Wow.. Definitely need to update!

I haven't been on to blog since Kaiden was almost one month old. I guess I should do some updating. Kade is now five months old. He will be six months on the 18th of this month. When he was three months old, Kade learned to "bounce himself" in his bouncer! He kicks his little legs and bounces himself back and forward. It is so cute! He really gets to going sometimes and it looks like he is going to catapult himself right out of that thing. At his four month check-up Kaiden was 26 1/4 inches long! Going to be a tall boy. He weighed 16.2 lbs! He is quite a heavy boy! At four months, he started sleeping in his own bed in his and Madi's room. He did well with the adjusting. I still have to put him in his bouncer and let him sleep in it in his crib. I can't get the boy to sleep flat! I am going to conquer that soon enough. I will be so glad when we sell our home so he will have his own room. Ferber method will be used then! Kade can roll over from front to back and back to front. He can sit by himself for a few seconds, but slowly starts slumping over. He tries to crawl. Gets his knees up under him, but won't push forward. He stands up really well. Steve lets go of him and lets him hang onto the couch, and he stands there for a min before falling backwards (Steve catches him of course). He is such a happy baby now! So smiley! He's first words (UGH) was Daddy. He has been saying it for a couple of weeks now. And they both rub it in. He is such a Daddy's boy. Hoping that will slightly change in the future! HA. He started eating rice cereal at 4 months, and occasionally some oatmeal. He loves it! He also started jumping in the jumperoo. Took him a couple of days, but he learned how to make himself bounce and he loves that thing!!! When he turned five months old (actually a couple of day before) he started trying out some baby food mixed in with his cereal. He REALLY loves it! He is such a messy eater! He gets the food all over him in the process of eating! He has tried bananas, pears, and applesauce so far and loves them all. So far so good and no food allergies! Next is peaches! Which I am a little nervous about b/c Madi was allergic to them when she tried them.
We took the kids to my parent's house to swim. Madi got in and loved it b/c the water was warm. She now floats around in a little swim suit with a ring float on it all over the pool. She has learned to kick and paddle all over the pool. She really enjoys it and it is so hard to get her out of the pool! Kade even got a swimmer put on and went in the pool with me. He started kicking his legs out like a frog (the same way he does in his jumperoo). He absolutely loved it! We went to the river for the first time with the kids this past week. We did an early Fourth of July celebration since I had to work on the fourth. We went to Steve's aunt's place on the river and spent Thursday & all day Friday there. I thought Madi would be scared of the water.. but NOPE! She jumped right in with her little arm floaties on and swam all around. She never wanted to get out! Kade even got in the river with his daddy and he had a ball! Kicking like a little frog. Then he started splashing the water with his hand. Splashing both him and his daddy in the face! We then took the kids for a ride on the pontoon boat! Both kids enjoyed it. Kade sat with me on one of the back seats. His little life jacket swallowed him whole! HA. He really enjoyed watching the water come off the motor in the back! Madi sat there with her little Dora sunglasses on top of her head looking at all the surroundings! When we got back, we went fishing. We had bought a Dora fishing rod for Madi. We were fishing with crickets and Madi was freaked out by them! HA. She caught her first fish! A small brim! She was so proud. I will be posting pics on my myspace and facebook accounts. I went to get the camera to take a pic while she held the fisihing pole with the fish on it. The fish started flopping and Madi screamed at the top of her lungs. It freaked her out! It was so funny. We then spent the night by the fire! The kids roasted marshmellows which Madi loved! Then the kids went in the camper to lie down and watch some Cat & the Hat! I took Kade out by the fire with me. He fell asleep on the swing while we chatted! Then it was up at 4am. Breakfast followed by more fishing! And then I took Madi for a ride on the bass boat! She loved it! The wind blowing us away and water splashing in our fast! She loved it when her Uncle Doug went really fast! We really enjoyed the trip and wished we could have stayed longer!
Yesterday was the fourth of July. I was really upset b/c I had to work and miss all the fun. We all made food and brought to work and ate. It was delicious.. so that made the day somewhat better. It was a busy day, and somewhat sad with some of the trauma that we saw! Steve had started feeling sick. I think his allergies were acting up and he didn't sleep well. So mom & dad offered to come get all three kids and take them with them. They took them to their house where they went swimming. Madi is finally starting to get braver and jumping in the pool now as long as someone is holding her hand. Kade got in and enjoyed himself kicking like a frog again. They got out and got ready. Took the kids to the firework show in Athens! Madi was a little scared at first b/c it was so loud. Get this= she covered her eyes when the loud noises started! HA. Mom told her she needed to cover her ears, not eyes. She finally learned how to stick her finger in her ears to "plug" them up! Kade wasn't scared at all. The noise never bothered him. He just sat there and watched the fireworks. Half way through it he got sleepy and went to sleep!
Hate it I missed his first fourth of July... will miss the second one too. Well, that brings you all up to speed. Maybe I will get on more often to post things! Ha. Life is MUCH busier with two little ones!