Trying to be productive

Well, I thought I would try to be productive today (instead of just playing with Cayden all day) and it hasn't gone as well as I had planned! I needed to make some phone calls mainly and get some appointments set up but even doing that has proven to be quite a task. I called the first place and the lady didn't answer so I left a message for her to call me back. Then I got online to make an appointment with MTSU Health Services to get my TB Skin test done again for clinicals, it has to be done each year for nursing students. Well apparently there is a 20$ charge per visit for students not enrolled during the summer which I think is crazy! For the skin test you have to go at least 4 times. Therefore I decided to call the Health Department to see if they would do it well that was harder than I thought. I called and the lady put me on hold to go see if they would do it then she comes back a few minutes later and had forgotten about me cause she asked what I needed again so I told her. Then she hung up on me!! I've called back twice and been put on hold for 10 minutes at a time! I don't have time for that! In other words I haven't gotten as much done as I wanted too but I have gotten some laundry done and things picked up so that is a plus!!

Proud Parents!

Like I said before we went to McKenzie for a short weekend so that I could go with Amy and them to shop for a wedding dress! That was one exhausting day mainly because of all the driving. Amy did however narrow it down to two beautiful dresses and whichever one she chooses will be amazing!! Sadly that will probably be our last trip to McKenzie for a while. :(

Cayden didn't sleep so well at my parents house, I don't think he likes the pack n play they have. It's a smaller one and he doesn't have much room to move. We got worried because he had been sleeping so well we were afraid that was going to mess him up. Although he redeemed himself because Sunday night he slept from 10:30 till 9:30!! I think his ears are clearing up and that was the reason for him not sleeping well because he has been sleeping great this past week minus Friday and Saturday night.

Also, a big milestone has been reached Cayden started taking steps on Saturday!!! Each day he takes more and more and just since Saturday he's gone from 1 or 2 steps to walking longer distances each day! He still prefers crawling to get where he wants faster but when it comes to going from one piece of furniture to the other or to a toy he has started walking to it! I still can't believe 9 months has gone by and now I can't believe our baby is walking!! We are so proud of him! On another note, one of Cayden's molars is trying to come in. Its not poking through the gums yet but you can see the white spot and feel that it is swollen. That will make 9 teeth and usually the molars don't start coming in until a year old but I think his will be here sooner than that at least one of them will anyways! At our 9 month check up the doctor said that he may start having to go to the dentist at about 16 months old instead of waiting until he is 2 or after and I can believe it because he has a mouth full! I think it's great how even getting teeth can make a parent feel so proud of their child!

Busy Week

Sorry its been a week since I last posted but it's been very busy this week. As I said Cayden went to my parents house this past weekend because me and Allen had some plans and of course they wanted to see him. We met my parents on Sunday afternoon to get Cayden back and funny story Allen had to chase Cayden's balloon my grandmother got him across the parking lot because it got loose from the car, that was a funny sight! Since we've had Cayden back he didn't sleep well at all Sunday or Monday night which isn't unusual because since he got an ear infection about a month ago he hasn't been sleeping very well. We were very happy that he had his 9 month check up on Tuesday so that we could make sure he wasn't sick again. On a good note he weighed 24 lbs 8 oz and is still in the 90-95 percentile for weight but no worries he's not overweight. :) She said he's growing great! On a bad note though he has fluid in his ears again (which he could have not ever gotten better from a month ago we don't know for sure) so that accounts for him not sleeping good. She put him on another antibiotic and told us to give him Children's Benadryl 30 minutes before bedtime. We saw a major improvement the very first night he slept from 9:15-5:30 which is great considering we were getting up several times during the night before because he would just wake up screaming. He slept from 9:15-4:30 last night which we are very happy about! Hopefully this medicine will clear up his ears and he will continue to get better!

Also this week I cooked chicken cassarole one night this week and I saved some noodles and chicken out for Cayden to try and he ate them up! He's starting to like more table foods than baby foods now which means I'm going to have to start cooking a whole lot more! I can't believe that in less than 3 months he will be a year old, the doctor said that she wants him on table foods by a year old anyways so him not eating as much baby food is alright.

As you can see I didn't get any pictures up I haven't had time, but hopefully I will get it done soon! We're going to McKenzie this weekend cause I'm going with my mom, Amy, her mom, sister, and grandmother to Arkansas to wedding dress shop for Amy!! So exciting and I can't wait till their wedding although it isn't until May! Anyways hopefully I'll get some pictures up soon and hopefully it won't take me another week to post again.

9 Months Old

Cayden is 9 months old today! He is growing up way TOO fast I cannot believe 9 months has already gone by. I got him all packed up last night and this morning got everything in the car and went to meet my dad. My grandmother had brought him a big balloon to play with on the way to McKenzie and he loved it! Hopefully he will be good for them on the way home. I got back to the apartment and I already miss him so much, it's way too quiet around here without him. :( I know he will have fun though and he'll be back in a couple of days, plus he is in good hands. :) I think he is trying to cut his 1 year molars but hopefully he will sleep well for them. They usually have trouble getting him down the first night then he's usually fine. (He's kind of attached to his mommy at nighttime) Although, he doesn't liked to be rocked at night anymore he just wants to be laid in his crib and he goes right to sleep. It's kinda sad cause I miss rocking him but he sometimes still lets me and he still likes to be rocked during the day for naps. Ohh how fast they grow up!

I'm hoping to get some pictures up here soon I just haven't had much time lately but hopefully I can get to it this weekend!

So many things, So little time

I have SO many things that I need to get done but it seems like there is never enough time! I have to finish unpacking from this past weekend, wash all of Cayden's clothes, and repack him by tomorrow night. I also need to get some things mailed out, wash our laundry, (Cayden's comes first though lol) clean the apartment, and make some phone calls. The cleaning can wait until Friday so I don't have a little boy coming behind me messing everything back up. Everything else needs to get done though!! Funny story, Cayden took my cell phone off the couch today without me knowing it and apparently decided to hide it from me because I looked for it for a while then I realized that maybe Cayden took it and started looking in places that he would probably carry it off too and I found it in like 2 minutes. Haha Gotta love babies :) Anyways, I did accomplish the one thing I needed to do today which was go to Wal-mart, but I couldn't find everything on my list there and I forgot one thing so I must go to Kroger tomorrow. Along with that I have to get Cayden packed back up because my dad is going to be in Nashville on Thursday so he is going to pick up Cayden and my grandmother from Knoxville that afternoon for the weekend. I'm going to miss him SO much but me and Allen have some plans for this weekend and need our us time which is always good for everyone. Plus mom and dad love having Cayden to spoil!

Also, I got my clinical group assignment for this fall and I am so glad I get to stay in Murfreesboro and don't have to drive to Hermitage or Hendersonville, especially since we have to be there at 6:45 in the morning!

Hopefully more interesting posts to come! :)

Intro

So I've never written a blog before but I love reading other peoples blogs so I thought I'd give it a try. I think it's a good way to keep up with what is going on with others so I'm going to try and keep it updated.

Now for a little intro, Cayden will be 9 months old in 5 days and I can't believe it. He is growing up way TOO fast! He is learning new things every day and I love just watching him, it amazes me how smart he is. We have to put him in day care in August and its going to be SO hard because he has been home with me since he was born. He's had babysitters before but never for all day long, although its probably going to be harder on me than it will be on him. I know it will be good for him though and he'll probably love it.

We'll see how well I do at this blog thing but hopefully everyone will enjoy it! :)