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Wow, time is flying by! It's been a while since I last blogged, so let me fill you in. 2 weeks ago my mom came over for a couple days to watch Caden so that Erick and I could go to the Carrie Underwood concert (it was his bday present from me). We had a blast and she changed my thoughts on concerts. You see, a couple years ago Erick and I went to an Alan Jackson concert in Las Vegas. Mr. Jackson wasn't much of a performer, in fact he just stood there and sang. I know that country musicians aren't necessarily known for their performances, and I love Alan Jackson, but I honestly left feeling like I could have sat in the hotel and listened to his CD and felt the same. It didn't help that we payed a lot of money to sit far away. Anyways, I swore off concerts afterwards. But, my husband's love for Carrie broke that. She did a great job and we even really liked her opening act, Craig Morgan's, energy and performance as well.

That same week Caden started spacing out his feedings. Woohoo!! On Monday he was eating every 2 hours and Tuesday he decided it would be every 3 to 4 hours instead! Every once in a while he is hungry at 2 1/2, but not often. I can't tell you the difference one more hour makes! The next week he had a couple times where he went 5 hours and even once where he went 7 hours! I didn't get any sleep during that 7 hour stint though because I kept telling Erick and my mom that there was no point in me going to sleep because he was going to wake up any minute to eat.

Last week we went to Fort Walton Beach/Destin for the entire week! 8 days to be exact. That is the longest we have been over there in 5 years! It was nice, but still busy. Erick was in our friends Michael and Meghan's wedding. We have been friends with Michael for a long time. Michael, Michael's brother Justin, Erick, and I grew up in the same church in Fort Walton Beach. Michael and Erick are close in age and hung out a lot in the youth group. Justin and I are the same age and hung out at church and school. When Erick and I started dating I became good friends with Michael. Then in high school Justin started dating Jessica and through him and school she and I became best friends. Well, we eventually all became close and have been for years. Michael has now brought in Meghan and we are so glad to have her! Their wedding was beautiful and we enjoyed getting to spend time with everyone.

I am somehow almost always involved with decorating the bride and groom's car. Well, this time was no different. I think decorating their car is a must. I have been at weddings before where the wedding party wasn't prepared and had to make a quick run to the 7-11 or scrounge up some lipstick and deodorant (both can be used to write on windows =).This time Jessica and I planned in advance and were ready. All in good fun folks..

Monday Caden had his one month well visit (even though he was 6 weeks). He checked out pretty well. He is 11 pounds 1 ounce which is in the 55th percentile and 22 inches which is 50th percentile. At 4 days he was in the 65th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for length. They said that that's what they like to see, a steady growth. We talked to her about his gassiness and fussiness. Because he spits up so much she thinks he might have reflux and prescribed him some medicine. Hopefully it helps. She said he also still looks a little yellow and it could be breast feeding jaundice, so we had lab work done and it came back normal.

She said he was really strong. However, I was upset because when we told her he could roll over she blew it off and said he probably wasn't really rolling over, that that was a 4 month milestone. I thought about sending her a video of it.

We also asked her how much he should be eating because I feel like he overeats sometimes. She said 3 to 4 ounces and we laughed because he eats about 5 to 6. When I told her that I pumped about 4 ounces from one side her eyes got big and she said 'wow, you could sell that stuff on ebay!' Needless to say, we were surprised he isn't bigger. It must be all those calories he's burning lifting himself and rolling over =).

Speaking of... here is a picture of him holding his torso up. This morning was his first time doing it. He's not strong enough or steady enough to hold himself completely, but he's getting close.