When the Dream Never Dies: 22 month update

Caden turned 22 months old last Saturday. Plans are already underway for his 2nd birthday party. He continues to look more and more like a little boy. His 9th tooth finally popped through the tissue, but still hasn't come down into place. It was a cuspid, so he keeps getting teeth out of order. Maybe he'll get some molars for his 2nd birthday. Poor kid! It'd be nice if he actually had some teeth to chew his food with. He is still wearing 24 mos clothes for the most part with a few 2T items. He got a new pair of shoes on Saturday. He went from a 6 1/2 wide to a 7 1/2 wide. He's loving his big boy tennis shoes. I haven't weighed or measured him this month. The highlight of his day is when the school buses come by. He was not a fan of spring break and no buses! We know their schedule and stand at the window to watch them or walk outside when it's nice. He loves to hold my hand. It's so sweet. When we're in the car, he'll reach out and ask to hold my hand, when I'm not driving, of course. :) He also does it when we take a walk and Mitch is pushing him in the stroller. I love it! He gives Daddy a kiss through the spindles in the railing before he goes to work in the morning. It's pretty adorable. We've still been going to Story Time at the Library and he gets braver each time. He loves the Bible for Kids App on the tablet and asks to play it every morning when he wakes up. He loves to go for a car ride and talks a lot about what he's seeing out his window. At the end of January I made a list of his words. The total was 34. I made a list earlier this week and he's at 130 words. A few of my recent favorites are; noodles (pronounced noonles), kiwi (pronounced wiwi), Jesus, Home Depot (pronounced Home Bepot), owie and bath towel. We work on counting and his favorites are 3 and 5. When you ask how many there are of something, the answer will be 3 or 5. He loves to go visit his grandparents and asks to see them, his aunts, uncles and cousins on a daily basis.

Here are a few pictures from the last month...

Cousin Love

Caden wanted to sit on Owen's lap.

The kid doesn't realize they're almost the same size :)

Playing with Gigi and Owen

Being silly with Papa and Memo

Caden's first golf lesson

Helping with the golf cart assembly

We went to the Power and Light District during the Big XII conference. As you can see we were supporting our Jayhawks. Caden loves basketball!

We went to eat at Harvey's at Union Station on our way to the Power and Light District. We'd always talked about eating on the upper level and recently bought a Groupon for breakfast, so we decided to try it out.