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Dear Kaeden,

I must remember at your wedding

to tell everyone that one of your favourite

things to say (and has been ever since you were two)

when I have my camera out is...

take a picture of my bum (usually also accompanied by a sassy wiggle)

and that like your sister you LOVE to look in the mirror, especially when you are being goofy (which by the way is often) or crying

when I was looking at the above picture

I thought of how crazy this house and for that fact

the world would be if there was TWO Kaeden's.

other things I MUST remember:

~ for the first four years you called Shelby "this" (and her friend Sarah, "that")

~ when you were a baby and were crying hysterically, I found out (in a moment of desperation) that the song "Landslide" sung by the Dixie Chicks ( no other version would work) instantly calmed you down. As soon as the song would end you would start crying again until I played it again. Your dad burned me a cd with that song 10 times in a row and I just played it over and over and over. Now, at 7 years old, you dislike the song greatly.

~ you called a car a "beep beep"

~ when you were 4, you would only wear pajamas

~ you have ALWAYS been particular about your clothes (they can have no labels, you won't wear long sleeves (unless it is in the dead of winter) and nothing fuzzy). If you had your way you would wear shorts every day and never wear a coat.

~ for one year (when you were 3) you practically lived in your buzz light year Halloween costume.

~ right now (today anyways) your favourite sleep buddies are batman (a build-a-bear dog), sonic and Dino (Shelby's new build a bear dinosaur).

~ you have always been funny and have a larger than life personality. Since you were just a baby to now, you have a very special knack to make people smile and laugh.

~ at age 7 you are very confused to why we are buying only half a house (as we are buying a semi detached, it looks like one big huge house but we are of course, only on one side)

~ you have a flair for drama. always have and most likely always will.

~ not that we will forget, but probably good to make a note that your favourite colour is yellow and has been from the beginning.

~ if I was to make a prediction today of what you would be when you grow up, I would guess an entertainer of some sort or a career in something creative . You take amazing pictures with my camera - for the record, I did have to put a stop to you taking pictures of women's bums as I would download your pictures and there would be 30 pictures of bums. You said it was because it was at your level...I wasn't convinced :) I still get the odd picture of the tv but for the most part you take very amusing photos

~ you, like your sister, are a very cheeky monkey

~ we have a routine in the morning...I say HOCUS POCUS and you say FOCUS (as you do have difficulty with wanting to be at school and very often you say...SQUIRREL) and KEEP YOUR NOSE CLEAN (which really confused you at first as your said you washed your face already) and our newest one is " IT IS LIKE WATER off a DUCK'S BACK: (which we learned as your "friends" at school have opinions about your weight and your winter boots and we discussed that you are the only one that control your feelings and reaction to a person's opinion)

I am sure there is so much more that I need to get down somewhere before I forget as you are always changing and I love it and can't wait to see what type of little man you become.

Love, Mom