Pneumonia and "breaking in" the new jeep

Happy New Year everyone! My NYE pictures post will come in a few days - myMom's camera died during the festivities over at our friends house so we're waiting to get pictures of me with all of my friends!

If any of you know my father, you know that he's a Jeep guy. Our family special ordered a new Jeep Grand Cherokee at the end of 2010 and have had it for about a month (pic below) Dad prides himself on keeping his car clean just like Gpa Becker; well, except for when he has dead pheasants in the back or dead fish in a bucket. It all started out Sunday with little cough, which turned into a fever. A really high one where I stayed home from school on Tuesday and then headed for the doctor late on Tuesday with Mom. The diagnosis: Pneumonia and a 104.7 temp. I sure was not feeling well at all. Mom could tell I wasn't feeling well because I didn't make a peep (no crying) at the doctor. I let her poke, pinch, listen and do whatever she wanted. All I got out of the deal was a lame jar of this pink stuff below. Picture this, after my doc appt sitting in Dad's jeep in my carseat in the backseat in the CVS drive through to pick up my pink stuff. I could barely open my eyes and was not feeling well so i barfed everywhere. Yes, in Dad's new jeep. Sorry Mom - she was about to barf herself, sorry Dad for letting Mom and I borrow the jeep...I couldn't hold it but i did not feel good at all.

I stayed home with Mom on Tuesday and again today in the AM with Dad and PM with Mom. I'm going to kick it back at home one more day tomorrow since I still have a little fever brewin'. I don't want to get my daycare friends sick. Tonight, though I drank some apple juice, had a couple bites of dinner and I think I'm coming around because Dad brought home popsicles for me today. Thanks, Dad.

Not Mom's best photo (ha), no shower, PJs but wanted you to see how much my baby bro/sis has been growing lately! 33 weeks along and the time is flying by....so fast that we put together a few things in the baby's room just in case he/she decides to make an appearance earlier than end of Feb. Holy moly belly!

RIP Blue Fa

Fa is what I called my pacifier. Santa came this year and brought them all to the new babies around that need them. Santa did not, however bring my blue fa to a new baby because of it's "used" condition. I wanted to show you a picture of my blue fa. I have had my blue fa for about 1.5 yrs. It has been in the toilet, chewed on by a dog, lost several times, washed even more, faded a gross yellow color and even run over by the JEEP by Dad (seriously) but still, this was my favorite pacifier.

The last couple nights have gone...well, okay. Yesterday's nap was the worst where I threw a tantrum but then a cartoon of Caillou finally chilled me out. I'm not really mad that my fa's are gone, but I'm sad. I know I only got to have it in bed at night for the past 8-9 months, but I have had a lot of sad, sad tears. Don't tell Mom I know this, but....um, yesterday during my nap Dad told me that she busted out crying too. He said she's a hormonal pregnant women who hates to see me so sad but she's also a toughie and not giving in. Giving in to what? Santa is the one who took my fas!

I'm working through it. I'm a big boy now and there are soo many more adventures that I need to tackle without my pacifier. Because this is my baby book, I felt the need to document something that was so special to me. I will miss you blue fa, RIP.

31-32 Weeks: Baby Jumping on Mama's Bladder

Had a good, reassuring doctors appointment this morning with the OB checking on little itty baby sherck.

• Weight: 20 lbs weight gain which doc says is still in range.
• Blood Pressure: GOOD
• Blood Sugars/Diet: GOOD
• Tummy Measurement: Right on track measuring 32cm
• Kick Counts: I think we have an ultimate fighter a brewin'
• Contractions: minimal here and there (4/day)
• Dilation: CLOSED - Thank the Lord!!
• Excitement for new addition to our family: Overwhelming

Please continue to pray for health baby #2 Sherck! Will continue to listen to my body & baby by taking it a little easy for the continuation of the pregnancy. I'm thankful for my work-from-home job where I can wear pajama pants and put my feet up!

Christmas 2010, the flu & a stubborn baby sherck

Check out the xmas Cookies I made with Mama! I did the baking, she did the frosting.

Christmas was great this year! I still don't quite understand Santa....how he gets to all the houses, why he took away my pacifiers, where he gets all of the presents, but I do know that he has been watching over me all year! We had an awesome Christmas with the Sherck side of the family - Gma, Gpa, Aunt Laura, Uncle Bill & Cousins Michael & Rachel. Rachel, I love her so much. Within the first 2 minutes of seeing her, she had already told me "Brady, can you please be quiet? You're giving me a headache" Yeah, I guess I talk too much.... The COUSINS! Michael - 5, Brady - 2 & Rachel - 7.5

Sherck/Sims family over at our house Thursday night for a pre-xmas night of Chicken Chalupas!

Xmas Eve day we headed over to Gma/Gpa's house - and LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PRESENTS UNDER THE TREE!! Wowee...boy do I feel extremely fortunate and thankful for presents.

