Jingle Bells!

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Not too much to update, I just wanted to share this video with all of you. We went to our playgroup's Christmas party on Saturday and they had the kids sing a few Christmas carols. I thought Caeden kept up with them pretty good! Some of the other kids are in it, (hope they don't mind) but Caeden is pretty easy to spot since he's the smallest one lol.. Merry Christmas!!

Yay! The holidays are here!

The smell of pine and peppermint, food to bake, family to see, beautiful lights and decorations.... All signs that Christmas is almost here!!! I know I'm a dork but I absolutely love Christmas and everything that comes along with it. It's even more fun when you have a child. Last year Caeden was only a month old, so this year he gets to enjoy all the lights and decorations. Still not sure about Santa yet though.

We too him twice to see Santa, the first time he screamed and cried, the second time he still cried, but stopped long enough for them to take a picture at least. So we got at least one decent picture. It's in the picture slide show if you want to see it.

We also decided to cut down a real tree this year. We wanted to last year but I read it's not a good idea with a newborn in the house since some babies are highly allergic. Anyway it didn't take long for Caeden to find the tree. He's been opening up presents that aren't his, tearing the bows off , pulling ornaments off etc. All the wonderful things that come with a toddler! I think he had a little too much practice on his birthday cause everytime he sees a present, he points to it and thinks it's his.

He's been talking alot lately and saying alot of new words. I had no idea that they talk this early!! He can say, tree, hot, hi, light, uhoh, and mama and dada of course ;o)

I added a video of Caeden saying tree, but don't mind the little marks on his face, as most of you may know when they start walking along comes the bruises unfortunately!

If I don't post again before Christmas, I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and you get everything you wished for!!

One year ago.....

Hey everyone!!Hope everyone is doing well. I know it's been a while since my last post. Sorry about that! It's not that I didn't have plenty to write about, it's just I didn't have time! So now that things have settled down a little I can give ya'll a little update.

So Caeden's birthday was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out!

He didn't make a big mess out of the cake as I thought he would, he didn't really know what to do with it. He knew exactly what to do with the presents though! I feel kinda bad though cause we didn't get a whole lot of pictures since we were trying to do everything. So if you took any pics at his party by chance, we would be so grateful if you emailed them to us!

So I have to admit I was kinda sad on his birthday, it just hits you how fast they really do grow. He's walking really well, will be running very soon I'm sure. It was so cute on his birthday he learned to point, so it looked like he was telling everyone he was one. He's also been trying to repeat words we say. He says uhoh and hot. We say those 2 things alot lately cause he's always trying to go near the fire place.

Below are a few pics from his party & I will upload a video later.

Happy Halloween!

Hey guys! Hope you all are having a great week! We have been staying busy with all the halloween stuff going on! Caeden has been walking more and more each day, so you know what that means! Getting into even more stuff than before lol.

So our little monkey is going to be well, a monkey for halloween! It fits him so well. We're not sure where we gonna take him yet, probably just around the neighborhood unless we find a festival going on. It will be us eating most of the candy anyways lol. I'm sure he's tired of wearing those monkey ears by now since we've had so many events for him to wear it at. But at least we got our money's worth out of it!

Below I put a slide show of the pics from the arboretum pumpkinfest, and some pics from our playgroup's Halloween party. I look a little crazy in one pic I know, I dressed up as an 80's chick.

Anyways thats all the updates for now, hope you all have a happy yet safe Halloween!!

They grow up so fast....

Hi everyone!! Hope you all are having a fabulous October!! I'm loving this weather!! Well I just felt I should update since it's been a little while since my last post. Be checking back for pics here in a couple weeks cause we have tons of Fall/Halloween activities coming up and you know I how I am, always have to take pictures!!

Anyways, so birthday plans are almost done! One month and my baby will be one. :o( I still can't believe it. He has been so much more active lately, I know I said he had took a few steps on my last blog, but now he is on the verge of full on walking! I posted a video below if you want to check it out. Also before I would stand him up and call him so he would take a few steps, now he just takes it upon himself to stand up and walk without me urging him to do so. They grow up so fast, I know I've said it a thousand times but its so true. And they grow alot faster especially when their your own kids. It's bittersweet, I'm excited for things to come but also I'm sad cause at times I feel like one day he'll be so independent he won't need his Mommy as much anymore. ='o( The facts of life right?

There's also this really cute thing he does I've been trying to catch it on camera.. ever since he was little when he'd do something I'd put my hands up in the air and go yay!! Well now he does it when he's proud of something. It's so cute.

