I should've known better...

I miss the days when that pee spot was much smaller.  This just reminds me how much my little guy has grown up. 

Caden 11 months

My sweet Caden, I cannot believe you are 11 months old!  You finally starting crawling (at about 10 months).  For a while you would just roll everywhere you wanted to go.  Then you finally figured out how to crawl, but even that you do in your own way.  You crawl "army style" and not on your hands and knees.  You have a fascination with Bailey's water bowl and play in it the second we take our eyes off you.  Your feelings get hurt by our tone when we tell you "no" so we're working on teaching you the signs for "no" and "stop". You walk if someone holds your hands or you have a toy to push and laugh the whole time!  You LOVE to eat almost anything.  You also try very hard to feed yourself with a spoon but can't quite seem to get the hang of it. 

You have such a wonderful personality.  You're very good natured (unless sleepy or hungry) and you crinkle your nose when you're having lots of fun.

Your tongue is your source of power--it's out any time you are concentrating, thinking, walking, etc. 

You've always pushed your lips out since you were just weeks old, but it's recently become a very common occurrence.  I'm not sure why you do it, but it makes me laugh every single time.

 You really get into pushing those lips out when you are angry.

You're first word that you intended to say was "Bailey" which actually sounds like "Gay-Gee".  You say it to any 4 legged animal you see (not just Bailey).  You're a little chatter box.  We just can't make out much else you say. 

I love walking in your room to wake you up and see that crinkle nosed grin and to hear you laugh as you start to stand up in your crib.  You're don't cuddle as much as you did when you were younger, but you're very easy to get to sleep as long as you are at home in your bed.  At weddings, parties, or hanging out with friends, you are such a good sport and usually never whine or cry a bit.  Everywhere we go, someone always comments on how great of a baby you are because you are so laid back.  You will, occasionally, throw a bit of a tantrum with us at home.

We thank God for blessing us with you!

"Sometimes I wish I lived in airstream..."

My front door view may not be a beach but it sure not too bad.

I love music.  I would usually rather sit in listen to music rather than watch t.v.  I can get lost in it and find a way to make almost any song meaningful to me.  Wouldn't it be great if music broke out during epic moments in our lives like it does on t.v.??  Too bad my singing is AWFUL...

I happen to LOVE Miranda Lambert's 'Airstream Song'.  Wouldn't it be great if we really did all live in airstreams, with a simple life?  I think we have a tendency to get wrapped up in the materialistic things in life and start lose sight of what's really important. 

For example, my current complaint...when are we going to buy nicer furniture and get rid of the stuff we have been using since we were young kids?  Or, wishing we could replace our gross carpet.

The reality is that although our house is small (and kind of ugly) we actually have everything we actually NEED.  And even if we did have the new furniture and carpet, we then would probably find other things we wanted. So like the song says, I'd always be unsatisfied...

Sometimes I wish I lived in airstream. Wouldn't it be great to be so simple?

"Sometimes I wish I lived in airstream homemade curtains

Lived just like a gypsy.

Break a heart, roll out of town

'Cause gypsies never get tied down

Sometimes I wish I lived on a mountain

Drank from a stream

Instead of a fountain

I'd stay there, top of the world

But I was born a red dirt girl.

Unbridled, or tethered in tide

the safety of the fence or the danger of the ride

I'll always be unsatisfied

Sometimes I wish I lived by a pier

In a lighthouse with a chandelier

I'd watch everybody's ships come in

And then I'd sail away with them

Unanchored in a storm

or safety on the shore

If this is all I need

Why do I want more?

Sometimes I wish I lived in airstream homemade curtains

lived just like a gypsy"

At least it wasn't E-Coli...

As it turns out, Caden had Salmonella when he was sick last week.  There are about a million ways he could have gotten it.  There's no treatment for it.  Just have to let it run it's course (which seemed to only take about 3-4 days).  He never acted like he felt too bad, just had bad diarrhea.  This poor boy sure is sick a lot.

In other news--we have a new dog.  This is Jake (aka Curly).  He showed up at our house/barn one Friday (we think someone dropped him off) and by late Saturday morning Cody had him in the yard with food and water.  We think he's less than a year old.  He does puppy things like chews up his collar, gets out of the yard, and digs.  Hopefully that all won't last long.  He's a good dog though and Bailey has someone to play with while we are at work.

Bailey and Jake