Easter 2010

Exciting Announcement!

I have not announced this exciting news on the blog yet... We're EXPECTING!! I'm currently 14 weeks along and feeling great! Caden talks about the baby in "his" tummy all the time... we're just gonna keep working on trying to get him to understand over the next several months. The first trimester was pretty easy although very different from Caden. With Caden I had no nausea at all but horrible allergies. With this baby I've had both allergies and nausea. The nausea would come and go though and was never an all day thing and the allergies... I broke down this pregnancy and took some Pregnancy Safe medicine for them and they went away!!! I'm still going to the gym three times a week although I've had to modify my workout a bit already. I still don't look pregnant and I've actually only gained .5 pounds so far. Very different than with Caden (who had me in maternity pants at around 11 weeks!!). We're all very excited! Here is a picture from the day I told John. I asked him to meet us at Bridgestreet (we were living with my parents at the time and I wanted him to know first) and put a little shirt on Caden that said "I'm the Big Brother!"

Grandaddy's Garden

G-Daddy

There's nothing sweeter than seeing my son enjoy his grandparents. Watching this never gets old to me, and I love how serious and focused Caden is (with the "earphones" pushing his chubby cheeks in). :)

A toddler's perfect day...

We'll start the day off with playtime with the cousins in the morning complete with loads of Skittles (compliments of Grammy in an attempt to get them all to sit still for a picture)...

After naptime we headed to Bridge Street to watch the boats...

Ride a little train with Grammy...

A little jump in the bouncy house by the food court and there would have been a carousel ride had it been open....

A shaved ice snack we all shared....


..and a fabulous Mexican dinner to top it all off (side note: Caden adores Mexican food, especially salsa and it doesn't matter how bad it burns, he keeps dip-diping away... and at any restaurant the lemon is a favorite treat as well.)

What a fun-filled day with family!

Tractors

Caden loves the "tractors" (really just John Deere Lawn Mowers for my brothers lawn business) that are in the garage. He always points them out when we walk through the garage and often enjoys climbing on them to sit and pretend. Last week my dad took Caden on his first "Track-TOR" ride down the street and back and now Caden is obsessed. Oh, and he won't go unless he's wearing his "ear phones" as he calls them. :D

Baseball

My Dad (Gaddy/Grandaddy, whatever his name is!) was a coach my whole life. A great coach actually. He coached basketball, football, and of course baseball! My dad has retired from coaching now, but still loves the game. He often attends the local games (for the high school team for which he coached for YEARS- my whole life really).

I have so many memories of my dad and my family that revolve around baseball that I get very nostalgic when I think about it. I spent most of my younger years at Grissom High School baseball games OR at my brothers many little league games. I usually didn't pay much attention to the game, but I loved being there. And although I'm not athletic at all, I think baseball is in my blood. Yes, I know that's a weird thing to say considering I can't even sit through a whole game without getting antsy or bored! I hope with all my heart that my son will grow up to love the game as well. And I know that if his uncles or his Grandaddy have anything to do with it, he will play the game well, too!

A few weekends ago the high school held an "old timers" game for former players. Since my dad is basically the only former coach for the school he also came back to coach and had a great time! John, Caden, and I came by to show our support and love and Grandaddy was more than thrilled to show off his little boy and to take him out on the field... I thought these were such sweet pictures... although just snap shots... I really love them. :)

Bowling 19 months

This post is a month over due... we went to Ohio to visit with the cousins in early Feb.... but none the less, here is my feeble attempt to catch up on a whole month missed of blogging...

The cousins were young, but still had so much fun bowling!

The girls take a bow...

Caden cheers his cousins on. We said "Yay!" after every bowl this day...

Grantie (Great Aunt) Nellie strikes a pose.


Mommy and Caden watch the ball roll..

The Cousins Finally Meet...

On July 5, 2006 the first grandchild to the Nichol's family (Isabella) was born. One year later (the exact same day) Caden made his grand entrance followed in August by Addie and in September by Cyrus. All three Nichol's ladies were pregnant at the same time and all during our pregnancies talked about how much fun it will be having little ones so close in age. And fun it was when we got them all together for the first time! John's Mom was in Grammy Heaven the whole weekend. Here are some pictures/videos from our time together: