My 2 Front Teeth

Time Flies when you have a little one

Today marks Cade's sixth month in our family. Six months, I can not even believe it has been 1/2 a year already! I can honestly say that these six months have been absolutly amazing and I couldn't have wished or asked for a cutter, happier, or more precious baby.

Here are some of Cade's favorite things:
Eating his solid food. So far he has tried sweet potatoes, squash, pears, bananas & avocado. Of those foods he prefers sweet potatoes, pears and bananas.
Jumping in his jumperoo while screeching really loud.
Reading and eating books, he has a fascination with paper.
Playing peek-a-boo.
Sitting up by himself, only for about 10 seconds though :).
Chewing on his tongue, he loves the feel of his 2 bottom teeth!
Getting lost of attention for the kids at the Preschool I work at. (Hey I get paid to have little kids entertain my son, who could ask for a better job)
Shadows, Cade is fascinated with shadows, when I change his diaper and he sees our shadow on the wall he scratches and claws trying to get it.
Bubble Baths.

I will post 6mo pictures of Cade soon, I haven't uploaded them from my camera quite yet.

Snowy Day

On days like today it is so nice to be able to stay inside and just hang out.
When I was working full time I would wish so bad that when it was rainy, cold, snowing or even a beautiful sunny day, that I could stay home and not go into work. Now as a stay at home mom I have that freedom! It is the best. Today with the wind blowing and the snow flurrying down, the crock pot was calling my name. I had a roast that I have been meaning to make forever, so I chopped up some garlic added a few basil leaves and left the roast in the crock pot all day long. What an amazing smell that is! Along with our roast I made mashed potatoes, gravy and corn.
Yummy!

If I was on top of it I would have taken a picture of the beautiful meal like Megan Caston does, but I always think of things like that when it is too late.

Wordless Wednesday

Tackle-It Tuesday: Get up before Cade

LOL!
I know, I know I'm laughing at myself. Hey I have to start somewhere. Even though I didn't physically "tackle" anything around the house I felt accomplished to have eaten breakfast and had some "me" time before cade woke up.
Next week I will set my goal a little higher!

Gerber

I want to know what is up with the brand Gerber's sizing?
Cade is almost 6 months and he is wearing 18 month plain white onezies from them.
Could there sizing be any more off....
weird!

Peak-a-boo

No I'm not talking about the fun game of peak-a-boo, I'm talking about what Cade's tooth is doing. He has been teething since he was 3 months but finally has something to show for all of his pain. His first tooth decided to cut through the gum yesterday and oh how painfull it looked, and was! He was so fussy and just a slobbery mess! Hopefully it stays up and doesn't deside to go back down.
The days of his gummy smile are almost over :(

Joining Mindi.. Wordless Wednesday

So one of my friends has started doing a fun thing on her blog.
She does "Tackle it Tuesdays" and "Wordless Wednesdays".
I thought it would be fun to join in, so here it goes....

Super Cade

Cade and I had a great time the other night just playing and giggiling. Here is a glimpse at what makes him giggle the most. For some reason he likes really high pitched talking! It was so fun to listen to his little giggle!
It is these priceless moments I thank God for.

Reading Rainbow

Cade loves books. 1 book imparticular; Barnyard Dance.
We could read that book to him 20 times in a row and it would never get old to him.
He has become really good at reading the book himself and turning the pages. Just prop him up on the bobby and he can be satisfied for quite a while.
He is going to be very smart I can see it now!

Cade's 1st Food

Today was Cade's first taste of "solid" food.

Whenever we would eat he would grab for our food and smack his lips. It was making me think he may be ready to give it a try. Our pediatrician recommended waiting until 6 months but as a mom I decided to use my best judgment.
We started him out with sweet potatoes, he really seemed to like them! He didn't make any funny faces or weird noises he just eat them like he knew exactly what he was doing.
He was very interested in the spoon and kept trying to grab it out of my hand so I did have to use my had to restrain him down :)

Hawaii pictures

Maui

Tyler, Cade and I got to take an amazing tip to Maui last week.
We had a blast! The weather was perfect for our time on the island. It only rained the first day which was ok because we used that day to check out the Maui Ocean Center. All the other days was sunshine and high 70's low 80's.
Some highlights of our trip:

