Surprise!

This past weekend, my sister-in-law had a surprise 30th birthday party for my brother. It turned out great and a lot of his close friends and family were able to make it to help celebrate. We had the backyard all decorated and right before, and I mean RIGHT BEFORE my brother showed up, it down poured! And only for a few minutes. It was the craziest thing and the worst timing!!! So all of the paper decorations got a little wet to say the least, but we managed. Matt was pretty surprised so I don't think he was even able to notice the decorations! It was a fun weekend and as always, a great spot to meet up with my cousin and her family as well! Owen and Cade watched Thomas and rode Uncle Matt's four wheeler and lawn mower. Baby Cameron is getting big and just sat quietly while the other two ran around!

Happy 30th Birthday Uncle Matt!

Friday is my brother's 30th birthday and we just want to wish him a very happy one! We will be there soon to help celebrate and can't wait to see you both! Love you bunches!!!

More Progress

Making Progress

Here is a shot at the front of our house. The garage is to the left, front door and porch in the middle, then a bedroom on the right. They're definitely making progress and it has been neat to go out everyday and see the changes that have been done. We are so excited and have been told by our contractor that we could hopefully (key word: hopefully) be moved in by October! That would be wonderful but we'll see. Next week they should get started on the roof.

House Update

These pictures are from yesterday. We finally have walls framed up! Below are just a few pics of some of the outside walls they had done. However, I went by today and almost all the interior walls are done! So exciting! I could actually see our rooms, bathrooms, etc. It's been a long time coming, but hopefully they will be able to keep up the pace!

This is looking at our living room to the left and the dining area to the right. There will be a deck off the back.

The back side of the house. Living, dining, and then our bedroom to the far left.
From the front.

Elmo Sprinkler

This is Cade's Elmo sprinkler that we keep at my mom and dad's. He just loved it!

Cade's got the giggles

Kody's 8th Grade Graduation

Cade would like to announce that he is going to be a big brother!

About a month ago, we found out we were expecting baby #2! I am due December 16th and am 12 weeks along. It was somewhat of a surprise, but a good surprise. It took a little getting used to the idea, but now we can't wait! So probably right about the time our house should be finishing up, we will be welcoming a new addition to the family as well. Should be interesting to say the least!

Cade-19th Months

Visiting Miss Madalyn

We recently went over to the Dunnings new home to visit with Melissa and Courtney and of course little miss Madalyn Grace. She is so sweet and tiny! And all her dark hair is gorgeous. She is absolutely precious and has changed so much already!

Cade kept giving Madalyn kisses over and over. And we kept oo-ing and aw-ing over it. In the picture below, he is looking up at Melissa to see her reaction while he kisses Madalyn. Too cute!

My boys

Surgery Pics

Just a couple of pics I took before Cade went into surgery.

Cade's 1st Haircut

Cade's daddy took him to get his very first official haircut recently. It was quite an event and we have probably 25 more pictures, but here are some of my favorite.

The "before" shots. I can't believe how red his hair looks in this picture. It really isn't that red, but certain light brings it out I guess.

Waiting patiently

Several priceless photos...
I think he looks like me when I was little in the picture below.

Calming down finally.
All done!
That wasn't too bad...I think I'll come back!

Surgery Update

Well as many of you know Cade had his adenoids taken out today and tubes put in his ears. I just wanted to let everyone know how it went. He was the first patient of the day and we arrived at 6:45 a.m. at Same Day Surgery. He got right in and looked so sweet in his little gown. We managed to part ways although it wasn't easy and the whole thing was over in less than an hour. The worst part was recovery. We walked back to the recovery room and he was upset but the nurses did great at trying to console him. We immediately took him and he fell in and out of sleep several times before the anestesia (sp?) wore off. He did manage to stay awake for a half an hour to watch the Doodlebops but then fell right back to sleep after that. He must have been trying hard to stay awake so he could watch the whole episode. We were headed home by 11:15 and he went back to sleep when we got home and has since been outside playing and completely back to normal. The doctor said he use to have probably 30-40% hearing ability before the surgery today. So this should do wonders for him. And apparently his adenoids were huge thus blocking airways and causing him to be quite a mouth breather. All in all it went really well and hopefully we will have a new kid on our hands. And maybe he will even mind us a little better now that he can hear what we're saying! And a special thank you to a certain nurse who was able to be right there with him by his side. It made all the difference knowing he had her with him and I'm sure it did the same for him as well, having a familiar face in that situation. Thanks also to his grandmas for stopping by for support and to check on their baby. Well, I'm turning in. I'm absolutely pooped and am back to reality tomorrow. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers that were sent Cade's way today! Happy Friday everyone!

Say Cheese!

Just a cute little video I thought I'd share.

Out at the property

My grandpa's 91st birthday!

My grandpa, aunt, and dad

Playing Peek-a-boo

On the move

Just wanted to let everyone know we sold our house! After a month or so of having it for sale by owner, we just couldn't handle the pressure anymore not knowing when or if we would sell it before the new one is built. So we listed it with a realtor one day, and sold it the next! It was quite a relief. We close on our house April 30th and as long as everything goes as planned, we will be moving to an apartment in Murphysboro for the time in between. Our new house is not expected to be done until probably late fall. In the mean time, we will be having our mail sent to my parent's address, 11 Louis Wides Dr, M'boro, in case anyone needs our address for something. Not much is new with the building progress other than the basement walls were poured today and will now have to sit for several days. Slowly but surely!

In other news, Cade will be getting tubes in his ears and his adenoids taken out on the first of May. He has had 4 ear infections in 6 months so it is time to do something to help this kid breath and hear. He saw an ENT recently and failed his hearing test, not terribly, but we were and weren't surprised to hear that result. On the one hand, we've never noticed him hard of hearing and on the other hand, things have got to be kind of muffled to him with all the fluid in his ears. So the ENT suggested he get tubes. And he is quite the mouth breather so the adenoids will be removed as well.

So, that's all for now. The weekend is almost here!

She's Here!!!

Madalyn Grace Dunning arrived at 1:47 this morning! She weighs 7 lbs. 2 oz. and she's 20 in. long. We can't wait to meet you, Madalyn!