To Vbac or not to Vbac...?

Someday I will have another baby and I am pretty convinced that WE WILL be trying for a vbac(vaginal delivery after c-section). I know there are some people out there thinking that it is very dangerous, when in reality it isn't anymore dangerous than a reg. first time birth. Here are some very interesting statistics about a vbac vs. everyday life.



I have talked a midwife and my current dr and they are both said that vbac is more than possible if that is what I choose. Of course if a c/s is inevitable then I am ok with that choice as well, but I should at least try to have the experience I feel I missed out on with Avery.



Taken from Gentlebirth.org


-Your risk of dying in a car accident, over the course of your lifetime, is between 1 in 42 and 1 in 75. This is roughly 4 to 5 times greater than the risk of uterine rupture.


-You're about twice as likely to have your car stolen (that's an annual risk) than to experience a uterine rupture.


-Your odds of being murdered are 1 in 140 over the course of your lifetime. That's 2 times more likely than the risk of rupture.


-The annual risk of having a heart attack is 1 in 160, 2 times more likely than rupture. Your risk of dying from heart disease is roughly 1 in 6, or 55 times greater than your risk of rupture.


-If you're a smoker, your risk of dying from lung cancer is 1 and a half times

more likely than a VBAC mom rupturing during her labor.


-You're about 17 times more likely to contract an STD this year than you are to have a uterine rupture; more likely to contract gonorrhea than to rupture, as well.


-You're 13 times more likely to get food poisoning than to rupture.


-You're more likely to have twins than a uterine rupture. Odds of twins: 1 in 90. That's about 3 1/2 times the likelihood of rupture.


-If you ride horseback, you're 3 times more likely to die in a riding accident than you are to experience a uterine rupture.


-If you ride a bike on the street, you are 4 times more likely to die in an accident (annual risk) than you are to suffer a rupture.


-Having a serious fire in your home during the next year is twice as likely as experiencing a rupture.


-You're ten times as likely to win at roulette as you are to have a uterine rupture.


-If you flip a coin, you'll be more likely to get heads (or tails) 8 times in a row than to rupture.


-The risk of cord prolapse is 1 in 37 (2.7%), or nearly ten times more likely than that of rupture.


-And a final irony (heads up, those of you who want a doc to give his/her opinion on your likelihood of rupture next pregnancy!)...


-You're 6 times more likely to have a doctor who is an impostor than you are to suffer a rupture. Two percent of docs are phonies (1 in 50), according to several sources I found.


-So instead of worrying about rupture, why not take a few minutes to check up on your doctor's credentials? ;) It'd be a more profitable use of your time, and a substantially more likely cause for alarm.

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

come again another day! Please oh please! This is day two of rain and cold! I'm gonna have to put the heat on again as the house temp is dipping into the low 60s. I was hoping to avoid this seen as oil is outrageous right now and last week it was 80!

Plus I have a very cranky baby boy! Not sure what gives, but he has had some very interesting looking diapers, if you know what I mean. No fever and is clingy, clingy, clingy! He has had in my lap for at least an hour a day and watched "Jack's Big Music Show". He doesn't normally sit for 5 mins. He also has one nasty diaper rash not sure if that is from the yucky diapers or from the new wipes I'm using...but he is covered very well with cream. We will stop the wipes today and hopefully that will help! He screams bloody murder when I go to change him.

I know we had a very busy weekend so I am hoping that is why he is clingy. Hopefully its not him getting sick. Plus this gray, gloomy, cold weather doesn't help. Then I've had J all week too and he is still recovering from his bday on sunday and not napping well.

Hopefully both boys will feel better and I will too...once I see that beautiful glorious sun again!

its always an adventure...

it seems when we have somewhere to go, especially out of town with our good friends Amy and Joe.

This weekend we attended a very lovely wedding for our friends Jess and Aaron. This marks just about the last of us college girls to get married...we will look forward to Jen getting married, but for now she is enjoying the single life.

This was also the first weekend that I left Avery overnight. I had terrible anxiety all day friday, but once I left him with my mom it eased a bit. I wasn't the only one that had to leave their little one over the weekend..Amy and Joe did too. I know it was hard for both of use to do it, but we both survived.

