The Last 4 Weeks

We thought that we would start a blog to keep everyone updated on Kaden's progress and milestones and recent photos of him. He is doing great. He has recently started recognizing toys around him and likes to watch them. This is a picture of the first time he noticed there was something above him when he was in his swing.

When he is playing on his gym on the floor, he has figured out that if he moves his arm he can make the toys move. The other day we turned him and he kept trying to move his right arm (the one that usually makes the toys move) and obviously had no success since he should have been moving the left arm! It was quite cute!

Kaden met his Grandpa Bruce last weekend.

Before going to bed Kaden loves to read books. He is enjoying "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" with his mom. You will notice that Kaden has a pacifier...we really didn't want him to be a thumb-sucker so we gave him a pacifier. However, we have realized that Kaden is a very particular boy, and it took three different pacifier-styles before we found one to his liking!

This is a picture of Kaden peacefully sleeping in his crib. He will sleep in his crib for about 20 minutes to an hour, then wake up and realize no one is holding him! During the night he gets up about every 2 hours...because of this, Kaden and his mom have gotten very good at taking naps during the day!

This is a very good picture of Kaden during his awake time when he's alert. He's wearing a shirt for his Great Grandpa Talbot that recently turned 90 years old. We think he is starting to smile when he's happy, however, it could still just be gas-smiles and we're being hopeful!!

Kaden being smiley (or gassy...see comment from above!)

One of the times Kaden was asleep I decided to "pose" him for a picture! I often see professional photographs like the one below and wanted to get one of him like this.

Kaden's Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Roger came to visit and help out during Kaden's first week at home.