Peak-a-boo!

We started putting blankets and burp cloths over Cadence's head to play peak-a-boo -- recently, she started playing by herself! She gets a kick out of it...and so do we!

More, Please!

Between daycare and home, Cadence has learned how to say, "more" in sign language! It's similar to clapping, but we can tell the difference! One night, I was washing some dishes and Danny was making salads for dinner and he looked over and she was signing! It was really cute. We've been working on "food" and "milk" too!

"Hi!"

At 8 1/2 months Cadence has said her first word - "hi." It's really cute because she even knows when to say it. She can also wave and say it at the same time. We can't wait to see what else she has to say!

We've been enjoying this Winter thaw and hoping not much more snow is on its way before Spring. Every weekend we've been able to cross something off of our to-do list. We purchased new carpet at Lowes and Danny picked up the tile for the foyer. Last night we picked out a new couch too! Our little house is in need of some updating!

Here's a few recent pictures...

Cadence loves playing in the bath!

In her outfit from Mamaw and Papaw!

I think she would eat the Puffs container if she could...she's addicted to those things!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Danny and I will be celebrating Valentine's Day next weekend and going out to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner - we still celebrated with Cadence today though! She, of course, wore her Valentine's shirt to school and one of her teachers brought in an adorable hat for her! Her teachers helped Cadence make a Valentine's card for us...it was too cute! I got some really awesome pictures of Little Miss Sunshine below! XOXO

Patty-Cake!

Today I witnessed Cadence clapping with my own two eyes! Looks like all the patty-cake paid off! We sing it occasionally, but my mom sings it to Cadence all the time! Danny, you better get back from Portland quick...she might be walking tomorrow! ;)

Cadence Waves Bye-Bye!

So lately it seems like Cadence learns how to do something new every day. On Tuesday, Grandma picked Cadence up from daycare, or school as we like to call it. Before I left my mom's house, I was holding Cadence & she kept holding her hand up. Eventually she started wiggling her fingers! She's a little slow at it, but I think she's associating the words "bye-bye" with waving. We're not sure where she picked it up; I'll have to ask her teachers. We wave to her sometimes when we leave, but have never really practiced with her! She's also started saying "na-na" - she started with "la-la", "da-da", "ma-ma" and "ba-ba" - she's making her way through the alphabet! My mom watched her yesterday and said she started rolling to her right! She started rolling from her back to her belly about a month ago, but would always turn to her left. Hopefully we'll get to see her do it again soon!

Cadence Loves Scarlet and Dances a Jig

There's not a whole lot going on in this video, but wanted to share nonetheless. Cadence LOVES watching Scarlet run around the house. If I'm feeding Cadence in her highchair and she hears Scarlet's toenails on the kitchen floor, she'll look for her until she finds her. She likes petting Scarlet and laughs when Scarlet licks her face. Scarlet usually ignores Cadence as shown in the video of Cadence watching Sesame Street (her FAVORITE show). There's an added bonus of the "Cadence Dance" - not much yet; just a little wiggle - we're working on it ;)