Happy 4th Birthday Caden Andrew

Dear Caden,

Pappy and I wish you a very, very Happy Birthday!!  So sorry this is late tonight, but I had to download lots of pictures to put on here and then it didn't save my post, so I had to start over.  I hope you enjoyed your special day!!  Sounds like you had lots and lots of fun and did lots of exciting things!!  Here are some pictures of the first several years of your life.  I had a hard time chosing which ones to put one :o)  So, here goes!!

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Here's what your Mommy looked like soon before you were born.  It looks like she had a big watermelon in her belly, but really it was YOU!!

I've misplaced my memory card with your newborn pictures on it so I'm skipping to when you were 2 weeks old.  We made a trip to West Virginia to see your Great~Grammy and Pap.  You rolled over while we were there.  Your Great~Grammy loved you so much, Caden!!

At your first Major League Baseball game at the Cleveland Indians stadium

                                     

Oh, no!!  Is this Elvis??

                                     

Pappy use to rock you and sing "Jesus Loves Me" and you'd go right to sleep ~ usually!

                                    

Look how chubby you were BUT it wasn't for long!

"Ah!  Grammy take that sticker off of my head!""

We stopped for breakfast at McDonald's as we were on the way to take you and Mommy to the Cleveland Airport.  You were flying to Tampa for the first time to visit Daddy.

                                     

Sitting in Pooh . . . . . .

while Mommy showed us how you liked your cereal for the first time.

                                     

I was shopping at Wadsworth Walmart when I saw you and Mommy.  You were in a duck costume for halloween.  What a cute little duck you were!

Then we took you to the Pumpkin Patch

                                    

So adorable!!

                                      

Your very first Christmas

Were trying to stand on your head or what?

Checking out Toby who was on the other side of the gate

                                      

"Is there anything good in here?"

Pappy had to hold you because you were afraid of the sweeper :o)

Helping Mommy wash the truck

Look at this handsome man at Lake Anna

Up at the garden with Pappy holding his hammer

Being patriotic

Jammin'

Eating a snack at the Amish auction

Sporting Daddy's beret

Starting to stand all by yourself by the sofa

Pappy reading a Christmas story to you

Great~Grammy feeding you your bottle

You and Uncle Bubba

One of the trips we made to Tampa to see your Daddy

Finally, with your Daddy

In St. Pete at the Pier

Your 1st birthday

Enjoying your cake

With Pappy in his office at the Church in Barberton

We took you shopping at Home Depot.  You loved this big cart!!

With your Grammy

Helping to plant flowers in the Spring

Finally, Daddy got to come to Barberton

At the Church in Barberton

On your 2nd birthday we had a party with Daddy

We were outside working and it was so hot.  You decided to play in a bucket of water and then I picked you up and put you in the bucket!!  You had lots of fun!!

Playing

Eating an ice cream cone at Durbin's!  Wish we were there to do that now :o)

Ah!!  There you are playing with Toby!!  He was such a good and gentle dog.  We all miss him so much!!

Soon before you left to move to Florida with Daddy you were running around in the pouring down rain.  It was raining so hard that it was taking your breath!

Our family at Barberton in 2008

You and Mommy with Great~Grammy!

Caden,

I have tons and tons more pictures, but have to stop somewhere :o(  I hope you Daddy, Mommy and Jordan enjoy them.  And that your day was super special like you are to us.  Don't forget ~ that it won't be long and we'll be coming to see you and we're going to have another party, okay?  Again, Happy, Happy Birthday to my Little Big Man!!

Lots of love,

Grammy (and Pappy, too!)