Benjamin's 2nd Birthday!!

Uncle Andy and Benjamin

Benjamin Enjoying his Big Bird Cake

We celebrated Ben's 2nd birthday on February 14th. It was a fun day with family and a few friends. Ben was so cute he kept saying "Happy Birthday!". Grandma Pat, Grandpa Tom, Uncle Andy, Uncle T.J., Papa, Nana, Aunt Becky, Uncle Brian, Eric, Traci and Lauren were at his party.
We also made a cake for Ben on his actual birthday February 15th. Unfortunately, he had to enjoy his cake the following day because mom got very sick and we ended up in the hospital, where mom received fluids.
Benjamin and Jacob were so excited to have another cake!!

Two Days and Counting...

We will be heading to the hospital on Monday morning for the arrival of our baby girl. We were planning to go into the hosptial for an inductions since she had turned head down just before 37 weeks. However at our appointment this past Tuesday at 38 weeks she had flipped again and in now breach. As of right now we have a c-section scheduled for noon on Monday. They will do a quick ultrasound to see if she has flipped again, if she is head down they will proceed with an induction, if not they will proceed with the c-section.
On Tuesday she measured 8lbs and 5 oz. It is quite a bit bigger than her brothers were, which I am not sure if that is good or not. It still seems surreal that we will be having a little girl, with all the trucks, tractors and rough housing we have in this house.
Jacob is excited to hold the baby. I am not sure Ben totally knows what will happen.

In September we decided to pursue getting Benjamin help with his speech. He was talking a bit before Josh had surgery and then after Josh's surgery he stopped saying words and went to grunting. It took a bit of time, but after being evaluated he was accepted into the Birth to Three program. One of the recommendations was for Josh and I to participate in a program called Hannen which is a program that was created in Canada to educate parents on how to help their children to communicate. They had a lack of speech therapists, so they decided to give the parents tools to help their children. The program we participated in was an a great experience for all of us. Ben has been doing very well and in the last month he has made huge steps forward. Even the speech therapist was impressed.

Jacob is doing well. He has been attending Elmbrook preschool since the beginning of September. He is doing well and has two good friends Tommy and Ian. He also has been going to Awana Cubbies at Crosswalk church in Waukesha. He is very excited to be a cubbie and is doing well with his bible memorization. He also enjoys Sunday school class. Currently we are in search of where to send him for 4k next year. Waukesha does not have 4k in the schools but in different child care sites in the community. We have been to two so far. One he liked and the other he was not so found of.

A little bit of pink is entering the Toepfer Home

Baby T. is expected to arrive March 1st 2010. I will be 37 weeks on Sunday, Valentine's day, which is also the day we are celebrating Ben's 2nd birthday!! I can't believe my little boy is turning two. Jacob is 3 1/2 and has been in preschool since September. It has been an adventurous road and I have been meaning to update everyone, but this season of life has kept us on our toes and very busy. We are very excited about our new addition and hope to update everyone when she arrives.