tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109004122011-04-22T01:24:06.030-04:00The Life & Times of the new Schaefer Family, brought to you by, David, Michelle, Brenden and baby Cole born Jan 31, 2008 @ 1:24am.schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.comBlogger1111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-23574107631455808672008-04-09T00:11:00.004-04:002008-04-09T00:26:17.129-04:00

Finally, we have some warmer weather. We've been waiting all winter for this. Too much winter for me. Lets just hope it stays as warm as its been. The snow is almost gone. Now that the snow is gone, we can go outside more and play with the kids. Brenden loves the outdoors. He would play out there all day if it weren't for lunch and dinner to break that up. Cole is on a 4-5 hour sleeping shift

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-42420322229624606812008-03-26T17:32:00.001-04:002008-03-26T17:41:50.428-04:00

So what?! You think I have time to post messages every day? No. How about weekly? No. Monthly? Hardly.I'm not sure if it's just pure laziness, or the fact that I spend all my time on a computer at work? Some part of it is laziness, and the most part is the time I spend on these things (computers) on a daily basis.I will write and post some new pictures soon, I promise. Of course I did promise to

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How's it going out there? Haven't seen to many comments, so I figured you're just as lazy as I am when writing. Haha.Well, we're still here, sleepy eyed and all. Actually, it hasn't been to bad. Cole only seems to cry when he's hungry. He doesn't cry about anything else, which is the total opposite of Brenden. Don't know if this is the case known as, good kid-bad kid (or was that good cop-bad

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1212535642299041582008-02-07T22:58:00.000-05:002008-02-07T23:42:53.038-05:00

Well, Cole arrived home on Tuesday afternoon and got to see his new digs. Brenden was still at Daycare and had no idea what was in store for him at home. I left work early to pick him up and off we went. I tried to comfort him (or warn him) that we are going home to see 'baby Cole'. He repeated the name Cole many times, almost as if he knew what he was saying. I still though to myself, "This will

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Today was really my 2nd time holding Cole, but first time talking pictures while we're holding Cole. Michelle remains is hospital until at least Monday, recovering from, what the doctors say, is the "Ecoli Virus". We have no idea where it came from, but apparently pregrant mothers are more susceptible to it than others. We were also told that this was why Cole decided it was time to get out of

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-24028706372233599162008-01-31T20:17:00.000-05:002008-02-02T23:47:22.800-05:00

Above: Baby Cole at the hospital and Brenden after meeting his baby brotherHere's the short and long of it. My wife had been sick since Monday and early Wednesday morning decided I had better bring her to the hospital because she thought she was in Labor. Dr examined her and told her is was false labor, but she had some sort of infection which was the reason she had been feeling sick the past few

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-88381665568602745042007-12-31T10:13:00.000-05:002007-12-31T15:30:28.812-05:00

More Christmas Pictures 2007OK, Halloween went by and no posts. Christmas went by and still no posts. The New Year is upon us and I decide I had better post something before the end of the year. There has been a lot going on in here at the Schaefer household. Lets begin the story:First things first. We hadn't mentioned it to anyone on here, and most people know already. Michelle is pregnant.

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-33426416728779896562007-10-31T23:07:00.001-04:002008-02-23T09:20:45.338-05:00

Well, Brenden went out as a ZEBRA this year and he was a hit in the neighborhood. He got us plenty of loot (haha), and yes, he got some to. Didn't want to take it all from him, afterall, he did most of the leg work. We were out for about an hour or so, and probably went to about 10-15 houses on our block. He was a little unsure about some of the places we went to. We even got him to say, "Trick

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We're still around.....just haven't had to much time to post. Next post will contain Brenden's Halloween pictures. He's going to be a ZEBRA this year!Will post later tonight. Don't believe me, eh? You'll see.

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CAMPING AT SIBALD POINT PROVINCIAL PARKOK, OK! I know....where in the heck has Dave and his BLOG gone? Down the drain? Did he fall off the face of the earth? What's the status of Brenden? Is he finished high school yet?Well, we've been through a lot in the many months of not posting anything. I felt I needed a break. A summer break. A "don't want to update the BLOG" break.Here goes...I am going

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-25140348148954452672007-07-16T23:43:00.001-04:002007-07-16T23:58:03.865-04:00

Well, we've finally moved in to our new home. Our first crack at moving from house to house. I don't want to do that again for a long time. It's a lot of working which is very time consuming. The move went well, and most of our boxes are unpacked. There's a few left, but those are the non-essentials at this point. We'll get to them when we can.Brenden loves his new "diggs". He has a lot more room

