3 months

The past month has been so busy! We look forward to the fall every year, but forget how busy it always is. I've been back at work for almost a month now. It's been crazy, but good. Every day is a whirl wind and before I know it, it's time to go pick up Caden again! I still have not managed to get everything done during the day, so I have to take work home with me a lot more now. Hopefully I'll get back in the groove soon. Pumping at work just adds a whole new element of managing my time! 


This month has been full of medical issues... 


Caden got a harness last month to correct his hip dysplasia. After one month of wearing it, we are all sick of it (especially Caden). But he is a trooper and doesn't complain too much once it is on. The doctor says hopefully just one more month and then we can scale back to only wearing it at night and during naps. The harness holds his legs at a 90 degree angle, forcing the top of the femur bone to shape and mold the hip socket correctly. He is one strong little man and already broke the harness once! He straightens his legs as much as he can in them and ripped the seam off one side. He was so happy to get to go to church harness free last week! Grandma fixed it for us until we went back to the doctor to get a new one. 

He has also battled eczema really bad this month. CiCi called and got us in to see the dermatologist. We've been twice and have 4 medicines going on right now to control it - but I think we're making progress! It was terrible for awhile. 

This month he has really found his voice. He talks all the time. Still likes the words "ah-gee" and "ah-goo" the most and he loves it when I say it back to him. Wonder what those words mean? Hope he hasn't tricked me into saying some bad words in baby language... He has started to grab onto and bat around at his toys. When he gets upset, white noise will usually still calm him down. I wonder how much longer that will work? We never leave home without our phones and the white noise app! 


Still spitting up from time to time, but it does seem to be improving a little bit. I'm starting to predict from his burps and facial expressions when it's about to happen, so I was able to grab this deposit before it hit Mandy's lap last week at life group. 

If that doesn't earn me a ticket in the mom's club, I don't know what else will. That's gotta beat holding a toddler's sticky sucker or something. Do you see how proud he looks? He already knows he's got me doing all the dirty work for him. Sigh... I love it anyways :)