Cade's Little Duckies... and a few new pics...

He chases this duckie toy all over the kitchen for an hour at a time! Now that he's mobile, this is a REALLY fun toy!



I LOVE this picture. I snapped it as he was crawling to me. He comes straight for me with that little tongue out.


Playing in the kitchen floor.


Can't play in the kitchen floor without a big spoon & bowl!


Playing with his musical table... he loves it.




I don't think he realized he was standing by himself. He's getting pretty good!

Cade's New Talent...

I uploaded a few videos of Cade's new talent... crawling!

This is from yesterday, one of his first "official" crawls... Brodie was his target.


From today... crawling to momma!


And a funny one... he had a hard time on the kitchen floor. For one thing, he doesn't do well in pants... especially pants that are too big!

Cade is Crawling...

Well our baby boy is officially mobile. I was really excited to see this day come... but after half a day of chasing after him, moving him, moving things out of his hands and out of his path, I am exhausted. Where did my tiny baby go? The one that just laid there and started into my eyes, just begging me to pick him up & cuddle him. I'll tell you where he is not... he is not in any ONE place for a very long amount of time!

And it happened so fast! He got up at 6 a.m., and by 7:30 he was down for a nap... a 3 HOUR NAP! He woke up, ate lunch, played a little while... and he started acting sleepy again. I was surprised after such a long morning nap, but I tried to rock him anyway. He fought & obviously wasn't sleepy enough to sleep, so I sat him back down in the floor amongst his toys... and he just took off! Just like that! Just like he'd been doing it for weeks. And the best part of all... what did he go after first thing?!?! BRODIE! Our poor cat, he is already the most skiddish cat on the planet. And evidently the dumbest too, because instead of taking the high ground & jumping up on a chair or something, he'd just move a few feet... Cade would crawl to him, he'd move a few more feet.

I got some video today but I'll try to get some better in the morning & post. He'll be all fresh & full of energy in the morning, so that should be good.

Just a few new pics...

Can you believe this was just 2 days after Christmas?!?! Derek is wearing SHORTS! Okay, KY weather has a tendency to be like this... I was glad because we took Cade's new ride outside for a little bit. Not long though because the wind kept taking his breath away (and his hat!)




Enjoying his Sing-Along-Stage. I'll say it again, this is an AWESOME toy. Cade loves it.


Playing with my old keyboard. I just thought it was cute because he has that tongue stuck out. He's getting pretty good on the keys. He knows not to bang... he is really gentle & very thoughtful :)


After a bath in his new puppy towel. So cute!


And last... you can tell our little man is teething. Look at those rosey red cheeks!

A few little updates...

Sorry it's been a few days since I've updated. I guess we've just been recovering from the holidays this week. Thought I'd better update a little before I get in trouble with my readers ;)

Cade has 2 new teeth... both of his top front teeth came in this week. They are just below the gum line, barely noticeable, but they're DEFINITELY there! For one thing, his bite HURTS! And I guess because it's new, he thinks he should grit them with his bottom teeth, which sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me!

He is finally mobile. He doesn't exactly crawl on all 4s but he can get across the living room doing the army crawl in a matter of seconds! He's really fast. Just kind of drags himself on his belly. It's so funny.

He is getting much better at entertaining himself for longer periods of time. He will sit in the floor & play with all his new toys. I have a basket that I pile all of his little toys into... he loves getting into that basket and pulling out toys, one at a time, playing with one for a while, throwing it in the floor and then moving on to the next toy. He eventually empties the basket and then my living room looks like a disaster!

He's eating really well, new finger foods and table foods all the time. Still can't get him to actually feed himself but I'm sure that my rotten boy will eventually figure it out.

He is really starting to jabber now. Lately it has been "da da da da da da" until I think my head will explode. I asked him to please throw in some "mom mom" too, just to humor me. He DOES say "mom mom" when he wants me or is crying... but for the other 20 hours in the day, it's "da da". And then there are the random jabbering sounds. I caught him talking to his rubber duckie in the bathtub the other night. He was just looking at it and jabbering. I just couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking!

That's it for now! I'll post some new pics when I get them uploaded. Hope you all had a happy New Year!

Cade's 1st Christmas!

As expected, Cade's 1st Christmas was a blast!!! So much fun & so memorable! I kept hearing over and over about how he wouldn't care about anything but he seemed thrilled with some of the toys he got... he was (usually) totally uninterested in the bows & paper and he seemed to really take it all in. He got a ton of toys & goodies... and yes, our house looks like it might explode! I am not sure how we will survive with the contents of the toy aisle spread across our living room floor... but I guess as long as he has fun, that's all that counts.

Of course, we have pictures... LOTS of pictures!!!

Christmas Eve morning... in the jammies that his great-mamaw gave him! And posing with a present!


So happy, I love that smile!


Okay, seriously mom...


Ha ha, my rotten boy!


Hard to hold him still for a good shot!


Our little family!


One more... look at the camera!


Opening presents at home... a flashlight, some little cars...


And a BIG BOY car! He loves it... I think he must feel so big!






I think he wanted me to get in with him... he kept pulling on me.


Christmas at Grandmomma & Papaw's... he did pretty good opening this one!


His Sing-Along Stage... one of his favorites! Great toy!


Trying to play while it's still in the box... and see the toybox in the background? Dad made that for Cade... It's AWESOME! (thanks again Dad! "Cade" really appreciates it!)


Playing us a Christmas carol...


And now tasting the keys...


This is Cade's new favorite thing to do, and he did it plenty over Christmas... Waller Mommy!!!




Seriously, sometimes I'll just lay down in the floor & let him climb all over me.


Looking BIG with daddy's help!


Playing with Brady on Christmas Eve...


Opening a gift on Christmas Eve... this was probably the ONE bow that he was really impressed by... he played with it for a long while... which was great because it kept him mind off of being drop dead tired!


Christmas Day... sitting in front of his gifts from Aunt Court, Uncle Adam & Brady


Another gift!


Wow, just what I wanted!


Woo hoo! My musical table!


Well that's it for now... There will probably be more to come :) I've got a super cute video of Cade & Brady so I'll post that as soon as I get it uploaded.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Cade sure did!

hehehe...

Merry Christmas!!!

For our readers of the blog... Merry Christmas!

This and That...

First of all, Cade's letter to Santa on mommy's behalf:


Is he pouting? I hope not!


I got this little monkey hat at the mall last weekend & it's been such a hit! Everywhere we go, Cade gets compliments on how cute his hat is!






Pretty sure he was making his motor boat sound here... his favorite thing to do anymore...

Smiles All Around...

Yes, it's 11:30 p.m. and yes, I should be in bed... but I just had to share a few more shots from the other day... lots of smiles ;) Lots of cuteness!

He was watching cartoons when I snapped these... he loves those Little Einsteins!




I really have to wonder how many dimples my kid is going to have! So far, I'm seeing 2 sets and they'll probably become more obvious once his chubby cheeks aren't quite so chubby, LOL. I love it!


Playing with his new Penguin friend!


And last... it's not a smile, but this pic just melts my heart. Bedhead & all!


Goodnight all!