All Good on the Baby Front

Jayden accompanied Tony and I to my Ultrasound appointment on Monday to take a peek at his baby brother. They did the normal check on all the organs, good there. Checked to make sure he's still a boy, all good there. Heart looks and sounds good. They estimate his weight to be about 5.5 lbs which puts him the 60th percentile (that's the first time we've had a child above the 25th percentile!) The baby was practicing breathing which also might help explain the increase of hiccups he's been experiencing as he works out the kinks of learning to breath and coordinate with his diaphram. He even took a moment to "wave" at his big brother.

I had a check up with my doctor this morning. She is very happy with my progression and says everything is good. Now we just hope this baby cooperates with all the planning and doesn't come early.

We spent this weekend working on a few of those "nesting" projects I have on the never ending To-Do List. Jayden helped Tony fill a few nail holes and re-paint the wall in the baby's room. He also helped me paint the letters for his baby brother's name which are going up on the wall, just like we did for Jayden. Jay helped move our bedroom furniture around so we can bettter accomodate the extra furniture while the baby is in our room. And, we did all this while I battled the cold that Tony had last week which originated two weeks ago with Jayden. Nothing like doing it all.

Other than that, Spring has begun to arrive in the great Pacific Northwest. The crocuses that Jayden and I planted in November have come up and are in full bloom. The daffodils are working their way up. The birds have begun to return and on some mornings I wake up to the sounds of little chirps outside the windows (of course this was before I caught this cold and could actually hear things).

All in all, it's quiet on the Coles' front...some would call it the calm before the storm.

The Countdown Continues

With only two months left before the big arrival, we are trying to spend as much one on one time with Jayden as we can. Jayden seems to be very excited with the impending arrival so that's a bonus. In fact, he's been talking about his baby "brudder" quite a bit at school these last few weeks even announcing what his name will be.

Although Tony swears he was dying (Jayden had brought home a nasty cold bug and spent last weekend coughing and sneezing, even begging for more medicine and this weekend was Tony's turn), we all got to the zoo on Sunday when the temperature finally reached 60! Jayden finally got to ride the zoo train for the first time since Thanksgiving and he was smiles from ear to ear the entire 25 minute ride. He was able to watch the "super huge" elephant eat her cheerios and hay and even get a few drinks of water from her water tub. His other highlight was visiting the Lorikeet Landing to feed the birds and search for his favorite red lorikeet, which was no where to be found on this day. All in all, it was a good day for us all (even if Tony couldn't breathe).

The week is off to a good start. Tony is feeling a little better. Jayden has kicked into hyper helper mode and has been helping with everything from laundry to cooking dinners (without being asked). He even gave Tiger Kitty a bath today, if only someone was around to photograph that one (I'm sure Tiger is happy that didn't happen).

I'll be sure to post an update next weekend as I have a few doctors appointments including an ultrasound scheduled.

Enough with the snow already!!

Things have been very quiet in the Coles household lately. We can't really do a whole lot given the current weather situation. Each night we go to bed with rain and in the morning we awaken to snow. This is not the typical weather pattern in this area. We've lived here four years now and have had more snowy mornings in the past two and half weeks than in all the previous years combined. To make matters worse, it's only a slight dusting of snow so not enough to play in but just enough to make driving a little difficult.

Jayden has developed a very cute little habit each night with the weather. He watches the weather report on the evening news and when the man says "rain and wind, with a chance of low snow" Jayden spins around and sighs in disgust while telling me, "He just said more rain and wind...for the whole day and week". The poor little guy has been asking to go to the zoo and, more importantly, the beach for weeks now and there doesn't seem to be chance of either trip soon.

We are in the "initial approach" to the end of pregnancy with only 8 weeks left until delivery. With all the movement this baby has, I think he wants out of there as soon as possible. Just the other night as Jayden lay on my belly, he was recooperating from whacking his chin on the coffee table, his "baby brudder" let him have it right in the head. Jayden looked back a little stunned but more amused that he could feel his kicks.