Also, Caeden will be going on his first airplane ride next month! Hopefully he will do well, I'm sure he will probably just sleep. But we are going to visit Milton's grandparents in TN. We are super excited as they haven't gotten to see him yet. So I am sure we will have a blast.

Well I think that's all I had to say.. Hope you all have a great week and if I don't post before then, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Be safe!

Step by step....

Bring on the fall! I don't know about you guys but fall is my absolute favorite time of year, the tree's turn into a beautiful orange, you get to pull out that stashed away crockpot and cook some good southern foods, you've got Thanksgiving to celebrate with family, and this year, we get to celebrate Caeden's birthday yeah!!!

I hope you all are doing well. I do have a little bit of an update! Caeden took his first few steps today! It's funny because I was just telling Milton how he'd probably be walking by halloween. Below is a video of it.

The birthday party planning is going well, we've pretty much got the ideas of what we're going to do, we just got to go get decorations etc. It's so much fun! If party planners actually got paid well, I would soo do it when I went back to work.

Anyways that's all I had to say so check out the video and pictures below!

We love you guys!

How 'Bout them Cowboys?

Hello all! Not too much to post about, just wanted to say we took Caeden to his very first Cowboys game! His Papa & Uncle Eric should be so proud. You can't grow up in this family without going to a Cowboys game! He did pretty good though, he got a little fussy cause he couldn't crawl around but I think he was just tired. But overall he did very well!

Here's a few pics from the game:

So do you think you can dance? Caeden does!!

Hello Hello!! Sorry for the absence! This little guy has kept us busy! He is everywhere and into everything.. So needless to say I don't have as much free time anymore cause I'm always chasing him around. He has been doing really good, he has 2 bottom teeth now which is so so cute and 2 are coming in on the top. I took him to the dr. last week and she said he is just perfect. He is 80% in the percentile of his length and 50% in the percentile of his weight. He absolutely loves his dr. and I do too. She is so great with him! She said he's doing exactly what he should be doing. And what exactly is he doing? Well he is...

• Learning to pull up to a standing position by himself and stand for a few seconds.


• Definately learning the word "no" lol.. he pouts when he hears that word


• Talking alot more now. "Mama, Dada, Baba & sometimes Hi"


• He knows how to dance, rocks back & forth in a sitting position (see the video, it's the cutest thing)


• Clapping


• Gives hugs

Alot of this he has been learning from other kids in our playgroup. That playgroup is a Godsend! I really don't know what I'd do with out it. He was playing with this little girl and he was pulling up on her trying to give her a hug, the cutest thing ever. I just love watching him interact with other kids.

So Caeden is 9 months now.. so we're starting to go through ideas for his birthday party. I'm not ready for him to grow up yet!! If he could just stay the way is he is that would be just great lol.. It's like I'm excited to see him learning other things but yet I feel like I'm going to wake up and he'll be going off to college! Ahh oh well I just have to enjoy each moment I have, which is why I'm so so thankful to Milton for letting me stay at home, because if I was working, I'd be missing out on some important things.

Anyways back to his birthday, I'm glad it's on a Saturday this year. But if any of you have any ideas let me know.. it's kinda hard cause they are still so little. But we're thinking maybe a "Blues Clues" themed party since he absolutely loves that show. He will sit there quietly and watch the whole thing. Of course we will probably do his smash cake white to avoid a total and utter mess. lol.. Well, I know it will be messy, but at least that way it won't stain anything. But it's exciting!

But anyways I've rambled on enough now. I hope you all are doing well. Don't forget to check down below for Caeden's Dancing Video, and some pics from the past month or so.

Love you all!!

Caeden is ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!

Summer is finally here, and boy are we feeling it.. I've already been sunburned twice!! Seems like I'm so worried about Caeden getting burned I forget about my self!! I swear to you, your mind gets a little scattered when you have kids.



So I have to apologize for no current blogs lately, I've been meaning to just with starting school, and all the birthdays, wedding and playdates to go to I just plain forgot!!



But we're back and I have much to tell you guys about!!



Caeden has learning lots of new things lately, and it seems like it all happened at once! I said it once and I'll say it again, this boy is just growing up wayyyy to fast!



Right when he was about 6 1/2 months he learned all this stuff, so here is the list of what he's doing now:



-crawling

-pulling up on furniture to stand

-can go from crawling to sitting and vice versa

-is sitting up very well

-said his first word "mama"





It's amazing how much he's learned in the past few weeks. We're constantly chasing him around now that he's crawling and getting into everything. Seems like he wants everything he can't play with instead of his toys.. lol.. I noticed the last thing I blogged about was Caeden starting cereal, he is onto th fruit and veggies now and is doing very well with it. Except I have to try and trick him to eat the green beans, but that's no surprise, lol.





