Learning New Tricks

Kaden has been learning how to pick up little Gerber Graduates puffs. Sometimes they get stuck in his palm and he can't quite get them in his mouth. But other times...

He succeeds!

Toby and Lady Belle are really enjoying this stage of learning how to feed ourselves. They wait at his feet for any little piece that he drops. So far he's only dropped something for Toby on purpose once....Toby's hoping for a lot more!

6 Month Stats

We had Kaden's 6 month well baby checkup today. The doc told us he is a big boy- something we have NEVER heard before! He weighs 22.9 pounds (97th %) and is 28 inches tall (95th%) and is just perfect with all his developmental milestones. Kaden thought the doc was pretty darn funny until it was time for the shots. He got 3 shots and started screaming with the 2nd one- but the 4th medicine he got was a liquid that he got orally, and as soon as the doc put that in his mouth he quit screaming. That's how we usually make him quiet at home when he's screaming, too- just put the bottle in his mouth and everything will be ok! He is still a big boy, but really seems to be thinning out a bit just from being so active. He still has the chubby cheeks & thighs, but he looks like he's becoming a little toddler boy rather than a chubster infant. He is so amazing and every day I am more and more in love with him. The best part of my day is going to pick him up and he lights up when he sees me! I cherish every evening I have to play with him.

Tonight Kaden ate one of his new favorite fruits for dessert- pears and raspberries! It's apparently really sour, but Kaden likes sour food. He makes great faces while he's eating it, but he keeps wanting more!

And I can't take credit for the messiness level of these pictures- Baba fed Kaden dinner while I ate the Taco Bell that Baba brought home for me!

6 Months Already!

We celebrated Kaden's 6 month birthday this weekend- I absolutely cannot believe he is 6 months old! It seems like just yesterday that he was so tiny in my arms, and now he is a little linebacker and SO active. I love seeing him learn new things everyday, even on the day that he learned that Mama's hair makes a handy toy to pull around (I am back to wearing my hair in a pony tail, thank you very much!)

RSV Update: Little big man gave RSV a beat down! On Thursday we went back to the doctor to make sure we really were fortunate enough to avoid the hospital and that he was indeed getting better. He still had junk in his ears and lungs, but was much better than when this whole thing started. We are lucky that he responded so well to the nebulizer- if he hadn't had an immediate response we would have been sent directly over to the hospital so he could get oxygen and treatments there. He still has a cough and a wheeze, but he is getting so much better. He has actually been wearing us out- that medicine that you put in the nebulizer, Albuterol, makes him act like he is hyper-caffeinated. I swear I don't put Mountain Dew in his bottles! Wow! He gets so tired and you can tell he needs to go to sleep, but he just can't. He's up and wild for hours and then just crashes, but still can't sleep so he just gets angry. We cut down to 2 nebulizer treatments a day now, and add another one in if needed. No we just need to get through the rest of RSV season without getting it again...

So what do you do to celebrate your very first half-birthday ever?

You give drinking from a big boy cup a try for the first time.

You play with the beach ball while babbling to Mama.
You try to figure out what the heck is making all that noise in there.

You eat some yummy Earth's Best Pear & Mango...sour, but one of Kaden's favorites. You can see he kept some on his face and clothes in case he wanted a snack later on.

You have a lot of laughs and giggles with Baba.

Baba is so HILARIOUS!!

You take self portraits with Mama (this is the best of a bunch of attempts...Mama's not the best at taking self portraits).

You eat some beef noodle soup...well, Mama & Baba got to eat some yummy beef noodle soup. Kaden will be eating that soon enough.

And of course, a birthday full of that much excitement will inevitably result in a nap on the couch. The light must have been too much for him (don't freak out, he passed out as soon as he pulled this over his face and we took it off...after we took a picture, of course!)

Happy Half-Birthday Kaden!