Photo update!

 Grandma and Grandpa Kalynuk visited a few weeks back, and they never got any photos with their newest grandson, so here are the ones we got guys...

 The boys love their brother.  They are not in pain in these photos, they are smiling....and unless you get a genuine smile when they are off guard, this is what their posed smiles are looking like lately...kind of pained...

 I think I have had enough of this daddy, get me away from these guys before they drop me...

 Oscar and Daddy, hand in hand at 7 weeks.

 What a couple of characters!

 Mmmm....tasty!

 Hey, how do you tune this thing??

 Longer than a ukulele!

 This thing is clearly not a baby toy...

Trip to the Dentist

Daddy and the big boys took a trip to the dentist on Monday.  Otis has been sick since Sunday with a fever, and will be home again on Wednesday, but he had been looking forward to the dentist visit for over a week, so we just had to make the trip.  Both boys were so brave.  Arlo went first to show Otis what it was all like.  Otis was hesitant at times, but did everything he needed to.  There was a reward at the end of a new toothbrush, and that made the days of both boys.  Daddy and Mamma's days were made with these fun pictures of the boys in the chair.

Happy Valentines Day!

The boys have been enjoying Valentines Day weekend with cousin Katey in town visiting.  Some time on the ice slides at Winterlude.  Pretty cold out today!  Just remembered these images we made, and thought we should post them.  Happy long weekend!

Hockey Boyz

Check out this video of the boys from their first time on the ice with hockey sticks and pucks.  Otis insisted that we get some pucks the other weekend, so the boys took a trip with Daddy to Canadian Tire for pucks, tape and sticks, and now they want to spend every minute outside.  We have been on the ice every weekend for over a month, sometimes a few times a weekend.

Three is a magic number!

Look at me Growing!

So six days in and little Oscar has not dropped any weight (which usually happens after delivery) and has actually gained weight!  Makes us wonder what he would have weighed if he stayed in until his actual due date of today....  Kelley, our midwife, made her last home visit today, and is so excited with how well everyone is doing.  We then took Oscar for a procedure to remove a lip and slight tongue tie.  We went through this with Otis at 18 months, and knew that it was something to look for and address early.  It goes ignored in the majority of the population, with a variety of short and long term effects on people.  Immediately it creates troubles/pain for breast feeding, which often results in people giving up and going to formula, which has a whole host of long term problems associated ranging from antibody deficiencies, weight problems, mouth breathing rather than nose breathing, dental/orthodontic problems down the line, etc.  The ties also effect the way teeth are brushed, and swallowing happens.  The tongue, in particular, can be the cause of everything ranging from digestive problems, to speech, breathing issues, sleep appnea, migraines, to overall body/nervous system issues.  It was just as difficult a choice to make with Oscar as it was with Otis, and we relived everything we did with Otis, so it was probably harder on Jenny and I this time around...but we know the benefits, and the little trooper was barely fazed by the ordeal.  It will be a few days of recovery, and two weeks of intense exercises to keep them from reforming, but he is a tough one.
His brothers wanted him to come watch them play hockey, but he was too busy being cozy inside on this cold cold day.  Next time, he promises them he'll go watch.