Littlest Casen Cole -
You have taught us all so much in your three short months of life. You have tested and stretched me in ways I didn't know still hadn't been stretched by your big brothers. But you have captured all of our hearts in the same way they have. You are getting so chubby and smiley. When you smile your little eyes light up and your whole face gleams. You are precious little man. You already have such a personality and are not going to run over by your big brothers. You are either really happy or really not. You don't have a middle ground! Your place in our family has not been without its tough moments, but we wouldn't trade for you. You are my little dark chocolate baby with the bright eyes and strong personality and we're crazy about you baby boy.
You are still struggling with reflux. We've tried several different medicines, combinations of medicines, oils, chiropractor, an ultrasound and other homeopathic things without much relief. You aren't crying as much as you were at first, but you do spit up a LOT still. We all go through several outfits and burp rags a day and sometimes you can still see how uncomfortable you are, but we're still trying all we know to do. At your last doctors appointment you weighed 11.14 and were 21.5 inches long. (the smallest of the three brothers at their two month appointments) You are gaining weight even with all the spitting up, so our doctor isn't too worried about you at this point. We are all just ready to get your little belly to feeling better.
Your neck and legs are super strong! You like to look around even if your up on our chests. You can push yourself up on your arms and look around during tummy time and you love to stand up in our laps for long periods of time. And you much prefer to look around and make sure your not missing out on any brother fun. You're still very aware of the world and don't miss much. You have also started "talking" a lot more this month. Your favorite people to chat with are Momma, Bennett and the toy cow that hangs over your changing table. You let that guy know what's up on a very regular basis! It's pretty cute.
You like to eat, take a bath and be held. You also don't mind the jumperoo and the bumbo because of their view is better then the floor. You don't like laying flat on your back, not being held, the wind in his face and sometimes you don't like your car seat. When you do cry you sweat all over. Almost immediately after your first noise your whole body is soaked! It's the weirdest thing to feel your body be covered in sweat from head to toe. You definitely have opinions about most things. It's funny to see such a small baby have such specific preferences.
This month we celebrated Tucker's 3rd Birthday, Aunt Chelsie & Uncle Jared's wedding showers, Aunt Sarah & Aunt Chelsie's OSU graduations and Emrie's baptism. We spent a lot more time outside as the weather has gotten nicer which I think we've all enjoyed. You have been so sweet as you've been passed around and around and around and as we've been in the car a ton.
We also got to visit Kateri twice this month. It's always a little nerve wrecking before we spend time with her, but afterwards its so worth it! She loved on you a lot both times and you were so sweet with her. I hope seeing how great your doing helped her as she too is processing your adoption. We're so grateful to her for giving us you and for wanting to still play a role in your life. I hope you always know how much your first momma and your forever momma love you! Your so special and so is your story.
As the days pass you get bigger and we get more and more comfortable with our family of five. It's definitely still not easy and is still a learning process, but I'm more confident you and your brothers will be good friends instead of just hating your Dad and I for adopting all of you so close to each other. Hang in there with us buddy we'll get it figured out one of these days! We love you so much and we're so glad God chose you to be the third Gordon boy. We can't wait to see how you grow and what your contribution to our family will look like. I can't believe you're THREE months old! Here's to the next three!
I love you more,
Momma
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