Friday afternoon, we drive into Boston(Quincy actually). Well none of us are big city drivers, but luckily Amy drove us there safe and sound. We arrived right at 5:56, exactly as Keith predicted for rehearsal at 6. This was after we went the wrong way on the highway(not our fault, we followed the directions we were given). After that we went and met our friends Melissa and Dave for dinner at Bertucci's. The food was delish and everyone had a drink(except amy and i). Then we walked the mall and finally headed back to Jess and Aaron's for the night.

We watched a bit of tv and talked, while the boys played "find the network". Amy and I looked at each other at one point and said we were both lost as to what to do with out the kids there. It was nice to have time just to chill...but we also missed them. I should also mentioned I made us a chocolate cake and my husband as talented as he is, sat on it! so we didn't get to eat it...we weren't up for some "butt cake."

After a interesting night of NOT sleeping...Jess warned us the futon was "hard" she wasn't kidding...it was like sleeping on a piece of plywood. Amy and Joe got the air mattress, and we all know how sleeping on one of those can be. Saturday morning came and we went to breakfast, got my husband a haircut, and bought Joe a new outfit. Finally it was time to get ready for the wedding. We all clean up very nicely and off we went!

The wedding was short and sweet and I don't think it could have gone any better! Jess did survive the day without getting sick or peeing all day(although maybe she did at the reception). The food was decent and then we danced a bit and finally we drove the long way home! We were all very glad to be on our way...after 8 hours in the car in 2 days. It was great to also sleep in my own bed!

Here's a pic from the weekend festivities!

the fine art of muli-tasking!

so as a mom you learn VERY quickly how to mulitask! I'm pretty good at it as most moms can be..husband's probably not so much, well at least mine isn't very good!

We are leaving tomorrow to head out towards Boston for a friend's wedding. This will be the first time I leave Avery overnight...I am a bit nervous about doing it as I have never left him more than a few hours, but I know he will be with my mom and sister, so I really have nothing to worry about.

Well I have to pack for dh and I, plus get together Avery's clothes so its an easy no brainer for my mom. I bought them a pizza, cereal, and my sister requested the chicken cesar lasagna, much to my dismay.(just required going back to the store for the ingredients)

Also the little boy I watch is celebrating his first birthday next week. ok so why didn't I just wait and do this next week is beyond me..but anyway. After taking them for a walk and letting them play outside we come in for lunch. while I feed them(thank god they can both feed themselves) I decide to make choc. cupcakes for his bday, lunch for myself, boil the noodles for the lasagna. Finally, lunch is over, but I'm still not ready for them to be over. So I clean them up, allow them to play, while I pop the cupcakes in the oven. Then I change both boys, make a bottle of formula for J, and put them to bed. I have also washed some dishes and loaded the dishwasher. I also managed to eat some lunch in the process. How in God's name am I able to do this...all while having

A HEADACHE the size of Tucson(why Tuscon I don't know) all i know is it better go away b/c I still have things to do tonight so I can leave for 2 days. UGH...

at least I have chocolate cake to eat!(not good for a diet, but who is counting this weekend anyway?)

Wordless Wedesday

There are just no words to describe this!

First time for everything...

it has been so gorgeous out lately that I usually take the boys for a walk in the morning.(avery and the other little boy i watch who will be 1 next week). As I am walking past a neighbor's house the dog comes to great us. Cute little 5 month old choc. lab. I pet him, say hi, he sniffs the boys. By this time, the owner has reached to top of the hill, asks where I live on the st. and who was in the stroller. So I say its avery and J. She asks how old-Avery will be 17 months, J will be 1(so that makes them about 5 months apart). Her response.....

wow! nothing like having them close, huh?

I respond well only Avery is mine, the other little boy I watch. It isn't even remotely possible to have kids 5 months apart, unless adopted or some fluke in having twins. I knew this day would come when I would get that response...but it still surprised me!

On another note: my poor husband came home from the dentist yesterday not a happy camper. Some of you know that I have had quite a bit of work done on my teeth in the past 2 years that included 2 root canals and 2 crowns plus quite a few cavities filled.

well he now has 5 cavities that he has gotten in the past 6 months. Of course I feel bad b/c I know what it feels like to get your whole mouth filled, but also it was a "haha, told you so!" moment. I am always nagging him about brushing his teeth. Now he does do it every morning, but not always at night...he is like a little kid that I have to force to do it. I am very adamant about my teeth brushing and I still get problems!

