Back to work :(

I head back to work tomorrow. 🙁 feeling sad about leaving Cadence and not getting to spend our days together. I know it’ll get easier but I’m going to miss Cadence who is such a sweetheart!

It’ll be nice to see work friends and I hope it’ll make me appreciate the time we spend together more.

A lot of people have been wondering what we’ll do with her.

We’re fortunate to have family who’s willing to help out. Grandma has offered to babysit Tuesday through Thursday. She’ll stay with us while on Cadence duty. Cassandra has two days off of school and has been nice enough to offer that time to be Cadence’s slave. This is going to be such a huge help and I’m very thankful for their generous offer. I hope Cadence won’t make them regret it. Thank you.

Jane has to move and g-yee and me-me (formerly paw. We’ll see where we end up on this but had discussions over Christmas on the complications of calling our mom Paw.) are going to take the first two weeks of Cadence duty (&doody). Thanks to g-yee and me-me for being there when we need the backup! It’s amazing to have people you can count on to drop everything and offer help. Thank you.

And to Auntie Awesome, who’s offered her services a weekend every quarter to babysit so Adam and I can have a rest. Thank you.

And special thanks to my mom – you never know how much your mom loves you until you become a mom. Thank you.

So many people to thank – I hope one day to be able to pay it forward!!!

Thank you Katie and Celeste!

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?

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Auntie Katie’s visit!

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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. 🙂

2 month doc appointment

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.IMG_1689January 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…

 

 

Cadence – January

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So many boogs

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Photo curtesy of Abby

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And this one

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Another Abby masterpiece

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Beginning of January and size 2 pampers

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Chub thighs

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Eating with baby is messy!

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Baby congestion

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From Tia Dhana. I then pooped on it :/

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From auntie Celeste, uncle Matt and Dylan

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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.

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Workin hard

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Daddy and daughter time consists of
Arrested Development and Mindcraft

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Adam loves her super sad face & we finally caught it!

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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!

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Cadence is sleep eating my arm

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Doubled in size from two to twelve weeks!

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Baby got cheek