Thanksgiving

My brother's family came up from Dayton to my parent's house for Thanksgiving.  It was great having the entire family together.  Madison LOVES her Aunt Shawna and has the best time playing with her cousin Christopher.  My mom made the traditional meal and we all stuffed ourselves. 

I know the lighting isn't great in this picture, but I wanted to show off the snow outside.

Madison loved her turkey outfit from Grammy!

The kids went sledding during the week and Madison built her first snowman! (with a little help from Christopher)

Moving!

After a lot of talking and praying, Todd decided to accept a job at Grand Valley State University which means we will be moving to Michigan!  The University is only 10 minutes from where I grew up.  He will be doing very similar work as he did at UK.  We accepted an offer on our house after only being on the market a week.  We will head to Michigan on November 16 and will be living with my parents until we buy a house.
We are very excited for the changes, but we will miss our dear friends and family in Kentucky!  We'd better buy some winter coats ;)

1st Meal

Kaden is 6 months so it was time for his first bowl of baby cereal.  I can tell he has been ready for awhile, but when exclusively breastfed, they now recommend you wait until they are 6 months.  I positive he has been staring at me for the past month during dinner, begging me to give him a bite.  Today was the day he got his wish.  He loved it!  Kaden knew what to do right away and I was actually able to thicken the cereal.  He kept grabbing my hand for more.  I would say it was very successful.

I'm ready!

Keep it coming!

6 Months

Our little man is 6 months old!
He is such a sweet boy who loves to laugh and play with his sister.
He is starting solids and sitting up in him Bumbo seat.  He's growing up fast!  We got out his bouncing activity center and he is starting to realize he can bounce and have fun.

A few facts
Weight - 18 pounds - 50%
Height - 28 inches - 90%
Diaper Size - 3
Clothing Size - 6-9 Month
Sleeping - Sleeps around 7 hours at a time







left: Madison 6 months, right: Kaden 6 months

Halloween

This year the weather forecast for Halloween night was severe storms so last minute, trick or treating was moved to the next night.  A local church decided to move their outdoor trunk or treat event indoors and still have it Halloween.  We went their with our friend Amanda and her son, Alex.  Then the next night the weather was great so we went around the neighborhood as a family.  It was also Todd's birthday so we had some cake with our candy :)
Happy Halloween & Happy Birthday to Todd!