Busy Weekend

We had a big snow/ice storm on Friday. The road conditions were getting bad at noon, so I got out of work for the afternoon. Ryan build us a fire Friday night and also Saturday morning. Kaden was mystified by the fire and couldn't keep his eyes off it. Ryan took a very short nap by the fire and I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of him and Kaden.

Saturday afternoon Ryan and I dropped Kaden off for his first overnight stay at my parent's house. We went down to Ponca City, OK to watch a friend of ours (one of Ryan's co-workers) in a UFC style fight.

We received a few toys from our friends for Kaden. One is a police motorcycle rocker that has lights and noise and buttons. We were able to put Kaden on it and put his hands on the handle bars and sit up all by himself. Here's his "This is how I roll" picture.

And the last bit of cuteness for this post, here's a clip of Kaden doing some tummy time. He hasn't figured crawling out yet, but he can hold his head up really well and can roll over front-to-back and back-to-front. This clip is of him chatting away. I especially like the ending!

Snow Day (Well, 1/2 day)

Today was one of the many days that I'm glad that I work in higher education. Whenever the school closes classes, I get a snow day too. The "big blizzard" that was supposed to hit today hasn't really come in yet. We did get a few inches of slushy stuff that looks like snow cone material which did make the drive home at noon today a bit tricky. I wasn't able to go over 30 miles per hour. Since Ryan has Fridays off now we were able to spend the afternoon together which is an added benefit.

In Kaden news, he'll be turning 6 months on April 1st. He's starting to roll over more now and can roll front-to-back and back-to-front. He also seems to like doing 90 degree rolls which is so cute. (Think his head is pointing at 12 o'clock and he turns so his head is at 9 or 3 o'clock.)

Monday night my sister Lori came over to watch Twilight. She was playing with Kaden while I made popcorn. I'm not sure who came up with the song - Lori or our younger sister Amanda - but she started singing "You barfed on Auntie Lo-Lo" after she jiggled him a little too much. He's been a little puky this week including two nights where he puked down my shirt and into my bra. That's a trick that I'll never get used to. I went through three shirts one night this week. There's always more laundry to do when you have a baby.

Trifecta

My dad came over and looked at our water heater today. We took Kaden to Lowe's to pick up a new one. I called my father-in-law for assistance and he called my brother-in-law to help with some heavy lifting. Let's just say it was a really long day. I so appreciate the fact that we had help to fix the water heater. It would have cost around $300 just to have a water heater installed.

One good thing about hearing the sump pump running last night (other than drawing my attention to the busted water heater) was that it also brought our attention to the fact that our sump pump wasn't draining properly. So after 4 trips to Lowes, our brand new sump pump is almost installed.

To top the evening off, after one of our trips back from Lowes, there was an incredible amount of kitty barf strewn across the kitchen floor and on one of the rugs. That finished off the trifecta. I think I've hit my quota for a while.

I love being a home owner.

First, the highlight of my day was picking up a copy of Twilight on DVD at Target. It was just released today and on sale. My sister Lori and I have planned a movie night on Monday to watch it. Yay!

I come home after visiting at my parents house and put Kaden down in his bed. I put away some groceries and grab the laundry to drag downstairs. I hear a motorized purr coming from the basement and instantly recognize it as our sump pump. We just turned on our sprinklers today so I think it's no big deal and nothing to worry about. I pull the plastic cover off the hole and sure enough it's chugging away. Then my attention turns to the wonderful stream of water that's trickling from the water heater. You know when you put a cup of ice water down on a surface and look at it a bit later and there's a ring of condensation around the bottom? That's what our water heater looks like. How super. Now instead of going shopping for fun stuff, like a new tree for the front yard we get to go look at water heaters. I have my fingers crossed that Lowe's or Home Depot will have a sale tomorrow.

What a busy week

We've had a busy week and I can't believe that it's almost the weekend again. Last Friday was the first week of his new schedule. He hasn't had a weekend night off in over 4 years! We went to dinner and a movie to celebrate. I can't wait for some good movies to be offered at the drive-in so we can go as a family. Saturday morning we wandered around downtown and the Delano District.

I found liquid white chocolate flavoring at the Spice Merchant. One of my favorite drinks at major coffee shops has been a Caramel Chameleon. It's really simple to make: milk, caramel and white chocolate. Just heat it all together and it makes a wonderful alternative to hot cocoa.

Kaden got his first taste of green beans yesterday. He ate half the jar before he decided that drinking a bottle would be quicker to satisfy his hungry tummy. He's had multiple servings of applesauce and pears. Maybe he's just a fruit guy for now.

Kaden still has a wonderful disposition. He sleeps through the night and only fusses when he's tired or hungry. He can hold his head up very well and we're working on crawling. Poor little guy - he can't seem to understand that he needs to make his arms and legs move together. We'll get there soon enough.

Odds and Ends

My car hit 100,000 miles recently. I've had my grand prix since 2002 and it had around 26K miles on it when I purchased it.

Tonight Ryan and I fed Kaden applesauce and peas. Well, he fed Kaden while I made us dinner. It was so nice to be able to see Ryan feeding Kaden in his high chair. Poor Kaden didn't quite grasp the concept that we had to feed him with the spoon. He tried a couple of times to grab it - one time successfully with both hands. Ryan had to clean peas out between his fingers. We've also learned that you don't jiggle the baby after he's been fed. Ryan got a shoulder full of green puke to remind him.

Kaden and I went shopping at Target yesterday while Ryan went to softball practice. (Ryan joined a softball league with work that will last for 6 weeks.) I picked up a Mommy and Baby yoga/pilates DVD. We worked out for 35 minutes last night. It was really fun and I look forward to doing the work out again.

Cell Phone Pics

Here's a few pictures Ryan and I took using our cell phones. Kaden and Ryan feeding a big sheep at the zoo.

Kaden in his Adidas coat that Aunt Amanda and Uncle Kurtis got him last year.

Kaden's first time eating apple sauce. He wasn't quite sure what was going on, but he ended up figuring it out pretty quick.

Feeding Time!

Even though his eyes are closed, he's really eating. Kaden gets into kind of a milk coma and doesn't pay attention to anything else in the world except that bottle.

5 Months and Freedom

Kaden turned 5 months today.  Last month he learned to pull his socks off with his hands.  He has also learned to hold his bottle so he can feed himself.  Last Monday morning Kaden fed himself his whole bottle while I was getting ready for work.  Granted I had to stop a couple times and help him burp, but it did help out quite a bit.  He hasn't started crawling yet, but I saw a few promising moves yesterday while he was on his tummy.  I'm sure he'll be crawling before I know it.

In another bit of freedom, Ryan had his days off changed.  For the first time in 4 years, other than holidays and requested days off, Ryan will have Friday nights off!  I'm so happy that I'll actually have an entire night and morning off with my husband.  It's been a long time coming and he deserves it!