10 Months

Springtime is so busy! Over spring break, Cameron took off work so all 3 of us got to spend the entire week at home together! It was rainy most of the week, but we did manage to get some outside time.

Cameron stayed busy working hard on updating our guest bathroom. This has been a work in progress for 2 years when Mandy helped me start peeling wallpaper. 

I think I married well, agreed? He did a great job and Caden is enjoying his fancy new bathroom. Caden has gotten into a routine of waking up around 6:00. He usually drinks a bottle in bed while I do my morning email, facebook, path, and weather check. Cameron gets in the shower while we snuggle in bed, then switch.

 I used to get so annoyed when the dogs would wake me up early, but who can get annoyed waking up to this sweet face? :) Then, Caden gets a turn to get ready in the morning and finishes his routine by brushing his four teeth. All four still on the bottom, working on top ones next.

 

We got to meet our cousin, Sophie, this month. We met up with the Scotts and Sims crew in Oklahoma City one afternoon. Miss Sophie had outgrown her carseat which Caden gets to use when he's in Grandma and Grandaddy's car now. We're so blessed to have such a sharing family! 

I celebrated my 30th birthday this month, still not sure how I feel about it. Mostly excited to have the milestone behind me, I think. We celebrated at Hey Day and played mini golf. Caden LOVED the arcade. He especially enjoyed the race car games where he got to steer. 

I love that he is still young enough to be fully entertained without actually paying to start the game. The intro pictures are good enough :) Caden has also mastered his fake laugh this month. LOVE IT!

We did not visit the Easter Bunny this year. But, he still made it to our house to deliver Caden a surprise! He got lots of colorful eggs that had yummy treats inside and made fun noises when he shook them. He also got his very first Thunder shirt! Very exciting... 

Here are some other shots from Easter Sunday at church with Lainey! 

 It was chilly, but he also made it to his first Easter egg hunt. He picked out one blue egg and was fully satisfied. He had a good time watching all the other kids pick up eggs.

And now for the biggest news... Caden learned to walk!

 A couple of days before he turned 10 months, he started to toddle around without holding on. He had been moving around the living room holding on the couch, or using his walking toys for a quite a while. He started to stand without holding on and then all of a sudden, steps! He had taken a couple of steps before at Poppy's office -  but now we can get lots of steps in before falling! It hasn't changed too much around here yet, he could get places just as fast when he crawled, but I'm afraid running is in our near future...  

 The days and weeks are going so quickly these days. He is learning something new all the time and growing by the minute. I love being Caden's mommy!