Baby's ultrasound!

I'm becoming really bad at keeping up with these blog posts, so please forgive me! I really don't know where the time goes, but every evening seems to be jam-packed lately with housework, let alone keeping up with planning, marking, and report cards! Our weekends have been very busy lately... with company, family time, and things around the house. We had our carpet installed in the basement a couple of weeks ago, so we are very excited to finally have more usable space in our house! It's amazing how much room it adds! We went to IKEA a couple of weekends ago and got a large storage cabinet for the basement. It now houses a lot of Colby's toys, which has made a lot more room upstairs! Colby is absolutely loving the new play area! He wants to play downstairs whenever we're at home, which is great! Next steps include painting and installing the doors and baseboards. One day.....!

Colby is growing so much! I'm really curious to see how tall he is and how much he weighs in about a month when he goes for his 18 month immunizations. He is a solid little boy, so I'm curious to see just how big he has become! He sure is heavy when I pick him up and carry him for a bit!! Things are going so well with the dayhome situation! He is SO happy to play with Connor all day! My cousin, Leanne, comes and gets him in the morning when she drops off Christian for school, and then I pick up Christian and go to their house to bring Colby home. Colby is very excited when Auntie Leanne comes in the morning and can't get out the door fast enough it seems! Rather sad for Mommy, but it's good that he's excited to go to their house, too. It's a great system and I'm glad it's working. It cuts down on the driving and the extra trip to Spruce Grove and back in the morning! Colby's vocabulary is expanding rapidly these days! He is trying to imitate everything we say and do, which is really cute! I am really looking forward to the beginning of summer when I will be home with Colby all day. I'm can't wait for the time with just the two of us before the baby comes in September!

Speaking of the new baby in September, we went to our ultrasound on Monday, May 4th! It was great to see the newest little baby Cameron! We didn't find out the sex (and didn't want to). The ultrasound tech said its legs were together and it was moving around too much to tell. We didn't get a very good photo to bring home because it kept moving all over. It's always fun to watch it for a few minutes after all measurements and checks are done. The heartbeat was 143 bpm. It was moving and kicking and I really enjoy watching it on the screen! Gerry and Colby came into the room after the measurements, etc. Colby didn't really know what to think... he was a bit hesitant to come into the room (as it's a bit dark in there), and was confused why I was lying on the bed. He did watch the screen with Gerry holding him and said "Baby" a few times. I'm not sure if he really quite understands yet, but I'm hoping that as we continue to talk about the baby more and my belly continues to grow, it will become more of a reality for him. We are going to get him a little baby friend to help foster some "gentleness" in our little man!

I'm hoping Gerry is feeling better soon... he came home from work today with what we think is the flu. Hopefully it's not the swine flu! He doesn't get sick very often, but when he does, it hits him hard! Poor guy, hopefully he can rest lots tomorrow when the house is quiet and be back to 100% very soon.

Take care everyone. Talk soon,
Lesley