Oh What a Wonderful Year!

January:
-We celebrated My sister in law, niece, grandma, cousins, mine and Shanes birthdays!



February:
-We got to see our baby by ultrasound again! Not to much longer!
-We got a new bathroom re-model! WooHoo for a Bath Tub!


March:
-I got bigger and bigger by the day!
-My Mom, Myself and Becky all worked on and finished the nursery!


April:
-Watched my brother re-unite with his kids after 10 years!!!
-Had a baby shower thown by Becky, Amy and Stephanie for me in Monroe.
-Had another baby shower thrown by Jenny and Tammy in Vancouver, WA



May:
- CADENCE RAE HARDING IS BORN!!!! MAY 7th!!!!
-Shanes first race as a Daddy @ Evergreen he WON!!!!




June:
-Played with Cadence
-Took Cadence to Olive Garden with Becky for the first time.
-Went to Portland for a week to visit family and show off Cadence.
-Went to Vernon, BC with Becky to watch Shane and Pete race.




July:
-Cadence celebrated her first Canada Day July 1st!
-We took Taylor and Kylee and Cadence to Osoyoos, BC for a mini vacation for the 4th of July.
-My mom came up and we had a Bon Fire.
-We took all the girls to the Beach in White Rock, BC




August:
-Cadence started to eat real food.
-She also started to stand by herself holding furniture.


September:
-We took a trip to Victoria, BC for a race. My mom and Dayna came along and went sight seeing with us.



October:
-Had one scary day in October when we had to make a trip to the ER for Cadence.
-Spent Halloween at my brother house and went trick or treating with my nieces.





November:
-Cadence is 6 months old November 7th!
-My nieces come up to visit
-Cadence gets her first tooth then her second in a week.
-Shane and I Celebrate our 2 year wedding anniversary.
-Cadence has her first Thanksgiving in the US!


December:
-We have a huge snow storm that dumps over 3 feet
-Christmas shopping with Auntie Becky and Grandma Pam
-Cadence has her first Christmas
-Cadence has now offically mastered crawling!
-We got our family pictures done.
-We Celebrate the last day of the year at Todd and Teresa's house New Years Eve.









HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Snow, Santa and Smiles!

Cadence got to meet Santa for the first time on friday. We got all bundled up and ready to go out in the cold to see him. We met Shane's niece and nephews at the mall to get a group photo. Turns out that Cadence likes Santa, she kept touching his beard and looking at him. The other kids didnt really like him so the picture isnt that great but its the only one i have of her with santa so far. We'll be making another trip to see santa when we go visit my family on monday.




From Left to Right----Joey, Sophie, Cadence, Santa and Stewart

The snow started at our house last week but it was so cold and windy here that it pretty much blew away after we got 6 inches. Then on wednesday it started snowing again and we got another 6 inches at least that stuck around. So we took Cadence out to see the snow for the first time. She hates the cold so i thought she wouldnt like it but she did. She actually loved it, except when the wind would blow in her face!
She cried when we took her inside and she kept looking out the window pointing at the snow and then talking gibberish. She was so cute all bundled up.

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree....

On friday we got our Christmas Tree. This is our first "Family Tree" and i might add it's the most beautiful one we have ever had. Probably because it's the first one since we've had Cadence. On sunday we put the tree up and decorated it. Cadence was sleeping when we started the lights and i was so excited when she woke up because i thought she would love it. However she HATED it. It was like this big scary thing and oh man did she hate the garland! I put it around her and she made this weird noise like she couldn't breath and she screamed so loud. I snapped a few pics before the break down but that was it.

We let Cadence hang the first ornament..Well we let her try to hang it :)
It was her Babies First Christmas Ornament. She got real nervous when we put her close to the tree.
I guess it's a good thing she doesn't like the tree because now i don't have to worry about her pulling all the decorations off of it!

Beautiful Becky

Have you ever met someone that is always looking to make someone else's day better, someone that calls to wish you happy birthday or to see how your baby is, someone who would buy groceries for you and not let you pay them back, a person that would make you taco salad anytime you asked, a person that has bought almost half of your child's wardrobe a person that forgives you for things in the past, a person that is always there just a phone call away or a 2 hour drive, a person that listen's and cares about what you have to say, a person that is so giving and loving, a person that makes you laugh non stop, a person that understands your humor, a person that can be a sister when you dont actually have a sister, a person that you can call friend.

Well that person is Becky for me. Just today i found out that she e-mailed Shane and asked him if he wanted her to drive all the way up here to babysit so he could take me out for our anniversary tommorrow night. She is always so thoughtful and kind and without Becky my life just wouldnt be the same.

So here is to you Becky!!!! and for all the other wonderful people that may act like you. Thanks and Love ya!

One Little Tooth is all it takes.

One little tooth is all it takes to make all your worries go away......For a while that is!

On Thursday as Cadence was chewing away at my fingers i noticed there was something sharp in her gums...What could it be but her very first tooth!!!! I was so excited for some reason. It actually made me cry my little baby is growing up so very fast. That day i was stressing about life in general but when i noticed her tooth it was like all that worrying was gone. Well until i thought of breastfeeding her with a little tooth then the worrying came back LOL!

Last Friday my mom and nieces came up to my house for the weekend and we had so much fun! Cadence loves my nieces. She giggles at them and gives them kisses and loves. It's so cute!

Taylor is wearing my dress from my freshman homecoming and Kylee is wearing parts of my pajama pants!!! They had a hole in them so i let them rip them off of me. Then she wanted to use it as a cape and hat. Cadence just loved sitting in between them so getting her to smile was easy!


Cadence wanted to join in the big girls game of Uno and she was so cute just looking at her cards. After about 2 mins she decided to eat them so her Uno playing came to an end.

On Sunday us girls played around and when Shane wasn't paying attention we dive bombed him. We had such a good time with my nieces i just love when there here.