Cade & Cash

Cade LOVES to hold his "baby broder"

Make Room for Daddy

The other day my cousin Sarah came over to "214" and Cade wanted her to go play in his room. Since Cade has been sleeping in his toddler bed, we have all been trying to make a big deal about it to him so that he will continue to do a good job and stay in his bed all night. So Sarah pointed to his bed and said "is that your bed Cade?". Cade responded, "no, dat Owie's bed" (not sure where that came from other than that he loves to have anything of Owen's so maybe it makes him feel better to think it is Owen's bed he is sleeping in). Cade then pointed to a piled up blanket and pillow on the floor next to the bed and says, "dat daddy's bed." Daddy has had to camp out next to him during the transition but has since returned to his own bed only to find his 7 week old on HIS side of the bed. Poor dad! :)

Snow Sledding w/Adyson

Adyson and Cade went sledding last weekend while the weather was actually nice and not too cold. Adyson had fun, but Cade wasn't too sure about it.

Cash money

Just a few pics of Cash's biggest smiles recently.

Holiday Pics and Prayers Answered

Christmas morning...

A drumset and a tricycle Cade had that we finally put together! Cade's favorite character from the Doodlebops is Moe-the drummer. And I must say, Christmas morning was wonderful being settled in our new home and having a healthy new baby boy. What a relieved and peaceful feeling that was!

opening presents

Uncle Kody putting Cade's toy truck together for him.

going for a ride around the "circle" in the house with uncle Kody

Random pics of Cash



Cade playing with his new toolbench from Uncle Matt & Aunt Jess.
Reading Aunt Jess' steamy novel ;)

Goofing off with Adyson


These two were having a blast and were repeating anything the other one did.

Cameron's 1st birthday party! I didn't get a picture of him with his cake or anything, just this one of Cameron and Cade looking oh so cute! Hopefully his momma will show off the highlights from his big day on her blog soon.

Just a cute pic of Papa Jay & Cade

One night over the holidays, we had all my family that was in town over for dinner-well, pizza- I didn't cook or anything :) These are just a couple of pics of Owen and Cade that I thought were cute. They are little red faced from running and playing the entire evening. They have the best time together as long as they are not wanting the same toy!

Christmas night

Christmas Eve pics below...

Gramma Gaye and sweet baby Cash- or 10 pounds of Cash as she would say :)

Cade's Thomas the Train helmet which he loves! He thinks it is a football helmet and runs around saying "hut-hut". He has knee pads too. It is a wrestling match trying to get them off of him every night, but totally worth it I guess to see that smile. Thanks Gramma Gaye and Papa Jay!

In other news, my brother Matt and his wife Jessica are expecting their first child in August! I am ecstatic to say the least!!! I absolutely cannot wait as I have seen how wonderful they are with both of my boys. They are truly going to be the most loving parents anyone could ask for. God help them if it is a girl, because I will be spoiling her rotten. They should find out the gender sometime in April so we are all patiently waiting!

And last, but certainly not least, I must give a shout out to the dear Lord and thank him for answering our prayers Christmas Eve night when my father, out of nowhere, started having severe pains as if his hernia had returned and fell to the floor and could not get up. We called 911 and they took their own sweet time to get there. He was in so much pain he begged and begged the EMTs to give him something for the pain on the way over which they normally cannot do, but finally did after seeing how bad he really felt. So off to the ER he went and come to find out, well nothing actually. We found out nothing. They never could tell what it was related to but it wasn't his hernia-so they say. They released him about 2:00 am Christmas morning and all was back to normal. We had a wonderful and blessed Christmas day!

Cade and Cash

Meeting for the first time!

It really wasn't this bad...Cade just didn't want to sit still for a picture.
We have a basketball with Cade's footprints on it, so this time we chose a football for Cash. And of course this was taken minutes after Cash was born. I just had to have a picture of his weight to prove to everyone and myself that this kid really was practically 10 pounds! I love how they're looking at each other in this picture. So sweet!
Trying to give Cash kisses Cheeeeeese!Giving baby Cash his toys

There's a New Kid in Town!

The Brookses have added a new member to their brood! Welcome...

Cash Eli Brooks

9 lbs., 15.7 oz

21 in.

12.20.08 at 3:32pm

No, that's not a typo, he was nearly 10 lbs! In fact, the nurse said it was safe to just call it an even 10! And how about that name! I think it's just adorable. They've been tossing around a few different names for the last few months and Cash actually didn't come to them until just last night. Eli is Beth's way of getting her name in there somewhere (the first 3 letters of her name) since she lost out on that with a girl! She was given pitocin this morning at about 7am. She seemed to progress slowly all morning and then all of a sudden things picked up and after about 5 minutes of pushing, little Cash made his debut. His face is a little blue and bruised because he came through so quickly but the doctors say it should go away in a day or two. I talked to Beth a little while ago and Mom and baby are both doing well tonight. She is tired and still trying to grasp the fact that she is a Mama to 2 boys! It just doesn't seem like a reality yet! Here are a few pictures that Aunt Debbie took shortly after Cash was born:

I cried when I saw this. Isn't it just so sweet?

Big Brother Cade spent the day at Aunt Debbie's house playing with Maddy and having a grand old time:

I'm pretty sure he's oblivious to the fact that his entire world is about to be rocked. They showed him pictures of Cash and Mommy tonight and he just kept saying, "That's MY mommy! That's my mommy!" They told him that was his new baby, too, but he didn't seem to get it. He only cared that his mommy was in that picture! I've seen this boy with babies though and I know he is just going to fall in love with Cash!

Daddy went home to spend the night with Cade while Grammy Gaye is staying at the hospital with Mom and Cash. Cade will meet his new brother some time tomorrow. I think Beth is hoping to be out of the hospital by tomorrow evening. I'm sure someone will post more pics soon! Congrats to the Brookses!

**posted by Cade & Cash's Aunt Sarah