Caden's First Week

Nolan and Branson take their roles as big brothers very seriously and it's absolutely heart melting. They always want to be near Caden and often ask to feed him, help make his bottles, give him his binky, etc. It's so nice to have helpers this time around! Sometimes it's takes more work to let them help haha, but especially with binkies it's great. I can ask from the other room for one of them to give C his binky and they do it (sometimes without even being asked!) it's great.

Some other cute/silly things Nolan has been saying:
"I can't believe that just on Thursday I kissed baby in mom's tummy and now I get to hold him!"
"Why is mom's tummy still big even though baby is out?" 😆

Nolan was so excited to show me what he made with the letter magnets ♥

Branson has been SO adorable with Caden. He sat like this on the couch for probably 20 min (which is an eternity for a barely 3 year old!). He'd show Caden his Star Wars guys and make sure he knew who they were and every once in a while he'd pat Caden's head and say, "Don't worry baby, it's just me your big brother Branson." 💗

Aunt Susie, my hero. She was so awesome and came a few times and played with the boys, took them to the park, got them lunch, etc. so that I could take care of Caden or just rest. It was so wonderful. I've never really asked for help like that and I felt a little funny doing it, but she was so insistent and I'm so glad because it helped more than she'll know. And the boys have a cute relationship with her now too. Nolan keeps asking when Aunt Susie is going to come over again to do puzzles. BTW, she did this puzzle with Nolan probably 10 times because he would time himself to see how fast they could do it.

I cannot resist baby feet!

My world right here. Nolan has been asking me to put Caden in bed under the covers so he can lie next to him ♥

So Caden is NOT a fan of baths. He screamed the entire time! He also does not like getting his bum changed (probably because he doesn't like being exposed/cold) and I'm pretty sure has peed on me more times than the other boys combined.

The second you get him in a towel though or zip up those pajamas he's perfectly content again.

No lie, the first week this was how Caden and I slept. We'd be exhausted after middle of the night feedings and he'd be a little fussy (he's never cried terribly hard, but still, we're tired) so I'd put him in the crook of my arm and he'd almost immediately stop fussing and go to sleep. You gotta do what you gotta do I guess haha.

We had so many wonderful people check in on us and give us meals. The Mitchells, Evensens, Osbornes, Nichols, and here are my amazing best friends, Lis and Sara!

The sweetest big brothers.

This was Branson's handiwork. We've had to have several conversations about not putting things on baby's face or really just don't give the baby anything haha.

Tummy time with Branson!