Train and of course, Nana and Papa. My mom got Cade tickets and I know he is going to love it!!
I have about 3 more weeks of school left.. it has really flown by so fast! Cannot wait for the summer! We are going to Texas at the end of May and Seagrove Beach in June! Can't wait!!

Not worthy, but His

"Photo Booth" starring Cade Brian

We have entered a new phase/discovery in our home with Cade. He is all about looking at himself in the mirror..not just looking, but eating, playing, singing,etc.. whatever he does, he wants to watch himself. It is the funniest thing! He loves to brush his teeth now in the mornings, so that he can make faces at himself and laugh. He takes his breakfast into our bathroom and watches himself eat. It is a little out of control.

So this post explains how "vain" our son is becoming:) (jk) I introduced him to photo booth on my computer the other day and now all he wants to do is "look at pictures mommy." So here are some pics we took the other day. There are about 40 pics of him on photo booth, but will only share a few.

Easter in Nashville

This was the first time that we have spent Easter here in Nashville since Cade was born. We usually head up to Chattanooga to my parents and spend Easter with them, but being that we were in a house this Easter we wanted to stay here and have our own egg hunt with Cade and we didn't want to miss our awesome church's Easter service...

Our service was amazing and I know many people came to know the Lord. We are so thankful that we have found a church that we both love. After church we came home and hunted eggs with Caleb and Ace. It was so fun to see the boys look and also help each other find the eggs. They all love each other. I love to watch the boys play.. they crack me up.. I think we will be mowing jellybeans and skittles out of our yard for a while, but it was well worth it!

This time of the year always makes me so appreciative of all the Lord has done for us..for sending His only Son to die on a cross for a worthless, undeserving, sinner like me. "Praise the One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead." I am so thankful that He still moves stones and that He is risen just like He said!

Patience is a virtue, but man is it hard!

Have not posted in quite some time and felt the need to write today.. The last few weeks have been very busy and we have tried to get Cade adjusted back to his school schedule. Let's just say we are still working on that, and not to mention that he did turn 3, so there are attitude adjustments in the work as well.
We never went through the 2's with Cade, so I think we are combining the 2's and 3's.. It has been very challenging already for me and I am asking the Lord everyday to supply me with the patience I need for Cade. Don't get me wrong he is not a terror at least most of the time.. just kidding, but he is going through the "independent, defiance" stage which is awful!!
I don't want to sound like I am harping on all the terrible things he does so let me tell you about the precious things he is doing at 3. He loves to carry on conversations with Chris and I and he gets so animated when talking.. love that. When sitting on the couch today, he came up to me and put his head on my shoulder and said "wuv you."..this is the first time he has done that..love that! When getting dressed in the morning, he asks for "5 more minutes" before getting ready for school... love that! When saying his prayers at night he prays for each of his friends individually...love that! He is so competitive already at 3 and hates to miss a shot when playing basketball.. can I just say that I LOVE THAT!!!!!
Patience is such a hard thing for me.. everybody knows that about me.. one example, of my lack of patience occurred on Saturday. Our friends Jamie and Jennifer were going to let us borrow her mom's pressure washer. She lives right around the corner from us. I drove over there to get the thing and it was way to heavy, so I sent Chris and it was too heavy for him. I wanted to get the job done then(lack of patience) and didn't want to wait for help to load it in the car, so I walked down there and pushed the pressure washer back down to our house.. Man, I wonder what the neighbors were thinking..heck, what was I thinking? I am still reaping the consequences of that..I pulled something in my neck.. yep, lack of patience.
I have to make it an effort to allow the Lord to help me with this matter, but it seems the more I pray for patience, more things arise where I have to practice it. The Lord sure does have a sense of humor! :)

One more note, when we took Cade to his 3 year checkup, his doctor was very concerned about his tonsils. In fact, he said they were rather large for his age. We have another appointment in a few weeks and if you will please pray that they will not want to have them removed. Can't think of the thought of him going through another surgery! Thanks for your prayers!