Happy Holidays

Before I had Cade, I couldn't wait to be a Mommy.  One thing I looked forward to most about parenting was creating special holiday memories with my babies.  Growing up, Christmas was a magical time for me and I hope to make the holidays just as special for my family.  Although Cade is a little too young to enjoy the holiday hoopla, it was so great to have him here just in time for the holidays!  Our holiday celebrating started out at Ms. Sandy's house with Christmas/Hannukah dinner - complete with potato latkes.  Yum Yum!  We had a great time with our dear friend Ali and her family despite what the look on Cade's face in the picture below may indicate.  :)  Todd's family came down on Christmas Eve.  It was nice to have family around for Cade's first Christmas.   Speaking of Christmas Eve...Cade turned one month old that day!  I always loved reading about Olivia's monthly stats on Ali's blog so I'm totally stealing that idea.  Thanks Ali! :)

Cade's One Month Stats:

• You weigh 10 lbs and 3 ounces (56th percentile).
• You are 22.5 inches long (73rd percentile).
• You wear size 1 diapers and size 3 month clothing. 
• You are still a happy baby and easy to take care of.
• You eat every three hours.
• You sleep well at night - for a one month old anyhow (about 5 hours straight through, wake up to feed, and then back down for 3 hours).
• You cry mostly when you're hungry and when you're tired.
• You still love to sleep belly down on people's chests.  You also LOVE to stretch!
• You can hold your head up, though you start bobbing after a few minutes :)
• You started smiling about a week ago and it totally melts my heart every time! 
• Morning seems to be your favorite time of day.  You smile and smile when you first wake up. 
• You have two parents that are absolutely in love with you! 

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Cade's first batch of Santa cookies.





What a ham!