Cadence Avery

Another reason I haven't been around too much lately is that our baby girl arrive on June 28, 2011. Cadence Avery was 7 lbs 10 3/4 oz and she was/is absolutely perfect! I figure she at least deserves her very own blog post ;) She is such a good baby and we are blessed to have her in our family. Although, I have to admit, there have been days that I've asked myself, "What were were thinking?" Cameron turned 5 on June 25th and Cadence was born 3 days later. Having your children 5 years apart does have it's challenges but it also has it's benefits. Cameron is such a great help. Cadence simply adores Cameron and he can keep her amused so that I can get things done.

One of the hardest parts of having a new baby in the house in the early weeks was the lack of sleep! Thankfully, by the time Cadence was 7 weeks old she was sleeping through the night...most nights. She is an excellent sleeper now but we do have the odd middle of the night feeding every couple of weeks. I try not to complain though because I know just how lucky we are. However, a napper she is not...well, she likes catnaps. For the most part she has 3 or 4 short (30 min) naps throughout the day but lately she's been starting to have one longer nap during the day. She also likes to stay up late (11pm-midnight) and then sleep in (9am-10am). I really need to try to change her routine but it's proving to be difficult.

All in all, she is perfect and I wouldn't change a thing. Our family is now complete...no more babies for us ;)