The first Iowa OP Victory…

Justin and Cayden are good buddies!

Daddy put his hat on Cayden, awwww!!!

The word is fight, fight, fight for Iowa
Let every loyal Iowan sing
The word is fight, fight, fight for Iowa
Until the walls and rafters ring. (Go Hawks!)
Come on and cheer, cheer, cheer for Iowa
We're gonna cheer until we hear the final gun
The word is fight, fight, fight for Iowa
Until the game is won.

We are eating green beans for the first time…Yummmm!!!

 

 

 

 

Non-stop talking from Cayden

Cayden’s First Sunday Night Football Game

Fun with Grandma & Grandpa Wessel

Wow! What a busy weekend…Grandma and Mommy went garage sale hopping and found lots of good deals!

Of course…we had to stop off at Babies ‘R’ Us and Target and picked up some good deals there too.

Including…

Elmo Live! And….

Cayden’s first cowboy hat!

Thank you Grandma Sandy!!!

Of course we had to take pictures of oatmeal eating time…

Mmmmm this stuff is goooo-d!

Cayden got to wear his Hawkeye PJ’s tonight because the Hawks won today! It’s the first time he’s wearing them because they are size 6-9 months…Wow what a big boy!

Look at Cayden the pimp in another new outfit!

Thank you Grandma & Grandpa Wessel for visiting!!!

Chad surprised us and came home early!

When Cayden was at daycare today he got a horrible rash. Here’s a picture of what it looked like. Thank goodness after an hour, it disappeared. Hmmm…no one will ever know why he got it.

 

Chad took an earlier flight home (he was supposed to come home Friday) because he missed us and decided to come home a day early.

We missed him too!

Reggie missed his Daddy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool Cayden wearing his new sunglasses saying hi to Daddy! 

Cayden is glad his Daddy is back home, but it’s time for bed…Zzzzz….

Labor Day (Longgg) Weekend

We left Friday at around Noon to head towards Chicago. We stopped in Iowa City to meet up with Grandma & Grandpa Wessel and drop off Reggie. We had a quick dinner at Steak and Shake and then were on our way. We finally made it to Chicago at 10 p.m. and were exhausted! However...Cayden was wide awake and ready to party. We fed him and around midnight he was finally tired. The next day we woke up and watched the Iowa Game Vs. Univeristy of Northern Iowa. They won by 1, but at least they won! Thank goodness, otherwise Daddy may have been in a bad mood. After the game we headed out towards Buffalo Grove. We stopped off at the benches that were donated by the teachers where Cayden's grandma worked and by the parents of her kiddos. Then we were on our way to Buffalo Grove Days where I used hang out every year Labor Day weekend. After we ate we walked around for bit, then it was getting late and we were all getting sleepy. So...it was time to head back to Skokie.

Sunday was the day of the headstone dedication. Lots of people came out to remember Momi. Cayden slept most of the time we were out at the cemetary, but I was glad he was there with us. Everyone hung out at Grandpa's house Sunday night which was fun.

Then Monday it was time to leave, except this time Chad had to stay in Chicago for work this week so it was Cayden and I all alone in the car. Cayden slept for 2 hours on our way to Iowa City to meet Grandma/Grandpa Wessel and Reggie, but after we stopped Cayden was not happy. It was a longgggg drive back with just the 3 of us; Cayden, Reggie, & I. We left at 8:00 a.m. and got back at 7:00 p.m. We got back safely, tired, and ready to just hang out with each other. I made a video of highlights from the weekend. Enjoy!

Happy Cayden!

I just had to snap a picture of Cayden with his head way up high. He was so proud of himself and so happy. I just thought this pic was too cute not to share!