26 weeks, how did that happen?

It is amazing how fast pregnancy goes once you hit the halfway point. Today marks 26 weeks - that means in roughly 14 weeks, we will be welcoming our new family member. That seems unreal to both of us. Graham is so active, how are we going to handle two? We know it will all work out - our lives will adjust and soon it will all seem normal.

Since this is my first pregnancy post, I will provide a brief update. When we had our ultrasound at 20 weeks, we opted not to find out the gender. It was such a special moment when Graham was born and we discovered he was a boy that we wanted to have that experience again. We did get to see all of the vital organs. The baby was active and very cooperative for the technician to get her pictures. Everything has been quite normal thus far and we feel very blessed. Here is a pic at 24 1/2 weeks. The bump has definitely gotten bigger!

Christmas Fun and More Fun!

Hey Graham Fans! We just officially finished our Christmas celebrations. I got to spend time with almost all of my family members. It was so much fun! I must have been a good boy because between Santa and my family I received some really fun toys. More importantly

Mommy, Daddy and I went to Kansas City to celebrate with the Bagby side of my family. Wednesday, we went to Uncle Brad and Aunt Lisa's house. Nanny came with us and Gramps stopped by too. I also got my first Christmas present. Uncle Brad got me a KC Royals jersey. It is really big so it will be awhile before I can wear. Hopefully by the time it fits me, the Royals will actually have a decent season so I won't be embarrassed to wear it! I hadn't seen Cousin Benjamin for awhile. He has really learned a lot in the last few months. I tried to help him learn some more. He was taking pictures off the shelves and I was trying to help him put some back.

On Christmas Eve, we mostly just hung out until the after nap time. Uncle Brad, Aunt Lisa and Benjamin came over. It was snowing which according to Mommy helps make Christmas. We all exchanged presents. The first I opened (or was that Mommy) was my new suitcase! I knew exactly what to do with it - pull it all around Nanny's house!

Another cool gift came from Uncle Brad and Aunt Lisa - a drum with instruments inside. Since we go to music class I knew what to do with everything.

We all had a lot of fun. We opened gifts, ate dinner (I like lasagna) and played. At the end of the evening, I had to get on the 'net and check in with my peeps! Thanks Nanny for letting me borrow your computer.

On Christmas, we went to Grandpa and Susan's. Grandpa couldn't wait for everyone to arrive to show me my gift - a train set!

Susan made some decorated sugar cookies. They were sitting on the coffee table so I just helped myself to one. Eventually everyone was there - Uncle Brad, Lisa and Benjamin along with Andrew, Nicole, and Nicole's mom. That was when Benjamin got his gift, which I played with too! It was almost like getting two gifts!

After all that fun in KC, we came back home. It was time to get back into my routine. The surprise was when we got home Santa (Not sure really who this is) had been there!

The funny thing was Daddy took a screwdriver to it and it wouldn't go anymore. I tried to fix it so it would run again.

At the end of last week, Daddy put my train set together. I really like it!

Later in the day, Daddy and I were playing with my train and Mommy got home. The surprise was Grandma was with her. She came to celebrate Christmas with us (I think really just me). Uncle Greg came over and we once again opened presents. Grandma gave me a tractor and wagon. She must have noticed how much I like to play with the tractors as her house. Aunt Deb and her family weren't there, but they gave me a vacuum. Someone told her how much I like to vacuum and sweep! I pushed my new vacuum all over the house. I even took it upstairs to take a bath - I made sure I could see it the whole time I was in the tub!

Grandma stayed a couple of days to play with me. Boy was it cold while she was here. Wait, it is still cold! Mommy and Daddy said it was going to snow again. Good grief. I just don't think our yard has anymore room for snow.

So I know in my last post I mentioned I had been to the doctor a couple of times. Well I had to go back again and get more medicine. I sure am tired of being sick. The one perk is it gives me an excuse to get in bed with Mommy and Daddy. I am such a good snuggler, I am sure they don't mind.

Pre-Christmas

Hey Graham Fans! Boy time does fly during the holidays! I can't believe it has almost been a month since my last post. I am going to have to break out my activities before Christmas and the whole Christmas experience!

One of the big events before Christmas was the blizzard. I used to be able to see the yard but now the snow looks like it was just stacked onto the yard. Daddy sure spent a lot of time outside snowblowing! I didn't venture out much. After it stopped snowing and was a little warmer, Daddy and Mommy put on my snowpants and boots to take me outside. I wasn't impressed.

Before the snow really started flying, Mommy took me to the doctor and you know what we found out - I had another ear infection! These are really getting old. My nose was runny too. It all just made me feel kind of crappy! The bad thing was a couple of weeks later we went to get my ear rechecked and it was all clear - yeah, but two days later I didn't feel well again and it was infected. That was the day we were headed to KC for Christmas. Thank goodness Mommy took me in before we left so I could get medicine to make me better.

On to fun stuff, Mommy, Daddy and I went to some party. There was a guy in a red suit with a lady in a red dress. They kept talking to me. I tried to burrow into Mommy. It didn't work, but I held on tight. They had food so Mommy shared some with me. Eventually the guy and lady in red came back and gave me a cup. I decided maybe they weren't so bad. Before long I was running all over. It was fun! I even let the lady and man hold me - I didn't smile though.

The next week we went to a party at a body shop (Great Aunt Marian and Mommy's cousin Steve's). When we walked in there was a man and a lady that looked just like the man and lady in red at the party the week before. I looked and looked and looked at them. They didn't have the same clothes on, but boy the man had the same beard and face. I just couldn't get over how I was seeing that man again, I think they called him Santa. I was still kind of nervous at this party. Uncle Greg was there too which was good. Someone brought their dog and that was when I decided it was a fun party. I chased that dog around and discovered there was all kinds of things to get into. Later I found Great Uncle Harold's cane. I played with it a few weeks ago so I knew how much fun it was to swing around!

With this big Christmas holiday everyone was talking about, Mommy and Daddy made candy one night. Mommy gave me a spoon that had some candy on it (almond bark). Boy was that good. I held onto that spoon for awhile. I even let Dakota try some. She really liked it too. I like spoon licking!

With all this bad weather, I started thinking about my future. Mommy received a magazine from UNI's College of Business. Since I can't play outside, it seemed like a good time to begin researching UNI.

Mommy said it was a good school so I should definitely put it on my list for consideration if I go into business. College is a long ways off so for now I will just hang with my best friend Dakotie!