Wow! It's been a while!

Time sure does get away from you when you have a little one running around. There is never a silent moment......which is great. Cade turned two yesterday!!! Can you believe it??? He is the most amazing little guy that I know and I learn from him everyday. He is so sweet and thoughtful and he already thinks of others before himself....unless it's chocolate milk or his zhu zhu pet.....then he doesn't even know you are in the room! We are throwing him a birthday party on Saturday @ our house and he is really looking forward to it. I don't think he really knows what to expect but he keeps saying birtday partee...over and over again. We took cupcakes to his class yesterday and don't you know that he HAD to have the Dora hot pink cupcakes. He would not take no for an answer. That is okay though...he is definitely all boy. We are having a zoo themed party for him and I can't wait! It is going to be hotter than hot but should definitely be a good time.

So we had a great weekend. We took Cade to the zoo on Saturday and he loved it. He always loves it but he seemed to actually know what was going on this time. He loved the monkeys and would die laughing every time they would chase each other. Cute, cute, cute. He loved the carousel..or at least looking at it. He plopped himself right in the middle of the walkway and watched it but definitely didn't want anything to do with getting on it.

After the zoo we took Cade to get his first big boy haircut. We took him to a barber shop off of Rocky Ridge and were a little nervous when we first walked in. The barber was an older man that took his time cutting Cade's hair. I thought that Cade was going to have a nervous breakdown b/c as most of you know, he is not one that likes any sort of water on his head and this guy kept spraying and spraying and spraying his hair until it was dripping wet...I almost asked him if he was joking because he seriously just kept spraying. Poor Cade kept one side of his head buried in daddy's chest....I guess that is the reason why only one side of his hair actually looks like it was cut. He definitely got a nice version of a whack job but the guy did as good as anyone could considering a crying toddler that kept turning back and forth and pushing his hand away every time he even saw it coming close.

We have had so much fun with Cade lately. This is by far my favorite age...so far. He is sooo sweet and will turn around and give me hugs every 10 minutes or so. Its like he just wants to make sure that I am still there with him. He is my buddy.

Top Tens

Well I think it has been long enough and sooooo much has changed with Cade that I need to post my top ten favorites. He is soooo much fun and we really love everything about him but I think listing a few will help me to remember when he is all grown up.

1. I love how he is soooo excited when I pick him up from daycare in the afternoons and runs to give me a hug. He loves showing me his progress sheet that he gets everyday and makes sure that I look at it........he holds it right to my nose until I say something about it.

2. I love that he will randomly just say "mommy kiss" and run over to me

3. I love that when he does that, he has to make sure that daddy gets a kiss too.

4. I love how he chases the dogs around the house and holds his arms out like he's a monster.

5. I love that when he has something that is bigger than normal..like a big book or rock or toy, he puts his chin on his chest and talks about it in a deep voice......he will say "mommy, big book"

6. I love how he follows me around EVERYWHERE and wants me to be right by him.

7. I love that when I put him to bed every night, he lays his head on my shoulder and wants to stay there for a few minutes until I lay him down.

8. I love waking up on the weekends to "MOMMY" coming from across the house.

9. I love how he dances every time he hears music....in the car....in the store....anytime.

10. I love how he is so excited when he uses the big boy potty and mocks me when I cheer for him.

Poor Guy

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.