Daddy's Week off

Well we've had a very eventful week! Nick was off all week (mandatory unpaid unfortunatley), so I did have a little extra help during the day with Kayden and daily chores.  However, it seems whenever Nick is home and tries to relieve me a little, Kayden decides it would be a good time to throw a wrench in our plan! :)

She started off the week great, still not sleeping much at night, but at least pretty happy during the day. By the middle of the week through the end though, she was so fussy during the day and sleeping less and less at night to where she was up every hour at night. Needless to say, Mommy hasn't gotten much sleep this week! Well there's always hope for next week!

However, Kayden has developed some major milestones this week, which may account for some of her extra fussiness and lack of sleeping. Kayden has learned how to babble somewhat, but mostly does it when she's upset! She's saying "ba ba" and "ra ra." It's so cute!  She has also learned how to scoot herself across the floor. She is really good at getting up on her left knee and pushing herself to where she wants to go. She'll really scoot for the remote control or a cell phone!  She also learned how to jump and move around in her Johnny Jump Up. She's really starting to like it! So fun! She also has a favorite tv show, which is so funny! She loves "Yo Gabba Gabba," and will turn around from wherever she is if she hears it. She loves it!

 

This week, Kayden tried out her blow up swimming pool in the backyard. We lathered her up with sunscreen and put on her floppy hat and swim suit and out we went. She splashed around and seemed to enjoy it. We never made it down to the neighborhood pool though. Just didn't get a good time to go, but we hope to go soon. 

We also took Kayden out to eat for the first time. We went to Jardin's here in Leander and I think we were there a total of 20 minutes! haha! We ate so fast! Kayden did good though. We brought her in in her infant carrier, and she wanted out of that within the first 5 minutes, so I had to hold her, because she can't quite sit in a high chair yet. It was fun though and we will try to do it again soon. It was nice for us to go out and eat again! I haven't been to a "sit down" restaurant in over 5 months! :)

Tomorrow Daddy is going to take care of Kayden for a lot of the day so that I can run errands and relax. I am really looking forward to it. I still have Christmas gift cards to spend! 

Nick got to go and visit his Mamaw this week with his mom and they had a great visit with her. He went and saw a movie with his dad today and tonight, we'll go over to Papa and Bebe's house to celebrate Whit's birthday. Hopefully Kayden won't be too fussy. She's been going to bed between 8 and 8:30 at night now, which is great. It's just the staying asleep part that's hard! :) Last night was the first night in I don't know how long, that she's only woken up one time and gone right back to sleep. So that was very nice!

We will be making another road trip up to Fort Worth next weekend the 5th through the 7th for a wedding.  It's going to be another very busy and quick trip. I will be doing a bachelorette brunch on Saturday morning, rehearsal and rehearsal dinner on Saturday evening and the wedding on Sunday afternoon. So not much down time, but it should be fun!

Well I guess that's it for now. Kayden will be 5 1/2 months on Sunday...so crazy! 

Keep checking youtube for the latest videos. If you don't have the link, its:

www.youtube.com and type in "mommy2kayden" in the search box.

Have a great weekend!

Just pictures

Just wanted to post some pictures from this mornings photo shoot!

That's it for now...enjoy!

Busy Baby

Well I'm not sure when I'm going to find the time to do this! I thought I'd have time to update this blog, but it seems that I have a very busy baby! So we'll see how often I get to update. I'm shooting for once a week! : )

Kayden is 5 months and 8 days old today. This past Friday, she learned how to sit up by herself. She started by propping herself up with her hands, and can now sit completely straight up without having to hold herself up. Such a big girl! And she's so proud of herself! : )

We went to church this morning, and Kayden almost made it through the whole service without getting upset. She loves to listen to the singing. We spent the last few minutes of the service in the nursery showing off our new tricks to the other little kids!

Mommy bought Kayden a pink and green polka dotted swim suit this weekend, and we can't wait to try it out this week. Mimi surprised Kayden with a yellow swimming pool today and we filled it up and are letting the water warm up a little before testing it out tomorrow. We took Kayden outside and let her put her feet in and she just kicked and kicked! I bet she'll have a lot of fun in the pool! More to come...

Kayden still hasn't cut her top teeth yet, and I've been saying it for over a month now, but I don't think it'll be long now. She is really grinding those gums together and we had to give her tylenol tonight.  She seemed to be in a lot of pain. Poor thing. She's still waking up 4 or 5 times a night, so Mommy's only been getting around 4 hours of sleep or so every night for the past 5 weeks now. I'm exhausted, and am amazed at how little sleep a Mommy can function on! Kayden's going to be so cute with her two top and bottom teeth in! Can't wait!

We introduced Kayden to sweet potatoes this weekend, and she loved them. There actually isn't anything that she hasn't not liked yet though. Her favorites are applesauce and sweet potatoes, but she's also eating rice cereal, bananas and green peas. She's a good little eater! : )

Nick has the whole week off this week, and I am very excited. He had so much fun the last time he had a week off just playing and spending time with Kayden. I'm excited, because I'll get some much needed rest (hopefully) and help during the day! Plus Kayden loves her Daddy, so I'm excited for her to get to spend more time with him!

Should be a busy week. We are going to try to take Kayden out to eat at a "sit down" restaurant to practice for the wedding rehearsal dinner that we have coming up in a couple of weeks. We also plan on going to the park and pool and just having a good time together as a little family. 

We are really enjoying watching our little Kayden grow up and learn new things everyday. She makes us laugh and keeps us busy, busy.

Until next time....

Mostly Kayden

So I decided instead of sending out emails every week and filling up everyone's inboxes with huge pictures, I'd create a blog where I could upload videos, pictures and update everyone as to what's been going on all in one place.  I'm a new blogger, so it might take me awhile to get the hang of this! :)

Today is Friday, May 15th, and tomorrow Kayden will be 5 months old! I cannot believe how fast the time is going!  She is getting to be such a big girl!  Yesterday I took her into the pediatrician, because I thought she may have an ear infection. Turns out, it was just a sign of her teething. She's still working on those top teeth. Boy will we be glad when they finally break through. She hasn't slept through the night since who knows when and I am EXHAUSTED!!! But it's all well worth it! :)

At the doctor's visit, they weighed Kayden and much to their surprise, as well as mine, she had gained almost 2 whole pounds since her last check up which was only 4 weeks ago. She now weighs 17 pounds and 8 ounces. She's a good eater! We started her on rice cereal when she hit 4 months and now have her on bananas as well. She likes it most of the time. I've been trying to feed her solids twice a day, and sometimes we're successful and other times not so much!

I also started her on one bottle of formula a day. She's still getting breast milk the rest of the day, but I needed to free up a little bit of my time from pumping so much. She seems to like it alright, but I think it may be giving her gas, so we may have to play around with it a little bit.

She played in her Johnny Jump Up for the first time today and is still really unsure about it, but seems to like it okay. Here is a video of her in it:

I am going to try and update this blog at least once a week, if not more. Just whenever I get some time. I hope everyone has a great weekend...here's hoping for a little rain!