3 Week Recap

There has been a little more than the usual/typical/expected busyness happening here in the Klein household lately. That’s my excuse for being a few weeks behind on the posts. So here’s a recap:

Halloween: Mallory and Wesley went as a Chocolate Chip cookie and ‘Cookie Mouse’ (the mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie). I made Malloy’s costume and my mom made Wesley’s mouse hood. I have to say I thought that it was a very cute and unique idea! Cousin Connor was an adorable monster. We all (the three kids, followed by 4 parents and 4 grandparents) went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood (though it seemed like no one was home… or just pretending not to be home)…  The kids had fun and got a TON of candy.

 

Sonny: The next day I took Sonny into work and had our orthopedic surgeon remove one of Sonny’s toes. Because about a week prior I had found a strange mass on his toe that he was licking. It turns out that Sonny has Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I took radiographs of his chest and abdomen and I didn’t see anywhere that the cancer had metastasized to… so fingers crossed we got it all and got it off early. He has spent the past 2 weeks in an e-collar driving us all BONKERS! The kids have been wonderful with him, helping me with each bandage change, stump cleaning and suture removal. He’s pretty much all healed and the collar came off 2 days ago.

 

Ultrasound: 2 Weeks ago I had my big ultrasound. Everything looks good. BK3 (Baby Klein 3… as Michelle Shira coined for us) was being a typical Klein baby… already hating pictures and being uncooperative. This was the best profile picture that the ultrasound tech could get. But the rest of the images looked good… hands, arms, feet, booty… SHE and SHE alone knows what sex BK3 is. She was really good about having us look away a ton as she got different measurements and whatnot. Mallory is REALLY excited about the new baby and kisses, loves on and talks to my tummy all the time.

 

Vacation: Through all this craziness Matthew and I were able to take a little 2 night vacation just the 2 of us! The original plan was to go to Monterey and stay in a cute B&B. But the week prior when I called to confirm our reservations I found out that they had just closed 5 days ago! (If I hadn’t of called we would have just showed up to an empty B&B!) Luckily I found a great deal of Groupon for a B&B in Calistoga! Soooooooooooo much closer, yet felt worlds away! We had a great time; we took advantage of the massages/baths that are offered throughout Calistoga, took lots of naps and ate a ton of delicious, quiet, kid free meals!!!!! A special THANK YOU to Joyce and John for watching the kids for us!

 

Lastly…here are the past few weeks of baby size pictures:

Week 18: 5.8 inches… Head to booty is about the size of one of Wesley’s toy cars.

 

Week 19: 6 inches…The same size as the toy fire truck from one of the Cars movies.

 

Week 20: 6.5 inches…the same size as Mr. (or Mrs.) Potato Head.

 

Week 21:  10.5 inches (now we measure from head to toe…) so turns out that I’m caring around Dora the Explorer.