Here we go....

Caelan James

September 12, 2008

(a bit of a cutie if I may say so!!)

The Big Numbers.... on September 4th, Caelan had his 2 month doctor visit...

5 shots

23 inches

10 pounds 14.5 ounces!!

AND.... being an 11 pounder, he is out of his Newborn sized clothes and into 0-3 month sizes! I kept trying to figure out why certain clothes made him uncomfortable... ummm... too SMALL! For a long time, everything was too big. He has doubled his birth weight! We are so excited- he is reeeeallly doing well. Here is a picture of where they gave his shots...

SMILING BOY..... he started doing that a couple of weeks ago too! One day I was holding a rattle someone had given him and started getting all excited when he heard it. He was turning his head toward it and following it with his eyes- it was such an awesome moment- ahhh the big little blessings!

playing with Grandpa

He still LOVES his bath! He is all excited here.. often times he will fall asleep

(Matt's) Aunt Ann and Uncle Ted came over for an afternoon

Hanging out with Daddy

The Shelves... I have always wanted Matt to build a shelf for this room whenever we had a baby. I also always wanted to hang curtains over the closet. So as we were getting things together in the nursery (us and Matt's parents) the idea grew a bit. Instead of a standard bookshelf, why not create a full built in unit from floor to ceiling and across the top? So Matt and his Dad built the shelf unit, his Mom and I did the rest.... she sewed the curtain, and we put fabric in the back of each shelf. This turned out to be much more than I ever imagined and I LOVE it!!

The Garden... Matt and his dad planted a garden this year. It is something Matt has always wanted and so they laid it all out, tilled dirt and planted seeds. Matt's dad even ran underground hoses from the house to the garden to water it on timed sprinklers. They built a beautiful picket fence around it as well to make more aesthetically pleasing from the street/ yard. It has been awesome- we have had corn, LOTS of green beans, LOTS of peas, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, carrots and watermelon. It is amazing how much better things taste when they are fresh from a garden. Everything was so good... here is a picture of a zucchini from the garden that is bigger than Caelan!

My best friend Scott and his wife Penny sent Caelan a fire fighter Curious George!!

This is one of my favorite pictures..... I love the crown of Caelan's head; that is the very first part of him I saw when he was born, that perfect little swirl of hair. I always think about that.

Hmmmm.......

Dillon checking out a dahlia from our yard

(the flowers are bigger than CJP's head)

Ries

Sock turtle from Lee

"I Love You" stamp- we got that for him when he was in NICU- stamped it on his calendar next to his incubator..

Sooo..... much love to all ya'll!!!

Pictures

A few (ok.. several) people have asked about updated pictures..... we still have a main server problem and are juggling the locations of pictures..... all I have right now are ones from the 24th of August or older. I just tried to post a couple of them as well as a few from a disk that Matt's dad gave us of Grace and Erin's 3rd birthday. For some reason, I wasn't offered a browse option on posting them.... so I don't know what is up. The computer screen is also doing some funky stuff right now so I am guessing there might be some overall issue.... heck if I know... and I often have a difficult time getting my IT guy to slow down long enough to check certain things out. I WILL make sure I get some pictures posted this weekend.... our little Caelan is getting so big! He is sooo stinkin cute! So...... sorry for the delays... I was really thinking I was going to get this caught up tonight... I am going to cut it short... the flickering monitor screen doesn't seem like a good thing.

I Listen...

Nngzzzze...psshhh. Nnngzzze...pshhhh. Nnnnzzze....pssshhh.

Click, click, click, click, click..

Lick. Lick. Lick. Lick...

Meow?

Thump.


Matt has dozed off... not quite settled yet.
Caelan rapidly sucks his pacifier in his bassinet.
Ries is grooming herself one last time.
Bruce... calling out.. wondering where everyone is.
Dillon has jumped down from somewhere he isn't supposed to be.

I listen...

Whish.... whoosh. Whhish... whhoosh. Whhhish... whhhoosh.

Click... click....... click......sigh. hhhhhh, hhhhh, hhhhh.

Prrrr.. Prrrrr...

Prrr.... Prrr.....

Jingle... Prrrr... Prrr.


Matt's breathing has found its nighttime rhythm.

Caelan stops sucking and settles to that deep slumber.

Ries has tucked in against my hips to sleep...
Dillon piles himself on my feet...
Bruce... with his belled collar.. has found all of us and joins Dillon.

All are accounted for, all are settled in for the night.
I rest.