Baby clothes rant!

What's up with the snaps? I don't mind them on his normal clothes--but pajamas should make it really easy to change a diaper. It's hard to be stealth during the night when you have 8 snaps to open and then close again. Who thought of this? Maybe I should start designing baby clothes. I think I'd be pretty good at it! Cadiem is a bit too long for his 0-3 month PJs, so we tried some from our "next size up" pile :) And they zip! Brilliant! Except--it zips all the way to his neck... Why couldn't they do a logical mix of snaps and zips? Snap at the top, zip at the bottom. Why is that so hard? The sleep dresses aren't too bad, but you have to watch for the poo-plosion. I think they drag the diaper down or something... I'm sending a letter to Carter's!
On another note... Cadiem's hair is coming in--his old man head is disappearing :) But he has a bald stripe on one side of his head--I'm not sure how that happened! He doesn't sleep on the same side all the time--and most of the time is on his back... Hmmm...

Poor Ari Lynn...

Ari has gone from curious about Cadiem, to forlorn-depressed-dog... This has taken the form of spiteful peeing. Her favorite spot is right outside the door to the baby's room. Several times after once again getting Cadiem to sleep, I've emerged triumphant, only to step in pee. Evil little dog! When Jeff catches her, he yells at her in jiberish--in a really deep voice. It sounds like the Swedish chef from the muppets, but angry. Haha. It scares the crap out of her! She's also been following me everywhere I go. I'm trying to pay more attention to her--so hopefully she'll stop soon :)
I booked our plane tickets to AZ today--yay! I'm so excited to go home :)

9 WEEKS!

I can't believe it's been over two months! I've been able to get out more, which has been awesome. Jeff and I both went to the "Fork & Cork" wine festival here in the burg along with several friends. ERIC! Where are the pics!?
As you can see, Cadiem was chillin' in his cool new Maclaren carrier... That is, until he peed on it! Hahaha. At one point we took him back to the car to change his diaper--and not even a minute after we had him changed and back in the carrier--he somehow managed to pee all over the carrier and Jeff. But luckily we had the stroller with us :) There were several wineries I hadn't seen before, always nice to try new ones. We only got to a few, we had to leave pretty early since Jeff had to work--but it was nice to see everyone :)
Cadiem and I also went over to Nickie & Gene's later to hang out with everyone.
My class is finished on Friday--yay! And I think I'm probably going to take one or two classes over summer... Bleh! But, gotta keep going! We have to leave Blacksburg someday! Haha.
On top of that, it's going to be a busy summer! We're planning several trips to take Cadiem to meet the rest of the family. Arizona will be the first stop... And then two trips to Florida to see Jeff's mom and sister--and then Bri & Nate. Plus a little mini-trip to Roanoke for Nickie & Gene's wedding :) Which I still want all the details for Nickie! Wino!! haha.

MOO!! (8 Weeks)

Moo moo moo. I am a cow!! I want my old clothes to fit damnit!! UGH! I weigh less than I did before--what gives?? Jeff got me a few new things from the Greenhouse though--that are really cute. I think he's trying to convert me to Volcom and Billabong clothes. Hahaha. I have my check up on Tuesday--meh. Cadiem has his appointment soon too, I think he's definitely gotten longer. His jammies with the feet are getting tight :)
Our D.C. trip this past weekend went well. It took us 6.5 hours to get there (usually 4), but that's life with an 8 week old! Next time we're bringing bottles so we can feed him while driving. Mini-Jeff was excited to meet his other new brother (his mom just had a baby too-Ian). We didn't get to do much while we were there--but at least we got to go out there. :)
Cadiem is loving his baby gym. He smiles at the giant smiley sun/flower thing at the top with his little head wobbling from side to side... he loves it!
Saturday I'm hoping the three of us will make it out to the Blacksburg "Fork and Cork". A wine festival in our new shopping center--kinda weird! Then we can try out our new baby carrier, hopefully he'll like it better than the bag style carrier.
Jeff got my car inspected (it passed!) and had the red bumper put on, it looks like a different car! And, we now have more space in our tiny dining room. It's the little things, right?! Haha.
Am I boring anyone? I'm sure boring myself! ugh!

Doritos are a vegetable...

