Our New House!

We are officially able to get in to our new house! Here are some "before" pictures. Now, it's time for Ryan to work his magic :) It's located less than a 10 minute walk from Drake Park/Downtown Bend. We are so excited to move in and call it home!

Countdown to baby

Yes, it's true. We are counting down to another very important baby...our cousin Bean! (Not really his name, but since Aunt Chelsea and Uncle Cory haven't divulged his name, Bean it's been). We thought we would take the opportunity to show baby Bean what all he has to look forward to...

Dear Bean,

First, it's important to know that you will probably do more than one thing to scare your mommy and your daddy. And you'll probably test the limits to see just how close to the edge you really can go. But know that your mommy and daddy will love you no matter what.


You don't know it yet, but you have good genes (comes from the Cheney side--hehe) so it's important to practice your very best smile. Know that the camera will be a common occurrence.



And when you get bigger, we'll both be here to teach you how to crawl. (And how to get in to mischief, play in the dirt, play with bugs, and all those other fun things boys do.)


We won't teach you all bad things either. We'll teach you how to help out a friend, to share (something we're working on), to laugh, to love, and most of all...to cuddle.


Baby Bean, we're so excited to meet you. We're going to be the best cousins ever! God has the perfect birth day for you but we hope it's sooner than later so you can come out and play! We don't even know you yet, but we already love you THIS much!


Love,

Kadyn James and Kai Isaac

Fall

Kai Isaac, "Baby," "Buba"

Oh how I love my boys! It's still amazing to me how different two little boys can be when they are both from the same parents, in the same environment, etc. It's great seeing each of their personalities play out.

Kadyn-ism

Kadyn was helping me bake cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning. I ran upstairs to get Kai and came back down only to see him kissing EACH of the cinnamon rolls.

"Kadyn, what are you doing?"

--"Mommy, I'm filling them with love"

"Oh, that's great!"

--"Just like Nannie does. That will make them SOOO yummy."

SERIOUSLY?!?!

God doesn't give us more than we can handle and I'm not one to usually question Him, but sometimes I have to wonder if I am really equipped to handle all that He gives me.


This is Kai after having some strawberries last night. Seriously? If it isn't clear on your computer...those are hives. Blotchy, bumpy, red, raised, $(%&*%@*% hives.

Skipping Fall

Waking up to 4+ inches of snow is fun...but we seem to have skipped right past fall. Notice the leaves are still green. We went from 80 degrees to 32 and snow in a week. It's been down right cold the past 2 days. Daddy let Kadyn roast marshmallows on the fire we had to build.