Basketballing

Check out these basketball skills!

Meeting Baby James

Last weekend we took a day trip to Connecticut for a mini family reunion at my Grandmother's place. My cousin Laura and her husband Bobby had a baby last fall, so we all got together to meet baby James. Caiden and James are one year and 1 day apart. James is such a sweet baby- so happy and mild mannered! Caiden was mostly interested in hallway sprints, stair climbs, and trips outside.... but he stopped to visit James every now and then.

He kept making off with James' toy lion, but every time I asked him to bring it back to baby James, he did without complaint. He was less gracious when he caught me holding James... he didn't like the idea of sharing Mom's lap with another baby.

Caiden did very well on the car rides (almost 2 hours each way). He is getting so much easier in the car. We had a fun visit and hope to see James and family on the cape this summer!

Here are some photos of the day! Thanks Aunt Elizabeth for the photos!

Sweet baby James!

Baby James and his great grandma Esther

Aunt Elizabeth with baby James

Caiden meets Laura!

Warm spring

The first official day of spring was on Tuesday, but it feels like it's summer already. We have been sending Caiden to daycare in shorts and tee shirts this week! As you can imagine we've been spending lots of time outside. From the minute he wakes up till when he goes to bed, Caiden wants to be outside. He loves playing with Dan's RC toys, practicing his basketball skills, and digging around in the dirt. Daily baths have returned!

Gee, with this warm spring I wonder what summer will hold for us. Hopefully we don't melt!

Aunt Margaret in charge

Last week Caiden got to spend a day with his Aunt Margaret! They went to the Acton discovery museum and spent lots of time outside.

He had such a fun day with her! And, she even made us all dinner. Yum... thanks Aunt Margaret! What a treat!

17 month update

Some random updates about Caiden over the last month:

-Caiden is starting to answer yes or no questions. If you ask him a question, he might say "yeah" or he might shake his head no or nod it yes.

-He learned how to dip his food in various sauces. He discovered ketchup this month

- Swim class is still rocky. Tears were shed again last week. He knew where we were as soon as we entered the building and he turned into a clingy, whiney guy. He was fine once the toys were brought out again, and by the end he even had fun "jumping" from a seated position on the side into my arms in the pool.

-He still loves the basement. His favorite thing down there is the tank, but he just loves being down there in general. He can amuse himself forever down there. He can also entertain himself endlessly outside

-Caiden has started to get annoyed by boogers. He patiently lets us wipe them off now. Sometimes he goes in to remove them himself

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Yesterday we went to the zoo! Caiden was mostly interested in running around, digging in dirt and throwing mulch, but he paid attention to some of the animals too.

He liked the lion, especially since he did lots of roaring.

The indoor tropical forest area was fun, lots of things like crocodiles, anteaters, monkeys and birds to see

The gorillas were interesting too!

Fun weekend

We had another fun and busy weekend! On Saturday morning, I took Caiden to his first swim class. We are doing a 12 week "shrimp" program at the closest Y. I expected tears, and I was right. In his defense, it was kind of cold.  He was shivering the whole time! He was okay as long as I was holding him, but he was not a fan of any activities that involved taking his arms off of me, like floating, sitting on the side, or kicking. He was a happy (but still cold) camper when they brought out balls and rubber ducks to play with. Tossing them around got good laughs out of the little man. One arm was always gripping tight onto me though. I hope as he gets used to the water he will warm up a little.

After we got home, my family came over to celebrate aunt Margaret and Doug's birthdays. We had a fun afternoon with them! And Caiden spent Saturday night at Nanna's house. It's such a treat for Dan and I to sleep in on Sunday morning!

On Sunday, we had a visit from Ian and family. We took a morning trip to drumlin farm with them. It was fun as always but we were sad to see the 6 piglets missing from the pig barn, and even sadder when we saw the fresh pork for sale up at the front desk! We know they had a happy life though.

Back at the house, Caiden and Ian had a fun time playing together, and it is so great that the are getting to the age where they can actually play together! Caiden wants to do everything Ian is doing. He wasn't into lunch until he saw Ian eating his

They did all kinds of running around and playing together. We heard lots of squeals and giggles from them. Ian gave Caiden lots of hugs and liked helping him out. It was very cute!

They had a little wrestling match and were laughing like crazy. Just like brothers!

The boys even took naps at the same time so the adults could have some nice quiet time. What a fun day!