5 weeks old

Kameron is five weeks old today. He weighs roughly 9 lbs. He has allergic colitis due to a milk allergy so I had to quit nursing and he gets soy formula now. But he is doing great and is getting big. We couldn't get along without him!

Jess and Kameron just about to take a Sunday nap.

One night Jess put a diaper on Ellie. We were all laughing but Ellie took it off immediately!

Ellie and Kameron are a lot alike, not just in looks. They both have the milk allergy, horrible reflux, and they were both great babies. No offense Kaden but I spent too many nights walking the floor with you screaming in my face!

Kameron always makes this confused face and with his lips like an "O". It makes me laugh. Super cute.

When he was born Jess and I were both confident he would have green eyes like Kaden and Jess. Now I see we were wrong. They are definitely going to be brown.

Kameron's first Sunday at church was this week. It makes me nervous to take him there with all those germs, but Jess kept him and high priests don't care too much about babies! :)

I had to pack away all his newborn clothes this week which was kind of sad. Kaden already has anxiety about him not staying little. That's ok he'll always be the baby... until number 4 comes along!

My Little Fisherman

Kaden and Jess went ice fishing with some friends a couple weekends ago. Kaden surprised them all by catching a fish within about one minute of putting his hook in the water.

I wasn't there but I am told that Kaden stayed by his hole the entire time and wasn't interested in playing with the other kids. The next weekend Jess took Kaden out again down by Malad and they caught about 5 more fish. Kaden's all about hunting and fishing these days. It's funbecause it is great boy-time for him and Jess. Mom's not much of a fisherman or hunter! :)

Jess taught Kaden a rhyme and for the next week Kaden would walk around the house saying, "Fishy, fishy in the brooke, won't you bite my little hook!"

Ellie just played with the other girls the whole time. Not much patience for fishing. Kaden and Jess ate the fish that night. Kaden LOVES to eat fish but got kind of nervous when he found a bone in it. I like to eat fresh fish too, but after seeing Jess skin the fish, I was out. I guess it was a little too fresh for me.

What do you think?

Tons of people say that Kameron looks just like Ellie. Not just family who remember what Ellie looked like as a baby but other people too like their doctor, neighbors, etc. So I pulled pictures up in iPhoto of Ellie when she was weeks old like Kameron. I was shocked. They really do look A LOT alike. What do you think...

Adjusting

I've always heard the third child is the killer. We love our baby Kameron but he does require some adjusting.

Kaden got booted to the back seat in the car. He gets car sick pretty easy so we'll see how that goes. Poor Ellie has lost her favorite coloring pal because I'm always feeding the baby. Jess has yet to catch up from his "time-off" when Kameron was born. I use the term time-off lightly... really he was still on-call and stayed up until 2 every night answering emails, trying to keep his head above water. My house is trashed, the laundry is not done and dinner has been leftovers every night this week. But we love our baby boy. He's so good to me at night. He goes back to sleep after eating only cries when you wipe his bum with a cold wipe.

He had his two-week appt today and now weighs 7 lbs 9 oz. They also did his circumcision today. They used to do it in the hospital but changed the policy. It's been a sad day- if he's awake he's crying, which is not like him at all.

Here's how bedtime goes at our house. Instead of our normal family time when mom brushes teeth and dad plays with the kids, they get to watch a movie.

Life will return to normal soon! It's all worth it because we have the sweetest little angel in our home!

Kameron Neil Wakley

Kameron Neil Wakley was born January 28th at 7:18 am, weighed 7lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 in. long. We are so excited he is finally here. He is the sweetest little thing and we all are quite attached to him already. Things went well during the C-section. Kameron had some troubles breathing at first so he spent about a half hour in the NICU but we were blessed with a perfectly healthy little boy.

I was too excited the night before so I only got three hours of sleep. One of the disadvantages of knowing when you are going to go have a baby!

Kaden was 9 lbs and 22 inches long when he was born... needless to say he never wore newborn clothes. I guess I was kind of expecting the same thing with Kameron but by the time we left the hospital he was only 6 lbs 11 oz. I put this 0-3 mos outfit on him and it was HUGE. The picture doesn't show it very well but his legs are only half way down the outfit. We had to make a trip to get some clothes for the poor guy.

