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I can't believe it has already been a month since my last post. Time is flying by. I have been so busy I don't know where the month of September went. I have a lot of post and pictures I would like to add but as it is already the 2nd I have to first post about Kaleb.
He is 4 months old today.
He weighed 15 lbs. and 8 oz. at his doctor visit on Monday.
He was 25 1/2 inches long.
He is taking 6 oz. in his bottles now, about every 4 hours.
He still gets up for a bottle at night between 2:00-3:00 a.m.
He gets a little cereal twice a day.
He wears size 6-9 months but is getting too long for many of them.
He wears size 2 shoes.
He can shake his head "no".
He can roll over from his stomach to his back and also from his back to his stomach.
He really doesn't have a favorite toy right now but is starting to enjoy Mommy reading to him.
Last weekend he went for his first trip to the pumpkin patch, where the photo above was taken.
I'll have more pictures to post of all of us from there after I finish getting them edited.

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He is 3 months old now.
He had his pictures taken at Sears in St.Joseph today.
He can hold his head up.
He can roll from stomach to back now easily.
He weighs over 14 pounds now so his Dr. gave the okay to try some cereal. He doesn't seem to
like it too much though.
He takes about 4 1/2 ounces of formula every 3-4 hours.
He goes to sleep at about 10:00-10:30 p.m., gets up between 2:00-3:00 a.m. and then again between 5:00-6:00 a.m.
He favorite toy right now is a set of little soft farm animals that came with a little barn. The animals make noise. Our friends the Rowan's gave them to him.
He is drooling a lot and has lots of bubbles.(maybe some teeth are on the way.)
He is most of the time a very happy baby, constantly moving.
He wants to sit up straight, doesn't like lying back so much.
He and Daddy are great buddies.
He took many pictures today and I bought way too much. At Sears you get a CD and the copyright. This photo is only one of the many but probably my favorite. I feel the need to write across pictures or watermark them when I post them online so people won't steal them. I have heard some horror stories about that happening. If we keep it up I told Kenton our entire house will be decorated with pictures soon!



If anyone decides to go to Sears let me know, if I refer so many people I get a discount next time.

Who Does Baby Kaleb Look Like?

We have had a big discussion about how Baby Kaleb looks so much like Kenton. I have posted pictures of him taken tonight and one of Kenton and one of me at about the same age. I don't know how to get them side by side but you can definitely see the similarity between Kenton and Kaleb.

Baby Kaleb

Baby Kenton


Baby Marilyn

Baby Jessica

Baby Kyle

We think he looks most like Kenton.

I had to also post these pictures of Kaleb sitting in his Bumbo seat and playing with his rubber duck.

He is growing so fast and changing everyday!

Wish I Could Bottle It Up

I was rocking Kaleb to sleep this afternoon and was thinking how I wish we could bottle this feeling up. Holding a peaceful sleeping baby is a wonderful feeling, one that I had truly missed all of these years. Each day with Baby Kaleb is a new adventure to see what he will learn or do next.

Although we have not yet developed a good routine since I went back to work and I am lacking greatly in the sleep department I am feeling comfortable where my life is right now.

The challenges of raising children at both ends of the spectrum are great and we are finding can be stressful but in the end so worth it. This little smile reminds me that at the end of the day, all is well. I am doing my best to document it with photos and journaling. I just wish we could bottle it up!

Kaleb's Baptism

We celebrated Kaleb's Baptism last night at mass. Our special friend Fr.David was kind enough to perform the ceremony as well as say mass for us. We met Fr. David a few years ago when he was assigned for a short time to our parish. He was a great source of strength for all of us when Kyle went through his transplant. His sermons are always moving and as the day progressed yesterday, I found myself looking forward more and more to hearing him speak. Again he gave a wonderful sermon. He talked about how Kaleb is a gift to us from God. He talked about how we are all gifts from God and how we should give our gift to others. He gave some good advice to instead of asking our children what they want to be when they grow up to instead ask them what does God want you to do when you grow up? Fr. David uses examples from his own life and childhood to get his point across. The kids relate to him so well and were so happy to see him.

He is now located at the St. Thomas Moore Center working with vocations and the youth of the diocese. They couldn't have picked a better guy for the job. It was so kind of him to come down to baptize Kaleb. He made it very special for us. And he is right. We have always felt that after all that we have been through that Kaleb is our special little gift.






My parents and Kaleb.
Kenton's mom and Kaleb.



My brother, Dan and Lisa, his wife, are Kaleb's godparents.

Kaleb's First Tub Bath and "Toby"

Received this great little exert in an email from a friend:


Baby’s Choice



Did you ever think, dear Mother, as the seeds of me you sowed, As you breathed new life inside of me and slowly watched me grow, In all your dreams about me, When you planned me out so well, When you couldn't’t wait to have me there inside your heart to dwell, Did you ever think that maybe I was planning for you, too, And choosing for my very own a mother just like you? A mother who smelled sweet and who had hands so creamy white, A tender, loving creature who would soothe me in the night? Did you ever think in all those days while you were coming due, That as you planned a life for me ~ I sought a life with you? And now as I lay in your arms, I wonder if you knew While you were busy making me, I was choosing you!

Colleen M. Story -taken from “Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother’s Soul”


(Baby Kaleb's first tub bath)

Baby Kaleb continues to grow and change. We are getting to know each other better and his fussiness is getting less and less. The upper GI we had done was fine.

If things weren't busy enough for us with a new baby we added "Toby" to our family this week. He is about 8 weeks old and is a great white Pyrenees.

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He is three weeks old today.
This is his favorite place to sleep, up against mommy's chest.
He has been very fussy.
He has had mommy call the doctor several times. (good thing the doctor is so kind and knows mommy well.)
He loves music and enjoys hearing someone sing to him.
He has yet to stay slepping in his crib. He wakes up as soon as we lay him down.
He is scheduled for an upper GI tomorrow to see if his problems are due to reflux.
He has gone on several late night truck rides with mommy and daddy to help stop the crying and finds it does help.
He doesn't mind a bath so much when Kyle has just taken a shower and has the bathroom a good 80 degrees.
He now weighs 9 lbs. 1oz.
His family is absolutely in love with him and can't imagine life without him.
Mommy is cherishing every minute with him.