John Cade at home

John and I were discharged from the hospital on Friday May 27th. It was Memorial Day weekend so everyone was going to have a full 3 day weekend to spend with Baby John! Daddy drove us home very carefully to Oma, Opa and Uncle Rascal who were waiting oh so patiently. John was a little fussy when we put him in his car seat for the 1st time but calmed down quickly and slept the whole way home. Grandpa had the video camera ready and rolling when we pulled in to catch all the action as it unfolded, "action" should be taken lightly as John was still sleeping. We gave John the tour of his house and let him try out his cradle Opa had made for Mommy when she was born. He liked it! Grandma Gail and Grandpa Steve came over a little later when Oma and Opa went to set up the camper.

John has is now 1 day shy of being 6 weeks old and good golly has it gone by fast. John is a wonderful baby. The first couple weeks he slept all the time, loud or quiet, dark or bright, it didn't matter. Now as he's getting bigger he's eating more, staying awake longer and more frequently and still sleeping through anything if he wants to. Sleeping at night hasn't evened out yet. Most nights Mommy is able to get a 3 or 4 hour chunk of sleep, feed, then another 4 hour chunk of sleep which she is very grateful for. But as I'm writing this I have to note that not all nights are this nice, such as last night. John slept through his 1st 4th of July fireworks celebration, both the city of Windsor's and Daddy's but as soon as we put him in his cradle he was awake and wanted to eat, so at 10:15pm I fed the little man. At midnight I was finally brave enough to try putting him down again in his cradle, up until this point he wanted absolutely nothing to do with going to sleep. Then at 2:30am he decided it was time to eat again, so again I fed him and began the getting him back to sleep process. (It usually takes no more than 40 minutes any more to get him fed and back to sleep.) Only this morning, he was again no where near ready to go back to sleep, I rocked him, walked him, snuggled him, changed him, and at 5am I was finally able to get myself back to sleep. I was so excited thinking I'd be able to sleep for a while because all that fussing had to make him super tired right?! no, he was back up at 6:30am wanting more.

John has done a lot of fun things already in his short little 6 week life. Here's a quick run through then I'll be back later to fill in the details. John got to meet his Aunt Caitlyn face to face on Wednesday June 15th and continued to get spoiled by her through Monday June 20th. He was baptized at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church on Sunday June 19th. This day was extra special for us for a couple reasons, it was Daddy Brad's 1st father's day, and his Aunt Denise's birthday. We figured what a great way to celebrate family. John was babysat for the 1st time on Friday June 24th by Grandma and Grandpa Budner so Mommy and Daddy could go see Kung Fu Panda 2. Then on Saturday June 25th Mommy, Daddy and John went up to Red Feather Lakes to meet Oma and Opa. John went camping for the 1st time and he did it in style, Oma and Opa's 5th wheel. Mommy and Daddy went to a friend's wedding while John entertained Oma and Opa. Sunday July 3rd John went to his 1st birthday party, Wyatt Bisceglia's 2nd birthday and slept through the whole thing. And Sunday evening went to Cousin Breanna and Scott's 4th of July bash east of Kersey, CO still sleeping until about 7:30pm. Then on Monday July 4th he "watched" the city of Windsor's and Daddy's fireworks through his eyelids. Busy little life for a handsome little dude.