Aftermath of Zoo Trip ;)

Caden had a nice bath, and Daddy had fun cleaning up Caden's accident that he had while in the tub as I mentioned in the post below! *lol*

Trip #3 to the Calgary Zoo

Jeff, Caden and I went to the zoo today and Caden had so much fun! The hippos, stingrays, meerkat, budgies, and elephants were his favourites. He did a little sucking on glass as you can see from the photos (I guess he was giving kisses to the animals inside- gross, I know!) and if he saw puddles on the ground he didn't hesitate to play in them. So when we stopped in to see Grammie and Uncle Stephen on the way home Mommy made sure to give Caden a well-deserved bath. And he had an accident in the tub *grin* so Daddy had fun cleaning up the mess! ;) What a day!

Our Little Helper

We finally moved the bigger computer out of Caden's room and put in in our room, and Caden made sure to help Daddy the best he knew how. He crawled all over Jeff and got in his way- I thought it was funny. :) He helps Mommy wash the dishes and he helps Daddy build towers. He also helps to make a mess as you can see in one of the pictures! ;)

We're Still Here... :)

I was just thinking how I haven't written anything in a while, so tonight I'm catching up. :) Caden has been growing and doing new things every day as usual. He is starting to say little sentences now- yesterday when we picked up Jeff he said "Hi, Dad!". It was SO cute! And this morning after breakfast Caden handed Jeff his plate and said "Daddy, all done". He is so cute! Today he unloaded all of his plastic balls and put them under the table for some strange reason! :) He loves to play with his blocks/lego and can spend atleast 30 minutes building towers. His Baby Einstein obsession has fizzled out, and he is finally starting to like books and puzzles. Caden is getting so smart- he knows where squares, circles, triangles, etc. go in his puzzle and he is very good at those wood puzzles. I think he is going to be smart like his Daddy. :) Caden loves to gives kisses now, and he has been calling me "Mamie" instead of "Mommy" lately! :) He can meow now (he's very talented!) and is just blowing us away every day with the things he comes up with. It is so much fun watching your little one change and grow.

Some of the Things Caden Loves...

Pictures 1&2: Baby Einstein (he also loves his new Baby Einstein cup that has a straw- there is a picture of it)

Pictures 3-5: "The Globe"- a lamp that zaps your finger without hurting you

Picture 6: Being silly :)

Pictures 7&8: Playing with his kitchen set that he got for Christmas. He loves that toy!

Picture 9: The camera! :)

Picture 10: His sippy cup

Pictures 11&12: Coloring. Today I caught him coloring on the fridge after the fact. Luckily they are washable crayons! Picture 12 is showing his poor little innocent face with a look that reads- "It wasn't me, Mommy" :)

Pictures 13&14- Reading either "I'm a Little Teapot" or "Pattacake"

Picture 15- Playing Peek-a-boo

Family Time, Smiles, and Wild Hair :)

I love the pictures of Caden and Jeff! We had to get new tires on our car today so we had to wake Caden early from his nap. He was all snuggly with Daddy and I thought they both looked adorable. :)

Strange Attachment to Vacuum Cleaner

I don't know why, but Caden has grown very fond of one of our vacuum cleaner attachment pieces. The pictures I took were taken only minutes apart. Caden is happy in the first few pictures because he has his beloved connector piece. He carries it around shaking it and goes "Shhhhhhh" pretending to clean. When Mommy takes it away to actually clean he freaks out (he really does- screams, cries, and acts as though he is fearing for his connector piece's life) as you can see in some of the other pictures. And when he gets it back he is happy as you can tell by the last picture. Caden loves that connector piece and it really is strange. He plays with it whenever he can get into the closet where it is and he makes sure to protect his new favourite toy from the dust bunnies in our home! *smiles*

I wrote this post the 28th but these pictures are from today, the 29th. I vacuumed again and thought these pictures better captured the "drama". :)