i shouldnt share this but i will...

parents of the decade right here baby! just hand us the trophy. here's a caden story for ya, don't freak out, everything is fine, but wow, jared and i are very aware of protecting Hands over us and our family. this picture is two classic caden things: nesting and holding his good behavior treasure from school. last saturday afternoon jared and i were working on house clean up stuff. our latest plague is rats. the double bee swarm hit then a flea infestation and now rats. we were moving furniture around, vacuuming behind things etc. etc. caden was booted off the computer at that point and there was no tv on either. unbeknownst to me he was upset and was kicking the front door. as i was picking up stuff, dropping it here and there i noticed i had made a good lap around the house and i didnt know what caden was doing/playing. NOT GOOD. you have to know what he's doing every minute of the day--literally. i made another loop around the house and backyard calling his name--nothing. i asked the kids to start looking and i told jared, "this is not good, i dont feel good about this". then i heard a car braking on the road behind our back yard. i KNEW right then that caden was walking out on blanco road. he ran away. looking at jared, i reiterated that i didnt feel good about this. jared got in his truck to cruise around our half mile block. the other kids were commanded to stay in the front yard, i started walking the other direction. i was about 4 houses down when a guy in a big escalade said, "are you looking for Aiden???" (close enuff) i said yes, and he told me that he was driving on blanco with his family and his wife said, "that's caden from my school, he's autistic, we HAVE to go get him!!!". so she got out of the car and started walking with him. so i see jared's truck come around, pull over and they have their exchange of gratitude and concern. in the mean time another car pulled up to me, it was a gymnastics mom from about a year ago, and she asked me if that was my son walking around. her and her husband were out and passed by caden but kept driving. the mom said that she knew she knew who that was and she wanted to help. so they looped back around and tried finding him. i explained the save by one of his teachers. THANK YOU WORLD for having decent people who want to help. all caden would say is, "i was lost daddy, mommy how did you feel when i was lost?" he was clearly reciting an episode of the cartoon "Little Bear". we tried to talk to him and warn him of the dangers-- it just doesnt register. he just kept saying lines from the show. believe it or not, jared and i just shrugged our shoulders, shook our heads and giggled. what else can you do? our hearts are filled with gratitude for sure, and we will reconcentrate our efforts with him.