An Uncanny Mix

If no one else appreciates this post my mom and sister will get a laugh out of it.  The other day I had to go to the bathroom, so I set Kaden in his crib with his toy monkey for just a minute until I was done.  When I came back two minutes later this is what I found.  This is what happens when you take a very curious and playful Kaden+ a jar of prunes+some reflux=Dalmation baby! Not fun to clean up but we got a good laugh out of this.  He looks so innocent like he had no idea that smearing spit up prunes all over everything in his crib was bad. Ha ha. You can't see his monkey in the picture but he got him good.  I think until Kaden's reflux goes away I will stick to lighter colored fruits and veggies.

Kaden is 6 Months

I can't believe Kaden is already 6 months old.  Time has gone so quickly it's insane.  He is FINALLY growing!!! After months of having the odds stacked against him- 4 weeks premature, failure to thrive and reflux we are thrilled to see some chub on this boy.  He has always been between the 3rd and 10th percentile for everything since he's been born and at his 6 month appt he finally made it to the 25th percentile for everything- height, weight, and head.  He is 15 lbs. 12 oz and 26 inches.  Yay!

This picture says it all. Kaden is one curious boy!  He follows things with his eyes, tries to put everything in his mouth and is getting good at grabbing things and manipulating them with his hands.  Most of the time he can take his pacifier out and put it back in successfully.  This often prevents him from going down for naps because he is so persistent at trying to take it in and out and in and out.

 This picture says exactly what Kaden thinks of tummy time- not happening. Hates it. Still...

 This picture will probably be a source of embarrassment later in poor Kaden's life but we think this face is so funny.  This is the "I'm pooping, hold on a minute" face.

This kid is loving his Christmas presents- an exersaucer and a toy car that lights up and makes noises and sings songs. So fun!

 Kaden likes to try and help feed himself with the spoon. Very messy.

This is one of the things Kaden does all day long.  He'll roll over, be on his tummy for a few seconds, then get bored and switch to the swimmer position- arms up, legs kicking, going as fast as he can.  Then he'll get tired and switch back to his arms resting, then back to swimmer.  When he's finally had enough, he'll cry, we'll roll him back over and then he'll roll back again two seconds later.  Yes, folks, this is all day long. Maybe he's preparing for a future career?  Michael Phelps watch out!

We love this little man so much and it has been so fun to watch him grow and enter new stages.  More/cuter pictures to come when this poor baby is feeling better.  He's had a fever all day so I haven't wanted to do anything but let the poor kid rest.

Odds and Ends

Oh blogging. Starting to look like my journal- sporadic and infrequent entries. Tsk, tsk...

We Moved! On Feb. 1  we moved because our other neighbors were chain smokers and we didn't appreciate that lovely smell joining us in Kaden's room.  My life was in shambles for a week or so but we are finally unpacked. We love our bigger townhouse that does not smell like smoke.  It has more closets and bigger rooms. Woot.  The kitchen, though still fairly small compared to most, is double the size of our last cubicle so we are thrilled! Best part about moving besides the bigger place was getting to see my Mom for a few days.  She came and helped with Kaden while we packed up, moved and cleaned.  I'm so grateful for her help and it was fun to see her and for her and Kaden to get to play.  He loves his Grandma Richelle :)

We were so grateful for great neighbors and friends from our ward that let us borrow their truck and help us move the furniture from one townhouse to the other.

 Sickness-bleh. The plague has come and is hopefully on its way out of our house.   Most of my time has been spent holding a very sick boy who couldn't seem to stay asleep on his own.  For three days now Curtis and I have taken turns holding him during his naps just so he could get some sleep because he'd be coughing so hard he'd wake himself up and start to cry every time.  So sad. I will not miss this cold.  Good riddance influenza!  It has been nice to snuggle my baby though so I will miss that.  Even when Kaden feels rotten he is the sweetest boy and always tries to smile.  I took this picture right after he coughed so hard he puked all over me.  Apparently that can make a boy smile.  Why shouldn't it?

Can I just mention how great our neighbors are here? When you don't have family around it is such a blessing to have good friends from your ward. My friend Angie noticed we weren't at church on Sunday and found out that we were all sick and brought us dinner Sunday night.  I was so grateful for her thoughtfulness.

Let's talk Valentines.  We traded babysitting last week with some of our friends here, Miranda and Kyle Maclean.  They went out on Valentines Day and we watched their cute little Evelyn and we went out the next night and they watched Kaden.  We went to a cute little, local Italian place called Veneto and had their homemade pizza and gnocchi.  I'm such a sucker for homemade gnocchi, it's the best.  Yum! It was downtown and we really liked it.  Then we got to go to a movie "Here Comes the Boom" (don't judge-it was actually really funny.)  So nice to have a night out with just us and not worrying about Kaden. (I forgot to take a picture though so picture it in your minds...)  Until next time!