First trip to the pool

Today we went to the pool for the first time. Kaden enjoyed it! She looked so cute in her bathing suit.

Kaden's first time eating solids

Kaden did well for her first time eating with a spoon. Last week we started Kaden on rice cereal. She seems to do ok with it. Each day she is eating more. She does make a mess when she eats though.

Sick

Kaden has been sick this weekend. She has a nasty cold. Last night we had a pretty bad night. Today I stayed home with Kaden and I hope that she is feeling better by tonight!

Update

Kaden is already helping me cook.
Kaden recently found her thumb. Now she is always sucking on her thumb.


We have a thumb sucker.

I came downstairs to find Random in our dirty clothes hamper.

Kaden is getting so big. We go for her 4 month check up on April 15th. I wonder how much she weighs now. She wears her 6 month clothes now.

Kaden now likes to help hold her bottle when she is eating. She can hold the smaller bottles on her own but needs help with the bigger ones.

Don't worry we don't leave her unattended in the Bumbo seat. I know it is not supposed to be on the counter but I dare not put her in the seat on the floor. The dogs would lick her up and down if I did that.

Busy Busy

I have found that I don't have time to do much since I have been working in the office again. We are super busy. I can't wait for things to calm down. So I apologize for my lack of posts. We are doing good. Not much is going on right now other than we are trying to go to the beach soon with Kaden.

Few more pictures

Day Care

Well when I got back from NC I was able to find a daycare for Kaden. It is at a church about half way between my house and work. I started back to work only half day and I have been staying an hour longer each day working up to a full day on Friday.

Our first day Kaden cried. I nursed her at the daycare and when I left she was a lot happier. She is doing well, the teachers love her and she seems to like them too.

I am doing okay. I am actually handling it better than I thought I would. No one likes leaving their three month old in day care. But this is good, Kaden likes it, I get my work done, and then we can enjoy our time together in the evenings and weekends.

I am pumping at work so Kaden has food for the next day but I am finding that my milk supply seems low when I pump. Does anyone have suggestions?

NC pics

Uncle Burwell and Kaden
Aunt Brooke and Kaden

Uncle Jed and cousin Ashley Katherine feeding Kaden

Uncle Charlie and Kaden



Aunt Hannah and Kaden




Grandma Boo and Kaden

Granddaddy and Kaden

Aunt Margaret and cousin David with Kaden

Aunt Stephanie and Kaden

Cousin Lindy and Kaden

Trip to NC

Kaden and I had a wonderful trip to NC. She did very well on the airplane. Both of our flights had delays. On our way to NC we had to sit in the plane while they changed the tires because one tire was flat. On our way back to FL we had to sit in the plane because of lightening. Then when we got to FL we were told all flights were being rerouted. So we spent some extra time circling, at one point the pilot told us we were over the Bahamas. Come to find out a lot of Florida was in a blackout. Crazy! Anyways back to how Kaden did. The first flight she slept the whole time and coming back she was awake most of the time but not fussy.

Kaden got to see her Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, and cousins. That is the first time my family has seen Kaden, expect for my mom.

I was worried about Kaden's sleep patterns getting messed up. The trip was kinda long for her so we had to do some adjusting but we are glad we went.

Day Care Saga

We are having the hardest time finding a day care. I have been working from home but I have to go back to the office March 3rd. We found a day care we really liked but are #3 on the waiting list. They don't expect to have space for us until June. Then we found another day care we like as well. We had to wait to register because we were waiting for Kaden to have her shots. Today I went to register and there were no more spaces. Mind you last Friday there was a space. First of all I hate having to put my baby in daycare so young, but not working is not an option. Miami is a very expensive place to live and defintely requires two incomes. Well now I don't even know what to do for day care. Kaden and I are flying to NC on Tuesday for a week and when we get back I have one more week before I have to go into the office and no day care.

Speaking of flying, I am very anxious to go on the plane with Kaden by myself. Before I had a baby I used to be one of those people on the airplane that cringed when I saw a baby on the plane because I knew what was coming, crying. Now that I am on the other side I have a different perspective. Hopefully Kaden will be a happy baby on the airplane. If not then myself and the other passengers are in for a long plane ride. I would love any advice from someone that has been through this before.

2 month check up

Kaden had her two month check up yesterday. We are a little behind because we had some issues to work out with her health insurance. We went to the pediatrican for the first time since we left the maternity center and we really liked our pediatrician. Kaden cried off and on through the entire visit. I felt so bad for her. She screamed when she got her shots. It is so hard to watch your little baby cry like that. I think I get just as worked up as she does because I feel so bad for her. She worked her self up so much she feel asleep almost immediately. She has grown some more. Her stats are below:

Weight: 13 pounds 2.5 ounces (88th percentile)

Height: 24 inches (87th percentile)

To answer a common question I receive about Kaden's feeding. I breastfeed her and everynow and then supplement with formula. She was on formula when she was in the NICU. So when we came home I had to switch her to breastmilk and ever since then I have supplemented as needed. It varies from day to day how much I supplement. Some days she doesn't need it and there are some days where she has a lot of formula. She has a very healthy appetite as you can tell.

Pics of our beautiful girl

I just want to eat those cheeks

Kaden's first pair of flip flops

I love this picture

Kaden's first pair of Crocs

Funny sleeping positions

2 months old

I can't believe Kaden is 2 months old. Time is going by so fast. Here are some things that she is able to do now.

• She can hold her head up
• She pushes up on her feet when you hold her
• She is wearing 3-6 month clothes
• She is cooing and smiling
• She even looked like she was trying to roll over the other day
  

Thankful

We just went 5 days without AC. You might think no big deal but here in Miami that is a big deal. Since I moved here in 2004, I think I have gone a total of a week (not in a row but cumlative) when I turned the AC off. The week that we did not have AC we were in the low 80s. But we got it fixed! When you loose things like that it makes you appreciate what you take for granted.

We are thankful to have AC.

We are thankful that we could afford to fix it.

We are thankful that it broke in January and not August.