Cross-stitch for Cadence

YAY! I finally finished it.

Butterfly Pavilion

Last week Aunt Jess took the week off of work to spend some quality time with Keegan and Cadence and to help me get adjusted to life with two kids (THANK YOU!). On Friday, we went to the Butterfly Pavilion.

Keegan had a great time. We saw some fish.

Keegan literally just ran laps the whole time. Thankfully it wasn't crowded otherwise he would have caused a scene. It was pretty funny.

Of course we saw butterflies. Well, at least the adults did, I'm not sure if Keegan did.
(I must say I am happy with the quality of our new camera)

He was running so much, it was almost impossible to get a picture of his face.

Cadence was just along for the ride. She slept the whole time.There was a little play area where Keegan got to try out a zip line ...

... And pretend to be a spider. He is a great climber.

On the drive home I saw a bald eagle just by the side of the road on 144th. I think that is one of the cool things about living in Colorado.

More Matching PJ's

This time with his buddy Rush.

Polar Bear PJ's

First Dress

Cadence wore her first little dress today. SO cute! I have to say I LOVE PINK!!

Just a cute one with her eyes open.

New Hairdo

Keegan has been trying out new hair products ... this one is called the "Mac and cheese."

Walking on the Moon - Part 2

Matt found a trick to help Keegan calm down when he was a baby, we called it "Walking on the Moon." You can see Keegan's video by clicking HERE.

Now Matt has a little helper in his moon walks to help keep Cadence happy.

My funny boy

Keegan continually makes us laugh every day. Recently, we found a trick to help him eat his vegetables (in this video it is green beans). Obviously it only works a few times. :)

He has also been having a lot of fun with the toy rocking horse that he got for Christmas. Crack me up.

Bath time at Grandma and Grandpas house. He looks so big!!

"I love being a big brother!"

We're Home!!

Well, we are home and now a family of four!! It's hard to believe that our little Cadence Christine is finally here. We are all doing great, but we all have some adjusting to do.

Here is our journey over the last four days.

The last belly shot.

Cadence's birth story is a little more exciting than expected (just a little). I made it to the day of my scheduled c-section, but I actually went into labor about 3am. I woke up with what I thought were contractions and I just laid there for about an hour timing them and trying to figure out what to do, I didn't even wake Matt (and he's still a little mad about that). The contractions were about 5 minutes apart and had I not been scheduled to go in that morning I would have called the doctor and probably had to go in, but since we were going to the hospital in a few short hours I decided to just go on with my morning and shower. By the time I was out of the shower Matt was already waking up to his alarm and my folks were on their way over to watch Keegan. We left about 10 min early to head to my scheduled c-section.
The nurses were only a little shocked that I hadn't called and told them that I was in labor. The funny thing is, is that I was a little bummed going to bed the night before because I wanted to feel labor a little bit. Be careful what you wish for, right?! Since I was actually in labor I had the option to go for a VBAC. I was only dilated to 3cm when I got there, and at this point there was only an hour to c-section time. I talked to the doctor and we decided that with my history and the approximate large size of the baby, we both felt that a VBAC would not be successful. So I went ahead with the c-section and everything went great.

Cadence Christine Porter was born at 8:21am on December 30th, 2009. She weighted 7lbs 9 oz (smaller than we thought), was 19 3/4 inches long and had a 13 3/4 inch head. She is absloutley perfect in every way.

Keegan was very happy to see me, and we spent some good time cuddling together.

My little model.

We were in the hospital for New Years, so she got dressed up for the occasion.

Rocking the hearing test. I was actually thinking about trying to avoid the pacifier altogether, but she LOVES to suck. She was actually sucking the doctors finger as she was pulled out of me!

First family photo.

Keegan absloutley ADORES Cadence, and would hold her and kiss her all the time, if we let him.

Her favorite place to sleep. In fact, she hates to be put down (I think we are in trouble).My baldies :)

We are so happy to be home and can't wait to introduce her to everybody!!