Is it summer yet?

I am so tired of the cold weather! Today was sunny, but we went and took a walk on the waterfront in Edmonds and my ears were so cold they were throbbing. I am thankful that we still do have a few more months though otherwise Caiden would just be getting TOO old. I already feel like it was yesterday that I was telling Ryan that I was (surprise!) pregnant.

We had Caiden's 9 month check up at the Dr. last week and things are going very well and he is developing normally (phew)! He was 21 lbs (55th %) and 29 1/2 inches long (85th %). I think he's going to be a basketball player and the Dr. said he was looking to be a "bit taller than Dad." HAHAHAHA...(on a side note, when Ryan and I first started dating he told me he was 6 feet tall. We found that was not the case very quickly when I stood next to him in a pair of heels).

Caiden is quite possibly not only the cutest, but the smartest baby in the world. He now crawls everywhere, pulls himself up, he has just started to master "cruising" where he walks along the furniture, he waves hi and bye-bye, he gives high fives, claps and his newest thing is he points...at everything. It is hilarious. His favorite thing to do is pull himself up on the sliding glass door and point outside and say "da" (it is just a shorter version of "dog").

Here are some fairly recent pics of the little monkey...

Happy as a little clam!

Getting into his toys...there is a lot to choose from!

Poor guy was pretty sick...his first real puke...all over Dad (I spared the details of the puddle on the floor).

His favorite place to hang out is in the kitchen with the straws.

Seriously, what is cuter than a little boy in sunglasses??

So happy!!

Playing with his buddy Jonas

Like two peas in a pod!

All dressed up and ready to go!

Superbowl Sunday!

I am trying to get better about my posts...soooo here are a few pictures from Superbowl and some other random days. Caiden, as expected, is getting bigger everyday. He is now not so laid back about who he will hang out...most of the time it's just mom and dad that he wants to hang out with. We'd better enjoy it while it lasts...soon we will be the last people he will want to hang with! He is getting better about eating his solid foods and now eats these "puffs" that taste like cardboard, oh I mean, like some sort of fruit. He has also been eating his arrowroot cookies and biter biscuits which also taste like cardboard, I mean, they are really delicious. Most of the time he will just take them and toss them on the floor, but really, who can blame him? As for Caiden's new tricks...let's see, he can wave bye bye, he just started clapping, he crawls EVERYWHERE, he also can pull himself up on just about anything, he opens drawers, cabinets, etc., he drinks out of sippy cups AND normal cups and I think there are just too many things to list. I think he will be walking within the next month or so...but we'll see. Ryan has had a few too many drinks and he wants me to add to this post that "Dada loves him a lot." He sure does. And with that, I think I am going to wrap it up! Enjoy the pics!

Caiden had just been chewing on the beer box...

Who needs to watch the football game when you have a cooler full of beer (ok well it WAS full)

I think I can tell what he's thinking..."Oh, hi mom, I didn't expect you to catch me!"

He even looks handsome with a bucket on his head!

Caiden and Grandpa Tom...hard to get him to sit still for the picture!

It's time to crawl around in my diaper!