Summer Fun

Wow...what a difference a month makes.  I am really late posting this so Caden will actually be four months old this Saturday.  This past month went by so, so fast.  I can't even imagine how quickly the time will fly from this point on since we only have one month left before school starts and then I'll be so busy at work.

Mr. Caden is definitely growing.  I was going to change the two month picture because it is a little funny looking (Chris can't stand it) but his face looks like a little elf haha :)

Caden's all time favorite thing to do these days is stand up.  If you're sitting down holding him he wants to be standing.  He's been loving hanging out in his exersaucer, although he's not quite tall enough so we stacked some chopping blocks underneath so he could get some good leverage and bounce.  It took him two days, but he also figured out how to push the buttons to get the music and lights to play on his own.  It's so fun watching him concentrate and try to figure stuff out.  He gets better every day with his hand-eye coordination....and he's usually got his eye on either his bottle, the TV or my phone...uh oh.

Caden is a really easy baby I have to say.  He doesn't get upset all that often and is smiling most of the time.  He sleeps anywhere from 8-10 1/2 hours every night so I think it's safe to say that we are pretty dang lucky and have a good routine going.  Now we just have to figure it out once school starts and we're both working everyday again.

At the beginning of the summer we took our first trip with Mr. Caden.  We went to Oregon to see his Aunt Katie graduate from college.  He was a trooper for that long drive.  On the way home we stopped at Crater Lake.

And Caden saw (and touched) snow for the first time!  Daddy is so mean! :)

We spent the 4th of July up at Lake Tahoe.   Caden entertained himself with his monkey who he found hysterically funny.

And then he dipped in feet in the lake for the first time.  (Mean Daddy again)

He's so happy and he has no idea what's about to happen... and then....

He wouldn't make eye contact with Chris for a while after that.

The warm temperature of Aunt Lebe's pool seemed to be more his style.

We had Caden's three month photo session with his cousin Erin from I Spy {Photography}.  He was having kind of a rough day and had gotten woken up from a nap to have a camera shoved in his face.  He would not smile at all which is so unlike him.  But we were able to get some good shots and some pretty funny ones with him being Mr. Serious.

And finally....a smile peeked through...

I imagine that it will only get more and more fun from here.  I know sitting up and real food are right around the corner for my little man. <3

A Wordle for Caden

Smiles, drool and coos at two


Two months.  I can't believe it's been two months.  Although, honestly it feels like he's always been here mainly because now I don't know what I'd do without him.


Here's what Caden's been up to over the last few weeks...

We bought Caden a new bath tub....a normal, run of the mill baby tub.  We had the tummy tub to begin with...

...and I have no idea how anyone cleans their kid in that thing, let alone gets them out.  You have to be 8 feet tall to reach into while it's on a counter.

So we made the switch and as you can see Caden's pretty into it.  He's also into himself.  He spends most of his bath time checkin' himself out in the mirror.  Who came blame him.

When the 6 week mark came along it was like someone turned on a switch and he started smiling and hasn't stopped since.  Talking to him, smiling at him or showing him his bottle seem to get the biggest smile reactions as of yet.  Every once in a while he'll grace us with a little giggle.  I can't wait until those get bigger. 

There's nothing quite like that gummy grin.

Caden's two month photo shoot went much better than his one month.  He was all smiles.  As you can see he's definitely filling out more...gotta love those thigh rolls.  At the doctor last week he got his first set of shots and we found out that he's in the 90%ile for height and weight which wasn't really that big of shocker.  We knew he was big.  He weighs exactly 14 lbs and is 24 inches long as of right now.  He's quickly outgrowing his 0-3 months clothes (especially the jammies).  

I have to work next week and then I'll be done for the summer.  I am so grateful that I've had ten weeks off to spend with my little guy, but I'll be even more grateful to not think about school at least for two months.  (Although who am I kidding, I'm always thinking about it).

