Is Spring Here Yet?

I'm ready for spring and I'm guessing Cade is too. He has another cold and didn't sleep well last night so Mommy and Daddy are both a little tired today. I hope he gets alot of rest tonight and gets over this cold quickly. Last weekend, we all got our hair cut and had dinner with Andy, Jill and Phillip. Phillip is growing like a weed and now is taller than Cade. They both spent the afternoon and evening running around and opening and closing doors. Who needs toys when you have doors? The other news around here is that we finally figured out what is going on with Belle. I have wondered for awhile because it seemed like she kept getting skinnier. At first, I just thought that she was getting alot more exercise at the house versus the townhouse. But, lately, she's become really skinny. It turns out that she has a hyperactive thyroid. Both Sean and I were happy with the diagnosis because it's treatable and she is very healthy otherwise. One way to treat it is with a radioactive iodine injection that kills the tumor that is producing too much thyroid hormone. I guess it works really well and the vet recommended it over treating her with pills. So, now we need to get an appointment set up and find out the final cost. Hopefully, Belle will be on the mend soon.

Cade continues to work on developing his vocabulary. Here's a list of his new words:
31. All done
32. Brr
33. Thigh (ty) - Sean taught him this one and he says it instead of leg
34. Belle (baa-ow)
35. Foot (fo)
36. Rub - Sean taught him that you rub your hands when you have lotion on them - rub, rub
37. Water (wa wa)
38. Shop - maybe we do too much shopping? but, when we went to the mall yesterday I told Cade we were going shopping and he said "shop"
39. Down (dow)
40. Baa -as in the sheep says baa.
41. Hop Hop - as in the bunny in his book goes hop, hop. He said this one on his own one day when I turned the page to the bunny. Surprised the heck out of me. He also said "lana" yesterday when we were talking about a picture of a banana. But, he hasn't repeated it so it's not officially part of the list.
42. Toothbrush (boomba) - for awhile, he has done a gesture for brushing his teeth but now he asks for his toothbrush.
43. Sean (sha!) - he yells this when he wants to get our attention and we are pretty sure he's copying me yelling for Sean. This morning we were talking about daddy and he yelled "Sa!" so I think we're right.

He is also working on putting 2 words together. His favorite 2 word sentence is, "Santa off." He knows that Santa has to be turned off before we go upstairs. Santa is still out at our house because Cade asks for him when he gets up and talks about him all day. Even when he's going to bed, he keeps saying, "Santa off." Santa gets carried all over the basement and even rocks in Cade's rocking chair with him. Cade put him in the chair all by himself and then climbed up himself.