My Big Boy

Case is growing and changing so much, so quickly!! Our time left as just the three of us is going to come to an end so soon here, we're trying to make the most of it! He still has absolutely no idea that a baby is coming. He'll talk to my belly and say hi and bye to the baby, give the baby hugs and kisses, show the baby his cars, etc. But he also thinks there's a baby in his belly, daddy's belly, etc. Hopefully we're not confusing him for life :)
Case does have a new ADORABLE cousin who has been a very willing participant in getting Case used to babies! Jordan was born in January and Case couldn't possibly love him more! Here he is showing us the "caaar" on Jordan's shirt. We love Jordan and Case is definitely enjoying being a big cousin!

To say Case is into everything is a bit of an understatement! He is busy busy and very curious about everything. Some of his latest antics include getting the box of rice out of the pantry and dumping it into the dishwasher - I think he thought he was being helpful :) It wasn't the most exciting thing to clean up!
Another dishwasher incident landed us at the hospital for the afternoon! I had just emptied the dishwasher and was getting lunch ready in the kitchen. Case was playing with the empty dishwasher, and all of a sudden I saw something small in his hands, I went to bend down to see what he had and he popped it in his mouth and swallowed it! I was so shocked, he hasn't done anything like that before so I wasn't quite sure what to do. I knew it was a bit larger than a quarter and was white but I had NO idea what it was. I called his pediatrician who thought it would be best for him to come in and get some x-rays since we didn't know what it was that he swallowed. Here's some pictures from the afternoon - they were taken with my phone so they're not the best quality.
How cute is he in the little gown!?!


Case was HYSTERICAL the whole time at the hospital. He thought it was the greatest adventure ever! He got to run up and down the halls and run circles around the nurses desks - they all loved the distraction he offered. I wasn't able to go into the x-ray with him because of being pregnant. Do you think he cared - not one bit! The x-ray tech said in a completely shocked voice - "he may have been my best patient ever." Case was so intrigued he laid perfectly still for all the x-rays. They weren't able to see anything in the x-rays which meant whatever he swallowed was plastic which meant no concerns! I realized later what it was. I had washed one of our tupperware tops that had a little "fresh seal" flip top thing and it was mysteriously missing so I figured it had come out in the dishwasher and Case had found it.
If you read this blog at all, you know that Case LOVES balls - here is one way I keep him happy while attempting to shop!
Case is talking more and more, he even has a few sentences! He says, "Where'd it go?", "Where's the car?" and "I fall down" - which he does a lot! Whenever he hurts himself, gets a bump, falls on the ground, runs into the wall, etc... he always tells you the story after he's done crying. It's really cute! He reenacts it and everything.
He's such a fun little buddy! We can't wait to see him be a big brother! We are scheduled to have our little girl by c-section (because I had a c-section with Case) on June 3rd if she doesn't come on her own before that! So less than a month - unbelievable!

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