All FIRED up!

On Sunday, we went to the fifth annual Get Fired Up for Safety in downtown Marshfield with Grandpa Bob and Grandma Cheryl - they came to visit us! Austin was excited to see all the different fire trucks, ladder trucks, and ambulances....

He got to try on a helmet - it was so heavy, when the firefighter put it on his head, he was afraid to move!


Touching and sitting on the fire truck was so exciting.....



..but he loved sitting in the fire trucks even more! So, we went from truck...

...to truck....
...and he even got to squirt water at some floating ducks!

He had a fun time on Sunday. We were downtown today since I had to run some errands, and he was asking where all the fire trucks went. I guess we'll have to go back next year! He'll be a little older so he can do more things with the firefighters and their demonstrations and games.

Little pokes

Our little baby in-utero has been developing and growing for 30 weeks and 4 days now....boy, the time sure is going fast! He or she will be here before we know it.

Today we had another prenatal visit, and this is the first one Austin's been to. He saw the nurse weigh me, take my blood pressure, then we waited for another nurse to come measure my belly (uterus) and listen to the baby's heartbeat. He paid close attention to everything happening to mom. Then the nurse asked if Austin wanted to hear his heartbeat, and he shook his head 'yes', so she slapped some gel on the fetal heart monitor, he lifted up his shirt, and the nurse put the monitor on his chest and we all listened to his heart. He thought it was pretty cool, and kept looking at my belly while listening to his own heart beating. Then the doctor came in and we chatted for a bit, then I got my flu shot. On the way out I checked with Pediatrics and got him in right then and there for his; he was so brave! He laid back and held my hands, then got his little poke and was all done. No tears! He got a sticker for his bravery.

Not long after we got home he started telling me his leg hurt, "right here, mom, the hole in my leg hurts". "Where you got your little poke today, just like momma got one in her arm?" "Yeah, little poke. I need some medicine...make it feel all better." So I gave him a little Tylenol and the world was right once again.

But now my arm is sore!

At the Zoo

Sometimes they belong in a zoo...

This past weekend we packed up the car and spent some time with friends in Minnesota. Ed and Sarah have two boys, Charley and Henry. Charley is close to Austin's age - they're about a year apart. Henry is a little baby, close to being one. It is always a treat watching Austin interact with other kids - even though he does that on a daily basis at school, its not too often that I get to 'spy' on him before he sees me and drops everything and comes running. So this weekend I enjoyed watching him play with Charley and 'baby' (aka Henry).

Sarah and I took the kids to the zoo on Saturday...and it was Austin's first time at a zoo and he loved it. He still talks about all the animals we saw....the big bears swimming back and forth in front of the glass, putting their paws right up to his hand...the tigers, leopards, monkeys, and of course, the shark.

Austin loved interacting with Henry, too - he was curious, and watched him from the corner of his eye. I know Austin will be a great big brother....he' starting to understand things a little better now that my belly is getting bigger and he can feel the baby move. He loves to give my belly 'zurbits'...

Hopefully we'll be able to go back to the cities next spring/summer and visit another zoo with the Wroblewski's!