Breaking of news....

We will have 2 babies to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! Caden absolutely LOVES babies and we are so excited to see him as a big brother!

Pee Pee in the Potty

We ordered Caden a potty just to get used to the idea of what it was. We had no intentions of starting to train him until he seemed ready. Well it came in the mail yesterday and after Caden's bath I put him on it just for fun and within a minute he went pee pee!!! We couldn't believe it! I thought maybe it was a coincidence but then I put him on it again this morning after breakfast and he did it again! Maybe he is ready???

So proud of our little boy!

18 Months

I've been a terrible blogger... but here is the 18 Month update!

Caden has jumped to the 70th percentile in height (33')

Still 50th in weight - 25 lb 1 oz

Still 50th in head circumfrence- 18 7/8'

He's had a rough winter with an ear infection for 6 weeks- he was on antibiotic after antibiotic and the infection wouldn't go and the fluid wouldn't drain.. so we ended up having to do the ear surgery which he had 2 weeks ago today and he is now doing great!

He is quite the babbler, surprising us with new words all of the time. He loves Elmo and stands at the TV asking for "Melmo" quite often. Still loving to spend his Mondays at Kindermusik and Thursdays at the Jump Spot. He's very good at "Pweeeez" and "Taint tu" which is so cute to hear.

And here is his new look that he gives us a lot....

Christmas Cards

It time of the year to start deciding on a Christmas card! I have used Shutterfly before for Christmas cards and have always loved their selection. They are running a Holiday Card Promotion where you can get 50 free cards which is awesome! Here are a few that I'm considering this year.

I can't decide if I want to use multiple pictures or just 1 family picture. It poses a problem when I take pictures all the time and have too many to choose from! I do have one family picture that my sister in law took for us though that I really love and might use.

The other dilemna is whether I send a folded story greeting card where we write about the year, or just send the flat cards with the picture.

Decisions Decisions!!

I also need to order another calendar with all the pictures from the year. I ordered one from Shutterfly last year and love it. It is so weird to look at all the pictures from last year though and see how much different Caden looks! It's amazing how much they change all the time.

15 Months.. a little late

I've been bad about this blogging thing! My photography business has been keeping me VERY busy this Fall.

Here are Caden's stats at his 15 month check-up.

Length: 31' 45th %

Weight: 23 lb 11 oz 40th %

Head Circ: 18 3/4'' 45th %

He's VERY active, typical boy, but also has his snuggle moments! He's starting to talk a lot more, surprising us with something new all of the time.

Here are all the words he is saying

hi

bye

mama

dada

papa

grandpa

more

all done

uh oh

night night

bubble

ball

dog

cracker

tractor

outside

slide

cheese

baby

bird

nana(banana)

apple

shoes

milk

boom

peek

He is getting a LOT better about eating too! For awhile he was VERY picky and was always throwing things on the floor. Now he's starting to get less picky and puts about 90% of the food in his mouth.

The only downfall of 15 months is the temper tantrums.... wow! Grocery shopping is beginning to be not so fun! Hoping for that to get better soon.

For the past couple of weeks he has been sleeping in until 8:00 which has been awesome! I think he is starting to get closer to being ready for 1 nap soon. Of course, right when he starts sleeping in the time change is coming next week! Oh well, 7:00 is still better than 5:30 and 6:00 am that he used to like to get up at!

Little Cutie

14 Months Old

Caden is really starting to talk more and more all of the time. He is starting to try repeating a lot of the things we say which is so fun to see.

The words he says the most are pa pa, dada, mama, ball, uh oh, dog, bird, cracker, and he does the sounds for the monkey, lion, duck, and cow, and is starting to say "more" when he wants something. He has also said grandpa, grandma, and tractor.

For the Fall we are doing Kindermusik on Mondays and the Jump Spot on Thursdays. We are also going to be doing lapsit for infants at the Bloomington Library on Tuesday. He loves getting out and doing things and I like getting out of the house too!