Lazy.....

I have been doing a horrible job of keeping up on this. Maybe it's the fact that my little cutie still gets up about 3 times a night and thinks its the morning at 5:30. Aside from that I really can't complain. Although I tupe much faster with 2 hands as opposed to 1.

Being the crazy person that I am, I decided to use cloth diapers and no, these aren't the cloth diapers of years past. Now they have snaps and look like regular diapers. For the past 2 weeks we have been using them. I waited until he was out of the newborns, but we had enough from gifts that people had gotten us. I have been very happy with them. We had more accidents in disposables than we have in cloth. I have to do 1 load of laundry every other day, but that's not a big deal. I feel they are much healthier for his skin than disposables. There is a store in town (thanks to Meryl) I was able to go to and can get plent of advice and information.

Don't I look handsome in my shades. These actually belonged to kane's Aunt Megan, who would be 23 today. On a positive note, my cousin Angela just had a baby girl. 8lbs 11oz. She finally got her little girl who will have 3 older brothers to protect her. Poor thing. I feel sorry for anyone who tries to date her.

Am I bigger?

After 6 weeks, have I gotten any bigger? Look at my crazy cousin! We got to visit her last weekend at Grandma and Grandpas.

Saline & Suckers

So we've been living in our love shack now for a little over 2 weeks. For those of you that were unaware, we sold our house back in February and finally closed on April 17 (thank God for getting a 2 week extension) otherwise we would have had to move with a 2 week old, instead of a 3 week old. We moved the weekend of Easter, and could not have asked for better weather. Dad, Mom, and baby are adjusting to "city living." On my part, it is very tempting to go out and get decaf coffee (don't want Kane bouncing off the walls yet) everyday, but I've been trying to limit myself to once or twice a week. But I do think I deserve a special treat when I go grocery shopping (Kroger has a Starbucks!). Other than that, we have been doing good.

The past couple of days, Kane has been having a really stuffy nose. As I've read, newborns are notoriously susceptible to this, and the solution is saline and sucking. Well, let the child abuse begin. I cannot say that Kane has been very fond of the saline spray or the nose sucker. Maybe I still need to refine my technique, but I feel so bad for him. As I have also read newborns don't breath through their mouths until about 4 - 6 months, so I have to listen to his stuffy little nose and feel horrible becuase I cannot get anything out with the sucker. So unfortunately I will continue to abuse my child and hopefully perfect my skill of nose sucking. Now the snot has started to drain down his throat, cause him to choke, gag, cough, and spit up more so than usual. I just wish I could make it stop. For those of you that have yet to experience this joy, you are in for a treat. And for everyone else, I have added one more patch to my parenting belt.

P.S. I promise I will post more pictures ASAP. You can check out his newborn pics on K Design Photography Password = aupperle

Non family related item

Please excuse this. This has nothing to do with the blog, I just needed to post it on the internet for my colleagues that have macs

I am awake!

I just wanted to show everyone that Kane does have eyes and is awake for some part of the day.

Look at me.

We had special visitors on Sunday. Holly and Jamie (the hitchhiker, Holly told me she piked up a hitchhiker on the way down) came to visit from Chicago


Great Grandma and Grandpa Tavener babysat during Choir practice at church



Look at all my hair!

Chillin' with Dad on the couch.

I look so cute in my swing. Can't really say I enjoy swinging, but I don't mind sitting in it.

2 week Check-up

Weight: 7lbs 7oz. He's put on quite a bit of weight. The doctor was a little worried with our first visit b/c my milk hadn't come in yet and Kane dropped down to 6lbs. 6oz. so we went back in two days and he was back up to 7lbs even. A week later I had put on 7 oz.
Height: 20.5"
What Kane enjoys doing: eating, sleeping, and farting! Kane is the gassiest baby, which is quite funny and somewhat entertaining, unless it's 2am and know I have to change his diaper. Other than that we have a happy, healthy baby.