Mabe Babe: Kaden Three and a half

August 13th, at 3:04 p.m. Miss Kallie Ann turned one month old. It's so hard to believe how fast a month goes by until you have a newborn. In one way it seems like I just had her yesterday, in another like I haven't slept in a year! She is totally worth it though. She could not be any sweeter. We love our baby girl.

How could you not LOVE this sweet thing? So precious! And, Big Brother is mighty proud of her too! He can not get enough hugs and kisses from her. He is always asking me if he can give baby sister some lovin'. So sweet. He adores her.

Just to show how little she is...

It took a LONG time for your naval to dry up and fall off, we didn't start getting real baths until into your third week. It was worth the wait. You LOVE your bath time.

I have a picture just like this of your brother at this age.

Only he was about a week younger in this picture. Here's Kaden Angus in his bathtub Feb. 2009!

It's funny because we think they look a lot a like, but I am starting to see their own differences. The male/female, masculine/femanine differences. And, Kaden was just a fat baby (no other way to say it nicely) from day one. Kallie is leaner than he was in her arms and legs. Kaden was chunky all over.
I think it's fun to look back at their pictures at the same age and compare them to each other.

Kallie, you are so funny, you absolutely are the happiest and most content baby in the bath. You think it is wonderful and feels so good. You are so relaxed and just look around and take it all in. You love to look in the mirror. Then when we get you out of the tub, you are the complete opposite. You scream your head off everytime we get you out of the tub. You scream from the time I get you out and dry you off, through the baby lotion massage, through your diaper getting put on and your pajamas, until I pick you up and hold you. The only thing good about all this stimulation is you have started sleeping well afterwards. Just last night, you fell asleep right after your bath and sleep over three hours and it was time for you to eat when you got out of the bath. Then when you woke up three hours later, you only took half your bottle and went back to sleep. Momma's so shocked by the new, first time sleep at night time. I pray it is a new pattern. Ha! I can always HOPE.

This is a picture of you a few days ago at four weeks old. I finally put you in your little sister shirt for a picture, and Kaden in his big brother shirt for a picture with you. We may try this again soon and see if it goes better. This little sister shirt and skirt belonged to your cousin Jylien when she was a baby. Jylien gives you lots of clothes, and we are so thnakful.

And, this is Kaden Angus at the same age...

That Kaden Angus was a chunk! Wow! Hard to remember him being such a big baby in comparison to sister. Look at their faces though, so many similarities and so many differences. Love looking at these comparison pictures. And, thank goodness I have a better camera now. Wish I would have had my nice camera then too.

So hard to believe that this sweet boy turned three and a half on August 2.

Kaden, at three and a half you are wearing size 5 clothes and going into 6's quickly. You are wearing size 12 shoe and growing out of those quickly!

He is looking so grown up since Kallie arrived. Look at that RED hair ya'll! We do not go anywhere that people do not comment and love his red hair. He better get used to it, I have heard it my whole entire life every where I have been as well. I am happy my kids inherited the red hair, it is nice to be different than everyone else. Kaden is such a proud big brother, always asking to hold Sissy and always checking on her.

Big Brother and Little Sister at four weeks old.

We love these two sweet babies to the moon and back. Love my red headed babies!!!

Aren't they sweet? And, don't they look alike?

I feel so bad that I haven't posted about my sweet new nephew yet. Austin Jack was born on June 2, several weeks early. He got to spend a couple weeks in the NICU with breakecardia episodes. He finally got to come home, but had to wear an apnea monitor until just last week. He is doing great now and growing like crazy. They stopped by Sunday morning for a quick visit. I snapped a few pictures of this sweet boy and his big brother, Lewis.

Isn't he sweet? 2 months old already and 12 pounds!

Here is our ATTEMPT to get a photo of the two babies together, it didnt work, Kallie was having none of it!

These two are six weeks apart. June 2 and July 13 birthdates.

Aren't they sweet though? Tonya and I couldn't imagine what they would be like when we were pregnant together. Lots more memories to come with these two.

This picture is funny. Austin is like, "Could someone please take the crying baby off of me!"

Look at that face, Kallie, REALLY? Is it that bad?

Here's Tonya and her boy! Doesn't she look great?

Kaden and Lewis got to be silly together for a few minutes. We had taken Kaden to the circus the day before so he had a clown wig and nose! These two boys are so proud to be big brothers! What's crazy about this though, is that Lewis just turned 6, and is going into first grade, and Kaden just turned three and a half! They are the same size!

Both these boys are crazy about Batman right now.

Silly Clowns!

We have some of the best times and worst times with Kaden right now. Three and a half, or the 3's in general are very hard. Two's were a piece of cake, three has been a monster. The fit pitching, crying, whining, testing the waters to see how far he can push us, has not been fun. At the same time, his imagination is amazing. He plays so well and pretends to be something or somebody new every day. He loves Batman, Superman, Spiderman, The circus, Toy Story and all the characters of the movie, The Lone Ranger, riding his bicycle with training wheels, fishing, riding his real horse, coloring, reading books, and going to the park.

Kaden knows and has known his ABC's for a long time. Can count to 13. Knows all his colors and most all shapes. His vocabulary is amazing. He talks just like a grown person and we can have full conversations with him. He is sleeping in his own bed in his own room, finally, a HUGE accomplishment for him. We are so proud of everything you do Kaden, you are so smart for your age. You keep us laughing all the time with the things you say and do.

Back to Miss Priss and her One Month Birthday, this is my attempt at pictures once again!

She has started holding her hands together like this the last two days like she is praying, so sweet!

You can see she is grwoing and changing quickly this week. And, this is what I get QUICKLY when trying to take her picture.

It's hard to prop up a newborn!

One Month Sticker Picture Take 1-Failed, Crying!

So, some time back during my pregnancy I entered a giveaway on another blog. I won a 12 month set of watch me grow monthly stickers. These are the neatest thing! They are printed stickers that you just peel and stick to a onesie or their outfit and take their monthly picture. Obviously, easier said than done, but here are my MANY attempts at her ONE MONTH picture today.

You can get your own WATCHMEGROW Stickers right here.

These ladies have a blog right here.

I LOVE these stickers! I ordered Baby Austin a set of the monthly stickers that are monthly ties! So cute!

TAKE 2- "Oh Mommy! You want a picture of me?"