First Steps

Just like he's been waiting for us to catch up with him, Cade showed off his awesome balance this morning by walking several steps at a time all by himself. Lately, I've been walking him around only holding one hand and thinking he's been doing well. This morning, Jake was laying on the floor and Cade climbed up his leg to stand up and just let go and stood there like it was nothing. So, we started encouraging him to walk back and forth between us. At first he was hesitant and tried to drop down to crawl, but within a couple of minutes he gained the confidence to want to try. It was great. He got better and more confident within 10 or 20 minutes and was taking several steps. All day he practiced more and more. He stood up without anything to hold onto all by himself, he voluntarily let go of me to walk away from me and voluntarily let go of things to walk toward me. How fun! Go Cade!!

Time for Splashin'

I thought the kids would probably enjoy a wading pool, but when Grandma Bailey brought this out and the boys got in, they had a BLAST! Cade loves the water, so he spent his time crawling to the edge, sitting down, crawling to the other side, sitting down, etc. Zach spent most of his time running as fast as he could and jumping in. When Zach would run away, Cade would go watch him at the edge, then as he came running back toward the pool, Cade crawled away shrieking and laughing and usually sat down across the pool just as Zach jumped in. Then he'd laugh and laugh. It was fun to watch them. They had a great time. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Bailey for the fun!!

First Haircut and "Wrestle Time!"

Take a look at Cade's baby locks. It was high time we did something about them...

So, this is what we did...

His first haircut. He did great. We just sat him in front of a youtube Mickey Mouse Playhouse and he held a comb and didn't think anything about the clippers dad was using. Jake did a great job on a moving target: a wiggly baby head. The first haircut is always so sad, because they grow up in an instant. Suddenly he doesn't look babyish anymore. I remember feeling the same way about Zach's first haircut. He looks very handsome now and very un-babyish.

The boys LOVE "wrestle time" with dad. Zach is always climbing and jumping on Jake whether it's "time" or not. And Cade is learning quite quickly. They have a blast together. Cade is amazed at the tricks Zach does (or Jake does to Zach) and loves watching and climbing up on Jake. Zach will do this craziness forever. We have to be very clear and stern when it's time to stop. These boys LOVE their dad!!!!