Dinner Time??

When Caden started food he sat in his highchair every night...he ate when we ate...and was NEVER held at the table. Addison is a whole nother story! Addison eats when I get a second during dinner time, she has only sat in the highchair a couple of times...never to eat, and is ALWAYS held by her Daddy during dinner. Last night Caden sat, yes sat, on the table and fed Addison cereal and peas. It was her first taste of anything other than cereal and she actually liked it! Don't worry Brian was right there with them!! They had fun...she ate, and they were both a mess!!

You might be wondering what exactly Addison is sitting in. It's her Bumbo seat. Yes, I am aware that the "warning" on it says NEVER to place it on a table to feed your child in...but it's perfect! oh yea, while Addison is allowed to eat sitting on the table her brother is not. This is not a practice everyone in our house follows. Just Addison!

In other news, Mom told me that Dr. Dobson is retiring. This might be a problem as I already have a VERY strongwilled baby. Doesn't he know that I'm going to need him in a few year...or maybe next week????? *sigh*

Good news...Bad news

Good news first? Addison has not given up naps.

Now for the bad news...Addison has all that viral yuckiness that is going around. It should run its course in about a week! Until then...we'll just do what works. Right now she is sleeping in her carseat!

Naps??

I am convinced that Addison has given up naps. Yesterday she slept for 45 minutes total. Today about an hour. I looked it up at 6 months she should be sleeping 12 hours at night. (check.) 2 hours in the morning. (Are you kidding me? It's a GREAT day if she sleeps for 30 minutes!) They also said she should be sleeping 2 more hours in the afternoon! (Again...jokes on me. I am lucky to get an hour out of her!) I guess she just can't get enough of me!! Here's to hoping it's because she is congested and has another cough!!

However, Caden still takes 2 to 2 1/2 hour naps EVERDAY!! Figure that one out!

Is it Yummy??

Addison will be 6 months old next week. Hard to believe isn't it?? When I was in school I learned that a baby could live on just breastmilk for 6 months with no food. This was before I was a mother. I thought to myself...really, who would do THAT to their baby??? Well...this is Addison getting her first tastes of food one week before she turns 6 months old! Check out those blue eyes! I love it! She made a huge mess but I think she liked it. Welcome to the world of yummy food Addison!!

Saturday Fun

Last night when Brian and I were at Belk we were riding down the escalator and I spotted this Polo shirt for Brian. It was the EXACT same shirt that Caden had. I was on a mission. I grabbed it just in time as another man was looking at the rack. It was on clearance AND in his size. How could we pass this up?? This is Brian and Caden checking out the sharks at the Natural Science Center. Today was Ocean Wonders Day. Caden made that fish headband too! It was cold but we bundled up and ventured out to see Axel and Kiesa the tigers and Dempsy and Leslie the gibbons. We also stopped to check out the mini horses!!

We went to Fleet Plummer. This is the outdoor furniture I want!!

When we were on the way home Dad spotted us and came by. Check out the matching bikes!! Life doesn't get any better than this for either of them!!!

Science Center

Most weeks we play with Riley and Allyn. We always have a blast. Last Friday we went to the Natural Science Center. Caden got to pet the Wallabies with Riley! We also got to see the gibbons, tigers and many more animals! We're really ready for spring. Here is Miss Addison in the stroller. She's not really old enough to enjoy the animals but she sure does like being outside! Brian and I are thankful that she is feeling much better. We've had a rough start to 2009. We know that God is good and this year will be a great year!!

Addison and Allyn in their strollers. Next year we'll be chasing them everywhere I'm sure.

Inside there is a big ship. Caden and Riley were talking back and forth on this pipe! They had fun!

Demon Deacons!

This past Sunday Caden and Brian went with my sister Mary and her boyfriend Patrick to the Wake game! They said Caden had a blast!! He loved the motorcycle of course. The next morning when I saw him he told me that the Demon Deacon needed pipes like him and his Grandaddy and that I should buy them! Here are a couple of pictures! Oh yea, Wake won. This is a VERY tired sweet boy!! This is what a no nap day looks like! Thank goodness we still nap!!!! I will try to turn the picture later! It looks like he's just about too big for that seat doesn't it????

By the way, Caden also had UNC gear...he's still deciding on a team. His Daddy pulls for Duke but no Duke gear yet...I'm sure we'll get there!

Daddy went back to work....

Brian's Dad passed away last Wednesday so Brian has been home for a week. I will let him blog more on that later this week. I'm sure he'll want to include some really great memories and pictures for Caden and Addison to have later on in life when they will hopefully read this blog.

Today was our first day just the 3 of us again! We actually had a really great day. It was about 70 degrees. Yes, 70 in February! Does it get any better than that? After breakfast we headed out for a nice walk to the horses that are in the next neighborhood. We also got to play outside for about an hour!! Here are a couple pictures of play time this morning!! Yes, this is Caden playing in my tub completely dressed with no water. He asked if he could and most days I would say no. However, with all the events of last week I didn't get to see him too much. I guess I was feeling a little guilty so I said, "of course." Afterall, no permanent damage can be done, right?? He had a BLAST!!!

Emma is exhausted. She was laying her watching Caden and Addison play as you will see in the next picture! She's never far from them! She's such a good dog. This past week Caden told her that she's the best dog in the world!

Caden and Addison had a fun time playing with each other. Addison has started to reach to touch people. She adores Caden. I'm sure she always will. It was very sweet to watch them play.

While we had a GREAT day today we sure did miss Daddy!!!!

Oh, Caden also got to go to the Wake game this past Sunday. I will post pictures and a cute story tomorrow!!