Ryan and her daddy eating icecream!

Harris Jenne about to blow his candles out...ummm...caroline was sitting in my lap during this picture..she was quite frusterated that he didnt know how to blow the candles out...I had to restrain her from getting bossy!!!

This is one of Caroline's best friends and I adore her too...she and caroline look alot alike but are pretty different...hger mommy is Luanne..one of my dearest friends. I think Caroline and Keliamme will be great friends one day like us....right now they are the same height....but not for long....it will be like Lu and I "Mutt and Jeff"...lu is teeny tiney.....i love it!!

Kendal was not wanting the children to go upstairs during the party and I dont blame her, the first floor was being terrorized....hello she has a four month old too..who wants more to clean? But Caroline insisted and I mean through a good fit until she got her way! Ahhhh it was so frusterating. Jonathan had a meeting in Knoxville during the party so I was on my own! Normally I would not let her get her way....but I had no energy left...so we got to be the "special ones" and go upstairs to Harris's play room. Here she is sitting in one of his cool Ikea bubble seats!

All closed up in a bubble seat!!!

One of the things I love about having a kids is celebrating the big events with them! Caroline has only been to a few birthday parties in her short 19 month old life....but I always love them! Fom the getting the invite in the mail to, buying that very special present to picking which party bow and outfit we will wear! This past weekend Caroline was invited to Harris Jenne's birtday party. Harris is a cool kid....pretty much Caroline's match....they both have a little temper on them and are both tall for their age. Caroline had a ball at the party. The theme was race cars....and as with everything Kendal does it was perfect...perfect decor...perfect everything! Caroline really ate way too much sugar and I paid for it when she got sit to her tummy at midnight...next time I know that cake, icing and blue bell ice cream does not go well with her little tummy! This is pic if of Caroline and the birthday boy!! Cant even believe that Harris is Two! Our babies in pllay group are growing up fast!

A few of the babies at the Harris's birthday lunch!! Caroline would only sit at the head of the table and kept eating off everyones plate...Im going to have my hands full!

Sweet Caroline....so can we say that I really love to take pictures...this is not a good picture...I was complaining about it and my husband suprised me with my dream Camera....The Nikon d90!! Im pumped the battery is sitting on its charger as I write this...so blogging community...watch out here pretty soon you will see some kickin quality photos appearing to the cantrell blog....

My poor angel baby has had the worst luch with ear infections. Bless her heart...we finally had to give in and get tubes put in...wish I had done it sooner....this is a new kid...she has not been able to hear for so long! when she woke from her nap after her surgery we had a new baby who was saying everything we said! This pic above is of Jonathan and Caroline before the surgery just before she went it...its hard to know your little one has to go under but..praise God it only took 3 min (and $700) wish I was smart enough to be an MD....but none the less we are thankful she is doing great.

Later on after her surgery she woke up and crawled in her toy basket and he she is sucking her baby dolls tiny paci!! so funny!

Last week was Caroline Sophia's first day at the Montessori Kinder International school here in Cleveland for the semester! She loves Montessori and was very proud of her new poodle outfit! this child loves clothes (wonder where she gets that from???) Anyway this child is a total socialite and loves the interaction at school...i love the time to myself to get all my house construction meetings done...hair apt etc......its been great!!!

Our future and backyard and small lake that will both one day soon be green!!

This is where our party barn is in relation to our new house.. The barn has been a special project of mine!! Its completely constructed out of old wood and tin from barns off of our farms! Really cool huh? Our pool will sit in between the house and barn and I envision many fall dinners, football game wathcing parties and birthday parties in this special barn!!

The Cantrell Party Barn...so very chic Tennessee!!

The back view of our unfinished house!!!

Well two years ago Jonathan and I decided to start searching for special piece of land to build our dream home on! We have a family farm that I ADORE but I wanted something to start with for the years we have a young family. God brought us to a wonderful tract of land that was right at 98 acres..totally wooded and gorgeous in the back of a beautiful neighborhood in Cleveland called Ridgewood! We jumped on the chance to purchase it and started making plans to build. Well, my husband has been the President of his Grandfathers Paving Company (Caldwell Paving for 13 years now) Our company has been blessed and highly favored! For years J has wanted to try his hand at developing a neighborhood...well...we decided this is where we would start! Its a really long story about how it all came about but we have joined in a partnership with my mom and dad and launched a little developing company....The name of our development is Alders Glen..we have broken the land into 16 lots that range from 1 acre to 10 acres they are estate lots with trees and small lakes and woods all aound you...totally breathtaking! 40 acres are in a natural perserve with walking trails and picnic areas and even a meadow that will have great soft grass for neighborhood easter egg hunts!! Its been a delightful project and we feel excited and blessed to be apart of something really unique! We started our house which our dear friend Greg Calfee is building for us....he is amazing and fast...we started in August and today they are laying hardwood floors and trimming the house!! So once the house is almost done and a few more odds and ends are tied up we will be ready to launch Alders Glen to the public!!!! The picture above is of the side view of our new home!

Frontal view!!

from the street which is called Litchfield Lane!!!

Lithchfield Lane on the way to my house!

The gated entrance to Alders Glen and where residents will pick up their mail, packages and grab their morning coffee!!!

New Year's Day we went over to my parents to have traditional Black Eyed peas and all the fixins! It was a precious family day and a great start to a new beginning! Here Princess Caroline is at the head table with her New Years lunch!

Pops my dad here with Caroline before lunch...have I mentioned how very thankful I am that my parents left Houston and moved to Cleveland so we could have special days like this one!

New Years Eve...J and I suited up in our sparkles to attend the annual New Years bash out at the Country Club...the band was rockin this year and we had a blast....here is Becca posing with me for a quick pic on the dance floor!!

K....so we had the most fantastic playgroup with all of Caroline's friends! We have a ball we meet on Thursdays at different people's houses! The hosts provides lunch and the babies play till they are so tired that by the time we get home they take the most glorious three hour nap! So its fun...we have theme parties....Halloween, Christmas...this year one of the mom's Becca....hosted a Wee Little New Years Party on New Year Eve Day...the babies came at 11am and we counted down till noon! It was so cute....hats and and blowers and all!! These are some of the pics of these babies wired up on Sugar...the one above is of my precious Caroline and Brown Harbison....I know it looks as though Caroline is attackign him...but believe me it was the other way around....these two have an affinity for one another! He loves her ! He grabbed her just a min after noon gave her a new years kiss and basically body slammed her.....she wasnt all that happy about it...but its a good story for when they are big!!

This pic cracked me up...we were attempting to get them to pose....but you know that never happens...just look at the setting....brown attacking Corbin, Caroline and her monkey, poor little AHJ the host falling over and baby Jackson looking delerious!!

My child goes to peoples house picks a toy she loves and does not want to share...this was they toy of the day....it caused many problems and tears for all! She WOULD NOT get off of it...eventually I had to pry her off and leave the room so other children could enjoys AJ's new fire engine!! This new baby is coming just in time! WE need to learn to share!

Caroline and Brown sporting their brown New Years outfits!!

Caroline and Ryan sitting pretty!