caden repeats words.... and an update on my 36 weeks appointment

I can't believe it! I actually got Caden on video repeating words after me - one right after another. It's funny how you forget what words your little one knows once you have them on video asking them to say them.

Two things to note: When I ask him to say "uh-oh", he throws his sucker on the ground first. Also, he always says "boom" after spinning in circles and falling on his bum. I couldn't get him to say "boom", but he did spin in circles with a little dance to follow.



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Yesterday was my 36 week appointment with my midwife. BP and Adisyn's HB were great. I only gained 1lb in two weeks.

I'm dilated to 1cm and 50% effaced. I'm showing signs of progress two weeks earlier than I did with Caden, but it really doesn't mean anything. She said it was normal with your second baby and I could go earlier than my due date, but I could also go past January 22nd. Only time will tell, right?

My appointments are weekly until she arrives!

36 weeks pregnant:

christmas 2009

was unbelievably busy this year, but was also LOTS and LOTS of fun! Ryan and I had some time off together, which just completed how nice it really was this year. We were on the go visiting family and friends for the last five days.

I took over 100 pictures in two days and as much as I want to post them all, it's obviously not going to happen. We did manage to catch a Caden with Mommy and Daddy shot before we left for Ryan's aunt's house on Christmas Eve.

and a few other cute moments....

I felt like a kid again Christmas Eve and Christmas morning for that matter. I couldn't wait to get home and put all of the Christmas gifts under the tree.

I was the first one up on Christmas morning around 6:30am. The rest of the house (including the animals) slept until almost 8am. That is almost unheard of for Caden. I do think he was pretty wiped out from the evening before.

He didn't even notice the presents under the tree. He was more interested in the ornaments and lights on the tree as usual. I am going to miss that. Every morning once he came out of his room he would stand by the tree saying "please" for me to turn on the lights.

Overall, Caden did pretty well opening his gifts. He was so interested in the first toy that we had a hard time getting him to open the next gift. I ended up opening his last gift because he had no interest whatsoever.

He was a tad bit cranky Christmas morning too - can you tell by the look on his face?

He took apart EVERY little piece of his kitchen and tossed it all on the ground.

Soon after we opened gifts at home we headed over to my sister-in-laws house for breakfast and more presents. Caden sure was spoiled over there too!

and for my favorite shot of the day.... over at Grandma Lori's for dinner Christmas night. Could he get any cuter?!

Christmas Eve

I really thought I would have updated more seeing how I've been off work for a week now, but I seriously have not had much time available. Between shopping, wrapping, visiting family and the normal routines there has not been a whole lot of time. I've been off work since last Thursday and it doesn't even feel like it. I sure could get used to being a stay at home mom though. I am actually really looking forward to my 8 week maternity leave!

It's been a great week so far and it's only Christmas Eve. We still have lots more visiting with family and of course Santa is coming! I am so giddy about Christmas this year for Caden -- I feel like a kid again myself. He doesn't understand the whole concept yet, but I'm sure by next year he will. I cannot wait for tomorrow morning to see his cute little smile when he opens all his gifts.

Since I've been off work, Caden has learned a few new words. It's almost every day he is saying something new -- I just love it. So far this week he has said: cheese, please, blue, balloon, green, and my chair. Cheese and please sound the same and so does blue, balloon, and boom for that matter.

I've been having a really hard time capturing a good picture of this non stop moving little boy. However, I did capture one cute picture as he happened to be running past the camera with his famous smile.



A friend of mine stopped over for a morning visit the other day with her 9 month old, Nina. I can't believe she is already 9 months old. Caden was 10 months old when she was born and Nina will be 10 months old when Adisyn arrives. Crazy. Caden and baby Nina had a good time playing together as you can see.



Our son loves Dora. LOVES Dora. He is a Dora addict.
Sometimes he goes into a trance watching his girlfriend on TV.



Will be back to post all about Christmas Day! Hope everyone a very blessed and Merry Christmas!

