"What are these?"

So Cade has discovered his hands. It is the cutest thing ever! He always has them in his mouth now and started noticing them this week. He looks at them with awe and curiosity and has gained much more control over them. I just recently started putting the little bar with hanging toys on his bouncy chair when he is in it. This week, he not only took great interest in it, but has really been working on batting at the toys. It is so fun to watch him develop those skills.

Also new this week, he is so much more aware of what is going on around him. He watches our every move and gets upset when he loses sight of us. He is aware of loud noises now too and gets a fat lip and starts to cry if a motorcycle or other loud noise goes by. It is so neat to take him out for a walk because you can literally SEE the connections being made in his little brain. He watch everything closely and turns his head at each new sounds.

Earlier this week, he received his first vaccination. I had gone back and forth about whether or not we would do them at all and decided on a few. We will be using our own schedule though, which means he will receive only one specific shot at a time. He got his first TdaP on Thursday last week and survived! He barely even cried and had no adverse reactions that we were aware of. I was more upset than he was! He will get one a month for the next few months.

He is amazing.