Father's Day

We had a wonderful Father's Day here at the Gum household. We had a super lazy morning with a big breakfast and a nap. Then lunch at Dada's favorite Mexican Restaurant and a drive up Gold Creek. After the lightning and thunderstorm subsided, we went fishing at the wildlife refuge where Dada got another Father's day present: a big ol' fish! Kaeden was VERY interested in the fish...I think we'll have another fisherman on our hands as soon as he is big enough to hold the pole!

Seattle Trip

We flew to Seattle on Thursday and returned Sunday. It was Kaeden's first plane trip, and he did amazing. Jeff and I made sure to "walk" him around the airport while we were waiting both times to tire him out. On the plane, he just played with his toys and then fell asleep.

Thursday night and Friday night we stayed with our good friends, Chris and Clara Whitehead. Kaeden got to meet Chris and Clara's 8 month old son, William. The two boys loved to just stare at each other and play together. Oh, how I wish we were still neighbors with them. The boys would have so much fun on a daily basis!

Saturday night we made our way over to Seattle and stayed with Marc and Linny Taylor. Kaeden also got to meet his Uncle Ben Williamson Saturday night at the Taylor's house. It was a great trip, with good food, good friends, and great fun! It was fun to see our old haunts and relive so many good times out there. There were so many people that we wanted to see, but just ran out of time. Hopefully we can make a longer trip soon, or the Hood Canal Bridge won't be shut down so it is easier to travel around the Puget Sound the next time we come out!

Kaeden tried a bunch of new foods while we were there including cantaloupe, watermelon, potatoes, salmon, avacado, yogurt, graham crackers and cheese. Most of them, he really enjoyed. He still would rather have mommy's milk versus any other food though.

He also really started to be able to get some forward progress down in his crawling development. He mostly just pulls himself with his hands and moves around that way, but he is getting to the point where he will use his toes to push if he is on his belly and will take a few crawls if he is up on his hands and knees. Time to REALLY baby-proof the house!

Here are some videos of the trip.

This video is of Kaeden and William playing together. Could there be any cuter babies than these two?!?!

This video is of Uncle Marc and Uncle Ben trying to get Kaeden's pajamas on after his bath. Kaeden loved seeing both of his uncles!

This video wasn't on our trip, but it was too cute not to post!

This one wasn't on our trip either, but it shows Kaeden's version of a crawl and his little rebelious personality all in one. I couldn't resist!