Christmas day Gpa helped me open gifts...

Me & Mom xmas morning with our bed head. Check out my jammies...Santa left these for me under my pillow on xmas even while I was at church!

Santa came and brought me a train set, an aqua doodle, books, bubble bath & a new big red sled. I opened so many gifts....I was over-whelmed but I got some awesome stuff!

Me & Michael taking a break on Xmas to watch Curious George with a cup of dry cereal & juice.

The Sherck Family! Mama & baby, Daddy and I - don't we look great?!?!?!

Thanks to everyone for all of the great gifts. We feel very grateful this year for our family, friends, health, love, jobs,home and my new baby bro/sis on the way.

As far as the Flu and a Stubborn Baby Sherck...

Thurs, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Mom had been having some infrequent contractions and leaking fluid. She called the doctor on Christmas Day afternoon and the on-call doctor recommended that she & Dad head to North Memorial Hospital to check to make sure things were safe with the baby. Mom & Dad spent a few hours at the hospital while they were monitoring contractions, the baby's heart beat and various other tests which all came back negative which is WONDERFUL news. At 31 weeks, the baby should not be ready to come yet. Mom is trying to take it easy & rest and heading back to the doctor for a scheduled appt Monday morning (tomorrow) Please continue to pray for a healthy itty baby sis/bro and a healthy continuation of the pregnancy.

Like that wasn't enough excitements for Christmas day, not only did they miss out on Gma/Gpa's sweet Xmas dinner of Roast Beef & popovers, but they both came down with the 24 hr flu as well (nausea & temp). I ended up staying the night at Gma/Gpa's house while my parents slept 13 hours straight at our house. They are on the mend today and hope to be back to near 100% tomorrow.

Tonight, I'm headed for bed WITHOUT my pacifiers because Santa brought them to the new babies. Daddy is downstairs playing with our new home theater set-up and Mom is laying on her side in bed watching some reality show on E! I'm sure Mom will post in the next 2 days with a baby update!

I hope everyone had a great Holiday!

A Before-Xmas Girls Night/Play Date

Quick post - earlier this week we headed over to my girls Jade & Julia's house for appetizers (chicken nuggets), playtime and movies so our Mom's could gossip! Congrats to Mama's girlfriend Jenna, husband Kyle and my buddy Koen who is expecting a brother/sister in July 2011! whippee!
My night was spent staring at Julia....she is just too cute for words!
Jen & Julia

Julia & Mom. I didn't really like it when she was holding her to be honest.

Here are me and my friends Jade, me and Koen.

Thanks for a great get-a-way before the Holidays!!

Getting Ready for Christmas with the Holidazzle!

A quick recap of Saturday....
1. Breakfast in my Hugh Heffner CARS Jammies. Dont I look so sweet?!?
2. After my nap we headed downtown Minneapolis to meet 5 of our friend families and kids at Pizza Luce. After a great meal of pizza (mom had spinach salad, blah), we all bundled up and walked 4 blocks to the Holidazzle Parade on Nicollet!

Blurry family picture but cute...I think people are going to start calling us the "red coat family" hahahah!

If you don't know what the Holidazzle parade is....it's a parade but everything is lit up with Christmas lights! I loved it!

3. Ended with a nightcap at the bar for a beer with Zach and his Mom Sarah and Daddy Mike. I'm now "getting used to" the snowpants and boots thing. Does this mean I'm a true MINNESOTAN? Thanks to Zach, Brookie, Noah & Gavin for a great Holidazzling time!

Saturday night slept 11 hours and have been spending the day today really getting ready for xmas. Mom keeps telling me that it's FIVE MORE DAYS until Santa comes. When Santa comes, he is going to take all of my Fa's (Pacifiers) on Xmas Eve and bring them to new babies who need them. But...know what I also found out? He takes all of my Fa's but then he leaves a bunch of presents for me! Yippee! I only use my pacifiers at night when I'm in bed, but golly gee I'm going to miss those things.

The Blizzard Birthday Bash

Well, of course on the day of my Bday party, we got abut 15 inches of snow in a blizzard! I LOVE Minnesota!!!!! We still had my birthday party even though about 1/2 of the kids weren't able to attend because of the bad roads but THANK YOU to everyone who joined my special Birthday Cupcake party. I know, it was a little rushed because Davanni's closed down early because of the weather but it was definitely worth it!
Me and my buddy Ryan.

Here is the crew...if I counted correctly, I think there were 12 friend kids who made it in the trecherous snow - not all are pictured because they're running around. We had pizza & cupcakes!

Hmmm, my favorite part:) The Happy Bday CUPCAKES!

I opened presents and got some cool stuff like trucks, boats, cars, puzzles and balls! Thank you everyone!

