Happy Due Date Cade!

Today is Cade's official due date!!! Instead of just being born he is almost a month old!!! Kirty is thanking her lucky stars that she still isn't pregnant right now and that we get to spend our days with our wonderful little man!

We made it four whole weeks!!!

Cade is offically four weeks old, yesterday!!! My how time flies! At nearly a month old, Cade has totally mastered sleeping all day and partying all night! He spends his awake time doing all sorts of things, like holding his head up, trying to "stand up", spitting up, and smiling.

Here is a sweet photo of Nick and Cade doing some work... Cade appears to be slightly distracted by something!

Nick got a video camera for his birthday, so we will hopefully be posting some videos on here soon!

Aside from Cade turing four weeks old, Nick celebrated his 27th birthday (Happy Birthday Biz) and we celebrated four years together!!! What a month!

Cade is a week old... and he is FREE AT LAST!

Well, after what felt like a lifetime, baby Cade is finally free from his phototherapy prison!!! His jaundice has finally passed, so now we get to hold him and love on him all day long. What a great way to spend his one week old birthday!

Besides eating, he spends his days... sleeping. Here is the photo evidence:

Baby Cade arrives...

Well, just like he had been through the entire pregnancy, Cade is all about doing things on his own terms. Like when we wanted to get a sneak peak of him during a 3-D ultrasound...he covered his face and turned around. No such luck. The birth was no different. He decided to arrive four weeks and two days early so that we could meet him. We were totally unprepared... but couldn't be more excited!!!

The labor was fast and furious. We went to the hospital, not sure if Kirty was in labor or not, next thing you know, her water breaks and they are rushing us to a delivery room. Luckily, we had to hold off labor for a short bit while they administered antibiotics, so that our family could be there for his arrival.

He is absolutely perfect in every way... all 7 lbs. 4 oz., 21 inches of him. From the way he "boxes", to his strength, the way he grins...everything he does is amazing. We are totally mesmerized.

He has had a bit of a tough go in these first few days... he is jaundiced and now has to spend all of his time on a light therapy bed. We are hoping this will pass quickly, as you can imagine how hard it is to not hold him and love on him all day long!!!

Thank you so very much to everyone who came to meet him, who came to stay and help us with all of our needs, and to everyone who has given us their congratulations and well wishes.

We love you all! More photos and posts to come... hopefully!