He is growing up too fast!

By no means am I (or should I say we) ready for another baby, but I do miss being pregnant. I miss feeling Caden move inside me, I miss resting my hands on my belly, I miss the anticipation of labor and meeting my son for the first time. This was me right before we left for the hospital the night before Caden was born.

Caden only minutes old

and now nearly 7 months old!!

Caden's first cookie

Trying to drink like a big boy (with the cap on!) haha! He does take sips from my water bottle now and he gets mad if I stop. Quite the temper, I'll tell you.

Here is a new bath time video in his new tub

I LOVE his laugh!

Caden's rash wasn't a rash.....

Caden broke out in what I thought was a rash all over his back two weeks ago today, which was also two days before he came down sick. I did have the doctor look at it when I brought him in while he was sick. She thought it was a heat rash and should clear up in the few days. After almost two weeks his "rash" was not showing any signs of improvement. In fact, it was spreading and looking worse - really dry and it appeared that it was probably itchy. I ended up taking him back to the doctors yesterday. They believe he has eczema! Poor baby! He must have been so itchy for the last two weeks. I knew I should have called sooner. I have to use hydrocortisone cream on it twice a day for a week. If it still does not show any signs of improvement after a week I need to take him back. I also need to use a mild soap and lotion on him moving forward. The doctor gave me some samples of Cedifil (s/p?) which I used last night.

I also lowered Caden's crib last night. I know it is just a matter of time where he'll start pulling himself up and they do these things over night. Did I mention he slept through the night last night? I think that was Caden's Happy Anniversary gift to us. Or maybe he liked his crib lowered or the lotion made him not so itchy? Either way he can keep it up ;) He went to bed around 8:30pm last night. I woke him up to feed him around 5am before I got ready for work. Ryan sent me a text around 6:30am saying he woke up all smiles. I was so sad that I didn't get to see his morning smiles, but I know he needed his sleep.

Did I mention that Caden gave me kisses last night too? It was the cutest thing in the world. He did this on Monday too. Ryan was holding him last night and I walked by them and asked Caden for a kiss. He reached out and pulled my head to his face and gave me an open mouth kiss on my face. It makes my heart melt every time he does this. I love you too my sweet baby boy!

Not me! Monday

This weekend sure did go by fast, didn't it? I never want my weekends to end. I love being home with Caden and Ryan. Saturday was Ryan's birthday. We had a wedding to attend (my best friend's brother). We got there around 7pm, but the bridal party did not show up until after 8pm. While we were waiting I most definitely did not go through all the pictures of Caden in my phone over and over again. I couldn't help myself. I missed him terribly that night. My friend Nina (groom's sister) is 6 months pregnant. She was standing up in the wedding and look absolutely beautiful. She has such a glow to her that I definitely miss. We have a joke that Caden's future wife is in her belly.

Everyone was pretty hungry and anxiously waiting to eat. I felt like I could eat a horse. I did not think about sneaking by the buffet to grab a bread roll. Finally a few people said some words. The mic was handed to the maid of honor and there she pulls out two 8 x 11 pieces of paper. I did not think to myself "you have go to be kidding me?! I'm starving girl!" She was reminicing about every memory her and her sister shared and repeated the word 'awesome' more times than I ever wanted to hear. In all honesty, she loves her sister and she just doesn't want to let go of what they have. It was really sweet looking back, but at the time I did not want to bang my head on the table. By the time we ate it was near 9pm. I most certainly did not fill my plate as if I was eating for two and I was not the first one done with my food at the table. Not me!

We didn't stay long after dinner because Ryan wanted to have a few drinks for his birthday out with his cousin and a few friends. I did not secretly wish he would rather go home and veg. We went out, we made it, and I did not go through all of Caden's pictures once again at the bar. I mean how could I not?

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a busy day with a rough night of sleep. As I thought Caden woke up at 2am and did not want anything to do with sleep until 4am when I gave in and brought him to bed with me. After two hours of trying to let him CIO I couldn't take it anymore. He didn't cry for 2 hours straight - it was on and off. I let him cry for 10 minutes and would go in and rub his tummy. I even picked him up a few times to rock him, but every time I put him down he cried. When I finally brought him to bed he slept until 6:45am. Of course the dog woke me up at 5am to go outside. It never fails, Mia does this every time Caden has a night like that.

We were out of the house by 8:30am to run errands and we went to the Chiropractor. Mommy was in need of serious adjustment. Caden had his 2nd adjustment too! He just smiles at the doctor and lets him do his thing. After he took his nap Ryan and I took him to get his 6 month pictures done. He did good for the first 3 pictures, but after that it was downhill - he just would not cooperate. I'm happy with the 3 that came out though. He looks like such a little man.
By the time evening came around I was just exhausted. I didn't make it over to my SIL's house to see my nephews all dressed up. It was a beautiful Halloween. The weather was great for the kids. I always remember rain or snow and freezing!! It reached 70 yesterday!

Last night Caden did really well sleeping. I actually got just over 8 hours of sleep. He went to bed around 8pm and woke up at midnight to eat. I fed him and put him back down. He cried when I laid him down, but I had to use the bathroom. By the time I was done, which was literally 2 minutes he was fast asleep. He didn't wake up again until 5:30am. He stayed up until 7am and didn't wake up until 8:30am. He is now down for his second nap of the day. I'm really liking this :)

Here are snapshots of Caden in his costume and a few others. You can see his two bottom teeth - especially in the last photo!!