Last Days of Summer

The pictures in this blog post are somewhat out of order, but I wanted to add some bits and pieces of our last days of summer.

This past weekend I took Caden to the wiener dog races downtown to kick off Octoberfest. It was a beautiful day and pretty hilarious to see the pups running. We had a good afternoon!

Our annual I think this is our 6th year doing a girls weekend in Bismarck to go to the city wide rummage sales. I know wierd girls weekend huh? But we have tons of fun and I always find great deals, especially for my preschool!

Kyle and Daryl went to a Twins game...THANKS MOM!!

Grandma Jackie and Caden

After a hard day of playing, he couldn't even keep his eyes open to have dessert.

Helping daddy clean the garage

We went over to Sarah and Adams and here is Morgan meeting Caden. Cade LOVED all the dogs there! Thanks for babysitting Sarah!!

One of my trips home we took the babies for a bike ride,

Caden didn't make it to the end.

Caden and baby Kellen

I met my mom, sister and nieces in Bismarck to go to the waterslides. FUN DAY!!

Over at John & Lisa's...I think Tiege is showing them his transformers...too cute!

Grma & Grpa Daryl have spent a lot of time outside with Caden these last couple of weeks since he just LOVES being out.

Me and my lil man. I was so lucky to have spent the summer with him. I cherished every moment from the morning breakfasts to the afternoon walks and evenings at the park. I loved every second I got to spend with my peanut!
Caden loves to crawl in/out/in/out

He loves hanging out in our entertainment center. Kyle actually built this and didn't have the glass doors put in yet, or the shelves in yet, now it looks like they probably won't be put in for awhile. A kids little nook is more important, right?!

Last days of summer...






It's amazing how your kiddo will pick something up by just mearly watching your everyday moves. Well Caden has decided to pick my disciplining manurisms. Apparently when I scold him or the dog, I clap my hands. He now claps his hands when yelling at his stuffed animals or some random object. Nice.

These past couple of weeks Caden has had the luxury of staying at home with Grma & Grpa Larson while Kyle and I head off to work. They are in MN until October so they wanted to spend some time with Cade before they head back to AZ. It has been really nice not having to get the lil peanut ready in the morning and get him to daycare before I get to work. The first day I have to do that again it will be interesting. We all know that I am late for EVERYTHING so getting him there and to work on a timely manner will be interesting. It was easy last year since he wasn't mobile yet, this year will be a little tougher!

Caden has also been on a "cleaning" kick. Kyle has modified the swiffer to make it toddler size (so cute) so Caden loves to mop the floor and yesterday when I was doing some cleaning, he found a rag and went around the house and "dusted". Definitely his father's child, he doesn't get the love of cleaning from me!!

After thought....This is from our Montana trip...just got the picture so I had to post it. Can't wait to do this again...SO much fun!!

14 months

14 Months...A small glimpse of Caden at 14 months...full of smiles, constantly talking (in his own little made up language, but man he has A LOT to say!!), LoVeS being outside, constantly on the move, says "hi, dada, & ma", gets frustrated very easily, gives hugs & hi-fives, signs more and milk, likes to give his stuffed animals hugs, loves his sheep stuffed animal, LOVES anything with a long handle and balls, loves to throw things, always investigating, loves getting in/out of things, loves bath time, hot dogs grapes and watermelon, somehow finds the dogs water dish on a daily basis, has 8 teeth, learning to use a fork, loves loves loves playing with Zoe, crawls up on and around everything, wants to do everything independently...brushing his teeth, eating, going down the stairs...etc., kyle made our swiffer mop shorter so it is the perfect size for Caden and he will walk around the house all day with that thing (at least the floors are getting clean!), has the sweetest giggle in the whole world and makes my every day worth living. Love my lil man!!

"Seriously mom...enough pictures already!!"

One of my faves...love those lil toes!

lil monkey

filled a toy with water for him to play in

and he thought it would be more fun to get IN the water...stinker

naptime, this has become his "blanky"

my boys...gotta love 'em!!

Dad babysitting

first time eating corn on the cob

A lil of this, a lil of that

Spaghetti anyone????
Needless to say we went to the tub immediately!

Zoe watching over Caden while he sleeps. I don't know what Caden would do without Zoe. They play so well together and keep each other busy.

Mr. Cool

Helping mommy with the dishes. Notice the spatula in his hand. Caden is OBSESSED with anything with a handle...bats, brooms, fly swatters, basically anything that can be waved around and used a hitting device!

Playing in the pool with grpa Daryl & grma Jackie

It is getting HARDER and harder to get pictures of my lil peanut, he is on the go ALL of the time and hardly sits still. He has so much energy that going for a "photo shoot" can be quite challenging!

He also notices e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g that makes a loud noise or I guess basically anything and everything. He is always pointing and saying "what's that" or as it sounds "whazsat"? He loves seeing airplanes and gets super excited about the small things in life. I believe in this picture he heard a train go by.

Still listening for the train

I went home with Caden one last time before school started. We spent the weekend at the lake and then some time in Dickinson. It gets harder and harder to leave...

Golf cart rides at the lake

Caden and Macy cooling off

My lil man

Man I love this kid!

snuggles with gramma

L.O.V.E it!!!

Ready to go swimmin

Caden absolutely LOVES being outside and we had so much fun this summer swimming and being outdoors. I don't know what we are going to do all winter being cooped up in a house, this is one kid that just has to be outside...I guess my search is on for a good snowsuit!!