Getting closer

I still think we have a while until crawling starts, but Caiden is finally showing hints that he might be interested. From a seated position, he will get down onto his hands and one knee in order to reach toys and whatnot. Once I actually saw him on hands and both knees, rocking back and forth. It only lasted a few seconds though. 

He is getting better at pushing himself backwards on his belly, and he can swing around in circles and get some movement going when he is seated or on his belly.

He has a new obsession with climbing. Whether it's a pillow, piles of blankets, someone's legs, etc, Caiden will do his best to climb it. There is no sitting still. I think when real movement begins we will be in some serious trouble. Time to get serious about baby-proofing!

Mirror mirror on the wall

Just a glimpse of himself in the mirror is often enough to crack Caiden up. We'll be riding in the car and he'll just start laughing, looking at himself in the mirror I have positioned back there. Or he'll start giggling if we bring him over to a mirror. Tonight he apparently wanted to kiss himself. Dan had to intervene to keep him from repeatedly bonking his head on the mirror

Should one of us appear in the mirror behind him, he will turn around to look at us. That's relatively new... realizing that it's just a reflection of us in front of him.

Splish splash

Grace, Tony, Ian, and Dave Mak came over on Saturday. Caiden got to sit in the inflatable pool that Grace and Tony brought over for approximately 20 seconds before mosquitos ran us off of the lawn. We moved the pool onto the screened in porch and spent the rest of the afternoon playing back there. I think Caiden enjoyed the water.... sometime soon we'll get him in a pool!

Funny face

Over the last week I seem to have captured a lot of photos with Caiden making funny faces. Enjoy!

Visitors

We finally had some beautiful weather this weekend! Just in time for a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Harjes! Thanks for visiting!!

Pull ups

Earlier in the week, Caiden was doing stuff like this:

Over the week he practiced more and more, and by Saturday he had perfected the ability to pull himself up using whatever is nearby (and sturdy enough). He is pretty wobbly once standing though.

The drop

On Monday night, Caiden was working on falling asleep when he started shrieking. That used to mean that he was stuck on his tummy (but now he likes sleeping on his tummy). This time, he was pulling himself up  and was stuck on his way to standing position. Another "I wish I had a camera" moment. Dan broke out the tools and dropped the crib down a level so that when Caiden inevitably gets himself all the way to standing he won't fall out of the crib.

Some other new things:

Caiden loves remote controls. We fished an old one out of the basement that he can chew on. It has been designated the "Caiden Clicker"

Caiden has an easier time with his solid food when he has some sips of water along with it. We thought we'd try a sippy cup. He doesn't quite get it yet, but he sure likes to play with the cup.

Caiden probably falls asleep on his tummy 75% of the time now. He gets some awesome bedhead when he does that.

 

Dan thought Caiden would enjoy a front row seat to the rain on Sunday. He was right!