He is worried b/c its going to cost us a pretty penny out of pocket to get them fixed and we currently have no dental insurance or money to pay for it either. Unfortunately it will probably go on another credit card, not that we want it too but if we let it go then it will only get worse and cause more problems for him and money wise.

the cause of his cavities is apparently drinking coffee through out the day. it takes your mouth 20 mins to neutralize after drinking coffee. when he was drinking it all morning it causes his mouth to become more prone to cavities. He is also taking allergy medicine that they say dries your mouth out so there is no saliva, plus he doesn't drink liquids during the day like he should. so he is now brushing his teeth at work after coffee and lunch.

they really need to make dental insurance affordable for everyone!

For the love of healthy babies!

Yesterday I participated in the March of Dimes March for babies. It started out chilly...thank you Michelle for the use of your sweatshirt. it was warmer at my house not so an hour away. at least i brought a coat for avery.

There were over a 1,000 walkers participating as we walked the 3.5 miles through downtown worcester, through construction mind you. Note to self to next time bring a 4 wheel drive stroller!

It turned out to be a beautiful sunny warm day. I walked for my friend Amy's team, Gracie's Gang, in honor of her little miracle Gracie who was born 9 week early.This is Miss Gracie now...

Anyway, we had a great time and both Gracie and Avery were very good in their strollers the whole walk. We walked at a comfortable pace for all and even stopped a couple times to allow ourselves to catch up with each other.

So at the end of the day:

-we were sunburned(ok i was)

-exhausted

-had blisters

-got run over by a stroller

and had wonderful conversations with each other. Overall it was a specatcular day for a great cause even if we came out with some imperfections at the end!

I would also like to add that apparently my son looked like a girl yesterday as people asked if he was gracie!(here are avery and gracie waiting for the bubbles to come out of the bubble machine!) can't see their faces but most of you know what Avery looks like!~

Mothers Day Ideas

so im trying to come up with a project for Avery and the little boy I watch to make for mother's day. I'm having a hard time deciding...Avery will be 17 months and the other little boy is 12 months.

Last year we made tshirts for each grandmother with avery's pic on it and photo frames w/ his footprints and name on it for great grandmas. You can only get a picture frame so many times...ill try to at least get them pictures of the cute little guy!

But I also want him to have a hand in it this year. I'm thinking of getting some finger paint and having them paint something...either an apron, but i know my mom probably wont' use it. maybe a cloth bag...or pot holders. there was also the idea of stepping stones but i also don't want them to EAT the pieces.

anyone else have an idea...im at a stand still!

people driving...

so i decided I would take avery to Target and to Big Y for some groceries today. As I approach Amherst I see a detour sign...crap! so i go up the detour, not really a big deal as it just cut across to the other street. Then I see the traffic as I get to the end! I thought, oh I may be here a while...but there was a cop there to stop traffic. so he stops traffic and lets the car in front of me go. so i approach the stop sign and stop b/c he didn't tell me to go AND there was a truck still coming in the traffic lane. he finally stops and the cop gives me an attitude about going and telling me to hurry...hello there is a pickup truck coming I'm not going until he stops esp. with a child in the car! Meanwhile the guy behind me is beeping at me!

So then i approach a stop light. so I stop. the guy behind me pulls around me on the right, to take a right further ahead and gives me a NASTY look, like I was driving like a maniac! I was sitting in the lane waiting for traffic, not my fault he is impatient!

some people just don't have any common courtesy for anyone! Its not my driving I worry about, its the other crazy people out there!

Prayers for a family...

I don't know why this is affecting me so much, but it is. I feel I need to share it with someone else besides my husband!

The little boy I watch didn't show today, so I called his home. His grandfather answered and his dad wasn't there, but I kindly asked if he would be coming today and he said he didn't think so. Ok that's fine...

I packed up avery and went to the family center. Avery played and swung outside. By the time I got home I had a message on voicemail from the dad.

Don't worry the little boy is well. But I could tell something wasn't right. I could hear it in his dad's voice who is usually very upbeat and sarcastic. He said he would call me later.

Around 2, he called back to tell me that his cousin(the dad's cousin) was killed in a motorcycle accident last night in Chicopee. Mind you this man at the age of 52 was just at my house yesterday....he was in a head on collision with a car. I could tell he wasn't doing ok...but kept apologizing to me for not calling me in the morning! When I am the one that should be sorry for his loss.

