This one's for you, Shelly :)

Per Shelly's request :), and since I frequently promise to update and don't, here we go :). Caden stood in the middle of the room on Monday without holding onto anything. The standing thing is nothing new, he's been doing that a few months, but not without holding anything :). Then, he turned and walked 3 steps over to the toy he wanted!! What?!?! He's only done it a couple times since, but this mama didn't realize how NOT ready I was for my little guy to be a toddler. Yep, this cheese ball got all choked up and couldn't believe my eyes! I'm of course all for Caden advancing, and don't want him to stay an infant forever, haha, but it's still seeming too early to have my little guy starting to walk! He's crazy, did I mention that?!?
He's in love with the little Gerber (or Target brand in this family) puff snacks. I mean he would eat a whole tube of those a day if I let him. He puts about 10 in his hand at once, and I think 2 or 3 actually get in his mouth each time. The dogs are loving this snack.....they get half of it, haha.
We had a great trip to Texas with Mom and Allie to see Leslie and her family. Caden did great on the long car ride, and we had lot's of fun seeing her and her beautiful babies!
Adios.

To you dear ones who look at this blog, I am so sorry I have been so delinquent :). Caden is keeping us busy, I guess :). He is walking along everything and stands so straight and tall....any day now he will take off I'm sure. He chatters constantly, says "Daddy Daddy Daddy" when Jared gets home (Pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen). In just another week he will be 9 months old. Mom, Allie and I are talking Caden and heading to Texas the end of this week to visit Allie's dear friends Leslie and her 3 little ones. It will be an adventure!! Here are some new pics. Hope you're having a great summer!!

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.......and lot's of firsts :)

We have so enjoyed this weather, as you can see from the pics! Little Mr. Caden is SO BUSY these days, and he's not even really mobile yet - eeks!! He is doing a 'worm' like move in which he can get himself a few feet at a time.....look out!! Today, he proceded to scoot over to the remote, turn the TV off, and laugh histerically.....we're in trouble :). He can hold his bottle on his own, when he decides to do so.....for 2 bottles yesterday, which was the first time he held it himself the entire time. Tonight was the first time Caden saw lightning & heard thunder. So far he's slept through it, so I can still say I like thunderstorms for now....

He can almost sit up completely on his own now most of the time. He's a wild man! Opens cupboards when he's near them, throws everything he can get his hands on, tries to drink from my cup.....I'm telling ya, when he decides he can walk (hopefully not for a little while yet....), I may never sit down again. But, that's great! We're just LOVING him to pieces and can't believe he's already almost 6 mos old. Happy Spring!!

Emily

Once again, it's been another month.....

So it's been another month since the last post....eeks. We are doing great and just loving our little peanut more and more every day! He is SO much fun these days, cooing and chattering all the time!! He's a noisy little guy! He rolls over all the time now, and almost always ends up sleeping that way in his crib now. He LOVES rice cereal and anything else we give him - baby food carrots, sweet potatoes, pears, applesauce, whatever, he'll take it! He now is showing his love for everyone by grabbing their face and putting his wide-open, drool-filled mouth up to them! It's pretty sweet, although painful & messy at times :). We went on a walk tonight and it was so nice to be able to be outside with him - we are looking forward to great days outside ahead.

He is a busy boy, so everyone tells us. He is always wanting to be playing with something, watching someone, or rolling around on the floor. He found his feet a few weeks back and is obsessed! Get those stupid socks of me and let me get my foot in my mouth, please! Haha, it's a hoot. He can (sort of) sit up, although he has a ways to go with that. He is such a happy little love, wakes up smiling (in the pic on here) every morning, he's such a joy!

Allrighty, better run, but I promise I'll get better at this....although I should probably stop saying that because I'm making myself look like a liar it seems :).

Love, Emily

It's Spring!!

We are SO glad that spring is here and good weather is maybe finally heading our way! We are looking forward to going on walks and being able to be outside more! Caden (basically) rolled over for the first time today. He's been really close, and today he got 90% of the way there, just got an arm stuck. So, I'm calling it rolled over! He can sit up now with support, although he quickly becomes the leaning tower so we have to be on the lookout! He is so much fun now, laughing all the time and just changing by the minute :)! We go for his 4 month well check a week from today, and I cannot wait! I'm hoping we can start on baby foods, or at least rice cereal soon! He is outgrowing his clothes way too quickly, so I've already accepted the fact that my son will probably be in 12 month clothes before the summer is over - oh well! He is getting more and more hair finally growing back, and it is pretty light. I keep saying he looks like a little hatched baby chick! So darn cute! Anyhow, we are doing great! So busy we don't know what to do with ourselves, not sure where the time goes....But, we're having a blast with our baby and soaking up every minute of it that we can. We love you, Caden!!

Remember when I was going to get better about posting?? Oops. Maybe in 2010. Wait, that sounds like a New Years resolution, and I'm not doing those...oh well. Really, I'll try to get better.

Caden is growing like crazy and changing every day! He's hold his head really well. He smiles. He laughs. He CHUGS his bottle. He sleeps 5-6 hours at a time at night sometimes. He puts himself back to sleep sometimes. He responds to people's voices. He has some MAJOR bad diapers. He is stubborn already :). He's decided he doesn't need to burp in the middle of bottles anymore. He is filling out 3 month clothing well and will soon outgrow it. He's in size 1 diapers. He weighs 12 lbs 12 oz. He is 23 3/4 inches long. He got his vaccinations last week. He looks like me as a baby, I'm told. He is getting blonde peach fuzz on his head. He is in love with his mobile. He opens his mouth for kisses when Milo comes near. (I think I missed a makeout session between the two of them that initiated this reaction from Caden every time he sees Milo....nice). He's adorable. He's 2 months old. He has a mommy and daddy a little too in love with him :). The end.

I know, I'm slow.......

So I've been really bad at posting new things to the site lately. Little Mr. Caden and I haven't seem to found much time for posting new things to the blog. Oops! Anyhoo, we're doing great! Caden is 5 weeks old today. He went to the doctor Monday, and he is 10 lbs 3.5 oz and 21 1/2 inches. He's in about the 50th percentile for both. He's growing like a weed!!

He's gotten so much more alert already. He recognizes us, and follows things around the room now. He has gotten really strong and holds his head up when on his tummy and tries to push himself up. Oh, and as of a couple days after Thanksgiving, we're lost the hair on the top of our head. We've adopted an old man mullet, it's prety sweet! Don't be jealous of Caden's locks, everyon!

We're pretty attached to the little booger :). He's doing much better at nights - getting up a couple of times to eat, but usually going about 4 to 5 hours between feedings. Lovely :).

We're so excited for Christmas with our baby boy, as a family. What a blessing he is to our lives! Here's a couple new pictures of him - hope all is well with you!

Emily, Jared, and Caden