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.

21 months

Cade turned 21 months yesterday. He is so quickly approaching 2 that it's hard for me to believe. On Sunday, we watched the Vikings game and went to Noah's birthday party. I thought it would be a good idea to put Cade in something football related and had a tough time finding something in his closet with a football on it since I am biased towards the soccer gear. But, I did find one sweatshirt that fit the bill. Here's some pictures of him cheering on the Vikings to their win. Well, to be honest, I had to work hard to get these pictures since Cade doesn't really watch the game with me. But, it does look like he's cheering.Yesterday, since Sean had the day off, we went to Edinborough Park. They have a 40 foot tall kids play park that has climbing and slides. They also have a toddler area that I figured Cade would play in but he didn't want to have anything to do with it. He wanted to play with the big kids. So, with our help, he climbed up about halfway and went down a bunch of different slides. He loved the slides but was always on one of our laps. He surprised me by climbing through a tunnel that had criss-crossed straps for a portion of the tube. The tunnel was probably 20 feet off the floor but he just crawled right through. In fact, he was leading the way without any problems with the holes.Today, I attempted to take a picture of him with the same preemie outfit that I used last year for a comparison. Well, he didn't want to hold the sleeper in front of him so I pinned it on his shirt. I think that if the shoulders of the sleeper were actually at his shoulders, it would only go to about his waist. It's so tiny that it almost brought tears to my eyes just looking at it. If you want to see the pic that I took last year to compare, click here.

Breakfast with Cade

Can you guess what Cade's favorite way to eat his yogurt is? Yes, that's right, he likes to drink it and with every slurp, he cracks himself up. He does actually know how to use a spoon but has decided that it's too slow or just not quite as fun. I also love the bed-head that he had that morning :)

Who does Cade look like?

I've been meaning to do this post for along time. Here's a picture of Sean at 18 months and I think I'm about 18 months as well. So, this is a good time to compare Cade to us as toddlers. I've had many people tell me that Cade looks like me and many who say that he looks like Sean. Most who think he looks like me, knew me as a child and most who think he looks like Sean, knew him as a child. I'm just curious what people think once they see what each of us looked like. There is a poll set up on the right hand side of the blog. Please vote to satisfy my curiosity.

(Sean's Input)
Personally, I think Jill's baby pic looks like Andy in a dress (Bro, I am not trying to rip on you here I just see your face when I see Jill's baby picture). So, I guess what I am trying to say is that if Jill thinks that Cade looks like her, I think that she looks like Andy. So, Cade=Andy=Jill at a young age.

PS. Son, if you are reading this umteen years down the line, I think that your mom is a good looking lady and your uncle is a handsome man. So, don't think that what I am writing here is that you look like a girl or something of that nature. It is no secret that I think that you are one of the cutest (Sorry, at this age you are very "cute".) little guys to ever grace the planet (I am a bit biased too.). Nevertheless, you are cute, smart, and funny all wrapped into one.

Bubba-dae,

Dad

Jill's extra input:

First, I need to say that all of the Bober boys/men are handsome. So, Cade comes by his good looks from both sides :) But, he does not look like Andy. At least, not more than he looks like Sean or I. Sean says it's just this particular baby picture of me that reminds him of Andy. I went through the album that I have of the Bober boys and found a pic of Andy at around the same age. So, you can be the judge. However, I can't update the poll since there is already a vote. Also, sorry Andy but the only pic I had of you alone was the one in your diaper (still a very cute pic).

The Reason for the Horse

I was going through some old pictures and came across this one. This is the reason Cade got a horse for Christmas. Although, the one I had looks alot smaller than his!