Caden @ 11

(He made me wait until the SECOND he was born to snap his pic today. Funny boy!)

How can my baby be growing up so fast? I blinked and a decade went by! A great decade, we are all better for him being here.

1. He is insatiably curious.
2. He is funny even when he doesn't try. Especially.
3. He is always covered in a film of little boy dirt.
4. He is naturally kind and gentle.
5. He is smart, and that always comes as a delightful surprise.
6. He loves food. Cooking and eating.
7. He is utterly obsessed with hockey stats.
8. He has taken over the use of the iPad.
9. He is a patient little brother, tollerant of being teased and tickled. 
10. He is fascinated with the trappings of church.
11. He is a loyal and protective friend.

I wish I could keep Caden a little boy forever, though he'd have to stop growing for that! Many changes are coming up with his best friend moving to the States at the end of the school year (a month from now) and his sister leaving for a new school in September. He will deal with these changes with the bright eyed enthusiasm he's always looked at life. I could just squeeze him forever.