Little Belly Button!

On Saturday morning Caiden's umbilical cord fell off!! It's still a little goopy, but soon we can give him a real bath!! I hope he'll love it!

Baby Face

Caiden has been hit with baby acne :(

He had a few pimples sprout over the past few days, but when we got up this morning it was full blown. In fact, it was so bad I thought it might be a rash, especially since there are clusters on his eyelids and all around his eyes. We even went into the doctors office to check... but no, it's just acne! Usually it peaks at 4 weeks, so it's pretty early to be seeing this level of acne. Doctor said to expect it to get worse before it gets better. Hopefully it will clear up in a few weeks. Sad to see his sweet little face all red!

Baby Smiles

Caiden has been doing lots of involuntary smiling. I have been trying to capture it on camera, but it's hard- usually the smiles are so fleeting they are gone before I can grab the camera! Here is the best I could get. Unfortunately the flash ruined the best photo!

2 weeks!

Caiden turned 2 weeks old on Wednesday!! The time is really flying by.

We're still working on sleep. This little guy is usually wide wide awake in the middle of the night when these parents want to be sleeping! Hopefully he'll catch on soon! Lucky for me though, Nana Nan likes to come over and babysit while I take naps! Thanks Nana!

We're working on tummy time too! More often than not that just means more snoozing time for Caiden though!

Looking like Mom?

Here is a baby photo of me... I think in person Caiden does look a little like I did. It doesn't come across well in photos of him though

Family Portrait

Grandpa Hank took this family portrait last Thursday

Little Chunk

After a rocky start to breastfeeding, this little chunk has definitely caught up- and then some! At his 2 week appointment yesterday he weighed in a 9lbs 1oz. That's one pound heavier than his appointment 7 days ago! Yikes! To be fair, right after he was weighed he let loose and peed all over the scale and surrounding countertop. When I took him off the scale, 2oz remained on the scale. I think it's fair to say he gained less than a pound. But still, he is a little chunker! Nana Nan came with me to the appointment, and we ran into a friend of hers who was there with his wife and new baby, who was only 3 days younger than Caiden. Their baby was 6lbs at birth, and let me tell you- there was quite a size difference! Caiden looked like the incredible hulk next to that little guy.

Now that we're getting the feeding down, we're working on the sleep. Caiden is consistently wide awake from 11pm to 3am. The doctor, and pretty much everything I've read, says that at this point all we can do is keep things loud and bright during the day and keep things dark and quiet at night. Hopefully he starts to sleep better at night!