We are about to take him on his very first beach vacation so we are very excited about that. I'm sure he will love it. I will be sure and post pics when we get back. Below I posted some pics and a video of him crawling. Enjoy! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer!!

Caeden crawling

Happy 6 Months to Caeden!!!

I hope everyone had a fantastic mother's day! I know I did.. my very first one!!! Caeden even got to meet his lil cousin that was born the day after them.. They were holding hands it was soo cute. It's so funny when he sees another baby his size he doesn't know what to think. I'm so excited for my Mother's day present Milton is getting me a new camera! It was badly needed. Since I take a picture like every day now.

Here's a few recent photos:

Also Caeden is 6 months today. I cannot believe it. It's a little bittersweet. I'm so excited to see him learn and grow, but I have to admit a part of me is just begging him to stay the way he is.. It's so hard being a mom! Emotion wise at least! Kinda breaks your heart when they start doing things on their own. And I'm saying this at 6 months old, I can't imagine how I'll feel at 16!

He's started trying to sit up on his own, he still leans foward to balance, but he can sit for a minute or two by himself. It's so crazy how fast they learn.

So we gave Caeden his very first cereal today! He's been pretty fussy all week due to teething, but overall he liked it! The dr. said he is just perfect. Though I thought he'd be alot heavier than he is. He's only 19 lbs. and 28 inches long. I guess when you carry him alot it seems like alot more. Anyways here is the video of his very first meal! Besides milk, that is..


Caeden's First Cereal

Happy 5 Months to Caeden!!

That's right! We are very proud parents!! I cannot believe our baby is 5 months old.. seems like he was just this itty bitty baby in the hospital. Now he's this little monster with his own personality that loves to scream, laugh and roll around everywhere. He's also learned to try and imitate some of the things we do. Like I'll blow bubbles on his stomach, and he will try and make the same sound, it's so cute! And when I say he rolls around everywhere I'm not joking! Now everytime I lay him on his back he goes right to his stomach. We've got to watch him alot closer now. Even when I put him in his crib for a minute, I'll come back to check on him and he'll be the total opposite direction than what I layed him in.

Anyways we finally caught Caeden rolling over on the camera so below is the video. Also there are a few pictures of what we took this week. Enjoy!

Caeden Rolling Over

Spring is here!!

How are you all liking this weather? Doesn't seem to want to make up his mind whether it wants to rain or be sunny. As much as I complain about the rain and how it ruins thins, I know we need it. Afterall it is what makes everything so pretty and green.

Caeden has been doing good, we are back to teething again. He was fine for about a week or so, didn't cry or seem in pain and all of a sudden it started hurting again. I guess it goes in spurts. So that means no sleep for mommy! ;o) Maybe we'll get some sleep when he's 18, haha.

He has become quite the daredevil though.. I can't put him in his swing really anymore because he wants to lean foward and try and chew on the side of the swing and do all this crazy stuff. I'm scared he's going to hit his head or tip the whole thing over. I took some pictures, it's quite funny cause it looks like he knows he's doing something he's not supposed to.. Here they are:

And that's not the only thing he'd learned lately. A few other things he's learned:

1. Sticking out his tongue- he discovered this last week and its all he does. I'll do it back to him and he thinks its hilarious.

2. Screaming- he has definately found his voice! He loves to scream and squeal when its time to sleep.

3. Fake coughing- he knows it gets my attention so when I go to make sure he's okay, he smiles real big.

He is definately getting his own little personality, its so cute.

Here is a video of one of his screaming sessions:

Caeden Screaming

Last weekend we went to the park and walked around. Lately we have tried to go to the park and walk or do something at least once on the weekend as a family. Caeden loves it since he loves being outside. And it works for me cause i need to get a little tone before I have to wear a bathing suit on vacation! Anyways here are some pictures of our day at the park. I threw in a few other pictures just cause they were so darn cute!

Easter Video..

So I forgot to add this video with all the other Easter stuff, so here ya go! It's us talking to Caeden about going Easter egg hunting.. He seemed excited!!!

Enjoy!!



Caeden talking about Easter

Easter..

Hope everyone had a good Easter! I know we did.. The week before we took Caeden on his very first Easter egg hunt.. it was pretty fun even though we had to eat all the chocolate for him ;o) Above is his picture with the Easter Bunny.. we just happened to be at Walmart while he was there so I was glad since I wanted to get his Easter picture anyways. Caeden's sleeping habits have seemed to have gotten better, it kinda changes day by day but he seems to be getting used to the pain from teething.

