Protecting the Family

Effective 01.14.08 our blog will be protected. If you are interested in keeping up with our family blog and seeing all the cute pictures of Kevin - please leave a comment with your email address or email me at candi-s@sbcglobal.net and I will send you the invitation.

I have tons of new pictures of Kevin that I will be posting this weekend. I also have the video of Kevin's first shots from his appointment on Monday. Things are so crazy now that I'm back at work, I don't have time to post at night. Especially since I don't put him down until he goes to bed.

Back to work

I'm back at work and Ben's work is just now starting! My first few days back were good. I was glad to get back to normal but missed Kevin like crazy. Ben had his first experience with middle of the night feedings. He did great and didn't complain once! Kevin just adores Ben so I know he's having a great time staying at home with daddy. I love coming home and feeding Kevin and kissing all over him. Ben fixes a great dinner and we enjoy talking about our day. It's so great! I love my little family and am so grateful for such a great husband that takes care of me and our baby.

8 weeks old

Kevin is 8 weeks old today....so hard to believe. And to celebrate the milestone - Kevin rolled over. He was laying on his tummy in his crib and rolled over onto his back. Such a big boy! I don't think he knows what he did so it'll be interesting to see how long it takes him to do it again - but the fact that he did it made us proud.

I am wrapping up my time at home with Kevin and tonight is the last night that I get up with him for 3am feedings (at least until this weekend!) I can't believe I was home for 8 weeks. I am ready to get back into a routine and I look forward to Ben being at home with Kevin. He's going to have so much fun.

Oh...and an update on Kevin's schedule. He takes a 9:00pm bottle and sleeps until 3:00am and then wakes up again for a bottle at 7:00. He's followed this schedule for a week now so I am calling it official. He eats and naps around the same time every day. He's such a good baby.

New pics and cute video

Kevin is smiling so much now it makes taking pictures so much fun! Check out the video to see how good he's talking....

11 lbs 11 oz

Kevin weighed in today at 11 lbs 11 oz and measured 23 inches....He's getting so big! We even had to trade in his size 1 diapers for a size 2. His new thing is smiling and talking. He smiles for us all the time - espcially when he wakes up. He's so cute and so much fun. He's also sleeping for one 6 hour stretch during the night. He's eating every 4 hours the rest of the day. Is this an actual schedule we're on? If he's still doing this in a week we'll call it official.

I go back to work next Wednesday so Ben is preparing to be a stay at home dad for 3 months. He already does so much around the house - but now he's doing more with Kevin to make sure he's ready when I'm gone. He wore the infant carrier with Kevin last night and prepared dinner, vacuumed and helped me straighten up the house....it was too cute! Kevin is absolutely fasinated with Ben. They are going to be great together.

A special congrats to my friend Sarah who welcomed her new baby on Christmas Day! We can't wait to see sweet baby Olivia.

Kevin's 1st Christmas

Kevin's 1st Christmas was wonderful! We spent Christmas Eve with Ben's family (and found out that Kevin will have a new cousin next year....congrats Stephen and Amy!)

Christmas Day we went to my parents. Kevin was in such a good mood and didn't mind being passed around all day!

Here are some fun pictures of our Christmas.....

Updated Pictures...Finally!