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-80149245681605360492007-07-02T19:37:00.001-04:002008-02-23T09:49:27.453-05:00

Finally made it to my 100th post! It should have been sooner, but "hey", I've been busy and haven't had a lot of spare time to write entries here.Well, Michelle and I feel that Brenden has finally spoke his first word! And really, I don't think it's a very common first word to come from a 14 month old. You would never guess it either. He already says, mama, and dada, but we wanted a real first

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-4260757227239058102007-06-17T23:55:00.000-04:002007-06-18T00:45:27.558-04:00

BRENDEN BEFORE THE HAIRCUT!BRENDEN AFTER THE HAIRCUT!Brenden had his first haircut on Saturday. He didn't fuss about it to much. He was a little unsure at first. He looked at the guy cutting his hair, wondering, "why is this guy trying to pull my hair out." He took it like a trooper.Today was father's day. I had the best father's day gift today. A happy child. He was in his best behavior

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Last week Brenden had a little bit of the stomach flu. It's been going around apparently and I've known many people to have it. So far I've avoided it (knock on wood).Brenden is almost walking now. As you can see from the pictures above, he is able to hold himself up as long as he has something to lean on. He'll push that little car everywhere. He loves it. Soon enough, he'll be letting go and

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Once again, I've been way to relaxed, or what I meant was, I've been way to busy. Again, sorry for my slowness in getting a post up.We as a family have been going through a lot lately. A few weeks ago, we bought a new house, well it's 10 years old, in North Whitby. We move in at the end of July. Currently we are in the process of selling our current house. We have been in and out of the house

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-38626105513442430292007-05-06T23:55:00.000-04:002007-05-07T00:20:01.235-04:00

Picture #1: Brenden's ICE CREAM (April 20).Picture #2: Imitating daddy when he's drunk.Picture #3: Ribs, I love ribs.Picture #4: I'm not sharing, it's my rib!QUICK NOTE: My picture link has changed to http://www.davidschaefer.ca/brenden/index.htmlWell, Brenden has officially started to crawl! He is finally on the move. Although it's taken him some time, he's almost mastered the skill in a week.

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-38743861470436701462007-04-22T07:37:00.000-04:002007-04-30T08:12:58.997-04:00

Well, Brenden's Birthday Parties were a success. He loved both of the cakes he was given. One on Saturday and one on Sunday.Various family and friends attended and gave him gifts for his first. Thanks to everyone who attended and made Brenden's 1st Birthday a memorable one.The first two pictures above are from Saturday, and the 2nd two are from Sunday.Once again, Happy 1st Birthday Brenden!Love

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1978627647115660792007-04-20T08:35:00.001-04:002007-04-30T08:13:35.771-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDEN!!!

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Brenden started daycare and already he has a cold. Well it started out as a cold and progressed to other diseases. Now he has been diagnosed with a stomach flu as well. Last week he had trouble keeping any food down. He went back to daycare 2 days following that and we got a call from daycare telling us he has pink eye. Back to the Dr. we went and sure enough, he has pink eye. He went back

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-89296281542436497142007-04-01T08:36:00.000-04:002007-04-01T08:53:49.478-04:00

Well finally, Brenden is getting teeth. He had one tooth poke through on the bottom and the 2nd one is following suit. He'll have a full set in no time at all.Last week we got a little bit of a scare as Brenden's temperature rose to about 104C. Michelle took him to the hospital and he was giving some antibiotics to treat, what they called some sort of virus. Michelle contacted out family Dr on

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Once again almost two weeks and no post. Sorry about that. We've been very busy around here. Here are the latest developments.Brenden is doing great. He still has no teeth, but he is learning how to eat solid food now. He loves plain toast, various vegetables and chicken. We have to make sure he has small bites, but he has started to get the knack for chewing. Once he has teeth he'll be eating up

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-59431918573321900332007-03-03T15:56:00.000-05:002007-05-07T00:49:55.013-04:00

Baby pictures updated: http://www.davidschaefer.ca/brenden/index.htmlOnce again I apoligize for not posting as often as I should. I am busy, busy, busy between Brenden and work.I do have an excuse for not posting pictures lately though. My camera broke. Well, not totally, but the flash no longer works. For indoor shots I like to take pictures with the flash, and when Brenden is outside, well, he

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-91133589670393325972007-02-14T10:32:00.000-05:002007-02-14T11:28:10.261-05:00

