August

The month of August flew by and kept us pretty busy. We made our way to Yakima so Clint could go on his yearly fishing trip to Idaho with his dad and brothers. Caden and I stayed behind and went swimming, played with cousins, aunts, and uncles, and ate lots of good food. After the boys got back from fishing, we headed back to Portland for Bucky (Clint's little bro) and Emily's wedding. They got married in the Portland temple and were sealed by Clint's grandpa. Caden had other plans of his own that day. He was pretty much a terror from lack of sleep from the previous day. He looked cute in his khaki pants, white shirt, and hot pink tie, but he was not a happy camper. In October we are headed to North Carolina for Bryce and Erin's wedding (Clint's older brother). This last wedding confirmed why we are NOT taking Caden with us. I'm so excited to actually be able to enjoy the wedding instead of trying to reason with and chase a 1 1/2 year old. 

Jade and Caden at the wedding

We spent a few hours at the beach one weekend. Here's Caden taking a break on the bench.

I love this picture because Clint and Caden have the exact same expression on their faces!

Still at the beach. Caden usually insists on pushing the stroller instead of riding in it.

Me and Caden at the park. I have hardly any pictures of the two of us so I took this one.

    

Caden wanted tacos for breakfast one morning. I tried to convince to eat something else, but he wanted his tacos.

Caden has also started talking a lot more. Some of my favorite lines are...

"It's a light, this!" (He is still obsessed with lights and points them out all day long)

"It's a dog!"

"I bite this" (When he's eating)

"It's a pool" (whenever he's in the tub or pointing out the river)

The other day we were looking at a family picture and Caden was pointing at Clint and saying "dad". I pointed to him and asked who it was and he said "Caden". Then I pointed to myself and he refused to say anything. Instead he just stood there and smiled at me knowing exactly what he was doing. I have still rarely heard him say "mom" even though I know he can say it.  

Another Caden story from this week...Lately he's been riding his trike around a lot more. Yesterday it was getting close to his nap time and he started getting whiney so I asked him if he wanted to go take a nap. I said this knowing he probably wouldn't go for it and it usually makes him stop whining. But instead he ran over to his trike, hopped on and scooted his way into his room. I thought this was so cute and I was surprised he actually took me up on my offer to go take a nap.