Baby steps

Now that Cade is cruzing around EVERYWHERE he doesn't like to be held when we go places. So today I thought I would let the little one loose and allow him to walk from our car into Fred Meyer (on the sidewalk of course)by himself. He thought he was the coolest kid around, strutting down the sidewalk in his new Nike tennis shoes and his adorable new puffy coat from the Gap!! It was so fun to see his independent side come out and also such a challenge for me to slow down and just let him do it. Of course it took about 10 min to get 50 steps and we had to stop and look at all the rocks, bugs and leaves as well as stop and say hi to EVERY person that walked by.

I am so sad that the baby phase is behind us, but after seeing the little boy come out if Cade, I am so excited for this next season in our life.

Cade's new words:
Waffle
Morning
Knock Knock
Emma
Grandpa
guy

Cade's 1st "art" project

A birthday card for his cousin Jace

Pumpkin Patch

I was going to continue with more clues on what Cade is going to be for Halloween, but people have been asking for some pictures from our trip to the pumpkin patch. Cade wore his costume when we went so I will reveal it early...

It's a bird
it's a plane
No..it's an
OWL!!
I'm on a huge owl kick so just bare with me!
There are a few more last min touches I still need to add to his costume, but you get the picture.

Cade on his friend Emma aka "memma"

What am I?

What is Cade going to be for Halloween?

Clue #1

I can be brown, white, tan, black...
or a combo of all

What am I?

(No giving it away Amy, Kristina, or anyone who already knows)

Fall Wreath

I was so excited when I saw the "Wreath Making" meet up at our church, but was immediately bummed out when I realized I was out of town the day it was scheduled for.

So when I was at my parents house for the week my mom, sister and I decided to have our own wreath making meet up!
I am super happy with the way mine turned out!

1 year pictures

Photos by Dolce Photography

Vocabulary of a 1 yr old

I find it very interesting that most of Cades 1 year old friends are either off and walking or talking up a storm. I have yet to find a child that is doing a lot of both. Cade falls into the talking category. It seems like every day he is saying a new word or at least giving it a try. I love the expression people give me when they ask what words he can say and I start bouting off his lengthy dictionary of words.
Here are Cades words:
Mama
Dada
Bye Bye
Ya
Hi
Baby
Book
Night night
Two
Cheese
Dog
Movie
Down
Cup
Ball
Bubble
Bath
Hot
What is even more amazing to me is that he knows when to use the majority of these words. For instance, he will be crawling along upstairs and see his bathroom and immediately point to the tub and say bath or bubble. When it's getting close to his bed time we will say "Cade are you ready to go night night?" and if he is ready he will lay his head down on the floor and say "night night" when he is thirsty he asks for his cup, when the TV is on he will say movie over and over again. I am amazed every day at how far he has come in the past few months with his words and his association of things to them.
What a big boy I have!