Time for Shots!

I cannot believe that Cade is 2 months old already.  With all of the other chaos going on in our lives, time really has flown by.  I took Cade to the doctor last week for his 2 month appointment.  Poor child had to get 3 shots!  He really did well, though.  His wind up to the cry was actually worse than the crying.  He only cried for about a minute.  So proud of my little man!  And I don't know why I call him little man - he is definitely not little.  

June 26

Weight - 13 pounds 10 ounces - 88th percentile

Height - 23 1/2 inches - 84th percentile

Head Circumference - 16 - 73rd percentile

Cade has a ton of gas that really upsets his stomach and can make him pretty fussy.  He does not have colic, but he may have reflux.  It was the worst between 3 weeks and 8 weeks, but it has been getting better the past 2 weeks.  The doctor suggested trying probiotics and antacids in his bottle.  At 9 weeks, Cade started taking formula and that has not seemed to affect his gas too much, but he definitely seems more satisfied after eating.  

And he eats alot!  At 8 weeks, he was eating 4 ounces every 3 hours, except in the night.  He would go to be around 11 or 11:30 and sleep until 4 or 5.  Then I would feed him, put him back to bed, and he would sleep until 8 or 8:30.  Although I do not like to get up at 4 or 5 in the morning, I am very grateful that he only gets up once in the night!

Now (at 10 weeks) he is moving to eating every 3 1/2 hours and he usually gets 5 ounces in each bottle.  We put him to bed at 10:30 and he sleeps until 5 on a normal night.  I normally just give him the pacifier and he goes back to sleep until 7 or 8.  Every now and then though he is starving when he wakes up and I will feed him. 

Cade is really not a good napper unless he is in the carseat.  I guess he is so used to being out and about with Callie that he likes to nap in the carseat.  When we are home and I put him in the bed for a nap he only sleeps about 45 minutes.  

He has started smiling and cooing.  I think I even have heard a laugh or two!  

He is not as fussy anymore and is a much happier baby.  He can follow you as you move back and forth in front of him.  Cade definitely knows Bryan's voice and my voice.  When he hears us, he always turns his head in our direction.  

But without a doubt, Callie is his favorite person.  Every morning Cade and I go wake up Callie and they have some brother-sister time on the bed.  It is so sweet!  Callie will talk to him and give him a kiss, and he has such big smiles.  I love that precious time with them.

He also loves bath time.  Bryan usually gives him a bath before bedtime to help keep him awake.  

Cade has started having some tummy time.  He doesn't love it, but he usually stays there for a few minutes without crying.  He is very good at holding his head up and has some pretty strong neck muscles.

Love my CadeMan!

Summertime is Here!

Finally the warm weather has arrived and decided to stay!  We have been enjoying the sunshine and have stayed very busy.  I thought that having a baby might slow us down a little and make me stay home more, but that has not happened.  We are as busy as ever, and Cade just tags along.  He is a very chill and flexible baby.

So here is what we have been up to this month of May.

Callie loves when Cade comes to wake her up in the morning and they usually hang out in her "big girl bed" together for a little bit.

Callie has been "winging" so much that she is actually getting blisters on her arm and leg from the swing.  But she loves it!  She asks to go to the park every day - sometimes several times a day.

Cade weighs about 10 pounds already (at 5 weeks) - which is what Callie weighed at 3 months!  

Callie loves Firehouse and we make it there for lunch almost every week.  She gets very excited when we pull in the parking lot and she always asks for a hat.

Bryan has had a crazy busy month at work, but he was able to get away for a few hours one Saturday to go to the pool at Hampton Lake.  Callie is still getting comfortable in the water.  She doesn't want to go in very far.  Instead, she likes to hang out in the shallow end and fill her buckets up with water.  But every time we go, she is a little more brave!

Cade can hit the toys with his hands and the ball with his feet - which is something that took Callie a while to be able to do just because she was so much smaller.  He is big enough to stretch to both of the toys at the same time.  He also loves tummy time and would actually prefer to be laying on his stomach than his back.

Mommy loves naptime!  Usually our house is very quiet from about 3 until 5 and it so wonderful!  I am very blessed to have 2 children who sleep so well.

