Smiles!

Cavin has been smiling for a while now, but at some point this past week he realized what he was actually doing! This morning he was hanging out in his highchair while I ate breakfast. When I was finished I picked him up and started talking to him as usual. However today, I received a big grin and some cooing. It absolutely melted my heart. I'll try to get a picture of his cute smile to post in the days to come...

5 Weeks!!

Stats:

Length: 21 and 3/4 inches! He's grown 1/2 an inch!

Weight: 9 pounds 4 ounces! Still no chub though....

Cavin is definitely filling out as he's putting on the weight. He can no longer fit into most NB clothes except for short outfits because they are too short! So he can finally wear all of his cute 0-3 month clothes! I keep waiting for a roll or two to form somewhere on his body, but no such luck. He's still skinny and long!

Over the past week he has discovered his tongue and voice! Both are super cute.

4 Weeks!

Sorry I didn't get this updated yesterday, but I haven't been feeling well. Today isn't much better, but since Matt is home I am able to just lay in bed and do as I please. I am so thankful to Matt for this! I am not sure what is wrong with me, but my whole body just aches. The only thing we can think of is all of the activity is finally catching up with my weak and exhausted body. Even though Cavin typically does great at night, he is still up every 3-4 hours to eat which keeps me awake for 30-45 minutes. I am hoping after a hot shower and bath that I will fill up to attending the drive in movie night at the church tonight!

Anyways, yesterday our little munchkin turned 4 weeks old! We can't believe it has already been 4 weeks! We are still in awe of God's grace--that we have this perfect little baby, who is ours, for always, to love and take care of. We continue to praise God for our little miracle baby!

Here are Cavin's 4 week stats:

Length: 21 and 1/4 inches (No change from 3 weeks!)

Weight: 8 pounds and 10 ounces! Thats right, in the past week our little pig has put on close to a pound!

We're celebrating by moving up to number 1 diapers!! Lol.

Hopefully soon I will be feeling better and I'll post some new pics of Cavin.

Road Trip to OKC

We left Wednesday night at 10:30 for Cavin's first road trip. Destination: Yukon, Oklahoma which is a suburb of Oklahoma City. Although it only took a little over 7 hours of driving time our total trip time with feedings was 11 hours! It was a long night!

We went for three reasons.

A good friend of mine, who was actually a bridesmaid in our wedding, was getting married. It was so good to see her and some other girlfriends from college! At the same time, it was a bummer some of our other good friends weren't able to make it.

Secondly, Cavin finally got to meet his Uncle Mitch!

And, Cavin got to meet Janette, the mother of Matt's good friend Cavin who was killed in a car accident 11 years go. This is who we named our Cavin after. In our conversation it came up how most people are confused with the name Cavin and are unsure how to pronounce it. Janette said she finally started telling people its pronounced like Kevin only with a thick Oklahoman accent! Loved it!

Highlights from the trip:

-Cavin did great on the road...he ate and slept the entire way there and back!

-Cavin got to see his Grandpa Richards one more time before he flew back to Alaska.

-We got to see and Cavin was able to meet for the first time, the Palacios family. They live two
houses down from where Matt grew up and are good family friends. Plus, their son Roger was died in the same car accident as Cavin. So it was meaningful for them to meet our Cavin as well.

-Mommy got to visit The North Pole City. Its my favorite Christmas store! I got 4 new ornaments for our tree!

-We were all able to spend time with Matt's family who lives in the OKC area.

-We got to eat at Johnny Carino's! They have a spicy bacon pasta that I love. I have tried to duplicate it at home, but haven't quite mastered it yet.

-Lots of time with Matt. I hate road trips, I'd much rather fly, but I love the conversation and worship time with Matt.

A Belated 3 Week Update!

So last Thursday Cavin turned 3 weeks old! Can't believe it! He got to meet his new pediatrian on Wednedsay. We had to switch because the first pediatrician didn't think there was anything wrong with Cavin projectile vomiting and spitting up a ton, sometimes up to 8 times after feedings. The new pediatrician diagnosed Cavin with reflux and sent us to get an ultrasound done to make sure he didn't have pyloric stenosis: a disorder in which the muscle in the lower part of the stomach, called the pylorus, builds up and blocks the flow of food into the small intestine. Thankfully that is NOT the case, Cavin just has really bad gastric reflux.

Anyways, here are his three week stats!

Length: 21 and 1/4 inches! He's already grown an inch!

Weight: 7 pounds 11 ounces. We're working on gaining more...but its hard when he spits up most of what he eats!

Two Weeks!

Today is Cavin's 2 week birthday! He had his two week appointment with his pediatrician and here are his new stats!

Weight: 7 pounds and 7.5 ounces

Length: 21 inches

He's a growing boy! Both Matt and I laughed when we saw the percentiles he's in, 17th for weight and 63rd for length! He's definitely a long and skinny baby!