I just want to take some time to reflect on this phase of life for Cade...join me for a somewhat random look at the world of Cade as a 31-month-old.
Sleep:
Although he still sleeps in a crib at home, on our trip to Hawaii Cade did pretty well sleeping in a "big bed". We only woke up twice to him roaming the room in the middle of the night. Once he responded with, "Hey guys, I was just looking for you," and another night we awoke to him pulling the curtains open and announcing that it was still dark outside. So...the permanent switch to the big bed may still be a ways down the road.
He goes to bed at around 9pm on a regular weeknight and will sleep about 11 hours. He's trying to persuade us that he's ready to give up his nap...but come 6pm on a day without his nap his case is quite weak.
Size and Smarts:
According to MaKenzie's bathroom scale, Cade weighs in at a whopping 27 pounds. He wears 3T shirts, 24 month pants, and size 6 shoes. He is full of energy and on the move pretty much all the time. He's quite hilarious and smart as a whip (says his mom). He's known all letters and their sounds for quite some time and can recognize all single-digit numbers and count to 15ish. He can use his fingers to count and can count objects, not just saying the numbers aloud. He seems to have a large vocabulary and speaks in full sentences. Most of the time I feel like conversing with Cade is much like conversing with any other adult...but maybe that says more about me and who I hang out with?
Discipline:
We often have to remind him not to "talk grouchy" to us (or Reese when he wants her to back off). Our biggest battles involve whining and not obeying us the first time we ask him to do something. He's an active little guy who thinks outside the box...that's "mom code" for the fact that we gave our sitter a nice Christmas bonus (and I'm sure we'll need to give really nice teacher gifts) to stay in everyone's good graces.
Hobbies:
He enjoys watching TV, movies, and playing on the iPhone or iPad. He likes shows on PBS and Disney Jr. channel, as well as Disney movies. His favorites cycle. He'll ask for the same movie or show over and over and over and over...and then never again. He occasionally will smile for the camera, but usually it takes some bargaining.
He likes to take pictures with our camera and you can always tell which pics are his due to their randomness and the presence of at least two of his fingers. He also likes to look at pictures on our phones.
He had a blast on our Hawaii trip and was in love with the beach and the waves. Note to self: do not let him attend a college on a coastline.
He has quite the imagination and is very into little action figures which he refers to as his "guys." I made a cute little KSU drawstring bag for him to carry them all around in but now after Christmas I think he'll need a bigger bag to contain all the "guys!" He was all about Christmas this year and enjoyed driving around to look at lights, was insistant that Santa should bring him a castle (for his guys), and could sing several Christmas carols (his favorite being Deck the Halls, or "Fa-la la-la" as he called it). When opening presents he still didn't understand why he had to move on to opening the next present instead of getting adequate play time with the one he just opened. Goes to show we perhaps should have fewer presents for him to open!
He's getting more into being artsy and will paint, color, and play with playdough occasionally. However, he HATES to have dirty hands. The kid finger-paints with a brush!
He's a very good big brother. He's very, very sweet to Reese (unless she's touching his stuff). He often tries to make her smile by tickling her and talking baby talk to her saying "don't you smile Reesie, don't smile" or "got your nose" just as people have done to him.
He's not a great sharer and plays better with kids who are older than him since they let it slide when he hogs their stuff.
He loves being at the gym whether it's for a Pioneer volleyball game, basketball game, or practice. Even though he doesn't watch the game very intently, he loves to just be there. He enjoys "his turn" to run around on the court during half-time and after the game. He knows when he sees the "big guys" coming out of the locker room he has to head back to his seat and his turn is over. It's pretty cute. He considers many of the players on Matt's team to be his friends and talks often about Conner's defense and that Jacob is really tall.
Milestones:
Potty-training. Oh, potty-training. He's in denial, and therefore I'm in denial, that this needs to happen. He has just started to show signs of interest and will potty on the potty occasionally. Today he wore big-boy underwear for a portion of the day and we sat on the potty every ten minutes. Yes, I set the timer and every ten minutes we would go try. He pottied several times on the potty but also had THREE accidents. Like every TEN minutes wasn't enough?! So...we're still quite a ways off on this one. Reese will potty train Cade at this point. Or perhaps there's some sort of potty-training camp I can send them both to? Let me know.
He still drinks from a sippy cup 98.7% of the time. Maybe come summer we'll tackle drinking from a cup more outside?
He's very coordinated and can run, jump, skip, gallop, and march. We think he's pretty tough also. He must have a high pain tolerance (although this doesn't make a great case for his coordination) because he didn't cry too much when he recently fell and split his chin open. This led to 5 stitches in his chin...immediately following our family pictures that occurred just after the fall and prior to being stitched.
Eating:
Still not a huge eater. Probably never going to be a huge eater. He hates to try new things as he's really only into ideas that are suggested by him. He likes basic "kid food" like chicken nuggets, french fries, pizza, and spaghetti. He eats fruit and breakfast foods well and LOVES fruit snacks.
This turned out to be a crazy-long post but was very fun to write. I'm always telling Cade just how special he is to us...he is the one that made us parents after all! Cade truly is a gift from God and raising him is a journey that I'm very, very thankful for. I love being his mom and learning the ins-and-outs of his growing personality!
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