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Caden turned 11 months this week. He marked the occasion by walking across the living room unsupported. He also marked this week by being up too much in the night. He was up from 130 - 5 am on sunday night and for an hour around 3 am monday and tuesday night. Then last night he was up at 12, 2, 3 and 5. So if this blog has spelling mistakes, makes no sense at all or is suddenly interesting - you'll know why!
Yesterday was my first huge scare with Caden. Sometimes when we are out shopping I will lay him down in the cart so that he can have his bottle (he still hasn't figured out how to drink sitting up). Well, I learned a hard lesson because I turned around and in 2 seconds he had discarded his bottle, stood up and somehow ended up on the floor in Home Depot. I was terrified to say the least. He cried a whole bunch and was then fine and has been fine now for 16 hours. I have no idea how he managed to do that or how he landed in a way that he has not a single mark on his body, particularly his head. It's amazing and I could cry with relief. Good thing social services wasn't in that aisle at the time!! Geepers.
Other news - I have a new addiction. It's a sweet sweet addiction that makes me cry, makes me laugh, makes me smile and makes me realize how much stuff I don't know :). The best part is that I get to indulge in this addiction with a friend. That always makes it that much more enjoyable !! I hate to admit that it is a television show. Amy and I have been watching Gilmore Girls. We've been having viewing marathons because I got the DVD's from the library and only have them for 10 days and Amy is going to be gone 5 of those days. I wish I could tell you that I have been extremely productive and have been volunteering my time helping puppies or picking up litter. But no - I have selfishly been soaking up the verbal banter of Lorelai and Rory.
It's been nice to have them for company too because Justin has been working 12 hour days and we are lonely for him. Hopefully he will be able to relax for a bit on this long weekend. We'll see!
Happy Easter Weekend Everyone.

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Anonymous said…
No worries Jen (easier said than done, I know!) I know how you feel though. Been there, same sort of situation, different location. I think your addiction is funny, Amy was here with Andrea yesterday and told me about it. Funny!!
See you next weekend!
12:01 pm
Anonymous said…
That sucks that Caden isn't sleeping. Hopefully he catches on that when it is dark it is bed time.
Also he really is a monkey. I can't believe he jumped out of the cart at HD. I really do think he is Stewie....HAHA. I would have been scared as well.
Hope that you are not feeling too tired. Have a good weekend
LOrraine
3:59 pm
Craig,Leah,Lena said…
Addicted! oh my goodness! ...i wish i was there to watch with you girls...
can't imagine how active caden is! must be hard to keep an eye on him all the time. if the Gilmore Girls can't keep you on your toes, you can always rely on your son!
happy Easter! (they don't celebrate it here - sucks!)
7:54 pm
Anonymous said…
Ahhhh the moments we experience with children! Just when you think you have your children's schedules figured out they go and mix it up. It's part of there growing up, teething & growth spirts. Hang in there! As far as the incident at Home Depot... don't be hard on yourself; I know it's hard. If it will make you feel any better... When Bryson was 7 days old, he slept in a basanet(sp?) by the bed. He woke up & wanted to be fed. We had a bad night with Brooke & so Paul wasn't getting his sleep and had to go to work the next morning. I decided to take Bryson downstairs to nurse. I picked him up and held him in one arm over my shoulder. In the other arm I was reaching for my glasses (so I wouldn't fall down the stairs) Bryson was very strong in the neck already at that time. He decided he was going to straighten out, I couldn't support his neck and he swung right out of my arms and fell. Thankfully he landed back into the bassenet but still....I was so upset, I thought he would have brain damage and social services would be knocking on my door! It doesn't ever feel good when your actions end up innocently hurting your child.
There... does that make you feel any better? Hope so. Haven't told too many people that story before!
Anyway... Happy Easter.
9:01 pm
Laurie said…
Yep, I too, had a child fall onto a hard store floor! You feel like a horrible mom and you know that others around you are thinking you are crazy! Emily, when she was about 3, was in the superstore cart at the bottom. We stopped to look at something, she stood up just as I was about to push the cart away, and bam right on the hard floor. Poor kid!

Your addiction :) I have similar addictions.....not the same show.....but I can understand! :)
8:15 pm
Craig,Leah,Lena said…
Looking forward to seeing some pics of Caden on his first Easter egg hunt!
7:57 pm
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