Another LONG update!!

So once again I have failed at keeping our blog updated on a regular basis. The past week and a half have been packed full with family in town. So I will start from the beginning . . . On April 3, my cousin Kelli and her husband Mark Ten Haken flew to California to visit us. Kelli and Mark are good friends and roommates of ours from college. So after two years of not seeing each other we were able to do a lot of catching up. The first day we took them to Laguna Beach to see the tide pools. This was Cayden's first time at the beach and unfortunately after taking him there, he came down with his first cold :(. We spent the evening playing games and of course eating pizza.

The next day Kelli and I went and got some pedicures . . . very relaxing and this gave the boys some time to play good old Mario Kart. We met up with Janna and Troy (friends from college), Brett (my brother), and Caleb (our cousin) for dinner and afterwards some games. Since the weather did not cooperate in Azusa, we went and met my parents in Palm Springs where it was 85 degrees and sunny! We spent the afternoon swimming in the pool (Cayden's first time swimming) and relaxing in the sun.

Kelli, Mark, Matthew, Cayden, and Melissa in Palm Springs!

What are you doing to me?

I guess it is o.k.

Matthew being crazy!

Monday was a more laid back day as Matthew had to attend class again. Kelli and I did manage to get a walk in though, which was nice to have that time to catch up with her. We are thankful that they came and visited us, it was a lot of fun to see them again!
Tuesday morning my parents drove from Palm Springs to hang out here for the day to see Brett and pick Cayden and I up to go back with them to Palm Springs. Matthew joined us on Friday when he was done with work. The week was spent relaxing, relaxing, and more relaxing. My kind of vacation! We laid out by the pool everyday and took in some sun. I had time to catch up with my parents and my parents had time to be Grandpa and Grandma to Cayden (which they loved!)! We even got Cayden's three month pictures done while we were there so I am excited to get those back.

Grandma De Yager reading Cayden a story.

Cayden loved playing with the balloon with Grandpa De Yager!

Mom, Dad, Matthew, and Melissa, but wait where is Cayden? Oh yeah, he was sleeping in his car seat on the ground!

Here is an update on the new "tricks" Cayden is doing. He now rolls over all the time (from his back to his stomach) and complains when he is on his stomach. So we roll him back over and he does it all over again. Crazy kid! Just last night we were watching t.v. and Cayden started to roll over to his stomach, then back to his back, and then back to his stomach. We told him to just get up and walk if he was going to make that much progress in such a short amount of time :). He is definitely "talking" more to us and he smiles all of the time. Cayden has also started to grab at toys. He even managed to pull on a toy to get it to make music! He just keeps growing and developing his personality. We are so thankful to God for the wonderful gift he has given us. He continues to bless us each and everyday and I am amazed. What an awesome God we serve! For more pictures of our latest adventures check out our smugmug!