16 month milestones & E's Eatery

Last Tuesday, Caiden turned 16 months. (I'm not too terribly behind) There don't seem to be any "major" milestone to look for until 18 months so here are a few new things he's doing.
- He backs up to the wall. I'm not really sure why he does this, but it's kinda funny.
- He fake yawns when he sees us yawn.
-He'll pick out a book and bring it to me and turn around backwards so he can sit in my lap.
-He's making some new sounds: bee and pee
-He's wearing 18 month clothes pretty much all the time, but in some of the brands it is still way too big!
- He's finally moving up to size 5 shoes
-He has 6 teeth
-He HATES bubble baths, but he loves bubbles and loves water. Can't figure that one out.
-Can point to his feet and belly button
-He loves to walk around dragging something, like Daddy's lunchbox
-He love to Skype (video chat) with Nana & Papa (If anyone wants to skype just let me know, it's much easier now with the iPad)
-He makes his hand like a duck beak when I say quack quack
- He added the sign for "cheese" and we're working on "all done" and "bread"
-He's beginning to run and wants to jump- he bends his knees and pops up but doesn't get off the ground yet
- He's doing so well in swim class. He started kicking in the water and he will put his head under water to get a toy. He can stay under for 6 seconds. We're continuing the classes in the fall.
-He got his first black eye :( He fell into the corner of a table.



-He likes to dance... flailing his arms and clapping and wiggling.
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On another note, I wanted to tell you about my new blogging adventure. (Although I've already passed it along to several mom friends of mine).
I've started a new blog, E's Eatery (www.eseatery.blogspot.com) to post the recipes that I've tried and liked for Caiden to eat. Many of them are my sneaky attempts at getting him to eat more vegetables. Check it out!

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Finally, A cool day!

When I woke up Saturday morning and heard rain on the window I wanted to jump out of bed and go play in the rain! So that's what we did. We took Caiden in the back yard and let it rain on us. When it let up, we decided to take a much needed trike ride! Caiden and daddy had fun riding around the neighborhood! We are headed back into the 100s but it was a nice short break from the heat!

JBF finds

So I've gotten really frustrated lately because I've done this blog post about 4 times now and this new app is acting up. So here it is, shorter and sweeter :)

Last weekend was one of my favorite events: the Just Between Friends consignment sale. Here are my finds:

the one this I was definitely looking for: A Fisher Price booster seat $10 ($25 retail)




a Little Tykes lawnmower $10 ($25 retail)



A Star ring stacker $4



An airplane pillow $7



a sweater and pants $5



three Gymboree shirts $9



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Feelin' hot,hot,hot

(this is my first post using an app from my iPad so hopefully it will turn out ok)
I'm sure that everyone is aware that it is extremely hot this summer. And not to beat a dead horse, I wanted to do a short post about it since I use this blog as my personal journal as well. We are currently in our 33rd consecutive day of temperatures over 100. It's not getting better either, this week it has been 110 each day so far and the forecast doesn't show any hope in sight- well, check that, 100 degrees might actually seem like a cool down. Caiden and I have been trying to find things to do inside. Last week we went to the new Sea Life Aquarium in grapevine. Some people say it's not worth the price, but I bought an annual pass which will pay for itself in 2.5 visits. Since it's so close we will be going a lot, especially once school gets started again and it's less busy. Also, Caiden has been helping me around the house. He's getting really good at helping me unload the washer and put clothes into the dryer or on the drying rack. I can't wait until he can help with the dishes :)
I'm not ready to say I'm looking forward to fall, but definitely cooler weather and doing the things we can't do in this heat (bike rides, picnics, the zoo etc). Hope everyone else is staying cool!

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Location:Sheenjack Hollow,Euless,United States

Un amiguito nuevo (A new friend)

On Saturday, Caiden and I took a day trip to Houston to visit my friend Melanie and her 8 month old son, Anderson. Melanie is a friend from grad school and is also a Spanish teacher. She is in a similar situation as me since she is planning on raising Anderson bilingual and her husband doesn't speak Spanish. We talked a lot about the difficulties being non-native speakers and learning new words all the time. Another struggle is which Spanish to use: Spain, Latin American, Mexican... Our biggest contemplation of the day was how to say "flush the toilet". Funny, huh? I think it's quite appropriate since Caiden loves to flush the toilet now! Anyway, it's nice to know I'm not in this boat alone- although I wish she lived closer so we could hang out more!
On with the more interesting topic... the boys. Anderson is adorable, with chunky little legs that I wanted to just gobble up. I know that sounds kinda creepy, but some of you know what I mean. Caiden was running around playing with all of Anderson's toys and Anderson was just watching him ever so closely. I think he wanted to make sure that Caiden didn't take any home with him :) Here's a couple of pics of them:

they look like they were hitting, but they were actually giving "high 5s"

We got to the airport to go home and our flight was a little delayed. I wanted to wear Caiden out anyway so he would be calm on the plane (The flight down there was a little crazy). So Caiden had a blast in the airport. First we got some pizza and fruit.

Then Caiden made hundreds of laps up and down the terminal, waving at everyone. And of course, had to find some new things to "play" with.

It was a great trip, but short, and I hope it won't be another 8 months before we see them!