Going to a wedding

Caden & I went to a wedding last night. It was a friend from work - Angela. Getting ready for something by myself and getting Caden ready was definitely a process. We needed to leave the house by 4pm. So I wanted Caden to take a nap so he wasn't crabby at the wedding. I tried to put him down starting at 1pm, and gave up at 2:30pm. He did not want a nap. After that, I just put him in the peanut shell and got myself ready. By 3:30pm we were both ready and I put him in the car seat. At that point, Caden went right to sleep. So he slept in his carseat until 4:40pm when we got to the wedding. After that he was pretty happy throughout the evening. He even slept for an hour during the reception.

Of course there were some outbursts, and always at the most appropriate times (during the vows and during the toasts). That's OK, I kept him calm and got his diaper changed immediately after the ceremony and toasts.
This is Caden ready for the wedding. It doesn't show off his outfit very well since I had to prop him up, but he looked very cute.
As you can see, Angela was a beautiful bride. Her little boy is 4 weeks younger than Caden, but he was asleep so he couldn't be in the picture.
This is pretty much how Caden and I spent the wedding. Him in the peanut shell checking things out. He spent a lot of time sucking on his hand too. that is his new favorite chew toy, his hand.

Shopping at Costco

Caden & I went to Costco yesterday to stock up on some things. We had a list and stuck to it pretty well. As you can see, my car is pretty full. Between waters, paper towels and toilet paper, the car and cart filled up pretty quickly. When I got home I realized that I should take a picture so Justin could see how full the car got.
I guess when the family gets bigger someday, we will need a bigger car. I thought for sure when I bought the Escape 3 years ago, it would work out for the long haul.

Don't worry Jeannette, even though we do go to Costco a lot, we don't always buy this much stuff. :)

The best purchase yesterday was the new lightbulbs. I bought 2 packs of the energy saver lightbulbs and the power company had a rebate on them, so I got 8 light bulbs for $14.00. Not a huge bargain, but I think we will see it on our power bill. Anything we can do to conserve power down here in the summer (and year round) is a good plan. Our power bill our first summer went from $85 in March to $212 in July. That was a shocker when we got that in the mail.

He is getting bigger!

As you can see from these pics, Caden is definitely getting bigger. His face is filling out and his legs are getting chubby. He is wearing his other gap pajamas. These ones were on clearance an I bought them when I was pregnant. I wasn't sure when he would fit into them. Turns out they fit now.
This is a picture of his little soxs with labels. Like I said, everything he wears to daycare has to be labeled, so we have them on his socks, his clothes, and even his bibs. So far, we haven't had anything not come back.

This is Caden ready for daycare. On Tuesday, Justin and I both had to work in the morning, so we both got up and were running around the house getting everyone ready. It is so hot now that pants are out of the question. He will be wearing shorts from now until October, except when we go on vacation, then he can wear pants.

Evenflo products

Our family has become very familiar with the evenflo products out on the market. Whenever we are shopping for something that Caden needs, we usually end up with an evenflo. For some reason they are always the best price of all the products that look the same. So far, we have the travel system (carseat & stroller), pack & play, infant swing, high chair and breast pump. All have done well for us, but it turns out, the car seat was part of the recall. That's OK, we just went on the website and signed up for the fix.

When the fix arrived, we could not get the part changed out. This made us decide that our carseat is not one of the ones that will just break apart if we cannot break it apart to fix it.

After that, the breast pump motor started to give up the ghost about every 3rd time I would pump at work. It basically sounded like it would stop working at any moment. I decided I would give evenflo a call to tell them the problem, and see if there was a fix they could send me for that. Well, it's a good thing I called. The customer service person said that the pump should not do that at all. She decided to send me a whole new pump motor - which is basically a new pump complete with bag. I just have to keep my power cord and pump parts from the bad pump.

So the moral of the story is: evenflo products may not be the top of the line, but they are good value for the money, and if there is a problem, they will fix it.

New stuff for Caden

Caden is posing for you in his new PJ's - The rocket ships. They are one of my super sweet garage sale purchases for 50 cents. They are from the Baby Gap. I love them because they are 2 piece and don't have feet, which means they will fit his body, but we don't have to worry about the big feet.

These are the pictures of Caden in his new high chair. He does look a bit crazed in one of them, but he really likes the high chair. We put him in it while we ate dinner and he just sat and babbled the whole time.

Justin was very excited that Caden finally fits into a camouflouge onesie. This is a big step for this little boy! 3-6 month size, here we come!

We are getting him used to the high chair, and then after his 4 month check-up, we are hoping that the doctor gives us the thumbs up for Rice Cereal. Keep your fingers crossed, that appointment is the 1st week of June.

It's a smile!

We got a smile as you can see! Justin was able to make him smile long enough for a picture. What a fun saturday morning! We have to keep him in bibs now since he drools a lot. we don't think he's teething since he is only 3 months, but the drool just goes everywhere. Don't worry grandma, noni & nana, your pictures are in the mail! or will be soon. :)


Part of our fun with the bib is it gets turned around on him, so sometimes he looks a little like superman. This is superman having tummy time below.

Lets roll!

Caden is on the verge of rolling over. He is getting bigger every day. He cannot sit up on his own, but he is doing better with the tummy time. His legs are strong so he can push himself in a circle if he wants.
This is a happy baby enjoying some tummy time. What a cutie pie!

Don't adjust your screen, he just rolled sideways. This doesn't count for rolling over because he was propped on the boppy pillow.

That marked the end of tummy time for him on Friday.