Mmmm...mmmm. Birthday Cupcake

Pictures can speak louder than words...

                      

Yummy ....Red Velvet Cupcake

Delicious! Now what...

....A BATH!

A whole lot of this...

Lead to this..

And This...

Happy Birthday Cacherz! We are happy you enjoyed your birthday cupcake!

By the way...those of you wondering if I would do that again,

Yes.

In a heartbeat.

He LOVED it and it was his birthday and I'm pretty sure that was his favorite part.

The look on his face and the memories made it worth the stain on my clothes and the mess we had to clean.

Maybe I would re-think the red velvet...

Cache's First Birthday

Today I woke up to my Mommy looking so excited. She was all ready for the day and looked ridiculously excited to play with me. She didn't even go to work! She started off my day with some pictures, I wouldn't be surprised if she took pictures while I was ASLEEP!

Yup, she did. 

After my pictures I went and ate some breakfast with mom. I was suppose to eat Bananas but her smoothie was so much better, I had to have that instead.

During breakfast we played some peek-a-boo...

Peek

A

Boo!

Then it was time for my bath! I LOVE bath time.

I get pretty excited when I make things stand up. This is my "I did it!!" face. Cute, yes?

Then...it was time to get out. I wasn't too happy about that.

But mommy said, "Cache you were in there for so long you were turning into a prune! See?"

I have NO idea what she was talking about.

We played some games around the house and then someone walked in...it was...

DADDY!!!

I ran over to the stairs to welcome him! He came home early for my big day! He picked me up threw me in the air and gave me kisses...

Then we got ready to run errands for my party!

I waited patiently in my car seat. 

We ate at the Pizza Factory and I waved at EVERYONE!!

Then it was back out into the cold, damp air for more errands. It was worth it though, because I got Balloons!

I carried them around for an hour!

I'm counting making sure none flew away..

I went to go see how dad was doing building my toys...I couldn't forget my balloons. 

I was holding on tight..

The first guests arrived...

Uncle T.J and Auntie Mandi

Then it was time for my partay!!

We had lots of food and had laughed a lot.

Then it was time for cake...that is a whole different story.

I was too excited about my cousins being with me and the toys, that I couldn't concentrate to open my presents. So mommy and daddy did. 

I kept getting more and more presents! So many people LOVE me!

Then it was time for everyone to go home. I stayed up and played with my toys for a little bit longer and then I went to sleep.

Thank you everyone for coming to my party! I love you!

A day with the T-man

Last night we had a visitor...

Uncle T.J

To say Cache was thrilled would be to say the least. 

Cache was ecstatic. 

When T.j came up the stairs the C-man was right there by the banister with his legs stomping up and down in excitement. Cache had his ultra cheesy crinkle nose grin and he was looking up at me with his, "Huh, this is great face." Imagine a little giggle of content coming out of his little mouth.

Cache quickly grabbed T.j's hand and would not let go. He lead T.j around the house. They danced, sang, chased and did a bunch of other activities. 

They were having a ball.

Then it was lights out, and Cache would not have it. He wanted to party!

Sadly, we had to separate him from T.j to get him to settle down for bed. 

Thank you T.j for coming over and I hope you had fun at work with me. ;)

Post Op

Surgery Day

We were up at 5:00 a.m. hoping that Cache would sleep until it was time to go. No such luck. 

He woke up. 

I was teary because I couldn't give him anything to eat or to drink.

But...he fell back asleep in the car.

(thank you)

We drove through the early morning before the sun was even up.

We were at Primary Children's at 6:30 a.m.

Above: Cache's comfort items

Soft blanket from Grandma Bourne

Lamby from Auntie Karma

I asked them if Cache could keep his lucky socks on. 

(Mostly for my comfort)

They said yes and the socks were a huge hit with everyone ;)

Isn't this the saddest/cutest picture you have ever seen?

I had no idea they had hospital gowns for little babies. 

Cache was not to happy at all and he just wanted me to cuddle him.

In the waiting room.

See that cute baby in the background?

She was getting surgery that day too. 

She was iddy bidddy.

Notice Cache's face, he knows something is up.

Our bracelets that we wore so we could get our son back.

Steve decided to throw the x-box controller in there....

Thanks babe.

LUCKY ME!!! I got to wear a mask...

because I was sick, pretty darn sick.

The view from the windows.

I LOVE how temples just pop out, they are SO beautiful.

This morning was a bit drab, and then 

BAM

on the mountain top you see Oquirrh Mountain Temple

AT LAST!! 

I was able to go back and see my little guy.

He was pretty drowsy and he really wanted that orange stuff off of his arm.

He pulled through fabulously!

In post-op consultation Dr. Wallice told us he would be in a lot of pain.

Give him medicine when he gets home.

He'll be drowsy.

He won't stand or walk for a couple day.

We got home.

.Cache napped for one hour more.

Cache woke up.

Cache laughed.

Cache unloaded the drawers (as normal)

Cache stood up, 

Gave mommy a heart attack when he fell

...Cache was just fine and did his usual, "Uh-oh" sound as he landed on the ground.

Then, I changed his diaper and 

OUCH! 

It looks so painful.

But you would never know this tuff guy had surgery.

He is walking SO much now, 

Wait, walking?

More like running!

"Baby, You take pictures of EVUR-EE-THING...

Thank you."

I was the girl you went to school with who always had a camera on hand. I took thousands of pictures. My friends would tease me...

BUT...

They also came to my house ALL the time to look at them, and to add them to their MySpace, and I was constantly asked for prints. 

I know in their hearts they were thankful ;).

Then, when we went for Cache's first surgery, you better believe I had my camera around my neck and my Flip in hand. 

And even though I took so many pictures it made my husband's mug look like this:

He said THANK YOU!!

Ahh... so nice to be appreciated.