Saturday, October 31, 2009

Happy Halloween!









We took Matthew out for his first official time trick-or-treating. We went with the Brink family and Matthew and Brady were matching dinosaurs. Lindsay's mom, Donna, made the costumes for the boys and they couldn't have turned out better. Matthew has actually been wearing his costume for about three weeks around the house! The boys had a great time walking up to each house and as Matthew would say "tick-or-teat" and then of course "tank you" when they gave him some candy. They both made it almost around our big block, which we were proud of. We posted a bunch of photos to our site, please enjoy!

In other news, the doctors scheduled my C-section for January 28th, which is three days after my due date. The hospital has new guidelines for their scheduling, so if I make it to that day, we will deliver then. If not, we will deliver when I either start laboring or my water breaks, like with Matthew. They don't want the labor to get too far into it in case Andrew gets stuck like Matthew did. Other than that, I continue to feel great and have avoided the first and start of the second round of the flu at school. I continue to knock on wood because all my coworkers have gotten it! Matthew will now kiss, hug and nose kiss my belly for his baby brother. He is finally understanding what is happening. He loves babies too, but who knows how he will adjust when there is a new baby at his house for good.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Love Bug


Since our last post we have completely taken Matthew off all allergy medicines for his ears. His body just doesn't handle them well. After about a week on the Clarinex he started not sleeping much at all. He wouldn't fall asleep until after 11:00 and wake up around 4:00. Oddly he was in a great mood all the time, but five hours of sleep is not healthy for him or myself. Since taking him off the medicine and allowing for his body to adjust back, he is now back to 12-13 hour uninterrupted nights!

We went to the pumpkin patch last week and I posted some new photos at our site. We also spent some time with friends and celebrated Silas' fourth birthday at the fire station. The kids all had a blast climbing on and in the trucks, wearing some fire gear and spraying the fire hose!

As for the newest addition to be joining us in about three months, we have finally decided on a name. We went with Andrew David. Matthew is working on saying his name, but has "baby brother" (sounds more like bruder) down pat. Now when I show him my belly and ask who is in there, he will say "baby" or "brother". I go back to the doctor next week for my monthly check-up and glucose test. Hopefully we will also set a date for January at that appointment too.