Weekend visitors

Caiden got a visit from Grandma Judy and Grandpa Hank this weekend! Grandpa Hank helped Dan with a lighting project in the basement while Grandma Judy spent time with Caiden. Nanna Nan came to visit for a while too... Caiden got to see both Grandmothers at one time, what a lucky guy!

We tried Caiden out in the jumper. He doesn't quite get the jumping yet, he just twirls around on one foot

Caiden got some great new clothes and some hand-me-downs, including some of Dan's old baby clothes! Here he is trying on a Red Sox hat.

Caiden with Grandpa Hank

Caiden's favorite new toy, my water bottle. An empty water bottle is of no interest to him, it has to have water in it. It's clunked him on the head a few times but that doesn't seem to deter him.

Judy found this bottle of wine at the store near our house! Check the label...

Squealing

Caiden has picked up a new sound, squealing. He has been trying it out quite a bit, especially when on the changing table (which is, for some reason, a favorite spot of his)

Just hanging

Caiden was just hanging out at one of his favorite spots when I picked him up from daycare last night!

Birthday Fun

After our fun Friday we had more fun over the weekend! February is a big birthday month with Grandpa Jack, Aunt Margaret, and Doug all having birthdays within one week of each other. So we had a celebration with Nana Nan and everyone on Saturday night and another celebration on Sunday afternoon with Grandpa Jack. Caiden got lots of good family time! Unfortunately no pictures from either event.

On Sunday morning Caiden and I made a trip into Boston to watch some of BTT's 3rd annual Indoor Time Trial. The last two years I was very involved with this event as BTT's president, so it was nice seeing how it turned out. We had a fun time spectating and catching up with some triathlon friends. Caiden sported his team colors and everything.

And later I got Caiden a few new shirts since he is getting so big so fast! Here are some of his new outfits!

And last but not least, some giggles!!

Fun Friday

Caiden had his 4 month checkup yesterday. Dan and I both took the day off from work and we had a fun little day!

His doctors appointment was good, this time Caiden weighed in at 18 pounds (93%) and measured 25.5 inches (70%). So apparently he shrunk half an inch in the past week! I guess their measuring techniques aren't very accurate :). He checked out well. I asked the doctor about Caiden's weight, and he said "If there is one thing to take home today, it's that your baby is NOT too big". Phew! As expected we got the green light to start solids, although the doctor agreed with our decision to hold off since he certainly doesn't need the added calories in order to grow. He's growing fine.

Caiden loved talking to himself in the mirror

We had some fun tummy time

And BTT friend Jen came to meet Caiden. Nanna Nan came a little later too... what a fun day!

North Face Family

I wanted to get some pictures of all of us in our North Face jackets before Caiden grows out of his!

Big outing

Just 3 months of living in the suburbs and suddenly a trip into Boston has become a "big trip to the city". Since Dan is always doing classwork or making up work on the weekends, I wanted to take Caiden out to do something. I didn't want it to involve a lot of time in the car, since he gets plenty of car seat time during the week. So we took the train into Boston and went to the aquarium. Luckily for us, Grace and Ian were looking for something fun to do as well and met us there! It was really fun to catch up with them and watch Ian observe the fish, penguins, and turtles. Caiden didn't have the same appreciation for the fish, but I think he had a lot of fun people watching. He was very good all day and on the train too.

First train ride!

After the aquarium we had lunch and then did a little shopping around Faneuil Hall. Fun day!