just in time...

...kelvin picked up a snowsuit from scheel's for cole. he saw in their sunday flyer that kids' snowsuits were in sale big-time, so he went there after work to see if they had anything left in cole's size. i doubt that anyone going to get them today will find anything- he said they were just about picked clean! anyway, he got one in a 2T size, so it's really big on cole, but it should still fit him next winter!!

i don't think he knows what the snowpants are for, but he was sure proud of them! it was kinda funny, because after i took them off (he was so happy just to cruise around in his new puffy duds), i noticed it was snowing outside... :)



one of cole's new games is "stinky feet"... he likes to stick his foot in my face when i have him on the changing table and giggles when i say "oh, p.u.!". well, we started doing it on this stuffed duck that he has. now he does it too, and thinks he's the big cheese when we say "oh, p.u." after he sticks his entire face in the poor duck's foot.

and, still refusing to say "mama" (everything is "DA"), here's one of him saying his favorite word... "da". he really gets into it too, sometimes. you can tell when it's going to be a big one by the way he looks before he says is... and it comes out very deliberate and emphatic. i think i'm quietly resigned to the fact that i may be known as "da" for the rest of my life... nah. i know better! there are times when cole almost says "mama" and then catches himself... which, of course, results in a big, deliberate "da".

as i look toward week 31 of this pregnancy, i am distinctly and acutely aware of those last trimester discomforts... namely, the "ice face". with cole, i noticed that the last 2 months i felt like i was trying to talk with a half-numbed mouth. kind of like i had been given enough novacaine to numb my entire mouth and it only wore off halfway. i think i'm more self-conscious of it because i really have to THINK about moving my mouth and tongue when i talk otherwise things come out sounding a bit odd. i remember last summer, i dreaded giving my testimony because of it... and here we go again. oh well- if baby girl comes as early as cole (we keep hoping), i'll only have to deal with the "ice face" for about 6 more weeks. seems like an eternity on my end. one thing i've noticed about this baby is she never hiccups. i've felt a few hiccups once for sure, MAYBE twice... good! maybe she won't have the same reflux problems that cole had! she's sure a wiggly little gal, though... can't wait to meet her!