Omaha, Questions and the Alarm

I haven't been good about blogging lately and A LOT has been going on. We spent last Wednesday through Sunday in Omaha visiting my Dad and all my family. I heart Omaha. There is something about my Dad's house that is just so calming and peaceful. He has a great deck outside and a pond right next to it. I look forward to sitting outside, having a glass of wine and listening to the sound of the water!

October is Nic and my favorite month. Ever since we were dating we have made a tradition out of going to a pumpkin patch (we even went to one in Lawrence, Kansas when he came to visit me), making caramel apples and carving pumpkins. Valla's is not your average patch... This is a link for the map and just to give you an idea, the corn maze in the top left corner is 3 acres. This place is massive! Kaden's favorite part was riding tricycles around the track and bouncing on these humongous bubbles.

Always slow to warm up...





We also had a lot of fun on the hay ride, drinking apple cider slushies, picking out pumpkins and seeing the animals! (Excuse Cam's outfit... We had a pooptastrophy when we got there and didn't bring a change of clothes!)


Our family of 5... Us plus Dolly Llama






Thank you to my Dad and Pam for taking us (and putting up with it 2 weeks in a row. Uncle Ben and Kate- thank you for coming with us!!

Friday night my Dad, Nic and I took Kaden to his first play! We went to see Go Dog Go. It was great to see Kaden sit and pay attention and really enjoy himself! It was 50 minutes and I don't think it could have been much longer for Kaden. The play followed right along with the book and Kaden had fun comparing the pages of the book with the scene from the play.

The rest of the trip was spent enjoying family, drinking wine... and making smores!












Kaden has asked some pretty great questions lately and I wanted to write them down so I don't forget:
* "I want to ask the Yellow Dog why he doesn't like the Pink Dog's hat." (Not really a question, I guess... but cute nonetheless)
* To my mom he asked, "When you were a little Mimi, did you have a Grammie?"
* "When I was a baby, did I eat Cam's carrots?"
* As we were about to drive past a Chic-Fil-A, "Where's Chicken Flay? Is the cow at Chicken Flay today?"

Kaden has been waking up EARLY lately and started waking up crying again. Right before we left for Omaha, we were desperately trying to find a toddler alarm clock that would tell Kaden when it was time to get out of bed. Unfortunately they were all online-only so we took a travel alarm clock with us and told him that we wouldn't come get him until the alarm beeped. He got used to the idea when we were in Omaha and we've been setting the clock a little bit later every couple of days. A few days ago Nic thought the alarm went off and went into his room. When he opened the door Kaden was still in bed and told him the alarm hadn't gone off yet. Nic told him he would lay down next to his bed until it went off. Kaden waited in his bed for another minute and got up when it beeped. Today I am happy to announce that his alarm clock woke him up at 7:00!! HOPEFULLY that will happen this weekend too. :)

6 month stats

I took Cam to the doctor yesterday and here are his 6 month stats:

Length: 29 inches- Greater than 95th percentile
Weight: 18 lbs, 12 oz- 75th percentile

Compared to Kaden at this age, Cam is 1 inch longer, and one pound lighter!

He did really well at the doctor and was a pretty happy boy. Although he's had a bit of a runny nose, the doctor said it's probably just a little bit of a lingering cold.

Cam has now been rolling where he wants to go... and started to try to scoot a little bit more than before!

Texas State Fair

Nic, Kaden and I along with my brother Eric and his girlfriend Sara went to the State Fair on Saturday!!

Between the 5 of us, we tried:
Fried frito pie, regular frito pie, fried cheesecake, fried snickers, fried beer, turkey leg, funnel cake, tornado fries and a fruit cup (Kaden requested it)... I think that's it!

Pretty good, huh?


My favorite picture of them all :)












Tired boy, headed home


Kaden's favorite part was the dog show. He loved watching the dogs run and long jump into the water. He also liked watching the "red" dog and "blue" dog race! I think that was my favorite part, too.

Cam stayed home with a babysitter for the first time! I was really nervous to leave him, but everything went great and he was a happy boy when we got home!

Happy 1/2 Birthday

Today my baby turned 6 months old. Has it really been 6 whole months??

At 6 months old, Cam:

Is teething... and isn't happy about it. I can only see the little slits in the gums at this point, but boy, I sure hope they cut through soon!

Sits up for several minutes at a time. I am not comfortable yet leaving him because he still has a tendency to fall back when he gets excited. He is also now reaching for things way too far in front of him which makes him splat down on his belly.

Sleeps most nights for 11-12 hours. Lately he's woken up around 4 and can't soothe himself back to sleep... I think it's teeth related.

Naps 3 times per day and still can only tolerate being awake about 2 hours before it's time to go back to bed

Sleeps only on his belly. Sometimes he pulls his knees under him and sleeps with his tushie up in the air. Love his tushie!

Rubs his eyes when he's tired

Screams at the top of his lungs when: he gets his pajamas on, when you walk into his room for a nap and when you put him down in the crib for a nap.

Started on oatmeal one week ago. He wouldn't open his mouth the first 3 times I fed him. He was quite upset that I was trying to feed him with a spoon. On the 4th attempt, he realized it wasn't so bad and gobbled it up.

Has tried sweet potatoes once, yesterday. Made a face like he put a lemon on his mouth...

Easily rolls both directions. Has rolled and rolled from our office to the middle of our living room once.

Has attempted to scoot himself on his belly. He has been able to move himself a little ways in order to reach a toy. He rolls to one elbow, scootches a leg under him and then does the same thing to the other side.

Likes Kaden's trucks much better than his toys

Likes to play with what Kaden is playing with

Still LOVES to jump anywhere he can

"Pets" touch and feel books when you put his hand on them

Is starting to really dig his daddy. He stares at him in amazement and started giving him kisses

Could sit outside all day long

Likes to reach and touch the cat, and doesn't mind when Roxy licks him

Has started to smile for the camera

Loves when Kaden pushes him around in the walker

Is stubborn, sweet and so lovable!!











This last picture is the first attempt at cereal... not a happy boy!

Also, just a side note, from the pictures it looks like Kaden rarely wears pants. Well, this is true. When potty training it was just easier, and now it's become a bit of a habit!