Cute as a Bear

All bundled up for our walk outside. We Love going on walks as a family. It's something Kaedyn and I look forward to every evening when Daddy gets home from work.

Kaedyn @ 9 Weeks

Kaedyn is doing so well, she is just over 2 months old, and is finally about to outgrow her newborns diapers. She looks so big to Brent and I, but where ever we go people are always asking if she is a preemie, I think she is just dainty..She is so full of life, and is fascinated by just about everything. She is still addicted to the swing, but as soon as she gets over her Jet Lag and we get her back on Ohio time, we plan to help her get used to sleeping in her crib again. At 9 weeks old, Kaedyn can have such fun and "loud" conversations, she smiles so much, and is loving bath time even more, as soon as we turn the bath water on she starts to wiggle and gets so excited. We are happy that she looks forward to her baths and that they help relax her a bit before bedtime. Storytime is a fun time in our household, I was given so many fun books at my baby shower, and Kaedyn is enjoying being read to several times a day. We Love going on walks together as a family, and enjoy some occasional sunshine here in Cleveland.

Growing with Brown Bear
Loving Brown Bear

Kaedyn's First trip on an Airplane

Well we just got home from CA Thursday morning at about 1:00 am. The flight there was wonderful, Kaedyn did so great she slept for some of the time, but was more than happy just hanging out and looking around. She is definitely a "People Watcher". Anyways the trip home was a completley different story, Kaedyn was still wonderful, which was a great suprise, cause I think Mama was about to have a meltdown, (actually I think I did). Anyways our flight left CA at 7:30am, or so we thought. Some how things got mixed up and our flight actually left at 6:30am so we totally missed our flight. Thank goodness my Dad was able to pick us back up at the airport and take us back home for a few hours, since the new flight we were given didn't leave until about 10:00am. So to make a long story short we were supposed to get back to Cleveland on Wed at about 4:30pm. It ends up the new flights we were given, we now had to have 3 different layovers, none of our seats were together as a family, so we were asking people to switch with us on every flight. The biggest drama of this flight home was our last flight that was actually overbooked so there were no extra seats, and nobody wanted to switch seats with us because 1) It was a 4 hour flight. 2) Both of us were now assigned middle seats. Are you kidding Me. There is no way that as a new mother (one that is nursing too) was about to sit in the middle of two guys and actually try to feed my little newborn. Brent asked several different people and nobody would switch with us. Sooooo Sad... Well as a hormonal and emotional new Mother it didn't take much effort to get me to start crying. And what do you know, a few seconds after the tears came squirting out someone finally offered to switch with us. So we could actually sit together as a fmily, and Brent could help protect me from any "Peepers" as I tried to feed Kaedyn. If I could feed her on an airplane, I believe I can feed her anywhere.
Do airplanes make babies gassy? They do for Kaedyn, she was a gassy gus after both trips. Below are a few cute pics of Brent doing gasercize with Kaedyn. Also she sucked her thumb for the first time we got back home to Cleveland. Shes hasn't done it again since that night. She sure looked precious, so I am happy we got a couple cute pictures.

Brent looks like a birthing coach.

I think Brent is working harder than Kaedyn
Deep breath in... Push Kaedyn Push... To the count of ten.
Kaedyn's Sucks her thumb, 1:00am after long flight home
So Sweet

Easter Sunday

March 23rd 2008, Kaedyn is 8 weeks and 3 days old. What a fun day we had together as a family. We were in California for Easter this year. It was so much fun to be with my family and for Kaedyn to have so much fun with cousins, Aunts, Uncles and of course Nana & Papa. She slept in Easter morning which is always nice, we got to give her, her very First Easter presents, got dressed up for church in a cute Easter dress, (she actually wore the same dress I did when I was a newborn. And best of all she got to enjoy her very First Easter Egg Hunt.





Another Slide Show below of Kaedyn's first Easter Egg Hunt @ Nana & Papa's House

Kaedyn @ 7 Weeks

A few cute Photos of Kaedyn at 7 Weeks. She is smiling and playing even more. She already has a few favorite toys. We were in CA when we took these pictures, and she was loving the sunshine.

Walk like an Egyption Dance, I think that's what she is trying to do
I think she is up to something
So Cute

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Kaedyn's Blessing Day

What a special day this was for our little family. We flew to California so that Kaedyn could meet her Nana & Papa, and some of her Cousins, Aunts and Uncles. We were able to have her Blessed while we were there too. This was such a memorable day. Kaedyn was so happy she woke up with a smile on her face that morning. It was so much fun getting her all dressed up in her beautiful white dress. I can honestly say that she really loved getting all dressed up and that she knew that today was her very special day. It was a beatiful blessing, and a day that we will always cherish. *Sometimes you have to put your cursor (little arrow/hand on the slideshow to get it going and to show the captions...

Kaedyns 1st Round of Shots

On March 12th, Kaedyn went in at 7 Weeks for a bunch of shots, (I know many more are to come). I hope infants don't remember things that are too tramatizing, like all the blood draws in her 3 day old arms, needle slices in her heels, all those sad experiences from her first week of life, due to Jaundice. Anyways she was a total trooper, the Doctor actaully gave her all her shots, and he did them all so fast, I was suprised. Kaedyn was so brave, she cried during them, but wasn't screaming. She just looked more sad and confused about why someone was hurting her. Afterwards I picked her up, and she hugged me so tight, as she kept crying. During this appointment, she actually had "Tears" when she was crying, something she hadn't had before. I told that to the Doctor, and he explained (well she hasn't had a reason to ever squirt those real tears yet, because today was the day she was actually hurt bad enough and sad enough to let those tears come on out... Sooo SAD..

Kaedyn @ 7 Weeks
10 lbs
21 1/2 inches

Yea she is growing.. She moved up from the 10th percentile in height and weight to the 40th... We are so Proud of her!!!

So SAD...

Looks like she's a Bleeder

Kaedyn @ 6 Weeks

Kaedyn is enjoying her Playmat even more. She is trying so hard to grab and hit the variety of toys. I'm not sure whats going on with the outfit, (I think Daddy might have gotten her dressed).

Crazy Cleveland Weather

WoW, what a wild week of weather we have had in Cleveland. March 7th, 8th and 9th, we got pounded with tons of snow. This was suppossed to be my Birthday weekend. It's obvious we didn't get to go out and celebrate. Good thing it's a tradition in our family to not only have a fun Birthday, but more like a Birthday Month. All month long, everyday of the month is your special day. Whatever you say goes, and You are always right (no questions asked). Below are a few pictures of all the snow we got.

Our neighbors Car

Our Backyard

Or Long, Long Driveway. Sure wish we had a snowblower. It took us hours and hours to get it part way done. Brent ended up taking my car to work all week long, cause his was trapped in the other garage until the snow melted.

Trying out the Bebe Pod

This week we introduced Kaedyn to her "Bebe Pod". Since she has been holding her head up since week 1 we thought she might like it, as the pictures show I think she might be a little too tiny for her chair..

Trying so hard

Look Ma, No Hands
Uh -Oh Timber Falling
WARNING Bebe Pod may induce Spit-UP

Catching Up

Below are super cute posts from a few weeks back that I have finally found a few spare moments to catch up on. Many more updates are in progress.. Enjoy

Kaedyn @ 5 Weeks

Here are couple cute photos of Kaedyn at 5 Weeks. She is all "Smiles". She is starting to make all sorts of fun noises too.

Kaedyn is starting to giggle.

"The Look"
So Happy
Squealing