Little mover and shaker :)

It has become increasingly difficult to capture a good picture of Cason. He won't sit still--he is always on the move. I tried to take some pictures of him the other day and this is all I could get....

For some reason the past two days, I have found Cason sitting up asleep in his crib during his morning nap--don't worry I moved him :)  Here a couple of pics---it is hard to tell but I still think they are cute :)

On another note, Cason has really been trying to take some steps lately. He doesn't have good balance and can only take 2-3 steps before falling but he sure enjoys trying! He is just growing up too fast!

Likes and Dislikes

Cason has been one busy boy lately! He crawls faster, pulls up on everything, cruises around furniture, gets into a sitting position independently now, and even stands for a few seconds on his own----and most importantly he learned how to get down on his own from a standing position! Here are just a few of his recent likes and dislikes.....

Dislikes....

1. Cason has always been a GREAT eater. There has not been ONE single solid food we have given him over the past 5 months that he hasn't eaten. He loves any and everything we give him and usually cries when it is all gone. But yesterday we found the first thing that he did not like. I got him a jar of broccoli, carrots, and cheese and boy does he hate it. See video below....



2. Getting his diaper changed. He gets irritated just being near the changing table--probably because he has to be still for a minute.
3. He dislikes that there are actually things in the house that he is not supposed to play with.

Likes...

1. Crawling everywhere



2. Trying to stand on his own...

3. His new banana toothbrush...

4. His new onesie...Thanks Becky!

5. Outlets (thank goodness for outlet covers)
6. Looking out windows
7. Apple & Cinnamon oatmeal
8. Pancakes (whole grain and plain)
9. He LOVES to play peek-a-boo
10. Any type of music/song
11. Bath time
12. He loves to read books--and use them as teething toys--ha!

Thanks Lindsay!

Our friend Lindsey just started a photography business here in Dallas and we were so excited for her to take some pictures of Cason.  We LOVE how the pictures turned out! Thank you so much Lindsay for capturing our little cutie on film! To learn more about Lindsay's new business and see some great photos, just click on the link below for her blog:

Rosie Toes Photography

She also has a Facebook page

Here are just a few....

Spiderman

Since our little cutie has learned to stand up in his crib---that is ALL he wants to do. Usually for naps he would lay right down and go to sleep but NOT anymore. As soon as I put him down he gets right back up. The problem with that is that he doesn't know how to get down on his own yet. So he walks all around the crib and laughs and enjoys himself for a few minutes (I watch him on the monitor) and then he gets mad because he can't get down. Every time I go in and put him down he gets right back up and starts screaming again. I do leave him in there for a while to see if he will figure it out on his own but I am so scared he is going to fall and hit his head. He even gets stuck standing in front of the headboard----he ventures out on it and then realizes he has nothing to hang on to and then the screaming really starts. We have played this game for almost an hour every nap time since he started performing his new trick. At night, I put him in a sleep sack so he can't do this--thank goodness or we'd never get any sleep. Here are a couple of pictures of him from today (if only you could see his pitiful face)--I think he looks like Spiderman!

His poor crib has been stripped down to nothing! His cute bumper has been replaced with a breathable bumper that he can't climb on. We took the bedskirt off because the mattress is so low now that you couldn't even see it and the mobile had to go because he was pulling it off. Oh well :)

He also loves to stand and look out the window...

He is crawling all over the place now and gets faster every day! He especially loves crawling places he shouldn't be--I can't turn my back for a second! He pulls up to stand on everything, even just the wall--LOL. I feel like all I do is chase him around all day---but I sure do love it!!!

Happy Birthday Lolli---we all hope you had a great day and we love you!!!

What a morning!

I went to put Cason down for his nap this morning just like usual and started getting ready for the day. Cason usually rolls around in his crib for a few minutes until he can find the perfect spot to go to sleep and I could hear him doing this on the monitor---it got quiet so I checked the monitor to see if he was asleep and this is what I found.....

He was so proud of himself when I walked in....




We've already lowered his crib once and he hasn't pulled up since then but now it is time to drop it to the lowest level. He was so proud of himself that he refused to lay down and take a nap. Every time I put him down he would get mad and stand right back up. Scott wasn't home and I didn't know how to lower the crib and I was too paranoid to just let him hang out standing up. I was convinced that he could somehow fall out of the crib--LOL. I tried rocking him for a LONG time thinking I could just put him down in the crib asleep and that would take care of the problem---nope, he wasn't having any part of that---he just wanted to stand up in his crib.

So then I thought I would just get out the pack n play because I didn't care if he stood up in that--it was safer. However, I couldn't get the silly thing put up!!!! One of the arms would just NOT lock. I was so mad at that pack in play I wanted to throw it out the window. I'm so glad that no one could see me except for Cason and he was just standing there smiling and laughing at his silly mommy. This went on for at least 30 more minutes and he was still awake. So then I tried rocking him again thinking surely he was so sleepy by now that he would definitely go to sleep. He did eventually go to sleep so I put him back in his crib and up he went again.

Back to the pack n play I went and finally got it put together!!!! Come to find out you can't lock all the arms if the bottom portion is already pushed out flat---I wish I had known this earlier but I will definitely not forget it next time. Then I finally put him in the pack n play to take a nap----he put up a fight for another 30 minutes and finally went to sleep!!!


Here he is practicing his waving skills....





Here he is practicing his crawling skills---he is annoyed because I keep moving his toy out of reach every time he gets close to it---ha!

He loves playing on his bouncy seat...

He especially loves eating the straps...

He looks so cute in his little baseball hat...

Seriously???

I just thought I would share a funny story with you. I have to upload my videos of Cason to youtube to post them on this blog. This morning I got an email that someone had commented on one of my videos on youtube---I figured it was someone I knew because who else would be looking at videos of Cason??? Anyway, the comment was "cute, but boring". 

Well sure it's boring if you don't even know who the baby is!!! I don't know why they felt the need to take the time to comment on the video and I sure don't care if they thought it was boring. Do they not know the golden rule---If you don't have something nice to say, then don't say anything at all. I just thought it was hilarious. I guess that's what I get for posting his videos to a site that can be viewed by anyone and everyone---ha!

Happy Early Valentine's Day