Books and Pictures

Caden found one of my photo albums with pictures from friends' showers and weddings the other day. It wasn't a great one, so some pictures fell out. I then remembered I had a nicer book, and transferred them into that one. So, I guess I'm kinda glad he found that old one.

The new smile.

Just relaxing and reading a book.
I love seeing him "reading" on his own.

The Everhart Museum

We went to the Everhart Museum today. They just opened a new exhibition by Nathan Sawaya called "The Art of the Brick". This very talented/amazing artist does all of his pieces using LEGOs. We all had a great time, especially Caden who kept saying "fun" through the whole thing. If I got separated from him and Jason, I'd hear, "Mommy coming?" He also seemed to enjoy the bird exhibit in the museum. He kept saying either "coot" (cute) or "soft". The "BIG" dinosaur scared him at first. There was even a LEGO dinosaur which didn't seem to bother him too much. Here are just a few of the exhibits we saw:"Pencil Fun"

"Heart"

"Sing"

"Hands"

"Circle Triangle Square"
(these were life sized)

"Grasp"
(this one was over 28,000 bricks - also life sized)

(pictures borrowed from www.thebrickartist.com since no pictures were allowed)

Talking

Caden has been talking pretty much nonstop for awhile now. Maybe the fact that I talk to him nonstop is the reason? He loves to talk about things that happened weeks/months ago too. It takes me a little bit until I realize what he's talking about. I love it when things happen during the day and he says, "Tell Daddy", so we have to remember to tell Daddy about it when he gets home. Here are some of my favorite things he says:

- When asked who the President is, he can tell you Obama and that he lives in the White House. He's come a long way from "Omama" and "barn".
- When asked if he needs help, he says, "Nope, self."
- If he hears a noise, he'll say, "K?" meaning "Are you OK?"
- Last night I said I wasn't feeling well, and he came over, put his hand on my chest and said, "Mommy better?"
- Heard over the monitor - "Mommy...are you (where are you?)?...Downstairs?...Oh."
- When asked, "When is the baby coming?", he replies, "April."
- He says the last words to a lot of poem type things like books (esp. The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton) and the grace we say before we eat.
- The other day I asked him if he was my Toots a-boots and he said got a funny look and said, "No, tweet pea" for sweet pea.

Tower

Caden was very proud of this tower he built with Daddy. He even posed himself with the tower. Kinda strange though - I had trouble taking the picture without a scary face from him. I think he was trying to smile??

Sunshine 29 Weeks

Baby Sunshine and I are continuing to grow and doing well. I got the results of my glucose test (I think I said anemic instead of diabetic last time for some strange reason - blame it on the pregnancy brain) which were normal, yea! The nurse left a nice big bruise on my arm though. I hope to avoid him next time! I'm feeling great movement, especially when I'm ready to go to bed. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going.

Toddler Time (Winter Session)

Toddler Time at the library has started up once again. Our neighbors are going this time, which is nice. Caden started out really well, sitting perfectly still on the chair like we talked about. Then they switched things up a little and did the craft before the story. He just couldn't sit after that; he was too worried about his "caft". He even pushed my hands away while saying, "self" during craft time.

The topic of conversation was the Olympics.

I love this look!
He was in the middle of saying, "Mom".

Super Caden

My mom and sister came to visit the weekend before last. Here are a few random pictures from when they were here.

Mammy showing Caden how to text...or is it the other way around?

Patiently waiting for Erin to get dressed and come down stairs. He didn't want to play with anything, just waited.

Being a good host and serving lots of good food to Aunt Erin.

Super Caden!
My mom and sister were playing around with Caden and tucked a blanket into his shirt. He wasn't satisfied with just one; he ended up with three tucked in.

Super Cute Caden playing in the entertainment system we no longer need (anyone need one?)