1 month old!

Dear Kayden-
I can't believe you are already one month old! I feel like it was just yesterday that your dad and I found out that we were pregnant and here you are! This past month has been the best month of my life. You have brought so much joy to your dad and I. I can't believe that just one little person can make us so happy. We have enjoyed getting to know you. Sometime I just sit and hold you and look at you. I can't get enough of you. Everyone says that if you hold a baby all the time that you will spoil them, but I know that there will come a time where you do not want me to hold you all the time so I do it. I enjoy just staring at you as you sleep, wondering what you are thinking and what you will be like when you get older.
This month you have been very busy! You have gone on several short trips with mommy, most of them being to your grandparents house but we have also just recently ventured out to church and to the store. On your 4 week birthday on Friday we went to the pumpkin patch! You slept through the whole thing though. You have also started holding your head up and staying awake more which I love. I love watching you just take in everything around you and try to figure things out. You will look at me and just stare for long periods of time and I will just stare right back at you. You are the best baby and I couldn't have asked for anything more. You have been such an easy baby. You eat well and LOVE to sleep... which makes your momma happy! Some of your favorite things are the bouncy seat, the boppy, watching your daddy play video games, your momma holding you, and Skye. Oh how Skye loves you too! You have been so good to let Skye lick you and it not bother you. Skye loves to give you kisses (even though mommy doesn't like it!) I can't wait for you to get older and play with him. He can't wait either. Mommy was very worried about how Skye would do with you because he is an attention hog but he has shared it well, and he is very protective of you. You two will be best buds!
We have prayed endlessly for you, and to now have you in our arms is more than I could have imagined. I thank God for every day that I get to spend with you and I can't wait to see what the other months have in store.
I love you so much baby boy!
Love, Your momma!

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 :)

2 week check up

Kayden's 2 week check up- weight 6 pounds 14 ounces height- 21 inches
My dad went with me to his 2 week check up since Nick had to work. Our pediatrician, Dr. Ramsey was my dad's pediatrician, my pediatrician and now Kayden's pediatrician. He wanted to get a picture with the 3 generations :)

Kayden's umbilical cord was still attached at this point so the dr put some stuff on it to help dry it up. Within the next 2 days it fell off so we were able to give him a real bath. This one went much better than the sponge bath. I think the water helped keep him warm this time.

Tummy Time!

I finally started tummy time with Kayden. I wasn't sure exactly when I should start it but he had started holding his head up more when he would lay in our chest so I decided to start at about 2 weeks. He didn't enjoy it very much however. He screamed the whole time. The second time I used a play mat and he really seemed to enjoy that more. He is starting to get better head control.. but tummy time only lasts about 3 minutes until he is flat out screaming. Hopefully we will be able to start increasing the time! He really does enjoy laying on his back and looking at all the toys on his play mat though!

4 day check up

At 4 days we went to the pediatrician to make sure Kayden was growing and gaining weight... and he was. When we left the hospital he weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces. When we went to his 4 day check up he weighed 5 pounds 16 ounces. He had also grown an inch... but we just think that's from where they had a hard time measuring him at the hospital. He also had to have his first shot :( We declined the hep b shot at the hospital because I was just really overwhelmed with everything and so we decided to go ahead and get it at the pediatrician at this visit. He did well, but held his breath right after the shot to where he didn't breath for a second which freaked me out!

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.