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.

Baby Girl Ehlke

We had a 4D ultrasound today at GE Medical. So, without further ado, please say hello to Baby Girl Ehlke.

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Little Shopper.

We went grocery shopping while in Algoma. Since we were only picking up a few things, we let Braden take his own shopping cart... a child sized one. He was on a mission! He would not let us help him steer, even though it kept veering to the right. And then he started shopping.

First item on his list was Turkey Bacon. He very seriously went to the shelf, picked out a package of bacon, then placed it in his cart. At that point we figured he'd just start tossing in everything in sight. But no... he was very selective. He went down a couple of aisles and picked out some wheat bread. Followed by some crackers, some cereal and a few other choice items. The jug of orange juice was a bit heavy for him though and he wouldn't let us help him, so he left that. If we tried to help him steer the cart, he'd shove our hand off the handle.

He was so intent on shopping and doing it himself it was just hilarious!

Another first...

I think we set a record tonight. A record for shortest time for a trip to the ER. The fall happened at 8:15, and we were back home by 9:45.

Braden was wrestling with Dad on the bed tonight and fell off. To make matters worse, Dad tried catching him and only managed to spin him around so he smashed his face on the corner of the nightstand.

He is ok, but he cut his cheek just below his right eye, right on the top of the cheek bone. It obviously needed stitches, as it was a pretty good gash an inch long and it just kept bleeding. So off we went to the ER. By the time we got in the car for the trip, he was already smiling, so we know it wasn't too bad.... or he's really tough.

Braden was very brave! They ended up strapping him to a papoose board and putting in three stitches. He cried through that, but did much better than I thought he would!

But boy is he going to have a shiner! Pictures to follow.

No, Mark, we didn't ask him what he hit... he can't talk yet.

No...

Braden's new trick is shaking his head no and nodding his head yes. It's very cute. You ask him if he wants something or if he can do something and he lets you know! Maybe he'll start saying no soon!