Caiden Turns One!

Our little boy turned one on November 28th, we can't believe it! We threw a birthday party at our house for Caiden it was a blast. I made homemade mac n cheese and we had some of Caidens favorite fruits. It really feels like yesterday when we were first holding him in our arms as a newborn...now he's walking. Caiden has brought so much joy and happiness to our lives. He is such a happy guy and makes so many people laugh. It has been so much fun to see him grow and learn new things. We can't wait to see what this next year brings and the new things he will learn.

We love you so much Caiden!

We had Caidens one year checkup. Here are his stats: 26.14lbs (92%), 31.75 in (94%), and his head is in the 97% he is a very smart little guy with that big brain. :) He no longer has a bottle which was a little difficult on him at the beginning but he is doing much better now. It also took him sometime to get used to drinking milk but he now likes it! :)

Caiden says a hand full of words: banana (he says nana), nigh nigh, up, mama, dada, bottle (baba), hot (he says hop), when he eats he says num num, and he can sign the words MORE and ALL DONE. He likes to wave hi and bye to people. He is also walking all over the place.

Things he loves: balloons, people (he is quite the little attention hog), bananas, cheese, mama, dada, dogs, trucks and cars, he loves to spin wheels, throw balls, binky, books, peek-a-boo, being chased, grill cheese sandwiches, and LOVES music and dancing.

Caiden 1 years old. He looks so grown up here.

This is Caiden smiling at daddy when he was a month old. Its amazing the difference a year makes.

1 month

Caiden at his party surrounded by a few of his gifts

He was so excited about the big ride on dump truck we bought him.

His cupcake cake

This is as messy as he got. We were all shocked I thought it would end up on his head. :)

Yummy cake!

Family pic!

He has arrived!

Landon Hugh Veal arrived November 5th at 4:28am. He weighed 6.7lbs and was 19.75 inches long. We are so excited that he has finally arrived! He is an extremely mellow baby and sleeps all the time. Since day one he has slept in 3-4 hour increments at night, which is fantastic! Caiden is adjusting to having a brother. He has shown some signs of jealousy but nothing to bad. He has been a little more cranky lately and is not understanding why the baby gets a bottle all the time and he doesnt. He has been giving his brother lots of kisses lately, which is a good sign! He also gets excited when he gets to touch his brother, we are still working on being gentle. :) We are loving having 2 boys now and feel extremely blessed they are here and healthy!

Just a few minutes old!

Daddy giving him his first scrub down!

4 days old and Grinning at mama already!

Caiden holding his little brothers hand, so sweet!

Now a family of 4!

Halloween

I know this post is a little late but better late then never! This was Caidens first Halloween and we had a blast! He loved seeing all the other kids dressed up it was very exciting for him. We took Caiden trick or treating in downtown Edmonds with some friends and there kids. Caiden, along with a couple of his friends, were monkeys!

Us with our adorable little monkey!

Caiden, Grant and James

As you can see Caiden had a GREAT time!

9 month photos!

A friend of ours, Naomi, is starting her own photography buisness and took these pics of Caiden and I . I love them! Didn't she do a fantastic job! If you are interested in having her take your photos check out her website www.lavi.printroom.com. I posted just a few of my favorites, enjoy!

Getting into everything!

Caiden is now 9 months old and had his 9 month appointment. He is healthy and growing. His current stats are 24.10lbs (94%), 30.25 inches (95%), his head is in the 95%. We are now starting to feed Caiden new foods such as yogurt, avocado, pieces of banana, and cottage cheese. He is still having a hard time eating small chunks of food but he will catch on. His favorite thing right now is plain yogurt, he can't get enough of it!!! But he hates cottage cheese which thus far is the only food he has ever rejected.

Caiden has been crawling for a few months now and has gotten really good at walking along the furniture. He is really starting to discover the house now and gets into a lot of things. I have to admit even though it is a lot of work chasing him around the house I really enjoy to see how fascinated he is with everything. His favorite things to get into are: 1) The DVD player...he loves the buttons. 2) The dishwasher...every time he hears us open it he comes rushing in the kitchen. Since the bottom rack is on wheels he loves to pull it in and out. 3) The bathroom scale and shower curtain. The bathroom scale lights up when you press a button and he loves to tug on the shower curtain. 4) His FAVORITE thing is the laptop. We cant keep it away from him. If one of us is using the laptop Caiden rushes over and tries to press buttons. It is very difficult to use the computer when he is around. We are thinking this is partially our fault. When we were trying to get Caiden to crawl we would put the laptop on the floor to get him to crawl to it and then let him press buttons if he got to it. Maybe not the best idea but it worked! :)

I am currently 31 weeks pregnant and feel pretty good! When I first found out I was pregnant again I was worried it would be difficult to take care of Caiden with my belly. Its amazing how God works things out! It actually hasn't been bad at all. I am smaller then I was with Caiden and am feeling better this time around. It also helps that I have an amazing husband who does so much and helps out in so many ways. We are very excited to meet the new addition to our family in about 9 weeks. We know things will be chaotic at first but we know that it will all work out!

Here are a few pics of Caiden exploring!

A small update

Ok so I am officially the worst blogger! I know it has been a long time since I have blogged, so I am not even going to attempt to fully catchup. I have posted a few random pics, in no particular order, of Caiden and some of the things he has been up to.

Caiden is growing really fast. He just recently turned 8 months old and is 24lbs and 29 3/4 inches long. Yes you read that correctly, he is a big boy! He is a crawling machine now and has discovered he can explore everything. He can also sit himself up and has started to pull himself up on things. One of my favorite things he does is say mama. I taught him to say it when he was only 6 months old. I think he is just now starting to realize that I am mama which is so sweet.

