Four Generations, Father's Day and Favorites

My Grandma was down from Canada for my cousin's farewell and we got a four generations picture. Kade just met her for the first time when we were up in Canada two weeks ago for another cousin's wedding.




Happy 2nd Father's Day to Luke! Last year Kade was just a tiny baby for Father's Day and we were down in Whittier. Luke is a wonderful dad. He and Kade are best buds.




My Dad and Mom were over for Father's Day dinner at our house. We got him some waders for going out to change the irrigation sprinklers down in Scipio. Doesn't he look cute!





Kade's favorite things include: reading books, playing with mixing spoons, driving trucks, eating Honey Bunches of Oats for breakfast (just like Luke), and playing peek-a-boo around every corner and under anything he can put over his face.

I don't know how Kade intrinsically knew that cookies are yummy but I made some and he just had to have one. And so did Luke :)

A real mom

This past month has been really busy. We went down to visit my parents at the farm, made a surprise trip to celebrate Luke's mom's birthday and Memorial Day with Luke's family in Sacramento, and Kade and I just got back from a trip to Seattle to visit the Boones and then went with Miles and Janetta up to Edmonton for my cousin Darci's wedding. That's lots of traveling with a wiggly one year-old and he did pretty well on the road trips and on the three flights.

With one minor incident. . .on the morning we were leaving for Seattle, Kade woke up with throw-up all over himself and the crib. We gave him a quick bath and Luke took us up to the airport. We made it on the plane and Kade downed his bottle and I was excited for him to hopefully take a nap for most of the flight. But what actually happened is he threw up all over me! He stayed pretty clean but my pants, socks and shoes were covered as well as the floor and top of my backpack. The smell quickly moved the guy behind us to another row (which was great since he had been coughing like crazy). The smell also got the attention of the flight attendant who asked me if my baby needed to be changed! As if I wouldn't notice the terrible smell if he were sitting in my lap and needed to be changed. Anyway, we got through it and the other flights were fine and the wedding was wonderful.

But I think that was my official inaguration into the realms of Motherhood.