34 week appointment

All went well with my 34 week appointment today. I even got a surprise ultrasound! There were no doctors around and the ultrasound tech had some time to spare, so she gave me a free lookie-see at our baby Adisyn. I can't believe how different the pictures are when you are farther along.

She is broken up in two different shots. The left side of the picture are her legs and you can see her foot and all five toes! The shot to the right is her side profile. Her face up against the uterine wall, so it is hard to see.



Overall my appointment went well. Adi's HB was ranging from the high 130's to the low 140's. BP was great and I only gained 1lb in two weeks!! So much better than the 7lbs I gained the two weeks prior.

My next visit is in two weeks and then I'm weekly with my appointments until she arrives. I will be full term on New Year's Day. I'm not expecting to go early, and hoping she stays put for at least a couple weeks in January. I cannot believe she'll be here soon! It feels like such a short time ago I tested and found out I was pregnant. Sheesh!

decorating the christmas tree...

Caden has a few ornaments that we let him play with (and a new one seems to get added to that group each day). He gets a kick out of decorating the tree his way.

See?

I think he does a fine job. Don't you?

Caden came down with a cold this weekend. He was really sneezing and had a runny nose on Saturday. He's been really nasally today, but I've seen him worse off. I'm hoping he is just fighting something off and it won't get any worse tomorrow. I really need to make to work every day this week considering I'm off for almost a week and a half. I'm also hoping I don't catch this bug either.

Fingers crossed my lil boy gets better quickly and Ryan and I stay healthy.

just chillin

the tree is up!

We finally put up our Chistmas tree this past weekend, and Caden is obsessed. Aren't they all at this age? Ryan was still putting up the lights when Caden woke up from his nap. While I was changing his diaper he could see the lights and could not wait to get out in the living room. He was over the moon excited with the lights and all the ornaments.

He is doing rather well with the ornaments. There are 3 of them that he is allowed to play with it and he is getting the hang of it. He was taking them off and using them as a telephone saying "who?, who?", but now he is just takes them on and off and claps when he gets them back on the tree.

We have a stuffed Santa that Ryan's aunt bought for Caden. We asked him "who is this Caden?" and he replied with "ho, ho, ho". I cannot believe how quickly he learned this from the last two visits with my mother-in-law.

Sunday morning the lights went out on the tree. I couldn't for the life of me figure out where to even start. Caden kept saying "uh-oh, uh-oh", which then turned to "ba-byes" and then into an all out stomping fit when he realized I could not get them back on. Thankfully Ryan woke up and came to the rescue. We just need to replace the bottom strand of lights, so all lights above are now working.

Here is Caden taking it all in once we were finished.

Excuse the dog's butt in the background, but this was the only good shot of Caden saying "hi" to the lights. (on = hi and off = ba-bye)

I was working on a photoshoot for our Christmas cards this year. I'm rather disappointed in my "newish" camera I bought. All the sudden I am getting horrible glares, not to mention I still can't figure out all the darn settings.

He looks so handsome in his Christmas outfit!

words....

I've been thinking lately about how many words Caden can say. A part of me thinks he should be saying more -- probably because I've read somewhere that he should be saying 20-50 words at his age. He babbles a LOT - he is trying so hard to have a whole conversation with you, but you can't make out anything.

As of now he is only saying about 15 words with the newest word being "help".

doggy
kitty
thank you
bye
ba-bye
hi
who
da-da
ma-ma
mine
up
help
duck
uh-oh
cookie

He does use all these words at the appropriate time too, so that's a plus. I'm not worried he is not up to 20 words, but at times I wish he could say more. At least to communicate what he needs/wants so these screaming fits might lessen.

Mrs. Tammy is now watching a 2 year old who is a non-stop talker. She is like the energizer bunny when it comes to talking. Cute as ever. I have a feeling Caden may start talking more in the near future from listening to her talk so much. Time will only tell.

**edited to add "cookie" - he reminded me a few days later.