OK, once again, I'm guilty of not posting at least on a weekly basis. After vacation work has been just hectic and I haven't had time to post anything. The times I am free, I just flat out forget until it's time for bed.So now you're probably wondering....how's Brenden? What's new with him? Well I see him everyday and I see a few new things, but not a whole lot. Talking:He has really started to

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-87484553299750618682007-01-31T23:44:00.000-05:002007-02-01T00:07:48.762-05:00

OK, the vacation is now over for the three of us. Brenden had a vacation away from us and we had a vacation away from him. It was a much needed break for all of us.Cuba was great! 30C weather everyday, only one evening with rain, and a tan to boot. The beach was awesome, other than the naked parts of it. Old, hairy Europeans that do not to be tanned in the private regions. Quite scary at times.

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-45449634354958712202007-01-20T00:48:00.000-05:002007-01-20T01:00:58.538-05:00

Well, for the first time since having Brenden, we are leaving him for a week. Leaving him with his grandparents of course. We are taking a much needed vacation to Cuba. We leave in about 5 and a half hours from now. By noon on Saturday, we'll be lying on a beach in Cuba. I can see it now. Pina Colada's and big German's with tiny Speedo's. OK, that kind of grosses me out, but oh well. Hot

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-21600371832178231642007-01-06T15:42:00.000-05:002007-01-06T15:53:33.082-05:00

First of all we would like to say Happy New Year to everyone who reads this BLOG! Best wishes from our family to yours.Brenden had his first swimming lessons today. Michelle took him in the pool. He loved it. Never complained one bit and slashed his heart out. He was very tired after though. He just about fell asleep putting him in his car seat. His lessons will last a number of weeks on

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-16014370593976740452006-12-28T18:43:00.001-05:002008-02-23T09:29:55.425-05:00

You are probably wondering why no Christmas post has been made. Well, it's been a very busy holiday, and now that I'm back to work I still haven't had much time to login to the BLOG to make a post until now. Most people will be pretty sad to hear that I didn't take to many pictures over the holidays, especially when it's the baby's 1st Christmas. Well, I in fact took more video's instead. I am in

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-57233742602191296062006-12-19T07:57:00.000-05:002006-12-19T08:16:02.419-05:00

Brenden is now finally able to hold his own bottle when he eats. We still hold him, but we are totally, "Hand's Off", and he likes it that way.We finally put up our Christmas tree on Sunday, and Brenden seems to have taken a liking to seeing something new in the house. He likes the lights and the reflections. He can sit for hours staring at that tree, as if he's waiting for it to make the first

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-66361768126206304492006-12-12T02:00:00.000-05:002006-12-12T02:10:35.101-05:00

Well here it is. Brenden finally got to meet the one and only, Santa Clause. Surprisingly enough, he smiled for this picture as well. He's very photogenic apparently. I'm off to bed, so I'll keep it short. Here's the picture. Good night.

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-24503531501378012242006-12-09T13:35:00.000-05:002006-12-12T01:58:10.705-05:00

Well, we got our Walmart Christmas portraits back and they turned out great! Smiles all around. Not much to upadate this week, but I will post the pictures at least.Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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Well, Michelle came back home last Friday and was feeling much better. She has recovered quite well and is almost back to normal. As you can see from the pictures above, Brenden isn't to fond of his beans. Not a vegetable man yet.Brenden has started getting Gerber baby food, which makes those morning poops smell so much better. Ew! He likes a few types and won't give the time of day on

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1164333243261686492006-11-23T20:52:00.000-05:002006-11-23T20:54:03.263-05:00

For the last few days it has been very quiet here at home. Michelle had her gall bladder surgery on Tuesday morning. All went well, although she said when the pain killers wore off she was in so much pain. She is staying with her mom and so is Brenden until Friday or so. Chevy our cat, is keeping me company, so it's not totally lonely here.Brenden is doing well away from home I here, so that's

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1163732292826958922006-11-16T21:55:00.000-05:002006-11-16T21:58:12.836-05:00

Brenden has a few words of wisdom before bedtime.njjjjjjjju,k. I think that means good night in baby typing.Brenden

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Had to show you a picture of Brenden sleeping. He sleeps like I do already!

