Life has been good.
Baby Cady #2 is due in 4 weeks. I had an ultrasound today and everything looked great. Baby is in the perfect position, has plenty of fluid (which indicates functioning stomach and kidneys), is just the right size (slightly smaller than "normal", which is perfect since I'm going for a "traditional" birth or VBAC vaginal birth after cesarean).
We had Benjamin's 2nd birthday party last weekend (a few weeks early). It was a great time with friends and family. Benjamin's eyes light up when everyone sang "Happy Birthday",
and he thoroughly enjoyed blowing out candles....so we let him do it twice. He loved his cake that can decorated (not by me) with chocolate "rocks".
Benjamin is such a delightful child.
- He loves hugging and playing with his "baby"...he even tries to let the baby help him pick things up.
- He loves riding his new bike that we got him for his birthday. I will have to get a picture. it has no pedals and he just pushes his legs and glides along.
- We moved him to an upstairs bedroom and he immediately started sleeping much better!
- He takes long (2.5-3hr) naps most afternoons
- By far, his favorite play items are his tractors, diggers, dump trucks, etc. All of them are "Nonnie's" which, in Benjamin talk, means "Donnie's"..our contractor, who did have one backhoe and one Bobcat skidder.
- He loves to help his mama and Grandma cook. He is quite good at insisting that my mom use her mixer to make something tasty...and Grandma, aka Wa-Wa, is not good telling him no.
- He is also infatuated with Elmo. He generally talks about "elmo's world" when he wakes up. I confess, he watches 1 hr of TV per day...Sesame Street. And the occasional Elmo clip on the computer. My current favorite episode features will.i.am.