We have continued our Friday lunch tradition with Mama D and PawPaw and make the trek each week to the island to go to the Yacht Club.  Callie is treated like a princess and she loves it!

There are a few days that we just play at home and relax.  Callie's favorite thing to do right now is get all of the nail polish out of my bathroom cabinet and put them in her purse.  Such a girl!  Cade spends a lot of time in his rock 'n play sleeper which is awesome.

Gotta love the late nights.  It is always a challenge to stay awake until the 11:30 feeding.  Cade has a few great nights a week and a few not so great nights.  He can sleep 4 or 5 hours at a time, but he doesn't always do that!  I think he went through a growth spurt this week - he was up almost every 3 hours ready to eat.  Hopefully we can move past that and get some more sleep! 

Callie Grace is growing up so much.  She is definitely a little girl now - not my baby anymore!  

We went to the pool at Baynard Park one morning with a few friends, and again Callie was happy playing with her toys in the shallow end.  

For Memorial Day Weekend, Auntie Em and Aunt LaLa came down.  We all had a fun-filled long weekend, and Callie was loved on excessively!

Cade got lots of hugs and kisses also.  :)

On Memorial Day, me and the two kiddos went to the pool with the Ussery clan.  Cade took a nap in his sleeper in the shade, and Callie played with the boys.  It was a fun and relaxing afternoon!

I can't believe May is over already.  Football season will be here before I know it!  Callie and I (mostly me) have made a list of fun things to do together this summer.  I don't know when we will have time to do all of these things!

I will put up more pictures as we check things off the list!

Time To Meet the Friends and Family

Well Cade has been very busy meeting all of his family and friends!  Mommom and Poppop, Aunt Kelly, and Mama and Grandad were all able to come down for a weekend and spend some time with Cade.  We had a big family dinner at Mom and Dad's house.

Of course, Aunt Lauren and Auntie Em made the trip to HHI as well.

On Sunday, May 5, Toni and Libby hosted a wonderful baby shower for Cade and I.  Everything was so wonderful - the food...

the decorations...

the hostesses...

the family...

the gifts...

the grandmothers...

the friends...

 and more family!

Libby and Toni were so kind to host the shower, and Cade received tons of great clothes!  He is going to be one stylish little man.  He was able to go with me to the shower and meet everyone there.  It was a very fun day!  Thanks to everyone who was there!

Cade's Newborn Pictures

Big Thanks to Auntie Em for taking great pictures!

Cade's First Week at Home

Little Man is home and time is flying already!  He looks so little in his carseat - hard to believe he will be outgrowing it so soon.

We got to come home from the hospital late Wednesday night, but we were so happy to sleep in our own bed.

Cade is such a "chill" baby.  He eats and sleeps incredibly well and we are so blessed.  I am breastfeeding him right now and he is doing really well.  When he was born he weighed 8 lbs 6 oz, and his weight got down to 7 lbs 8 oz.  At his one week weight check, it was back up to 7 lbs 12 oz.  Hopefully within the next week he will be back to his birth weight and then I won't have to wake him up in the night to feed him!

Cade did have a little bit of jaundice, but not as bad as Callie.  The highest that his bilirubin level got to was 11.  (The doctors like for it to be under 12.)  We did sit him in the sunshine though to get a little bit of a tan and help his jaundice.

Cade has big beautiful blue eyes, and I love when we get to see them!  Here he is hanging out on his big sister's bed while we were playing...

Gigi and Big Daddy were able to come down for a night this past weekend, and Cade took a nap with his Big Daddy on Saturday afternoon.

We have been so grateful to have Gigi stay two nights with us and Mama D stay all of the other nights. They are so helpful getting things done around the house and getting up with me and Cade in the middle of the night.  I don't know what we would do without such wonderful mothers!  Thank you!

Callie has adjusted well to having a new baby in the house.  She is as sweet as ever and absolutely loves Cade.  She did have a few moments during the first few days when she cried because I couldn't help her with something or be with her, but she is learning that sometimes I have to take care of Cade.  And thankfully we have had lots of help and people at the house to help take care of Callie.

Callie asks to hold Cade in her lap and she is so sweet with him.  She loves to rock him while he is in the sleeper and she always wants to take care of him and bring him everywhere with her.  She is already a great big sister!