Wednesday, August 31, 2011

This is it

Due to my Ulcerative Colitis symptoms starting to return and not being able to get my infusion until after Adi is born, I will be induced tomorrow morning at 7:30 so that I can get my meds in my system.  I didn’t think it would happen like this and wanted to be able to go into labor on my own, but I also need to be healthy for my new little girl.  Not to mention breastfeeding on the toilet is no fun!  Yes, UC is such a glamorous disease. 

Here is my final baby belly picture at 38 weeks and 4 days.

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Today I took Baeo to Happy Hollow to have some more fun.  If only he knew his little world will be changing.  He has gone from stalking the goats to loving the rides!

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Okay, if all goes well we will be meeting our little Adilynn sometime tomorrow or Friday!  I have a lot to do today as I am not very prepared so I need to get on it!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Hellfire Challenge

On Friday during their lunch break, Derek and a few of his co workers thought it would be fun/a good idea? to take on the Hellfire hot wing challenge at a local restaurant here in San Jose.  Below is a description of the challenge.

 

WE DARE YOU

You think you like it hot, do ya? The Smoke Eaters Hellfire Challenge has humbled even the bravest hot wing lovers. Even “professional eater” Adam Richman of the Travel Channel’s Man v Food show barely finished our epic challenge. You’ll sweat, you’ll weep, you’ll wish you hadn’t been so crazy. We dare you.

What’s The Hellfire
challenge

  • 10 minutes to chow down 12 wings smothered with our hottest Hellfire sauce
  • No drinks
  • No napkins, lick your fingers clean
  • Then you’ve got five minutes to feel the afterburn
  • Abandon all hope

Does this sound like a good idea to you?

None of them even came close to finishing.  There was sweat, tears, and puking.  That was after not even 2 wings…and that was just Derek.  His other co workers joined in not too long after though, so Derek wasn’t alone. 

Here he is after his first bite.

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I didn’t get any pictures of what he looked like about 1 minute later, but just picture bright red and teary eyed with a look in his eyes that says nothing but, “I am in idiot…and on fire.”  Derek said this was by far the hottest thing he has ever tasted…ever.  The good news is that the puking saved him from feeling the burn three times.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

It’s official

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On March 25th I will be running my first marathon with my brother and dad.  They are going to come down and run the River City Marathon in Sacramento with me.  With all the running I do I have always wanted to run a marathon just to cross it off my list but have never wanted to do all the training.  Hello 14, 16, 18, and 20 milers!  When we started talking at first about running a race together we were just thinking half marathon, but since neither my dad nor myself has ever run a full, we decided to go big (my brother has already ran a couple).
Although my next big event will be getting Miss Adi, or should I say Big Bertha, out of my belly.  She is already estimated at about 7 pounds, which is bigger than what Braedon was at birth.  I'm a little scared.  I’m so excited that my parents will be driving down next Friday.  Hopefully Adi can wait until they get here.  It was going to be my mom driving by herself with my sister, but when my dad came home last night to this…
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...he decided to drive her himself and then fly back. 
Note: The driver was unharmed but some plants, and a mommy and baby deer did not survive.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Just Braedon

This guy is just way too cute.  Although I may be a bit biased. 
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And no, we don’t feed him straight powdered sugar for breakfast.  Although every Saturday morning Derek will make us Dutch pancakes and Braedon absolutely loves them…with snow. 
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Now back to the Baeo.  I just wanted to document some of things he has been saying and doing lately so that I won’t forget.
1.  He is talking up a storm and will repeat everything you say.  He is now piecing together 3 and 4 word sentences. 
2.  He does an unbelievably realistic siren impression.  Whenever he sees a fire truck, ambulance, or cop car you better believe you will be hearing a siren from the backseat of the Jeep in a matter of seconds.
3.  He sometimes will call me Lacie.  Usually when he does something that requires the word, “Uh oh.”  So I will hear over and over again, “Uh oh, Lacie….uh oh, Lacie.”
4.  He still loves anything cars, trucks, trains and tractors and that will be the thing he beelines for at daycare at the gym and at church.
5.  When I pick him up from daycare or when Derek gets home from work he will come running up to us and say, “Hi, mom!  I missed you!”  or, “Hi, dad!  I missed you!”  It is way too cute and makes my heart melt.
6.  One of his favorite shows is the Wonder Pets and he will sing the theme song all the time.  After we put him to bed last night we could hear him singing it in his crib.
7.  He has mastered his jumping skill and is now getting a lot more brave.  He has scared me and Derek a number of times by wanting to jump off playground equipment and other things that are over 5 feet off the ground.  I really don’t want to deal with any broken bones, but this kid is fearless.
8.  He is getting really into coloring and loves to sit at the table and color while he eats his meals.  I think his favorite color is green.  If you saw his pictures you would think the same thing.
9.  He now says please on his own almost anytime he asks for something.  I didn’t even have to work with him on this…he just started doing it on his own.  It’s a nice surprise…my kid has manners…I’m not sure where he got them, but he has them!  (turns out that it was Derek that taught him this)
10.  He loves to go out in our garden with me and look at all our vegetables and help pick them and put them in the fridge.  Such a good little helper!
11.  He knows all the letters of the alphabet and can point them out and say them. With some letters he can say a word that starts with that letter.
12.  He tries to do ridiculously hard things like stacking certain objects on top of each other that really don’t stack well and will get extremely frustrated, which normally turns into a fit.
Those are the Braedon updates I can think of for now…
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We just love this kid and can’t get enough!!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Family visit

This weekend Derek’s sister, Megan, and her family came to visit us.  They have two boys that are a little older than Braedon and a baby girl.  The boys got along quite well and it was fun watching them play.  On Saturday we took them to a fun park with a pretty cool water feature and they all had a blast.  I think Braedon loved having his cousins here to play with.  Here are some pictures from the weekend.

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They loved playing in the sandbox.

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Braedon also couldn’t get enough of baby Nola.

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After having Nola here for a couple of days and seeing how Braedon was around a baby has calmed my nerves about having a baby in the house.

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He was gentle, offered her toys, and gave her hugs. 

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Although, baby Nola eventually went home and Adilynn will not.

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Isn’t she a cutie!?  Thanks for coming Megan and Tyson.  It was a fun weekend!

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Delayed “catch”

Braedon loves to throw things and play catch.  The only thing is that when he wants to play catch, he will tell you to catch after he throws whatever it is he is playing with at you.  On occasion he catches us off guard!  He has a pretty good arm too!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Human Mr. Potato Head

We got Braedon a Mr. Potato Head a few weeks back and then he got a second one along with even more accessories from Grandma Peterson not too long ago.  You would think he would love playing around with the potato heads giving them funny faces and what not.  Nope, he loves using me as his Mr. Potato head.

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He is always coming up to me and shoving the different kinds of lips and teeth into my mouth.

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Four is the record, by the way.

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It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. 

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Earlier today he tried to give me eyes…