Friday, March 22, 2013

Big Brother

It's true!  Cade will soon be a big brother!  We are very excited to welcome baby number two this August.  We found out last Thursday that we're having another baby boy and we couldn't be happier!  We were both convinced that we were having a girl so we were surprised, but happy, to hear otherwise.  My pregnancy started out a little rough this time...very nauseous - every day, all day for the first 13 weeks or so and also completely exhausted.  I feel great now, though!   I've just started to feel the baby move and it was awesome to be able to get a peak at our baby during the ultrasound last week.  We're excited to have two boys so close in age and I think Cade will be the perfect big brother.  He already loves babies..he points to them and says "baby" every time he seems one.  It's so sweet!

Sunday, March 10, 2013

So, So Lovable



So many parents have told me that that whatever stage Cade is in I will think is the best one yet ...and it's so true!  I don't know if it's because each stage really IS more fun or if it's because we love him more and more each day - which seems like an impossible feat, that we could love him any more than we did the day he was born, but somehow, someway it happens.  I guess the reason doesn't really matter.  More importantly is that we really soak him up at every stage - every day.  And that's so easy to do right now because he is at such a fun age!  He is the ultimate explorer - never staying in one spot or focusing on one thing for more than a few seconds at a time.  He loves to open cabinets, boxes, doors, drawers - whatever he can reach to see what's inside.  He also loves to clang, bang, slam and hurl anything he can get his hands on.  I joke that we may one day see him in the World's Strongest Man competition because he loves to pick up heavy things and carry them around and push furniture all around the room.  He loves music and he loves to dance.  Communicating with him has gotten a bit easier as well.  He can say around 30 words (though most are not pronounced properly yet) and can indicate most of his wants with finger pointing and whining.  He loves to make us laugh (mainly through putting things on his head (food at dinner time is one of his favorites...though not one of ours) and making faces.  Sometimes I think I might just die of adoration for that little guy! 

The weather this weekend has been super nice and we are really soaked it up considering the last month has been really cold and rainy.