Just thinking the night couldn't end any better, I went home and Addison, Brookie, Zach and Noah came to my house! Jenny & Tony came over to babysit us for the evening while all of the parents went out to party at Shelli's house for their annual xmas party! Good times...now a relaxing Sunday at our house. I'm spending the day nursing Mom & Dad who are fighthing bad, bad colds and icky sickness. Bummer!

One other thing I was going to mention about what I've been doing lately....well, the past week when my parents have been changing me out of my jammies in the morning, they have been finding my "treats" that I've been hoarding in my jammies at night. So far, they've found: a pacifier, trucks, a car and a ball. Oh lordy.

Disney on Ice Adventure

Last night we all jumped in the van and THIRTEEN of us headed to the Excel Energy center for Disney on Ice, my first one and I LOVED IT! Me & Mama (& baby) during intermission The kid crew before the show from left to right - Brady, Addison, Brooklynn, Zach, Kate & Gavin.

Mom 'gave in' and bought me one of those cheeezy light up things! It was a blast and I kept hitting the lady who sat in front of me on the head. She was not happy but I told her to relax and enjoy the show.

Mickey! Minnie!

I sat next to Addison. As you can tell, she reeeeeeally was 'in tune' with Tinkerbell.

Strikin' a pose - Miss Minnie Brooklyn Lorman!

Here I am with Brookie and Shelli's daughter Jenny - passing some time while we waited for the show to begin!

Thanks for a great time FRIENDS - we had a blasted good time!

Am I ready to be a BIG BROTHER?

This was a GREAT weekend! I started off Friday night with my first ever sleepover! Yep, I stayed overnight at Shelli's house on Friday night (as an xmas gift to the daycare parents)...and it was a blast! I was with all of my friends, we stayed up late, ate pizza & ice cream and watched movies. We all slept together on our sleeping bags! Dad was away from work, and I've been busy tearing up the house and finding every single hockey player, soccer ball, santa, fish & snowman ornaments on the tree. Every morning when I come downstairs, I'll turn the lights on and say "Mom/Dad, I like Christmas trees" Well, to be honest, that's my thing now, I'll tell you that I like many things. I like fire trucks. I like my blankie. I like trains. I like Caiou. I like chocolate. I like meatballs. I like my hat. I like my name. I like Daddy. I like hockey sticks. And, of course many more...

Mom had another baby check-up appointment today to get updates to you on specs of my new little brother or sister. She's feeling good and has officially started to waddle like a penguin. The baby has a strong heartbeat of 150bpm, mom has gained 18 lbs so far and the response from the doctor is "that's not bad" which we think means it's okay:) I am very proud of her as she's been able to somewhat maintain her blood sugar levels by watching the carb content in her meals. She still sneaks some sweets here & there though just to get by which the doctor thinks is just fine! Please continue to pray for a strong, healthy baby and continuation of the pregnancy! The doctor says she will plan on inducing at 39 weeks if Mom hasn't gone 'on her own' before then so the 39 weeks would put a date around Feb 23rd or around then. Mark your calendar! Am I really ready for this? I know where the baby's room is and I know that I have to be quiet when the baby is sleeping but that's all I've learned so far.

I'm so excited for this weekend....

Friday night Mama and I are going with friends to Disney on Ice! Whippee! And, Saturday I have my Birthday Party with all of my kid friends at Davanni's pizza! I don't really care about the pizza, just BRING ON THE CUPCAKES!

The dreaded 2 yr old shots.

Turning two is cool n' all, but not the shots that I needed to get at the doctor today with Dr. MaryBeth. I was cool until they had to put me in that little room and then I got freaked out. The nurse lady brought in this awesome neato fish tank thingy. The good news? I'm normal. Yep - doc says that I seem to be just fine and don't need to go back for another YEAR until I'm THREE. Yeah whoo! Digits below
-Height 34.25 inches - 25%

-Weight 25lbs 5 oz - 10%
-BMI 15.2 - 10%

What does this all mean? Well I'm not quite sure but it means I'm normal. I'm talking a lot now and often saying 5-6 words together. For example, on the way to the doctor in the car here is the conversation I had with my mom:

Brady: "Mom, where daddy? He in shower?"

Momma: "No Brady, he got out of the shower, remember he was drying off with his towel"

Brady: "Oh, daddy at work."

Mom: "Brades, we're going to the doctor - to see those fish in the tank, you okay with this?"

Brady: "Sure. Hey, look, big semi truck!"
The bad news? Since I turned two, no more Fa. Fa=Pacifier. I get to have it at night when I go to bed but no more. Mom/Dad are secretly trying to find a good way to get rid of it. Maybe I'll give my Fa's to Santa to give to other little kids. I'm gonna miss those things. Mom & I brought the camera today, but we forgot it in the car so these phone pictures will have to do for the baby book blog!