maybe we will just skip rolling.....

One of the main reasons that babies roll first is to develop their stomach muscles so they can sit up on their own. Well, apparently my child doesn't like to roll... but his stomach muscles are still developed enough to sit up on his own! They are probably developed enough because we roll him ALL THE TIME in hopes that he will eventually get this rolling thing. Don't get me wrong, he does roll but you have to REALLY motivate him to want something in order to go get it. Stubborn little thing! I have a video of him finally rolling on his own from back to belly but I can't seem to get it to load... but maybe one day i'll get it up!

Kayden has been sitting up for quite a while with support and if he has a toy in front of him to play with he was able to sit up since about 3 weeks ago. The physical therapist would sit him up and keep her hands close by but several times he would sit on his own for a couple seconds. She has been doing that for about 3 weeks now and each time she does it he holds it for a little bit longer.

This past weekend, I decided to get brave and remove the boppy pillow from behind him. We have hardwood floors so I've always been too afraid to remove the boppy pillow. I folded a blanket four times so that it was extra thick and then put another baby blanket on top of that (because of course the other blanket had dog hair all over it... imagine that!) and then put a throw pillow a little way behind him so that it would catch his head if he fell backwards. He did a great job with sitting up on his own! He held it for quite a while, but if he got excited he would just fall backwards. I think since he still hasn't completely mastered rolling, his lower stomach muscles aren't developed enough to where he can keep himself from falling backwards, but he does a great job with sitting up on his own for a little bit! I was nervous that we would be behind on EVERYTHING since we have had such a hard time with rolling... but hopefully the whole rolling thing just isn't that big of a deal. I mean at least he does it... he just isn't that into it :)





Kayden has also started the beginning stages of crawling! He gets his legs and butt up in the air but ccan't seem to figure out the whole arm thing. He will push himself up with his arms, and then when he goes to get his legs and butt up, his arms fall. But it's at a pretty cute process! He's getting there!

Rolling over!

Since this blog serves as a type of memory book I have to post that today at physical therapy Kayden rolled over from his belly to his back for the first time with no help!! I was so excited and announced to the PT that it was his first time doing that so she had him do it again!! This was big and exciting for us since Kayden will have a little bit of difficulty with these milestones because of his neck. Generally they say they start doing this at about 3 months and he is about to turn 4 months so not to bad! He is doing great with sitting up and grabbing things so overall the PT is encouraged and said he will be able to do almost everything at an average rate especially when his neck is normal.

I haven't tried to get him to do it again since PT because he is so worn out from PT but we are going to see if he will do it later tonight for daddy so a video is to come!

Christmas!!

So, being December 31st I feel as if I should post about Christmas before the new year!

Like always Christmas was crazy around here. On Christmas Eve we had Christmas with one set of nick's grandparents and the rest of the extended family. If you remember my separation anxiety post a couple days ago, we saw it in full swing here. Kayden was asleep and I passed him to one of Nick's aunts while I ate. Well, he woke up while she was holding him and seemed to be fine. She turned him around and he was facing me on the couch but I don't think he actually saw me. He was just staring at one of Nick's younger cousins and then all of a sudden let out the LOUDEST scream I have EVER heard come out of the kid. There was no warning, it was just a sudden scream. I obviously jumped up since I have never heard that scream before and as soon as I got in his face to where he could see me he was fine. The beginning stages of separation anxiety... i think so. Then we went to Centerpoint Church with Nick's parents for their Christmas Eve service. It was a great service but a rough one since we were all missing little Avery. I, however, do not have any pictures of this because my camera battery was dead and when I charge it it only holds for about an hour so I am patiently waiting for my birthday to get a new camera battery :) I know his mom has a couple though so no worries, it was documented :)

Christmas Day we started at my parents house in the morning and opened gifts with Audrey. It was so much fun with her this year and I can't wait until next year when they will both be older! She enjoyed taking the paper off and playing with her presents. They were both spoiled with all the toys they got!




We then went over to Nick's parents house where we celebrated Christmas with his family and other set of grandparents. Yet again, I have no actual pictures of this but I know his mom does :) There we were yet again spoiled. Nick's mom bought everyone in the family a pair of TOMS. Even Avery and Kayden! I CAN NOT wait for Kayden's foot to be big enough to wear them. I think they should fit in the next couple months. Don't worry, the first time he wears them there will be pictures! Avery, yet again, was not with us so it wasn't the most joyful Christmas but we can not wait until we get to see him again and actually celebrate Christmas with him. I was reminded that Christmas does not have to be on December 25th, but we can celebrate it whenever the family is together. I can't wait for him to open his presents from us! I think he will love them. I can't wait for next year when Avery and Kayden will both be together for Christmas and both be old enough to really enjoy unwrapping presents!

