Baby Bungee Bouncer from the Bowens

The Bowens are letting us borrow this bouncer and Caden LOVES it! He can jump in it forever.He gets really into it when we turn music on and cheer for him. I love it more than he does! This is the best thing ever! Thank you Bowens!!!

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Santa Ana Zoo

Caden and I went to the zoo with our friend Cindy while she was visiting from Taiwan. This is at the Santa Ana Zoo. It was a lot smaller than we expected. We walked through it 3 times. Caden loved their monkeys though. He also loves seeing ducks and water. There was an exhibit of a bald eagle and he stared at the waterfall the whole time.



pouncing lessons...

Beach Family Pictures

The Month of October

Hi! This is Caden! October has been a pretty eventful month. Since mom got so behind - I decided I would do the blog to catch her up! To sum it all up there was Halloween, a trip to Utah, my first horse ride with Grandpa, a trip to Colorado, saw my first snow, started eating real food, and carved a pumpkin! If you want to see even more pictures - check out my facebook account! I post all my pictures there lately for my friends and family. What can I say? This computer thing is too easy.

This is me Halloween night - I was pretty dog tired -- well until mom and dad tried to put me to bed. haha

I was a pretty cute puppy for Halloween!

This is me and my mom. She tried to fit me in the pumpkin but I was too big! Silly mom. She thought she was being so funny.

This is me with my carved pumpkin. Uncle Shane says me and the pumpkin have the same smile!

I started eating solids for my first time. Mom finally gave it to me because I wanted to eat all of her food. Look how exhausted I look. haha I was stuffed.

We carved a pumpkin and got all messy! That was the fun part.

We went to the LA Zoo with some friends. My favorite things were the ducks and the sea otter. As you can see the goat was kind of scary.

Got to play in the snow for my 1st time! The snow brings out my wild side. tee hee hee

Mom and me in Colorado snow

Flew on an airplane to Utah and to Colorado to visit everybody! I love plane rides. Mom says I'm a big boy on the plane.

Caden on the Horse with Grandpa Alldredge

We were not prepared for the cold weather in Utah! We had to layer Caden up like CRAZY to keep him warm. He was a good sport.

ME AND MY BUDDY

Me and Kevin got to hang out with our dads Saturday night when our moms both went to the Relief Society broadcast.

DOCTOR'S RESULTS ARE IN

I love how precious my little guy looks when he's sleeping!! I love this picture because he looks like the frog on his jammies.


Today Caden went to the doctor for his 4 month check up. He jumped from being in the 6th percentile to the 25th percentile for his age and size! Yay Caden!! He's growing. She kept saying how active and strong he was. He stood on the doctor's bed (with little support), he was lifting up on his arms and cooing to the mirror, and he was rolling side to side while kicking his legs. He was even making the nurse with the shots laugh. She hesitated quite a bit to give him his shots but we finally did it. He let out a good cry and then he was back to smiling at all the nurses before we left. What a ladies man!

JACIE'S LASIK AND CADEN'S FIRST ANGELS GAME

I had lasik on Thursday, Sept 10th. It went great and I'm SOOOOO glad I did it. It's especially handy when I wake up in the middle of the night with Caden - and I'm sure that's just the beginning of late night feedings.... (Brandon wants 6 kids)
I had it done at the place I worked at. Everyone was so sweet to me and giving me pep talks and being extra meticulous with all the testing. It was really nice because they had done lots of trial tests on me while I worked there and they were able to compare my results to tests I've had done while working there. It was a good sign that I was consistent with all the test results and it helped Dr. Manger have an easier time choosing numbers for my surgery. Yay! No more glasses/contacts or squinting! It was money well spent!
I had to wear goggles the rest of the day, which I've also had to sleep in for the past 5 nights. Whenever I wear them Caden looks at me like I'm a freak. It does make him laugh now and then, which is cute coming from a baby. Anyone else would deserve a smack. ;)

Last week we also went to an Angels game - I have been bugging Brandon for a while to take me. He goes with the guys a lot and I have to remind him how much I want to go. So we finally went. It's a whole different experience with a baby. Caden was scared to death of all the noise and cheering. I had to comfort him throughout the game. He did fall asleep eventually, which I don't know how he manages to do it - I'm just grateful he does! But we did get a sweet tatoo for him! :)

ZION'S NATIONAL PARK: ANGEL'S LANDING

HERE'S THE STARTING GROUP...

HERE'S WHO MADE IT TO THE TOP...

THIS WAS OUR VIEW FROM THE TOP

HERE'S ME POINTING TO WHERE WE HIKED TO AND BRANDON SHOWING YOU THE CHAINS WE HAD TO HOLD ON TO.

THIS WAS A APARTMENT REUNION FOR BRANDON WITH HIS BUDDIES. WE HAD A BLAST!

Adjusting to a New Schedule

So I've been reading a lot on line about getting your baby on a schedule for naps and feedings. I started to log when he naturally wanted to eat and sleep so I could get an idea for a good schedule and this week he's been so different everyday it's been difficult to determine! Yesterday he took a 3 hour nap in the morning but every other day he's up most of the morning and takes his 3 hour nap in the afternoon. He might even be having a growth spurt because he's eating more than usual this week too. How do people decide on schedules? I swear once I think I have it down he seems to change and need more or less of something.

I went out and bought a couple things so I can set him down more. I'm trying to break him from always wanting to be held. He likes the mat and the bumbo until he notices I'm doing other stuff and not paying attention to him. I'm in trouble huh? Well, he is my little buddy and I like him with me but I know that'll be a problem soon.


I love how relaxed and cool he looks in the Bumbo.

Morning Blowout

Caden had a HUGE mess this morning that the only way I could see to clean it was to bring him in the shower. I rinsed him off and scrubbed him clean. I think the whole fiasco was amusing to him because he was in a great mood, smiling and cooing the whole time! It's like he was laughing at me.

Caden went Swimming!

Ok so we decided to bring the little guy swimming. The water was way too cold for him though. We'll just have to try again soon!