Back on the Blog

We have taken a little break from the blog (as expected) but now back at it with some small changes.  We are transforming it to include family activity which will still always be about Caiden with a little bit of Mom and Dad activity included.  Hope you enjoy and visit often to keep up with our busy and ever changing lives.
Below is Caiden Dressed as Bob the Builder for Halloween.  We will be posting a few more pics soon.  Especially when Grand Ma and Grand Pa arrive for Thanksgiving.

Caidens First B-Day Cake

Vegas Baby!

We met Gramma and Grampa in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago and I had fun playing with them. They must love me a lot because it was such a quick trip that I didn't try to adjust my sleeping schedule...which meant we were all up and playing at 4:30 each morning!!!

Something about that city must have jumpstarted me because as soon as I got home, I started high-fiving, waving, pushing myself up into a sitting position and standing up in my crib. I was getting around before, but I'm practically unstoppable now! I especially like crawling over to my bookshelf and pulling down a bunch of books. That way, I can pick my favorites to look at.

I've been having fun splashing in the pool on hot days and went to the zoo for the first time this weekend. I already can't wait to go back. Those animals were a lot bigger than my own Bella, Grace and Oliver! I really love animals - my favorite books right now are about animals, and one of my most favorite is just about dogs and cats.

Almost 10 months...

I had my 9-month appointment a couple of weeks ago and I weighed 17.5 lbs. The doctor said that I had moved from the 3rd to the 6th percentile, so I must be growing really well!

I'm army crawling all over the place now and have super quick hands. I can pull myself up, but I don't do that very often yet...that's pretty tiring, and I find other interesting things at the floor level (although Mommy and Daddy have started to move them higher so that I have to move higher too).

Father's Day was hot and sunny - over 100 degrees! - and my Daddy spent the whole day with me. We were going to go to the zoo to celebrate, but we couldn't because it was so hot. That's okay, I got him a season's pass so he can take me lots of times!!! I love animals and it's going to be really cool to see them at the zoo.

"Mountain" Man

We spent the weekend at a cabin in Fort Mountain State Park in the north Georgia mountains. (I kept looking for the mountains, but I never did see them).

We were right on the lake and Bella loved being in the woods. We went on a couple of short hikes, and I wore myself out talking and shouting!

For Mother's Day, we made Mommy chunky monkey pancakes. I didn't get to try them, but they looked really good...

Summer is here

The weather has stopped jumping around and decided to stick to the high 70s and low 80s. That means I get to play outside! On nice afternoons, Mommy takes me out to the shade with Bella. I sit, roll around, grab handfuls of Bella's fur, look at the flowers and watch traffic. Sometimes we meet up with other little kids at the park or go for a morning walk too. And on the weekends, Daddy brings me out by the pool so I can help him vacuum. The last weekend of April was really nice and we all went to the Inman Park Neighborhood Festival. That was really cool. There was so much to see! I got to ride like a big boy in my Bob stroller, and Mommy and Daddy let me take my nap in there while they walked around. I was really tired!

I roll all over the place now. If I see something I want, I roll back and forth or rock until I reach it - Mommy says I look like I'm doing the crawl stroke. But sometimes I roll around because it's just fun. I grab my feet, yell and laugh...I can tire myself out! I really like my exersaucer and doorway jumper, too.

I sit pretty well and am using my highchair at the table when I eat. I keep trying new foods and have liked almost everything except lentils. Those were strange! The only way I liked them was when they were mixed with a lot of carrots. My favorites are sweet potatoes, pears, apples, mangoes, bananas, avocado, squash and yogurt. Other things I've tried and liked pretty well are zucchini, yellow squash, asparagus and cottage cheese. I haven't decided about peas and green beans.

My Daddy is really fun and makes me laugh until I can't stop. I try to make him laugh, too...and it usually works! When he's home, I don't take my eyes off of him because I know he's either going to give me a huge hug or do something fun that I don't want to miss.

I like meeting new people. I try to smile, screech and kick my feet to say "hi." Sometimes, if I'm out somewhere and people don't seem to notice me, I screech or yell a little to get their attention. That seems to work!

Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny used a special key to leave a basket with treats for Mommy and Daddy and bath toys and books for me. I saw it on the table as soon as I went downstairs for breakfast but I had to wait to see what was in it or we would have been late for church. After church, we had a yummy lunch/dinner with Auntie Brittany and Uncle Johnny (and got to see what was in the Easter basket:-).