Daddy is Home From Alaska

Last week Jeremy went on his first business trip since Caden's birth. It was hard for all of us to say goodbye. Ok, Caden was actually sleeping during the tears, but I'm sure he would have cried if he had been awake!

JZ went to the University of Alaska in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and then extended his trip for a little fishing fun. One can't go all the way up to Alaska and not fish! I obviously did not feel comfortable taking or leaving Caden, so I stayed home, and our friend Bryan went in my place. The boys had a great time and caught a TON of fish. They fished from the riverbank and said it looked like the river had been stocked because there were so many fish (I believe JZ called it "boring"). They also went out on a charter to catch King Salmon. There is a one King per day limit, so they wanted their one to big - success! JZ's fish was 35 lbs and Bryan caught a 30 pounder!

We now have salmon for a lifetime. Anyone up for a fish fry?

On top of the world!

Jer, the guide, and his 35 pound beauty

Bryan, JZ, and 3 of the fish their boat caught

A baby black bear looking for food. Be careful - where there's a baby, there's a mama!

Here is a video of Jeremy reeling in his King Salmon

**WARNING** In the interest of family-friendly blogging, I must warn you that JZ uses as expletive at the end of the video. It was hard work bringing that fish in, and he says, "Oh sh*!" at the very end. It is almost worth it to see the look on his face at the end.

More Friends!

As a baby shower gift, I received a set of wrist rattles. Since Caden loves looking at his "friends" so much, I have put them on him several times. He couldn't have cared less. He never even looked at them. This week we have noticed C being able to focus on a lot more, so we tried it again. Too fun - he loved them! We also have some foot rattles that we will try as soon as he finds his feet. Stay tuned...

Hmmm, this looks fun

Hello friends!

Wow, this is pretty AND makes noise!

Buffalo Bill Days

This weekend was Buffalo Bill Days in Golden. We hauled Caden all over town all day long! We started with the pancake breakfast, then went to the parade, and then spent the rest of the afternoon at Grammy and Papa's condo with some friends. C was a SUPER CHAMP! He was in a great mood (helps when you sleep through the night!! Yes, your read that correctly, our little man slept from 9:00-5:45 in his crib, by himself that night!), ate and slept well and on the go, laughed, giggled, and put on a good show for all the people we saw. Here are some pictures of, what is sure to be, the first of many Buffalo Bill Days for Caden.

Having pancakes with Daddy

Firemen make good pancakes!

Snuggling with Great Gramps

Dancing and giggling with Great Gram

Our family in front of one of the fire trucks

I tried to dress him up in uniform but he was having none of it!

Caden spent the first part of the parade eating...

the next part watching very intently, and then finally slept in Grammy's arms (I missed that photo opportunity).



Once again, I was reminded of how much I love our little town. The weather was beautiful, the scenery was gorgeous, and we were able to see so many of our friends in one place. I ran into lots of people from school that hadn't seen Caden since he was 3 weeks old, and lots of my Facebook "friends" from high school that had never met C in person. I'm so excited to raise our family in this wonderful town. It's beautiful (I know I often take that for granted), but most importantly, it still has the "smallish" town feel that I love. Caden is a lucky little guy to grow up in Golden, CO - Jeremy and I know that first hand!

Cool Shades

All cool dudes need some cool shades!

Gymboree

Yesterday my mom and I took Caden to his first Gymboree class. The closest Gymboree is in Boulder (about a 30 min. drive). They have a class for 0-6 month olds and I thought it would be fun to get out, meet some other new moms, and work on strengthening some of C's muscles. The first class was free, so I figured if we crashed and burned, as least I didn't waste any money! I think we will wait a few more weeks before we go back - at least until he can stay awake the entire 45 min. class, actually look in the mirror during tummy time instead of laying on it, and pay attention to the cute little songs I was singing him. We did get some fun pictures though - beware, there are a lot!

Laying on his blanket, getting ready for class to start

I believe I'm singing the ol' favorite, "Peanut, peanut butter...jelly!"

I'm now trying to get him to look at me instead of the pretty lady next to us

Tummy Time - starting out ok

Hmm..now he's drooling and laying on the mirror instead of looking in it. He's about done with Gymboree at this point

The parachute did him in. He did NOT like playing peek-a-boo with me. He wanted to go to sleepy! We packed up a few minutes later :)

Chillin' in the Bumbo

Caden is doing so well holding up his head that we decided to put him in his Bumbo seat

Anybody seen his neck?!?

Couldn't You Just Eat Him Up?

No words are necessary, just take a look!