I know it's so cliche, but how is my baby ONE?! It really does seem like yesterday that he was just a little baby. Now look how big he is! I've heard that time flies faster with each baby and I feel like it's true 😥
Caden's first year on Earth was quite a wild ride, with a global pandemic and political unrest. It's a good thing he came though, because he has been a pure joy for our family and an absolute light in our home.
We didn't bring him to church for the first 3 months or so and I remember telling people, "ya, we've just waited because we heard flu season is pretty bad this year and don't want to take any chances." HA! Little did we know that soon after his 3 month mark everything would shut down and we wouldn't even be allowed to go to church for the next 6 months. Even now we only have a 40 min sacrament meeting and then we go home. SO different than with the other boys (and I'm not going to lie, it's been kind of nice) - no 3 hour church, no roaming the halls with him, no worry about spit up on Justin's suit (since we had home church during all of his spit up phase!). Probably the saddest part is now many people didn't even get to meet him until he was like 8 months old!
His big brothers love him to pieces (although lately he's been wreaking havoc on their "fights" because he's always getting into their toys).
He is a good sleeper. Although we often wish he'd sleep in an hour more than he does in the morning. For the last several months he would wake up around 6 or 6:30 and you could give him a bottle and he'd go back to sleep. These days we're lucky if he wakes up at 7 and he definitely does not fall back asleep anymore. We've been bringing him into our bed and just hoping he's not too loud or crazy.
He loves phones, especially my phone (probably because I actually give it to him. Hey, it keeps him occupied and quiet! haha)
He loves sneaking up the stairs when no one is looking (and has since he could get up the stairs which was around 9 months).
He's a fairly good eater, but is pretty opinionated about what he eats and is distrustful of the person feeding him haha. For instance, quite often if you put something in his mouth he'll take it out again, inspect it, then if he decides he wants it he'll eat it, if not it gets tossed on the floor. Also, when he decides he's done, he's done. After that if you try to give him more food he scrunches his nose and sticks it in the air. Also, he hates getting his face wiped after meals.
I haven't checked his teeth in awhile, but I think he has 4 on top and 4 on bottom.
Since he could move himself in his crib he always scooches himself into the corner so his head is right in the corner. It's pretty funny how consistent he is with it.
He loves baths, being outside, climbing on everything, his brothers, remotes, clicking his tongue, "helping" to unload the dishwasher, removing contents from baskets, speed racing in his walker, and eating most of his food from the floor.
He seems to have an extra special spot in his little heart for Gp Bailey. He is the only one that Caden passes me up for.
I feel like we're still getting to know this cute little boy and can't wait to figure out what makes him tick. One thing we know for sure - we LOVE our Caden Dasil!!
Nolan was so cute and told me that for Caden's birthday he thought we should let him to do all of the things he loves: climb up the stairs, take a bath, play the piano, etc.
Ya, he was so excited to get in that he toppled in with this clothes on! (Luckily I was right there). Branson did the same thing when he was around the same age, but unlike Branson, Caded didn't just keep playing like nothing happened. Caden seemed to know this wasn't right and cried until I got his clothes off haha.
Time to party!!
Our cute neighbor, Ellie, made his cake and did such a great job! He played with it for a few seconds, but then dove all in. He loved it!
This right here is classic Caden ❤
We were pretty impressed with how naturally opening presents came to Caden. He knew just what to do haha!
This cute little octopus was an impulse purchase. I was literally walking down an isle at Target on my way to the register, saw it and threw it into the cart. Well I'm so glad I did because Caden loved it! It was absolutely adorable how he'd smile really big, reach for it, and snuggle it every time we handed it to him. So cute.
He even drags it up the stairs.
