Catching up!

Yikes -- I am completely behind in posting pictures of Caden! Can you believe he's 4 months old already? Having a child adds new meaning to "where does the time go?"

At Caden's 4 month check-up on November 22nd, he weighed 16 lbs., 4 ozs. (76%) and was 27.5 inches long (99%). He is so long/tall that he is essentially 'off the chart'. He is currently wearing 9 month size clothing due to his length! As you can tell by the picture of Caden snoozing on Mommy, he definitely gets his height from his Daddy!


Here's a few other highlights from the past two weeks:

Grandma & Grandpa Plaetz come to visit



Caden eyeing up Daddy's yummy birthday cake


Caden's 1st Thanksgiving


Bathtime with bubbles


Favorite pasttime - reading books


Kisses from Mommy & Daddy


Caden sporting his Christmas party outfit

Happy 3rd Birthday Cousin Evan

Do these two boys look like trouble in a couple years?

Our little Winnie the Pooh!

Caden went trick-or-treating to Aunt Marcia, Uncle Casey and Cousin Evan's house tonight. He must have been really excited about Halloween because he didn't take much of a nap (oh yeah - that's EVERY day for Caden). As you can tell by the pictures, he was a sleepy bear! Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday to Grandma Nancy!

Back to day-care

Caden's first week of day-care went very well. Some of the comments on his daily log included:

"Caden loves snuggling."
(What? This is not the baby we dropped off...)

"Caden enjoyed watching the bigger babies play."
(Well, maybe not BIGGER babies, but rather OLDER babies, as Caden holds his own at 14 lbs. 1 oz. He is so tall/long that he completely fills out the length of his 6 month size sleepers. A basketball player in the making!)

"Caden was flirting with his teachers today. We are suckers for his giggle."
(We are suckers for his giggle too!)

Unfortunately, after the first full week of day-care, Caden caught a stomach bug, so he spent Wednesday and Friday at home mending with Mommy. Grandma Donna to the rescue on Thursday as Mommy and Daddy had meetings they couldn't miss. Luckily, he finally started feeling better over the weekend and was ready to head back to day-care for yet another week...hopefully a germ-free week!

Now, what you all really logged on for - some recent pictures...

How Caden felt about having to get out of bed to go to day-care on the first day:



Bath time


Happy time



Hanging out with George the Giraffe

Video: Caden...The First Two Months

Caden's New Love

This is how Caden felt about his swing at first. The swing may have been the most complicated baby accessory for Daddy to put together, but Caden was feeling no appreciation.



Recently, Caden has had a change of heart. In fact, just last week, Caden found his swing to be less offensive. He did, however, find it to be boring enough to catch a nap. (Note: Our child is not sufficating under his blanket. This swinging session was supervised the ENTIRE time. But, yes, it's true, he loves to sleep with a blanket covering his face. Of all things. What next? Plastic bags will be his favorite toy? This child is something else.)



Today, although Caden won't admit it, I think I caught him actually enjoying his swing while he was awake. This may be the first day of my maternity leave that I will actually have time to wash, dry AND fold an entire load of laundry!

Video: Caden Talking to Mommy

Check out the video we shot today of Caden talking to Mommy!