An Aidan-ism

I know he's not the first to say this, but Aidan cracked us up a little while ago by very seriously explaining the difference between certain animals.
"Durnal animals hunt for their food during the day, and NOT durnal animals do NOT--they only hunt at night. They have eye-shine." You try explaining to him that the word is 'nocturnal.' He actually does learn a lot from Dinosaur Train.

He's also very into wearing his pajamas all day long, if he can get away with it. This morning Brennan somehow got Aidan's pj's a little wet, so I told him it was time to go ahead and put clothes on. He went upstairs by himself (which is a miracle in itself) and came back down with new pajamas on.

Number 4 in 4-D

I'm a little disappointed with how the OB's office is handling things this time around. Lost my first ultrasound pictures and took a month to decide to let me redo, no seasonal flu shots, no swine flu shots, no reminder to register at hospital or take classes (not that I was going to take classes this time), and no reminder to see if I wanted to do the 4-D ultrasound. Luckily these things are occuring to me to ask, ableit late!! Just b/c I've done this before doesn't mean I know what and when things are supposed to be happening. Hopefully this means that we'll make up for it with a fantastic birth experience.

So, I'm a month past when you were supposed to do 4-D ultrasounds, so the baby is already head-down and facing back which is good for birth, but bad for picture-taking. Here's what we could get:

The umbilical cord is the thing squished up against the face, but you get the basic idea.

The tech kept saying I could come back and try to redo it another time, but I really don't want the baby to move out of this position, thank you very much! These pics are just fine!

The Big 1-0

In her words, "Now I'm a pre-teen." So I guess we have a lot more of this to look forward to. She has also informed us that since she got an iPod for her birthday (my old one), that now she's saving her money for a cell phone.

Making a wish

Her party was at a pottery painting place. The girls all had creative ideas of what their piece should look like. It will be interesting to see how they turn out!



One more wish!

He's the Piano Man

Brennan likes to watch, and join in, when Marian practices piano. One day he decided to give it a try himself:



There's always something interesting in the bench...



Big smile:





Here's a picture from a couple of months ago that I liked--Brennan surveying his new family room and trying to decide what to do with it.

Sold!

After a scant 32 days from listing, we closed on our old house on Friday. We are thrilled that it sold so quickly (2 bids in the first 7 days!), but it is bittersweet to let go of our first house.

Stuck

I kept hearing frustrated noises, and finally a "help" and "stuck". Brennan had buckled himself into the stroller and couldn't get out!

Future Olympian??

After losing the pictures that they took a month ago, the sonogram people finally had me come back in for a redo. Baby #4 is still measuring about 2 weeks ahead of schedule and currently weighing approx 2lb 7 oz

(determined by measuring the tummy, apparently).

At the first appt on Aug 11, he/she was measuring 2 weeks ahead and weighed approx 1 pound.

chubby cheeks

a foot

profile

waving hello

heartbeat measuring at 147--good!

doing some stretches--the hand is holding the foot above the head!The tech was laughing about the little gymnast and how fast the foot moved when it kicked!

I'm thinking gymnastics and/or tae-kwan-do is in our future.

Maybe even Olympics 2028?? :)