Life's lessons for my little men.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Midwife Visit

I start my weekly visits to the midwife this week. Today's visit went well. The midwife checked the baby and he is no longer breech... Yeah. I spoke with her about labor and delivery. I have been so busy with life, school, Jack, etc. that I haven't given a lot of thought to the labor or delivery - Yikes..

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Haircut

Jack got a haircut tonight... He loves to pull apart my jewelry box and knows that it is a special treat, so he sits still and doesn't complain. Works like a charm.

Rockies Game

Tuesday we went to Jack's first Rockies game... Our friend's Melissa and Maya were able to go with us. We bought Jack his very own cotton candy and after one bite he decided that the stick inside the cotton candy was much more interesting, so he peeled off the layers of cotton candy and handed it to daddy... Although the Rockies lost, it was a nice evening with friends.

If you give a pig a party

This past Sunday I took Jack to the play "If you give a pig a party" at the Lincoln Center. We met our friends, Melissa & Maya, Megan & Reid, & Christy & Hailey. The play started at 11 am, I was curious to see how my monkey would do for an hour of sitting still... He did great! He seemed to love the play. He clapped and would say "Yeah!" when the audience clapped. His eyes sparkled as he watched the show. It was wonderful. One of those times I will treasure forever.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

33 Weeks and counting...

As GBR would say "someone stole a watermelon from the five and dime." Very funny...

Chocolate Dreams

Saturday Morning... Garry and I were getting dressed so that we could head out the door for breakfast at Lucille's. We started looking for Jack to get him ready and were surprised at how quiet he was. I walked into the kitchen and this is what I saw. Jack had gotten up on the counter top, reached up to the top of the fridge, pulled down this plastic container filled with Easter candy, opened it, and then opened the small piece of chocolate. When I came around the corner I got the big smile and a "hi mommy". I asked Jack what he was doing and he proudly held up his piece of chocolate. I asked him where he got it and he pointed to the top of the fridge. I couldn't contain myself, I just laughed and called Garry to come look. Good Times!

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Breech Baby...

I had a checkup today with my midwife, everything looks good. I have gained 29 lbs. and measuring "perfect" according to the midwife. She does think the baby is breech - of course. I was laying there thinking about how already this little guy is throwing me some curve balls, but isn't that the beauty of having children. Learning to take the curve balls and go with the flow. So, I am going to try some breech tilts and maybe some alternative treatments if necessary. I would prefer to have a normal delivery but then again what is normal.

Popsicle Fun

Jack spent the morning over at his friend Maya's. One of the highlights were Melissa's homemade popsicle.. As you can see. Very cute...

Friday, March 21, 2008

Bathtub Toys

Last night I decided to take a nice and quiet bath... Shortly after I had settled in I hear Jack come running in, he stopped at the tub and said "hi, mommy." "hi, jack" Jack said "do you need anything?" I smiled "no, honey, I don't need anything." He must have not liked my answer because he said "do you need some toys?" I started to say no but could tell he was dying to bring me some of his bath toys so I said "sure." Off Jack went to his bathroom and before I knew it he was back at our tub with an armful of bath toys for mommy to play with. He dumped them into the tub and off he went for another armful. Before I knew it I was surrounded by boats, a fishing pole, squeeze toys and more. A sweet reminder of the beauty of a two year old.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Inspiration Park

A recent trip to Inspiration Park... Jack saw a couple older boys digging in the sand, he walked up towards the boys, hesitated, then mustered up his courage, and walked up to the boys and said "hey guys, what are you doing?" The boys replied "we're digging a hole." Jack stood there and said "can I help?" The boys replied "sure." Jack walked around to an open spot and began digging. We were very proud of our social butterfly... Pretty good for a two year old.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Denver Zoo

We had an unusually warm day here for March - 74 degrees. So we decided to face the crowds at the Denver Zoo. Jack was very excited and enjoyed taking it all in. He especially loved the monkeys, elephants and the lions. Jack and GBR rode the carousel and the train with our friends Melissa and Maya. Here Jack and Maya are watching the elephants.