Cade Goes To Disneyland!

Today was Cade's first trip to Disneyland! My sis and I decided to give it a go and see how the little man liked it. He LOVED it! He was so good and cheerful the whole time. Who wouldn't be lounging in the stroller snacking on peach puffs :)? When we arrived we had to get his 1st trip button, which he promptly decided to munch on (poor kid is teething like crazy). After a quick stop at the Baby Care Center to feed him lunch we headed to Small World for his first ride. It seemed appropriate to start with a Disney classic. There was so much for him to watch, and it was a lot of fun to watch him take it all in for the first time. Next we headed to Jungle Cruise... we had a thing for mellow water rides today.

It was a quick trip, kind of a trial run for a long day in a couple of weeks celebrating Grammie's birthday at Disneyland. We can't wait to go back!!

Sweet Smiles

I just had to share this sweet picture of our boy. He has learned to cock his head from side to side and thinks it is funny when you do it back to him. As he is approaching a year old his personality is developing so much and we love learning about our little man.
Hope this smile brightens your day!

Scooting into 9 months

Cade turns 9 months old tomorrow! So hard to believe we are so close to his 1st birthday. We wanted to share a few fun photos from the last month. Speaking as a mommy I have seen so much growth and change in him this month from others. He is scooting all over the place incredibly fast! He keeps me on my toes. Speaking of toes, Cade loves to push himself onto all fours and then into what we call in Pilates a downward facing dog where his butt is in the air and he is standing on his tippy toes. Then he flops back down on his belly and scoots off to the next thing. We are always telling him how much easier it would be to crawl on his knees to wherever he is going, but our little scooter will do it his way!

Cade has mastered sitting up on his own, pushing himself up from his belly to a sitting position. And just the other day he pulled himself up! First in his crib and then on a storage cube we have in the family room. He is always crawling over to us and pulling himself up to give us one of his big goofy smiles (He now has two teeth on the top and two on the bottom!). We keep getting told that he is going to be an early walker, and I wouldn't put it past him! I, on the other hand, would appreciate keeping him grounded a little while longer :)

We also celebrated a number of birthdays for some very special people. Auntie Jenny turned 30 (!!), Gigi (Grandma Crellin) turned 80!!! and Gramps celebrated another year too.

Ok, so I know I sound like a very proud mama already, but we are having so much fun. These two videos captured some cool things. Cade saying da da for the first time - I can't believe I caught it on video (sorry it isn't the best video) and playing "catch" with daddy. Too cute!