The Oldroyd Family

Max had his 4-Year well check today with Dr. McDavitt. We talked about the shots and he promised to be brave, with the bribe of a milkshake afterward, of course!  He definitely lived up to his promise.  He got 3 shots and didn't even cry.  What a stud! He's still tall & skinny!  3'7" puts him at 94th% for height, 34.5 lbs puts him at 36th% for weight! Here's a little bit about my Maxwell: He LOVES animals.  Particularly baby animals.  He is always pretending to be a different one, and loves little tiny baby animal toys. He's still a mama's boy, and seems to be getting more attached the closer I get to delivering his baby brother.   Even though I know it'll be a little hard on him, he is SUPER excited about the baby.  He loves to feel him kick, talk to him, and he always tells me how much he'll help with him. He's an instigator and loves to pick on Nathan & Alexa He loves to ride his bike! He has been in preschool with...

Because of work and growing a baby, I haven't been able to spend as much time at Nathan & Alexa's school as I would have liked.  But this month I was able to go a couple of times and it was so much fun! On the 17th, the Kindergartners did their egg drops.  The night before, we made a special box for their eggs (which I, of course, didn't get a picture of).  We put the egg inside a ziplock bag full of saltwater, then in a bigger ziplock back.  We then packed it inside the box full of giant sized marshmallows and popcorn.  Nathan & Alexa each decorated theirs with markers & stickers. The egg drop event at school was so much fun!  The Assistant Principal went as high as the roof of the school on a cherry picker & dropped the packages by class.  Both Nathan & Alexa's eggs survived!  Here are my two cuties waiting for their turn! Then today, Max was on a field trip for school so I was able to sign up to volunteer at "T...

Max had a great birthday week!  We started with a family party combined with our Easter meal.  Since the only thing Max really wanted to eat for his birthday was cake, I didn't think he'd mind the ham and potatoes!  He got some fun presents- A stuffed elephant and game from Grandma & Grandpa, Beyblades from the cousins, and a horse trailer from Aunt Marianne.   He wanted red cupcakes so he got Red Velvet - my favorite! Tuesday was his actual birthday.  He had school, so he chose to take donuts as his treat.  Then when he got home, he wanted to watch Frozen... TWICE!  So we snuggled up on the LuvSac and did just so.  I may have gotten a nap in there somewhere... For dinner, Max wanted pizza.  So we had a yummy family dinner at Grimaldi's! And finally time for presents... he got Disney Planes shooters from his siblings, Duplo Legos from Grandma & Grandpa Partridge, and his favorite new toy... a new bike! I w...

We had a great appointment with Dr. Adam today.  She expressed how she kept waiting for something to go wrong & is amazed it hasn't!  I couldn't agree more!  What a blessing my health has been during this pregnancy so far. Baby Boy is growing great - estimated at 4 lbs. 10 oz. (bigger than Alexa was at birth!) and about 58th%.  Oh and don't worry, he'll fit right in with his brothers and their big noggins. His head was 89th%! We scheduled a C-Section for June 10th (39 weeks, 2 days) but Dr. Adam doesn't think I'll make it that long.  I'm still not totally decided on which hospital to deliver at so I'm actually scheduled at 2 of them!  It'll depend on if my kidneys stay healthy or not. He still has fluid in his kidneys but it hasn't gotten worse, which is good.  I also still have a bit higher amniotic fluid levels than normal, but not too crazy, so no worries there.  We didn't get any good pictures, but will be back to look at him ...

Easter weekend started out with a super fun Easter Egg hunt & carnival put on by the youth at our church.  There was a bounce house, face painting, and other carnival games.  The kids had a ton of fun! Easter morning, the kids were spoiled by the Easter Bunny with a fun egg hunt and full Easter baskets!  They got candy, camping headlamps, chalk, bubbles & chapstick.   And here they are, all dressed up for church.  What good looking kids we have! Happy Easter!

Sam turned 36 today!  The kids had so much fun preparing cute little gifts for him.  Alexa made him a butterfly and Nathan made him a wasp.  "The kids" also got him a headlamp, and I got him a Texas State Parks pass.  We'll have lots of fun adventures together in the next year! We're so lucky to have this guy!  He's such a hard worker & a great daddy.  We sure love him!

I saw Dr. Adam today and everything is still going pretty well!  I did find out why my belly is so huge... I am carrying some extra amniotic fluid and a big baby!  That's new for me!  Around this gestation, all of the other kids have been around 35th-40th percentile.  This baby is 68th percentile and already 3 lbs 4 oz!  The extra fluid is causing a lot of contractions but everything else is ok so she said not to worry. We got to see his face again.  He was rubbing his eyes and even smiled! The umbilical cord was moving around in front of his face on the smiling picture so it looks kind of crazy.  It was so fun to see him move around and to get a glimpse of what he looks like.  Technology is so cool!  I can't wait for this little guy to get here!