My Red Hat from Arneson's

Kade was extra fussy tonight after work and almost fell asleep in his high chair as I attempted to feed him bananas. Soooo I put him in his crib to see if he needed a quick nap. While he was messing around in his crib, I was going through some drawers of his "big boy" clothes that he will be moving into and found this winter hat that Melissa Arneson gave me. Her boys wore it and I couldn't help but try it on my little guys melon! (Mean Momma, I swooped in and plopped it on him before he suspected a thing)
By the way he fell asleep at 6:30 and wouldn't get up, now tomorrow at 4 am, he's gonna be staring us down and rocking back & forth on his hands and knees, not wanting to sleep--Aaack! You would think there was a venemous snake lurking in your bed...you peek your eyes open hoping that he is still sleeping. That is the worst, when you want some zzzzz's and someone else wants to PLAY!

What the??? I was nicely playing with my crib toy Ma!

Ok, I will pose for your picture, but this is the last straw for the day...
It's HOT in here, I'm starting to ITCH...

That's IT, how do you get this thing OFF???

Sick Day

Last Monday, Kade was home sick & invited mommy to stay with him (how nice!). Sunday night all three of us were up while he coughed and coughed. He was so full of snot that I called him "snots" for almost 3 days straight.

Mean 'ole mommy couldn't stand not getting a single picture of my sickly offspring. I threw him in the laundry basket w/all his stuffed animals. Ain't he CUTE???

Tuesday he was back at daycare to play with his friends. He is still a bit congested but we are making progress to normalcy.

7 Months!

Kade turned 7 months last Saturday! He is so fun now that he is older and we are seeing his little personality emerge. For the most part he is a very content & happy baby. Poor mom and dad usually get him at his crabby time after daycare when he has had enough for the day. He still is not bad but will voice his opinion a bit more during the hours of 5-7pm.

As of today, Kade is at the following milestones:

• Toothless smile
• Rocks back & forth on hands & knees
• Won't hold his bottle by himself yet (even though I know he is capable)
• Can grab toys, such as balls, and passes them from one hand to the other
• Eats rice cereal and pureed fruits/veggies
• Doesn't like the consistency of puffed rice or other solids quite yet~will spit them out or gag on them (want to see mommy panic??)
• Will scream when he is being ignored and starts spitting (not sure why, but he can slop up a shirt in less than 5 minutes!)
• Sits perfectly straight and can play toys without assistance
• Laughs when tickled and loves to play "peek a boo"
• Grabs anything in site and will put it in his mouth
• For some reason is in love with my keyboard and beats on it while I try to check my email
• Rolls both ways
• Now sleeps with a blanket, he cuddles it so cute. He needs his pacifier at night and wakes us up if he can't find it. We just plop it in and back off to night night he goes.
• Wears size 12-18months (The 12s are getting pretty tight already)
• Goes bananas in his Johnny Jumper. When he sees we are watching, he jumps like crazy and gives us this BIG smile like he's accomplished something pretty cool

Well, Kade has spent almost every weekend at the lake. Here are some pictures of our last outing. He didn't stay in the water too long as it was pretty cold for him. Poor dad had to blow up his little car for 3 minutes of swim time!

Visit from Grandma & Jim

Grandma came to visit the weekend of Okeson's weeking a couple weeks ago. Thought I'd share some of the pictures she took.

Kade just got done eating and was messing around with his sippy cup.
These crib pictures were interesting, b/c I just had put him to bed and it was 100% dark in the room. Her camera took these pictures as if it were daylight...spooky! I guess this is what my little guy does when I think he's sleeping!

No smiles in my bouncy...hmmm, I'm thinking he's getting a tish big. His poor feet are hanging off of it. O'well it keeps him occupied for a bit anyways.
We bought one of those "johnny jumpers". Well Kade doesn't like to jump, he just twirls around in it and I'm nervous he will pinch his fingers. We should've bought it months ago, now it is a chore to fit him it and get him out...it is quite commical. PS...he likes to play w/the blue straps the most.

A day at the beach...

Last Saturday, we went to the lake w/Devin & Amanda. We went and anchored where it was really shallow and could mess around in the water. Kade had a blast swimming around and getting attention from all the boaters.

Going to the lake is "slightly" more of an issue now that we have to pack baby gear. Plenty of diapers, bibs, formula, cereal, baby food, toys, change of clothes, sunscreen, burp cloths, blankets...plus the whole trip is..where did his sandals go? where is his hat at? when did he eat last? Thanks to MOMMY who is the one who keeps track of those things...DADDY had them packed and ready to go and I took over from there. TEAMWORK!

Kade with the boys-Uncle Devo and DaddyJust get my feet a little wet--K?OK, Let's just go for it and take a dipI'm not lying, I swore I saw a SHARK!I got lots of "Ooohs & Aaahs" from passing boatsI can't stand the thought that this fun in the sun day will end...Ummm, where is my baby? This kid is almost 1/2 as long as Chad!K, I'm done now...I see my mommy taking pics!

Kade's First Wedding!

This past weekend Kade attended his first wedding and was a champ! He lounged around in his car seat or sat in our laps and even made it through church with no issues. (It was a Lutheran wedding...so it was fast!)

Congratulations Justin & Sarah! aka...Kale's Mom & Dad

Kade, not cooperating with Grandma...Jim's head, slightly cut off (sorry!)

Kade dancing with Mommy

Ummm, Dad is much more fun!Zonked out for the night...awwww!

Doin' the Laundry

I get really sad because daddy gets to be home w/Kade well before I get home. Chad gets off work at 3:30 and picks up Kade from daycare. I am very spoiled as Chad has Kade changed, fed, supper ready, dishes done, and he even was able to shower and entertain Kade by 5:30 when I get in. How does he do it??? Kade doesn't even let me go to the bathroom!

Well I get to see some pretty cute pictures of their time away from mommy. (Don't get me wrong, some days I get home and they both have on the boxin' gloves-ha!)

As Chad was doing the laundry, Kade got to rummage around in the laundry basked and looked ever so cute (even though his onesie looked like it needed a spin through the cycle).

Someone looks guilty

Nah, I own this basket!

Reflections~I love my Daddy!

Ahhh, my perfect Mini Me!

Look how teeny tiny my baby was!Daddy & Kade...Buds Forever!