Chelan and I have officially been parents for one decade! Caiden turned 10 this past Tuesday, and we can hardly believe that ten years have passed. During the day, we watched some movies from when Caiden was a baby. Boy, did we take videos of him -- lllloooonnnnggg segments of him just lying on his back, for example! Caiden lost interest quickly, but the girls could have watched all day. I heard them say several times, "Caiden, you were a funny baby!"
Ten years ago, Chelan and I brought Caiden home from the hospital and wondered what we had done! The first 7 weeks were a difficult adjustment for us, to say the least. Ten years later, we're still learning:
We're learning to spend time with him when he needs us to and to leave him alone when he needs us to. We're playing more basketball and football than ever, but we're also showing him ways to practice on his own. We're learning patience when bad choices are made, but rejoicing when he consciously chooses the right thing. At times, we feel so protective of him, but then we see glimpses of him growing up: he mows our whole yard, drives the bush hog to and from fields, and we know we can depend on him to do a job well done when he is asked to help with a project (even when he doesn't want to finish - believe me, there are plenty of those times). We are looking forward to seeing how these qualities help him grow into a young man over the next few years.
Happy birthday, Caiden - we love you!
Ten years ago, Chelan and I brought Caiden home from the hospital and wondered what we had done! The first 7 weeks were a difficult adjustment for us, to say the least. Ten years later, we're still learning:
We're learning to spend time with him when he needs us to and to leave him alone when he needs us to. We're playing more basketball and football than ever, but we're also showing him ways to practice on his own. We're learning patience when bad choices are made, but rejoicing when he consciously chooses the right thing. At times, we feel so protective of him, but then we see glimpses of him growing up: he mows our whole yard, drives the bush hog to and from fields, and we know we can depend on him to do a job well done when he is asked to help with a project (even when he doesn't want to finish - believe me, there are plenty of those times). We are looking forward to seeing how these qualities help him grow into a young man over the next few years.
Happy birthday, Caiden - we love you!
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