Cade Saw Santa!!!

I'm so proud of my baby boy! He LOVED Santa! I was so afraid he'd scream but he was all smiles -- well, except for when they took his picture, as you can see! After the picture, Santa turned Cade around & laid him up on his belly and started pinching on his cheeks... Cade just patted Santa's face & beard. It was so cute :)



edited to add: I just noticed something, Cade has cut his 2nd tooth today! Wow, what a day! :)

Fa la la la la... Cade Updates!

I was just informed that there are only 2 weekends before Christmas! Wow.

Updates... our tree is up & Cade LOVES it. He has learned how to bounce/jump in his exercauser (videos coming soon!) Still no crawling but he has attempted a few times to get up on all fours. He only makes it about half way but at least he's trying. He is doing better with actual solid table foods. He has been eating cookies & yesterday he ate half of a cereal bar (like the Nutrigrain bars, only for babies) I was actually a little shocked that he didn't even gag on it. He'll be eating steak & potatoes before we know it!

Now for the good stuff, pictures.
Here he is singing Christmas Carols :)


Teething is so miserable!


Playing "Kiss the baby"... kissing his reflection... awww :)


That tongue will get him into trouble one day, I just know it! He's always sticking it out at me!


And my favorite! Cade's 1st Christmas ;)

Update in Pictures

We had a great Thanksgiving! Cade had his first taste of REAL turkey! Mom chopped it up really fine & he did great with it! He's starting to do better with table foods - doesn't gag as often, LOL. He has actually been eating Vanilla "Nilla" Wafers for a week or so... he will bite off a piece & chew it up, no problem!

Here he is with daddy. Not sure if he was going in for a bite or a kiss. :) Either way, it was too cute!


I think he just realized that he got caught!


Brady & Cade playing together... well, sorta. They are having some trouble figuring each other out. They area already starting to fight over toys. It's so funny.


We put up the Christmas tree this week. Cade's first :)




Letting him touch it... which he quickly found out that he did NOT like how prickly the tree was. Maybe that will keep him OUT of it!


Cade's newest thing... standing. I don't think my son is going to crawl. He is going to go straight to walking. That's okay though. Who needs to crawl?


And last... my favorite... just love those cheeks :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a great time with friends & family this holiday and make sure to eat LOTS! Cade has already started practicing, he's been eating "Turkey & Sweet Potatoes" -- baby food of course -- He deserves a turkey dinner too!

Love & hugs to you all! And baby slobbers from Cade :)

*cough* An Update! *cough*

I know, I know, it's been FOR EVER since I've updated the blog. Truth is, we've just been sick. Cade woke up last Wednesday with a cold, stuffy runny nose and I caught it. Now we're both sneezing & coughing, though I think we're both getting better. He seems a little better every day. He had been having trouble drinking any milk what so ever... we tried everything... out of a bottle, out of a cup, sippy cup, water bottle... he was just too congested to drink. So this morning he finally took a 6 ounce bottle, all at one time, without having to come up for air... so YAY Cade! I'm just hoping & praying that he doesn't get bad enough to have to go to the doctor. Please, no ear infections!!! The last time he was on antibiotics, it really messed with his little system.

Other than being sick, we're just looking forward to Thanksgiving... and Christmas! I've started putting up Christmas decorations... all except my tree... my stand has gone missing. But hopefully it's just conveniently misplaced at mom & dad's.

Time to go... Cade is hollering mom, mom, mom! (I love it!)

I'll post some new pics when I get a chance ;)

Teething BITES!!!

I was REALLY hoping that after the first tooth cut, it would be smooth sailing. Not the case. Poor little guy is miserable as ever & I'm pretty sure it's all thanks to that 2nd bottom tooth that is going to pop through any day (fingers crossed!)

Miserable or not, he'll always smile for the camera!


He is "trying" to show you his new tooth... it's just not hardly high enough above the gum line to see with the naked eye.


Enjoying a COLD teething ring... good stuff.


Maybe it would fit better if I held it up like this?


What is this thing anyway?


Sure feels nice!


Okay, so teething really does bite, but we still have fun... Cade is still playing up a storm & learning new things every day. His newest discovery is the coffee table. He thinks he's doing something really big if he scoots/rolls underneath it.


How rotten does he look here!?!?


And finally, a shot with daddy... right before bedtime.
Gotta love the mohawk!

Happy 8 Months Cade Lucas!

(how cute is that???)

It seems like every month, every milestone, every minute of the day is just passing by too quickly. I can't believe Cade is 8 MONTHS OLD! To celebrate, I wanted to share some of his photos from a few weeks ago.

These were taken by Leslie Boyer in Louisa, KY.