I know words can't help what he is feeling...I was there a year ago. It doesn't matter how many times people say they are sorry, it doesn't bring the person back. This man had a son in college.

The little boy won't be back this week...but his dad has a lot on his plate to help get things in order. Just keep this family in your prayers as they are grieving.

There is just something about a man crying for whatever reason makes me cry as well.

I have known this family for about 3 years or so...definately not on much of a personal basis, but have cared for both their boys!

Thoughtful Tuesday!

I tend to think about life a lot lately. I think about my life and where it is going(or not going), i think about other people's life and how it is going to change, and about my little sweet boy. you tend to loose the aspect of the simple things in life!

1. watching your little boy who isn't so little in the baby swing.(he was quite content here for a while)

2. getting the hugs and cuddles from him and then he flashes that big ol' smile at you and the dimples just melt you! He can make any day bright I tell you!

3. thinking about one of your best friends who is pregnant and hope and pray with all your heart that she has a full term, healthy, baby!

4. spending or not spending the day with your husband when he's "sick"

5. yogurt melts-they have some weird food out there for kids these days..not sure how i feel about them yet, but Avery and Jacob sure liked them!

6. shopping after your child's bedtime again still isn't a good idea...ok so maybe it was daddy's lack of patience!

7. always put Avery in the cart when you first walk into the store!(even if he throws a fit)

8. watching interactions between avery and a friend at the store, this lets me know I am doing a good job!

9. cashiers are just nosey people sometimes! like it is a bad thing to buy yourself a new shirt!

10.husbands and their toys...sometimes they just CAN'T say no! we do now own a nice paddle boat for the lake but the well type bar is a little bit of a stretch. It will make a very nice club house for avery...not what dh wanted it for!

i think that's all i have for now!

as a mom...

you are always learning things!

so amy decided that she needed to go buy some clothes. so i said, well you can come down here and go to the mall.(for those that don't know she lives 45 mins in the opposite direction, but this mall is one of the few malls around.)

so we pack both kids into the van, side by side. they had their little conversations while amy and i of course had ours. we met keith at work and then all of us went to dinner. the kids were great side by side eating dinner. so we thought we would be good.

Now my husband doesn't usually like the mall, but apparently last night he decides he wants to walk the mall with us. ok fine...3 adults, 2 kids. we can handle this..ok not so much!

amy wanted to look at clothes, so we tried to put both kids in the double stroller. Avery was ok in this for a while, but Gracie wanted out! so we put the "leash" on her and Keith walked in circles around sears while amy and i picked out clothes for her. That kept them entertained for a bit. Then avery wanted out...so we had 2 toddlers running the store and of course we are out of milk for gracie.

so amy quickly tries the clothes on, leave the store and head for target. Meanwhile the shoes i bought fell out of the stroller so i stopped to pick them up. put them back in and i almost ran over this older man(i was going to say gentleman, but he was very gentleman like). i apologized and he gave me a dirty nasty look...he afterall walked into the double stroller.

Got gracie her milk and went into another store. Keith took avery into the book store. All the while we were in there amy tried on quite a few clothes and made her purchase. Gracie was sooo tired, but would NOT fall asleep. So she ran through the store. It wasn't very big, no one was in it, and I followed her everywhere. Then she decides to rearrange the granola bars. hey whatever makes one happy right! Finally we decide to leave! i didn't feel guilty about those french fries I ate for dinner anymore as I think I burned off all the calories from chasing her!

So the moral of this story...DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT take 2 16/19 month olds to a mall on a friday night. Especially past bedtime. I should add Avery decided to skip his nap too!

well now we know and I can gurantee amy and i have learned from out little shopping adventures, just like we always do!

Being Helpful...or not so helpful!

After we got home last night, Keith decided to cancel rehearsal and do some yard work at the house. We are expecting rain for the weekend. Avery has a kid size rake so he was out helping daddy. He did pretty good too!

Then daddy tried to show him how...and he would
have NONE of that!

Then today I am trying to get stuff done around the house. It was a mess from not being home yesterday. Btw, how is that possible when you AREN'T home, but your house is still a mess?

After we watched the septic being pumped in the rain, I came in to fold laundry. Well avery decided he wanted to help...by taking the clothes out of the basket. At least they weren't folded yet!


























oh and this was after he played with my water bottled and dumped water on the floor. But I did give him a towel and he wiped it up!

