My little fireman

New Year

Well there has been quite a bit going on in the Forrester household since our last post....not really new things just really busy with every day life. I had a meeting with Cade's daycare director the week after Christmas and was told that there was a mom of a little boy in Cade's class that was having a fit that Cade was still able to attend the daycare b/c of his biting. This particular boy had been bitten 5x's and Cade was the culprit of two of those bites. The mom was convinced though that Cade had done all of the bites and did not want him anywhere near her son.....really??? SO we were given the option of holding him back while all of his peers moved up and Justin and I decided that it would be better for us if we just tried out a new daycare.....so that is what we did. Cade started a new center this past week and he seems to absolutely love it. He is in a much better mood when I pick him up in the afternoons so maybe he just wasn't happy at the other center. Keep your fingers crossed that this one is a good fit for Cade. Other than that, everything has been great. We had a great Christmas and New Year's and are looking forward to 2010.

So this time I have an excuse.....our computer has been down so I haven't been able to update but this is my new year's resolution so I will be on the ball again soon.

Not too much going on right now except all of the craziness from the holidays. Justin and Cade are both doing great and we are all having so much fun right now. Cade is at an awesome age and brings a smile to our faces with everything that we do. We hate to be away from him for a minute because he is such a joy to be around. Tonight was another successful potty night. They are not regular yet but at least they are starting. He does still poo-poo in the bath tub every chance he gets.......which still grosses me out to no end. He also pees in the tub now too and he thinks it is hilarious. I guess he gets his sense of humor from his daddy:)
We are still having some attempted biting issues at school and I got the official "warning" from the daycare director that he will be kicked out if he bites again.....REALLY???? He is 18m old and everyone says this is a normal phase. Surely the daycare has had this issue prior to my little man and he is an angel majority of the time so I'm not too sure what is going on. Regardless we have started the search for a new daycare because we all know that he will bite again. It's just a matter of time before someone tries to take his toy or before he gets frustrated. Heck, I would probably bite too if I couldn't tell people to get out of my space or to express what I wanted or needed. Just think how frustrating that would be....
We are finishing up our shopping for Cade's Christmas right now and I hate to say it but he is getting a tea set from Santa. We went over to a friend's house last week and Cade had the best time playing tea with his little girl. She kept coming over and grabbing Cade's head and forcing him to drink tea which Cade politely played along and kept saying Mmmm every time she would do it. It was too cute. Of course Justin about died when he saw Cade sitting at the little flowery table holding a Cinderella tea cup. It's all in good fun and really girls toys are so much more fun than boys. I will post a pic of Cade and daddy drinking tea on Christmas morning soon!!!

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!