Kaden's 4 Month Highlights

Well hello again.  Thanks for tuning in for an update about Kaden.  He turned 4 months on December 16, 2012.  Here are some highlights: He currently weighs 11 lbs 1/2 oz (7th percentile) and is 23 1/4 inches long.  He has dropped from the 10th percentile so he actually needs to gain weight or the pediatrician is going to refer him to a GI soon. Kaden has discovered grabbing his toes and it is quite cute.  (Thanks to Kat Larsen for the darling knitted booties.) One of Kaden's new favorite toys- a tummy time car. (Thanks Mom for making tummy time bearable and fun for once!)

 Kaden still loves his bath a lot. Oh, and his fists. Yum!

 This is Kaden's other new favorite toy that we bought him for Christmas.  He stares mesmerizingly at it and plays there happily without us for long stretches of time. If you couldn't tell we busted out some of his presents early since we got excited...

 Kaden loves to play with his dad.  (Picture Curtis making the "whoosh" noise to get the full effect.)

 We started Kaden on solids this week because I'm already nursing and supplementing with formula and he's still not gaining weight and always seems hungry. He absolutely HATED rice cereal for those of you who didn't see my facebook post but I tried oatmeal the next day instead and he LOVED it! He ate a full (think baby-sized "full") bowl of it today and smiled the whole time. Yippee! We will need to invest in some plastic bibs because he is a MESS!

 Kaden loves his Bumbo chair and is getting better at sitting up in it instead of slumping over in it so much.

We love our little Kade-o.  He is sure a cute, happy and wiggly baby and makes our home a fun place to be with his shrieks, squeals and coos. 

The Little Christmas Elf

My mom sent Kaden this adorable Christmas elf outfit, complete with booties she made herself, so naturally we had to get some pictures! Here are some of my favorites.  You may notice a common theme in some of them- the fist in the mouth! I can't keep this kid's fists out of his mouth!  He is either sucking on that, his thumb or a pacifier 95% of the time he is awake and not eating. Must taste good, I don't know.

His foot came out of one of his booties and I thought it was kind of cute!

I jokingly told Kaden he made Santa's naughty list.  I kept reassuring him I was kidding but the damage had already been done...

Kaden's Blessing

We blessed Kaden on Sunday in our ward in New York.  It was a small, but special experience.  Curtis did a great job.  Some of the things that he blessed Kaden with was a deep love of the Savior, a sharp mind that he will learn and grow quickly.  He was blessed to associate with people who will uplift him and keep his calm, content spirit throughout his life.  Lastly he was blessed to remember the love his Father in Heaven has for him.  We had 3 of our friends from our ward stand in the circle with Curtis- Dave Hart, who lives 5 houses down and is a great friend, Andrew Bertasso- he's in the MBA program with Curtis and he and his family also live in our complex and Tyson Olson (Janelle's husband-one of my high school friends that is in our ward here).  We had asked 2 other friends to join as well but one was sick and the other was headed to his niece's baby blessing that same day.

Kaden looked SO cute in his blessing suit! I just love this boy!!

Typical Kaden-sucking on his thumb :)

It was simple but we really enjoyed seeing our sweet boy blessed and even though many of you couldn't be here to share this day with us, we hope that you'll enjoy the pictures anyway.