Braden's blood work.

some good news on the neutropenia front. Braden's blood work from Friday shows his Neutrophil levels are coming up. He has been around 400. His latest levels were over 800. Normal levels are around 1100, so it's still not perfect, but it seems like it is improving. We'll still have to have another test in 3 months though.

We saw Santa Claus at the mall today! Braden isn't too sure about him and didn't quite sit on his lap, but it was pretty neat seeing him.

Catch up...

I realize it has been a while since I really blogged, not counting the big boy bed blog (alliteration rocks!).

So, here goes.

Last Wednesday we had our new laminate floor put in the kitchen and dinette. It looks great! I'm still working on getting the shoe molding in, but I'm about 75% done with that. Pictures will follow. Braden thinks it's really cool playing with cars and a roll of duct tape on it.

Thanksgiving was very nice. Kevin and Stephanie hosted at their house in Mennnooommmeee Falls. (yes, I know that's not right, but I figured I'd throw in a bunch of n's, o's, m's and e's to make sure there were enough). It was a very nice gathering with good food (especially those black olives!). Braden had a lot of fun playing with Sophia and even managed to sneak a hug or two from her!

Braden had another blood test Friday. Results are in, but we're getting two different stories from Children's Hospital and the nurse at our doctor. We're clarifying the results, but it sounds like his Neutrophils are up to 700, which isn't great, but it's better than the 200-400 they were in May.

I installed the new Windows Vista on our laptop at home and now can no longer log into work, which is not really bothering me too much! That's not a cut on Vista. So far I think it's much better than Windows XP. And I know most of you don't care about that stuff... but tough.

Big Boy Bed

This weekend we moved Braden into his big boy bed. I never imagined it could go so easily! He never cried or complained. The first night we had to put him back in bed after he fell asleep on the floor, and once again later in the night. At nap time the next day, we had to move him back into the bed once. But that night and the next day he stayed in bed on his own. Last night he even went and crawled into bed on his own at bed time!

Buzzzz.....

From Halloween2006

Sorry

Yeah, I've been lazy and not blogging. And the Braden Halloween pictures aren't up yet either. I've been trying to clear some stuff off my plate at work so I can focus on the holidays and getting ready for the baby.

The baby is starting to really roll around and kick. Friday will be 28 weeks.

Braden has learned to say No for sure now. He still uses the head shake more, but he definitely says no. He also uses it to yell at the cats when they scratch the furniture or carpet. It's very funny.

We're having laminate flooring installed the day before Thanksgiving.

That's about it for now.