Cason’s First Christmas Part 2–Highlights

Here are the photo highlights of Cason’s first Christmas

Playing with Christmas Lights

Remember when I bought these PJ’s last year??  He’s gotten lots of wear and we’ll probably just keep on wearing until he grows out of them.

Christmas presents in Cason’s eyes are pretty much summed up by these two pictures --- MUST.EAT.PAPER

There were lots of fun toys and clothes inside this paper but you know, he’s 8 months old… paper is his favorite!

He got a fun hat from his Aunt and Uncle in Seattle… and we’ve actually gotten to wear it a couple of times.

Spoiled rotten by his grandparents!  (He’s sporting the same outfit Ryan wore on his first Christmas.  Side by Side in later post (I left the picture of Ryan at his parents, oops!)

Center of Attention for sure!  Loves his Music and Play table!

Watching Daddy and his Uncles play with their toys…

They never grow up!

I love Christmas!

But I’m worn out!  Can I take a nap now?

And even Admiral got a new toy… a duck in a bikini (guess who picked that out?)

Cason’s First Christmas Part 1–Santa!

Santa didn’t have to come down the chimney this year… he delivered a playset with swing directly to the backyard.

And, I’m pretty sure these pictures tell you what Cason thinks about Santa and his new swing!

Okay, its sort of cold… I’m ready to go back inside!

Tongue Twister

These are some old pictures that I’ve just now gotten to post.  About a month ago, I guess you could say Cason “found” his tongue.  Almost any time we’d look at him, he’d be sticking his tongue out in some way. 

 

And a few more pictures of Cason and Sophie the Giraffe.

 

“Mom, if you won’t give me Sophie, I’ll just chew on my fingers!”    

(Nov 10, 2010)

8 Months Old

Cason is 8 months old and has juuuust about too long to lay on this blanket his Neanie made him.  Look at the difference!!!

 

He’s really growing up.

• He laughs so much and makes us laugh and smile even more. 
• Sits up and rarely falls over
• Feeds himself his bottle
• Reaches for his toys and mommy’s jewelry and the mail (loves the mail)
• Takes baths without an infant seat
• Has two teeth coming in
• Is rolling in all directions
• Pushes up to all fours and rocks and slides backwards
• Eating (as opposed to mostly spitting out) all his veggies
• Can feed himself a cracker or fruit in a mesh feeder
• LOVES his brother Admiral (and any other dog we see)
• Starting on formula (that’s right, we are packing the pump away and emptying the freezer)
• Follows us around the room and loves when we hide behind walls/couches to play “Where’s Daddy?” and “Where’s Mommy?”
• Babbles all the time
• Making Dinosaur noises which have given him the nickname C-Rex

Self-feeding

Cason started a little “self-feeding” this week.

 

We’ve let him gnaw on things at restaurants occasionally so I bought some of the baby cracker/cookies that he can practice with.

Then I got a box of Mum Mum Crackers and he was a fan!

And an even bigger fan of Banana’s in the mesh feeder.  This was also his first taste of fruit as he’s gone through MOST of the veggies. 

 

Such a big boy!