The New Arrival

Today Eric's brother, Mike and his wife, Amy had their little baby girl - 12/5/08. Since I am pretty much working nonstop until Christmas, Kayden and I were able to run up and see her quick. Here are some pictures. While I was getting ready Mr. No Naps (as we call him now) fell asleep in his jumperoo - he's just always fighting it and won't take naps for anybody lately. I did manage to snap a cute picture of him before he caught me. The other picture is of Kayden and his new hat - ready to go meet his baby cousin....I think he looks super duper cute - Eric just kept laughing at him! Oh how we love Minnesota Winters already!

Catching a little shut eye

I'm ready for the cold weather Mom!

MacKenzie Claire, born 12/5/08, 12:42 am
6 lbs. 15 oz. & 18 3/4 inches long

She loves sticking her tongue out at everyone!

Holding the new baby....meanwhile a certain someone sure was curious as to what was going on and who I was holding!

Kayden with Uncle Mike

(lucky Kayden has 2 Uncle's named Mike!! & 1 named Brandon :) )

Exhausted after meeting his new cousin.......AND there is another baby girl cousin arriving in February or March (to Auntie Jodi, Uncle Mike, & Cousin Connor!)

Kayden won't know what to do w/ himself! :)

He's a Machine!

So we have our hands full now!! Kayden finally rolled from his back to his tummy last night for Daddy...and continued throughout the night. I had to get up w/ him every few hours because he would roll over in the crib and get stuck and start yelling! Now WHENEVER we put him down on his back, 2 seconds later...boom, he rolls over. He was trying to squirm (I don't think we can call this crawling) off his blankets and his activity mat. I turned around one time and he'd made a full circle, yelling the whole time. He rolled back over last night for Eric, but today I have pretty much just been chilling out next to him, ready to turn him back over when he gets mad enough! So I guess this is when our lives get even MORE busy! (This is our first attempt at uploading a video, so I hope it works!!)

He Did It!

So this lovely, snowy, Sunday afternoon I am stuck at work. I left our Little Man and Eric home to watch some football. I wasn't here 5 minutes and I received this picture on my cell phone....saying...."look Mommy, I just rolled over all by myself!"

I wanted to cry! I was so upset I missed it, and that I'm here at work all night! But I am still very excited that he accomplished it. He rolled from his belly to his back about a month ago, and then today (just shy of 5 months old) he rolled from his back to his belly. Eric said he was pretty upset w/ himself, because he was playing with all his stuff on his mat and just got a little rambunctious!


I just rolled over!

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures that I haven't really had a chance to post so here they are, in all their glory! Enjoy!

Mr. Innocent tries to escape from his Bumpo, he won't sit in it strait, always has to turn all crazy.

Uh oh, you're not watching me are you?

Okay so if I must pose for you, I'll make it a good one!

Mom's new favorite picture. He looks like such a little man!

This is what Kayden thinks about all the pictures I take of him, and how I pose him for each one! lol

Learning how to give other kids stitches to match his! The little brute!

Family of Vikings fans, Eric says we don't have a choice!

Wilson....buddy, is that you??

(we think he looks like the fun neighbor on Home Improvement when he is in his seat in with his winter cover on)

Mmm....Oatmeal

So last night we gave oatmeal a try. Kayden's Dr figured we should try oatmeal before rice because of his constipation issues! Turns out someone LOVES watered down oatmeal (it sure isn't me!) We gave it a shot and he really liked it! We were pretty excited, thinking it would fill him up a little more and help him sleep better. I can tell you, the whole sleeping thing is over-rated at our house. I was up 5 times with him, I don't think the oatmeal bugged him, just think it still may be his throat. And Eric got up at 4am to go hunting - so needless to say we are all still exhausted!


Let's give this stuff a try....
(I was holding the camcorder & digital camera, I know I am a dork!)




Yeah, that's the good stuff!


Now maybe we actually tasted it and aren't sure.

Nope, turns out he actually liked it....for at least one try - we'll see how it goes tonight!

Our First Sickness

So the shots went great, just got had a miserable fever to go with those. The rest of the weekend left us all a little exhausted. After our Friday shots, getting rid of our fever on Saturday, we spent Sunday morning and then again Sunday night in the Emergency Room w/ our little trooper. Turns out that he somehow picked up the "Hand / Foot / Mouth" disease somewhere, except Kayden's was mostly just mouth. He had giant ulcers in the back of his throat putting him in severe pain and not wanting to eat. By the time we got him to the ER the 2nd time, he'd last had a full bottle on Friday at his shots. It was a long weekend / beginning of the week had by all of us. Sleepless nights, only sleeping in his car seat or swing and then Mom getting sick on top of it all. Kayden is finally on the mend, actually slept in his crib ALL of last night, and even cuddled w/ Mom for a bottle. His new thing is he only wants his little baby bottles and he holds onto them himself, thinking he's a big boy! He's pretty proud of himself and we have to reload the bottles every few minutes so its a team effort at our house. The Dr wanted Kayden to start eating oatmeal, but we think we'll wait until we've all his the healthy train before we throw that into our mix! I have a feeling he'll enjoy it though!!

PS - the teeth are still on their way, the Dr said his gums are still swollen and the bottom teeth are on their way.

Why must you interrupt me while I'm eating?

Finally feeling better!

4 Months Old

Kayden had his 4 month check up and what a trooper he was! He weighed in at 16.5 lbs and is 25 inches long. He is in the 95th percentile for his head size! :) Kayden was all smiles for his Dr and Nurse, and when the nurse gave him his shots he didn't even cry, just a little whimper. The Nurse said that he "should make a video to teach other babies how not to cry for their shots!" We were very proud of him, I seem to think that having chubby little legs helps, but either way no screams, we had a bottle waiting, and he was a happy little boy! Here are some pictures of our 4 month old and his Dr's office visit!


....that kinda hurt!!!


Ready for my shots Mom!


Flirting w/ his Dr & Nurse at his check up


Our happy little 4 month old!