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We're all still here and doing ok. I caught a little bit of the flu bug and think I've passed it on to Brenden. He has a little cough, but still pretty happy nevertheless.Within the next week, Michelle will be having surgery to have gall stones removed. She's been having attacks regularly and not feeling well because of it. She may be going on Tuesday if she has another by then. The pain is

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1162532878635520462006-11-03T00:27:00.000-05:002006-11-03T01:07:36.790-05:00

Well, since we have all changed our clocks back, most of us in the EST are now on Standard Time. As I said, most. Guess who's not? You got it. Brenden is still on Daylight Savings time. He is waking up almost exactly one hour before he's suppose to be. This makes for less sleep for us. I can't complain, since it seems that he is starting to get back to routine. It is closer to 7pm once again. We

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1161864392688649402006-10-26T07:55:00.000-04:002006-10-26T08:06:32.703-04:00

Well, Brenden had another checkup and some more shots on Tuesday. The Dr. says he's a healthy boy. This is very good since Michelle has come down with a cold a time or two the last few weeks. Brenden now weighs 18lbs and get this, he's 28 inches (71 centimetres) long. The Dr. said a normal 1 year old is on average 30 inches tall. Brenden still has 6 months to go and only 2 inches to grow. Makes

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1161309166326479762006-10-19T19:56:00.000-04:002006-10-19T22:56:40.856-04:00

Well, tomorrow Brenden will be 6 months old. Half a year! Wow! Just amazing how fast time goes. He's much more happier than he's ever been. Smiles and laughs at just about everything. He actually loves his Toronto Maple Leafs hand puppet (thanks Aunt Terry). Everytime he sees it, he smiles then laughs at it.Not a heck of a lot has changed. He has got bigger and heavier, but that's a gimme. He

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HAPPY BELATED THANKSGIVING!This past weekend Brenden has been happy go lucky. I'm quite surprised his face doesn't hurt from laughing and smiling so much. I know mine does.He didn't seem to mind the fact that we put about 800km on the car over the past weekend, travelling, visiting all the family. He seemed to take it better than I thought. The times he was awake in the car, he didn't fuss about

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1159979034983310922006-10-04T12:05:00.000-04:002006-10-04T12:24:46.273-04:00

Well here i am again, pondering what to write. One week later. Where are the latest pictures you ask? Not here, but you can go to http://www.thevipers.ca/ourbaby/index.html to see them still. I have added the most recent there.This past week has been pretty cool. Brenden sounds like he's trying to say his own name now. It's probably just giberish, but he's putting his lips together and making

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1159309829545041992006-09-26T18:29:00.000-04:002006-09-26T18:30:29.556-04:00

Has it been 2 weeks already? I didn't fall off the earth, really I am still here and Brenden is doing just fine. Hard to believe he is already 5 months and will be half a year on Oct 20. Just wow! Where is the time really going? This month has been a very busy month, as you can probably tell by the lack of blogging. Also I have been lacking in taking pictures, as I don't realize that

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1157980232919850362006-09-12T09:08:00.000-04:002006-09-13T13:08:53.096-04:00

Here is the a picture of Brenden eating pablum. Most of it is on his face as you can see. Eats like I do.Anyway, well, what can I say...I'm officially lazy now. Over a week and no new post until this one. I am not so sure you can call it laziness when you've been just so darn busy, between work and the family life. Well for those that read these posts, I am still hanging around, but just can't

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1157305060135330972006-09-03T13:28:00.000-04:002006-09-03T13:37:40.586-04:00

We have tried very hard to keep Brenden on a routine at night time. We give him to spoonfuls of rice pablum mixed in a bowl with some of his bottle and he eats it all. It's quite amusing trying to feed him with a spoon at this stage. The looks we get are priceless. I'll have to get a picture of the feeding tonight so you can get the idea.Following that we bath him, then wrap him (yes, we

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Brenden had a Dr. Appointment this week and he's healthy as ever, which is a great sign. He now weighs 15lbs 5oz and is a little taller than the average baby at this time. He also got his next set of shots, so needless to say, he wasn't the happiest camper that day.The above picture is proof that he's now holding his head up high. There have been times now where he has rolled from back to front,

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1156170248292196592006-08-21T10:12:00.000-04:002006-08-21T10:24:08.396-04:00

Well, it's been a long time since the last post. The past 5 days I was away from home spending time at the Havelock Country Jamboree and Michelle was away for the weekend in London in a baseball tournament. This was Brenden's first time away from home without mom or dad around. He spent the day (Friday) at Grandma Schaefer's house, and spend Saturday and Sunday at Oma Vanderwel's. Apparently he

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OK, well, those that were camping on the weekend are probably wondering why I haven't posted about it yet. Plain and simple. Just to busy this week.Camping was or to us anyway a success! Brenden loved it from what we could see. He cried some while being passed around, but that was more or less the excitment getting to him. He can only handle so much at a time. During the nights he went to bed

