Under Exersaucer

Kade has been all over the place lately. He will crawl all around the living room and kitchen. He decided to get under the exersaucer instead of in it. Once he got under there, he couldn't figure out how to get out and started crying. He was very frustrated that he couldn't do it himself. Now he thinks it's a game to get under there and make me try to get him out!

Kade Is Trying To Pull Up

Here Kade was trying to pull himself up while holding onto the couch. This is the first time he has tried to do that. He got himself up on his feet and immediately fell over. But he did really surprise me. I went to get him up from his nap this evening, and when I opened the door I saw him standing up in his bed holding onto the rail with both hands. He had never done this before, and I was really shocked! He was crying and wanted out of his bed, but when he saw the surprised look on my face he started laughing. My mouth dropped open and I just kept saying, " Jake, hurry up and come here. You've got to see this." He just looked so big and grown up standing there. I really wasn't expecting this for a while!

Kade's Famous Fit

This is what my child does when he doesn't get his way! He is getting really good at it too. If you take something away from him or don't let him get a hold of something that he wants, he automatically goes into fit mode. He will do the pouty lip, start crying, and throw his head back. He was mad here because I was trying to take a picture of him and me, and I wouldn't let him grab my camera. What a face!

Break Dancing Baby

This is one of his newest things to do. He will put both hands down on the floor and get up on his feet, sticking his booty up in the air. He looks like he's trying to break dance!

Shoe Fetish

Well it looks like Kade already has a shoe fetish. But I guess that's to be expected with the way Jake and I are about shoes! Kade crawls around the living room floor and gets a hold of any shoes he can find. I guess you could say we are two proud parents! We've taught him well.

Ready For My Close Up

Here you can see Kade's new teeth! He has realized that he likes my camera and has started coming after it when I try to take a picture of him. Then he gets mad and throws a fit when I don't let him have it. I love those blue eyes!
He has been pretty fussy lately with all of his teeth cutting. He was running fever from Thursday night until Saturday morning, so I stayed home with him on Friday. He's doing much better this week though, so I'm glad about that!

Just Relaxing

This is how I found Kade sleeping when I went in to check on him. I couldn't help but take a picture. I thought it was so cute how he had his arms behind his head! He even poses in his sleep!

More Teeth

Kade has another tooth. Now he has two teeth, both on bottom. The left one poked through yesterday. So in 6 days, he has gotten both of his teeth. I'm sure it won't be long before he has more.

Kade Has Discovered His Tongue

I didn't think little boys were supposed to stick their tongue's out at their moms! He has been doing this a lot lately. It seems like he's always got his tongue out. I don't know if he likes feeling his new tooth or what.

Reading at 8 Months

Kade stayed in the floor "reading" for a long time tonight. He was just being so cute I couldn't help but take his picture!

Kade is Crawling

Kade is finally really crawling. He has been belly crawling for about a month now but started actually crawling on his hands and knees really well this past weekend.
Every once in a while he will have to stop and take a break to catch his breath!

Mischievous Boy

This morning while I was getting ready for work, I put Kade in his exersaucer so he couldn't get into anything, and I'd know he was safe. I kept hearing him cough and didn't think anything about it. When I walked through the living room, I noticed that Kade had a bag of sunflower seeds. He had managed, while in his exersaucer, to reach up on the table between mine and Jake's chairs and grab the bag. He had dumped the whole bag out and was eating them when I found him. So that's why he was coughing! I guess we'll have to be more careful even though he's only crawling!

We Have A Tooth!

Kade finally got his first tooth! We were beginning to wonder. It has just poked through the skin, so you can't really see it very good yet. But you can sure feel it. I noticed it Saturday when we were at Wal-Mart. Kade grabbed my finger to chew on while I was pushing the buggy, and I felt something awfully sharp. Sure enough, there is a little tooth poking through.

Bath Time

Kade is liking his bath time a lot better than before. As long as there are bubbles in his tub, he will let me give him a bath without crying. Here he got a little wild splashing and got water in his face. He didn't like that too much and was ready to get out after that!

Kade's First Movie

Thursday Kade & I went on an outing with some other moms and kids from our young families class from church. We went to Kade's first movie, The Ant Bully. It was really cute. Kade watched it for a little while, and then he didn't seem too interested. But he did really well. He just sat on my lap, drank his juice, and played with his toys. He did swipe a few Nerds from Reece who was sitting next to us though! After the movie we went to the splash park to play in the water. Kade loved that! The wind was really blowing, and every time it would blow in his face he would just laugh. I sat him down at a little fountain of water. He kept bending over trying to grab the water, and he bent a little too far and got water in his face. He didn't like that at all! But as long as the water didn't get in his face, he was having a great time! Here he was playing with our friend Crystal at the splash park.

Kade At The Beach

Here are Kade's newest professional pictures. He was smiling so good at first, and then Noel and I tried to get him to take a picture with the frog floatie. I guess it made him off balance, and he fell over hitting his head on the sand castle. It was hard and scratched his head. After that he was done with the picture taking! But we managed to get some pretty darn cute pictures!

Laying on Mom's Pillow

After Kade woke up on Saturday, he was playing on the bed. I was trying my hardest to get him to smile for a picture, but he wouldn't do it. Then the second his dad walked into the room he started cheesing from ear to ear! Kade thought it would be fun to lay on mom's pillow while posing for the camera.

Photo Contest

Kade is in his first photo contest! I entered him at the Sear's Portrait Studio. Everyone needs to go vote for him! We will find out in a couple weeks who wins. Maybe it will be us!