I am currently 6 1/2 months pregnant and feel great! I feel the baby moving all the time and am excited to see what he looks like. I really think that Caiden is going to love having a brother. He LOVES playing and watching other kids.

Its been over a month now since I have stopped working and I am loving it! Caiden and I have so much fun all day long. I must admit that some days it can be difficult to keep us both entertained but I try to be creative and find new stuff for us to do!

Caiden in his pool

In his swim suit ready to go to Greenlake!

Caiden with daddy at the Edmonds 4th of July parade

4th of July outfit

Swinging at the park

Its a...

Boy! We found out a week ago that Caiden is going to have a baby brother. We are so excited about the new addition to our family. Caiden is going to love having a brother so close in age for him to play with.

I will be adding pics and an update on Caiden soon.

Mother's Day and more...

I had a great first Mothers Day! My wonderful husband took care of Caiden while I slept in. When I woke up he had made me breakfast. After church Hughey deep cleaned my car and made it very shiny! I am a very blessed woman to have such a wonderful husband and son!

Caiden is now 5 1/2 months old now, time sure flies. Yesterday we decided Caiden is ready to try rice cereal. He is always watching Hughey and I as we eat and tries to grab our food. So we tried rice cereal and he LOVED IT!!! I couldn't get the cereal in his mouth fast enough. He even tried to grab the bowl from me to tell me he wanted more. I think we are in trouble when he gets older he is going to eat us to the poor house. :)

Caiden is becoming slightly mobile now. He likes to roll to his tummy and try to grab toys. I dont know how he does it but he ends up a few feet away from where I left him. He is also getting close to sitting up on his own which we are very excited about. We are so in love with our big guy he brings so much joy to our lives!

For those of you who don't already know, we are expecting baby Veal #2 arriving around November 8th. We are going to be very busy with 2 kids being only a year apart but it will be fun to see how close of friends they will be. We are truly blessed!

Caiden and Mommy on Mother's Day

Caiden's first experience with rice cereal

Love's being on his tummy!

Having fun with daddy outside

Sitting up with a little support. He is growing up so fast!

Whats New with Caiden!

I know it has been a long time since I have posted, sorry! Things are a lot busier now that Caiden is getting older. He sleeps less during the day and more during the night now so we are really busy entertaining him all day. Caiden has been sleeping through the night for about 2 months now it is wonderful!

Last week we had Caiden's 4 month well check. He is really growing!!! He weighs 17.12lbs, 94%, yes he is very heavy! He is a really tall boy too he is now 27 1/4 inches long, 98%, and his head is in the 88%. He is already starting to out grow his 6 month clothing and will soon be moving into 9 month. I can't believe he is 4 months and will soon be in 9 month clothing!!!

He is so much fun! He loves to smile, laugh and his limbs are constantly moving. We borrowed our friends Jumperoo and he loves to jump in it. One of Caidens favorite times of the day is the morning and when daddy comes home from work. I love to see Caidens eyes light up when he sees Hughey come home. Caiden starts smiling and laughing at Hughey but the best part is he always starts a conversation with daddy.

Caiden is now at the stage where he is drooling sooooo much! His clothes are always wet, including mine! He now grabs at things and everything goes in his mouth. He also loves to play with toys.

I went back to work a little over a month ago. Its going good. Hughey and I have decided that after this school year I will be staying home full time as a mommy. I am excited!!! So that means I only have about 2 1/2 months left then no more work!

I think I have filled you in on everything going on in our lives.

I have so many pictures that I would like to share but not enough space on this post. I chose some of my favorites. I will probably do a post soon of all pictures.

I went to the living room and discovered some son and daddy bonding...watching the basketball game!

You will notice that a lot of pictures that Caiden is smiling in he is in his PJ's. Thats because he is the happiest in the morning.

Happy guy!

Mommy and Caiden at Grandma Sonia's house

I love this picture. Caiden and all his chubby-ness staring at his feet. He hasn't tried to grab them yet he just likes to look at them.

In this video Caiden is having fun looking at daddy! So cute!

Good Times!

We have had a very busy couple of weeks. We discovered that Caiden has Acid Reflux and is now on meds. The meds have really helped and he is a very happy baby now. In the same week we discovered he had Reflux, we also discovered he had a clogged Tear Duct. His poor eye was swollen, watery and gunk was coming out, its much better now. So, in one week we had to bring Caiden to the doctors 3 times. Lets just say they know me very well there!

On the brighter side Caiden has become very smiley! He loves to smile and coo at mommy, daddy and a variety of objects such as, the digital clock and a Wooden monkey that is hanging on his wall. When he smiles it really makes our day, he is so adorable! Caiden also rolled over for the first time at 9 weeks old. He really hates tummy time so he discovered he can roll over so he doesn't have to be on his tummy, smart little guy! He has also discovered his fist and loves to suck on them. It is so funny because at first he would always miss his mouth and he would bonk himself in the nose. He has much better aim now!

I will be going back to work part-time on Feb. 19th. Please pray for me I am really going to miss being home with my little guy.





Caidens first time sitting in the Bumbo. He can't quite hold his head up yet but he gets stronger and stronger every day.

Tummy Time

Really sleepy guy!

Just a adorable picture!

It takes a real man to sit in a pink vibrating chair! Thanks Nana!

He is smiling at the digital clock on the shelf near the couch!

This is Caidens very first time he rolled over, you can hear my enthusiasm in the back ground. It looks like he is starting on his side but he was on his tummy. I didn't have enough time to grab the camera before he started to roll over!