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Looks like the August LONG WEEKEND is here. This weekend will be Brenden's first time camping. We are leaving today, and returning on Monday. I sure hope he likes it. We are camping with the majority of Michelle's moms side of the family, which usually includes 50+ people altogether. Brenden will be held by several people, I'm sure.There hasn't been much changed this week, and the roll over on

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I hate to solicit money using this BLOG, but I have entered myself into the "Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Ride for Diabetes Research" and it's for a great cause.Here's how it works:Teams consist of 5 Riders, and on event day each team member will alternate riding a stationary bike for 8-minutes over the course of 40 minutes. Many teams like to compete to see who can clock the most

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OK, not rollin' over completely yet, but he's half way there. Brenden is now rolling on to his side and will sleep that way (see above). He gets his feet in the air and swings them to his left, and his body goes with them. It's quite interesting that he's learned that already, and he seems to like it. He can also roll back on to his back. Next step, he'll be rolling to his stomach and crawling.

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Developments at 13 weeks. Can a 3 month old actually laugh? Apparently this one can. Could be my funny looks, but I actually got him to laugh the other day. The mouth was open with the biggest smile ever. I should have got that one on camera, but it wasn't in the vicinity. I'll have to try and get one and post it up for all to see.It's just amazing watching the stages a baby goes through.

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Clothes courtesy of our family in Germany!Thanks to Marc, Melanie and Family!Well, "B" is almost 13 weeks old now. He has almost gained total neck control and he smiles up a storm while he tries to put words together. The past week he has learned how to grab objects. He will hold on to them for 5-10 minutes at a time. Most notably he likes to grab his shirts and pull on them. I figure maybe

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Another week gone by and no post. What's going on here? To me it almost seems like a chore, however now that I think about it, I am really writing this for Brenden right? So he can read it later on, and laugh at it. I should post more. But what? It's almost as if I, yes me, has run out of things to talk about. That's not like me. There's always something out there to mention. Then I think. I am

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Wow, seems so long since my last post. I am really slipping now. This can only me one of two things. Either I am so darn busy that I have no time, or that I am just to lazy to log on and write something. Well, maybe a bit of both. Here are the events of the past week in point form, because I am just too lazy to write them out in full (haha), thje truth comes out.The bad:- 2 weeks ago,

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The baby is now officially 2 months old as of June 20. Brenden received his first needles today. He wasn't overly impressed, but managed to get by better than I ever would. Brenden now weighs in at 11lbs 3oz and is now 58cm (23in) long. Growing like a weed it seems. He is very healthy and forturnately for us, he never had any side effects to the needles. He was a bit sore however and we had to

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Well Brenden is 8 weeks old today, 2 months exactly on June 20. ! Wow! I've added a few more pictures to the gallery, finally.Since I haven't posted for awhile (once again), here are some point form notes I have either missed in previous posts, or are new updates.Brenden- Apparently there was a reason for crying. We have figured out (with the help of Michelle's mom) that the bottles are the

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Well, on Saturday night, it was our turn to be alone, albeit only for about 4 hours, but it was nice. We went to see the 1976 remake of, "The Omen", a very good remake with more guesome graphics then ever. Now we have to wait until the new version of, "The Omen II" which may or may not come out. After the movie we went out for dinner. Come 10pm it was time to pick him up again. My mom and my

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Brenden is fine. I am recovering. I had a sharp pain on my lower right side of my stomach on Sunday. Felt more than a stomachache, and didn't feel like I had pulled a muscle or anything. I decided I had better go to the hospital to get it looked at. I was there from 9pm until 2am Monday morning. The Dr. finally got to me about 1:30am. At this point I was in a lot of pain. He checked me out and

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Apparently, laziness has set in. I login to add a post, then I turn around and decide not to post anything. I continually ponder as to what I am going to write on the BLOG.On Wednesday Brenden visited his Grandparents on both sides of the family. I am sure he had a great time.Thursday night, Breden decided to sleep for almost 7hrs at night. What a shock to us! We both asked each other if we had

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Hey guys! Well, 3 days and no post. You're probably wondering if something is wrong by now. Well, nope, nothing. Either we haven't been home, or when we're home, we're too tired to login and post something. Evereything is going well. Baby is growing, baby still screams occasionally, baby hates baths, baby knows the difference between day and night (which is awesome!). The average night sleep is 4

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Wow! What an invention! this baby simply straps on you like a knapsack, but on the front of your body and the baby simply hangs in it. Now he has to go everywhere you go and like it. Brenden enjoys it very much (although I'm not so sure sleeping counts as enjoying, but to us he is). We walked to the store last night and I got the opportunity to lug him around on the front of me. It kind of

