hangin' with molly & riley

My babes. So cute!!!! Ok, maybe they aren't all mine, but I love them all!!!!!

fluke

must have been a fluke. he woke up at 4am last night.

Whoa!

He did it!!!! He slept from midnight-ish until 7:30!!

wow!

That was awesome!!!!!

Last night kinda sucked. It took 2 hours to get him to fall back asleep. So I didn't get to bed until 3am. I'm struggling today. He is sleeping right now, so I need to take a nap. haha It's 740pm. Who are we kidding?

I hope he is better tonight.

p.s. when does this baby weight come off?

last night's dream

Before Jimmy & I went to bed we discussed about how Caden seems to need more than 4 oz per feeding now. He seems like he is still hungry after. According to our paper, it says 1-3 months of age they eat 4-5oz. How can he already be at the max? This kid can eat!

So while that was in the back of my mind:

[cue the dream sequence music]

We are at the pediatrician's office. He looks at Caden and says, "Well, I don't know how to put this, but your son will never be able to walk. He is just too fat."

Then I turned to look at him, OMG! He was HUGE!!!! Looked like the Marshmallow Man but with flesh toned skin!

"Jimmy! What have we done!?! We fed him too much food! Now he will never be able to walk or play any sports or have a normal life! And it's all of our fault!!!!"

It felt so real and so scary.

[cue dream sequence music]

Luckily, I woke up and he was just as perfect as he was the night before. Lying there in his crib.

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Today, we both took a nap on the couch. It took me awhile to fall asleep, bc I just laid there staring at him. I kept thinking how adorable he was & how perfect. I felt soooo incredibly lucky that he is mine. Then fell asleep for about 40 min. When I woke up there he was making the CUTEST facial expressions.

God, I love this baby!!!!!!

@ B Spot

"hmm...What shall I order?"



"oh look! A reflection!"



And.....he's.....out.

eeeeeeeee

Yay! Erin is in town for a week from Chicago! I'm so glad that she gets a chance to meet the little guy. He loved her! I mean, duh, who doesn't? He held her finger the whole way to dinner last night.

precious moments 101

A sleeping baby.

Last night he went to bed at 11:30ish. He didn't wake up until 4:30am, went to sleep at 5:30. Didn't wake up again until 10am. It was AMAZING! Let's hope this is how it will be for awhile!!!

*doesn't get any better than that!

chirp chirp...

I have a feeling that he really is going to be a chick magnet.



My cousin & his wife sent this Fisher Price activity mat. It's a great spot to work on his muscles to build for crawling. Apparently that is called Tummy Time. Eh, that might be as far as I go with the new "lingo." I will NOT use the phrase "play date." We didn't call playing with our friends that when we were little, why the heck would we call it that now? Stupid. Just stupid.

our little bunny

ugh! that rabbit freaks me out!

My mom made those jello "sushi rolls" they were good.



We thought it would be perfect having him go to 2 different family Easters. Thought it would keep him up & then he would sleep well that night. NOPE! He slept through BOTH easter dinners. Didn't even wake up during his diaper changes. It was amazing. And he would NOT sleep that night.

ugh

last night:

he slept: 8-10pm, 1-2:40am, woke up for the day @ 7am

and he won't nap!!! needless to say i'm beat as of right now. and i have to shower & clean the house.

UGH!

to sleep or not to sleep....

Caden likes to wait until about 2AM to finally fall asleep. Now, in the past I stayed up that late or even later. But that was while I was doing stuff. Trying to keep myself awake while I'm trying to rock my baby to sleep is hard. I'm so calming that I put myself to sleep.

Last night, I let him cry/whine for 20 minutes!!! I figured he would just cry himself to sleep. Nope. He wanted me to come in there and hold him. So I went in, cuddled with him and swayed back & forth. Boom. He's out. So I waited a few minutes to make sure he is sleeping. His mouth was wide open, so I knew he was sleeping.

He slept until 11, but I had to leave, so I needed to change him. I think he would have slept longer if I didn't change him. When he opened his eyes he kept smiling. It was the cutest thing. It was like he knew he was doing it.

I just fed him and he passed out in my arms. I put him down & he woke up.

It's gonna be another long night & I already have a headache from my contacts. awesome.

hahahaHA

after grocery shopping easter morning:

Look Who's a Month Old!!!

power to the people pose




the "what are you doing to me?" pose



the "i'll remember this day!" pose

blue steel pose

4 weeks today!

I can't believe Cade is 4 weeks old today!!! He's starting to get into a sleep routine at night. If I put him down at 11pm he wakes up at 3am & 8am. That's fine with me! But if he goes down at around 8:45 then he gets up at 2 & 5. UNCOOL! So I guess he's a nightowl like his mommy & grandma. Last night he went to bed around 11:30 and didn't wake up until 5:30 then 9:30. Not too bad, but I was REALLY tired and ready for bed around 10- so that part sucked.

He's sleeping right now. Of course.

