Caden's First Full Day at Home

Caden had a busy first day at home. After a fairly successful night of feeding about every two hours or so, he took a couple good naps throughout the day and even got his first bath at home. Tomorrow marks a trip to the doctor for his first checkup outside of the hospital. We are enjoying him and love to be able to watch his first days and know that it will continue for years to come. Enjoy some photos of Caden!


Aunt Marcia and Caden

Caden Michael Lefler

We'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our little miracle, Caden Michael Lefler. Caden was born on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:42 pm. He weighed in at a hefty 8 lbs, 8 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. A big boy for coming a day before his due date!

We are both just beside ourselves with joy! We are so very in love with our little man that I have no idea what we did with our lives before Tuesday!!! He's got big hands and feet but the overall consensus is that he's just a cutie.

Caden received his first bath at 2am on the 21st and has been a pretty content baby to this point. Just a little fussing here and there. He's been a really good eater feeding every three hours last night and, today, eating five times between 11am and 9pm. Caden got to meet all four of his grandparents Wednesday in the hospital and is already being spoiled. He also got to see Aunt Marcia and Uncle Casey for the first time, as well.

We got to bring our bundle of joy home this afternoon at around 3:30 pm. He fussed when he first got strapped in the car seat but seemed to like the ride home. He even withstood a stop at Walgreens for some medicine for Mommy.

We'll keep everyone updated on what's going on with Caden and all of us. Thanks to all of those who sent best wishes. We are truly blessed to have such wonderful friends and family and, now, a wonderful son to share with all of you.


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15 Days....

Here we are in the homestretch...late in the fourth quarter...in the bottom of the ninth...okay, enough with the sports analogies. We're close to adding one more to our clan. More specifically, tomorrow we'll be just 15 days away from that due date. In honor of the final 15 days, I'd like to present the top 15 things I'm looking forward to most about being a dad.

15. Watching cartoons again

14. Spending Christmas Day putting together toys while he/she plays with the box

13. Seeing all his/her "firsts". First crawl, first words, first steps, first time he/she beats Dad at golf

12. Long walks with the stroller and watching him/her take in all his/her surroundings

11. Putting him/her on my shoulders the first time I bring them to Memorial Stadium for a Husker game

10. Family vacations to Fairmont, Lucan and all over the world

9. 3am feedings (that's right, I'm can't wait)

8. Ganging up and playing jokes on Mom

7. Watching him/her play with all his/her cousins and friends

6. Each morning, getting to make him/her the most stylish kid at daycare with his/her massive wardrobe

5. Getting to answer the 1000s of questions he/she has for us. The tough one's and the easy one's too

4. Playing catch in the back yard

3. Teaching him/her the difference between right and wrong and how to be respectful of others

2. Getting to know our child's personality no matter how happy, sad, angry or cranky he/she might be

1. The first time I get to hold him/her and every other minute I get to spend raising our special gift and watching him/her grow














As for us, we're not letting 8 1/2 months pregnant slow us down too much. Last weekend, we even made a day trip down to Kansas City to watch the Cardinals and Royals. This weekend, we were able to have a very relaxing time celebrating the Fourth of July with steaks on the grill and watching fireworks in the neighborhood. It was actually quite a good show.

We are both feeling such excitement for this baby to arrive that it pretty much consumes our free time. The hard work getting ready for a baby seems to be paying off. Just recently, we both looked at each other and said, "we're ready". As a matter of fact, both our bags are packed and we've got the video camera, camera and laptop by the door and ready to head to BryanLGH East at the drop of a hat.

If this is the last post before the baby, we'll be posting pictures after he/she arrives. Wish us luck!!!!