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Well May 2-4 weekend was relatively laxed. Went to a wedding on Saturday, and the baby was good in church, but decided to belt out his own tune at the reception. We were forced to take that car ride for 15 minutes in order to get him asleep. He finally did and didn't wake up again for quite awhile.Today Brenden had another Dr. appointment, and everything checks out "A" - OK. He is now 9lbs 9oz

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Happy One-Month old Brenden -> http://www.babycentre.co.uk/stages/1004Today Brenden is 1 month old. Where did the time go? It escaped us again. Brenden is doing fine. He has his good days and bad days much like most of us today. Seems to be every other day. He is smiling more now. I'll have to try and get a picture of him while he's smiling.Last weekend we had an unfortunate mishap with out

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Some have said to me, when the baby smiles, he really has gas. When in the hospital, one of the nurses told me that this is no longer true. It has been proven that babies do smile from the time of birth. It is true, the baby also does have this grin on his face when he releases gas (and more), but today was the first day he was truely happy! Before I left for work, while Michelle held him, I was

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I hope all the moms had a great Mother's Day on Sunday! It was my wife's first mother's day and Brenden got her a great gift! I necklace with two charms on it. One charm has little baby feet on it and the other say, #1 mom. Mom loved it very much! Way to put that $20 to use, Brenden.The weekend was packed with travelling from family to family for us. This jsut meant more sleep for Brenden, and

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Wow, time does fly. In just 8 days Brenden will already be a month old! Where does the time go? How come when you're at work, the time doesn't go so fast? Time has always amazed me. Maybe save that one for a later discussion.So we've now narrowed the fussiness down to, every other day. Yesterday Michelle tells me, "He was an angel." This morning. Not so much, until we picked him up and the two of

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OK, I don't know if I'm jsut typing this for pure discussion or if it's because I'm confused. While googling many websites on baby astrology, and entering April 20 as the date Brenden was born, I get 2 signs. Aries on about 50% of the sites and Taurus on the other 50%. This leads me to believe Brenden could be a little of both. Hopefully he takes on the best attributes from both and eliminates

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Brenden had his 3rd Dr. appointment on Monday. The Dr. said everything is great! He is up to 8lbs 2oz now. Growing fast. Not much else to post right now, but if I think of something later, I will add to this post.

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TAURUS - Parents of a Taurus tot are going to have to be very sensitive to this baby's need to be touched. Loving caresses and a tender touch are what the Taurus baby lives for! Along those lines, this is a child who needs to be comfortable. Things to keep in mind are providing a room and bed that are neither too hot nor too cold, food that is tasty (a budding gourmand has arrived!), soothing

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Lately after the baby wakes up, we change him, feed him, change him again (sometimes), then try and get him to sleep. Most of the time he wants to keep his eyes open for awhile and occasionally cry. Rocking helps to ease the crying, but trying to make the baby go to sleep is a chore. Once asleep after approx. 45 mins or so, we put him in his crib. 10 to 15 minutes after that, he starts crying

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That time has come back where I can actually say, "It's Friday!". While I was off, I didn't need to say this, but once your back to work, as so many put it, "TGIF (Thank God It's Friday)".We have learned this morning that the 3hr feeding schedule we were trying to enforce doesn't seem to agree with one individual. There was a 66% vote for the feeding schedule and apparently one decides to vote

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Well yesterday Michelle and I decided to take a break. My mom came over and spent the night last night. We got some yard work done yesterday, and are going to do some shopping today.Yesterday went well at the Dr. I was in the office until the Dr. pulled out the metal tools and knives and I had to leave. I am not one to watch any kind of cutting going on, and knowing that exactly what was being

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Went to the Dr. today and found that the baby has gained more weight. He's now 7lbs 7oz. Up from last week. He has grown upward about 1-2cm from last week as well. He is very healthy and strong.Last night he slept for 4 hours straight from 2am-6am. It was great to get that extra hour sleep. After that he woke up at 9am. It seems between 9am-12pm is his crusty time. Wants to cry and doesn't

schaftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647422923648934351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10900412.post-1146455373959398532006-04-30T23:23:00.000-04:002006-04-30T23:49:49.590-04:00

Here is a picture from a Friday nights visit from my Aunt Marilyn and cousin Brian. Can you tell he is thrilled to hold a newborn? His first time perhaps?Well, today was a good day. We took Brenden to the ball diamonds to experience his dad playing softball. He spent about 4 hours in the fresh air at the diamonds and hardly did anything. It was unfortunate that it was so windy, as I would have

