Chariot Graduation

We've been talking about it for a couple of weeks now. Tonight, Cayle finally graduated from his infant sling. The infant sling is a hammock like swing that gave him a smoother ride, and was great for him to sleep in, but restricted him from looking out the side windows. Instead of sitting and looking out, he was more laying down and looking up and forward. At about 10 mos. or about 22 lbs they say they are fine to ride inside the Chariot sitting up (or when they can hold their head up if you hit a pothole.) We decided Cayle was ready to sit in the Chariot like a big boy, so he could look out the windows while we ride or walk with him. Tonight we walked to the library with Rusty to pick up a couple of books. He loved being able to watch Rusty out the window, and was talking to him while we were walking. Just another step toward growing up.

As you can see from the pictures, he enjoyed all his time snoozin in the sling under the warmth of the bunting bag!

Recent pics

Hard to believe, but at one time, not too long ago, this car seat was way too big for him....

Oh No! Cayle got his first bloody nose! Luckily, I had the camera out and could take a pic! :-)
This is my shot at professional photography.
Rusty loves playing with Cayle - Cayle loves playing with Rusty. It's a win-win, now if he can teach Rusty to run a couple miles around the yard every day to get in shape!
Natalie calls this Cayle's GQ pose. It does look like he's posing with his leg and all! I love the blue outfits that he wears. It really brings out the blue in his eyes!

Ash Wednesday

Whew! What a crazy week with parent teacher conferences and all! This makes 2 crazy weeks in a row! I tutored tonight till 5, then Natalie came back out and picked me up, and we went to mass for Ash Wednesday. Cayle got his first ashes, and didn't seem to mind at all! He did great in church, so as a reward afterward we took him out for Mexican at Mi Pueblo. He loved it! He had refried beans and mexican rice. Mommy and daddy enjoyed it as well with fish tacos and a taco salad. Just a nice little treat right smack dab in the middle of the week. One more day of PT conferences, then a 2 1/2 day weekend. Done at noon on Friday.

What you Laughin at Willis???

Just laughing it up!

Competitiveness

My competitiveness came out to play a bit today. Cayle and I were out for a bike ride on the bike path about 10 minutes from the house. I was pushing the pace pretty good, and this guy on his bike, on the road comes by me at a pretty high rate of speed. I had no idea he was there, but he passed me so quickly, it was like he was issuing a challenge... (that's what it seemed like to me..) So what did I do you ask? Why, I chased him down. Even though I was on the bike path, with a much less direct route, and also pulling Cayle in the chariot, I caught him about 10 minutes later, just outside of Eagle. As I pull even with him, he turns to me and says, "you must have been really movin, because there was no way I thought you would catch me pulling that kiddie trailer!" Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside in a sick sort of way! Then he tells me that he had to work his butt off just to catch and pass me in the first place (which is why he came by me so fast.) I rode with and talked to him a bit, bid him a good day, and headed home, extremely pleased with myself! :-)

Backflips

Cayle has always loved hanging upside down, but now he has begun this new thing, where when you are holding him up, he just leans over backwards, and wants to do a backflip. Here he is doing them with Natalie.

He loves to LAUGH!

Natalie had Cayle cracking up last night before bed. He has so much energy, and just loves to laugh! We love listening to him laugh! Hope you do too!