Great Big Universe

As promised!

Not Feeling Good

I've been lonely these past couple of days. Caden is sick and he just wants to sleep and sleep. I get him up to feed him (he won't eat though) and try to get some fluids in him. But he is so miserable when he's awake it's I don't blame him for wanting to sleep. I've started putting protein powder in his milk (the only thing he'll take). So it's just me here doing laundry passing time. I didn't realize how much company he really is.

I'm going to edit some of our videos we took this past weekend. Coming up is a montage of Caden putting on daddy's shoes, Caden eating peas off the floor like a puppy and Caden babbling :oD Oh...and Trevor going down his sledding run he made in the back yard.

Bewildered

No new pictures so here is an old one. He was 3 1/2 months old.

Caden is doing all kinds of cute things. Today we played "Wake Up!"...basically I cuddle up w/ his blanket on the floor and snore...if he touches me in any way I wake up and say "OHHH you woke me up!!!" He would gently push me back down so I would go to sleep again. He would rub my head to wake me up, or climb on me. It was great fun until he wacked me on the back w/ a hard plastic toy. It startled me so much I yelled "OWW" and told him "don't hit mommy...be gentle." but he was already upset from my yelling and he laid down on the floor and cried w/ this face that was just miserable. At least he didn't laugh when I said "ow" like he usually does...maybe he caught on that it hurt me.

Another thing he gets a kick out of is to play the messages on the answer machine. He can climb on to the stool at the island so fast...that is how he gets to the phone. Well...I deleted the messages and then it would say "No messages." He started say "Nooooo?" back to it so I decided record a message for him. Then Trevor did...then Grandma & Papa. He loves it! So if you want to leave a message for Caden you are welcome to.

I put Caden in the daycare at the YMCA...I had a few minutes to spare so I watched him through the window. He walked over by this other tottler that was probably younger and much smaller (he was walking good). This tot pushed him over and Caden landed on his behind. I thought Caden might cry but he just looked at this boy with eyes full of confusion. Then the boy took his fingers out of his mouth and grabbed a handful of Cadens hair...his hair was then sticking up...still he didn't cry but his face was even more bewildered! I guess Caden still didn't do what this little guy wanted so he poked him in the eye. Maybe Caden make a noise of some sort because this is when the babysitter took notice. I was laughing because it didn't even occur to Caden to hit him back...he was much bigger than the other kid. He really is a sweetie under his activeness. He looked so cute sitting on the floor with his hair sticking up and that face! I wish I had gotten a picture. It's good for Caden to be around other children.

Waiting

Well we did it! We put in an offer on an home. Now I jump every time the phone rings :oD Trevor was so excited last night that at about 4am he woke me up and was talking about everything he wanted to do to the house. At first I just let him talk because I thought if he got it out of his system he would go back to sleep. After a while I mention I was trying to sleep. He said he was trying to talk in that voice that puts me to sleep but his excitement was coming through. So he stopped talking about it and I would almost be asleep and he would say something else. Finally he got out of bed and went to work early. So we just have to wait.

Caden is being so cute. Last night he was playing and Trev and I were sitting on the couch reading magazines and Caden would drag his blankies out of his room and shove them in to my lap and say "awww" so I would cuddle up to the blanket and say "awww" and then he would go his way. Then he would come back and lay his head in my lap and say "awww" until I would cuddle with the blanket again. He did this over and over again. Sometimes crawling into my lap and sucking his thumb and sometimes just running over, saying "awww" and then running back to what he was doing. He was sharing he blankie w/ me :oD

Another cool thing he did was put together his first phrase. That is not just repeating back something we said but taking two words he knows and putting them together...and that phrase is (drum roll please) "puppy shoes" referring to his slippers. He's so smart. That's all for now.


Later:

At the tax place Trev & I had our eyes off Caden for a second and he managed to unplug a power strip that powered two computers! OY! This is why I call this Adventures w/ Caden.

Cannot Focus

Caden fell asleep while Tiana and I were shopping at Target. I was suprised! I guess vacation does that to ya!

Here is the picture I said I would post of Caden in the tunnel...he is so tired!!

I haven't written in a while. Sorry! Things are really exciting around here lately. We are about to put in our first offer on a home. Eeek! I knew that this would be stressful but I didn't realize it would be so emotionally & mentally draining. Megan is going to watch Caden while we go see the realtor and that is soooo nice. Last time we were there it was hard to focus. So wish us luck!

Trevor's birthday was last week. 27 years old.

I can't really focus right now...too many things to think about and I'm ADD. I'll keep everyone updated on the house offer.