Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great this year! Just went to mom and dad's for lupper and watched the boys play on the Wii, which is always very entertaining! My personal favorite part was when Jacob got pretty excited about the game and jumped up...right into the glass light on the fan! Pretty hilarious! There is so much to be thankful for this year. We are so blessed with the people in our lives and the newest addition to our family!

Speaking of the newest addition...Caeden has now had 3 amazing nights in the crib! He wakes up within 15 minutes of his schedule every night, so it is making life much easier to know the times we need to work around!

Tonight we decorated for Christmas! It's my favorite time of the year and it is still crazy to me that we have a baby this Christmas! Although he won't be very active this Christmas, it's still such a special thing for me! Next year will be a blast though!

-Cheryl

Crib Time!

After such a rough night of no sleep, we decided to give the crib a try. Being the mommy, I would hear EVERY squeak, suck, sigh, etc, that Caeden had and that makes sleep a lot harder. So last night we put him down in his crib for the first time at 3 weeks old and it was the best thing we could have done! I turned down the monitor and put it under my pillows so I wouldn't hear the little noises, but just the cries. We fed him at 10:00 and put him in bed a little before 11:00. He didn't wake up until 4:30 to eat!!! I had a SOLID 5 hours with hearing nothing! Then after a very quick feed, and no diaper change (that is what lots of websites said to do so it won't wake them up), he went back to the crib. It was past 8:00 when I decided to wake him up to get him on his schedule! It was fabulous!!!! Lots of deep sleep and John got a FULL nights sleep for the first time in 3 weeks! It was wonderful after such a hard night! Hopefully tonight goes just as well in the crib!

-Cheryl

Fussy Night

Well, Caeden was pretty much a terd last night. We went to bed and then he just went off. We didn't know what to do and he wouldn't stop. WOW!!! Well, we are thinking of a few different things. We are open for suggestions. It is really hard going from easy nights and even some 5 1/2 to 6 hour nights to a night like last night. It really throws your day off.

I felt so bad leaving Cheryl this morning. She was so tired and didn't get much rest. I needed to get to work and finish a project my prinicipal asked me to do. Cheryl had a long day so keep her in your prayers. I guess we can only go up from here.

-John

Caeden's First Doctor Visit

Caeden had his first visit to see Dr. Scott, our pediatrician, on November 17th. He was just a day shy of being 2 weeks old. The doctor said he looks great! He had gained about 6 ounces from his birth weight and grew almost a full inch! It is amazing to me that he grows that quickly...and makes me a little sad that my sweet baby won't be a baby for too long. Dr. Scott said that since he had gained so much weight, we could stop waking him up in the night to eat, which has been VERY nice on a few nights! Last night he went from a 12:00 feeding until a 5:30 feeding! A nice change from 12:00-4:00am... We are continuing to pray for good health for Caeden and we'll have his two month appointment in a little over a month from now!

-Cheryl

Here We Go!

We are really excited about Caeden Lane being here! He is so sweet and is seriously the best baby anyone could ask for. He is a tough little guy, he didn't even flinch when he got his PKU test. The nurse said it was her first to not have a baby screaming in pain. We are very proud. We hope to keep this updated with pictures and information on how things are going. Cheryl will be giong back to work in January so she is excited to get to spend the holidays off and with Caeden and I am sure she will get on here to keep you guys updated. See ya!

John