Yesterday Caden developed an opinion. It seriously happened overnight. Monday he didn't care what he played with or where we went and Tuesday he definitely cared about all of that plus some. I never really realized how UN-opinionated he was until he all of a sudden knew EXACTLY what he wants and when he wants it. Yesterday he wanted everything and anything that ISN'T one of his toys including (but not limited to) the movies, the DVD player, anything in a couboard (is that how you spell it Janell? haha), anything plugged into an outlet, the outlet itself and my books (and if you know me then you know how I feel about people playing with - or touching haha - my books). When I wouldn't let him play with my laptop he cried, when I took away the vacuum cord he cried, when I wouldn't let him stick his fingers in the outlets he cried. Basically, yesterday there was a whole lot of me saying "no" and Caden doing a whole lot of crying.

Today was better. My little baby boy is just getting more opinionated by the moment, but now I'm ready for it. Yesterday I was surprised and unprepared and today I was patient and flexible. When he didn't want to take a nap at 2:00 like normal I said, "OK, no nap today. Let's go downstairs to play" and by 3:00 he was fast asleep in his Papa's arms. When he cried because he didn't want to be in the car we sang "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Wheels on the Bus" all the way home. And when he reached up to grab the toilet paper roll and turned around and looked at me with the HUGEST smile on his face I knew we were in trouble, but I wasn't upset, I was excited. Excited to watch this little boy grow up, excited to watch him explore the things around him, and excited to be a part of all of it.