The Little Things..

It still amazes me daily how fast time flies. Cade is growing up so fast before our eyes and I can't stand it.. His conversations sound so grown and SOMETIMES I wish I could pause time for a bit. The words he uses now and the way he communicates with his friends and teachers crack me up. He is so big! Here are a few examples:
-Cade was watching cartoon the other day and he said "this cartoon is boring."
-He told his teacher he could not sleep until his lion went to sleep.. (right!)
-He told me last night he was the "goodest" kid because of God.
-He reminds me to feed the fish everyday, or he asks me if I have fed them. (they would probably be dead if I didn't have his reminders.:)
-He is using the potty now without a stool now-which he thinks is great!
-He told me on the way home that I was not the boss! (this one got him in trouble!)
-When talking to him about not talking sassy to us or his teachers, he responded, "well, I don't want to talk about that anymore."

We are in the process, as you can tell, of trying to communicate to Cade that talking back to us or his teachers is not acceptable. Have no clue where he gets that from-:)

I am learning to treasure each moment. I know there will be days down the road for more memories and more "big boy" moments, but for now I will treasure the "right now" moments!

Sweet Conversations...

It has been a while since my last post.. School has started for us and so we stay busy. Cade's pre-school doesn't begin until September, but he has been going with me every morning. He is with his buddies and has loved every minute with them. He has missed them so much!
Yesterday one of his teachers had a sweet conversation with him in regards to his birthmark. Here is how it went:
Cade: "I can't go to sleep right now cause my eye has a birthmark.." (LOL!!)
Teacher: "Well, not sure about that, but how did you get that birthmark?" (of course they know, but wanted to hear what he would say)
Cade: " God gave it to me, cause he loves me."
Teacher: "How did you get it?"
At this point he gets confused about that process, how God came into his house and put that birthmark on his eye, so here was his conclusion:
Cade: " I think we were playing frisbee outside and the frisbee hit my eye and that is how I got it." hahahahahah!!!

First of all, gotta love his creativity for trying to get out of nap time! haha! I love these sweet moments and love that his teachers shared that with me yesterday, and that He does truly know that He is special!! Just made my day!!! Hope it makes yours as well!!

Making Progress

Since my last post things have been going okay.. We did have to take Cade back to the doctor once again to have the patch removed again. This time the patch was saturated with drainage and not blood, so it had to be removed. Yes, it was very hard for Cade, but once it was off he was good to go. Dr. Mawn did not want to re-patch it and I was HIGHLY advising her not to. So as of today it is not patched and he is on the road to recovery.
Cade's eye is opening more each day and the swelling is going down. We are so grateful for the Lord answering our prayers each day! He is able and willing as Chris and I were reminded at church this weekend!
Cade is back to his normal self and back at it! He has been going non stop and he cannot wait for school to start back!
I wanted to thank each of you for praying for us during another difficult bump in the road! Cade just rolls with the punches, but it does wear on the Chris and I. We are continuing to rest in His presence and are being reminded each day that He is holding our hands through it all! Again, words cannot express how much your prayers have meant to us! We are thankful for each one of you! I will try to post pictures of Cade's progression soon! Thank ya'll again!! WE LOVE YOU!