Christmas night we went down to Paige and Jeremy's house where Audrey got to play with all her new toys and Paige made lamb. I don't think I have ever had lamb before, and she had never made lamb before but it was DELICIOUS! definitely a meal worth having again!! Audrey also had her "all i want for christmas is my auntie" shirt on so of course I have to include a picture of that :)


The day after Christmas we went to my grandmother's house and had Christmas with my mom's side of the family! This is always fun since there are so many people! Kayden did great! I was a little concerned since it was a lot of people that he doesn't see a whole lot but we didn't make the mistake that we did at Nick's grandfathers house so we didn't have any freak out sessions! :)



That night my dad's side of the family came over to my mom's house and we had Christmas with them.





Last but not least mommy and daddy had Christmas with Kayden. We had every intention on waking up Christmas morning and doing it before we went to my parents house, however Kayden slept for a long time that morning and before we knew it we needed to leave. We knew he wouldn't remember this Christmas so I wasn't upset about not getting to do it on Christmas morning.

We had a ton of left over babies r us gift cards from when Kayden was born so we decided we would go get him toys and wrap them up for Christmas. We got toys he could play with now and some for when he gets older since his birthday isn't until September.

Kayden's First Thanksgiving!!

Kayden got to meet lots of people on his first thanksgiving! Nick had to work that morning so Kayden and I went to my grandmother's house in Irvine to spend some time with my mom's side of the family. He had not meet a lot of people on that side so it was fun to show him off to everyone! I was worried about the drive up there and back since it's about an hour and a half away but he slept both up there and back so it was really easy!

We then met Nick over at his parents house for thanksgiving over there. It was fun to just hang out with Avery and Kayden and just to enjoy family. I can't wait for Kayden to get a little bit older so that he can interact with Avery.

Friday night we spent time with my dad's side of the family. There Audrey and Kayden got to play together. Audrey is starting to take more interest in Kayden. When he was first born she really didn't pay much attention to him but now she wants to try and figure him out. They are going to have a blast together!

Luckily Thanksgiving isn't too stressful with schedules so I didn't feel like we were having to run all over the place and that we were going a million different directions..... Christmas though, will be another story!

Happy Halloween!

For Kayden's first halloween he was a giraffe! If you have ever been to my house you know I am obsessed with giraffes, so since he obviously doesn't have any say on what he was going to be this year, I chose :)

We went to the Fall Festival that church was having with my mom and dad. Unfortunately Jeremy, Paige, and Audrey couldn't go because Audrey had the stomach virus all weekend :( But we went over later and got some pictures with her in her monkey costume.... as you can tell from the looks on their faces, they weren't really thrilled :)

Happy Baby Boy!

Kayden has just recently started smiling when we would talk to him, and we could tell that it wasn't just gas but we were having a hard time getting a picture of it because he would smile quickly and then wouldn't do it again. This morning (at 6 a.m.) Nick was getting ready for work and I had just finished feeding Kayden. He was super smiley this morning and when I started wiping his mouth off with the burp cloth he started smiling really big! I kept doing it so that Nick could try to get a picture of it and then he started doing this little coo/ laugh thing. He kept doing it so Nick grabbed a video of it. I love watching this video and it puts a smile on my face everytime!

Play Date with Silas

Kayden had his first play date the other day! A friend that I grew up with had her little boy, Silas, a week after I had Kayden. It was nice to get together with someone who was going through the experience with me and watch our boys "play" together. Unfortunately, Kayden and I weren't able to stay long because we were getting ready to go to the pumpkin patch with the family, but we tried to get a couple of good pictures and plan on getting together again soon! The pictures however, are quite entertaining :)

First Day at Church

At three weeks old we decided to take you to church for the first time! We just went to the church service and didn't go to Sunday school but you were so good. You slept through the entire service.... which is great now, but you can't do that when you get older! :) Everyone there wanted to see you and were so surprised that you were there! We dressed you in one of the only outfits that fit you right now but you looked oh so cute! Thank you for being such an easy baby and allowing us to show you off to everyone! We pray that you will enjoy going to church and learning about God as much as we do and we pray that you will one day give your heart to the Lord. I am so glad that we were able to take you to church so early and get you started :)

First Bath!

I have to admit... the first bath was a little bit of a stress for me, and I wasn't even the one going to do it. For that reason, Kayden was almost a week old before we actually gave him his first bath! It's a tradition for grandma to give the first bath so my mom gave Kayden his first bath. As you can tell from the pictures, he wasn't a huge fan of it. Poor thing is so scrawny that he was shivering and so cold. The bath lasted all of 5 minutes before we quickly ended it.



My dad has also read both his grandchildren their first bedtime story so we did that the same night. Skye also enjoyed the bedtime story and fell asleep during it. Kayden however, was wide awake for the whole thing.