Personality Update

We weighed Cade this morning and he is 10 lbs! My little bowling ball. But he is still really lean because he is getting longer. I measured him a week or so ago and he was 22”—about two more than when he was born. Way to grow little boy!!

Cade is going to spend some time with Mrs. Jennifer today. I am going to take him over there at 11:00 am so we can get a feel for his soon-to-be schedule. I’ll hang out while Jen takes care of him so I can explain his little quirks and cries. He has very distinct cries. I didn’t believe it when they said he would but he does.

When he is hungry, he makes a grunting pig noise and he try to chew on any available skin: his hand, my arm, daddy’s chin, you name it. We shouldn’t laugh but it is so cute!

When he needs to be changed, he’ll get really squirmy and he makes a lot of squeaking noises before he starts to cry.

When he is tired, his cries get very intense and he changes octaves. It is the funniest thing when he changes pitch. His daddy plans on teasing him about that later.

When he is stressed out or over stimulated, he flails his arms out. The only way to console him is to pin down his arms and hold him in tight while giving him his pacifier and shushing.

When he is hot, he cries and turns bright red. If I take his blankets or pants off, he calm down instantly. I have to feel his thighs to see if he is burning up because his hands are usually cold. But he definitely runs hot—like his dad.

When he is cold, he shake his hands out and tenses up. He doesn’t cry as much as he does when he is hot though.

Next week his daddy will take Cade over for some more transition time before he starts going regularly the week after. It’s going to be an exciting week. Tomorrow his Grandma Sue and Grandpa Greg are coming for their first visit. We’ve been doing webcam calls with them but Grandma is anxious to hold him. And next week I’m going to go back to work. Yesterday we went out to the Running Y and we spent a little time with my boss. She says he is the cutest baby. I’d have to agree!

Cade is becoming more focused and more interactive. We can really tell when he is looking at faces now. I think I’m starting to see the makings of a smile. I’m not sure he does it on purpose yet but it is very adorable. He also seems to be learning how to laugh and how to give his mommy kisses. There is definitely a lot more sounds coming out of him that are not cries. I’ve started reading to Cade at night and his daddy likes to make up songs for him. There have been a couple times that he seems to be singing too. Mostly in the mornings after daddy goes to work. He is certainly a morning person and rarely do we get to go back to sleep after 5 am. Thanks buddy! I can’t wait for the days he can spend Saturday mornings with daddy and I can sleep in.

Mommy Support Group

I started a Mommy’s Support Group so I’d have people to talk to and Cade would have friends to grow up with. Tuesday was the first meeting.

Our group members are (in order L to R): Tinaka and her little girl Alexandra. “Xandra” is about a month older than Cade. Tayla and her little girl Alexa. “Lexi” is only five days older. And Rachel and her little boy Peyton. Peyton is two months older than Cade. I took a picture so we could see how they all grow. We plan to meet about every two weeks.

Our friends were a little envious that Cade takes a pacifier so well and that he seems to be on a pretty regular schedule. He eats pretty much every three hours except at night. At night he's been going 4 to 6 hours between feedings. Then during the day he might eat closer to 2 ½ hours but he is thankfully pretty predictable. Definitely taking after his daddy--everything on a schedule.

Cade was great most of the time that everyone was at our house. I put him in his swing and he took a nap while we had lunch. Which was nice because I could have both hands to play hostess. But when I pulled him out to get the group photo, he got mad! That’s why he is so bright red in the photo and Lexi and Peyton are looking at him.

Cade's first Easter

Yesterday was Easter and I swear little man knew we had big plans for the day. We actually had two plans . . .
Plan A: Get up early and go to the Sunrise Service at 6 am, then go over to Ashland for the 10:45 service with our FoF group.
Plan B: Go to the baptism at the 11 am service and then have dinner with our friends.

What actually happened: After a very restless night of squeaks and gurgles, we woke up with maybe four hours of sleep the entire night. By the time we got up, had breakfast, fed him, fell back asleep because we couldn't think straight let alone think about getting ready, not only had we missed the Sunrise service, we missed the regular 8:30 service too. So we got up and ready for the 11 am service. But we were both so exhausted that hanging out at dinner would have been a terrible time for our friends.

Thankfully Cade was really good for most of the service. He started to wake up and get hungry just about the time things were wrapping up. It was one of those mornings where I wished there weren't any announcements. We did manage to get a couple cute family pictures and Cade looked adorable in his Easter outfit.

I can't even remember what was so funny. We were outside the church and our friend Jennifer was taking a picture for us while her hubby was taking pics with his cell phone. Everything was funny yesterday--we were so tired. I think Cade was even tired because last night he slept pretty well. Thank goodness. I couldn't take any more nights of restlessness!

Moral of the story: don't make plans with a 5 week old. Or make multiple that are flexible.

Welcome!

Welcome to our new family blog. Inspired by Laura and Betsy, I thought it would be good for me to start a blog for all the pictures and notes about our life and going ons. Mostly it's just a place for us to put pictures of our little boy and brag about his accomplishments.