Look What I Made!!!

I have absolutely no excuse. I mean, except for moving into our new home (by myself and 9 months pregnant), finally welcoming my husband back home, giving birth to a beautiful little boy, and recreating our own definition of what we call our family… yeah… except that stuff, I have absolutely no excuse for taking so long to blog. In fact, you’d think that with so much going on, I’d have oodles of stuff to say! I bet all of you thought I had quit blogging for good. Well, I’m back and ready to catch up. Without further ado, let me introduce you to our new little one:

Caden James Reed

Born: July 22, 2008
7lbs, 12oz
19"

I make some pretty cute babies, huh? For those of you wondering, Cade was in the NICU after he was born. He had some breathing difficulty, but got to come home with us at the normal time. He's totally fine now. It’s been an incredible experience this time around. It’s so fun to watch and see how similar Cade is to Noah, and so TOTALLY different all at the same time. Lots of people tell us that they look a lot alike, but Cade definitely has more Ivey in him. Plus, I’m sure you can’t really tell, but Mr. Kermy (that’s his nickname since when you hold him up, he curls his legs up like a little frog) is working on growing a beautiful head of red hair. (He gets that from his Great Grandma Ivey). He also completely escaped the curse that is Noah’s hair. (Noah has what we call “The Perfect Storm” occurring on his poor little head. I’m not kidding people… all of the cowlicks look like a bunch of converging hurricanes.) Cade has the most bubbly personality and is ready with a laugh and a smile at any given moment. We fortunately also escaped that terrible colic that Noah was plagued with so badly. It’s a rare moment to see Mr. Kermy really upset. And he’s only 3 months old but definitely knows his big brother and loves him to death. Noah, in turn, is a great big brother and (knock on wood) hasn’t had even 1 jealous outburst. I love that they are already getting to be the best of friends, but I fear that Mommy is in for a real ride once they get older. We’ve got some real double trouble coming our way, I think.

Noah just woke up from his nap. That's my cue to wrap things up. Oh, and by the way, do you know where the word "cowlick" came from? Yeah, some guy thought it up because if you've got a cowlick, it looks like some cow came up and licked your head, leaving the hair going in every direction. How funny is that? I think cowlick is my new favorite word...