Jason posted some new pictures of Poppy today.

Our little punk

Poppy and I went to see our midwife today so she could be weighed. At our appointment last week, Poppy should have weighed 10 pounds, 5 ounces but was short an ounce. Well, she more than made up for it this week. Today Julie weighed Poppy again and she was 11 pounds 5 ounces. A whole pound in one week! Julie is very happy about Poppy’s progress, thinks she is a very healthy little girl and is thriving. We go back to see Julie in two weeks, will be discharged from her care, and referred to a pediatrician. Just wanted to let you know that Poppy is right on track and growing like a weed.

Women talk more than men: study – I guess it depends on who is talking. Brianna… not so much. Lisa and Julia… quite a bit, especially when they are up late in the kitchen and I’m trying to sleep 🙂

Study: Mom’s wrong, slouching is good for you – President Hinckley spoke about not dressing “slouchy” at the last General Conference. I guess we can slouch physically as long as we are dressed ok.

They don’t give official report cards until June for J.K. so they ask the parents to come in and observe their child in the class and then meet with the teacher after class. Yesterday Graham and I went to school with Andrew. Before we left the house Andrew asked if we were excited to go to school with him and “see how excellent I am”. We replied with a chuckle and said, “actually we are excited to see how excellent you are.” The morning was pretty boring for us, but we did see how excellent and intelligent Andrew is. Mrs. Marr told us that Andrew was one of her most intelligent students and that he is functioning at the level of her S.K. students. He participates in discussions and always has the right answer, he’s her only J.K. student who can tell her the next number in their counting chart, such as what comes after 24? With a bit of help he can count to 100 and he’s been writing sentences. He does really well with his independent work and following the instructions, she said that she always helps the J.K. with that work but she never has to help Andrew. The only negative thing she said was that Andrew is bossy and he occasionally hits, kicks or spits. She has come up with a reward program to help Andrew always have a good day. It was nice to hear that 99% of the time he is excellent.

Hello everyone. I though I would write another post to clarify some things for Christmas. We are to spend $50 plus tax on our “pulled names” gifts.

For Christmas Eve gifts we have upped the value of the gifts to $10. Remember for the game to work it is VERY important that you tell no one else the contents of the gift. (I mean you Hilda St. House – esp. Mom) hahahaha

I already have my Christmas Eve gift! Everyone is going to want it!

Happy Shopping! Can’t wait to see everyone at Graham and Lisa’s house on the 3rd.

Hey everyone I have set up a flickr page for Poppy.

Here she is in her “outdoor” outfit.

A few pics from her first day..

I saw Julie, my midwife today, and we are booking an induction for Tuesday November 14th. Hopefully, I will go into labour before then but it’s really nice to know that there is an end date to all of this. In the meantime, I’m going to try all the tricks I’ve heard about to induce labour naturally. Wish me luck!