Cole: He is chugging along in school. Classes, school work, and readings. Pretty much his life. He is continuing his teaching assistant job. (basically a TA). He has all new professors this semester so hopefully that will jazz things up a bit. He is looking forward to spring break.
Me: Since November I have taken on babysitting for a lady in my ward. I watch her little boy Sam, who is about 3 months younger than Cade, while she teaches high school. So I am surrounded by schedules. I go to the gym early in the morning and then get home in enough time to shower before Sam gets here. Then it is feeding schedules, changing schedules, and napping schedules. We try to change it up by throwing in some weekly playgroups (church and community), an occasional random errand and playing with neighbors. ( I have awesome neighbors!) I have also picked up taking a ballroom class. It is only 1 hour a week in the evening and it ends in March but I am loving being able to keep it up.
Cade: Before Cade, I would always hear other moms talk about weight, percentiles, and other small micro developmental achievements of their small child. Then, I really didn't care about how much their 1 year old weighed and certainly couldn't care how it compared with other 1 year olds. Now after having Cade I find myself always asking moms those same questions. And I am eager to answer whenever I am asked. Must be a mom thing. So for those that care here are Cade's newest numbers.
Weight: 21 lbs 25% percentile.
Height: 30 inches 50% percentile
Walking: 3 He can do 1-3 steps on his own before falling. And his balance has improved dramatically!
Signs: 5 Yes we are teaching him sign language and it has been so much fun. He can do and understand 5 signs. We are waiting for him to master a few more before we post his brilliance ;)
Words: 2 He can say and understand 2 words-both of which are food. (nana- banana, toe-toast). You can see where his priorities lie. There are other words he can repeat but I don't think he really understands their meaning.
Teeth: 6 His front two teeth are finally in. No more vampire baby! So apparently we should have been brushing his teeth all along. But we are just catching on. There's first time parenting for ya. We use a fruity baby toothpaste and Cade loves it. I have a feeling that won't always be the case.
Today I had ABC on all day watching the inauguration ceremony and festivities. I loved it. Since I was home all day I was able to watch all the main scheduled events along with the extra time fillers and commentary. Today was a very historic day and I am glad I was able to soak it all in. Although Obama was not my top choice you can't help but feel the excitement and appreciate that change is coming. After all the long campaigns and so much debating it was nice to see so many people come together to celebrate today. As Cade and Sam ( a boy about Cade's age I watch during the week) were playing and crawling around I got thinking about how this will effect them. Although we recognize the historical significance of Obama making it to office, it will be perfectly normal that he is the first president they can remember. Hopefully a lot of things about our country will change so they can grow up with peace in the world, a thriving economy, affordable health care, a safe environment, and a good education. We'll see. Good luck Mr. President.
