Caden - 11 months

 I'm completely in denial that my baby is going to be ONE in less than a month. Like, HOW?!!

• Caden is just a joy and has been from day one. He's such a sweet baby. He's definitely starting to get opinions on what he wants/doesn't want, likes/doesn't like, etc. For instance, when we're feeding him, he'll clearly turn his head and refuse the next bite if he's done with a certain food, but open up wide for something he wants. Or if daddy is holding him and he wants mom, he'll squirm out and reach for me. 
• I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before so I want to here. From the moment he could move his body at all, he has squirmed in his bed until his head is right in the corner of the crib. It's so funny because we find him like that (with his head firmly against the corner or the mesh) almost every time we check on him.
• I love how, when he first starts crawling towards something he really wants to get to, he puts his head down like he's ready to charge, then swings his arms out wide, and crawls really fast for a few seconds. I wish I could describe it better because I don't want to forget how cute it is.
• He is such a good companion at the grocery store. Seriously, so easy. He loves to sit in the cart like a big boy. Although for a few weeks now he's started standing up in the seat, ugh! So the other night I just put him in the big part of the cart and he was loving life. He got so many comments about how cute he was because he was just standing up, "talking"/yelling happily at every passerby. 
• Also, I don't want to forget how amazing he is at night. He sleeps from about 7:30pm-6:30am. If I've washed the bottle the night before I just make it and take it to him, but if we didn't want to risk waking him up by grabbing his night bottle (he's a light sleeper) I'll go in his room and get him and the bottle in the morning and then set him on my bathroom counter while I make a bottle. You would think if he's hungry he'd cry until I get him the bottle. Nope, he just patiently sits there and watches me while I clean it out and make it. It's crazy! And so nice to not have a screaming baby haha. He does it during the day too, as long as you're holding him while making the bottle he's perfectly content to wait. Anyway, so we get him the bottle and then lay him back in bed and he sleeps again until around 8am. Maybe we should get rid of that 6am bottle soon, but it's not too bad.

Anyway, we just love, love this little boy and on the one hand we can't believe we've had him for almost a year, but on the other hand it feels like he's always been with us! We love you Caden Dasil!

We got a baby gate because we were tired of chasing Caden up the stairs every 5 seconds. It'd be quiet for a little too long so we'd start wondering where Caden was and sure enough we'd find him in the loft playing (he never stops at the second floor