More Halloween

Tonight was the Franklin Grove Halloween Parade. So Kade, Grandma Stenzel and Grandma Girton went, since I had to work. He is with his cousins Sydney and Dalton. He didn't win any prizes for his costume. According to Nate, it looked too much like it was purchased at a store, sorry mom your too good!

Kade's First Haircut

Yesterday, we took Kade for his first haircut. I had lots of people starting to ask me "how old my little girl" is. So I broke down and at 9 weeks, took him. My friend Kelli cut his hair for me. He looks so much older to me now. You can see his ears for the first time in his life! I haven't washed it yet to see what the curls do, that will be tomorrow night!

Happy Halloween!!

Yesterday was the Halloween parade in Amboy. So my mom made him a monkey costume and Kade and I walked in the parade. He was so excited about the parade that he fell sound asleep and slept the entire parade and stayed asleep for trick or treating! He is going to another parade on Tues night in Franklin Grove, so more pictures of the little monkey may follow!

Cooking with Kade!

Last Friday was the last football game. Unfortunately we did not advance to the playoffs. So after the game, we hosted a party for the coaches and their wives. Kade and I spent most of the day cooking and cleaning. As you can see, he was a big help! Luckily, he can sleep through anything, cooking and cleaning!

The Fire Chiefs

On Sunday, the Amboy Fireman had their annual pancake and sausage breakfast. So we headed down. Kade had on his Fire Chief outfit, which you can't see very well. So we had him take a picture with Fire Chief Grandpa. Who do you think really runs the show?

Stylin' New Outfit

This post is mostly for Amanda! Kade got a new outfit in the mail yesterday, and he is wearing it today to an office party. So I had to take a picture of him in it since Amanda probably won't get to see him in it in person. He looks great in it, I love it!

Newest branches on Stenzel Tree

Over the weekend, we finally met the other new baby in our family, Haleigh. She is my Uncle Dave and his wife Nichole's little girl. She is two weeks old. We were all surprised by how much that Kade and Haleigh looked alike in the face. No denying that they are Stenzel's!

Playin' Hard

Kade has just started playing by himself. He loves the overhead gym, he will play for almost an hour.















However, sometimes he plays so "hard" he falls asleep!!

Reading with Grandma

On Saturday my mom came over to help me get the house ready for Kade's party. Kade loves to be read to and grandma is always ready to please! Needless to say, it took awhile to clean the house!!

The Michelsen's visit

Kari Michelsen was home this week for a wedding, so she and her kids stopped out for a visit. Kari's son Cohen is 10 days older than Kade. If they lived here in IL I know they would be as inseperable as Kari and I were growing up. Kari also has a little girl, Karson, who was too busy for pictures! So the boys were able to meet for the first time and Kade was nice enough to share his boppy for their first picture!!

Homecoming Hijinks

Kade and I were woken up this morning at 12:30am to the doorbell. It freaked me out until I looked out the front window and realized we had been the victims of homecoming week pranks! This is what you get on Homecoming week when you are married to a football coach!!! I told Nate to have fun cleaning it up.

Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday Grandma Girton and I took Kade to a pumpkin patch about 1 mile up the road from our house. It was beautiful weather here in the 80's. We went and picked out 2 pumpkins for the front steps of the house. We are not the pumpkin carving kind of people, so they are just plain old pumpkins! It was very bright out and Kade didn't want to open his eyes for us!

One Month Old!

Can you believe it Kade is one month old. It is crazy to me how fast it went. He is now 23 inches long and weighs in at 11 pounds! He had his one month check up yesterday and all is well. Here are some pictures that were taken for the big one month birthday.

Pacifier Success

I know, I know, you shouldn't give them pacifiers, but talk about life saver! Kade has finally figured it out and will keep it in his mouth for awhile before spitting it out. He loves to suck his hands and thumb, so I am encouraging the pacifier so it will be easier to take away in the end.

New Favorite Resting Spots!

Over the weekend, Kade had some very fussy moments. So dad decided that we would go and get a swing to see if that would calm him down. Fortunately, so far so good. So here he is in his new favorite toy.

Kade has also found another new favorite spot, dad's chest. He loves to rest on Nate's chest and fall asleep, and as you can see, Nate also loves to sleep in this position as well!!!

Raider Football week 5

Kade in his new outfit for another Raider football game. The picture is hard to see the outfit, but it says "Starting Quarterback" on the jacket and the onsie looks like plays from a playbook. We had gone shopping with Grandma Stenzel and this was just one of many new outfits in Kade's closet!!! Unfortunately, we were not good luck for the Raiders, they lost again. They play at home this weekend, so we are hoping home-field advantage will give us some luck!!! We'll let you know.

The first "real bath"

Kade's belly button stump finally fell off, so he got his first real bath today! He actually love this compared to the sponge baths. After washing the hair, we discovered what I figured was inevidable...CURLY HAIR!!!! When his hair gets really wet, there are tons of curls!

Raider Football

Kade has been quite the sports nut this week. We went to a volleyball game at the high school I work at on Wed. The girls fell in love! Our volleyball team won a huge game which was nice to get to see! Then on Friday we headed out to the gridiron for some Raider football. Unfortunately we lost 3-7 on an interception.

Kade's 1st football game

Kade went to his first AFC Raider football game on Friday night. I didn't take the camera to the game because it was two and a half hours away!!!! I felt like we were moving out with all the stuff we took! He slept most of the game, but we had to leave during the varsity game because he got a little crabby. The Raiders have a home game this weekend, so I promise there will be pictures!

Meeting Uncle Chris and Aunt Kristin

Over Labor Day weekend, my brother Chris and his wife Kristin were home to meet the newest member of the Girton family!! They are both very excited about their nephew. On Saturday night, Grandma and Grandpa Stenzel came over with Uncle Chris and Aunt Kristin and we had a cookout at our house. They brought the food and cleaned up the mess, I wish all meals were that way! Then they did the same thing on Monday morning, they brought over brunch. Along with the food, they also brought my grandparents so they could meet their newest great-grandchild.