Adventures in Toddlerhood

I have to say that yesterday was one of the best days I have had in a very looong time!(although i did have a very nice weekend with the girls, but this was on a mommy level)

Anyway, I only had one other baby yesterday and he left at 8:30. So I decided to take Avery to the zoo. We have a small zoo about 20 mins from us and I had never been there. Plus yesterday was ABSOLUTELY gorgeous, sunny, and warm(70). It was so nice to be outside for a good part of the day. I haven't decided how I feel about this zoo yet, but avery and i did have the place to our selves for a quite a while. We saw lots of monkeys, goats, llamas, giraffe, zebra, and other animals. My favorite was the little baby donkey...

he was so cute! I felt bad for some of the animals as you could buy food to feed them. They all sat at the feeding tubes waiting for food. I did buy one bag and feed the goats, and llamas, but i could afford to feed them all. I assume that they don't get fed huge amounts seen as people are allowed to feed them. after all who would want a fat llama? (btw, llamas are very ugly up close, so are osterichs!)

Avery had a blast mostly on the swing. I made the mistake of putting him in it before we saw the rest of the zoo. From the expressions you might think he was on a huge amusement ride...but it was only a swing. Keith called while we were there and could hear him laughing!

After the zoo, we went and grabbed a nice healthy lunch at the deli. I had a chicken breast sand and a fruit cup, avery had turkey and cheese, and we grabbed lunch for daddy too(not so healthy).While at the deli, he flirted with all the woman. We went and had lunch with Keith at work. After lunch, we went to Bj's, mind you at this point we are past avery's nap. But he is the kind of kid that doesn't get cranky when he's tired...well sometimes. So we got what we needed and headed home.

Don't you know he falls asleep when we hit the road to our house? we had already been driving for 20 mins...so i unpacked the car and then we went to the playground. I figured he wouldn't sleep long and still wanted to be outside!

He has discoverd that he can climb up the big playground and goes down the slide. I don't follow him up, but i do help him down the slide. He did manage to go down before I could catch him...and I think he surprised him, but he was fine. We ended with some swinging and off to home we went!

It was just so nice to relax and watch him play being a big boy! I throughly enjoyed every moment yesterday! I can't wait to spend more days with him like that!

parents...

sometimes parents just don't make sense to me!

First we go on a bike ride the other day. Its on a fairly flat area that is paved, no cars as its a bike trail. I couldn't help but ponder this...why put helmets on your kids and not on yourself? to me that just doesn't make sense! Great role models too!

second, I take avery to a nearby playground yesterday. There is a 4 year old boy there. He is running around with a huge lollipop. This of course doesn't make sense to give a running child a lollipop, but I can't say anything. Then I hear the mother tell him that he can't go down the slide with the lollipop in his mouth b/c its dangerous! um hello...isn't it just as dangerous to run around with it in his mouth?

I just don't get it..

I'll write another blog on yesterday's adventures. but right now the little guy is awake and im STARVING! time for some coffee!

Weight Watchers...

Crap...that's all I have to say is CRAP!!

I started weight watchers today and I hope Amy did better than me! I was doing very well up to the point that I ate the ice cream that was bought over the weekend. I ate veggies most of the day and was starving. So i resorted to ice cream! I know I shouldn't have and tomorrow is another day...we are even packing avery and the bikes up for a bike ride...

i just NEED to do this!

HOpe you did better than me amy!

An angel watching over us...(death mentioned)

A fellow bzer (babyzone message boards) lost her precious little angel over this past week. She was 15 months old...

It was oringially posted on my bdc, but hadn't found the original post yet. I finally found it today and just want to send along my condolescences to her family.

This sweet, beautiful baby girl died in her sleep. Her mom found her in the morning and attempted to save her. A lot of sympathy and support has been given to this family in their time of need. I know God is watching down on them and this little girl is safe in Heaven. Restpeacefully, baby girl!!

Knowing Avery is about the same age is freaking me out! I used to always go in and check on him at night or at least to hear him breath. I don't so much now, but I may have too. Things happen for a reason, but I will never understand why a little girl's life was taken away so early.

I know what it is like to loose a parent and that is hard enough, but I don't know if I would ever want to loose a child..especially one so young. She was truly a blessing to her family(as she almost died after birth). Her parents are truly lucky to have known and had such a sweet girl.

