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Well, not much to say this week. Things are going pretty good for me, Jes, the baby, my nephew Clayton. We are still working on getting the wallpaper off of the baby's room. It is a pain. My broken leg is still improving a little each day. I am trying to teach myself to walk normal again. It is strange because I never had to think about walking before; I just walked. On another note, I have been playing a new playstation game. It seems a little childish at first because it is called Lego Star Wars, but it actually is really fun to play. All the characters are lego-looking. The game follows the first three episodes of Star Wars very closely. There is even some pod-racing involved. So far, my favorite lego character is yoda. Yoda is amazing with his lightsaber, and when he doesn't need his lightsaber he rides on a little hover craft. The game is also pretty cool because to complete the each level one has to switch between different characters at different times. Sometimes R2-D2 is needed, sometimes a jedi character is needed, and sometimes people like Padme with pistols are needed, etc. It is also somewhat like the old Mario Brothers nintendo games were like; instead of collecting coins, one collects lego stud pieces.

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We had our first baby ultrasound yesterday at the doctor's office. It was so cool to actually "see" the baby. We are chooseing to not know the sex of the baby; we want it to be a surprise. We have some pictures and a VHS tape too. There are hand and feet, fingers and toes. There are head and body, legs and arms. Seeing the heart pump was very interesting. It reminded me of a butterfly with its wings flapping up and down. The baby's heart rate was 149 beats/min. which is normal. The doctor said that the baby weighs about 9 ounces right now and everything looked normal. Soon the baby will be kicking and moving enough that we will be able to feel the movements.

We also were able to see my little nephew last weekend. He is doing very well considering being born so early. He is still in an incubator most the time, but my brother and sister-in-law were able to hold him. He is breathing well and should be able to come home in a few weeks. The hardest part for my brother and sister-in-law is leaving the little guy; it is hard for them to say goodbye and see ya later. I think this would be extremely tough too.

As for me, my broken leg is healing pretty good. I am still limping a little bit, especially in the morning. I see the doc in 4 weeks for more x-rays; hopefully all will healed.

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We had an interesting weekend. My brother and sister-in-law had a very early birth of their son Clayton. My sister in law wasn't feeling well, so she went to see her doctor. THe doctor said to drive to the hospital right away. Turns out she was toximic and her liver wasn't functioning properly. She had a c-section, and now both her and the baby are recovering. Clayton is in an incubator. He is 3lbs 7ounces and 41 cm long. He is still pretty long considering being 2months early. I am thinking he is going to be a basketball star someday. We were able to see little Clayton which was really cool. So now I am an uncle and my parents are grandparents! We are all really excited and relieved to know both mom and baby are doing well. Since we are expecting our first child also, my parents gave us strict instructions to have a normal pregnancy. They said they have enough gray hairs already. :)

In case you couldn't guess, what we are expecting is a child! Jes is 18 weeks along already and is feeling just fine. What is cute is that she is barely showing still. The doctor said she will probably just "pop out" some time around the 25th week. We already have names picked, but that will be our secret. We also do not want to find out the sex of the baby. We want that to be a surprise also. Our first ultrasound is a week from monday and we will get a videotape from it too. That is cool because we can watch the baby move whenever we want. I'll keep you updated on that too.

During a recent hockey game, I broke my fibula, which is the little bone next to the shin bone (tibia bone). They said about 6 weeks to heal and twelve weeks for the pain to go away from my stretched ligaments/tendons/muscles. I was lucky I didn't hurt my ankle or knee, since I twisted my leg. The good news is that I didn't need a cast and I am allowed to put weight on it, as long as I am careful. I used crutches Monday-Tuesday, used only 1 crutch yesterday, and I am already walking-slowly-today. I had a lucky break it turns out. However, I probably won't be skating for closer to 12 weeks, so count me out for the season.

Sorry to all those who keep checking this post and not seeing anything new. I will try to keep up my old method of once a week posting.