Look Out Texas Here We Come!!!

It is official, Caden and I are coming to Texas for an extended visit on March 19. We will be flying into DFW on that Thursday and driving on to Lubbock later that day or on Friday morning. We will be in Lubbock until Friday April 4th, when we will journey back to DFW for a weekend visit with family and friends there and then fly out on Monday the 7th. We want to see everyone while we are here, so give me a ring (864-567-8525) so that we can plan something! Call early because our social calendar fills fast! (Haha)

I can't wait to have some babysitters to help me out. I have been having some back issues the past few months and so I began seeing a chiropractor a couple weeks ago, and due to some of the major adjusting we are having to do, my back went out this past Tuesday. I was bending over to set Caden in his swing and it just went. Caden landed halfway in the swing and I landed halfway in a chair next to the swing. Thank goodness it was early and Brian was still home and was able to run in and get Caden situated because I could not move. Brian ended up having to run into work, grab his computer, and come back home for the day because I could not lift Caden at all. Things are getting better, and I am wearing a back brace now, but Brian has been making a lot of trips upstairs the past few days! I know that I will have plenty of time to fully recover while I am in Texas because I have a suspicion that the only time that I will get to hold my son is during the middle of the night if he gets fussy!

I'll leave you with a cute shot of some tummy time. Caden hates being flat on his belly and now that he is a pro at rolling over he won't stay on it at all, but if we prop him up on his boppy he loves looking around and playing with toys laid out in front of him. It is amazing how quickly we can see him develop... time is going too fast!

Gettin' Dirty and Gettin' Clean

It is amazing how quickly Feb. flew and now we are close to the middle of March. There is lots going on, the most exciting is that we are eating solid foods! We have now tried Rice Cereal, Apples, Bananas, Pears, Carrots and Avocado. He LOVES the fruit but we have to mix the carrots with other stuff to get it to go down, but I am confident that it will grow on him. We eat twice a day, so usually mommy takes the morning feed and daddy gets the evening feed...and the jury is back...Caden loves his daddy more!

When Brian walks into the house after work Caden breaks into the biggest smile and starts squealing... breaks moms heart of course because he is supposed to love me more! Just kidding... I love the fact that Caden values his time with his daddy, short as it is. Brian usually gets home around 5:30-6pm, and we feed him, eat our dinner, change/bath him and have him in bed by 7:30 most evenings. So their time together during the week is short, but they make the most of it.

Caden especially loves playing "Eskimo kisses" with daddy... I think it is the rough 5 o'clock shadow... I guess if I want to get the same level of belly laugh from the kid I need to run my hairy legs across his cheeks! I'll be the most loved yet! Haha... aren't you all praying that I don't scar the kid for life at this point!

Well let's get to the good stuff. Below are some picts of Caden "Gettin' Dirty and Gettin' Clean". I hope that you all enjoy them as much as we do. Check back soon, I am going to try to get some video clips uploaded of him and Brian playing together...I just have to figure everything out first (or more realistically nag at Brian until he does it for me!)

GETTIN' DIRTY

We are really liking eating... in fact most of the time we can't shove it in fast enough. He loves making a mess of everything... the chair, the bib, his clothes and usually my face!

Daddy is becoming a pro at the feeding thing... Let's see how long it will take to be a pro at the cleaning thing...my guess never!
Caden has discovered Kodiak... and loves him. He will grab at his fur and whiskers for the longest time... and the crazy cat sits there and moves his head around so that Caden hits all of his sweet spots!
Gettin' Clean

I am training early... after dinner we hand Caden the rag and he wipes his own face! (Really he chews on the wet cool rag, but I like to think I that I am super mom and am starting cleanliness young!)
We have discovered the rubber ducky.. now he is a bath time necessity!

"I like bubbles... I especially like to eat them, against mommy's wishes!"