Next month we will have another professional shoot with Chris's cousin.  I can't wait to see what fun things she does with our smily boy.

Six Weeks


What a difference six weeks makes.  Caden's like a whole new baby.  He's on a pretty good routine for over night, sleeping about 4 hours between each time...which means he only really gets up once in the middle of the night.  Let's keep our fingers crossed that this keeps up.


April 22nd marked Caden's one month birthday.  We tried to take some pictures...but he wasn't feelin' it.

He has definitely filled out.  Lots of new little rolls here and there.  The last time we took him to the doctor was about 2 and half weeks ago and he weighed 9 lbs 9 oz so I'm sure he's in the double digits now.

He has started to lose his hair, but only in the front.  He's really beginning to look like a little old man.  His hair in the back is pretty long, maybe we'll try a comb over and see how it goes.

His hair color hasn't changed a whole lot, but Caden's eyes seem to have lightened up a little.  It's looking like he'll have blue eyes like his mama.

Over the past week he has started to hold his head up so much!  He's such a big boy now.  His favorite position to be held is sitting up and if you're carrying him, you'd better have him facing out.  I think it's because he can see so much more now that he doesn't want to miss anything.  Yesterday in the car I noticed that he wasn't just staring into space in his car seat.  For the first time he was looking out the window.

Since Mr. Caden is so much more active these days we've been trying out some of the baby gear. He likes it for a limited time.  Yesterday he was enjoying his play mat until...

...One of the dang monkeys fell off and hit him in the head.  Oops.

As usual wherever Caden is, Charlotte's sure to follow.  I think she was jealous of all his toys.

This was Caden's first time holding a rattle.  Big deal I tell you.  He entertained himself for a whole three minutes.

So lots and lots of changes over the past few days.  He's turned into one smilin' dude, but he's moving so much it's hard to snap a good picture of his gummy grin.  


Uh oh...someone's awake and beckoning me.  Until next time...

Routine??

What's a routine? Everyone keeps asking if we have a routine. Uhhhh...no.  Every time I think we may have one, we don't.  Enough said.  Dare I say that Caden has been getting a little bit better about sleeping in longer increments at night.  However, now that I  mentioned it I'm sure it is either just a fluke, not a routine, or that I have just jinxed myself.

Here is his two week old picture.  I'm a little late.

Here are some 2 week old picture outtakes.  He wasn't really feelin' having his picture taken that morning.

I love this picture of Caden and the way that the sunlight is hitting him.

After bath time.  We used the Tummy Tub for the first time this week.  He loved being able to chill in the tub for  a few minutes.  I'm sure his little red, diaper-rashed bum loved it too.

Charlotte and Caden bonded this week.  These days you won't find Charlotte far from him.  If Chris or I is not within immediate proximity of Caden, Charlotte is, guarding him and making sure everything is A-Ok.

Yes!  He is smiling.  I swear it's not gas.  He's GT! :)

This past week was also Easter.  It was fun being able to see all of my family and they were really excited to see me Caden.  Caden was pretty content with Easter overall.  He got his first little Easter basket and since people basically fought over who got to hold him all weekend he was always warm and cozy.

That was until we got home and he was

1. Not being held

and

2. Still had on his bunny hat.

He was not happy.  First he expressed his feelings by flipping us the bird.  When that didn't work...

He begged for me to stop taking his damn picture.

But he finally succumbed to the fact that there was no use and decided to just wipe away his tears.  He was wearing a bunny hat AND a shirt with a bunny and chick on it, and there was nothing he could do about it.  Sorry dude.

These past three weeks seem like they've flown by, and yet it seems like years ago that I was pregnant or that we were at the hospital. 

This week marks the milestones of Caden officially growing out of newborn sized clothes (now that he weighs in at a whopping 9 pounds 9 ounces), of him absolutely HATING being swaddled anymore and the image of Chris blowing on Caden's little, red, naked, Desitin-covered bum...an image I thought I'd never see. :)