Eating, Sleeping, and Growing

Today Gayle, Ryan's Mom, was holding Kayden and we were talking and Kayden started laughing so I pulled out the camera and a couple of minutes later he did the same thing. He laughs all the time and this is the picture that I captured. Sometimes I wake up to him laughing. I have to go over to the bassinet to watch him, because it is TOO cute!


After three weeks of Kayden's life, we finally realized that the curly hair we thought he had at birth was still there. When all the gunk was still in his hair right after he was born we thought his hair was curly. After they washed it, it didn't look so curly. Well, it still is. I gave him a bath the other day and when I was drying him off I dried his hair and this is what it looked like when I pulled the towel away. He has a curly frow. He would be a really cute girl, but I love my boy!


Santa came a little early this year at Grandma Workman's house. This horse is so cute! There are buttons on each of the ears and the horse does different things. It neighs, moves its tails, and nods its head. It is so cute and we can't wait for the grandchildren to get a little older so they can enjoy it a little more!


I bundled Kayden up last night so we could take the Canadian visitors to see the temple lights. It was really cold for being Arizona. It was about 50*. I was frozen so I figured that I better bundle Kayden up real good. He looked so cozy!



Here is my shout out to Brooke and Landon! Need I say any more! ENJOY!

The Randomness (is that a word????)

I just thought that I needed to post some of these pictures that I have taken of the past couple of days. Keith, Dana and Zac have been here and Ryan's grandma, aunt, and cousin flew in from Canada on Sunday the 11th. The Workmans all got together that Sunday night and had dinner at Tyler and Jenny's and it was wonderful. Jenny got the four generations together to take a picture. I am so glad she thought of that.


Doesn't he look like a total chunker? Well, he really isn't that chunky. We were trying to get a picture of him smiling, but he was holding his head in a way that we could get a real good shot of his Prescott double chin! He gets to laughing in his sleep and will get a huge grin on his face. It is so funny!


I had to supplement formula because of Kayden's jaundice. Then I had some difficulties with nursing so he had to take a bottle. I am very fortunate to have a baby that will take a bottle and nurse now. So when I am going to be out and about and I am afraid there won't be a place to nurse him, I pump and give him the bottle. He does not have a hard time going back and forth like some newborns do. He has adjusted very well and he even adds in a pacifier too. He is such a good baby.




While Keith, Dana, and Zac were here these are some of the pictures we took. Zac was so funny! He saw Grandma Marie (from Canada) playing her harmonica and he decided that he could do it too. He took it and figured out that if he sucked and blew that it would make different noises. He did this for a minute and then he started dancing a little by sticking his rear end out. Then he thought he could make us laugh even harder if he blew into it and then he would stick his face up in the air (like in the picture) and make a noise like a train. It was so funny. My sides hurt something bad when he was done.
Then we went shopping at Tempe Marketplace, a new shopping area down here, and he had had enough for the day so LeeAnn took all his clothes off and he played in the water. This is a perfect shot that Dana caught.
Whenever Zac came over he would go looking for the baby. It was so cute. In the picture Zac told Dana to take the baby out of the carseat and when she did he sat in it and told Dana he wanted to hold the baby. So cute!


Grandma Marie adores Kayden. Actually, she adores all her great grandchildren. Last night she was feeling a little down so I let her hold Kayden and she didn't give him up for about 1 1/2 hours. She kept saying how adorable and small he was. She can't ever remember his name so she calls him "Little Ryan". She always asks me if it is okay that she calls him that.

Well, that's about it for now. I hope you all enjoy te pictures of our little guy! We are sure enjoying being his parents.

The Many Faces of Our Little Man

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Yup! That's my boy right about now! I decided that while Kayden is just laying on the bed looking around all wide eyed, I would take advantage of it and post some new pictures of him. He is now a week old and boy has that time flown by. He is such an animated little guy. We are really enjoying him.



He loves his hands. I thought this was so cute. His hands are always by his face and this time they made it to his mouth.


We all know how newborns LOVE to sleep. Kayden is no exception to that rule. He even sleeps at night. He wakes up once or twice a night. The other day he didn't wake up at all, but I did. I was worried he wasn't breathing or something like that. He was just enjoying his sleep that night I guess.


This is his stretching face. He pulls the funniest faces. Anyway, that is all for now. Kayden's eyes have now closed so I am going to try to get a little more rest as well. I hope you all enjoy the pictures!

Welcoming Kayden Ryan Workman

Kayden Ryan Workman joined our family on Nov. 2nd, 2007. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 14 oz. measuring 20 3/4 inches long. After being in the birth canal for about 20 hours you can only imagine what a cone head he had. Right after making his presence into this world he melted our hearts.
My stay at the hospital started on Halloween afternoon. I was cleaning and I really felt like I was going to double over in pain. I called my doctor and he told me to go in. I had Ryan's mom take me just in case they admitted me. They hooked me up to the monitors and they couldn't find my contractions on the screen, but they did notice that his heart rate had dropped for a minute and a half. That was long enough that my doctor wanted to induce labor.
At 4 o'clock that afternoon Dr. Seal induced labor using Pitocin. Well, it worked in the way of making me have contractions, but it only made his heart rate go down more and more. After being on it all night Dr. Seal discontinued use and put in a cervidel which softened my cervix. That was to be in for 8-12 hours. They put that in at 7:30 a.m. on the first and took it out at 2:30 p.m. that same day. It worked in the way of softening my cervix. Dr. Seal decided to try the Pitocin again with on success. This time he sat there by the bed and watched the babies heart rate drop. He dicontinued the Pitocin once again and told me to go into labor on my own. I, of course, thought that would never happen. It did!!!!!! I started having the contractions, got an epidural and that next morning gave birth to a beautiful little boy. He is such a joy. He enjoys sticking his tongue out, keeping his eyes wide open, and making mom and dad happy. He is so cute too. I hope you all enjoy the pictures.
Keith, my brother, came in to town today to see his "grandson". He was so cute holding him on the couch. There is a picture of him. Kayden doesn't fit in to his newborn clothes. He has some growing that he needs to do.