When a Diaper Change Goes Terribly Wrong

There are lessons that each new mother learns, such as a baby has no concept of night or day, if you are breastfeeding your baby eats what you eat, and then the special lesson that only a new mother of a little boy can appreciate: when changing a diaper it is best to keep things covered as much as possible.

Yesterday Cayden got to take his first trip to Downtown Memphis while giving Grandpa and Grandma Blair a tour. Of course Cayden didn't see much as he was asleep most of the way, except for on the way home. He made his presence known, and I had the joy of changing my first diaper in the car. Things were going great until I opened the diaper and saw that it was not just wet, but the joy didn't stop there. As I was cleaning him off, all of the sudden a stream of urine shot onto Cayden's face, past his head onto the meticulously clean dashboard of Rand's Explorer, and down my leg! Yeah, that was a fun lesson to learn.

In other fun lessons, it turns out that babies go through A LOT of diapers. I think I should have gotten a job with pampers for a while! Oh well, at least they look cute while you are changing them!

Cayden: Day 17

What a cute kid!

Cayden: Day 11

With Suzanne's parents leaving early this morning, Suz and I found ourselves alone with Cayden for the first time outside of a hospital. It is a little intimidating, but if Britney Spears can handle it, we're up for it.

Cayden and I got some one-on-one time this morning. Suzanne took a bath and that left me in charge. Cayden did pretty well for a while. Then he woke up.

He decided to throw some crying at me to see how daddy would handle it. After trying several different methods to coax Cayden back to sleep, I decided to bite the bullet and change his wet diaper. I've changed quite a few diapers in the last 11 days so this wasn't a big deal.

I got his diaper off and was working on getting the next one on when there was a loud knock on the door.

"Who is knocking on our door at 11:00 am on a Saturday morning."

I couldn't really get to the door as I was still in my underwear and Cayden, even less. I got Cayden dressed just in time for another knock on the door. I decided to throw some clothes on and get the door, Cayden in tow.

It was the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Cayden: Day 8

It happened today. I knew the day was coming. It's here.

Today I officially became that guy in the office with a picture of his new baby plastered all over his desktop.

What happened to me? I used to be 'cool guy.' You know, pictures of Ford Mustangs or other cool cars. Gone are the days of fast cars or snowmobiling pics. Now I'm 'that guy.'

Oh well. It's all about what you come home to at night...

P.S. Want Cayden on your desktop?

Cayden Bath 1024x768

PC Users: Click on the link. When the picture loads, right-click and select "Set as Background"
Mac Users: Take a hike.

Cayden: Day 5

I'm tired.
Suzanne's mom is more tired.
Suzanne is even more tired.

Cayden...couldn't care less.

If he wasn't so incredibly cute he would be frustrating. He is the kind of cute that sticks his super long arms out straight on both sides when you pick him up and he acts like he can't control it, even though he does it on cue.

For the first few days he seemed to love sleeping more than he loved eating, much to the worry of his mother. That somehow changed last night and he hasn't caught a wink since. So in review:

-He is eating
-He is pooping
-He is peeing (after a trip to the doctor we learned that those diapers are super absorbent)
-He used to be sleeping...

And Then There Were Three...

Cayden Carl Blair
Born October 4th, 2006 - 1:05 PM
7 pounds 11 ounces
21.75 inches

Waiting...

Suz and I are at the hospital in Labor & Delivery. We arrived last night at 5:00 PM with plans to induce this morning.

Suz is getting medicine to get things going but so far our little boy is chillin' like a villain. I think he just knows that as soon as he comes out that little operation for little boys is coming.

We'll keep you posted. Don't worry Mom, everything is FINE.