New Kicks

We took Cade to get his first real pair of shoes this weekend. I had bought a few different pairs from Gymboree & Children's Place but they never fit his chubby little feet so I decided to quit wasting money and have him measured for the correct size. We went to the New Balance store per Justin's request and found him 2 pairs.....of course there isn't as much to choose from in size 5 EXTRA WIDE!!! Now the trick will be getting Cade to wear them. The longest time they have lasted so far is 15 mins. and that is only because I was holding Cade and he couldn't rub his feet together until they came off.

Chores

Cade's new favorite place to hangout.....the dishwasher. If he even hears the door open, he is sprint crawling to the kitchen. Now I have to wait until he is asleep to do this chore because he is up on the door pulling out everything he can get his hands on! I hope he is this eager when he can actually help unload!

It's that time again.......

Well as you know, every 3 months or so, I make a list of my 10 favorite Cade things as a fun way to kind of keep track of his changes/development so here I go....

1) I love the morning ride to daycare (majority of the time) because that is when Cade and I make little noises and claps back and forth to each other. He has gotten great at imitating.

2) I love how Cade has a favorite tv show(s). He absolutely loves Go Diego Go and The Backyardigans. He is completely consumed by the television for the hour and claps along with the shows. He also shakes his booty back and forth dancing......too cute.

3) I love how you HAVE to watch his shows with him......he just isn't interested if me or Justin aren't right by his side.

4) I love that when I put Cade on the grass, he does his "crawl-walk". If you look at his picture in my prior post, it shows him doing this.

5) I love how Cade has started to share his food with me.....I could do without actually having to eat it but I guess a few slobber drenched cheerio hasn't killed anyone.

6) I love how Cade make "mmmmmmm" noises when he eats. He really enjoys his food and wants you to know.

7) I love how Cade will sit up in the middle of the night just to find his little bear, Curry and then grab him and go right back to sleep.

8) I love how excited he gets when he sees a dog.....any dog. He starts screaming "da....da....da" and pointing. You can see how proud he is that he knows what a dog is and that I recognize what he is saying.

9) I love how Cade will start making noises to himself in the middle of the night. He is still sleeping but will all of a sudden start going " ahhhh....ahhhh.......ahhhh" for about 10 minutes.

10) I love how he is such a happy baby and smiles at everything & everyone. He is our world.

Steps & Eggs & Chocolate....oh my!

This past weekend was one that was full of first time events for Cade. To begin, on Friday when we were all at home enjoying Good Friday, Cade was standing up holding on to the coffee table turned around, let go and.........took his first step!!! Granted it was a quick one but it was definitely a step and he looked at me like what the heck......and fell. It was also Cade's first Easter and Easter egg hunt. We went to hang out with my sister and my niece's and nephew on Saturday and went to the Easter egg hunt in their neighborhood. Cade had fun being outside and he won his first raffle!! His name was drawn out of a bucket and he won an Easter basket full of goodies (that Justin enjoyed of course since Cade couldn't really eat any of it yet). Then that night we went to dinner for my, my brother and my sister's birthday's and little man had his first piece of chocolate cake. Yummy!!! He loved it! Justin was freaking out because he thinks that everything that Cade eats needs to be healthy and I was filling him full of a grilled cheese, ranch and chocolate cake....oh well.....I say let him enjoy it while he can. He gets enough fruits and veggies throughout the week so he can enjoy the good stuff every now and then. And then Cade went to his cousin's birthday party.....first one that he has been invited to and he loved it. He was definitely worn out when we started our ride home on Sunday night.

My little Crawalker........

So my little guy has moved from being a crawler to a crawalker.....he wants to walk sooooo bad but this is as close as it gets for now! I don't think it will be much longer though!!

Memory Lane.......

I was going through my pictures on my computer and found this one that I had sent to a few people right after Cade was born. I didn't even remember this picture until I saw it again....morphine I guess but I am sure glad that I had Justin take it. Bittersweet that my baby is almost 1!!!

New Kicks!

Cade first pair of sandals! Don't get too excited yet.........I bought these for Cade last week and took them home in hopes that they would fit and they did! Everywhere except for the top......his chubby little feet are so stuffed that the straps couldn't close, well at least not without turning his poor feet blue in 2.2 seconds. People are going to think that this child belongs to some hippie, stuck in the 70's that doesn't believe in wearing shoes because I can't find any that will fit his fat little feet. This will be the second pair that will go to baby Jack, my friend's little boy that can wear normal shoes. Poor Cade, he is going to have to wear white reeboks because the "in-style" shoes won't fit. I promise little buddy, that we will find you some cool kicks even if we have to take two pairs and sew them together! I love those little chubbers!