West Florida gets a "W"

Well, the West Florida Jags finally pulled out a win...a big win. 35-0. This is the school's first win in 4 years and only shut out in its history. The school hasn't been around that long, but still. My dad and Kevin moved over to the school last year. Before they came, they had only scored like 6 points in two years or something like that..don't take my word on the stats. Anyway, last year they contested several teams, but they never won. They scored high points in several games though so the improvement made us all feel it was coming. Well, Friday night, it came. The fans went crazy. My dad and hubby were so excited which can only make me happy. It was an answered prayer. I know you shouldn't pray for a win, but it was wearing on all of them. God hears even those prayers we think might be insignificant to him. Go Jags! Here are some pics.

Are you ready for some football? Well, we thought we were, but it's looking bleak so far. Good thing the kid is the cutest..

Sleep

Wow, I got a lot of good advice after my last blog. However, I think I didn't write what I meant to say. You see, Kade was going to sleep beautifully up until about a week ago. We had used the crying out method. He did great. However, about a week ago, he started waking up frequently. I was hoping he wasn't reverting back to his old ways, and I just didn't want to have to go through the crying it out thing again. I started questioning that method for us and everything. Well, it turns out...Baby Kade has croup virus? Basically, it is cold-like symptoms but luckily no fever with him. He has wanted to be held almost all night, mainly because he doesn't feel good. Which, makes me feel bad that I was trying to let him cry himself to sleep again and didn't realize my baby boy was sick. Poor thang! Anyway, he hasn't had to miss daycare since he hasn't had a fever. The doc told him to go back to school and "give it back to the daycare" since that's probably what gave it to him. Gotta love him. Well, just wanted to brief you on everything. It is good to know that people actually read my blog. Have I mentioned how much I love my kid! I think he's the only baby that enjoys me sucking snot out of his nose. He finds it humorous.

Update

For some reason, when I upload pictures, it doesn't show the pic until I post it, so I can't really add any captions. Kade is getting so big and has a phenomenal little personality. I fall in love more and more every minute, as if that is possible. He is sitting up for as long as he wants to really. He started daycare and loves it. He has 3 teachers. One of which is legally blind. She is truly amazing. Mrs. Leah calls Kade "her baby" and he loves her! She goes to get her seeing eye dog in September, so he will miss her. I love Kade's daycare. Of course, they all know me since I frequently visit.
Football season has started, so we don't get to see Kevin nearly as much. Kade went from staying with him daily to seeing him right before he goes to bed. So sad. What must he be thinking?
We finally had Kade just putting himself to sleep when we laid him in the crib. He was doing so well for a while, but he is starting to revert or something is bothering him the past couple of nights. It could be that daycare is spoiling him since they rock him to sleep. Isn't that what they made rockers for anyway? We let him cry it out for about a week, and I just don't think I can go through that again. I have mixed feelings about it anyway. Such as, how do we know when he really needs us? What if he is not feeling well and just wants mommy to hold him? What if he is in a growth spurt? It can't be good for his vocal chords or heart rate? Why would I want my baby to feel sick and exhausted just so I can get out of a few minutes of rocking that beauty to sleep. I mean, these are just a few of my thoughts. I think it's just different for everyone. I did read on Kellymom.com (the best website) that babies do learn to put themself to sleep. It went on to question why we would let a baby cry themself to exhaustion and "give up" that mom will come get them. Sometimes, that can lead to withdrawal, etc...I mean, is there ever just one answer. No.
I will just pray daily that I am raising my child the way the Lord desires. If it's his will, it's best for my boy.
With that said, at Kade's 6 month check up in mid-August, he was 17 lbs and almost 27inches. He laughs, reaches, sits up, rolls over and over and over, and many more amazing things. He has started solids. He gets rice cereal, sweet potatoes (not sure how he feels about them though), and has just started whole grain oatmeal. He loved it. We are taking it slow with the solids. Well, that's enough for now. You probably stopped reading a while ago anyway.

Waiting on the storm to pass...playing catch up with photos

First Day at Daycare & Shots...Come on, Mom!

Well, Kade started daycare today and I had to pick him up early for his 6 month check up. Poor planning on my part. He has now forgiven me and is sleeping soundly in the cribster. Here's a few shots of his first day. He is wearing his "Noah's Ark" outfit, and that is the name of his daycare. He's a keeper.

Aunt Kelli Makes a Visit!