Caden Wants to Spend Time with Daddy

I got home late tonight because I played basketball after work. After getting home, I helped with dinner (mostly I helped with eating part) and then I held/fed Caroline. I had said hi to Caden but hadn't seen him much. Well, Caden started acting very poorly for Amy as she was holding him. He was whining, wouldn't eat, and kept looking at me. Amy thought he wanted to see his Daddy and decided to switch kids with me. Immediately, Caden started smiling, laughing, and was in a great mood. He even chugged his bottle for me in no time. I thought it was very sweet how my little man just wanted to spend time with his Daddy.
Just so we are clear...by no means does this mean Caden wanted to get away from Mommy. She is definitely his favorite person. It is just he spent all day with her and had not yet seen me.

Caden's First Ear Infection

Amy and I knew Caden and Caroline have not felt great the last few days. They have both been congested and would wake up in the middle of the night because of it. Caroline has stayed about the same but Caden has gotten a little worse. Today, Amy decided to take Caden to the doctor. (I'm so thankful we have good health insurance.)

After the doctor scraped all the wax out of Caden's ears, she saw our little guy had an ear infection. She decided to check Caroline's ears and thankfully they were fine. The doctor prescribed some medicine for Caden that should take care of his ears. Also, both kids have minor eye infections. We have a goopy gel to put on their eyes to help clear them up.

Both kids were weighed at the doctor visit. Caroline weighed in at 14 lbs 12 ounces (wearing a very heavy/wet diaper) which was up from 13 lbs 6 ounces a month ago. Caden weighed in 13 lbs 7 ounces (with a dry diaper) which was up from 12 lbs 11 ounces. Caden had been catching up but it looks like Caroline is starting to pull away again.

Despite having an ear infection, Caden was a delight tonight. He jumped in his jumperoo for a good 45 minutes while we made and ate dinner. I should have videoed our sick child having all that fun. With the whining coming from Caroline, you would have thought she was the sick one.

Look How Much We've Grown (Part 2)

As I promised, here are some pictures of the kids sitting in their car seats back when they were born and now. I remember how tiny they both were in the hospital. We actually needed to use multiple blankets to boost them up just so they could be strapped in. Doesn't Caden look like a little peanut on his "before"?

Snow in Austin

I've seem more snow in Texas this year than I can remember. We had a white Christmas in Dallas and now snow in Austin. We didn't get twelve inches like Dallas did a couple weeks ago but we did get two inches where we live. That's enough to actually stick. I saw tons of dirty little snowmen with grass poking out of the snow balls.

Here is the view from our front porch.
Here is our house. If we had more grass and less driveway, it might have looked a little more impressive. :)
Here is our little waterfall in our backyard.
Amy and I talked about taking the kids out into the snow and getting some pictures but the kids decided they would rather take naps (and mommy and daddy decided we would rather let them take naps). Maybe we'll get pictures next time we get a snow like this. My guess is they will be 9 years old and it will be January 2019.

Better Night at the Cases

Caden did great last night. He slept all night and was in a good mood. Caroline got up a little early but not really a big deal. Oh, Caroline did spit up all over me again this morning. I sure hope she is not getting back to that habit...though she does seem to think its funny when she spits up.

Rough Night at the Case House

Caden had a tough night last night. It was by far the worst night he has had in a long time. He woke up several times screaming and would not calm down. Normally, plugging his mouth with a pacifier or holding him calms him down immediately. Neither of these worked last night. We are not sure if he is feeling sick or what but he sure did limit our sleep last night...especially mommy's who spent a lot of the time just holding him. (Both daddy and Caden are appreciative of mommy for this.)

After our rough night, I decided to help Amy out a little by feeding Caroline before heading into work. As I was feeding her, I was telling her how proud I was of her for sleeping through the night and not making our night any more difficult. As those words came out, Caroline had a case of projectile vomit and soaked me. Thankfully, I was not yet dressed for work. Caroline rarely does this anymore so it was definitely a special moment for the two of us.

Hopefully, tonight (and tomorrow morning) will be better. :)

Goodbye Old Header Image...

You served us well but I think it is time for the twins need to make an appearance.



I'm still working on creating a new image but I wanted to save the old one so Amy and I could remember it. :)