8 month update

Happy 2014! Today is Caden's 8 month birthday. That just sounds so old! It sounds more grown up and less like a baby.  We've been enjoying watching him learn how to work all his new toys from Christmas and practice crawling.  Our world is about to change again as soon as he's mobile. Mitch is coaching 1st/2nd grade boys through Upward Basketball at our church.  Caden and I have been going to the practices and games.  He loves watching the boys play and wants to join in. We're looking forward to what God has in store for us this year!

We didn't have any appointments with Dr Holly this month, so we did our own calculations at home.

8 month stats...

• weight- 19lbs, 13oz
• height- 28 inches
• diapers- size 3
• clothes- 6-9 mos and 9 mos
• new skills- he spends a lot of time on his hands and knees, rocking, lunging, scooting backwards and hopping forward.  Still no actual crawling, but he's very close.  He has been "singing" a lot this past week.  It's a sweet little song in a high voice.  I love it! His little personality is really starting to show.  He is very social, ornery, sweet, observant and active!   He's doing great at sitting up these days and loves to roll to get where he needs to go. 
• hobbies- he is still working on teeth, so absolutely everything goes in the mouth and gets chewed on!  At Christmas, he got lots of new toys and spends most of his day playing with them. 
• feeding- he has added peas, pears and bananas to the list of foods he's eating.  I made squash and zucchini this week, but he hasn't tried them yet.  
• sleeping- nights have been much better, but he's going through a nap fighting stage.  Who wants to take a nap when there are much more exciting things to do?!

Helping mommy shake the donuts in sugar

Cute little penguin

 New Years Eve snuggles with Ollie, the monkey we got him for Christmas. 

 We went by both grandparent's on New Years Eve, but didn't stay out until midnight.  Things change just a little bit when you have a baby :) 

 "My First New Year"

 The shirt says it all

Nap time for these 2

Snowy Sunday morning snuggles

Caden loves his car toy he got for Christmas. Daddy says if this is the way he's gonna drive when he's a teenager, he's paying for his own insurance!

Playing with Daddy

He loves my tablet and likes to look at himself on the screen, so I snapped a picture

He can even balance while those crazy arms are going

Up on his knees, preparing for takeoff

Another picture on the tablet

He LOVES knocking over the tower. It's a race to see if we can build it before it gets knocked down. He usually wins the race.

PEAS! It seems he shares his daddy's opinion

 The smile I got when the feeding of peas was over

8 month photo shoot