We are busy!

So it's been a little crazy around here. Long Beach was good, I have been back for 5 days. We are going to Seattle tomorrow to leave for our cruise. Oh yeah, the 3 days I was at work this week, we changed software systems and couldn't do any work that we needed. I definitely need a break!

Last weekend for an early father's day, we went to my sister's house, and we all went hot tubbing. Even Caden. He only dunked himself once. It surprised him a little, but he was fine.
Caden really likes his new cousin Annie. When we were at Jeannette's house, Caden liked to pat her head and just touch her. So different from Charlie's reaction to Caden it's funny. Caden also likes to give Annie her pacifier. It's pretty cute. This is me saying gentle Caden, as he is reaching to pat her head.
Well, we are off early in the morning to fly to Seattle and meet up with Justin's family. Cruise departs on Friday, so we will be out of touch for a while.

A little daycare update for those wondering about the attacks... Caden did not get attacked this week. He did come home with 2 different socks yesterday, but I took them both back and came home with the right socks today.

Bon Voyage!

What's going on this week?

Well, I am on the go again. Today I flew to Long Beach for a client meeting and a tradeshow. I have been looking forward to this trip since I get to stay at the Hyatt, go back to southern California for a visit, and hopefully get some good leads on groups for Spokane. The weather is muggy here right now, but it was about 75 when i got off the plane. The Long Beach airport has baggage claim outside the airport. Pretty wild. From there, I went to my hotel and then dinner. I am travelling with some of our hotel sales managers, so it's a bit different than some of my other work trips. We are all at different hotels, so it takes some planning to meet up.

I just logged in to my computer and the battery on my wireless mouse just died. I don't like the sensor mouse on the laptop... life's tough.

This morning before I left, it was almost like Caden knew I was going to be gone for a few days. When he got up, we snuggled on the couch and watched some Barney. I certainly won't miss the Barney tunes for the next few days... But I might already have some of the songs in my head permanently. My parents are picking Caden up at daycare and feeding him dinner, giving him a bath and putting him to bed each night. They are pretty great. So far so good. Only 1 call so far, the kitchen light switch was hidden and they looked everywhere. I agree, they are not where you would look for them. Everything was going smooth for them, so things are good on the home front.

Caden can say "eye" and point to his cheek. He can point to the eye on a stuffed animal, so it's just making the connection of where his eye is. Pretty good for a little human that is only 16 months old.

Well, it's off for my beauty sleep!

A tale of 2 fishes

Justin's mom sent us the picture of Justin's first fish he caught. For comparison, this was the first fish he caught this year.

Notice that the fish is on the fishing pole for each picture and he is pretty happy about both. It is the simple things in life that make us happy. For Justin, it's catching a fish!

It was a rough day at daycare today...

No picture of this... I went to pick up Caden today and once again... He got bit. He actually was bit 2 times today. It turns out that it's a different girl from the last biting episode. This time Caden actuall pushed a girl down and when she got up, she bit him. Oh boy. He likes to bite me & Justin and we are working on teaching him that is not OK. I guess we should be happy I didn't get a report that he bit someone.

He also fell and scraped his knee but no incident report on that one. High drama at daycare today!

New Discovery - the broom

Well, I thought I would be ambitious and sweep the floor last night. Wrong. I guess I don't normally sweep when Caden is around - usually this is a naptime activity. Well, he really wanted the broom. I am a softie, so I gave him the broom. What happiness! He just pushed it around for about 5 minutes. Here he is running full speed ahead. Notice he leads with his chest/stomach. It's pretty funny to watch.
Caden is very accident prone, I am not kidding. This weekend, he had a few bumps and bruises in what I am sure is the beginning of a lot more climbing and crashing. He actually pulled a lamp from a dresser into his pack & play. Thank goodness it didn't break or it would be a new lamp for the Rings and a trip to the ER for us. After that bruise, Caden bonked his head on the wall, tripped and fell many times, and even climbed up a chair to the window sill. Oh yeah, He also stuck an entire walnut - shell & all - in his mouth and then smiled.

As one friend pointed out to me, this could be a great weight loss gimick - chase the toddler! I wonder what he will find on the cruise ship? Good thing there will be 8 of us to chase him. I think we will need all the help we can get.

Some new tricks that Caden has up his sleeve:

He can say 6 words - mama (new 5/25), eye (5/25), uh oh, dada, "bobbi" (we don't know what that is, we are calling it his imaginary friend) and down

He can also point to his cheek when he says eye (at 15 months, what do you expect)

He also knows how to play "so big" and ring around the rosy.

He also brings us his sweatshirt to put on, and usually wants to go to daycare when that is on.

He is talking to himself when he opens a book, I think he is imitating me reading to him. His official check-up is coming up in 2 1/2 weeks, so we will have his height & weight stats then.

More fun on Memorial day

We put Caden on this trike. He really liked it, but it was a little bit too big. His feet didn't touch the ground or the pedals. Maybe next time. He still loved it. In case you don't know, this is what he looks like when he is doing something he probably shouldn't be. Halfway through, he turns around and gives a grin of "ha"
Caden & Charlie took a bath together. This could have been a disaster since Charlie doesn't always like to share toys or be so close to Caden. This was a good bath. They shared the toys and no one drowned. :)
After the bath, they put on their super hero pajamas. Charlie was Robin and Caden was batman. the roles were reversed since batman is typically bigger than Robin, but Charlie's Batman pjs were dirty, so we didn't switch them.
This was definitely a wonderful weekend to spend with the Ring family, and let Charlie and Caden play together. Thanks for inviting us, and we hope to be invited back again. :)

Memorial Day weekend - Part 2

My dad was able to stop by for a quick 24 hour visit. He was on a wildland fire call, so after he was finished, he came to hang out with us.
Okay, here is the real prize fish. Justin caught this using a worm! It is a rainbow trout and it's 24 inches and 3.5 pounds. He was very proud of his catch. He called his grandpa immediately to tell him the good news, but he wasn't home. This is Justin and I relaxing on the pontoon boat ride. We left Caden on dry land. He had already tried to go in the water in his lifejacket from the dock, we decided not to tempt fate with a boat. Matt's aunt offered to watch Caden so we could go on a boat ride. it was fun.
this is how the boys like to eat. Up on the counter in their booster seats.
While on the boat ride, this seemed to be one of the safe places for Caden - the swing. His feet weren't touching the ground so he couldn't go too far.