G's rockclimbing b-day party...

We celebrated Garrett's 27th birthday with a party at an indoor rockclimbing wall. It was awesome! Here are some pictures of our fun day. Sorry, they're a little blurry! My camera had a difficult time focusing because there was both natural and artificial light in the room. Bummers... maybe time for a new camera? :)

Family picture with Daddy and his cake.

Trisha and Kyle raced up the wall. Of course, Trisha had the more difficult side and still beat Kyle!
Cade, Matt, Rylee and Lucas!
Look, no hands!
AGH, my camera took pictures with spots!
A weird hold with golfballs. Me at the top!

Back to work...

My maternity leave ended. My time home with Cade went by way too fast and it was way too short. I wish I could've spent more time home with him, but we gotta make money to feed him! I did miss my students, but it's hard to return to them when you know there's a cute, chubby-cheeked baby waiting for you at home. Garrett was able to take the week off so that I could transition back to work easier. It was a big help and a huge relief! He enjoyed being a stay-at-home-daddy! Isn't that funny!

Cade made the return a little easier too; he's now sleeping 5-5.5 hours during the night, so we just get up once to feed him.

We decided we wanted to take monthly pictures of Cade for our photo albums. Well, Kyle offered to watch Cade last weekend so Garrett and I could go grocery shopping and have some alone time. This is what I find on my camera:

SCARY, HUH!We also realized he miscalculated his months. He's old, but not that old.

The doctor recommended that Cade get at least 2 hours of tummy time and not be sitting in anything that might be putting pressure on his head. This is to prevent him from getting a flat head. So basically, she said we should be carrying him as much as we can and he shouldn't be in a bouncer, swing, or his carrier for too long everyday. Talk about getting spoiled! Well, Garrett likes to lean him up on the couch, and Cade absolutely loves it! Once in awhile, though, he does tip over sideways, but he thinks it's funny!

There are so many cool products out there for babies. This is his Bumbo (not Bimbo); it's a chair to help support babies who can hold their heads ups, but not sit up yet. I forgot we had this in the closet and didn't think Cade was big enough to use it. Well, stay-at-home-daddy, Garrett, decides to try it out when I'm at school. Another device to keep Cade from getting a flat head.

Looks like he's trying to drive! What a funny, serious face he has on! Maybe he was trying to poop...

Time flies...

Oops! I was getting really good at updating this every week, but I guess I didn't realize how quickly time has been flying! Cade is 8 weeks old and a joy; we are truly blessed with a content baby. He has his moments, but we love him no matter what.

I'm getting ready to head back to school next week. Three weeks of maternity leave wasn't enough. Luckily Garrett will be taking the week off to help me transition back to work. He'll be doing the late night feedings and poopy diapers! :)

We decided to buy a swing for Cade and he absolutely LOVES it! He even started falling asleep in it! YAH for swings!

We are trying "tummy time" on his boppy pillow and he knows how to cheat by just turning his head and resting on the pillow.

Smiles!
Garrett is a big help on the weekends; he'll watch Cade so I can get things done around the house. I found them taking a nap together this past weekend.

Smiles!

Cade is a very "textbook" baby. He is almost 7 weeks and just started smiling in response to us! YAH! It's hilarious! Next goal is to start sleeping through the night!
He smiles the most when he's sitting up on the couch. I've found that our camera is too slow to take his smiles!
Mr. Sporty is still going through sibling jealousy (hmm...sounds like someone else!) Found him lying on Cade's surfboard with his head on the pillow.

We had our annual Labor Day weekend picnic at a beach in Seattle.
As always, we enjoyed each other's company and LOTS of food. Despite it still being summer, we were all bundled up and had a bonfire going!
The boys played football. All the girls laughed because we knew we would hear their complaints the next day of how sore they were.
I have no idea what they were doing! Then they started dancing!