Baby Jesus

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By that title you may have guessed it!?? Yep! Caden starred in his first drama production as baby Jesus. Ok, so it was a really small role. Carried in during one song, to the front, entertained by lots of people for the rest of that song and the next one, and then out he went.

The funny part… you know there always is one with “us!” We got to church that night at 5:30 p.m. and were asked then if he could be “borrowed.” The couple that was playing Mary and Joseph had kept him in extended session (during “big” church that morning) and are friends of ours, so we had no problem letting him play the part.

But since this was last minute, we hadn’t fed him, and he was expecting a bottle about the time he was going to play his part. He doesn’t take pacifiers so if he was ready for the bottle, he was going to be ready for it, and would let us all know.

As you would expect from a professional, though, he put his hunger aside, played the role perfectly and even fell asleep during the second song (which was NOT a lullaby, what does that say about your singing Joe Brown, you put him right to sleep!?)

Luckily I as able to take a few picture with “Mary’s” camera, so there are a few here: http://nealbreeding.com/photos/131/

A Bit of Goofyness

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Caden and I play this game every night while mommy is getting his bath ready. I undress him and when I get to his onesie, the game begins. To keep him from getting upset when I pull it over his head, I count 1, 2, 3, and pull it real fast over his head, then back again. He just giggles.

One night, the onesie got “stuck on his head, and the camera just happen to be near by:

Another night, while Jennifer was getting his bottle ready, I was entertaining Caden, and well, he felt like I needed a little loving, so he planted a big wet one right on me!

More of these goofy pics are at: http://nealbreeding.com/photos/132/

 

I can feed myself!

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Well it has been a little while since the last Caden update and we’ve been busy!

Caden turned 6 months on December 6, and we started on rice cereal that Thursday. Jennifer left me “in charge” of feeding him the following Monday while she and a friend went to the Lady Techster Basketball game. And we had FUN.

I can feed myself!

We are “boys” we are suppose to be messy, right? It didn’t take very long for Caden to tell me that he was more than capable of feeding himself, and so I let him. Notice the absence of a baby bib. If he can feed himself, why does he need one? This photo was taken early on… the next photo was after “we” were finished!

Of course, we figured we might be in trouble if mom came home before we got cleaned up, so we quickly went and took a bath and Caden was in bed and mom was none the wiser when she got home. She did, however, notice the next time she fed him that he started grabbing the spoon to try and feed himself.

When she ask me about it, I just acted a bit surprise 🙂

Merry Christmas!

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Jennifer, Caden, Emma (our dog) and myself would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!

We’ll have lots of FUN pictures on-line after Christmas, but to hold you over until then, I do realize, you care more about the pictures, than the updates, here is our Christmas e-card: http://www.nealbreeding.com/2007/

God Bless!

The Breedings

Wild at Heart (again)

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About 2 years ago, I read Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man’s Soul  written by John Eldredge.  It was a really refreshing take on Christianity and men.  Now that we have a “little man,” I thought it would be good to read it again, and maybe blog a bit on different asspects of the book that spoke to me that I was willing to share.  So here goes…

John Eldredge talks about little boys wanting adventure. I believe Eldredge is right on target with this statement, at least for myself. Let me chase a few rabbits here… (as my sister and I always say)

As a little boy, nothing was better than spending long summer days “exploring” in the woods behind the house. First behind the shop, what was known as “The Little Creek.” Then following the creek until it became “The Big Creek,” a washed out gully that seemed to be 10 feet deep (really is was about 4-5 ft).

There was Brierland, with briers that were at least 4 inches think (in our minds, in reality, they were more like about an 1 inch), and the remnants of a fort with a tree leaning so far over that if it fell, it would have made a perfect bridge over “the Big Creek.”

There was one long day’s journey with cousins from KY, us with our rubber boots so we could walk in the creek without getting wet. The plan was to follow the creek for as long as we could maybe even to the “Red River?” We finally came to an area where the creek was very shallow, flowing in a steady stream over quicksand (ok, not the real stuff, but the stuff that if you stood in place too long, your boot got stuck). The creek was very wide at this point, it was late in the day and had started wondering how/if we were going to get home. Of course we did, we soon came up to a neighborhood that we knew called and had our parents come pick us up at the McBrides.

I remember the first time I was allowed to ride on the shoulder of Hwy 28E down to Charlie’s, a local convenience store, to get some candy. The thrill of “riding on the road” and the danger (in my eyes) with cars driving by me.

I could go on… he talks about his first toy gun set… I had one pearl handle cap gun that I LOVED…  bit,  enough rabbits for now… those are very vivid childhood memories I still have of my “adventures” growing up.