Weekend with Grandma & Grandpa

Whatcha doing grandma?


I've got my swim trunks on too!


Not quite big enough to swim so I'll just hang out with Grandma.


Napping with Grandpa on the couch...just doesn't get any better than this!



Drying off after swimming in the pool.

My two boys...

Caden's looks seem to be changing everyday. His eyelashes are getting longer and longer along with his hair!


And the smiles are getting bigger and bigger!

The simple life of being a little boy...

I love to sit back and watch Cody play, especially when he doesn't know I'm watching. To hear him make car noises or to hear him talk in his singy little voice just makes me smile.

Wrestling Already!

This may look like they're wrestling, but Cody is just giving out his hugs. It won't be long until those hugs turn into wrestling holds...right Pops?!

All Smiles

Caden was pretty happy the other night. What a cute little smile! His hair is growing back and right now it sticks straight up and it is sooo soft. But how can you keep from smiling when you look at that adorable smile!


Cody on the hand, probably is not smiling at this moment. This weekend he threw his pacifier in the trash. I asked him if he wanted a treat or a toy for throwing his paci away. Of course he chose cookies. But after the cookies were gone and it was nap time he yelled over and over, "I do my paci" and we kept telling him, "you threw it in the trash". He probably didn't think the cookies were worth it, but so far he's gone 3 days without it. Yeah Cody...what a big boy!

Chillin'

Caden sits back and watches as Cody helps Daddy clean the gutters. Cody needed some "work gloves" and those were all I could find!

Going Swimming

We're off to the pool. Since the weather has been really crummy, we decided to take Cody to the YMCA to do some swimming.


Not a big fan of the pool this summer. Loved it last summer and now wouldn't let go of Dad.

Ready to head back home after 5 minutes of being in the water...maybe next time.

Playing in the Rain

Cody with his new umbrella. He's running around the yard with cousins Jack and Colin...just one of the boys!

Summer Fun

Filling up Cody's Big Pool




Cody was very dangerous with the hose!

Cody eating Great-Grammy's Birthday Cake before we even had a chance to cut it.

Caden with his Grams.

Brotherly Love

One morning Cody wanted Caden to lay with him in his bed. I thought, yeah right like this is going to last long. But they ended up both falling back asleep and notice they are laying almost the same way with their right fist up.




Cody and Caden cuddling on the couch watching cartoons.

Klein boys

Cuddly Caden!

Caden is about 7 weeks in the first couple pictures here. He is a great baby. After looking at Chad's baby pictures, Caden is definitely a Chad Junior right now. But it's still hard to tell who he will end up looking like. We think he's finally figuring out day/night as he is sleeping better now...3-4 hours between feedings. He is also starting to coo (which I had forgotten how exciting it is to hear) and a few smiles that we are convinced are real! At 6 weeks he rolled over (or more like fell over) from front to back. He can only roll over when he is upset, he gets his legs under him and he gets to rocking and over he goes. Caden is very feisty which will be good as he gets bigger so he can hold his own against big brother! But when he gets upset I've never seen such a red face!

Crazy Cody!

Poor Cody had the flu this last weekend. He woke up from his nap and wasn't feeling to good. "I hurt mommy."

Cody and I had gone out in the back yard to check out the new pool that daddy blew up while he was napping. He laid down in the grass then stood up and was white as a ghost. He leaned in to hug me and then he throws up in the grass. He looked scared so I told him it was okay, don't worry. And he looked at me and said, "Birds eat that" I tried so hard not to laugh and I said yes they probably will...or the neighbor's cat!




Cody is over his fear of kitties now. Thanks to daddy he was terrified of them for a few weeks. Chad and Cody had been eating their lunch out on the deck when a stray cat came into our yard. So Chad looks around for something to throw at the cat (we are not cat lovers!). There is nothing but Cody's little deck chair. So he picks up the chair and chucks it at the kitty. I am watching all of this from the window and as soon as he threw it I shake my head and am thinking, "oh, that was not good." Cody by this point is bawling and running towards the door. Chad explained to him that he didn't want the kitty to get their food and that the kitty is okay...yadda yadda yadda nice kitty, etc. For the next couple nights Cody told the story..."kitty get daddys food no" "daddy hit kitty my seat" "kitty okay" "kitty bye-bye". So you can't blame Cody if he ends up not liking Cats!

Love, Love, Love

Cody loves little brother, sometimes Caden isn't so sure about all the hugs and kisses.

It amazes me how much Cody's vocabulary has taken off since Caden was born. It makes me think he could talk all along just didn't have a reason to until there was someone else around to share in the attention.

Yesterday Cody said to me, "Mom, I wike Caden" and I said, "Caden likes you too" then he said, "yeah, Caden's my fwend". How sweet! Cody has such a kind heart.

Aunt Abby takes care of me!

While in Britt for a weekend...Chad and I took Caden with us to church Saturday night, but since Cody was still napping we left him at home with Abby, Nick, and Adam. Abby hopped in the shower and since Nick and Adam had spent all day golfing they were napping upstairs (Cody was napping downstairs). Since Abby was in the shower the two uncles were left in charge of Cody. Nick turns to Adam and says, "So, Adam do we have to do anything with Cody?" Adam says, "No, I'm sure he'll walk up the stairs when he wakes up". Abby's drying her hair and hears some crying. The two uncles must have slept right through it. Last time we leave the kids with their Uncles!!!

Crazy Uncles

I don't know whose having more fun...Uncle Nick, Uncle Adam or Cody???

Short visit with Uncle Matt

The end of April Matt was in Pella for a short work trip. We were able to meet him at Smokey Row for him to see the boys for about 30 minutes. As you can see Matt has on a nice Pella shirt ready to go to a dinner...well, Caden wanted to leave his mark. Matt chose to change shirts before the dinner instead of smelling like spoiled milk!

The next day

The next day was a different story...Cody was very excited about little brother Caden!

Introducing...Caden Ronald Klein

On April 8th at 5:36am Caden Ronald was born. He weighed 7lbs. 9oz. and was 20 inches long. We drug Cody out of bed at 1:00am on the 8th to head to the hospital. We arrived at roughly 2am and Aunt Sarah met us at the hospital so her and Cody slept on the lobby couch. So big brother was very tired and not that thrilled to meet little brother at 5:30am.