Nova Scotia Vacation

Brody, Oma and I went on vacation in the middle of August to vist Nanny and Poppy in Nova Scotia. it was my mom's first time there and we had a really good time. Nanny and Poppy were very happy to see there little man too! We got out to lots of cool places like Peggy's Cove, Lunenburg in Annapolis Valley, the Halifax Waterfront and Rainbow Haven beach. My mom loved it there, she said she would move there in a heartbeat, except for the fact that she wouldn't want to leave us (well at least her grandsons, Brody and Hayden)!!

Brody in the Hospital

Brody managing a smile despite the IV tube and oxygen/heart rate monitor attached to him.

Dad spent lots of time with his little man too!

Even Oma came in to let us have a break and give Brody a bath! He was a little weirded out by the big bag on his arm to protect the IV from getting wet.

We just had a bit of a scare with our precious little Brody. He had developed some rash looking spots on his legs along with a fever. So to the advice of the Calgary Healthlink (GREAT resource) we took him into the Alberta Children's Hospital. To our surprise and very unexpected of course, they asked to admit him and perform a bunch of tests as there was a chance he might have meningitis. Scott and I were floored! After a very emotional 4 day stay at the Children's Hospital along with lots of poking and prodding at Brody (he had blood tests ran, a spinal tap, an IV and a heart rate monitor on his toe)the tests came back negative for any bacterial infection and we got to take our little angel home. Ended up that he just had a basic viral infection, nothing major, but they were glad we came in to get it checked out. So we were sent home with some additional antibiotics and Brody was quickly back to his old self. It definitely scared us a lot to think that something could happen to our little boy beyond our control! We are just happy to have him home again and I am definitely happy to be sleeping in my own bed, as is Scott, and catch up on some much needed sleep!! As you can see by the pictures, Brody did pretty well in the hospital as he still managed to get out some smiles. What a trooper!!!

Brody Crawling

Here is some real live footage of our little man on the move!

Brody is 8 months old!!

8 months old...and he is on the move! He started crawling just over 2 weeks ago and man is he fast! We have evolved into a whole new parenting era....and No! is becoming a favorite word. Brody gets into everything now. From splashing water out of Max's bowl, to trying to chomp on power cords or bee-lining it to take a nose dive down the staircase...it is non-stop. And everytime I tell him 'no', he turns around and flashes me a big smile...so cute, but you have to remain serious!! He also has had his first 2 teeth since just over 5 weeks now. We think a few more may be on the way!

Brody is over half a year old!!

It has been over a month since I posted on here and Brody is almost 7 months old already. It has been very busy. Between mom and baby aquasize, visists with friends, mom and Brody time and our trip to Newfoundland, I rarely have time to be on the computer!! So what's new? Well, Brody is sitting up now all by himself, he crawls backwards (and made two strides forwards the other day with Dad!!), he loves cereal and vegetables, but is not too crazy about fruit. He is still super happy and smiles all the time. he is ticklish all over and at any moment you can get him into a full on belly laugh with the pinch of a finger! He is AWESOME!! Our trip was very good. We got to spend quality time with Scott's bro and his family and see some really nice sites. We even went out to Point May, which is 'middle of nowhere' Newfoundland. The B&W pics above were taken by Scott's cousin's wife who is a photographer out there.

Trying to Crawl

Brody likes his tummy time, but gets frustrated because he doesn't go anywhere. His bum goes in the air and he kicks his legs back. This may be a sign of things to come...he wants to crawl. I see fun but busy times in our future...

My Flames Fans

My boys are definitely Flames Fans, although this year our Flames didn't do too well,

and needless to say...the games were a little boring...

Here's to a better season next year!!

Easter!!

We were in Edmonton for Easter with Scott's sister, Denise and Les, Cailey and Ethan. The Easter Bunny came and hid eggs for the kids and Cailey collected eggs for Brody. We had an awesome weekend, played games with Les and Dee, had a yummy turkey dinner and Dee gots lots of Auntie time in with Brody. Brody even enjoyed the car ride!!

Another New Toy

Yeah...Brody loves his new exersaucer he got from Poppy and Nanny when they were up for Christmas. He is in it almost every day. He loves to be on his own checking everything out and using his legs.

Me and My Dog

Max and Brody are definitely going to be good buddies. Max doesn't even know how exciting it will get when Brody learns to throw! Does it look like they may get into some trouble together...???