Allergy test

The last few weeks, Cass has had really red, itchy, watery eyes. We finally took him to the doctor, and the doctor said his nose was a little irritated too, so it was probably allergies. They took blood (from both arms as you can see) so they could test him to figure out what he was allergic to. He was so brave - he didn't even cry, and they took quite a bit of blood! Anyway, we found out that he is allergic to absolutely nothing! Go figure. The doctor said that certain pollutants (like pollen) can cause allergy-like symptoms in some people, even though they aren't really allergic, so that must be what is going on. We are relieved to know that there are no allergies, now we're just hoping that whatever is bothering him stops soon.

Falls Park

Last weekend we took a little roadtrip to Atlanta. One of my favorite places - Greenville, SC - is halfway between Charlotte and Atlanta. We stopped there and went to the park, then had ice cream on Main Street.

Here's Cass checking out the river that flows through the park.

It's kind of hard to see, but if you look closely, you can see that Cass is chasing (or I should say terrorizing) a bird.

Here's we are (including my belly at 31 weeks prego) in front of a waterfall in the park.

Bye Bye Crib

Here's a picture of our little man waking up in his crib for the last time before switching to his big bed. Ever since he turned 3 months old he has slept about 12 hours per night without a fuss. So, we were in no hurry to switch him to a bed. We planned to have our 2nd baby in a bassinet until around October, and figured we would just switch Cass then. However, last weekend he became very interested in the queen sized bed in the guestroom. We have also noticed those long skinny legs have been getting caught between the rails in his crib a lot lately, so decided it was time to make the switch. Last night was the first night. He was so excited when he saw us moving the bed and putting it up in his room, and he went down and went to sleep just like normal, and slept solidly until 7 AM! We were surprised it was that easy. His nap this afternoon was a different story - he climbed out of bed twice - the second time I heard him get out of bed, open and shut his door, and I found him standing at the gate at the top of the stairs holding a teddy bear with a big smile on his face. Fortunately, after putting him back to bed (a second time), he took his nap.

27 weeks

Here's a belly picture from today - I'm 27 weeks along! The Quail Hollow Championship (professional golf tournament) was in Charlotte today, and Chris and I took one of my clients and his wife. I wasn't sure how I would get along walking around pregnant in the heat all day, but it wasn't too bad. Although I will say that now all I feel like doing is relaxing with my feet propped up! Anyway, we were lucky and got to see Tiger Woods up close. He happened to hit a ball into the crowd close to us, so he came over, asked if we were all doing okay, autographed a glove for the person that got hit, and then hit his ball right in front of us. It was pretty neat to get to see him.

My little helper

I'm quite a bit behind on posting blogs . . .the last few weeks have been very busy for me at work! So, I'm finally posting several pictures and videos that we've taken over the past few weeks.

One day I was putting laundry away, and turned around to find Cass going around the room with a washcloth in his hand "dusting" everything in sight. Now I just need to teach him how to mop floors and scrub toilets! :)

Dance

How do you like our Little Man's moves?

Where's the baby

Cass is obsessed with my growing tummy. I'm not sure if he really understands what is going on, but if we ask "Where's the baby?", he'll run over to me, pull up my shirt, and kiss my tummy! Sometimes, after he does it, I'll say "Who's in there?" and he says "Sis-ter". It's so sweet!!