- Seeing Cade's little feet
- Swimming in the clear blue 76 degree ocean
- Taking Cade swimming for the 1st time. He LOVED it!
- Snorkeling with the turtles
- Going to the Old Lahina Lu'au
- Laying on the beach reading a good book
- 1 week of non stop time with both of my men
- Dinner with Jeff & Megan at The Melting Pot
- Coming home with a tan

Lots of pictures to follow
:)

Cade's Dedication

So I am officially a blog slacker.
Cade was dedicated on January 11th and I am just not getting around to blogging about it.
Anyways, it was a great Sunday. Both sets of Cade's grandparents were able to make it over for the celebration. Cade got all dressed up in his button down shirt and sweater vest, he looked so cute.
Tyler and I are so blessed to have such an amazing church family here in Bend. We would be lost without it.

Cursed!!

I swear we are cursed when it comes to ordering/getting items online.
It all started when we made our baby registry at Babies r us. Some of my girlfriends ordered us the jogger we registered for. They conveniently had it shipped to our house and I was so excited to come home from work to a package waiting at the door. I immediately opened it and to my disappointment found a bent up stroller frame that couldn't even be fully opened. So needless to say we sent it back and ordered a new one. That was item #1. Item #2 was the portable swing we got as a gift off of our Babies r us registry. It worked for about 2 weeks then the motor went out. Item #3, our pack-n-play, also off of our Babies r us registry came with missing/wrong pieces to assemble the changing table feature. Now item #4; just yesterday Cade's Jumperoo finallycame. I got it all put together, went to attach the last toy and what do you know.... it was broken!! Seriously people is there some hidden thing attached to my name, address, or credit card number that says "send me the broken one"? I was so irritatted and annoyed yesterday after finding the jumperoo broken I had Tyler deal with taking it back because I didn't even want to think about it.
All of these experiences make me never want to order something again!!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

Cade on the Move

This past weekend my sister called to say that her son Jace who is 3 weeks younger than Cade, is already rolling over from his tummy to his back. Well Cade must have his dads competitive side because this morning he was rolling over himself. He couldn't let his cousin get to far ahead of him. Check it out!

Quilts

Jace & his quilt

Cade & his quilt

Pictures from Christmas

Cade's new cowboy boots

The best Christmas present!

Checking out the new toys w/ Grandma Shireen

Laura and I

All bright eyed on Christmas morning

Christmas 2008

This year Tyler, Cade and I were able to spend time with both of our families. Christmas Eve was spent with my mom, dad and grandpa. We had a nice relaxing evening at my parents house with a yummy ham dinner. Christmas morning my sister came over with her 2 boys Jaxon (2) and Jace 2.5 months) (her husband had to work... sad I know) for breakfast and "prizes"; as my nephew Jaxon calls them.
Unfortinatly my brother Brett was not able to make it down from Seattle. The weather was too crazy for him to make the trip.
We missed you Brett!!
Cade and Jace got to celebrate there 1st Christmas together. Grammy made them both amazing quilts. Cade's is a camping theme and Jace's is trains and airplanes. Thank you grammy June for the great cozy quilts!!
Something new we did with some family from my dads side was a Progressive Dinner. We did each course of our meal at different house. We didn't go with your typical Christmas meal, instead we went Itallian.

Christmas Menu:
Appetizers: Calazone Rolls @ Colby & Laura's (AMAZING!)
Salads: Green Garden Salad @ Amy & Jay's
Main dish: Red Sauce Spaghettie, Chicken Fettuccine & bread @ Aunt Sandie & Uncle Darren's
Dessert: Mint Brownie Cake & Cookies @ Allie & Tad's (so sad we weren't able to make it to dessert)
This is such a fun was to celebrate with friends and family. My favorite is to see everyones houses all decorated for Christmas.

After the Progressive Dinner Tyler, Cade and I ventured off to the Mackesons to celebrate Christmas with them. We had a great time hanging out with Tyers parents, brother and both sets of grandparents. With all these people it is inevitable that Cade was not lacking attention.

I hope all of you had as blessed a Holiday as we did.

Grandpa & Cade

On Christmas Eve My dad got Cade giggling so hard!! Nobody has been able to get him laughing like Grandpa did. Luckily Tyler was able to capture part of it on video.