July Sick Days

Poor little Kaden has croup. Ryan stayed home from work two days since I've been coming down with something too. Kaden was starting to bark (cough) so bad this morning we took him into the doctor. The bad part is that croup is contagious so he is unable to go back to the sitter this week. The cool-mist humidifier that we put in his room has seemed to help as well. Ryan thought Kaden did such a good job at the doctor that Kaden got to go to the store and pick out a new toy.

Month of Firsts

Kaden turned 9 months this month and he's growing in leaps and bounds. He's learned how to crawl -not army crawling (where your tummy is on the ground) but full fledged crawling. Ryan, Kaden and I went to my parent's house on July 3rd for dinner and fireworks. Kaden surprised us all by clapping. Two days later he started giving high fives. I don't remember exactly which day it was, but he will now crawl over to us and pull himself up to a standing position. He'll then put both hands up in the air and want to be picked up.

Last weekend we went camping with Brent and Terri. It was Kaden's first camping trip and the first in four years for us. Kaden slept in the camper with his grandparents. Ryan and I slept in hammocks called Eagle Nests. We had bug nets so we wouldn't get bitten. It was so wonderful to go to sleep under the stars and wake up to the birds singing in the morning. (They could have waited until after 6 am though.)

Kaden is drooling up a storm and has been blowing raspberries most of the day today. He's fairing well with the hot weather. He's crawling everywhere and we're slowly baby proofing the house. A baby gate is next on the list as well as re-installing the baby locks on all the cabinets. The homeowners before us had baby proofed the house and we tucked the locks away for just this time.