Monday, February 18, 2008

Caden's First Haircut!

Uh-oh...here come the scissors!
Glad he is smiling now, because as soon as Papa started to cut, Caden started to scream!
Look how handsome I am with my big blue eyes - now that you can see them!
Hmmm....I wonder what else is in here?
Oops! Mama caught me making a mess!

Caden finally had his first haircut this past weekend. We have been letting it grow, because it curls in the back and is too darn cute, but the front was getting so long that we couldn't see his beautiful baby blues. So on Saturday, we took out the scissors. Jay trimmed just the front so we could see his eyes. Thank goodness we didn't need to trim more than that because Caden screamed when we did it. You would have thought it hurt the way he yelled! That brings me to his recent temper tantrums. If anyone knows how to stop an 11-month-old from throwing fits, please let me know. They didn't teach me that in my teaching classes! Of course, Jay and I just let him throw his fit and ignore it (as long as he isn't hurting himself). What a character he is already! He will learn fast in our house that he is not going to get his way all the time!

The other photos I have shared here are of Caden playing in our cabinets. He enjoys going into the tupperware cabinet, which is always a mess anyway...I can never manage to keep that one clean! Caden just loves playing with all the tupperware and as you can see - he manages to get his whole body in there to play. It keeps him busy while we cook, so we can't complain...but if you ever need to use tupperware while you are visiting us, be sure to rinse it out before using it. You are bound to come across some Caden drool or dog hairs :-)

We will have lots to share next month - Caden will be turning one!!! And we hope he will be walking by then, too. He is getting too heavy to carry everywhere!!

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day!


So the real reason that I take so long to update this website is because I feel like I always have to put pictures up. I know everyone loves seeing new pics of Caden and I promise I will put some soon...but I thought I could at least write something :-) See putting pics up actually requires me to upload them to my computer and then to this site and when you have a baby crawling all over the place, well that is easier said than done.

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and we don't really believe in celebrating it in our house. I personally feel it is just a day for Hallmark to make a lot of money. But being in the spirit of love, I thought I could write about how in love we are with our little guy. This week has been a tough one - Caden had a stomach bug. Thank goodness he is feeling better now. But it hurts when you love someone so much and they are completely helpless when they feel so crummy. I never thought I could love anything/one more than Jason until Caden came along. Don't worry, I still love you tons, too, JJ. For those of you that do not have children, I pray that you do someday to feel the love that comes along with having one. You would do anything for them without thinking twice. And for those of you that do have children, well then you know what I mean....so cherish every moment you have with them and enjoy it! Happy Valentine's Day!