Mr Sneezy

Caden makes the most adorable sound when he can't get a sneeze out. We have been trying to capture it on film, and we finally succeeded. Hope you find it as funny as we do! You might have to turn your volume up.

Daddy's Birthday Party - Lebowskifest

We threw a 30th Birthday party for Matt on Friday, the 20th. The party was themed after our favorite movie, "The Big Lebowski". Essentially about a dude, his rug, a ransomed trophy wife, and lots of bowling. Everyone dressed up as a character in the movie, and the result was a very memorable celebration for Matt's 30th.

We are lucky enough to have the most outstanding group of friends in the world. They planned the whole party, so Matt was surprised by alot of it, and I hardly had to lift a finger to prepare! They made the food, organized who was bringing what, helped us set up, and helped us clean up after wards! Our good friends, Nick and Lynn, even made the trip from Minneapolis to surprise us by showing up at our door on Friday afternoon!! To top it off, they all went together and bought Matt an Wii for his birthday! So THANK YOU to our amazing wonderful friends, who we are so lucky to have and without whom life would not be as fun - Scotty, Heather, Joel, Shawn, Bek, Alysia, Mike, Nick, Lynn, Terri, Bob, Brian, Stacie, Lindsay, Dave, Brent, Chris, Demetrius, Bonnie, Erin, Tim, Michelle, Dan, Rick, Deanna, Kate, Mike, Mindy, Buford, Fred, Amy, Steve, Wendy, Dale, and Tammy. You guys are the absolute best.

Here are some great pictures!

Matt and his little Dude....


The Feists and the Callenders went as Maude Lebowski and the Cowboy. (This is my attempt at my most Maude-like serious face)


Matt's Cake - we built a replica of the Lebowski Bowling Alley: (Thank you Dan, Deanna, Wendy and Bek!)



Penelope and Caden went as the "Little Lebowski Urban Achievers" (And proud we are of all of them....)



Wendy as "The Rug" and Dale as "Gary the Bartender"
(Come on man...not on the Rug!)



Joel was very creative...."Pass me the Ringer, Dude - Chop Chop"


Scotty performing his Dance Quintet...could you give him notes?


Don't mess with The Jesus!



Matt and his Wii:


My attempt at a landscape picture while we were watching The Big Lebowski...


And a picture of part of the crowd...

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today was Matt's 30th Birthday! We celebrated by going out with friends to Damon's. Matt got an ipod from Caden and Mommy for his birthday. :-)

Here are some pictures from Matt's birthday dinner!

Caden had a very cute outfit on. It said "Daddy's Little Monster".


Brian and Stacie's little girl, Taylor, loves Heinz Ketchup!


Here's a couple pictures of Caden laying on the couch with Daddy - he is a lot bigger now compared to the similar picture we took at One week!!

Funny Pictures

It's been almost a week since we have posted, so I thought I would put up some fun pictures from this week.

Here's a picture from this past Saturday - Matt found this outfit in his closet and realized that:
1. It was super cute and
2. He will likely grow out of it in 2.5 days.

So, that's what he wore on Saturday.




This picture is also from last Saturday. Matt played in a Snow Softball tournament and when he got home, he gave Caden his bottle while Lisa took a nap. Looks like a rough night - both of them passed out and Caden isn't wearing pants! :-)



Here's a picture of Jackson keeping watch while Caden has a little tummy time. Caden HATES tummy time - but we have gotten him to go for almost 30 minutes straight before he throws a fit.

Growing Boy!

Every month we are going to start taking a picture of Caden with his Tigger, which he got from Aunt Pat the day he was born. The first picture was taken about 2 hours after he was born and the second was taken today.

Caden was 8 lb 4 oz when he was born, 7 lb 11oz when he came home, and at his one month checkup he was 10 lb 6 oz, which puts him in the 75th percentile. His head is another story, which is in the 90th percentile....once again taking after his dad!

One Month Birthday Weekend

Caden turned One Month old on Friday, January 30th! We had a pretty awesome weekend with him. On Saturday, we went up to Boyne Mountain with some friends who had rented a condo. Lisa stayed with Caden in the condo on Saturday while Matt was able to get out and go skiing for a day! That night we stayed in Gaylord and headed back early to get ready for the Superbowl. Sunday was fantastic because the Steelers won the Superbowl! Caden slept most of the game, which is amazing, because his parents were quite loud. :-) Here are some pictures from our weekend!

Some pictures from Boyne - Caden and Lisa in the condo...

...and a few pictures from Pierson's, where we all met up for lunch. In the second picture, Caden is hanging out with our good friends Brian and Stacie.

Getting ready for the Steelers game! We gave Caden a bath and put him in his Steelers sleeper which says "Big Fans Start Small".



GO STEELERS!! Six Time Superbowl Champs!!
Here's Caden and Mom with the Superbowl trophy being hoisted in the background on the TV. (Cheesy I know, but we are crazy fans.)