Wordless Wednesday

One Month

Kaden is one month old today! As you can tell by the picture, he is filling out a lot and busting out of his newborn clothes! The past month has gone by very quickly and it seems that we have easily fallen into a routine with our two boys. It takes us a bit longer to get ready and out the door, but we have successfully eaten out 3 times, had a big family outing to downtown Mpls and gone to church 3 times (and been early each time!). Here are some things that Kaden has been up to during his first month....

• Kaden is a great eater and I am happy to say that I have been able to successfully nurse him! He eats about every 3-4 hours during the day and at night he has gone as long as 8 hours without eating.
• Kaden is a good sleeper and has learned how to sleep through all of his brother's craziness! He is typically awake for awhile in the morning before napping around 10, will wake up to eat around noon and then nap for a 3-4 hours before waking up to eat again. After that feeding he will usually stay awake until dad comes home. We have been blessed with another great night sleeper too! The first couple of days we were home from the hospital we were up 2-3 times a night, but for the past 3 weeks I only get up once somewhere between 3-4am to feed him and then he is right back to sleep!
• Most of Kaden's alert time is spent staring at Karter. If he hears Karter he will turn his head to try to see where he is, he is always trying to keep an eye on him...and I don't blame him! He also doesn't mind doing tummy time (especially when Karter does it too) and spending time in the swing.
• During labor Dr. TT tried to use a vacuum to help me push Kaden out, and since I ended up having a c-section, obviously it didn't work. It actually popped off of his head (which it isn't suppose to do) and took off the skin where it was attached. It left his poor head pretty sore and scabbed for awhile, but now it is completely healed and you can't even tell where it was.
  

It has been a great month as a family of four, we are so blessed to have our two sons!

Happy One Month, Kaden!!

Smarty Pants

We are always amazed and so proud of how much Karter learns each day. He is a very smart little fella and knows his colors, alphabet and how to count to 10. Here are a couple of videos of him identifying things (sorry, they are both pretty long)....enjoy!!

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Guard Dog

Before Karter was born, Rascal was the center of attention around here. He adjusted very quickly to having baby Karter around and became his protector. In those early days Rascal was always laying next to the baby and one time growled at my mom when she came into the same room as Karter and I. We are so thankful that Rasc is such a gentle dog and hasn't ever done anything to intentionally hurt Karter...because now most of the time Rascal is the one who needs protection from Karter! When we brought Kaden home from the hospital, his guard dog instinct took over again. Anytime Kaden is on the floor Rascal is right there to watch over him!

He's always on duty...even when the baby isn't even around!

Rascal is a good dog and puts up with a lot...especially from the mischievous looking little boy in the middle!!

Kaden's First Doctor's Appointment

On Friday we took Kaden to his first doctor's appointment. Kristoffer left work early so he could help me out with this adventure. Dr. McKenzie was excited to see Kaden and couldn't get over how perfect he looked! She kept saying that he didn't look like a 2 week old at all...I guess that is a good thing, I just don't want my baby to grow too quickly! He is healthy and growing like a weed, here are his stats....

• Weight = 9lbs 6.5oz - Almost a pound more than his birth weight! He's in the 63rd percentile.
  
• Length = 24 inches - He's grown 1.25 inches since birth. In the 86th percentile.
  
• Head Circumference = 15.5 inches - 89th percentile

Basketball Star

For Christmas Karter got a basketball goal from his Great Grandpa Kenny. Even though we live in the Frozen Tundra, we are all still Hoosiers at heart and have hopes of Karter being a basketball star rather than a hockey star! (Although, he can do anything he wants and we will support him!!) Two of the videos are from Christmas morning right after Daddy put it together and the other is from last month. He really likes it when the whole house cheers for him...Enjoy!

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My Boys

I posted last week about how much Karter loves Kaden, and well I just can't help but post about it again! This is the scene every morning when Karter wakes up. When I walk into his room he instantly asks for the baby and then runs upstairs saying stool the whole time. He grabs his stool and goes to check on Kaden. Most of the time, after he sees that he is asleep, he will hold his finger up to his mouth and "sshh" me!

As soon as Kaden wakes up, Karter runs to the living room and sits in the chair holding his arms out wanting to hold Kaden. I am so proud of Karter, he is such a big boy and is really enjoying being a big brother!

Karter also likes to insist that I video tape him while he is holding Kaden (he never forgets if you do something once), but most of the time he is too anxious to see the video to actually let me get anything recorded. I probably have about 15 videos that are about 2 seconds long and not very good...these are the best two I have.

A Day of Firsts

Yesterday was a big day for our family...we actually left the house! Since coming home from the hospital, we haven't left the house very much. Of course Kristoffer leaves daily for work, but I am still not suppose to lift more than 10lbs, which pretty much makes me housebound during the week. Not only did we leave the house, the day was also filled with a lot of firsts for both of the boys. It was Kaden 1st time going to church, and he was perfect, sleeping through the whole service!

After church we went into Hastings to have some lunch, and Karter sat in a booster seat for the first time. He did really well and only got restless a few times!

Of course the whole eating out thing was Kaden's first restaurant visit! As you can see he really enjoyed himself...again sleeping through the whole thing! One of the main reasons we went to Hastings was because we needed to get some groceries. Kaden woke up hungry just as we were pulling in, so Daddy and Karter went shopping while I fed Kaden. All in all we were very proud of ourselves for surviving our first outings with two kids. We were even still early to church!!

In the evenings while I am giving Kaden a bath, Kristoffer has been working on teaching Karter to pick up all of his toys before his bath. I don't have any evidence of it, but yesterday was the first time that Karter picked up and put away all of his books by himself!!