Greenbluff, Grandma and Dad

The past week Cade has started to really become a little person. He is aware of what is going on around him and who is around him. It is so fun to watch him grow and change from day to day! I feel so lucky to get to stay home with him for these 4 months. I am dreading the day I have to go back to work even though it is still two months away! I am trying to take advantage of my time off and really enjoy our time together. We go for lots of walks and have lots of visitors!

If you haven't noticed, a lot of pictures are taken on his changing table. He loves it! He will be fussy and I'll put him on the table and he'll just relax and hang out. His name is on the wall and I painted the letters dark grey and he loves to look at them! I guess they're pretty funny too!!!

I love this picture. Ryan decided to have his own little photo shoot with Cade one day. He is wearing the funniest outfit that Cole's mom gave us. It has matching shorts with sharks all over them. We have started calling him "shark bait" after this outfit. I think it might stick:)

Cade loves when his Grandma comes to visit! He wasn't very happy in this picture, but he loves his Grandma very much! She has always been able to get a big smile out of him since he was 2 weeks old! Needless to say I was jealous because when he is around me he is just hungry :)

I love how his little legs dangle when he is sleeping in the baby bjorn!

Ang was the fastest green bean picker. Good job Ang!!! She does have the advantage since she worked at the Harvest House when she was in junior high.

Angeliki, Karissa and I took the kids to Greenbluff a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. We picked green beans, garlic, apples and zucchini. After trying to get pregnant for almost 2 years I am so thankful to have Cade in my life. This day in particular was so much fun to be a mom and take my son to play with Maddie and Nicholas (even if he slept the whole time)

Bath Time

Cade is starting to really like the bath and he is getting cuter and cuter so I thought I would take the opportunity to have another photo shoot. It is kind of getting out of control lately... today we're going to green bluff so I'm sure we'll have another round of pictures soon. Hopefully you aren't getting sick of him yet :)

Glamour Shots

Nothing too new to report so I'll just post a few pics. As you can see Cade has a serious head of hair and it is getting longer and longer. After his bath I usually style it up a little bit.

The "comb over"
The "Mohawk"

The "Beetle Juice"

I love this picture because it is the first time Cade really looked at Sampson. He was laying on his back and was amazed to see a big brown dog laying next to him. A lot of people told me that Sampson and I wouldn't have the same "relationship" after the baby was born. They said he would just be a dog. They were wrong. Samps is still my best friend :) In fact, we are snuggling right now!

Life is Good

Needless to say our lives have changes drastically over the past 4 weeks. Cade has been so fun to have around. We are exhausted most of the time, but loving every minute of it. He is doing great. He weighs about 9 lbs now and is quite the character. I have never heard anyone grunt so much! I have also never seen anyone spit up and sneeze at the same time :) Slowly but surely we are adjusting to life with a newborn. Our family and friends have been so supportive and helpful. I'm not sure what we would do without them!Sampson loves his little brother! They are backseat buddies.

Grandpa, Scott and Ali at Sunday dinner. Scotty is getting much better at holding a baby :)

Cade's first walk to the park. He loved it, but got a little upset when Grandma pushed him too slow.

Cade is one week old in this picture. Sampson just let him lay there while I took a picture.

Starting to get some chubby cheeks!

Nap time!

Ever tried sitting in a recliner with an infant and an 85 lb lab?

Ty and Andrea came to visit us. It was so great to see them! Ty is a great uncle and makes it over to visit whenever he can.

I know that newborns aren't always the cutest. Of course because he is my son I think he is adorable. I haven't had very many people say that Cade is cute. All they ever say is "Oh! Look at that hair!!!" After looking at this picture I can understand why :)

Cade at Maddie's birthday party. He partied a little too hard and slept most of the time.He is already practicing his tongue tricks. I think he's already better than Karissa.

As it turns out... I didn't wet my pants

Needless to say I have been hot, tired, and uncomfortable for sometime now. I have been extremely blessed to have a healthy pregnancy, but I am definitely not one of those people who love being pregnant. On Monday Ryan came home from work around 4:30 and I was reading a book in the nursery sitting in the rocking chair. He came in and said hi and started to tell me about his day. He said something that made me laugh and it made me wet my pants... or so I thought! The weird part was that I didn't laugh super hard. Somewhere in the back of my mind I had the thought that maybe I was lucky enough to have my water break. I called the hospital and they told me to come in and get checked out. Ryan and headed off to the hospital where they confirmed that my water did break. I was sooooo excited because that meant I didn't have to be pregnant anymore, not to mention get to meet my little guy soon. I couldn't wait. When we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 3 so they admitted me and then we waited to see if my body would go into labor on its own. Slowly but surely it did, but by 4:30 am I still wasn't in a very regular labor pattern so they put some pitocin in my IV. By 11:30am I was ready to push. I pushed and pushed and pushed, but by 2:30 still hadn't made any progress. The big unit was stuck! The doctor said time for the c section and off we went. It took them a good 20 minutes to get him unstuck from my pelvis. It was a little scary for a while because all I could hear was people grunting and say "wow! He's really stuck!" At 3:40 pm Caden John Pugh was born. He was 8lbs 2 oz and 20.5" He is wonderful and amazing and perfect in everyway. Ryan and I couldn't be more in love with him. After this whole experience I am so thankful for my amazing family that stuck by us through the whole pregnancy and difficult delivery. It was so nice to have so much support during one of the most difficult, yet amazing days of my life. I am also so thankful to have such a wonderful husband. Ryan was so strong for me during the whole delivery and stayed by my side supporting me the whole time. He is also such a wonderful dad. Cade is so blessed to have such a great dad who cares about him so much.