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We had a fantastic family vacation in Mazatlan Mexico this Christmas season. Everyone had a great time. The photos have been uploaded and I’ve put them all up on the photo album.

http://nugger.net/zenphoto/Mexico%202010/

Enjoy!

Our little baby is now a toddler. He isn’t quite walking on his own, but he is definitely practicing. He is well and healthy again and has his first half of the H1N1 vaccine. I am blessed that he still takes two naps a day. Unfortunately, sometimes they are in my arms then I can’t move. But I know that he will not be this tiny forever and don’t mind it every once in a while. He is definitely growing up faster every day. The things he can figure out amaze me. He can put circles, squares and triangles in their holes and can kick a soccer ball. Lucas also can stack blocks four high and then laughs as he knocks them all down. He still looks like Sam and I can still not find any “Waters” attributes.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to thank everyone for supporting my 2009 Walk to End Cancer. I have decided that because the walk didn’t go quite as planned that I am going to try again. I now know that drinking just water is not good enough and gatorade is now my best friend. I have created my personal page on the 2010 Calgary walk to end cancer.

My goal this year is to get my community involved and look for teammates and sponsors. It all starts now and in 11 months, I will be walking again. Thank you for everyones support. I couldn’t have done this without you.

www.endcancer.ca

Lucas has had in interesting last month. He caught “croup” which is a viral infection that swells his throat, making him wheeze and cough. Unfortunately, even though he is better, he is still wheezing. Worried mom took him to the Children’s Hospital twice and the medi clinic. Poor little guy. Our little man is also getting his first teeth… the two front bottom teeth are coming in together. He is such a trooper and is a very happy baby, just chewing away on his little razbaby teether/soother. We also experienced his first thunderstorm today, and he didn’t even flinch. He is working on the crawling thing and actually goes backwards. If he wants to get anywhere he will usually roll to it or scream. I think he wants to skip the crawling and go straight to walking. 

Well I said I wasn’t going to start cereals until he was six months but I went to a feeding your baby info session and found I can start now. So we started cereal last week with great success. Lucas sits in his Bumbo on the counter and makes a nice little mess of his face and bib. We tried the beef and broth baby food and he absolutely hated it. “What is this horrible stuff you have put in my mouth… Yuck!” So we are back to basic rice cereal which he loves. He has also started some new sounds… ma ma ma, br br br, na na na, hi , ah wa, his sontic sream and many more. He can also roll over from front to back and back to front.  He still loves his Jolly Jumper and can jump for over an hour at a time. Keep checking the pics and we will try to take as many videos and pics as possible.

The weekend to end breast cancer recently added other women’s cancers to the cause. Unfortunately, us regular people find the $2000 per person minimum donation quite extraordinary. I want to walk in the weekend to end cancer but how do I raise $2000.  This year marks the 10th anniversary of our mothers passing and I really believe in this cause.

To pledge, please go to this website…
http://www.endcancer.ca/site/TR/Events/Calgary2009?pg=team&fr_id=1321&team_id=79186

If you are on Facebook, please join the group “I wanna walk in the weekend to end cancer but they say I’m not good enough.” We will be updating all the people who are helping us along the way.  Thank you all for pledging.

Well Lucas is doing very well. He weighed 13.7 lbs at our three month visit and is a little over 24 in long. He is smiling and cooing and comes up with a new sound every 2 weeks. This week it is the dolphin squak and last week it was brrr. (although he could have just been spitting at us) He is still sleeping through the night with the odd slip up. All his newborn clothes do not fit him anymore and he fits the size 6 mon perfectly. We have lots of new picks of Christmas and stuff in the photo gallery, check back often as we’ll continue to upload pics.

Well little Luc is not so little anymore… he grows bigger and longer everyday. He has started to sleep through the night but I am sure it is just a phase. Check out the pics on the photo page…

Born: September 22nd, 8:55pm
9lbs 12oz (Yes, that’s really 9lbs 12oz, and not a chubby 9lbs 12oz, he’s a big baby)

Baby is doing great and mom is recovering well.

Well, I am now at my due date and feel huge. The last doctors appointment says that I am only 2 cm dilated and baby seems to be quite comfortable in the womb. I have experienced every pre-labour sign known to the web for the last two weeks. I have decided that these are NOT pre-labour signs but just things that happen at the end of pregnancy. I have tried numerous ways to induce from castor oil and lots of walking to accupressure. Nothing seems to work.

On a brighter note, the doctor says that our stubborn son will be born on or before my birthday in ten days. Let us all wish that he comes sooner as my belly is so big that my doctor has stopped telling me how big I really am… last measure was 46 cm at week 38+4days. Joy!

Well hopefully my next post will be to introduce our little stubborn angel.