1 month, 3 weeks, 3 days

Whoa!  Ryder is growing so well.  Maybe because he eats like a tank!  I wanted to see where Caden was at this point and here it is. 

Ryder doesn't really take naps like his brother, but his head lifting skills are really good!  I've only done Tummy Time like 3x so far, he wasn't a huge fan of it.  We need to take the Bumbo down from the attic today!  So he can test it out.  And he's a smiling fool now!  And is looking more like a baby and not a little old man {you know the newborn look}.  He is out of newborn diapers, been out for awhile now.  He wears size 3m clothes!  He is a farting machine, as well.  For the past week, he's been getting up twice in the middle of the night.  VERY UNCOOL, since we are dealing with Caden and his broken leg.

Speaking of which, it's been a little stressful.  I'm surprised we don't have holes in our walls from punches.  Caden is taking this broken leg thing REALLY well though.  For being 22 months old he stays pretty chill.  Probably because he is loaded with activities and watches cartoons all day.  As soon as he can move, the TV will be off for awhile!  I canNOT wait for that.  But anyway, so it's been a little stressful, so any added stress....yeah GO AWAY!  We don't need that right now.  We cancelled our annual super bowl party.  I'm so glad, I could not handle that right now.  But also sad, I LOVE THAT PARTY!

But since we have to keep Caden calm and not jumping around any CRAZY excitement can't happen right now.  And yes, he will try to jump around.  Jimmy had him on the floor the other day and he tried to get up and walk.  Jimmy had to stop him.

Last night, I couldn't deal with another Mickey Mouse episode, so I set up a little water station for him to play with.  We covered his leg with a plastic bag & saran wrap and he went to town splashing water all over the kitchen floor.  He loves the water.  He needed that.  Poor Ryder was off to the side in his bouncer getting soaked.  Haha

For the past week, Caden has been sleeping in our bed with me.  Jimmy sleeps on the couch and Ryder "sleeps"{rests his eyes for 5 minutes} in his swing, in his room.   Hopefully he'll get a harder cast and be able to sleep in his crib.  He isn't allowed to put any weight on his leg right now.  He has a soft/hard cast.  There is some plaster but also some ace bandage wrap.  So he has to sleep on our bed so he doesn't stand up.  So someone has to be in there with him the whole time as well.  That's FUN!  It took him 2 hours the other night to finally fall asleep.  And when he did our annoying neighbor stood outside our window calling for her dogs.  Ugh.  Last night, he went to sleep fairly quickly.  Also he hasn't been getting naps.  The other day he said, "night night dada" and just passed out on the couch!  Yesterday we took him for a ride to sleep in the car.  Only slept for 45 min though.  : /  

So as you can see, this hasn't been easy, but could be worse.


Let's hope for a quick recovery!  Hopefully he'll be good to go for his birthday party!