Slacker with a capital S

Sorry that it has been a MONTH since my last post. To say the least, it has been crazy and extremely stressful around the Forrester household. We sold our house and found out the day we were closing that we could move in to the house that we made an offer on. It is not "ours" yet but at least we have somewhere to live! We are waiting on the bank as it is a short-sale so keep your fingers crossed that we will hear something soon!

Cade absolutely loves the new house. With moving in, came a new dance. He is too cute dancing around the downstairs playroom. He squats and pops back up over and over again....I guess he got his dancing skills from his daddy :).

I thought that I should share my experiences with my little buddy lately so that I can remember and maybe tease him a little when he gets older (all in good fun). Cade has poo-pooed in the potty one time now. He looked at me and said "poo-poo" so we ran to the potty and he held it until we got there!!! I was so excited and I probably scared him for life while shouting for joy.......this may be the reason that he has only used the potty once. Don't get me wrong, he definitely knows when he needs to go but NOW his favorite place to go #2 is in the bathtub......every night.....every bath. Sooooooooo gross!!! He will say "poo-poo" and I will get him out of the tub, sit him on the potty and he cries to get back in the bath. He then tricks me and starts playing around....doing his business all sneaky. Then I see it floating up so I have to grab him, drain the tub and bleach everything that was within a mile. I am starting to catch on to his process and hopefully this will come to an end soon. He christened my bath tub though...he is not allowed in there anymore!!!

Last thing that I thought was cute but kinda hurt my feelings....tonight when I was putting Cade to bed, he had his head laying on my shoulder and I started to sing to him. He started patting me on the shoulder and then lifted his head, put his little hand over my mouth and said "shhhh". I guess the pat on the shoulder was his way of telling me that he still loved me even though he hates my singing! So sad.

I apologize for my slacking in postings but our lives have been CRAZY!!! We put our house on the market three weeks ago and it is now under contract with closing in less than three weeks. The crazy part is that we don't have a house to move to.....well we have an offer on one that we fell in love with...before we knew it was a short sale and now we are waiting to hear back from the bank. It will all work out but it sure will be nuts for the next few weeks.

We took Cade to the beach for the first time and had a blast. We went with Justin's parents to Orange Beach. Cade loved the beach or as he called it the "bubbles" for the first two days and then decided he wanted to hang out at the pool for the remainder of the trip. Justin and I looked pretty cool in the 1ft baby pool ALL DAY long. It was definitely a different kind of vacation than we have ever been on before as in we no longer could just take a cooler and beach chair and sit all day but we wouldn't have traded it for anything.

My top 10's

So now that Cade is a little older, I figured it was time to list my top ten's. He has changed soooo much soooo quickly that I can't keep track.

1) I love how every night he wants me to hold him and dance with him to The Backyardigans.....and then he waves bye-bye and blows them kisses.

2) I love how when you ask him if he wants to go night-night, he shakes his head and says "no" in the cutest voice.....

3) I love, love, love how he says mommy.

4) I love how he kisses pictures of his daddy that he has in our car.

5) I love how he sits in the same place by the kitchen door every time it is time to eat.

6) I love that when he wants a kiss, he will put his head down and look up at you until you give him one.

7) I love how he gets soooo excited when I go to pick him up from school.

8) I love watching him learn and discover new things every day....just found out yesterday that he knows patty-cake.

9) I love how he sounds like he is speaking Spanish when he attempts to say words that are a little too difficult for him right now.

10) I love when I pick him up out of his crib in the morning, he has to give his stuffed animals a kiss and tells them "nigh-nigh".

He is our pride and joy and we are soooo blessed to have him in our lives.

Cutest little guy, ugliest attire award goes to......

So Cade looks too cute in these pictures but I have got to do something about his wardrobe. Note in the second picture his firefighter boots. He loves these things!

I know you all have been waiting in suspense for the parent/teacher conference update but I don't think it will be too exciting. Cade's teacher/director of the daycare wasn't feeling too well the day of our conference so she had to go home early and cancel the meeting. I did get an envelope full of fun facts about biting and what we can do to help prevent it. I looked over all of the paperwork and would be on board 100% to try and prevent the biting but there is one problem........every solution in the pamphlet says that action has to be taken right when the biting happens but I am never there when it happens so I don't know how much help I can be. I don't think Cade will understand quite yet if I sit him down 3-4 hours after the incident to explain that he shouldn't do it. Oh well.......as for now we are on a 4 day bite-free streak so maybe it was just a short phase....or maybe he just didn't like the kid (jk).

Cade's G-ma and T are going to pick him up from school today to go to his first Alabama (yuck) pep rally. I think he will have fun regardless of the red & white. He will be getting his pic with the UA cheerleaders and Big Al, well maybe Big Al. I don't really see Cade being too welcoming of a human size stuffed animal looking elephant but we will see.

World's Earliest Teacher Intervention

Well I have a parent/teacher conference this afternoon with the daycare director at Cade's school. Yes, my son is only 14 months old and in trouble enough for me to have to go to a meeting about it. Is that a bad sign about what the future holds??? We are being summoned to discuss Cade's biting habits. He has bit the same kid 3x's now and broken the skin. I do feel bad and I would get upset if Cade came home with bite marks but I'm not sure how you explain to a 14 month old that what he is doing is wrong....especially if I am not there when he does it. I don't think sitting him down a few hours after the fact will do anything considering that his vocabulary is limited to ball & duck.....I don't think he will know what I am talking about. He does not bite at home. Granted he did bite Justin's toe about a month ago but I think the lesson was learned all in itself on that one.....gross! He did get put in time out for a minute but of course forgot everything that had happened. I will post an update after the conference to let you guys know how it went. Wish me luck!!

Milestones galore!

Cade has reached another milestone this week.....he is officially at the "big boy" table with mommy & daddy. I haven't gotten a chance to get him a booster seat yet so he is sitting in a regular chair and eating his meals. I think I may even opt to pass on the booster seat. My guy doesn't like the feeling of restraint and he is doing really good right now without one. I'm afraid if we put him in a booster, it will be just like his highchair....useless. We have also bought Cade some flashcards and Justin has been working with him daily. He has learned all of his favorite animals and will make each sound instantly when shown the cards. Now we are attempting objects. He has learned ball but the others may take some time (ring, house, bus, etc.). He amazes me constantly. Also, Cade will be moving up to the big boys class in a few weeks so I am mentally trying to prepare for that.....no more baby class for my baby :( He visits the other class during the day now and I think that he loves it. He has so much more room to run around and play. His teacher now said that he cries when they bring him back to the baby room for nap time. He is already ready to be grown up. In the new class, he will not have a crib and will take naps on a little cot so stay tuned to see how that goes......next step no baby crib at home??? Surely not for 5 more years!