Happy Halloween?

Happy Halloween!! The town of Acton cancelled Halloween because of the snow storm over the weekend. A combination of wet, heavy snow and trees with leaves on them was disastrous around Massachusetts. We are very lucky that we had landscapers remove a few trees from the side of our house last week, otherwise we would have had damage to the house for sure. We lost a few more trees and lots of branches to the storm.

We had been looking forward to having Caiden help us hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, but oh well. We still donned him in a pumpkin outfit to feel festive.

"Dah" for Dogs

Caiden didn't show too much interest in the farm animals a few weeks ago, but he sure was interested in a friend's dog yesterday! He's been noticing dogs in books recently, and "dah" is now another word in his limited vocabulary.

New PJs

Just a quick post to show Caiden in his cute new space suit  PJs!

Fun at the farm

We had a fun time at Drumlin Farm today! As can be expected for a one-year-old, Caiden had more fun picking up leaves, eating rocks, and running down hills than he had watching the animals. He did love watching the tractors though. Such a boy!

Mmmmm.... rocks

There's a what right behind me?

Favorite sight of the day... tractors

He loves a good game of "I'm gonna get you!!"

Running downhill and yelling- we did lots of this!

12 month stats

We had Caiden's 1 year checkup last Friday. Here is where he weighed in:

Height: 30" (60%)
Weight: 23.8 lbs (70%)
Head Circumference: 18.5" (73%)

Thumbs up from the doc again. Ahead on his developmental milestones!

A very birthday weekend

We had a great weekend. Lots of QT with Caiden to celebrate his birthday. On Saturday we went to the nearby Stow airport in hopes of watching some planes take off and land. Unfortunately it was a windy day and no one was out. We did get to look at the parked planes though, and saw a few planes in the sky.

I wonder where he gets this face from?

Using his incredible 6th sense "locate danger", Caiden discovered some mouth height, exposed electrical cables. Once he spotted them we had to play keep away and knew it was time to hit the road. We'll head back on a calmer day.

On Sunday, Grandma Judy and Grandpa Hank came down from New Hampshire. Nanna Nan, Bob, Aunt Margaret, and Doug joined us for lunch and presents. Caiden made out like a champ! Thanks everyone for all the food and gifts.

Very cool, personalized bike from Margaret and Doug

Fun push bike from Nanna

Caiden doesn't get the fun in opening gifts quite yet. He kept running off, and needed help with the unwrapping.

Train set from Grandma and Grandpa H

Winding down from a busy day with some helicopter time

12 months... Happy birthday Caiden!

I can't believe I am writing this post!! Happy birthday to my little man.

 Pajama day at daycare

Skills: he's a walking pro! It's so fun to see him improve by the day. As for words, "Bah" for ball is still the only one we hear regularly, and it is starting to sound more like "ball". Sometimes we think we hear "tuc" (truck), "boo" (book), or "tee" (tree), or other similar things but we could just be imagining that. He is getting pretty good at getting down (from the couch, steps, etc). He knows he has to turn around... a big improvement from a few months ago where he would crawl head first down the stairs.

Likes: BOOKS!! He loves books. He doesn't necessarily like to sit down and listen to me read, but he loves flipping through books, looking at pictures, pointing at familiar objects. He especially loves turning the pages. Books are the go-to toy if we need him to sit still (diaper changes, getting strapped into the carseat). He still loves balls too, he is getting really good at kicking them around and dribbling from a squatted position. Airplanes are another huge like. He can hear them coming before we even notice the sound. He can spot them in the sky too. He loves his toy airplanes too.

Playing with his birthday present from Dad

Dislikes: He still dislikes the carseat, getting changed, getting his nails trimmed. He pretty much doesn't like to be messed with or prevented from moving. He also really, really doesn't like to have anything taken away from him. Drama king!

Food: Caiden is funny at mealtime. Lots of noises, faces... it's fun to watch. It seems that he likes pretty much everything the first few times he gets it. But after he gets used to a food, he gets bored and wants to try something else. We're working hard on getting him into the sippy cup, but he's not too good at tipping it back.

Sleep: is still not great. He continues to be inconsistent. Do I sound like a broken record yet? There is usually one wake up, and it can happen anytime of the night. Sometimes we'll get a couple days in a row of no wake ups. The ear infection really threw sleep off for several days. Poor little guy.

Graduation: is coming up. Gradual transition to the young toddler room starts October 24. I'm dreading it, especially since he'll be forced to drop a nap. Ugh.