Kashton's First Camping Trip

When Kash was almost two weeks old we took him on his first camping trip. We went with Grandma and Grandpa Gillette, and Nick and Laura to 1000 Springs Resort in Hagerman. The weather was beautiful and we hooked up the campers so the babe could stay cool in the a/c. Kiley brought the fishing boat and took Nick and Laura to Blue Heart while the kiddos were napping. We had a lot of fun but brought ticks home with us! I found two on me at two in the morning, Kiley found one on him, and Kohl had 5 pulled off of her. Gross!

Big sister kisses

Loves to play in the dirt

Wanted to hold Aunt Laura's hand the whole time

Daily Life

Here is a little bit of our day to day lives lately.

We get lots of visitors

Kaisley loves her Aunt Monica

sweet boy

Kaisley loves her brother

...because everything is funner in a laundry basket

Sometimes we get lucky and Dad can do some work from home.

loves the water

first time seeing the sprinklers this year

yeah... that's my cell phone next to my son. So little

She likes to read and take her blanket so snuggle outside.

such a good big sister

We don't tell her to kiss him, she just loves to do it!

small smile

being a helper

Kashton at One Week Old

                Kashton is such a sweet baby. He rarely cries and if he does it is only for a second. He loves to cuddle and sleep. 8 times out of 10 if you are changing his diaper, the second (literally within 30 seconds) you get him fully dressed he will either poo or leak pee up his back. He only leaks pee out of his diaper but this has made us have to put a diaper on his back at night until he grows into his diapers a little better. He is a good eater and is awesome at burping. He is such a sleepy boy that it is sometimes hard to keep him awake. A suggestion for keeping him awake was to touch the soles of his feet with ice cubes, this doesn't bother him much at all. He doesn't even mind getting smothered with love from his big sister!

 

Good to be Home

                Life at home as a family of four has been great! Kaisley is adjusting well to life with a new sibling. I think that it helped that she has been around our friend's baby Lauren a lot as well as the fact that Kashton doesn't cry often and sleeps a lot. She wants to hold and kiss him a lot. In two weeks there has only been one time that she has been jealous and it was when Kiley went back to work and she had only had an hour nap instead of her usual 2 1/2 to 3. Kais has also been sucking her thumb a lot more than normal. It has actually started to crack and bleed. We tried putting bandages on it but she manages to get them off. The pediatrician suggested the bitter tasting stuff to put on her nail, which works during the day, but she still sucks it at night. We wish we would've stopped the thumb sucking sooner, especially now that she has a new brother we don't want to take away her "security blanket."

 

He is wearing newborn clothes and is still so tiny in them

Cousin Lexi

Grandma and Lexi

Kisses

"nose"

"eyes"

Uncle Jason

Kage and Uncle Jason

Doesn't he look so tiny next to these two?

Kaisley with a bandage on her thumb.

Kashton Burrito

little feet

Nursery

"To go to sleep I count antlers, not sheep"