Granky's 100th Birthday and Caden's Blessing

Headed down to Las Vegas for Granky's 100th birthday! Our first trip as a family of 5!

With Nolan in the back now it's harder to get snacks or whatever back there to him (and he's not the best catch yet haha) so we tried out this ingenious idea from my friend Myranda. Game Changer!

The big party was scheduled for the day after his birthday, but we wanted to do something to celebrate his actual big day. Thai food at Granky's house it is!

 

GG Hunt lovin' on her newest great-grandbabies.

 

GG and Aunt Susie

Sweet moment between Nolan and Granky

Oh Branson. This kid. He was wrestling with Logan and they fell over, Branson's nose and mouth going straight into Granky's glass coffee table. Luckily I was right there and quickly cupped my hand under his mouth to catch the blood. So much blood. I thought for sure he'd broken his nose or a tooth went through his lip or something. Thank heavens it wasn't though. We got the bleeding to stop and everything seemed to be fine. Poor Nolan freaked out when he saw the blood and was so upset!

 Great Uncle Andy, aka "the baby whisperer"

Gm Mathews with 6 of her 7 grandsons ♡

Two of my favorite guys. I saw them sitting together chatting and it reminded me of a photo I've seen of them sitting and chatting at my parents wedding reception 37 years ago!

The big friends and family party

Gm and Gp Bailey were so awesome and drove down for the party (and Caden's blessing).

Gm Hunt and Grace Stewart.

Logan and Branson - "Best fwends"

Us and Alan's family hung out at my parents house on Saturday and then we had a little family party that night. 

Granky and Nicole

Alan's family

GG and Gpa Hunt showing the newest member of the family some love ♡

Granky sharing some thoughts and his testimony. It was a really special time to be together.

The Mike and Dana Mathews grandkids. Cute bunch!!

Sunday morning we gave Caden a name and a blessing. Justin did a wonderful job and blessed Caden to develop a testimony of the Savior, to understand the gospel and the role of the Savior in his life, to seek a testimony and share it, to be a light to those around him, to have the courage to follow the commandments, to be strong in his convictions, to watch the example of his brothers, to find refuge in the scriptures and seek answers there, and to be grateful for his heritage, especially his great-grandfather for whom he is named. 

I'll never forget that after the blessing Granky stood up to bear his testimony. He was in the row in front of me and I loved how he stood up with such strength despite his age. He bore a wonderful testimony and ended it by saying with a smile, "and besides, one of my great-grandsons got my name today! So that's pretty neat." I sure love him.

A common sight in the Hunt family - checking out guns.

Granky feeding Caden.

 

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!