Well it’s been a little busy here lately. . . and I’m super behind on posting the bazillion pictures I just moved from my phone to my computer. So, we will start with Caden’s 5th birthday back in January

Reflecting back over 5 years ago when I found out I was pregnant with this little fella. . . I cried. He wasn’t planned. David and I had just got back from Cozumel where we celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary and I was feeling sick. I thought I probably ate something that wasn’t clean and didn’t think too much of it until the sickness didn’t go away!

Caden Luke (his name means “Soldier of Light” and he often calls himself “Caden Luke Soldier of Light” – haha) is such a bright spot in our family. He is almost always happy and smiling. His temperament is like his Daddy – even keel and easy to get along with He loves to make people laugh and the sound of his laughter is contagious. He loves to help, often without being told. He loves to give and is so very generous. He also likes to climb anything and try to fix things (again, like his Daddy). He prefers Chinese food over Western. He is bilingual, just recently grasping the concept of America and China and the fact that he isn’t Chinese Instead of gifts we started doing special foods and places as a family. He picked a special breakfast, dinner, his cake, and (as you can see from the pics below) was given the “royal” treatment in his preschool class as well. Also, by his choice, we all went to see Rapunzel/Tangled (in Chinese) in the play – theatre – version. So thankful for this sweet boy!