Celebrating today at the zoo with his best buddies Ella and Josh. Thanks to Uncle Coley who works at the zoo he hooked us up with a train ride, a carousel ride and free petting of the sting rays. :)
Caeden would have stayed at the Sting ray tank all morning if we let him, he loves it!! Auntie Kels, did you see he is already wearing the birthday hoodie?
This is on his actual day. Grandma stayed with Caleb in the morning so I could go to school with bud for his Birthday. It was a fun treat for all of us and then Grandma took us to lunch at the mall. (Caeden's choice) At each meal I make sure he has fruit and vegetables. He knew he got to pick what he would have for lunch and so he told me before we went, "mom, I want french fries and a hot dog and I don't want you to tell me to have anything else."
Fun at the mall.
Some of the kiddos in his class. It was a real fun day to see my boy interact with his friends .
We have a tradition from my growing up to have balloons (one for each year of life) hanging above your head on the morning of your birthday. Here is my boy who is officially 4!
Excited to blow out the candles on the Star Wars cake. :) Cousin Delaney turned 16 on October 23rd so we made her a cake too.
And if you are going to have a Star Wars party you must play light sabers. Caeden is really beginning to appreciate having older cousins (well 2nd cousins for those of you trying to figure it out. :)) And Scotty and Nicholas were awesome with him! Thanks Grandma Shelley and Papa Murf for hosting such a fun birthday.
So there you have it, a week of Birthday celebrations for Caeden Marcus Murphy. He was blessed, blessed, blessed by many gifts and a lot of special moments. As I look back on this week we have so many people in our lives that love us and I can't thank each of you enough! I am so grateful that God made Caeden and so thankful he would entrust him to Jay and I. He is such a gift!
They had a petting zoo filled with bunnies, chickens, a cow, goats, a pig, and this fun friend.
Celebrating today at the zoo with his best buddies Ella and Josh. Thanks to Uncle Coley who works at the zoo he hooked us up with a train ride, a carousel ride and free petting of the sting rays. :)
Caeden would have stayed at the Sting ray tank all morning if we let him, he loves it!! Auntie Kels, did you see he is already wearing the birthday hoodie? 
This is on his actual day. Grandma stayed with Caleb in the morning so I could go to school with bud for his Birthday. It was a fun treat for all of us and then Grandma took us to lunch at the mall. (Caeden's choice) At each meal I make sure he has fruit and vegetables. He knew he got to pick what he would have for lunch and so he told me before we went, "mom, I want french fries and a hot dog and I don't want you to tell me to have anything else."
Fun at the mall.
We have a tradition from my growing up to have balloons (one for each year of life) hanging above your head on the morning of your birthday. Here is my boy who is officially 4!
Excited to blow out the candles on the Star Wars cake. :) Cousin Delaney turned 16 on October 23rd so we made her a cake too.
And if you are going to have a Star Wars party you must play light sabers. Caeden is really beginning to appreciate having older cousins (well 2nd cousins for those of you trying to figure it out. :)) And Scotty and Nicholas were awesome with him! Thanks Grandma Shelley and Papa Murf for hosting such a fun birthday. 
Caeden wanted a Star Wars party with our two families this year for his birthday. He also asked for a lemon cake, which I found funny but said ok sure. So today we baked it and here he is getting to decorate. Since we don't have much sugar in our home he is ecstatic to taste it tomorrow.
Here is the finale. I had envisioned it looking much different but at the end of it all I am so excited he had a blast making it, that's what counts. He will get to celebrate tomorrow with our two families, Wed (his actual day) with his classmates and Daddy, Caleb and I and then Thursday we will go to the zoo with his best friends Ella and Josh Josh. This kid knows how to live it up. :)
When you grow up in Phoenix you have no idea what Fall really is like in so many other cities, so it is fun to escape and see leaves change and feel cold. :) 
We all piled into the golf cart for a five person ride, I don't think we could have fit anyone else. :)
Caeden and Grandma made green slime. So fun to have a Grandma that used to be a Kindergarten teacher, always a fun project to do. 
Building houses with Papa, he is always so fun to play with too. We always enjoy our time up at the "yellow house."
Precious boys yesterday as we were playing around. Caeden is on fall break and I love having them both around all day to do whatever we want!!
Caeden got my camera and took this picture of Caleb and I the other day, not too bad. :)
I thought this was hilarious. I was up feeding Caleb at 4 am and checked on bud, this is what I saw. :) Too funny!
Caleb Christopher Michael is on the move!!! Caeden keeps complaining that he is getting all of his things. I am trying to teach him whatever is left out is fair game for his brother. It is by the grace of God that Caleb is ok with the stuff I find in his mouth even after cleaning the floors. :)
Caeden at Spectrum mall's Star Wars extravaganza! The helmet is a space helmet they had him make. He continues to ask me each day "what the plan is..." he loves to go and do! Luckily he has a mom that loves it too! 