Beer, Tu-Tu's and rain...

Who would have known that on a lovely Saturday afternoon, I would find myself carrying Kade amougst beer drinkers, tu-tu wearing men, while trying to shelter our baby from the rain..Oh what fun it was!!!

So there's a little race..race is not the right word, event. Yep, an event that involves costumes, lots of beer and a bunch a crazy people wanting to ride bikes around and around and around a tiny track on Terrace Hill..So Paul and his friends decided to put a team together and try their trade at drinking beer and riding their bikes in the mud...while wearing tu-tu's..I was hoping Paul, at least, would have busted out his road riding shorts to wear under the tu-tu. It would have looked more like a lovely beer drinking ballerina..but it didn't happen.

This is what grown men like to do right..? Oh, women were much apart of it too. Fun times..entertainment..but it got messy folks and it was time to leave for me and the baby as the one can imagine what beer and bike riding can do for ones system!

My little Dinosaur

Kade and the Pumpkin Patch

You know it..More picture of Kade

So my dear child is napping right now...in the swing..I have contemplated lately if it is a healthy choice to let him swing for a few hours each afternoon, or morning while he naps. I have talked to a few of you, pondering my choice. I was seriously stressing that I should have him still when he naps. I read some where and heard from a few that napping in cars, strollers and swings is not a good thing-not as quality of sleep. So maybe they are right. But I know my child loves the swing and so do I. Its kinda like crack in our house..So I decided that if thats how he's going to sleep for a while during the day.(Thanks to Holly too for sharing your sleeping strategies. It helps knowing someone else is about the swing too.)  Than so be it. He was sleeping in it at night. Not moving, just in it. I felt like a bad parent or something, but he seems to be fine with the crib by the bed...now...that said.  I am hoping to get through a blog before he wakes up.
He is certainly growing these days. I think I say that every time I get a chance to write something about him. He probably weighs 16 plus pounds by now. He's like a little tank. Maybe I will get muscles of steel ( did I get that right?) from carrying him around. There's really not too much to report, other than he loves sucking on his hands, sitting upright, trying to crawl, talking, smiling, laughing..just a little. And melting my heart as often as possible. He is sleeping so-so these days. We are working on figuring out his wants and all..but like they say, it changes quite fast, just when I thought he was sleeping one way. Aww, for the love of the babies.

3 months

Our little man is 3 months this Sunday. Seriously where did the time go? He grows so much each day. And with each day,  I feel blessed to have such a wonderful little baby. I truly didn't know how much I could love some one so much.
Kade's little personality is growing. He seems a bit like me..impatient. He really wants things quickly. And he really lets us know what he wants..if we can figure it out. Most times it is pretty simple-food, sleep or movement. Kade loves to move, either on his own or in a stroller, pack or just being held. He is strong enough these days to keep his head up and scoot himself on the floor. He is determined. I can see that in him. He is also enjoying siiting up with support in his bumbo chair.And will watch you intently as you scurry around him to make dinner or do various tasks. He is "talking" a lot more these days too. He seems to have a lot to say. Especially first thing in the morning. Thank goodness he doesn't truly want to wake 'til 7 or 8.

When Paul arrives from work, Kade is always filled with smiles now and starts chattin' it up. Filling Dad in about the day. What else..He is a pretty good sleeper and napper. The last few weeks he wants to saw the zz's big time around 8:30-9pm. He will sleep til 2:30-3am..then up at 5:30 then 7..the mornings he wants to eat more..We make it happen. Thank goodness he eats faster then and goes to sleep right after. As for naps..I can always count on a solid few hours every afternoon between 12-3. And this is nice..but soon it could change..thats what they tell me.

So that is all for now. Let me say again, I love him and like a true Mom I am now, I think he is the best baby. And he has made our family even more special. 

Sun hat action

And more...

Rose and Kade after a warm hike..much needed naked time here.

Play time..and a nice smile I finally captured on camera.

I love him..how did I get so lucky? This picture, for some reason, melts my heart.

And again...my little chunky monkey has my heart.

My first baby...

Rose and Kade

Odus and his Girlfriend Jade..Can you tell who is who?