Poll and Update

39 weeks with Luke...(June 06)


35 weeks and 2 days with Baby Bee...(Dec. 07)

I took this picture last night, but was inspired to post it after Mom Scott sent me a comparison pic from my pregnancy with Luke. What do you think - will I go:

A. Before my due date (if so how many days would you guess?)

B. On my due date (January 17th?)

C. After my due date (how many days late?)


Luke was 7lbs 3 oz - what is your guess on how big Baby Bee will be?

A. In the 7 lb range (any exact guesses?)

B. In the 8 lb range (any exact guesses?)

C. In the 9 lb range (any exact guesses?)

D. 11lbs 14 oz? (That's actually a joke - I was so zoned out after delivering Luke, when the nurse called out "11:14!" I thought for a second she meant that was how much Luke weighed...uh, no - that would be the time he was born...!)

To give you more incentive to fill out my little poll (muhahahaha!), if anyone gets the exact date and/or the exact weight (meaning you have to give me more then just pounds...gotta throw in the ounces too) right - I will send you an authentic Germen trinket.

I'll tack on a quick update here - since I said I would in my last blog. =) Luke and I have been staying quite busy over the last few weeks.

We are almost completely done with our Christmas shopping - just have a few last minute items to pick up. We're hoping to get to a Christmas Market next weekend. I'd like to pick up a few authentic German items - not to mention, I'd love to experience a German Christmas Market first hand. Hopefully we can go and I'll have pictures to post from it.

Chris should be getting back from the field tomorrow. I'll be glad to have him back so I can stop worrying about going into preterm labor while he's 6 hours away...something tells me I'll have a quicker labor this time around - and I doubt he could make it back if I went into labor while he was in the field. Anyway - back to Chris - it sounds like this field exercise was less stressful then the last - and he didn't have to work the night shift this time around either.

Luke is doing good. He's always doing something new and cute. He's trying SO hard to say words. Some of his words are:

Kwinkull = Twinkle (he's trying to sing twinkle twinkle little star now!)
Poopy = Open (don't ask me why...I wish that poopy would equal poopy, but for some reason it means "open" in his mind. =) )
Gru-Kaa = Grandpa
Kinky = Stinky
Kookee = Cookie
Bippy = Sippy
Ahpel = Apple
Bee = Bee (he loves the Bumble Bee song!)
Doo-Da = Santa
Gu Ja = Good Job
Cauks = Socks
Guk-Guk = Quack-Quack
Crawk-er – Cracker
Hucky = Hungry
A-me-maa or nanaa – A banana
Daddy = Daddy
Mo-Mo or Mo-Ma = Elmo
Uh-oh = Uh-oh
Baw = Ball
Bewr = Bear
Doddie = Doggie
Git-ty=Kitty
Bah = Book
Beh = Bird
Mow = More
Yay = Yay
Daw-Da = All Done
Dowl - Doll
and sometimes he'll say Mommy =)

I think he tries new words every day. It's so amazing - He just tries to repeat the things we say. Sometimes it all just mushes together - like when he tries to repeat, "I love you." It kinda sounds like, "Ahuuuvuuuu." But it's so sweet!

He loves animals - and I think we could spend the whole day going through every book in the house pointing out animals and making the sounds they make. Right now he likes to find and mimic:

Elephant
Dog
Cat
Pig
Cow
Chicken
Duck
Tiger
Lion
Bird
Fish
Bumble Bee
Bear
Monkey
Snake
Horse
Giraffe
Penguin
Sheep
Kangaroo
Bunny

Sorry I'm writing so many lists - I know I'm probably the only one that cares about these details -but if I don't write them down now, I'll never remember them when I go to fill out his baby book...which I'm months and months behind on.



Luke has become a big fan of the sippy cups with straws in them. I've started getting him a few - but don't want to transition him too quickly until he learns that the liquid will come out the straw if he just throws it on the floor! =) Right now I give him one when I can supervise closely - he's doing very well with it though.



Though Luke is cute most of the time - he still misbehaves, so I've finally had to start doing Time Out's for him. I feel like I'm on Super Nanny when I do them...=) I put him on the loveseat - with no tv or toys or anything for him to play with - make him stay for about 1 to 2 minuets. If he gets up before his time is up, I put him back and the time starts over. After he has stayed for his time - I try to simply explain why he's there ("Mommy said not to touch the knives in the dishwaher") - ask him to say he's sorry ("tell Mommy you're sorry" - which he actaully attempts to say)- give him a hug and then let him go play. The first time I did it - he threw a huge fit! He was trying to grab knives out of the dishwasher...which is something I've been trying to get him to stop doing for ages...and nothing else was working. So I warned him a few times - and finally out of desperation, tried the Time Out thing. He got up 2-3 times, but finally got the point. After his Time Out was up, he came back to the kitchen and tried to test me again with the dishwasher (it was written all over his face.) I warned him once - he did it again - and back to Time Out he went. This time he cried, but stayed his time without getting up. I've only had to use it one other time since then -and he sat quietly for his time and didn’t attempt to misbehave afterwards. I was concerned that he was to young to understand the concept of Time Out - but he seems to be grasping what it means. We'll see how long it lasts! =)


Alright, this has become much longer then I expected. I need to sign off so I can get some things done around the house. Here are a few pictures!



Just relaxing...

Dressed for church...

He has figured out he can turn on the lights he can reach...

We were out really late the other night - so I swung by the drive-thru at Burger King. Luke was pleased. =)

Here Luke is eating a "nanaa." Banana's are really the greatest snack ever!



I'll post more next week! Stay Warm!