He's a reader!!!

Cade has really been enjoying all of the fabulous books that he received for Christmas. He not only likes to hear the stories but he likes to explore the books with his hands, mouth, and eyes! Here is our sweet boy reading Eric Carle's Ten Little Rubber Ducks. As an educator with an advanced degree in literacy, you can imagine how proud this makes me! He has even figured out how to turn the pages on his own!

Also, doesn't this little photo spread make you appreciate the glory of digital photography?! I could take pictures of him all day long :)

Please note: Excessive drooling present in all photos.

Cade is sitting...

All our dear Cade wants to do these days is sit up! If he is laying on his back, he tries to sit up directly from there. It has been fun to watch him slowly gain his balance while sitting. He has even mastered the art of catching himself with his hands when he falls!

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down...

You'd be shocked to learn that he is actually catching himself in this photo!

Just sitting up, no big deal ;)

Cade loves pears!

Just yesterday afternoon, I found myself snacking on a delicious pear in one hand and holding Cade in the other. I couldn't help but notice that he was totally interested in tasting the pear. So, I gave him a little nibble (more like suck) and he was hooked. So instead of trying to get him to like rice cereal, he dined on a feast of pear for dinner fed to him by Grandma Col (GC). He devoured almost two pears for dinner last night! Col barely had enough time to dip the spoon in the dish without him fussing for more. It was so cute!

The video camera was out of batteries from the holidays, so you will have to feast (pun intended) on these photos instead....

Cade's first solid foods!

Well, it's official, our baby boy is growing up...FAST! Just two days before the new year, he was introduced to the wonderful world of solid food! This video is a short clip of the original full length film. He first gets to eat rice cereal, as it is the least allergenic food, then he will get to graduate to more interesting and appealing fruits and vegetables. He seemed to like the cereal at first but has since shown a dislike for it...

Santa Claus visits the Higgs house!

Here are some videos that we took on Christmas morning. It was the FIRST white Christmas that we can remember and what a special way for Cade to celebrate his very first Christmas. Santa Claus even came and brought our dear sweet boy some presents!

This video is proof of Santa's visit, as well as the white Christmas!

Here is Cade opening a present from Chris and Col:



Here is Cade checking out his new Elmo toy, thanks to Grandpa Denny and Michelle...

Here is Cade trying out his new authentic Australian Uggs from Uncle Al!!! So Cute.

Christmas at Grandma Sammies...

We spent Christmas eve at Grandma Sammies house. We enjoyed great food (as usual), laugther, stories, each other's company, as well as some thoughtful Christmas gifts. Thank you everyone for your generosity and for thinking of our family in these tough times!

Aunt Slugger with Cade in his new hand sewn drool rag made by Slugger herself!!

Col, Slugger, and Cade...

Nick, thinking really hard about something...

Let the present opening begin!

A bowling set from Slugger, Julia, Ben, Tippie, and Bagels...

A shiny gift from Grandma Sammie... wrapping paper is so cool!

It apparently tastes especially good too :)

Elmo, from Grandma Sammie, his eyes are delish...

Can you tell he likes Elmo?

This took about a dozen shots to get...

Cade and I...

The Great Snow of 2008

First of all, many apologies for not updating our blog for so long. We have been away from home for most of the month of December... So now we play catch up!!!

Here are some pictures from the Great Snow of 2008. I have never seen so much snow on Mercer Island ever and the best part is that it just kept coming! It wasn't SO bad that we couldn't leave the house, it just made it a little more difficult. The only downside of the snowstorm was that the grocery stores were left depleted, so even if you did need something, they probably didn't have it. Luckily, we were only home for a couple days so this didn't pose much of a problem.

Cade seemed to enjoy the snow, although it was so cold it sometimes took his breath away. I think he was really impressed by the brightness of the snow!

Me and the wee babe...

Our snowy family...

Cade (the bear) and Uncle Pat...

Our backyard... you can see just how much snow there was by looking at our patio table.

The view from our bed in the morning... beautiful!!!

The front of our house, you can't tell but there are actually steps, the snow is covering them so it looks solid! HA!