little penguin

kaden loves to hear aaaahoooo noises and we were trying to caqpture his penguin dance that he does when he hears it! He was of course doing it full force before the camera turned on, but I still think it's precious to see his precious little self get all giggly!



Not only is he my little penguin, but he also seems to be my little night owl lately. We were spoiled with his ability to sleep so soundly through the night, and now he seems to think there are better things to do than to sleep during the night! I have spent the last 4 days ocking him and attempting to put him down in his crib for 4-5 hour stretches at night. Most people would suggest sleep training at this point, and although I still feel he is a little bit too young for that, I will admit I am pondering the idea for all our sanity. I also have been reading about the 4 month wakeful, and I'm wondering if maybe he is getting to it a bit early because he is just so gigantic!

We spent yesterday spending some time at Margarets, the lovely woman who is going to be watching him him two-three days a week when I go back to work. He was so happy to meet his new little friend Noah, who is 8 months and seemed to really adore kaden! Margaret is wonderful, and we are so happy to have found her! After spending some time with the two of us, she commented that she is grateful Chad will be the one dropping him off in the morning as she can't imagine what a mess I will be when I have to say goodbye to him! Just the thought of it makes my tummy hurt! I know it will be good for him, but will it be good for me?


he is so in love with this new toy ball! He holds it wherever we go and it seems to calm him!

giggles

This little man has the most amazing laugh! I have been trying to capture his new little penguin dance he does when he laughs so hard, and it seems whenever I turn on the camcorder he becomes self conscious and stops immediately. I took this video today of daddy playing with him, attempting to get him to do the penguin dance. He got camera shy right away, but he is still a delight to watch!

Daddy also got him to ride in the Baby Bjorn today! He seemed to like it so much better than when I put him in it facing me. Daddy seemed to love it too!

happy easter...my little easter bunny part II

Kaden wore his little my first easter outfit that mamaw gave him today! It's hard to tell from the pictures, but there are bunnies on his feet. He apparently noticed them and was absolutely intrigued by the little bunny faces looking up at him!

I have so much to write, but it will have to wait, because a certain someone is not cooperating with his sleeping schedule this evening.

Happy Easter to eveyone!!!

xoxo

so fitting....

savoring each and every moment...

I started getting so sad today thinking about going back to work. I go back two weeks from today and it literally makes my stomach hurt. I am so thankful that we found the amazing woman that we did to watch Kaden, and I am so happy he will get to spend some extra time with daddy, but I just can't help feeling like I am going to miss so much. For now, I am just savoring each and every moment with him....we stay up a little later each night, and I let him nap in my arms so I can just inhale his sweet smell for a wee bit longer!

In other news, Kaden had his first "trip" to Hollywood yesterday! I was so nervous that we would get stuck in traffic, but thankfully there was none. We spent the day hanging with the Boceks and Kaden had a blast with little Hanna!

we already did a "photo shoot" with his new favorite friend Dr Seuss, but I had to get this shot of Kaden wearing his new "Oh the places you'll go" onesie. This one's for you Pammy! xo

flashback

I have been tryig to unload the contents of our flip camcorder onto youtube (thanks papaw!) to make room for more LIVE footage of the little nugget! I have had so much fun watching so many of the videos and wanted to share one of the first we took! Chad shot this when kaden was first able to come to our room in the hospital from the NICU. It's not super exciting, but it amazes me just how tiny and fragile he was.

joe cool

Kaden and I went on a journey to target today with auntie farrah! Farrah was disgusted that I did not have a pair of shades yet for the little nugget. She purchased these adorable shades for him and we must have taken a zillion pics of him and his new shades and his matching binky. Heres one...please notice us trying to sneak into his moment in the reflecion in his lens!

my wonderful friend Natalie over at Little Shindigs (check out her amazing blog! she is soooooo creative! It's absolutely inspiring!) tagged me, and I am not one to miss out on a good game of tag! so here goes....




7 things that I LOVE





this amazing little guy has changed the way I see the world so drastically in the short time he has been us. I love watching him grow and discover the world! I honestly didn't know that I was capable of this kind of love....




I thank all my lucky stars that I was blessed with this wonderous soul to be by my side. He has more kindness, spunk and originality than anyone I have eve known....and that's just for starters.....love love love him







I'm blessed to have such a wonderful and supportive family, both my immediate and extended fam! Even though we don't get to see each other often, I love the connection we have and I try to savor the time I have with them when I'm home! My adorable 3 nephews and niece are the loves of my life....it's so hard to be so far away!




how lucky am I to have the coolest in laws EVER? They are absolutely amazing and I feel so lucky that they made me feel so welcome in their family right away...love them!




teehee :) I could not live without my girlfriends...one of my greatest loves! But I also didn't want to leave anyone out by missing someone's pic! so you know who you are.....and I love love love you girls! and a few of you that WISH you were girls ;)






I am a cupcake whore.....I love to eat them, look at them and even to smell like them!




and last but not least.....furry creatures
not only our little furry monkeys...but all furry creatures...minus rats. I am not a rat fan.

there you have it!