Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone. Hope that you all had a good one.

Action!

Cade has been busy today. Here's a couple of videos to show you his progress. He's also started laughing and I need to get a good video of that. When he laughs, it causes him to hiccup. :) Poor baby. He hates the hiccups. He laughs at the bottle of antibacterial gel on his changing table. He must think that it's really cool with the bubbles inside. Another thing that he loves to smile at is a wood carving from Thailand that is hanging on the wall. Maybe, he'll be an artist. Other good news today: We went to get a head ultrasound (notice his spiky hair from the ultrasound gel) and followup with neuro and his ventricles have remained stable with the new shunt setting. Also, his head shape is improving which confirmed what the PT told me a couple of weeks ago. All the tummy time and trying to get him to look left has paid off. We don't have to go back for another 3 months.

Phillip's Baptism

Phillip was baptized on Saturday October 25th in Lake City. Jill grew up there and her parents still live in Lake City. Her sister was in town to have her little girl baptized too. Sean and I share the duty of godparents with Jill's sister and brother-in-law. Phil, grandma and grandpa came to our house on Friday afternoon so we got a chance to visit before we all travelled to Lake City on Saturday afternoon. We attended the 5:00 mass which was Cade's first church experience. Then the baptism was right after the ceremony. Both boys slept through most of the service so both were a little crabby by the time the baptism was taking place. We all made it through though. Afterwards, we went to the local golf course for dinner. Then, Sean, Cade and I went to Treasure Island with Phil, grandma and grandpa to spend the night. It was nice to not have to drive all the way home and gave us some more time to visit.

6 month stats

Cade had his 6 month check up today and here are the stats:
Weight: 13 lbs 2 oz (1st percentile for 6 months, yey! we are on the charts; 50th percentile for 3 months adjusted; 75th percentile on the preemie chart)
Length: 23 3/4" (not on the 6 month chart, 50th percentile for 3 months adjusted; 75th percentile on the preemie chart)
Head circumference: 15 3/4" (not on the 6 month chart, 25th percentile for 3 months adjusted, 50th percentile on the preemie chart)

He also got his immunizations and a flu shot. I think that they made him tired because he's been sleeping most of the night. The doctor and I also talked about changing his formula. I decided not to fight it so we will be changing within the next week when we run out of Neosure. Also, if the formula change goes OK we will be starting solids after that.

6 months

It's been almost 2 weeks since I've written but we've been busy around the Bober house. Last Saturday, Cade turned 6 months and his auntie Marcy turned 30. A bunch of us went out to Buca in downtown Minneapolis and Grandma Linda babysat. We all had a good time. My mom was in town for our annual trip to Albertville while my dad goes pheasant hunting. So, both grandma and grandpa were here on Thursday and then grandpa went hunting and the girls went shopping. Sean took the day off and we (my mom, sister, aunt and 2 cousins) were gone from 9 am to 10 pm. Sean and Cade survived the day with no problems. I think Sean enjoyed his day home with his son.


Here's Cade's new walking outfit. It's a hand-me-down hot dog costume from Sean's friend Holly. Her son Leo wore it last Halloween. It's nice and warm and we get a good laugh every time he wears it.
I have wanted this t-shirt for Cade for a long time but I couldn't justify the $16 is cost at Gap. So, when Amy, Evan, Cade and I were at MOA a week and a half ago the shirt was on clearance for $4 and I snatched it up. It's the perfect description of my baby :) We had a great time at MOA. Cade stayed up the whole time and was happy to look at all the lights and action.

Cade loves his Daddy and his Daddy loves him.
"I decided that I didn't have any "naked" pictures of Cade so I decided to take a few. He is such a cutie. You can see his scar on his belly from his shunt surgery and his cute round belly button from being a preemie.

On October 11, we went to Molly and Matt's house in Shakopee to have dinner with them, their 2 girls, Carolyn and Allison and Holly, Roger and their kids Laila and Leo. I know Molly from Seagate and Sean grew up with Holly in Chisholm. Then, Molly and Holly met because they live in the same neighborhood. So, the 6 of us make a good mix. The girls loved "baby Cade" and Cade was flirting with them too. The night was alot of fun and was constant action and noise. Sean and I were exhausted by the end.