Cade Update

Date: 10/17/07

Age: 2 yrs, 4 mos, 24 days

Likes: Chocolate milk, Doodlebops, Football (esp. the helmets), People (esp. Grandmas and Grandpas), Kindermusik class (except for "quiet time"), watching Shrek, reading his potty book and big brother book (pretty much has them memorized), musical instruments (esp. drums and guitars), Suckers, M&M's, Popcorn (sometimes called Acorns), Giving hugs, kisses, and pats, Fishing, Watching the Cubbies (which means any baseball team), Running (as fast as he can), our neighbors Wes & Sandy and dragging all of their toys out, giving Wrigley treats, helping Daddy fix stuff, Combines, tractors, and any construction equipment, wearing hats

Sings: Itsy Bitsy Spider, ABCs, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Barney Song, Matchbox 20's "Let's See How Far We've Come," Tim McGraw's "Last Dollar," Happy Birthday

Dislikes: Sleeping, Napping, Eating most things healthy

Quirks: Wearing snowboots, putting socks on his hands as "gloves"

Working on: Getting rid of the pacifier (only uses it for sleeping, except at daycare he doesn't use it at all...go figure!), potty training (says "Yay Cader, Woohoo!" if he goes)

Recent fun: Vala's Pumpkin Patch in Omaha, ISU Football game vs. Texas and camping/tailgating the night before, Staying with Grandma and Grandpa J's (seeing horses, riding the horsey, and going to Corbin's bday party), Riding the tractor at Grandpa and Grandma M's (and seeing Hershey)

Funny things he has done/said lately:

• To Mom, "You're driving me crazy! Ugh!" (Hmmm, have I said this to him before? : ))
• I told him we needed to run some errands (which he actually enjoys). So we get to our first stop, I think it was Michael's, and he is holding on to my hand as we start walking to the door. He starts to run and says, "Cmon Mom, we have to run!" I couldn't figure out why he was doing that and then realized, "Aw, we are "running" errands." : )
• He is always wanting me to ride my bike and for 8 months now I have been telling him, "No Mommy can't ride her bike b/c she has a baby in her belly." One day he said, "when is that baby going to come out?" I'm thinking he's all excited about finally having the baby at our house and I said, "oh pretty soon." He then says, "Then you can ride your bike?" Yes Cade, then I can ride my bike.
• He gets a little confused as to where the baby actually is sometimes, whether it's the belly or the "chest" area. So one day he goes up to my stepsister Cindy, takes one look at her chest and says, "you got a baby in there?"
• My stepsister Cindy was eating hot tamales and Cade wanted to try one. She said, "I don't know if you will like these, they are really hot." He feels them, and says, "they're cooled off now, they're not hot anymore!" So he takes one, pops it in his mouth, chews it for a bit, makes a face and spits it out, gives it back to her and says, "they're still hot."