daddy time.

Some people think that work Monday-Friday think that it would be horrific to work Saturdays. I absolutely love it. Not only do I have two other weekdays off because I am "paying my dues on saturday", but I am only there for a few hours, and Kaden gets a big dose of Daddy time, which I love.

Daddy took him to the zoo this morning...and here are some moments captured.


~feeding the birdie. love the expression on his face!

and walking like a penguin...

butterflies

I have a thing for wings. I love to believe that my mom visits us often in the gift wrapping of a bird, and I sometimes feel butterflies are angels in another form. So it makes sense that we would take a little trip to the butterfly pavillion after we said goodbye to our sweet little simon. I just wanted to feel close to our angels....kaden, on the other hand, was super bored with the "angels" and wanted to focus on the cockroaches.


~kaden refers to him affectionately as "the big guy".


~butterfly was giving mamaw kisses on her shoulder.


~checkin out the turtles.


~really mom? I think you hyped up butterflies a bit. Not.so.exciting.


~he loved the cockroaches more than anything. lovely.




~favorite part in the whole butterfly pavillion was this beanbag toss thing.


~just about...


over it.

and as I mentioned, my Dad and Jennifer tied the knot this past weekend. They were together 15 years, and finally decided it was time to make it official! Sending you both mad love and best wishes for a beautiful next chapter!!!

*manners and music*

a wee bit jenny.....




and so much chad...



Thank you so much for all the love regarding little simon. I will admit the loss of my little furry friend has thrown our world completely into a whirlwind. For those that asked, Mike is hangin in there, though he is most definitely feeling a huge void without his super best friend. we are all adjusting to live without our sweet boy.

ps...how much do I love denver? As if I have not said it enough......my hairdresser sent me the sweetest email with his condolences for simon. seriously? the degree of kindness I have stumbled upon recently has completely blew my mind.

thank you everyone for being you!!!! <3

*saying goodbye to simon*

Dear Kaden,

We said goodbye to an amazing friend this week. Simon was an incredible furry friend, with a personality that could rival any human. He loved to snuggle and sleep on mommy's head at night. He wanted to be friends with everybody and everything. I remember a certain doggie friend visiting, and he wanted so badly to be his best friend. When Banana (TT's kitty) came to spend some time with us, Simon desperately tried to make her feel at home and cozy up with her, even though Banana resisted and most likely would have preferred clawing his eyes out. Simon drove cross country with mommy, on her lap, and moved several times, always making sure to put on his brave face and take care of those he loved. He adored Michael Meowgi and they were instant brothers when Mike joined our family. Simon made all kinds of crazy noises, not like anything I've ever heard from a cat...he sometimes talked like a pigeon and sometimes sand a bird calling song for the birdies to come closer.

He filled our world with so much joy and showed us the true beauty of unconditional love. We all loved him very much and we will never forget our sweet simon.

love,
mommy



















Were all so touched by all of the sweet messages and thoughtful words regarding Simon. They truly mean more than you know!


~how cute is my boss? she gave me these gorgeous flowers with a little garfield for kaden. And they are all a beautiful orange, just like a little orange furbaby I know.

*furbabies, potty, love and linkies*

~pensive potty face.

Now that we are starting to feel settled in our new home, and all the changes seem to have died down a bit, we have focused more on potty training. Not sure exactly why, but kaden is deathly afraid of sitting on the potty at all, so this is going to be a slow process! I've started implementing a hang out on the potty chat time post bath each night, and it has taken some serious bribery to get him tp participate! The top picture is after I fed him 5 goldfish crackers as reward. He still only wanted to have 1/4 of his tushie on the seat!

Some new favorite Kaden-isms:

I wanna go to Old MaCdonalds!
You go work, I go Colorado.
It's quiet time Kaden (naptime)....when is it Loudtime?

Kaden has been an amazing "big brother" and has been so loving and sweet to our little simon. We took Simon to the vet last week and they did a lot of tests to find out what has been happening with him. They came up with a few ideas, possibly heart disease. We have him on antibiotics right now to see if that will knock out anything else that could possibly be going on, but it is not looking very good for our little furry friend.




~chad has such a way of capturing his precious little run! This is at our favorite "purple mountain park" in Stapleton on a gorgeous spring day.



Congratulations to my Dad and Jennifer for getting hitched in Vegas this weekend! We are so excited for them, and can't wait to get home to celebrate with them! We love you both very much!



and here is a little weekend linky love. grab a cup of joe and enjoy!

This is my new favorite website for serious window shopping. Check out their latest lookbook. I'm drooling over everything!

I am completely obsessed with nutella! These nutella cheesecakes look absolutely scrumptious.

Chad has taught me that there is no such thing as trash...one person's trash is another's treasure. So many amazing ideas for this on Creatively Living Outside the Box.

and while you are over there...check out this amazing kitchen cabinet redo with chalkboard walls behind them. Brilliant!

I so want to make this amazing sign. This is my word for 2011. I think Chad would tell me I am failing at my word of the year by making the sign though :)

and I really think I need to have a mini getaway here:





Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

little joey tribbiani.

*wordless wednesday*