More Pictures and a Baby Blessing

I can't believe how fast time is flying by. Kale is already 3 weeks old! And he's growing like mad. He is now 22 1/2 inches long and 8 pounds 2 ounces. Not much longer now and his newborn outfits won't fit him!!

Since the last post a few things have happened; we blessed Kale last Sunday while my parents were still in town. It was really wonderful and I'm so glad my dad could be here for it. The only bummer was that Shane and Realyn were out of town for it. It was really wonderful and Kale looked absolutely adorable.

Also, my mom went back to Iowa this week. I missed her the minute she left, and my dad too of course. It was so wonderful having her here; she not only pitched in with getting up with Kale in the night, cleaned my apartment, made us meals, and just spoiled me rotten, she also taught me the things I needed to know so that I could survive without her. Words cannot express how grateful I am to her. I'm also so grateful for the chance we had to spend this time together to improve our relationship; I feel closer to my mom than ever and I just love her so much! I'm sad that my 2 younger brothers haven't been able to meet Kale yet; Kyle because he's on his mission in Phoenix, AZ and Dain because he couldn't miss school or cross country. However, I'm am very excited for Christmas when Dain will finally get to meet him and when Kyle gets home Kale will be almost 2 years old and just a blast. Uncle Jake has gotten to see Kale many times and I must say it is a strange thing to see him hold a little baby. Jake has always been good with kids but I've never seen him interact with a baby before. It's pretty cute to see him hold Kale :)

Other than that not much has happened. Tyler has been busy with school, work, and football and will be traveling with the football team this coming weekend to Dallas. We've been surviving the long nights and let me tell you, Kale is lucky he's so dang adorable. He's been having tummy aches so we got him so medicine that seems to be helping. He makes the funniest faces! We haven't been able to capture them on camera because he doesn't do them for very long, but they just make us laugh.

Here are more pictures that we have taken:

Leaving the hospital

His first bath at home. He really isn't a big fan of the sponge bath. In a few days, when his circumcision has healed, we'll be giving him real baths and we hope that he likes them!

Grandpa Gerber really liked this shirt. It says, "Grandpa, I want a pet Dinosaur."

These are his adorable p.j.'s that fit him a lot better than we thought they were going to as a newborn.

One morning I woke up and it had been like 4 hours since the last time I had gotten up with Kale. I was shocked that it had been so long so I went to check on him and found my mom and him sleeping together on her air mattress. It was possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen.

Kale's Great Grandma came down from Ogden to visit. He's so long that she had to turn him sideways to fit on her lap!

Uncle Jake

Taking Kale out on his first walk.

Grandma's Little Pumpkin :)

My boys cuddling with each other. I love my boys!

This is how Kale likes to sleep right now. Watching too much football maybe?

Aunt Janie and cousin Gracie getting a chance to hold him finally. They were so cute with him!

Grandpa Patterson got a chance to hang with him for a while.

Grandma Patterson, Gracie and Kolbi giving Kale some love. Kale is so lucky to have such great cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents!

Bundling Kale up to go on another walk. His hat is still a little big...

Nana Gerber cuddling with Kale on her last night here. It was the cutest thing, he cuddled with her for about 3 hours. It was like he knew she was leaving and that she wouldn't get to hold him for a while.