Happy New Year-mas!

We hope you have all had some wonderful holidays, relaxing and eating. We are in Port Alberni this year for Christmas where it never goes below -3 and the sun occasionally shines.

Peanut got some presents this year, including an incredibly soft Alpaca wool teddy bear from Grandma Deb and Grandpa Lee. Then Aunt Ellen gave a really cute little yellow knitted toque, mittens, and booties set for him/her to come home in from the hospital. This kid is spoiled already!

We look forward to connecting with all of you in the new year!

Here's Peanut!

We had our 2nd ultrasound yesterday - here's what our kid looks like!







I wonder if there's a family resemblance?

"Can we call you, Dadoo?"

What am I going to do when my kid learns about Cartoon Saturday? Does it even exist, anymore? I remember the days of Bugs Bunny, Ninja Turtles, The Disney Afternoon (Mike Soble can do anything!), etc. When I do some channel surfing on Saturdays, I don't see anything that looks good. They had a good Spider Man cartoon for a while, and Transformers... I think it was called Beast Wars, or something like that; but, they don't seem to be around any more.
What's a dad to do? Should I just start searching the net to download all the great classics? Maybe they'll have good cartoons by the time my kid's 3 or 4... I dunno. Or, maybe I should raise my kid to not like TV - they can be some kind of nature nut, or super athlete, or something like that. Maybe I'll be rich by then, and can afford a retro cartoon channel - I think Teletoon used to have retro times, playing the classics... One can hope!

Week 18

Here's what Peanut is doing this week:

Your baby is twice as big as he was last month, but he still weighs only about 225 grams. Meanwhile, most of the weight you've gained is from amniotic fluid, placenta and water retention. Although things may seem calm on the surface, your little one is kicking, flexing, reaching, rolling, and even sucking his thumb now. If you haven't felt him move yet, you will in the next few weeks. His hearing is now functioning and he will be listening to your heartbeat

So, I guess this means I have to watch my language? Don't want the kid's first words to be $#@?#$$#@$!!!