To commemorate Kaden's first month, we took our very first family road trip to West Virginia.
Yep, last Friday we got up early in the morning, loaded up the new luggage hauler and Kiesel, fed and changed Kaden, got the cats situated and three hours later we were on the interstate headed north. (yes....our get up and go now days are over)
Fortunately for us Kaden and Kiesel are both excellent travelers and slept the entire duration of the trip. We were able to make the full trip with only stopping once to feed Kaden and ourselves and allow Kiesel to stretch his legs. For first time parents we were pretty pleased that we only added an hour on to the trip, though I think we have to give most of the credit to our extremely cooperative baby. Mommy and Daddy learned quite a few things about traveling with a little one and have already made improvements.
Our weekend in West Virginia was spent introducing Kaden to many of his family members and life long family friends. He met so many important people for the first time that it's hard to call them all out, but family members ranged from first meetings with aunts and uncles through first time meetings with his great-great grandmother and all of his great-grandparents. We did manage to get some pictures of some of the first time introductions, so check those out on our shutterfly page. Kaden is truly blessed with a very large number of family and friends who are head over heels in love with him already!
Upon our return to Charlotte, Kaden had his one month check up. On April 13, 2010 he weighed 11 pounds and 5 ounces and was 23.25 inches long. Both his height and weight put him in the top 90-95 percentile for all babies. We are so fortunate and thankful to have such a healthy, thriving baby boy.
We are looking forward to the summer, many more road trips and watching our big man grow!