Also he made us proud today... He rolled over for the first time!! I have been working with him the last month or so and today I put him on his tummy just to play and he was pushing up to look up at me and flipped over. I was so glad cause I know the dr. wanted him to be able to do that within the next few weeks. So I am a proud mommy! Next time I'll try to get it on camera so I can post it on here so you can all see!

Here are some pictures from his easter egg hunt and other things we did for Easter:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!! Hope you all wore green today! If you didn't *PINCH!* hehe.. We had a pretty good day today. Caeden has been sleeping decent the past few days thankfully! I took him to the doctor today, my lil chunky monkey weighs 17 pounds and is 26 inches long! So he is one healthy little boy! :o) He did so good though, he was happy and was talking to the nurses until they gave him his shots, but he only cried for a minute. Only thing is his little legs will be sore for the next few days, its so sad..

Anyway, here are a few more St. Patty's pictures we took today:

Dissapointed..

So Caeden was teething really bad last night, we were up until 6am!!! It's really weird when we're going to sleep when Milton's waking up for work.. At least we slept until the evening so we both got caught up on our rest. I tell you one thing though orajel doesn't help at all!!! Milton got some teething tablets though and after a few minutes of giving them to him, he was fine for the rest of the night. Now his schedule is all messed up, but hopefully we can fix that this weekend..

I was so dissapointed to hear it snowed pretty much everywhere except for where we live. NO FAIR!! I was hoping we could get some pictures of Caeden and his first snow. Sigh, oh well. They say its still supposed to snow here in a few hours.. (its 1am now) So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow!! Hope you are all enjoying the snow, if you got any that is.. Have a good weekend!!

Caeden loves to talk!!

So Caeden has been doing well, he has just been teething alot lately so we have had alot of late nights.. I don't mind it so much though, heck I'm used to it by now! It helps that since high school I've always stayed up late.. and pregnancy sure does get you ready for the aftermath!! lol.. So I can already tell he's gonna be a night owl just like his momma! For some reason I didn't think it was possible for them to teeth this early but I read that it is.. I even read a few babies are born with teeth! That would totally freak me out.. But it did say that some babies that teeth this early sometimes don't even show a tooth until like 6-7 months... I sure hope that's not the case for his sake! Poor baby I know it has to hurt, cause he's always sucking on his hands..





My sister dropped off this blanket Everett's stepmom knitted herself!!! I love it! It's so pretty! Here's what it looks like:









Also, Caeden loves to talk now, that's if he's in a good mood, lol.. Just kidding he is most of the time.. So here is a short video of him talking to me during one of those late nights I was telling you guys about:


Caeden Talking

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Lastly, here are a few pictures I took this week:

Hello!

Hope everyone is doing well. I thought since I get asked alot how Caeden is doing, what's he learning etc. that I would make a site to keep everyone updated like I did with my pregnancy. This way you guys that don't live so close won't feel like you're missing out. :o) I'll update this blog with pictures, some videos and other odds and ends. So keep checking back for more. Also feel free to leave comments, I love reading them! :o)

So my sister-n-law gave Caeden Lia's old toy that she used to love as a baby that her great grandparents gave her. It's this toy you sit in their crib and they can kick it and music comes on and these little balls spin around. Anyway, I thought he probably wouldn't be able to use it until he was at least 6 months old, but I was wrong. Now when he gets real excited he kicks his legs real fast. So I thought I'd try it.. He LOVES it! Soon as I put him on it he knew exactly what to do, though he doesn't really look at it, I think he just notices as soon as he kicks the button it will play the music. So here's a video of him playing with it. It's kinda short, but you get the idea.



Caeden Playing

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So this week was Milton's birthday. I wasn't able to get him much being a stay at home mom and everything, so me and Caeden made him a present. I made a little scrapbook type page with Caeden's hand & footprints on it and framed it. I also learned how to make those photo candles so I put a few pics of our family on it along with some ribbon. Its kinda hard to describe, I'll have to take pics later to show you guys. I also made him one of his favorite meals, chicken salsa tacos, yum! It wasn't much but I think he really liked it. I kinda like making gifts because it always adds that personal touch to it knowing you put work and time into it. Last weekend we went out with his family to Pf Changs for his birthday. It was Yummy! I have to say Caeden did exceptionally well for our little outting! He even let me go try on bridesmaid dresses for Milton's cousins wedding. We got them picked out they are so pretty!! Their like a gold/champagne color with a black satin bow around the waist, though we're putting a red ribbon with it so it matches her colors better. It's going to look really pretty I think. Well I've done enough talking and need to go clean, but until next time here are a few pictures from Milton's birthday.