Here are my boys. What a good looking crew! You won't find pics of Ellie with the baby. Until today she pretty much ignored his existence. She never said anything bad about him... she never said anything about him at all really. Today though she saw that he can actually open his eyes and so she started to pay a little attention to him. At least she doesn't hate him! Kaden is quite the opposite. He loves the baby and always wants to hold him. He makes sure he knows where he is and always tells me that he loves our baby. Kameron has the best big brother!

Kameron is the best baby. He sleeps a lot and only cries when he gets his diaper changed. He HATES to be cold. We need to invest in a diaper warmer. He does pretty good at night, I really can't complain. My mom has been here this week which is a life-saver. She pretty much takes care of the older kids and I take the baby. Thanks again, mom! You're the best!

Jess is also a super help. This week at work has been pretty much the worst week to have a baby but he helps out so much and stays up until 2am to get his work done. He always gets up and changes the baby's diaper at night so I don't have to kneel down on the floor. He always takes Kameron so I can have a nap even though he has tons of work to do. He takes such good care of us. I love him to death! He's all mine!

Here's the little guy with his eyes open. He was my most active baby by far when he was in my belly but now he just sleeps all day. I'm sure his energy will come back.

I love that all of his socks are knee-highs. He's so little. At his 5 day appt he had gained .9 oz. They rounded up to 1 oz for us. What a cutie.

A lot of people say he looks like Kaden with Ellie's complexion. I think he's a good mix of both, what do you think?

Like I said before, Kameron HATES to be cold. His umbilical cord fell off today so he got to have a bath and boy did it make him mad. It was about 90 seconds long but even that was too long for him. We love our little Kameron and are so excited he is here and healthy.

Gotta love those kids

With the arrival of our new one coming up, you could say I've been a little distracted and stressed on occasion. I want everything to be ready and perfectly clean before our little guy gets here. Unfortunately, some days that means Kaden and Ellie get the brunt of my emotions, less than healthy meals and extra cartoon-watching while mom takes a rest. They are super cheerful kids though and have been super nice to their fat-n-lazy mom. For example, the other day I was battling with the credit card company over the auto-renew Costco membership charge on my cancelled card. As usual I was stuck in one of those never-ending conversations with the automated lady who kept asking me to repeat my response. The kids were eating lunch in the other room and kept yelling at me to come help them. When I would tell them to wait, the automated-lady would think I was talking to her, of course, and would send me in a circle of options. This happened like three times so I finally went into the kitchen and less than politely told the kids to wait until I was off the phone. After I finally got my issue resolved, I went back into the kitchen and apologized for getting upset. Ellie said just as cheerful as ever, "Oh that's OK! We just "X"ed you!" Which means they draw an imaginary "X" over me. They do this to things they don't like. Made me feel a bad, which was good. My cheerful kids deserve better on many occasions. Here they are taking a bubble bath tonight instead of mom. I figured they needed the stress relief more than I did. They're the best!

Only one more day alone with these two rascals! They are so excited for the baby... hopefully it lasts! Stay tuned for a baby post in a week or so!

Jeramy, this one's for you

For years now Jess and Jeramy have had a sibling rivalry over random trinkets from their childhood which they consider to be treasures. For example, Jess was quite jealous when he heard that Jeramy was given the old elf Christmas ornaments and the pair of chili bowls with the handles missing. Jeramy claims Jess was favored because he got the Lazy Boy and the old 1989 Buick. Jess claimed revenge by stealing the Barnum and Bailey's Circus cup. (We subsequently lost said cup and it has somehow been blamed on me. Geez Jen!) We actually got rid of the car and the chair so Jess was left with nothing. But out of the kindness of his heart and an even bigger stretch of his pride, Jeramy gave Jesse a beloved chili cup for his birthday. Only because he has the other one. He actually claims he gave up Heidi's. So when we had soup the other night for dinner Jess promptly replaced the bowl I set for him with the chili cup. Soup tastes better in the cup, just like milk tasted better in the long lost Circus cup. I think the boys are crazy. Jesse's poor mother has had to quit handing down childhood treasures because she is constantly blamed for favoritism. Thanks so much for the birthday present Jer, the soup was GREAT!