6 Months Old

Well, Caden recently had his 1/2 birthday and is enjoying being 6 months old. The doctor says he looks good but she wants us to fatten him up because he has dropped down to the 27th percentile for weight. Not too bad but he started out in the 80's so she wants to keep him chubby. As you can see, he is much happier now that he is old enough to do more on his own. He is eating solid food (if you call mush in a jar solid food), sitting up on his own, and scooting. I really think he will be crawling soon but for now he gets where he wants to go by rolling or scooting on his belly. He likes to make sure that he is the center of attention so he does a lot of screaming and squealing. He is definitely not a quiet baby.

Cory is still at home with Caden for one more week. It has been a learning experience for them both but we are all really glad that he was able to stay home for so long (our bank account is especially glad). Although Cory's happy to go back to work he's going to miss hanging out with the little baby man. He is really excited about the new ideas he has for work and hopes to improve the success rate for students at school. Between implementing all these new ideas, keeping up with his job, working on his masters, and taking care of Caden he's a little busy. But we know that it will all pay off in the near future.

I am enjoying being back at my school and working with all "my kids" again (after three years with the same students they really start to feel like they're mine). I'm learning what it means to be a working mom - balancing teaching, yearbook, fundraising, diaper changing, feeding, cooking, laundry, and cleaning leaves little time to do much else (especially sleep). Of course it's all worth it and I wouldn't change it for the world, but it's definitely a learning process. Poor Max certainly doesn't get as many walks as he used to.

Lastly, Barack Obama won all four states in the primaries today! Yes We Can!