I went shopping for him & bought some 0-3M sized clothes. He is growing out of the newborn sized stuff, but not quite into the 3 month size yet. I can't wait to see him in his new outfits! :)

I haven't actually seen him that much yet today, I was running errands & he was with his grandma leff. He woke up from a nap & I took him into Daisy's room to hold him in front of the mirror. I was talking to him and asking him who was in the mirror & he smiled. It was sooooo cute. Like he was happy to see himself...or me. Either way, it was awesome. It would figure that our kid likes to look at himself in the mirror. haha.

some pictures from my phone

chillin' in his CF colors about to go cheer on his dad at the baseball game

first trip to Chipolte

Just awake....during the day!

saying hi to out-of-towners

Oh My

Jenna sent Caden this hoodie. I can't believe how grown up he looks in it.

So adorable.

Look who stopped by for a visit!

After a Bath

LOL.

I dried his hair with a towel & this is what happened. Then I tried brushing it down, but it stayed like this.

Last Night

Well, last night, I couldn't get him to fall asleep until about 12:30. Then he didn't wake up until 3. He fell asleep at 3:30 & didn't wake me up until 8!!! That's awesome! This baby rocks!

Our 1st Walk into Town

It was BEAUTIFUL outside last Sunday! We went on 2 walks into town. Caden loves stroller rides. I was a little uneasy about the sidewalks. They are so crappy that his head was bobbin' around. That CAN'T be good for his neck! So I walked really slowly when we were on a stretch of bad sidewalks.

Hey! i'm his mom & a first time mom at that. I'm gonna be a little worried about his neck support!!

We met up with the Boylan girls at the park & got to take Daisy for a walk, too.



Then he finally met some relatives from my mom's side of the family. They all get together EVERY Sunday for dinner at my Aunt Jan's house. I think that is sooo cool. It's nice to have a close family like that. I think it would be cool to have one night a week to get together with friends & family for dinner. Oooh, I should build my deck in the backyard & get it started.



Then we went for walk #2 & met up with Nicole & Jeremy. Had some ice cream & coffee. It was a great day!

did a lot of this today...

startled pose









loves to be in his daddy's arms



Pondering, "do I get up or not?"



not.

his crib

He finally got some crib time!



I think he liked it.

Don't worry, we will take the stuff out when he starts to rollover.

Yay! I was so thrilled that my grandma got to meet Caden! She had a cold for awhile, so she wasn't able to. Now we just need to have a girl next so I can get a 4 generation shot!



Papa holding him right before he is about to eat. The kid likes to eat! And Kim is holding him, too. The little guy got lots of kisses that weekend! I'm glad she was able to fly up here to meet him!!!



His Grandpap & Grandma at the Pancake Breakfast. I was asked to be in the picture too, but I'm afraid of mascots. What? They are freaky!!!



Whew! Big weekend. He is worn out! Taking a nap, so he can be well rested for the night & keep us up. :)

Chillin' in the Boppy

This little guy likes to fall asleep every time he eats. Here he is totally out on the left after eating. And on the right he is wide awake. Looks like he is doing the Thriller dance.



I'm pretty sure he is thinking "I'm super darn cute, huh mom?"



Who's the man? Caden's the man! This is a pose in need of some sun and a lounge chair.



Crazy startled pose



Bless you!

2 weeks down

Having a 2 week old is very time consuming. I'm not able to get much done. The boy literally eats every hour. He's on for about 30 min each feeding, then it takes 10 min to try to get him to burp. So you'd think that would leave me 20 min every hour to get something done....nope. For some reason that isn't possible. He just finished eating & is sleeping in my arms right now. Pretty sure if I put him in his bassinet or crib he'd wake up.

I'm allowed to gradually get back into working out now, so I'd really like to go to the gym. Kinda hard to do when you're breastfeeding & your baby does a better job at getting the milk out than your pump.

Pumping. Ugh! Biggest pain in the ass! My goal is to strictly pump, so I don't have to be the only one who feeds him & so that I can have a life & have his grandparents watch him for a little bit. Well that isn't working out so well. And I'm getting really pissed about it. I've only tried about 5 times. One day went really well, but yesterday was discouraging. I don't frickin get it.

I don't want to give up though, so it looks like I won't have a life or go to the gym for another 4 mos.

I'm sitting here updating my other blog, and Cade is sleeping laughing again. He is passed out & giggling in his sleep. It's sooooo cute.

Last night he let us sleep about 4.5 hours uninterrupted! That was nice! Yet for some reason, I'm still soooo tired today. We took him down to the FD to meet some people at the pancake breakfast. There are a lot of kiddos down there now. It's really cute. It's funny how all of us are having kids now. That will be fun for them to grow up together.

He hit a growth spurt over the weekend so he has been eating a lot. He is also a little fussy from the growing pains. I feel bad for him, bc I had growing pains so badly as a kid. I finally got his photo shoot in last week, so I was able to order some birth announcements.

Can't wait to send them out!