Mischievous little boy

Caden is more and more fun every day. He is also getting more and more mischievous. His favorite game in his room is to pull out all of his clothes from his dresses. The below picture was done in the amount of time it took my to go throw a dirty diaper away.

He also loves to play in my bowls in the kitchen. He loves to have it all over the kitchen floor and bang them with a spoon or spatula. I promise he has lots and lots of toys!! He would just rather play with mommy's things!

Feeding himself is his new favorite time of day!! In the past I usually fed him with a spoon but lately I have tried letting him become more and more independent.  I love watching him learn and do new things.

Caden also gets very excited while I cook dinner and get it in the oven!! He patiently waits!

And its crazy to think this time last year Caden was so small!!

 And now look at him 1 year later!!!

Hold me mama!

Caden has been fussy lately. And when I say lately, I mean constantly over the past few days. I'm beginning to wonder if he is cutting his 1 year molars. Actually, I did not even realize they cut molars this young, but Shelly mentioned her son cutting his and it caused me to do some research. He's started drooling lately and running a low grade fever but he isn't very willing to let me look in his mouth. He has just been so clingy and fussy. Normally he is always on the go, and never sits still! But over the past 4 days he has let me rock him and has been content spending some of his day in my arms. And he is always reaching up for me to hold him. I love that he wants to be with me all of the time but it was definitely difficult to get anything done that I couldn't do holding a baby!

Matt was out of town this weekend so Caden and I spent lots of time together, just the 2 of us. I had forgotten how tiresome it is when he is so fussy and I don't have Matt's help to count on. But we rocked and played with his toys and rocked some more. We also swung upside down and threw Caden on the bed. He loved it!! And he giggles so hard while he's hanging upside down! His little laugh just melts my heart every single time.

Caden normally only takes 1 nap a day, anywhere from 2-3 hours but on Sunday he took 2 naps. That morning we didn't go to church since he had fever so we were rocking and watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (the only TV show that will actually hold his attention for a small amount of time) and the next thing I knew Caden was asleep. I was pretty tired myself so I decided to take Caden in my room and we could take a quick nap together. He slept for about 45 minutes and he started moving around. He slowly opened his eyes and I could tell he was confused about where he was. Once he saw me he sat up real quick and looked around, smiled really big and started clapping!! I'd say he was pretty happy to get to nap with mama!

Overall, we had a good weekend but we were both so so happy when Matt drove up!! A certain little boy had a huge grin on his face!!

Birthday Party!

It has been 2 and a half weeks and I am finally sitting down long enough to write all about Caden's birthday party!! Unfortunately I was so busy that I didn't take any pictures with my camera so I was depending on other peoples pictures. I finally managed to remember to get my mom's so I could post some pictures!

We had so much fun and I was so excited for his "big day"!! Caden didn't seem to mind all the attention either!

Caden has such a wonderful birthday party with a lot of his friends and family! All grandparents and great-grandparents were able to make it! Caden'sUncle D & Aunt M came with their sweet girls, Aubrey, Ainslea, and Lyla. This was Caden's first time to meet Lyla and he seemed to like her a lot! 

 Aunt KK came along with his cousin Chloe and her mom Courtney. His friend Buck came with his parents Brian and Christine. Uncle Bobo came along with his mom, sister, and her sweet baby Anniston.

 

My lifelong friend Ashley and her mom came and it meant so much to me! Also my friends Dee and Heather came!! Those 2 girls are some of Caden's favorites!

 Caden had so many gifts to open and he liked to walk around and show what he got!! He got books, clothes, all kinds of toys, and a piggy bank!

Caden's cake turned out perfect!! God has truly blessed some people with amazing abilities and the lady who made his cake is definitely blessed. We loved it!!

Caden also loved his little cake!!

Overall it was such a wonderful day spent with friends and family. It was also such a bittersweet day for this mama. I love that my little guy is growing and healthy but it has gone by so fast. I feel like I say this all the time but time is absolutely flying by. I want to savor every moment and remember detail from every memory we make. I thank God every single day for my family. I am a blessed woman.