Everyday as I'm feeding the baby and taking care of chores, etc... I constantly have blog titles running through my head: "There's a fountain in the baby's tub! Oh Wait...", "Zoo creatures strike back", "Let freedom ring", "Sexy? Nate??", CSI has gone astray", "pumpin' for freedom"... But I can barely post once a week.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand... We've gone through a lot of Doritos lately, which I had previously sworn off. But they're made out of corn... Which technically makes them a vegetable... Yes? No? Or are they just in their own group... JUNK. Hmmm... I also bought hotdogs and macaroni salad last week. There is something seriously wrong with me.
Cadiem will be 7 weeks old on Wednesday, he's so old! Haha. He's making new noises, and I think he's really close to laughing :) Our schedule/routine is going well, we're starting to tweak it a little. We've started doing a bottle feed for his "sneak attack" feeding (dream feed). That way he doesn't wake up since it takes less effort than breastfeeding and we know he's getting enough food to make it through several hours... And we all get more sleep! YAY!!
Last week Jeff forced me out of the house since I had/have the fever... Of the cabin variety... haha. Nickie and I went to Poor Billy's and had a yumalicious dinner. I got to eat seared tuna for the first time in almost a year! That's so weird! We also indulged in a little vino as well--guilt free with the on-hand bottles--woohoo!
Saturday we got to "stop in"at Eric & Nichole's BBQ. They had a fantastic spread of food--as usual :) And lots of games set up in their backyard that unfortunately we didn't get to play--maybe next time! It took us FOREVER to get out of the house--but I'm sure we'll get better at that. Cadiem was also getting pretty fussy after about an hour of being there... Also, I'm sure it's weird for all of our friends to hear a baby screaming at a party! Haha. But I'm sure some of them will join the fun soon enough :)

Friends, STAT!!

Five weeks with Cade, five weeks without friends :( But freedom is on the way! We just started Cadiem on a schedule--which is make life much easier and more predictable. Before, his feeding times were anywhere between 45 min and 2 hours apart. But now we have a routine, thanks to the "Baby Whisperer" book (i'm not joking! haha) and his eating start times are now 3 hours apart. Yay!! And the other night I had 5 hours of continuous sleep!! I haven't had more than 2 at a time since he was born! It was freakin' awesome! Of course, he did wake up during the night while I was sleeping, but Jeff took care of him :)
Also, we're trying to find the time to figure out the breast pump and bottles--and then Jeff will be taking over his latest feeding at 4am (ew!) plus when I want to be out of the house for more than two hours. Yay!!! I'm pretty excited. Not that I want to be away from the baby, but it would be nice to escape the zoo once in awhile! Yesterday I did go get our groceries... Ah, Walmart. Yes Ian, I deigned to shop at Walmart. Don't give me any crap! It's cheap--and Kroger is like 10 miles long now. If you forget to grab a few things you have to walk the length of five football fields to go back and get it! And that's if you can find it! Nickie--have you boycotted yet? Join my wagon! Haha.
Bri and Nate were here this past weekend to see the emperor, I think they were pretty excited to be back in the 'Burg. Too bad we had to stay in so much! We did try venturing out for a walk during one of the emperor's crying fits... At least he slept for part of it! We also did some beer tasting at Vintage Cellar on our way to Target--but then had to run through the store, while throwing things in the cart because the baby was screaming... Oops! Hopefully they'll be back soon and we'll get to venture out more :)

Cadiem is 1 month old!

I'm dedicating my favorite of Jeff's baby songs to baby Cade... The poo anthem...

Get the poo out the butt
poop poop!
YEAH!
Get the poo out the butt
poop poop!
YEAH!

Haha. The baby really likes music--it actually soothes him sometimes when he's crying. One day I tried putting on some Wilco while rocking and singing to him... Baby likes it! So far, he seems to like the "Being There" album and of course "Sky Blue Sky". Jeff likes to rock out with him to Pandora--gotta start him early! :)
He's definitely starting to be interested in toys--my mom got him a "Whoozit" toy--in the pic above. He really seems to like the check patterns and bulls eye on the back.
Bri and Nate are coming to visit this Friday--yay! Bri has some ideas for cute baby pics--so hopefully get some good ones :)