Dr. Doodie Part 3

Well Monday we had a follow up appt. with William's gastroenterologist. We have been keeping a calendar on the fridge for the last two months. If Will had a bowel movement that day, he gets a spiderman sticker to put on that day and if he didn't he just got a little green sticker to put on the day. William got to carry in his charts full of spiderman stickers:) What a champ! He handed them to the dr. and said, "I went PooPoo, that means no cream" (definition of cream in our world is a suppository) The dr. was surprised to see such a huge improvement and told William that he was proud of him for being such a big boy; and if he could bring in his next charts the same. He would not have to come back to the dr. anymore. YEAH!!! So we are striving for spiderman stickers everyday and for no more dr visits. :)

GREAT JOB WILLIAM

Slow Down!

We had our first sonogram yesterday!!!! Fortunately the baby looks fantastic! Fluid was good and the baby was measuring at 13 weeks and 4 days...a little farther than first thought. Unfortunately we made our trip to the Dr. in a mad dash. I had started having some slight pain that morning, but as the morning progressed the small pain started turning into pretty intense cramps. So after a call back from the Dr. we were off. From the sonogram, the cramps turned out to be contractions..... WAY TO EARLY! In retrospect I realized I had done way way to much the day before, so I am taking it easy! And am going to try my hardest to stick to everyday activities and no more; which is really hard for me, and pray that God will continue to watch after our baby! My due date has now been established as August 25th.

Copy Cade... I mean Cat

Cade loves his brother so much.... If he is not crying for me to hold him, then he is following his brother and getting in his way:) William is pretty good about including him, and is getting even better. Here they are crawling around together and having a little cartoon time;well at least William is, Cade is just coping him. Sweet Brotherly Love.

Talent Show Beauties

Sorry the picture quality is so bad, but I had to post this... I'm sure I will pay for sharing. Feb. 8th was our Youth Dinner and Talent show, to help the kids raise money for mission trips this summer. Michael and a couple of his buddies were good sports to humor their wives and go along with our plan. They put on a beauty pagaent, complete with evening wear, talent, Q&A, and of couse lounge wear. They were such good sports about the wardrobe changes, and flaunting there stuff infront of the whole church. You can be the judge, who is the biggest beauty.

PS. In case you arn't sure, Michael is the red headed beauty. Isn't he a vision in purple. By the way... 6'7" men/women do not need heals. They made him so tall!!!

Cade's 1st Haircut

Cade got his first haircut on Saturday. There wasn't much to cut off, but he needed a little shape up. He is such a big boy now. Poor guy, he has been working on his hair for a whole year and that is all he's got. ;)

Daddy in Training.

William is really embracing the idea of another baby in our house. He even talks to my stomache and kisses it. And prays for the baby everynight. Here he is with "his baby" He came to me and said Mommy my baby is cold, he needs a blanket, so we wrapped him up and started saying shhhh it's ok. Finally he went and sat down in his room in his rocking chair, and rocked the baby for a good 5 minutes. Here he is rocking his baby and kissing it on the head.

The Rash.

I know this happened a while back, but I told several of you I would post... so sorry it has taken so long. ... We woke up Saturday morning before Super Bowl, and here is what we found. Some sort of viral rash, but Cade was itching like crazy. It subsided completly in about a week, but wow it was crazy, and scary. I have never seen a rash like this. In the pictures he is taking an oatmeal bath to help with the itching. Poor Baby.