A Warm Sunny Weekend

Jayden is in my Cousin Katie’s’ wedding on April 17th, here in Charlotte. On Friday Jayden and I went to Mecklenburg Bridal for Jayden to try on her flower girl dress. The other flower girl is Dayton; she’s 4 yrs. old and was in town, so it was great for them to meet. These photos don’t show it but both dresses will have a navy sash, which has not arrived yet. No alterations needed, I’m just hoping Jayden doesn’t out grow it in the next 8 weeks.
Jay and I had a great time racing our bikes in 60 degree weather, we both have no idea how we did in the series, was just good to be out there. Char and Linda came in town, saw us race and spent the night. They also took the night shift, for me that was two nights in a row I got 7 hrs. sleep.
Jayden has now done #2 in the potty 5 mornings in a row, we don’t seem to make it the other times but that’s one less messy one. She still likes to help take care of Carden, she’s known how to put his “Passy” in but last week she fed him a little bottle while he was in the bouncy seat. It actually was a big help so I could keep going to get out the door on time.

Six hours

Six hours…
We reached a milestone in that about 5 days ago Carden went 6 hours between feeding which gives me hope that we will start to get more sleep at night. He went from 9pm – 3am, so need to shift it a little. I knew it would be a little bit before he did it again but we have had one other time this week we went 5 hrs. so that gets me 4-3.5 hrs. sleep in one stretch. We went to the doctor yesterday for his 2 mos. Vaccines and he weighed 9 lbs naked and 9.5 lbs w/ clothes and diaper on. Just this weekend he smiled as a reaction to a face I made, he’s only done it a time or two but we know there’s more to come. Also Carden’s neck is getting very strong and he’s bopping that head around a lot.
We got Jayden registered for pre-school which does not start until the last week of Aug. but she got in, yeah. She will be going to the Harris Y Pre-school Academy with 15 other 2 yr olds but possibly in Sept. can get into the 3 yr. old class if space available after she turns 3. In the photos above, she has a chocolate mouth because dad gave Jayden her very own pudding (fat free of course) the other night and she gobbled it up like it was going to be taken away. She also is such good mom to her dolls Mary and Baby Amy, copping me with what I do with Carden. We are still in the middle of potty training and probably will be for a while.

Snow day

We don’t get to many snow opportunities here in NC but it was nice for Jayden and I to play a little this weekend. The first day was kinda frozen over and we mainly sled in the backyard. Sunday the melting started and we could make a snowman. Once we built Frosty, Jayden wanted to build another so we built Frosty’s baby (not pictured).
Carden is 7 weeks old and growing rapidly. We went to the doctor today and he weighed 7 lbs 12 oz. He’s growing too fast for me; I’m already missing my little 5 lb., 6 lb., and soon 7 lb. baby boy. He really is a true infant/baby now; he’s grown out of 4 of his preemie outfits, on occasions he will go 4 hours before the next feeding at night. He’s off his monitor, and the freedom to walk with him around the house is wonderful. He also is starting to want to hold his head up more and more, right now about 30 seconds at a time. His beautiful complexion has disappeared temporarily to give way for a little baby acne but we know it’s short lived. Our biggest dilemma is his diaper rash, we’ve been to the doctor 4-5 times trying different tricks, hopefully today’s visit will be the magical one.
Jayden still likes her brother and doesn’t want to give him back yet. She will jockey for attention from time to time but fairly harmless. She continues to do well with her potty training; we had a couple successes with #2 this past week, yeah! Jayden also put her coat on by herself yesterday, of course with verbal instructions by mom but otherwise I didn’t help. Jayden also got her hair cut for the first time a couple weeks ago; she did great and was not scared at all.
Jay and I are really enjoying our addition, yes it’s a lot more work for now but it’s fun to just stare and smile at what a miracle we’ve been given. Jay had to spend 2 nights in Atlanta last week on business; I managed just fine but was looking forward to him coming home. I’ve been able to bike about 2 times a week recently, which feels good to be back out there. Jay and I also managed to race a couple weeks ago, it was fun but muddy.