Cade is Walking!

Cade has been "cruising" for months. But the other day he started walking! Now, after a couple of weeks, it is his primary mode of transportation. He really likes to practice walking around the kitchen island. He is very proud of himself and is usually giggling the whole time. The other day he had his snack cup, full of crackers, in the living room and would walk over to the porch to see what Dad and Leif where doing and then walk back over to the living and grab another cracker. This process repeated for about 15 minutes. And Cade just thought it was the coolest thing ever. Below is some video from some of the first couple of days of walking...




Leif has been fighting the potty training for about as long as Cade has been "cruising"...months...sometimes it seems like years. But I am happy to announce that he is now potty trained. All it is took was a leap of faith on our part to send him to day care with underwear on one day and pretty much after that he figured it out. It is really nice not having to change that diaper anymore!


The boys really enjoy each other. It is funny because it seems that if they are apart in a situation that they are usually together, you can tell they don't quite know what to do without their brother by their side. Leif is such a loving big brother, when they are at day care even when playing with the bigger kids, he always comes over to check on Cade every 10-15 minutes and give him a hug and kiss and to just make sure Cade is doing alright. Below is a classic picture of how Leif can get a little overzealous with his affection toward Cade.

Happy Halloween

Halloween with a 3 year old can be summed up in 1 word. Fun! A couple of months ago Krista had asked Leif what he wanted to be for Halloween and with no hesitation at all he responded "a tiger". Krista was lucky enough to find a very nice tiger costume for $6 at a local used kids clothing store. Cade, as little brothers always do, got one of his older brothers old costumes...a giraffe. But man did he make that hand-me-down look good! Halloween was a beautiful night, it was 55ºF. Cade only lasted about 5-6 house before he needed to go to bed. Leif on the other hand wanted to keep going and going. Dad and Leif when around the block with a couple of Leif's friends, Madalyn and Harper, and their parents. The other two kids were walking slow and Leif was making a b-line for the each new door...he would ring the doorbell, say trick-or-treat, get his candy before his two friends even got to the door. And after every house he was come back and say "Can we go to another house?". How can you say no to that?