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Well, the baby took a hissy fit this morning and screamed his head off. I stopped on the way home from a baseball tournament to pick up some soothers. Fed him, then plugged them in, and it worked like a charm. He sucked the daylights out of it and loved it. We loved it as well, as it kept him "soothed", hence the name, "soother". He cried very little.Thanks to the soother, maybe we can get a

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Today we will have a RN visit us to check on the baby and answer any questions we may have. I'm sure we'll think of a few. Not much to report, baby is healthy, but does unfortunately only sleep for like 2 hours at a time at night. Talk about wearing us old people down.Today he went on a crying spurt. Changed him, cried, tried to feed him, cried, consoled him, cried, rocked him, cried. Nothing has

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You can't see me! Today we went for our first walk with the stroller. The baby got his first breath of fresh air. He cried when we stopped, but slept when we walked. So when we stopped at the neighbours we didn't stay long, just so we could avoid the baby cries.I believe the Jaundice is totally gone. Since the Dr. hasn't called us back, I assume that it is good news. When you see him you can tell

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As you can see by the picture, I am very thankful that our baby came with washing instuctions. I wouldn't want him to shrink while washing.Wow, has time seemed to fly by. Just after midnight tonight, and the baby will be a week old. They were right when they said time would go fast.This week has been a little tough for us. Getting up throughout the night is not us. We both don't like it. Even

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Part 1:Well, another night in the books. Brenden woke up twice throughout the night. He is a little fussy at night time trying to get him back to sleep, but once he's asleep, he's out for a good 3 hours or so. He has been asleep since 7am or so this morning, so a good 4 hours this time.Today Brenden has his first Dr's appointment at 4:15pm. Should be interesting because I am going to my family Dr

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Throughout the night we were up about 4 times throughout. The baby slept in our room, but every little noise we woke up to make sure everything was ok. The baby slept quite a bit, for a 3hr span or so, other than one time it was only an hour between feedings and he cried like crazy. Finally after about an hour or so he stopped and fell asleep. He slept for almost 4 hours after that, providing

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Well, after another long boring day at the hospital we have finally made it home. Can you tell, Michelle is happy now?The day was tough because Brenden came down with borderline Jaundice. They retested this morning at 6:00am, and we expected to hear results early, since they told us it only takes 1 hour for them. Time was ticking, nurses were in and out, and as of 12pm we heard nothing. I asked

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The 3 of us are spending one more night in the hospital as the baby has a mild case of Jaundice. The nurses have suggested that we stay one more night, and retest for it in the morning. We should be home by Saturday afternoon, as I said, the results from the blood test were low levels of bilirubin, which is a good sign that it's only mild. A retest in the morning will show if Brenden has more or

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Hi everyone. I made it back from the hospital tonight, just to pick up a few items and grab a shower. Today was an amazing day! Michelle was induced yesterday (April 19, 2006) about 6:00pm. Contractions had started and once she was 6cm she couldn't stand the pain and called for an epidural. Unfortunately the first one they did, didn't work and Michelle was given a second one. That one worked like

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Michelle had a Dr. Appointment today.We're off to the hospital......more news to follow......................

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Since yesterday? Nothing. Another very exciting episode of "Prison Break" last night. I was however, kind of hoping for that other show to come on last night. What's it called? Oh yeah. I think it's called "Water Break". It wasn't anywhere to be found. So we are officially into Week 42. The final week. Friday is the date. After the final Dr. Appointment tomorrow, we'll know exactly what's going

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Happy Easter Everyone. I trust those that had a long weekend had a good one. Thanks to MOM & DAD for that great meal on Sunday! Very filling and very good. Oh, and thanks for the leftovers, I will enjoy it just as much for lunch today!I am not sure why, but at night now, Michelle needs to keep the bedroom window open a crack. I wake up this morning to 17C bedroom. It's almost colder in the

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Well we went to Kawartha Downs Casino last night. As usual, I didn't win anything. Michelle, she spent $40, and won $37.50 back. We left at that point, a whole $50 down (because of me who is always unlucky).Prior to that we went to Montana's in Peterborough for dinner and because it was Mirri's birthday. I know she probably doesn't want to see this, but I have to show it. See, once they find out

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Today, we will attempt to break Michelle's water at the ....... CASINO! Here's hoping to hit a Jackpot and to Michelle's water breaking, of course, after we collect our winnings. I figure if we don't win and I spend enough money, she may be angry enough that the water will break. This may be a win-lose-win opportunity.Anyway, we are going out for Mirri's(Michelle's best friend) birthday tonight,

