where has the time gone?!

Wow, three months have FLOWN by! I cant believe I have let my blog become so outdated. Caiden is so old now and Addysin has started her terrible 2's. I feel like I am finally able to make time to update everyone. I dont know where to start so I'm going to start with where I left off! Ok, here it goes...

This is on my birthday (8/15). It was a good day, especially since I had a new baby. This is the first bath I gave him. He HATED it. 

Kara, my sister, got married Aug. 22 in the Salt Lake Temple. Here are some pictures.



All of my sisters.
My parents.
On August 24 we traveled to Washington. Chris had to go back to work knocking doors there. We had a fun time with our families and enjoyed the parks and river. 
After Addy's first jet ski ride. This is 2 1/2 weeks after I had Caiden. What was I thinking? I just wanted to enjoy the last days of summer.
Chris on the Columbia River... so beautiful. 
Addysin being helpful. 
Chris' sister Becca got married September 6 in the Columbia River Temple. Here are the Lee's.

My dad has a "flying machine", I don't know the real name. Here are some pictures that Chris took, from the back seat, of our farm. This is where I grew up. 

Four-wheeling one night out on the farm. 
Chris blessed Caiden on September 7 in my home ward. (I made his blessing outfit.)


Addysin seeing if Caiden will bite her if she gets too close. Her touching him is a rare occasion so i love capturing it on camera.
Caiden at 1 month old. (My grandparents gave me that bear when I was about 4 years old.)

We love going to Provo canyon in the fall, especially after being gone all summer. This is at Sundance Ski Resort.

Caiden's announcement that only made it out to our immediate families and when he was 2 1/2 months old! I've been slacking bad. I took the picture September 19 and made it on adobe photoshop. 

This was so funny because she kept striking different poses. 

"Cheeeeez"

At the canyon again on another sunday with my sisters.
On our 3rd anniversary September 24.
This is a great picture of how ugly Caiden's hair was. It fell out in a horse shoe shape all the way around his head. I cut his hair when he was about two months old. 
His two month old picture. Wow, he got chubby! At his two month appt. he weighed 15 lbs!
Chris' brother tony got married October 18 in the Rexburg Temple. That was a really fun weekend, a nice get away. 
Most of the Lee grandchildren. Addysin thought everyone was staring just at her and she panicked. 
Miniture golfing with Chris' sisters family that came to visit from Washington. 
We went to Cabela's with them as well. 

So sweet. He loves to be held and cuddled.
In case you were wondering, Addysin is still addicted to the tag on her blanket. 
Halloween!!! Minnie and Mickey were sooooooo cute. That is Addysin's favorite show, along with Winnie the Pooh. We had a fun weekend. Chris was "metro" and I was a "utah girl".

We went trick-or-treating around our complex.
The day after halloween we went to a party at some friends (Dave and Jill) house. This is Kara and Adam as Little red riding hood and the wolf. so cute. 

Here is Chris letting loose on Guitar Hero. 
ooooohhhhh, How much cuter can a baby be?
He's so big now, I really cant believe it. He will be 3 months on Nov. 11.
Here is a clock I started making with my sister in laws on the Lee side in July. I just got the vinyl words and finished it. 

Ok, I'm burnt out now. Hope you enjoyed the brief update and pictures!

finally... the story of Caiden's birth

Caiden Christopher Lee. Born 8/11/08 at 3:00PM. Weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. and was 21 inches long.

He looks a lot like Chris (if you cant tell from the pictures).

Sorry, I haven't updated in so long. If I was my friend I would be irritated with the way I've been putting it off. Its just so hard when he eats every two hours. I feel like I dont do anything besides feed myself, feed him, try to spend time with Addysin, keep the house clean, and lay around all day. Usually my blog is a number one priority because its the closest thing to a journal that I keep, but I've slacked. Well, here is the story of August 11, 2008. I will post pictures soon.

I woke up and got ready for the day on Monday morning. I packed my hospital bag, ate my last meal of being pregnant, then got Addysin ready for the day. We went to the hospital at 9:30 AM after taking Addysin to a friends house (thanks Meggan!). First thing we did was get an ultra sound to see if he had flipped and was head down and he was! I was so relieved that I didn't have to have a c-section. It took untill 12:30 to get going. I was so anxious! Finally the Dr. broke my water. Right after that I got an epidural. Then I got the potosin which made me start contracting around 1 or 1:30 PM. I was already numb so I never felt a thing. It was heavenly. The epidural made me VERY tired and I slept on and off for about an hour. Then at 2:30 the nurse came to turn my dose of potosin up so my contractions would get stronger but she had to turn it down because I was moving along too fast. Then she checked to see if i was dialating and I was fully dialated and effaced! We were all pretty shocked. She called the Dr. and I had Caiden at 3:00 PM. So basically it was a breeze. Actually having a baby is super fun and relaxing when you have an epidural and it goes so fast. Oh I forgot to mention that I didn't even push. I think I am blessed with great deliveries because I have 9 painful months of pregnancy. I would definitly switch it around if I could choose. Oh well, I am just so happy to not be pregnant anymore.

Caiden is the most wonderful baby. I dont know how he could be any better. I am also very blessed with great babies. Addysin was very easy as well. I LOVE LOVE LOVE being a mother. I think everyone should have a baby as soon as they can because it brings me so much joy. It definitly has changed our lives and the way we do things but only in a good way. We never feel restrained or confined by our babies. We just take them along and have a good time. I love having a newborn, but I am so excited to watch him grow up like Addysin has. Its just so fun. I'm thankful to have a wonderful husband that loves children and wants a lot. I just dont know if I can have as many as he wants. He says he wants 20 and I really dont think he is kidding.


This is right when we got home from the hospital. Chris was just exhausted. I'm not really sure why but it made a cute picture. Meanwhile my mom, Emily, Ashley, and I looked at all the cute stuff my mom had bought for Caiden. They came from Washington to help and stayed for almost 2 weeks. It was fun to have them for so long. It went by soooo fast and I cant believe how old Caiden is already.