Christmas 2008

This is the night before when Carson set out cookies for Santa and an Orange for a "Special" reindeer of Santa's choice! Carson of course was hoping he would pick Rudolph! At the last moment Carson also thought Santa would enjoy a glass of Chocolate Milk!

This what Carson woke up to, a bunch of gifts all for him(well Santa did get Cale a lil something)! And Santa left a "Thank You" note and his crumbs behind!

Stockings!!

And.............. let the gift opening begin!!!!!

And where is Cale?!?!?!?!..........................

Fast asleep.....no time to even get him in his Christmas PJ's!

(NEVER wake a sleeping baby, not even on CHRISTMAS) :0)

Cale & I.......

Here is a quick pic of Cale and I. Alot of people have asked why there are not many pictures of me, well I am the one always taking the pics :)

I look forward to having my dear friend Cathy take some pictures of the whole family here in the next couple weeks (she takes great pics), so I will post more then!

Hope you all WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!

Me and My sleepy bug!

SNOW DAYS.....

We are all so excited for our Winter weather..... No School...No Work...
and a ton of SNOW :-)
We hope there is more to come our way, a white Christmas would be wonderful!!!!!!



Cale only went out for 30 seconds, just so I could get a quick shot in his adorable bear suit :)

One Month Old....

I know everyone always says... "The Time Goes By Fast". But seriously this last month has flowen by! My little Baby is all ready 5 weeks old! My other baby is about to bring home his 1st report card from 2nd GRADE!!
Where do the days go.......... it is all wonderful though because our little family of 4 is doing
great happy and healthy!
Gearing up for Christmas :)
Mr.Cale is getting big, at his doc appt he weighed in at 8 POUNDS 8 OZ!!! :)
DJ and I have a pretty good system down of taking turns for the every 2-3 hour feedings, but we both are still pretty tired!
Here are a few recent pics of the boys :0)



Cale 1 month

These pics below are the boys, posing for our Christmas Card

And Cale was DONE!!!!!

2 week update....

Mr. Cale had his 2 week check up today!

He now weighs in at: 6lbs 2oz :) :) We are sooo happy!

Everything is going great, he still sleeps most of the day, however when he is awake, he is busy looking all around now!

NOVEMBER. 4. 2008

We are so thrilled to share the news Cale Thomas Dwyer Fatland was born 11.4.08 at 8:33pm, via c-section! Weighing 5 pounds and is 18inches long. Healthy baby boy!

I was delivered at 35 weeks and 2 days pregnant due to complications with pre-eclampsia. After Cale was born he was able to be in the recovery room with us for 1 hour, that is where Carson met his new little brother, the pics below did capture the moment however you had to be there to feel the joy and love. Carson is a VERY proud big brother! During the time we spent in the recovery room, I was not able to hold Cale, I was on alot of meds and was still shaking from the meds during the c-section. Then the NICU team came to get Cale to begin his 24hr observation, which is standard for a baby that early. DJ was able to go with them, and he NEVER left Cale's side for the next 4 days! Cale's heart, lungs, blood sugars, temp, was all great, he just had a little set back with eating which is totally normal with a baby his age. So for the next 4 days the NICU staff and DJ worked with him and Cale passed all his tests with flying colors!! He was able to come home on Sat 11-8! Cale weighed 4. 19oz when he came home, but yesterday he had his 1st doctor appt and he is now up to 5lbs 5oz!!!!

DJ and I are over joyed with everything............our little family is defiantly complete!! :) :)

One proud Daddy!!!

This is the very 1st time Carson saw Cale, it was such a heartfilled moment!!

There was not a dry eye in the room!

My BOYS!!!!!!

This is one of the mornings DJ spent with Cale in his NICU room.

When an infant leaves the NICU, they are wheeled out in this red wagon, and as you can seen Cale hardley fills his carseat, he is just tiny!!

These are just some quick shots of him at home having a bottle :)

Halloween Fun!!

Carson had a wonderful Halloween!! Of course I was sad I missed all the fun, but he came to see me at the hospital Halloween night, along with lil Abby who was an adorable butterfly! Carson has decided he would like to be a Doctor when he grows up, so he fell in love with this costume when he saw it! DJ and I of course think he is the BEST lookin doctor in town! All the nurses here at the hospital agreed! :0)

The fun day started with DJ taking my place at the classroom party! The kids got to play bingo, play Halloween twister and had some yummy treats! DJ said he had alot of fun too!

Then Abber Dabber's came for a visit with gma Kathy, and Ang! Carson, DJ and Gma Robin said she was just adorable!! DJ had to show her the ghost blow up in the yard and Abby wanted to give them kisses!

AND THEN IT WAS DARK AND IT WAS TIME TO GO TRICK OR TREATING!!!!!!

Next Year I think he needs a bigger bucket! By the time they got home it was overflowing!!! Carson got 91 pieces of candy and had a great time making a trail throughout the house :)