More Pictues of the Cutest Kid Around

We took Kaden swimming for the first time. You can see the fear in his eyes. He didn't like it much. Better luck next time.
Kaden loves fabrics!! It may be because he was an intern at an interior design firm and sat through many fabric presentations. He loves to touch, hold, and taste them. Mark would prefer that his next internship be with the Utah Jazz. With the way they're playing it may really be a possiblilty.

I went in to check on him and found him sucking on one of the tastles of his blanket. I told you he loves those fabrics.

He's such a cute happy baby!

Kaden loves to sleep on his stomach. It makes his parents a little nervous because he doesn't always turn his head to the side but we've given up on flipping him over.

Better Late Than Never

Kaden's 3 Month Pictures

Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

I had no idea my kids would grow up so quickly.

Kaden is sitting up by himself.
He loves his toys.
He likes to be read to.
I must have picked him up too quickly after hisbottle, and this doesn't show my pants, the counter top, cabinet, and floor.

He's trying so hard to crawl

He gets tired and has to take a break.

Then he's back at it again. He doesn't do much more than turn in circles and go backwards but it won't be long.

Do you think he likes his jumper?

Kaden

It's been a while for us but here's a few updates on our 5 month old.

Kaden now has two teeth.

He weighs about 21lbs.

He's 27" tall.

He wears some 12 month clothes.

He is such a good baby!

Kaden loves his food. His favorites are rice cereal and squash.

This one has a funny story to go with it. Kaden started rolling from back to front about a month ago. He rolled from front to back about a month before that but was selective about when he'd do it. He didn't really like to be on his stomach but really enjoyed his new trick. He was playing at the office and rolled to his stomach and started fussing, like normal. I thought to myslef if he's going to keep rolling over he needs to learn that he can roll back so I left him there. I looked over a little while later and noticed that his face was in a puttle of spit up. I picked him up and felt terribe. This picture really doesn't do it justice. He looked like the phantom in Phantom of the Opera.
Kaden started sitting like a big boy in his stroller. He loves his walks.
He likes to push himself around in the walker but can only go backwards.
He really loves rolling around. He's has figured out that he can roll both ways so we haven't had any more spit up moments.

He rolled around a little too much.

He loves to play with his dad!

Kaden and His Friends

Kaden with his friends Drew and Sam. Drew is three weeks younger than Kaden and Sam is three weeks younger than Drew.

Kaden is definitly growing well.

Kaden's First Road Trip

Kaden had his first road trip to St. George for Mark's best friend's wedding.

Now that we have a kid we get to bring the whole house.

The bride and groom.

Mark and the groom.

Kaden and Mom.

Kaden doing his trick with dad.

This is how Kaden spent a lot of the trip - He was such a good boy.After we ate the wedding dinner Kaden had his own dinner of rice cereal.

We're Teaching Kaden to be Independent

He's learning to wash himself
and feed himself

Next week we're going to work on changing his own diaper.

He's Getting So Big!

Kaden is getting so big. He grew out of his swaddle, started going to bed at 7:30 (on his own), plays with toys, he got a job at Chase Associates as an intern to earn a salary of formula and diapers, and loves to pull himself into sitting and standing positions. It's hard to tell how much he's grown being with him every day so we have a few pictures to compare.

The picture on the left is of Kaden at about 3 weeks. The picture on the right is of him at about 3 months. He's holding his head in a way that makes him look a little more chunky than he is, but can you believe the difference?

Grandma and Grandpa Caldwell got him this toy for Christmas. He loves it! He stares at the toys and talks and talks.

This is his first day at the office.

He works so hard he falls asleep playing.

He's a big boy in his highchair.

Dad didn't think this was funny but Kaden sure did. Who can smile that big just after throwing up?

Kaden's First Christmas

Mark has already got him sitting,

and walking.

Here he is enjoying his Christmas present (he isn't quite sure what to do yet)

Kaden played Jesus in the family nativity.

Kaden and Dad on Christmas morning.

Kaden and Mom.

He can't keep those hands out of his mouth.

Kaden and Akaylia - she grabbed his hand on her own.

This is a very common look on his face.