Long Time Coming
Posted by helmut
Ok, so I have to apologize to everybody that’s been checking up on this blog regularly. I started blogging on my myspace and facebook accounts (www.myspace.com/karigranda) and have completely neglected to update this site. I’m having a touch of insomnia now so i figure i might as well share an update.
Things have been going pretty good here. We’re coming down the final stretch pregnancy wise. I’m due October 20th so hopefully we just have a few days left. The pregnancy has been fairly easy i suppose, ask me in about 6 months and I’ll probably say it was great with no bumps. I’ve dealt with more contractions this time around that started up around week 32 and went pretty strong until a few weeks ago…..at which time they seemed to quit almost altogether. I’ve also had a bit of depression, which was completely unexpected, but i’m told that carrying a girl will do that to you because of the double dose of female hormones (which sounds reasonable to me). Otherwise for the most part I’ve felt pretty well. I’m definitely ready for this ride to end though and am really looking forward to having a new addition to the family.
Hayden has been growing in leaps and bounds. He’s putting sentences together now and talking non-stop. He’s learning how to play with other kids his age and to share (which is a tough lesson for him so far). I call him my little monkey because i can’t seem to keep him from climbing everything in sight. He figured out how to climb out of his crib a few weeks ago and that seems to have lead to more ambitious climbing, including the backyard fence (which is about 5 ft high). He’s also learning how to count and to recognize colors and he can recognize the difference between a tractor, truck, digger, motorcycle, scooter, and bicycle.
Helmut is doing well. He had to get his wisdom teeth taken out last week, but he’s starting to come around again and seems to be handling the pain really well. He’s taken up running and has been running about 4-6 miles everyday and plans to run in a marathon here in Austin in February. He ran the Nike ‘Human Race’ 10K several weeks ago and loved it and has been running enthusiastically ever since.
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