Good News/Sunshine 37 Weeks

I had my ultrasound last night and an appointment today, and all is well. The technician measured me at 35 weeks and 6 days, which is only a week early. The baby weighs about 6 lbs, 2 oz at this point. The doctor today said anything off by 3 weeks is a concern, so he's not concerned at all. It was great seeing Sunshine again. I was able to see the head, spine, stomach, kidneys, heart, and bladder. The best part was that we could see the baby has hair! Too bad we couldn't tell color :) We stayed away from the legs for obvious reasons. Only 3 more weeks to go!

Easter Egg Hunt(s)

Last Saturday (a chilly day unfortunately), we went to an Easter Egg Hunt that the Family Center (the organization that provides the teacher that comes to the house) set up. We were thinking an actual hunt (it was more like a one-egg-hunt), so we had like 5 eggs when really we were only supposed to find one and get a prize. Now we know! The faceless kid in the gray hat is ours :) I just realized I didn't get his face in any of these pictures!

Waiting patiently for the prize...

a lamb.

The Easter Bunny with Caden and Daddy. He liked the Easter Bunny a whole lot more than Santa!

So since the other one wasn't really a hunt, we had our own in the backyard.

He had so much fun that he decided to throw them for himself.

Pamper Pile-up Party

Jason's kind and thoughtful teachers at his school threw us a "Pamper Party" yesterday. He also brought home a lot of cake which will probably be gone very soon. Anyhow, here are some pictures of the goodies from the party. I always feel a little more ready for the baby after their party - thank you everyone! It's really great that they throw one for the 2nd child!

Caden had a blast putting them into a pile.

Of course he had to pose with the pile.

I'm not sure if he enjoyed piling the diapers or playing in the big box more.

(Still playing with the box today.)

"Time to Come In!"

We tried to go out on one of the cooler/sunny days last week, but it was just too cold. After being out only 15 min or so, I had a little trouble getting him back in...

He's saying, "Nope, nope, nope" in this picture which is the word that comes out of his mouth most often lately.

White Dinosaurs

A few weeks ago (when we still had snow) Caden looked out the window at lunch time and said he saw a dinosaur in our backyard. I thought I'd play along and just started asking questions like how many and what color. He told me there were two, a mom and a boy, and that they were white (I'm guessing the snow had something to do with the color). Since then, these dinosaurs have appeared a few more times, one being this morning. This time there was a mommy, daddy, and a little boy. They were watching Caden eat, and now they are eating our grass. It's so funny that he has an imagination like this and knows to pretend.

It's a Boy!

Congratulations to my cousin, Amy, and her husband, Mike, on the birth of their son.

Welcome to the world
Bryce Michael Ficks
3/27/10
7:06 p.m.
8 lbs, 3 oz
21 inches

Missing the Weather

With 33 degree weather today, we are really missing the weather from last weekend. At least we were able to get out and enjoy it then. These are pictures from last weekend where we were able to try out Caden's wagon from Pappy D and the bike that Caden's Aunt Ju-Ju gave us that her kids used to play with.

Caden took a break from riding his bike to check out the water thing.