Holiday Events

Ok, so sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been kind of caught up in the holiday season and then got busy packing for my San Antonio trip.

Anyway, Christmas Eve and Day were excellent. Eve night we spent at Jimmie's father's house. Kaden received the most gifts out of anyone including Jimmie's brothers. Lots of toys and clothes. I do have pictures, but I'll have to post them later because I don't have the USB cable for the camera with me. Christmas Day we went with Jimmie's mother and adopted father to his sister's house. Kind of small gathering, but very relaxed and enjoyable.

Yesterday I flew out of Grand Rapids to San Antonio to spend a week with my mother and other family members to have a late Christmas together. I'll be here for a week (Jan 3) and I'm looking foward to the great times that are ahead. Saturday, we have planned an "open house" to friends and family who have not been able to my mom's house and of course to see me and Kaden. towards the end of that event, my step dad, his two kids, and my sister get to attend the Alamo Bowl which features the Texas Longhorns against the Iowa Hawkeyes. My mom and I were suppose to go as well but then realized that the party extended past the beginning of the game. So, unfortunately, we have to luck out.

There are some more fun times that we are go to have but I don't want to spoil the good reading for those days, so I'm going to end now.

Happy reading!

Baby Feedings

Last night was the first time for me to introduce solid foods to Kaden. What an adventure! The faces, the messyness of it all. It was great. He's growing up so fast *tear, sniff, sniff* Well it was interesting to see him eat it. Not a whole a lot but at least he tried it. Hopefully he'll get used to and eventually enjoy these new tastes.

Baby Sickness Continued

Well, it seems that Kaden has a bit of pneumonia. We went back to the doctor yesterday, because his cough has gotten progressively worse. It's like he's gasping for air and almost choking on the cough itself. The porr thing. But, we were able to get him some medicine that I'm suppose to give 4 mL of every 8 hours for 10 days. I just hope it works and that this whole thing goes away soon, so that I can actually get some undisturb sleep.

Sad News and Pictures

Ealier this evening as we were getting ready to go to the store for our family photos done, we received a call from Jimmie's dad telling us that Jimmie's grandfather had had a heart attack. At first we didn't know how serious it was or what exactly had happened. While we were driving to the store, Jimmie tried calling his mother to see if there was any new development. There was. The bad kind. Jimmie's grandfather had past before they were able to get him out of the driveway of his house. Unfortunately we were unable to go down there to him (hour and a half drive) not only because of the distance, but also because of the road conditions: very slippery and snowy. Anyway, please pray for Jimmie's family especially his mom and grandmother.

First Winter's Snow

This morning we woke up to a beautiful winter day. Snow was and still is everywhere. During the night there was freezing rain that turned into snow. It's so pretty. I love the way snow turns everything outside beautiful.

I also took a few other really cute pictures of Kaden to show everyone how much he's grown just in the last month and a half.

Needing to Catch some Z's

With Kaden's cough, it has been a pretty bad last couple of nights. Monday night, neither Jimmie or I was able to get much sleep, because Kaden would wake up crying and we didn't know why. We tried just giving him his pacifier, but that didn't seem to work, and since we were so annoyed with constant crying, it seemed that there was nothing else to do. At around 2am Jimmie graciously volunteered to take Kaden downstairs to see if the swing would help, since I had been getting up farely frequently to calm him down. This gave me chance to sleep a little because usually Jimmie is able to sleep through most of the crying. But he knew that I was getting frustrated and deprived of sleep. However, what he tried to do didn't work either. So around 4am Kaden finally went back to sleep in his room, and we were able to get only a few more hours in. Luckily last night wasn't as bad. I was only waken up by the sound of his horrendous cough that sounded like he was choking. I just hope tonight will be better, and that this cold will be over soon, because I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. (And to you mothers who have been throught it all, I know what your thinking. That this isn't nothing, and wait till the real stuff comes when he's older) :)

Baby Sickness

Today I had to take Kaden to the doctor because he has been coughing pretty badly for the past few days now. Well, come to find out it is an Upper Respitory Infection (common cold) that is usually common for babies at his age. So now I have to just keep an eye on it and give him some cough medicine every two hours. I hope that it goes away soon, because almost every time he does cough, it sounds like he's choking and gasping for air, and of course that scares me to death. Anyway, now I nee to figure out what to do for Jimmie birthday which is on Wednesday.

Happy Thanksgiving

Today was a nice fall day in Michigan, unlike last year or the year before with snow and 11 degrees. No today was a nice 55 degrees and sunny. A perfect fall day. At noon we went to Grandma Fitz's house for the meal. Jimmie had two full plates of everything on the table: turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes, green beans, fruit salad, seven layer salad, candied yams, rolls, cranberry sauce, gravy. And of course afterward was nap time while the women cleaned up, the men talking about work and sports, and the children playing outside. All in all it was a wonderful day to spend with family.

I heard a greeting from a card for thanksgiving that I would like to share with all of you, because we miss everyone so much.
"It is hard to count all of your blessings when they are not present." I guess it is just my way of saying I wish could have been able to see a lot of people that we care about and miss.

Moving, Immunizations and Other Pains

On November 2, Jimmie, Kaden, and I were able to move into our new Michigan home. A duplex home, one story three bedroom, one bath with a basement, all appliances, and a garage. We were unable to bring furniture for the new home except for Kaden room. But with a little help from Jimmie's father, whom he is working for, we were able to start setting up a home for ourselves.


Earlier this past week, Kaden and I went to the doctor for his 3 month check up. While we were there, he also received his first shots. The poor little thing was so upset and hurt afterward that he slept for a good portion of the rest of the day. We also think that he might be starting to teeth a bit, since last night he woke up crying in pain. Plus, he's beginning to drool excessively and gumming just about anything that's put to his month. Kaden is also rolling over from his back to stomach, but then gets stuck on there because he hasn't quite figured out how to roll over to his back again. He has been doing very well at holding his head up, too.