check out the new ride

just chillin' in his new seat

not mine. cayden's. i only wish i had a new car.

but i digress. we installed cayden's new forward-facing car seat in my car over the weekend. he's still rear-facing in jeremy's car. which he's in a lot more often than mine. cayden's never been a poor car rider. in fact, i'd say that he's a great car rider. but now that he's facing forward, he feels the need to talk to us a lot more. very. loudly.

& it's totally awesome.

summertime and the livin's easy

our little red-faced family enjoying the day

every june, our city throws this great festival that's completely free. well, except for the food and drinks. and we all know how much those can cost at these types of things.

but it's a really cool thing. they have all these great bouncy things for the kids. for free. cayden was only big enough to attempt one of the bouncy houses. and he was only allowed in that one because it had a huge sign that said "three and under only." otherwise, he would've been trampled. as it was, he just sat in it bouncing on his butt. but he seemed to love it as he squealed and laughed.

cayden chasing the army tank; he could've done this all night

it was hot though. like, whoa, hot. & as we all sat there in preparation for the free concerts that go along with this event, we contemplated maybe leaving. then, we look over our shoulders and see a HUGE raincloud coming at us. jeremy pulled out the iphone to check the radar, and sure enough, we were about to get pelted.

taking several drink breaks

i was all, "let's make a run for the car." and jeremy, being mr. cool most of the time, was all like, "um, we'll never make it." thankfully, we did know someone at the soundboard. which just so happened to be covered by a tent. the first rain drops started falling, and i didn't think it was going to be so bad after all. & then a huge gust of wind came. & all the tents in the kid play area behind us didn't look so nice. after one missed us by about ten feet (seriously, i was on jeremy to protect us!), we headed for the soundboard and a little reprieve from the now pelting rain.

too much excitement for me.

the rain cooled things down for a bit and then the great alabama humidity kicked in. & believe me, if you've never experienced southern heat AND humidity, then you have no idea what i'm talking about. but we tried to forget about it. we listened to music, danced, and wore ourselves out.

cayden was asleep before we barely got out of the parking lot. good times...

private pool

yep, that's right. we have our very own private pool! it's totally awesome. and well, it holds about three people. standing room only.

trying out the pool for the first time

haha... ok, so it's a baby pool that nana and pop got cayden for his birthday. it attaches straight to the hose. depending on water pressure, it either shoots sprays all the way up in the air, or it bubbles little amounts of water.

small amounts of water are ok

cayden prefers the small pressure of water. jeremy and i preferred the bigger sprays. maybe because it made cayden cry all funny. is that wrong?

best face ever?

happy the water went down

i think we'll be having some fun with this through the summer. and once cayden realizes that it's like a bath outside, he'll be down with it too. i hope.

corn on the cob

nom nom nom

this little guy loves some corn. he'll pick it up one piece at a time and put it in his mouth (ocd? perhaps. but it's super-cute too.) while we were at granna and poppa's over the weekend, we thought we'd just see what he'd do with the whole cob. no worries there; he figured it out pretty quickly.

twelve months old