Katie and Celeste had the sweetest idea of giving me a gift each month to get through motherhood (sounds like a punishment but totally a gift but hard work!).
Katie sent cleanup items and chocolate the first month month one
Celeste gave us a cd and car charms or month two. You are my Sunshine makes me think of my maternal grandparents – my grandfather used to sing the song to my grandmother. Kind of a sad song no?
And Katie sent returning to work stuff for month three.
How great are they?
Adam’s been zerperting Cadence’s stomach for awhile with no reaction. Today’s the first time she’s done anything – and it’s her first laugh! 🙂
Katie came for a visit in mid-January. I’m grateful for such great friends who offer to hold Cadence so I can eat (Thanks Katie!) and who declog Cadence’s boogs (thanks to Celeste and Matt!). We’re lucky to be surrounded by so much love. 🙂
on the way to the doc… The little buglets that Celeste, Matt and Dylan got us worked well. Cadence was entranced and kept smiling at them.
January 17th we had Cadence’s two month doctor’s visit. Dr. Hess said Cadence was doing well. She still has a cold but doc says her lungs sounded good. Phew. The office was filled with people with the flu. Awesome.
Cadence is now 24″, 14 lbs 0.5 oz with a head circumference of 40.5 cm. For those nerdy people (like me!) who want to see her growth in a chart/graph: Cadence’s weight height head. Cadence is in the 88.8% for height, 87.4% for weight and 89.6% for head circumference. We have a big girl on our hands (and I can feel it in my back and shoulders. what a porkie baby!)! I thought she was going to be over 15, Adam thought under.
Cadence got immunized for DTAP, Hep B, IPV (Pediarix), Hflu B, pneumococ/conjugate and rotavirus. Three shots and one drink! She didn’t like the drink at all (seemed to fuss more over that then the shots). The nurse was very quick. She was worried that Cadence would pass out – her lips turned blue with the screaming. She told Adam to blow in her mouth which confused us both. Luckily, she didn’t pass out. Adam picked her up afterwards and she calmed down. She took it like a Chin and promptly fell asleep. The rest of the day she wasn’t too fussy; she was super tired and slept from 6.30 onward. She didn’t want to be put down so I held her all day. Seems fair since she had such a traumatic day. What a good baby…
Tomorrow is Cadence’s two month appointment. Place your bet on her weight.
Photo of her chubness.
So many boogs
Photo curtesy of Abby
And this one
Another Abby masterpiece
Beginning of January and size 2 pampers
Chub thighs
Eating with baby is messy!
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Baby congestion
From Tia Dhana. I then pooped on it :/
From auntie Celeste, uncle Matt and Dylan
This baby already owns two pairs of sunglasses. The blue are from great auntie Polly and uncle Peter. The prints are from auntie Shannon and uncle Shawn.
Workin hard
Daddy and daughter time consists of
Arrested Development and Mindcraft
Adam loves her super sad face & we finally caught it!
For Uncle Butts birthday, we dressed Cadence in the monkey costume Chris bought for her. I have to admit (I kinda thought costumes were stupid before!) she looks super cute. Happy birthday Chris!
Cadence is sleep eating my arm
Doubled in size from two to twelve weeks!
Baby got cheek
Here’s some photos from Christmas!
So nice that most of the family came to Boston for a visit.
The Kwiks came the weekend of the 22nd. So nice to finally all be together (we figured it hadn’t been since Jason & Hai got married in 2006!). Brandon was very sweet with Cadence. Jade is having a girl in May and we’re all excited to continue the tradition of dressing the kids alike.
Yesterday we had our appointment with nurse Elaine Dors. Said our baby was perfect! Though she was judgmental about the whole co-sleep thing (Adam lied to her).
Adam thought Cadence would weigh in at 9 lbs 2 ounces; I thought around 10. She was 10 lbs 11.3 oz (85%); height 22″ (86%); height circumference 38.5 cm (93%).
She’s definitely been feeling heavier…
