Well, it's been a few weeks since the last update and since then, we have found out that we are having another boy! Connor is gonna be a big brother! This is nice since we still have some of his stuff saved, although since we had decided that we weren't having anymore kids (ha! that plan was not quite a success!) we had given away a lot of ::almost all of :: his clothes! The good news, a lot of them went to Angie, who just recently had a baby boy named Rylan, so when we go to MN for Christmas, we will be getting back everything that Rylan has outgrown!
Right now, I am 21 weeks along, so we are at the halfway point! Yay! No weird cravings, however, I could probably eat my own weight in salsa! At least it's veggies right? That's what I keep telling myself anyway! Connor is so funny, he will tell you that the baby is in mommy's belly, usually as he is lifting up my shirt to try to show you! Cute while at home, not so much in public! I don't think that he has still grasped the concept of being a big brother yet. I can't wait until he can feel the baby moving, it should be pretty comical! Josh has tried to feel but it's still pretty faint from the outside (not so faint from the inside! I feel like a punching bag!). If he presses down some he has felt him kicking once but he does the same thing that Connor used to do, as soon as Josh puts his hand on the spot that he was kicking, he either moves or just stops. I think that it's because my hands are always cold and Josh's hands are always warm so he knows it's not me! It's funny yet frustrating at the same time!
Work has been busy lately, however, with the economy the way it is, it's been sparadic, it can be super busy one day and then the next....well, the next I have time to blog or do my baby registry :) I am not having another shower for this one but I did a registry so that I can keep track of the things that we need/want for the baby since we gave away a lot of Connor's stuff (like the walker, bouncer, etc and he completely trashed his high chair!). We also recently did a wish list for Connor at Toys R Us....taking Connor & Josh in that store, I don't know who was more excited! Josh can't wait until Connor is old enough to do the huge intense sets of Legos, he's been eyeing them up since I was pregnant with Connor! Josh's work has also been getting pretty busy, fall cleanups and leaf removals have started. Winter is around the corner (I can't believe that!) so they are also gearing up for snow removal, tis almost the season...
We had a little bit of a worry moment last week with Connor. He had his first xrays. Tuesday I got a call from daycare saying that when he sat down to use the potty before naptime, he said "ow, my knee" and then he wouldn't put any pressure or weight on his left leg. They let him go down for naptime to see if it was ok when he woke up but it wasn't. So I went and got him, took him to the Walk In Emergency Center and they did xrays to rule out a fracture of any sorts, and that came back clear. So after checking him out, they said that it was most likely a strained leg muscle. They told us to not let him walk on it for a few days and if it wasn't better by Thurs to bring him into AI DuPont Hospital for Children and they would run some more test (mostly to make sure he didn't injure a growth plate or something like that). Wednesday, we followed up with his pediatrician and he said basically the same thing but to give it till at least Friday. We also had blood tests done just to rule out if it was caused by any sort of infection. So Josh stayed home with him Thurs and Fri and he still wouldn't walk or stand on it. He was crawling all over the place though and he would "walk" on his knees. Thurs night he started riding his trike (he would make us put him on it) so we knew that he was putting pressure on the leg and that he had a full range of motion with all his joints but he still wouldn't walk or stand. He kept telling us that he can't walk, he has ows. So Friday, we were all set to spend the day at AI DuPont but wanted to wait to get the bloodtest results back. I went into work and Josh stayed home with him in the morning and once I had an appt with the pediatrician set up, I called Josh and he said that Connor had stood on it while he put on his pull ups but that was it. I told him to try telling him that it was ok to walk now, the doctor called and said that it was all better now, just to see what would happen and to call me back. He called me back not even two minutes later and all he said was "why didn't you think of that 2 days ago?". He said he told Connor that he could walk now, Connor asked Why, Josh said the doctor called and said it was ok, he was all better now, and Connor replied Oh, ok then jumped down off the couch and started running around playing!! Oh, my son the trickster! Who knows how long he was actually able to walk on it! At least we know that he listens to doctors instructions right?!
He was also quite the handful over the weekend, we are guessing because his whole routine was thrown off by being home all day and not really having a way to burn off too much engery while not walking. He didn't nap all weekend. At one point we tried closing his bedroom door and seeing if he would fall asleep, instead, I hear him playing with the dresser drawers and a few minutes later, I hear him crying. I went running upstairs thinking he tried to climb the dresser and got hurt, open the door, and there is Connor, trying to get his shirt off, with his arm stuck thru the head hole! That was ALL he was wearing! No socks, pants, or pull up!!! Apparently he got stuck trying to take his shirt off. He wanted to jump on the bed naked. Oh, and the sound of him playing with the dresser drawers....that was him emptying the entire contents of his dresser into one big pile (along with all the clothes from his dirty clothes basket) in the middle of the floor. Yep, he was a joy this weekend!
Well, this has been a pretty long post so I guess I better get some work done! Hope everyone has a safe & Happy Halloween!
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