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Well, another day come and gone and still nothing. I'm starting to sound like a broken record already. One day it will be here, I promise. THis is just as hard on us as it is on those viewing this BLOG daily.Today we did the walking thing, and tried to figure out other methods of inducing labor. I thought if I poked the belly a hundred times or more, it may annoy the baby enough to want to come

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I just under 1 month, this BLOG has reached over 1000 visits. Thanks to all those the frequent this site to see somewhat daily updates. That was a personal goal of mine. 1000 visits before the baby is born. Now the baby is welcome to come any day.Yeah, right. Nothing new to report today. Business as usual. I was kind of hoping we would win the lottery, since I believe that would actually cause

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OK, Michelle went to the Dr. today and I went with her. I wanted to hear the scoop. I don't know how much I can stress to all the guys out there at how awkward it really is to be in the same room while the Dr. is checking out your wifes privates. I thought maybe I should bring a weapon in with me, just in case he tries something. I just kept thinking to myself, "He better be careful in that neck

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The days are getting longer and spring is well on its way. Can't say much for the baby...well on its way 'yes', but just doesn't want to come. Maybe the baby wants to wait until the summer. Maybe it's still too cold. Smart baby. My wife has already told me that the baby is grounded once it comes out, because it's late. We will have to push the grounding out until he/she is old enough to

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This sounds like us in week 40. Click to read.Well, no baby, means another "Munday". Actually this morning I felt great waking up early (did I just say that?). For those that know me, know I'm not a morning person and I would never say that. It almost seems weird to me to say that, but it's so true. Maybe it was the fact I was in bed before midnight, but then again, I have been up quite early

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Part 1 (Morning): Well, we are going for a drive today. I am really considering the scare tactic to try and get this baby out. Maybe a little swirve here, a little swirve there, a slamming of the brakes. Something to scare the baby out of Michelle. Watch for the follow up of this to see if it works. Somehow I have my doubts, but hey, it's worth a try.Part 2: (Evening): Well, I hit many bumps on

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Well, D-Day has come and gone. Looks like we didn't win the Sears waiting game afterall. That's ok, no big deal. As long as the baby is healthy, that's all we really care about. I can tell one thing, this child is already starting to take after me. I am known to be running late for things, and well, the baby is already late. So we're off on the right foot.For all those wondering, still nothing

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Michelle said she's not feeling well today. Is it a sign? She couldn't sleep last night, so she tried to sleep on the couch. A sign maybe? Not to sure. I am going to attempt to work today, but may expect a call at anytime of the day. Remember the Cell ringing, now I seem to have that same nervousness writing this BLOG. Now the computer is taking me over. Geez, these electronic gadgets really do

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Michelle had a Dr. Exam on Wednesday and he seems to think she has, "started the process", per say. I'm not so sure if I should be nervous or excited at this point. I guess it's just a matter of time when the phone will ring and it'll be my call to leave, wherever I may be. I keep it on my belt, day in day out. When it goes off, I feel this chill go down my spine and I tense before I answer it. I

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Well, this could be the week? Our last week as a couple. Our last week as DINK'S. For those that don't know, that means, "Double Income, No Kid's." I never liked that word anyway, so it is time to change it. Now we can be DISC or DISK. What does that mean? Double Income Single Child or Double Income Single Kid, whichever you choose. Sounds better then a DINK, doesn't it?Looks like we've made it

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Nope, we made it by April Fools. Sorry John, but, Happy Belated Birthday to you. We want to try and have a give this baby its own birthday, rather then sharing it with someone in the family. Not to be rude of course. Hope everyone remembered to move their clocks forward last night. Yes, we lose an hour of weekend time, but hey, at least it will be lighter longer now. It may actually be light when

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A friend of mine is having a baby as well. The due date was scheduled for April 6 (c-section). I was actually out with the father last night having a drink. We said our goodbyes and good lucks about 11:30pm. I said, "Maybe we'll see you next week at the hospital!" Low and behold, I get an email this morning, and ...... it's a healty baby boy! I guess contractions started early in the morning and

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I would like to thank everyone at work for the wonderful gifts and advice that you all gave to Michelle and I. I believe that was a first for our department at work. This was the first baby shower I had ever been to in the 9 years of working for the bank.We got so many great gifts for the baby. I am sure he/she would say thanks of he/she could. I don't think I could give enough thanks as we

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