Catching up

I know that it's been way too long since my last post. There are exciting things happening in the Bober household. This most important one is that Cade is going to be a big brother before the end of the year. My official due date is Dec 24th but I doubt that we will get that far. I'm positive that this baby will not come as early as Cade but I also think there is a high likelihood that baby will come somewhat early. My doc says if I make it to 34 weeks we should all have a drink :) So far everything has been going great. Baby is healthy and my cervix is holding steady (maybe that's too much info but it's very important info). I had a cerclage placed at 14 weeks and am now at 19 weeks. I'm am having ultrasounds every 2 weeks to check on my cervix and baby so they should be able to catch if anything starts changing. The other big news about baby B is that it's a boy! Yes, I will be surrounded by males but I'm really excited that Cade will have a brother.

Cade has had his own exciting news too. Last week, we had a neuro appointment and the CT showed that his ventricles are still compressed (no change from last time). This is great news and means that his shunt setting was changed again up to 200 from 170. A setting of 200 means that the shunt is essentially shut off. His body is doing all of the draining of fluid from his brain that he needs. We will follow-up in 3 months to make sure everything still looks good. Then, we will wait a year and see if everything holds steady. If so, there is a chance that the shunt can be taken out. This news really surprised me because everything that we had been told previously was that the shunt would stay in no matter what. I guess when the time comes we will have to weight the risks of another surgery with the advantages of not having the shunt.

More news from Cade is that we have started potty training. It's been about 3 weeks now and I think he is starting to revolt a little. But, he can go pee pee on the potty and has even been successful at telling us he needs to go. I guess it's just a work in progress.

Cade is continuing to learn new words. Some of the ones that surprised me are helicopter and motorcycle since they each have 4 syllables. He is so into vehicles and often sees "auntie Marcy's car" or "grandpas truck" or "Daddy's car". He still loves when Sean gets home to see his daddy and to also go play in mommy or daddy's car. He often speaks in 5-6 word sentences. It's so fun to have him tell me the story of his day. It's interesting to hear what he finds important. He's started to really love jumping (on the bed, off of the bottom stair in the basement, in the pool). We did have a visit from ECSE this month and they said that Cade was going to put them out of business. He's doing so well. The next big step is for him to move to a "big boy bed" but I'm holding off a little because his bedtimes have not been going so well this summer. He's back to wanting us in the room with him until he falls asleep. Sometimes, that isn't until 10:00 which is starting to drive me a little nuts. We are hoping, as the sun starts to go down earlier, he will start going down earlier.

We are having a great summer so far. We had the chance to spend more time at the cabin with family over the 4th, actually made it up to Chisholm for Father's day and have been busy with our ECFE friends and Amy, Evan and Ben. We've been to the zoo, have hung out with Andy, Jill and Phillip and have hung out with Marcy and JR. Marcy and JR are getting married! So, I guess he's uncle JR now. We got a chance to see my mom to celebrate her birthday and are headed to the cabin again in August to celebrate with my dad. Last week, Fran and Kathy were down for the day and we had a great time. Cade woke up the next morning saying "Fran turn the car on?" "Kathy bye bye?" We were all sad to see them leave but hopefully we will see them (and Heather) again this summer.

Little undie butt

Filling the pool
Splash pad at the zoo
Watching the otters swim
Up close and personal with the bear