7 Months

Kaden and I spent the week out at camp all last week, so at least I have a good excuse for being late on his 7 month pictures!

I'm 7 months old! Isn't that exciting?

Mom... do you seriously need to take another picture?

I love the attitude in these two.

Yeah, that's right... I can crawl.

Peek-a-boo

He just melts my heart!

Canning Lids, Climbing and More...

As I was trying to get stuff ready to leave for camp tomorrow, Kaden was whining at me. He wanted me to play with him. Unfortunately he didn't want to take much of a nap today, so I really had a lot that had to be done and didn't have the time to play at the moment. So I set him up on the floor in the kitchen where I was working and gave him a canning lid. He was having a blast, it makes cool noises when you hit it on the floor. Then I turned around to look at him and it struck me, this resembles my sister and I at Grandma's house so many years ago. So I gave him a few more lids (I don't have anywhere close to as many as Grandma Wilson had) and started snapping pictures. I'm sure Grandma will get a kick out of them. :)

Gotta get 'em

Wow! That was a cool noise!

Please don't take my toys away.

I love it when you can glimpse those little teeth!

Just the other day I was doing dishes in the kitchen while Kaden played in the living room. He gets a kick out of this suitcase on the floor. It is great for holding himself up on cause even though he sits really well now, he has a tendency to get excited or distracted and flops over. As I put some cups up I happened to glance over at him and he was no longer sitting next to the suitcase...

He was on it!

My life may have just gotten busier!

Here is another blurry sleeping shot... I just can't stand the idea of startling him awake with the flash! He was sitting on the couch with Jeremy while we watched a Stargate episode. Slowly his eyes started blinking, and the next time I looked over he was fast asleep. What a cutie!

So today Kaden officially got in trouble. I was trying to feed him his sweet potatoes and he kept spitting them out. And not just drooling them down his face, but projectile spitting... He thought it was funny. I admit the first time I thought it was a fluke and let it go... the second time I thought it was funny and had to try not to laugh while I sternly told him NO. Then I had to flick his lips. I did that two or three times and his face got all red and he stopped breathing for a bit. (Quite the temper tantrum for such a little one) But he only tried spitting at me one more time after that. When he got flicked again he pouted pretty hardcore and then settled in to eat.

Potato Gun Contest

So we spent the 4th of July holiday in Milton Freewater with Jeremy's family. There were a lot of people there that I had only met once or twice. And Kaden met all kinds of new people. It was also a big celebration of Max and Linda's, and Danny and Carol's 40th Anniversaries.

Heath created a potato gun. What is a potato gun you ask? It is exactly like it sounds, a gun that shoots potatoes. You use hairspray instead of gun powder, and a potato instead of a bullet. It was a lot of fun. Max sponsored a contest. Whomever could hit the target would win $20!

A what?

Kaden watches the festivities.

Grandpa Remboldt takes the first shot, followed by Emma.

Lily barely missed the target. Jacy goes next.

Madeline shoots while her sister Sammy says, "No way am I doing that!"

Lucy takes the next shot with Max assisting.

Jeremy and I take our turns and both miss.

We wanted to let Kaden hit the button, but when I got blasted with hot air and Jeremy got a touch of fire... we decided against it.

Max and Heath load the potato gun.

Linda shoots with her own style.

Heather steps up to the line.

Next come Aunt Carol, Uncle Danny and Toby.

Toby was the only one to hit the target... he had a dud shot, but it bounced along the ground and scored.

David and Monty

Max and Heath can't seem to find the target.

Toby is the winner! His girls were very excited!

Kaden makes the rounds, people to play with and new people to meet.

Uncle Monty gave the girls those pull popper things.

Lucy gathered up the confetti afterwards. "It's pretty."

The guys put on their Hawaiian shirts and head out to the golf course.

We had a great time. Kaden still didn't sleep well, but he did better this time. I was getting more than 20 minutes of sleep at a time, so that was a plus. He was, of course, the hit of the party.

4th of July at the Wells'

Kaden is getting ready to 'throw' the ball.

Kaden loves to play with people close to his size. He gets a great big smile and wiggles, just like a puppy. :) Jeremy's best friend Eric came to visit and they brought their little girl, Kayla, to play.

Lily

Emma

Jacy

Grandma brought a big blanket out to play on the lawn. Kaden can spend the whole day outside. He loves to feel the wind in his face and watch the trees move. He also got to watch the ladder ball games going on.

Puppy!

Kaden's Grandma and Papa Wells got a cute new puppy recently. Maggie Mae (I don't know if that is how they are spelling it or not.) is a Mastiff with some St. Bernard. She is going to be huge!

Kaden just adored petting her and touching her. Sometimes she was way to wild to let her close to him. (She often drew blood on Max.) But when she was in a mellow mood we would let her lick Kaden's hands and toes.

He would giggle uncontrollably. A baby giggle is totally contagious! Whenever we were walking around the property Kaden would be leaning as far out of our arms as he good looking for Maggie. The giggling started as soon as she would dance into view. So much fun!

A Snack and a Nap

Kaden enjoying eating a 'Bitter Biscuit' all by himself. I think he is trying to hide the disaster that he has made of his face!

Yikes! This boy is definitely going to need a bath tonight!

Kaden LOVED his blueberries.

Notice that he is getting my dimples in those chubby cheeks of his.

I bought him a really cool... I don't know what you call it... food net? It is shaped like a really big pacifier, but the sucky part (that is the technical term!) is a net. You open it up and put food into the net, then he can eat anything and I don't have to worry about him choking! He can't swallow it unless it is small enough to fit through the mesh. I froze some blueberries in it since he was teething. (He now has his top left tooth and the top right one is on the way.) He loved it and went through two more rounds of regular blueberries as well.

Covered in blueberry juice!

These pictures are a bit fuzzy, but I didn't want to use my flash and wake him up! He is totally a tummy sleeper these days. He loves to sleep in my bed, I often will take him in there when he gets sleepy (and I am tired too). We lay on the bed side by side and talk and sing until he falls asleep (I have to admit that I often nap with him this way!).

More recently he has been pulling his knees up and sleeping with his little bum up in the air! It is too cute!