Our First Family Vacation

Today we returned from our first family vacation. We spent 8 days in the beautiful, sunny, Ft. Myers, Florida. We went to visit Nana and Papa who are staying there for the month of February. We had a rough start when we took you to the doctor on the first day and found out that you indeed had an ear infection. The doctor was very nice and gave us some medicine. Amazingly enough you felt much better within 24 hours. From that point on we had a lot of fun! You weren't sure what to think of the sand on the beach, but after a few tries you stopped yelling and learned to enjoy it! On our second day there Papa took us on a walk on the beach and we saw someone catch a sand shark- Mom and Dad knew there would be no swimming in the ocean after that! You can thank us later for our careful watch and the fact that you made it back home to Minnesota with 10 fingers and 10 toes. The pool at the condo was very warm and you loved swimming with us! Nana bought you a perfect little baby floaty so you could be in the pool and stay out of the sun at the same time. I was surprised that you adjusted well to new surroundings and the warm weather. You did have some wakeful nights, but that was okay. You sure did get a lot of attention from the people in town. Every time we brought you out to eat countless people would stop to say hi and tell us how cute you are- well, we already knew that of course :) Last weekend I drove to Orlando to see my college friends for a bachelorette party and a trip to the Magic Kingdom. I caught myself daydreaming more than once about the first time Daddy and I will take you to Walt Disney World. I sure missed you a lot, but brought you back lots of presents including your first pair of ears- and of course they have your name on them. You were so good throughout the trip. We had so much fun and are so thankful to Nana and Papa for inviting us to Florida! I can tell that you miss them already! This is the first of many vacations to come, Cader.

Leggos

You sure do love your new leggos. Bonnie at daycare told me that you are fascinated with her leggos and it turns out she was right. Tonight we took a picture of you in action! We have had a fun weekend. It was just the two of us while Daddy had to work during the day. We were going to go up to Duluth to see Grandma and Grandpa Cox, but I was worried that the trip might make your cold worse. So yesterday we went to visit Daddy at the Knollwood Super Target. Everyone there was happy to see you again. You haven't been there to visit since you were about 5 days old. After that we met Auntie Jamie at the mall for some shopping. I bought you a a pair of soccer shorts for Florida, so you are just about ready to go! Today we took it easy since you are still trying to get over your cold. You took two nice long naps today and I used the time to clean the house. It was 40 degrees today so I played with Jake outside during your second nap. Tonight Dad and I took some video of you playing leggos. We like to build a little farm with your leggos, whereas you would much rather take it apart and throw them around. It is quite entertaining to watch!

One New Tooth!

Poor Cade- You have had a very tough few days After a sleepless night on Monday I dropped you off at daycare and came back at noon to take you to see Dr. Kuperman. I was very worried that maybe you were getting an ear infection because when we were up with you the night before you were very upset and tugged at both of your ears. We have a plane trip next Tuesday so we wanted to make sure you were okay. You are very healthy! We also found out that you now weigh 20 pounds! I brought you back to daycare and when I picked you up after work you had a top tooth. No wonder you were so upset! Today was much better for you. You play so hard that its no londer difficult to get you to nap during the day. Dad and I bought you some legos to play with and that kept you busy most of the afternoon. You are just about ready to walk.....I think it will be before your 1st birthday :)