Easter Weekend

My parents came down for Easter Weekend. Their last visit before Cayden comes. I can’t believe that the next time we will be seeing each other will be for the birth of baby boy. It amazes me how quickly my pregnancy has gone by. However, these last few months seems to be ticking by since I am so anxious to meet this little guy.

I had Friday off which was so nice. I got to spend some extra time with my parents and generally get spoiled; which is always a good thing.

I continue to be amazed by my parent’s generosity. We took another trip to Babies R Us and, again, my parents bought Cayden a ton of stuff. Chad and I have hardly had to buy anything ourselves. It has been such a blessing. I have no doubt that the generosity will continue for the rest of Cayden’s life.

For Easter Sunday we had the Phoenix Gang (Chad’s Uncle Jay, Linsey, Dustin and Kale) to the house for turkey dinner. It was a delicious meal, of course, my mom made it. It was nice to spend some quality time with family over the long weekend.

It was also a great opportunity to see how Buster would interact with a newborn. I was pretty impressed with his behavior. When Linsey and Dustin got there we locked Buster outside because I wanted them to have a chance to settle, eat and let Kale get used to a new environment.

Buster was pretty excited with all the company when we first let him in; I don’t even think he noticed Kale. Once he caught wind that there was a little person in the house he was very interested. I made sure he kept a reasonable distance and made sure that he “sit” “stay” and “lay down.” He actually listened to me which is a triumph in-and-of -itself.

Once Buster settled I felt more comfortable letting him get closer to Kale. He was surprisingly gentle and sniffed him like crazy. He did this a couple times; got bored and took a nap under the coffee table. I’m a bit relieved…maybe I can have *both* Buster and Cayden after all.