August 10-15

This week Kaden has started to climb on and into anything! He now gets into the pantry and pulls out everything he can reach. He also climbed on the dishwasher door as I am trying to unload it. Kaden also loves making his "fish face". He now is saying "ouch" when he knows he is not suppose to touch something unsafe and shakes his head when he sees something he shouldn't touch or do. This is my last week off work so we went to the Children's Museum for our last time this summer. We had a blast this week!

August 2-10

We went to the Children's Museum and Kaden loved dancing to the music. We are not quite sure where he has discovered these dance moves, but he does pretty well dancing to the rhythm. This same week Kaden's cousins, MoMo and Aunt Mylynda came to visit. We played at the Children's Museum and went swimming at our neighborhood pool. Kaden loved playing with his cousins. Kaden also fell this weekend and got a pretty nice mark on his forehead. I know he will have a lot more in the future, hopefully none with stiches.

MoMo also took the girls and Kaden to "Build A Bear". Kaden picked out a very cute bear and was able to help the lady make his. :) He also picked out cute overalls to dress him in. We named his bear "Buddy".

Pictures of Kaden Walking

Kaden went to visit his Great Grandparents this week and loved showing off for them. Everyone laughed and clapped because he walked a few steps, but Kaden thought they were laughing because he fell down. So Kaden continued to fall down just to get everyone to laugh and clap.

Kaden Taking His First Steps...

Kaden took his first steps on August 1st at 13 months old. Kaden walked to Nico to give him some of his cookie. As you can tell in the video, we are excited and proud of Kaden!

Kaden loves to push his school bus around the house. He has even mastered turning the bus around to walk another direction. He is still not confident to let go and walk by himself yet. Maybe oneday we will see Kaden walk without pushing a school bus in front of him and using it as his walker. :)

Playing in the Sand

Kaden trying to fill the bucket with sand.....

Kaden worked really hard to get the sand in his bucket. Unfortunately, most of his handfuls did not make it to the actual bucket. You can see at the end of the video this was becoming a game and he just started to throw the sand. :)

Kaden's First Time to Play at the Beach!

Kaden's First Sand Experience!

Our Trip to Cancun, Mexico

"Mango Punch" at the summer concerts

12 Months Old

We have been enjoying the summer so far. We have gone to the Houston Children's Museum at least once a week and have been swimming several times. Kaden has been standing on his own without holding on to anything, but is still a little nervous about taking that first step hands free. He loves to talk and is starting to say a few things we can now understand. ("Ba" - bottle (even though he drinks out of a cup), "ba" - bath, "da-da" - daddy, "Bun" for bunny, and "ca" for cat . He can clearly say a few words - dog, bone, book, mama, duck (and a duck says "cack, cack"), bear, ball, bye-bye, and hi. He loves answering his play phone or other toys he puts to his ear and says "hi".
Kaden has also just this week said a few mini sentences...."Daddy's Chair" while leaning against his chair and "I catch it" while playing ball.

He has become a big flirt with older women. Yesterday at Sweet Tomatoes Kaden saw two little girls (around 6 years old) that were sitting behind us. He turned around in his high chair and started waving at them for about 10 minutes. He would clap and smile at them when they would talk to him. This is not the first time that he has flirted with older women at a restuarant. We went to eat at Gaido's in Galveston about a month ago after going the the aquarium at Moody Gardens for the day. A bachelorette party of about 12 women set next to our table. He began entertaining them by waving, talking to them and putting on his baby charm with his smile. He definitely has a way with women to get their attention!

12 Months Old

Kaden's Father's Day Card

Kaden's 1st Birthday Invitation

My Goal is to Weekly Post Updates

Back in August I created this page and then did not continue updating it. My goal is to weekly add pictures and blogs of our family. Today I have added many pictures of the past 10 months just to catch up. Hope y'all enjoy! Kristi

For Kaden's first Birthday I hung all of these pictures to represent each month of his first year. :)

Twelve Months Old