Beautiful baby on a beautiful day!

It is a beautiful day here in Seattle; unseasonably warm and not a cloud in the sky. Cade and I took advantage of our lawn here at home and enjoyed the day. He couldn't help but soak in all the Vitamin D that he could...

Wearing Daddy's Hat...

Cade just thought that it was absolutely hilarious that Nick kept putting his own hat on Cade's head. Not able to grab the camera quickly enough, I snapped these photos after most of the excitement ended but he still was looking so adorable!

As I keep looking back at these photos, I find myself seeing what he will look like when he is a big kid. You can just flash forward and see what he will look like when he is older. That sort of makes me realize that he's going to grow up so quickly and that I need to treasure every single minute we spend with him; the good and the bad (aka sleepless nights!).

Tired Boy...

It appears that Cade's exciting day at the doctor's office took everything he had out of him. Here he is at dinner; he was so tired that he rested his head on one side of his seat the entire meal. He never once lifted his head, not even to take a drink out of his cup. Poor pathetic little baby...

Side note: he did perk up when it was time for a bath though :)

He wants his cup but is much too tired to even really reach for it...

6 Month Check up!

Today was Cade's 6 month check up with Dr. Quinn. He now weighs 17 lbs. 13 ounces, which puts him in the 50th percentile for his age. He is 26 1/4 inches long which is just below the 50th percentile. In my blogging past, I had failed to mention his head circumference thinking it wasn't really that interesting but today we got a surprise. First, a little background on his head growth: at 2 months his head was in the 50th percentile, at 4 months it was in the 75th percentile, and today, at his 6 month check up his head circumference was in the 90th percentile! Looks like our little man has a big brain in there!!!

It sort of hit me today at his appointment that he is growing up... and FAST. Not only was it is 6 month check up today but at his appointment he used his last baby diaper. Sounds small and silly but it made me a little sad... soon he won't be in diapers, he'll be crawling, then walking and before we know it he'll be driving. I was talking with the doctor about how time flies and I believe he said it best when he said, "The days are long but the years are fast.".