Since I am posting...

Raise your hand if you think she looks like a Patrilla...the blaket by the face is a new thing that she is enjoying this week.

Cadence's Olympic Future

Since the country is in a Olympic tizzy, Ryan and I decided to plan Cadence's life out for her by choosing a sport to go the 2028 Olympics. Here are the contenders:
1) Gymnastics - was a no because we don't want her to be 4'11 and have a squeaky voice for her whole life
2) Ping Pong - I am sorry, the serious people call it table tennis. We decided this was a little dorky :).
3) Running - this had a serious chance until we realized one of us who probably have to train with her until she was good enough to get a pro coach. Ryan said he had bad knees (cop out!) and I just don't like to run so track got voted out.
4) Swimming - this was alright but she really won't be tall enough (even the girls are 6'0 and above!) plus if Cadence became a swimmer we would have to use words like "swum" in everyday conversation and that is just a strange word.
What about trampolining (is that word?), cycling, sailing, AHHHHHHHHHH so many to choose from.
As you can tell we can't really decide so we are open for suggestions (listed below are all the choices) - archery is a serious contender (if Grandpa Patrilla can help coach) and I always liked watching Rhythmic Gymnastics (her name does mean rhythm...)! :)

Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Canoe/Kayak Flatwater
Canoe/Kayak Slalom
Cycling BMX
Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road
Cycling Track
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics Artistic
Gymnastics Rhythmic
Trampoline
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Olympics

Here are a few things that I have observed about the Olympics...
1) All the athletes (minus gymnasts, long distance runners, and cyclists) are extremely tall. I never knew that the athletes were almost all over 7'0 - okay that is little dramatic but who knew that even the rowing competitors were over 6'4.
2) Swimming is now an American obsession.
3) China has a flare for lights - Beijing looks like Las Vegas on steroids.
4) I didn't know that each athlete has like 200 support people - coaches, trainers, massage therapists, clothes holders, water handers, spotters, timers on and on the list goes. I guess I just assumes they trained and showed up and competed. How silly.
5) Finally, I find it ironic that what "brings the world together" is a HUGE competition were we are all striving to prove whose county has the best athletes and whose athletes just don't measure up. I guess it is not a philosophical "bringing" together but a literal "bringing together", which would be true since everyone is in China :).

Smiles

She has been smiling for a few weeks...we just now caught some sweet pictures of it! :)

Waking Up

Cadence is so fun when she wakes up. Maybe she will be a morning person!!

Tiny Feet

Ramblings

As I have learned in the past 7 weeks motherhood is about many things. Here is a list of some of my most profound "aha mom moments"
*It is about learning all the things you can do one handed (like blogging, cooking, switching the laundry and putting on makeup)
*It is about having the wisdom to calm a screaming child when you would rather just scream along with them
*It is about knowing when to say goodnight - no matter how much you would rather stay and hang out with friends or family a little bit longer
*It is about taking too many pictures (see the picture above - I think she (or at least her hand) is saying enought already!!!)
*It is about finding the time to love God, your husband, and a child
*It is about finding that one thing that calms your child - in our case Cadence likes to Hula Hoop and step aerobics on the Wii Fit...go figure
*It is about enjoying every minute you can with your sweet baby while somehow finding time to continue with the (all of a sudden) mundane things in life
Well, that is all for my philosophical (is that how you spell that...) ramblings for the night - plus Cadence might wake up any minute...

Week Six

She is getting "big" and likes to look at things -- like her dad. Cadence also talks a lot now. Who knew kids could be so cute.