Caiden's Story

Thursday, August 11, 2011

The toothless wonder

Is toothless no more!! There is finally a little tooth poking through his gums.

Teething didn't seem to affect his appetite yesterday, he was a bottomless pit at dinner!

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Caiden's new obsession is pushing things around. He'll push anything- books, blocks, laundry baskets, toys with wheels, toys without wheels... he doesn't discriminate! He also doesn't stop for road blocks, better watch out or he will try to mow you down!

He also does this while standing, he looks like a little old man using a walker :) I'll get video of that soon. He is getting quite good at walking like that though. Nanna Nan brought over a toy shopping cart this morning, and Caiden has been pushing it all over the play room. He's been known to take the kitchen chairs for a spin around the table too.

We had a very relaxing weekend. Yesterday we had a visit from my friend Sandy, Caiden did some hard core flirting and showing off for her. He crashed big time afterwards though!! Early to bed for the little man. Today it was icky and rainy, and Aunt Elizabeth went with us for another trip to Jam Time. Oh boy, that really is the place to be on rainy days. It was packed!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Weekend recap

We had a great weekend with Grace, Tony, Ian, and Dave Mak. Grace and Tony were doing a triathlon in Lowell on Sunday morning, and since Lowell is not too far from our house they spent Saturday night here and left Ian with us while they went to the race. We had a lot of fun with Ian!

We had eggs for breakfast. After he was done eating, Ian went over to Caiden in the high chair and kept saying "hi, baby!". Very cute.

Then we played inside for a little while. Caiden wanted to do everything Ian was doing.

Ian wanted to hold the baby. I think it lost it's fun when Caiden tried to pull his hair.

When Caiden went down for his morning nap, I took Ian out for a run in the jogging stroller. "Uncle Dan" took a nap with Caiden. When Dan and Caiden woke up, it was race car time. We had watermelon and watched Dan drive the race cars (Ian named them BIG race car, little race car) and fly the helicopter. Caiden watched from the backpack.

Later, Dan and Ian assembled a play house that Nana Nan got for us. Dave Mak arrived during the assembly to help too. When it was set up both boys had fun playing in it.

A fun weekend!!

Friday, July 29, 2011

Vacation flashback

I found some pictures on my phone that I had forgotten about. I took them during breakfast one day during our vacation. We were eating blueberries!

Mmmm... blueberries are delicious!

C'mon, you know you want to give me more!

You are making some funny faces, Mom!

Where's the food?

Ok, stop taking pictures and give me more!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Jam Time

Dan had to get some work done for his paper yesterday, so I took Caiden to check out Jam Time, which we drive by every day on the way to work. It's only 2 miles away, which is great because this place is awesome!!

They had an infant area, which Caiden spent time time in. He was overwhelmed at first, especially by all the other kids, but he warmed up quickly and started motoring around.

After another ill-timed diaper issue (I forgot to pack extra clothes again, so Caiden had to wear his swimming top, which was the only other item of clothing I had), he was ready to check out the rest of the place. It is just a huge room with all kinds of fun stuff. A ball pit, an inflatable bouncy thing, riding toys, climbing playsets, play grocery stores and workbenches, a big house thing, all kinds of toys, and more. Caiden was much too young for most of the stuff, but he still had a great time. It was great to let him roam around. With the exception of a LEGO area and some rambunctious 5-year-olds, it was a safe place for him to explore. He loves watching the other kids, too.

This is definitely the place to be on raining mornings. They've got lots of big comfy couches for parents to lounge on, and a snack area for lunch breaks. We'll be back!!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Family man

Grandpa Jack's cousin Marsha was visiting, so we had a mini family reunion yesterday. Caiden got to meet Marsha (his first cousin, twice removed??) and see his Great Grandma Esther again. We had a good day with them.