Yum Yum Yum

Cadel has started to eat regular food! He started with a little simple rice cereal. After a few days of that he moved on to fruits and vegetables. So far Cadel has tried bananas, pears and sweet potatoes. Pears appear to be his favorite but bananas are a close second. I think the sweet potatoes are last. After four of five bites he is finished. But if you take out the pears he will usually eat half the jar. Mom and Dad also tried the food. I have to agree the pears are the best. Once we start making the food ourselves I'm sure bananas will make a run at first place.

Just as a side note from Dad. Cadel's hair appears very red in this picture. It isn't that red. More of a brunet/auburn color. Not that there is anything wrong with red hair. I'm still pulling for a switch to dark brown/black. We'll see which color prevails as years go past.

Look for another post tomorrow about Cadel's four month check up.

First Trip to the Farmers Market

Yesterday Cadel, Mom and Dad made our first trip to the Marin Farmers Market since Cadel was born. The weather was fantastic and Cadel was very interested in all the people and bright colored fruits and vegetables.
We are planning on this becoming our weekly family trip. Once Cadel is old enough Mom and Dad will ride our bikes to the market with him in tow behind us. Our neighbors also take their two small children to the Sunday Farmers Market. So who knows. Maybe it will become a neighborhood tradition.

Cadel is now rolling over all the time. He is also starting to scoot around on his own. He is not crawling yet but that isn't far away. Once he figures out how to use his arms he will be crawling all over the place. Good thing we already have a baby gate for the top of the stairs. Now we just need to see what the dog thinks of him once he get mobile.

Daycare starts & Cadel goes to the Giro

Last week Cadel started to attend New Moon daycare as mom headed back to work. Cadel handled the first day much easier than mom did. The daycare staff says he is doing great and is a fantastic addition to their other kids. There is only one other baby at the daycare so he and Cadel get lots of attention. The babies even have their own room none of the older kids are allowed to enter.
Besides lots of love Cadel goes out on walks almost every day and he is being exposed to spanish. The lady who takes care of the babies only speaks spanish to the kids. So now Cadel has one grandmother speaking German to him, one grandmother speaking Hebrew to him, Spanish at the daycare and English at home. This is going to be one linguistically versed kid.

This past weekend Cadel attended his first bicycle race. It was the San Francisco Metromint Giro. He was a very good boy cheering for our friend Mark and sleeping a couple times during the long day so mom and dad could relax. Cadel is definitely taking after dad's ability to sleep through just about anything. There were cheering fans, ringing cow bells, a loud announcer and even some crashes here and there. None of it seems to bother him as he slept in his stroller or watched the bikes fly by for hours.

Just as a side note check out some of the first pictures on this blog compared to the recent pictures. He is growing so fast!

Mommy got a new camera...

Here is Cadel in all of his handsome glory. There will be more to come. Mommy is making everyone sick of pictures :(

Last week Cadel had some new "firsts". He has mastered the roll from back to tummy and is working on the opposite way now. Our little boy also had his first laugh. We must now begin polishing up our jokes so we can hear him giggle some more.

Many more "firsts" to come. He is growing up so fast...

Happy three month Birthday

Saturday was Cadel's three month birthday. A whole quarter of a year old. Doesn't sounds like much but our little one is changing so much week by week three months is a big milestone. Cadel spent the day attending Ethan Siva's first birthday party in Burlingame. The party featured among other things a pony, Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, a pinata and a clown. Unfortunately we had to leave before the really cool cake was served. The whole family had a great time even though Dad got lost on his bike ride to the party.
New pictures will be coming soon from Mom's fancy new camera.Check back soon!

San Antonio Texas...Yeehaw!

Last week Cadel traveled with Mommy to San Antonio to meet his Great Grandfather Biery. Cadel did very well on the two connecting flights from San Francisco, mostly resting up for his big adventure. Oma traveled to Texas before we arrived and picked us up at the airport. Then we headed to Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather Biery's house for our visit. Cadel was quite taken with GGF Biery and I think the feeling was mutual. During our stay, Cadel also got to meet cousin Robert, GGF Biery's brother Sam and his wife CB and Great Uncle Chip. Cadel especially liked the trip because he got to sleep with Mommy in her bed like a big boy.

After a few days visit, Cadel and Mommy headed home to San Francisco. Cadel somehow slept through the dog in the adjacent row who whined and barked nonstop for the 3 1/2 hour flight. Once we reached the airport, we hopped on Bart and headed to SF to meet Daddy. Cadel loved watching the scenery fly by as the train moved. Once in SF we introduced Cadel to all of Daddy's co-workers, had a quick lunch and headed home for a nice, long nap.

Leaving on an airplane

Yesterday Cadel headed to the airport for his first big trip. At 8:40 he boarded a flight for San Antonio, Texas with Mom. He is going to visit Great grandpa Charles who is Mom's Grandfather. He and great grandma live in San Antonio where Mom spent part of her time growing up.
While Cadel is in Texas he will also get to meet his great unlce Chip and maybe a few other family members. Unfortunately Dad had to stay home and work. Boooooo.
The picture above is Cadel on the first leg of the flight to Texas. Mom says he behaved very well for the entire trip.

Last Friday we had a full house with 12 people over. It was a mini family reunion with Elisabeth, Bill and Amy in town from Houston. Mike, Zach and GG came over from the East Bay and Savta and Dave were down from Redding. It was a very nice BBQ and Cadel was sure to show off his smiles and cute baby sounds most of the evening.

The next day we headed to San Francisco for Aiden Kirkley's first birthday party. It was a very nice day in SF. The party was even in our old neighborhood. Ah memories...

Of course the highlight of the weekend, selfishly, was Mom and Dad's first date night since Cadel joined us. It was a nice present from Savta (to watch him for a few hours) while she was in town so we could head out.

Cadel is a party animal already. In the past three weeks he has been to three birthday parties and wedding. Now he is off to Texas! What a social life for a 10 week old.