Hugs and prayers sent to the family in this time of mourning....

More hugs to our little ones and prayers to keep them safe!

Everywhere I look is BOYS!!

sometimes you just want to feel girly...I have a son, a male dog, and of course my husband. Nevermind the fact that the five little kids I will watch are all boys(and 1 girl). Gosh it seems where ever I turn is boy stuff. I'm either dressing in boyish clothes, stepping on a truck, block, or boat, reading boy books, and playing in the dirt.

As for the clothes...I don't where nice or girly clothes when I am home all day with ALL boys! I either end up with mud, poop, pee, or boogies on me, so why ruin the nice clothes. Gosh i get "dressed" up when i go grocery shopping or to the nursing home. Glad complete strangers are getting to see my nice clothes. I need new clothes as the ones I have are getting very "frumpy" but don't want to buy them yet b/c I want to loose some weight first. Then at least I will have an excuse to really buy them other than I need them.

Good thing my girls are coming tomorrow for a girls night and we are going shopping on sunday for wedding dresses(not a wedding "dress" but a dress to wear to a wedding) Now I'm not one to usually wear a dress or a skirt for that matter, but for special occassions I like to feel girly especially when I won't have a boy hanging all over me and wiping boogies on me. Ok so my husband might hang on me, but that's for another reason ;)

Apparently the boys are up to running my life at the moment so I am off to play with the boys.

btw lori, yes he did like the juice!

is it possible?

for a man to become pregnant and carry a baby? well apparently it is! On Oprah tonight she is interviewing the couple. It has been boggling my mind all week and after posting it on my message board there is clearly more to the story.

I guess "he" was a "she". His wife had a hysterectomy and now he is carrying their baby. He still has the insides of a female. The story just keeps getting stranger and stranger.

I will still watch tonight to see the interview, but why must you make such a big deal about it when woman have been carrying and having babies in all of our excistance. so he looks male on the outside, but on the inside he has the anatomy of a female...weird i tell you, its just weird!

purple splatter "paint"

i'm not sure why I decided to buy grape juice!(actually i do, it was on sale and I had a coupon and something avery has never had) Plus it protects kids from the monsters in the closet (this isn't random, its the commercial on tv) I should have known it was going to make a mess and in deed it has! Yes of course its the purple kind so this will be the last time I buy it

You would think with the technology of spill proof cups you wouldn't have a problem, but nope! Avery has a tendency of throwing his cups lately after he is done drinking from them and of course what does the juice do? splatters...i have white walls downstairs and as i was cleaning up from lunch I notice purple splatters all over the wall..great that will never come out. I wiped it up and its still there. Mr. Clean eraser will have to do the job then. I also find purple spots all over the floor for when you have those times of the cup leaking! Am I am the only one with this problem? they are supposed to be spill proof, so why are you still spilling! I know there is one cup I now despise and won't buy b/c of all the problems it has caused. Plus its not like those cups come cheap either.(playskool from cvs)

well off to attack the purple splatters...

weight check!

so we arrived at the dr's a half hour early. I knew I had to fill out paperwork and avery was awake. He got to play with the toys there while we waited.

Finally they took us in. Got him undressed, got weighed and measured. he is now a whopping 22 lb 7 oz. He gained almost a lb in 6 weeks. I was excited and the nurse said it was very good. she measured him too as I couldn't remember how tall he was last time. I thought they told me he was 29 inches, but knew that wasn't right. well 6 weeks ago he was 30.25 inches and he is now 31 inches. so he grew .75 of an inch!

He is still in the 10-25% but the dr said as long as he is gaining that is good. He also doesn't want to see him go and gain to much weight. so as long as he stays where he is at we will be good. He asked what he ate and drank and he said that sounded good too. He's not sure what happened between 12 and 15 months that he only gained a few oz, but i said well he did cut 4 molars, he said that could be it then.

We then scheduled his 18 month appointment and left. We then went to CVS, payless, and met daddy for dinner. Went to target on the way out to buy the bike trailer and went to visit great grandma in the nursing home. He was a riot while there as usual and all the little old ladies loved to see him.

He was dancing, jumping, and he was ACTUALLY singing twinkle twinkle little star with us! it was great! Now i know i don't just sing to hear my own voice! he was wiped out by the time we got home...that's what happens when you walk half the mall!