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Friday, February 22, 2008

YEAH BABY!!!!!

Hey folks. Here is a quick update on things. This week mom had 2 doctor's appointments and both went really well. The first one said that the baby is breach, but everything else looked normal. Then today the perinatologist said that her fluid levels are up to 15 (normal), that she doesn't need any more ultrasounds or perinatology appointments, and that we may not even have to have the baby early... Best of all, the baby turned around and is no longer breach as of today. At this point it is around 4 pounds, (normal) and was sucking on its toes in the ultrasound...
Enough about that little person though. I am doing well, very excited to see how my new room is coming along. I like to play on the new bed, but I haven't officially moved in yet since things are not quite done. I am officially off the bottle and the next step is to increase the potty training work. I can count to ten with you if you start me off, and I am starting to use more multiple word sentences. It is no suprise that my favorite word is "no" and that I am becomming more and more facinated with mom's growing belly. I acted up at swim class this week so dad made us leave early, but it wasn't my fault I got really hungry right in the middle... Next week is my last class and then I don't know what my next adventure will be. Lots of activities that mom has looked into only take 3 year olds... Their loss...
Here I am at ChuckECheese in California. This was my mardigras mask at granny's birthday party.
Here is my mom and dad and crazy auntie Corinne
I love to shovel snow... This is what I came home to...
This is my little brother or sister. I like to cuddle with "SHIM"


Friday, February 08, 2008

The news is out!!! and we are back!!!

This is me and my cousin Nakerra, she is 5.This is me riding Nakerra's quad in the backyard
Shades of "The Browns"
I was getting patriotic at the playground
Me and Nakerra chillin -watchin a movie

Hello!!!

Can you tell that we are finally back and that mom finally has a day off. We got back from our trip on the 1st, and mom had to go right back to work at 6am so this is the first chance I have had to force her to the computer to get things going again...

Lots to update you on. I was a dream on the flight to California, and everyone was pleasantly suprised. I answered the door when granny came over and she was so excited to see me that she didn't even notice that mommy is pregnant. We got to see everyone there and granny's suprise party was great. We also spent some time with cousin Seneca and the Malveaux family, and I got to meet my new girlfriend Brooklyn, ( I call her Cookie though). We were really bad about taking pictures so forgive me that I don't have shots of me and my new girlfriend...



After Cali we went to Florida. I had a tough time on one of the flights and my ears were bugging me, but overall I didn't do too bad. I had a hard time understanding why I can't jump around on mom's lap too much, and me, her, dad and some stranger all had to sit together from LA to Houston so it was a little squishy.



When we got to Florida Ama, (gramma Brown) freaked out. She screamed so loud that mom and dad heard her from outside. She was also too excited to notice that mommy is pregnant so when she finally calmed down we showed her. no one could believe how long we kept the secret!! I had loads of fun with my cousin Nakerra and we were pretty much inseperable the whole time. I missed Bosco, but there were dogs everywhere I visited so it helped keep me company. The plane rides home were really long, and it didn't help that dad forgot my bottle in Florida so I had to go without the whole way. I did pretty good except for one flight, and fortunately we got a little room on the longest flight from Minniapolis to Edmonton since the plane wasn't totally full.



When we got home it was freezing, but everyone told us we had missed the worst of it. Today it is minus 42 with the wind chill so needless to say we are not going outside. Me and dad got sick as soon as we got home and I am still sick... So far mom is okay but I have repeatedly sneezes in her face to try to get her on board. I have also decided to be really clingy and show her that giving me all of her attention for two full weeks and then going back to work is not cool with me... That and the fact I am sick has put potty training on hold as well as switching to my big boy bed... Seriously, how much do these parents of mine think I can take?????



The last of the news is that mom's amniotic fluid levels have gone up so that is good news. She only has to see the perinatologist every 3 weeks now, (OBGYN every 2 weeks), and we look like we have a scheduled delivery date for April 16th but we will keep you all posted.