So, he opened a birthday card from T.'s parents and there was money in the card. He set the money to the side and then read the entire card out loud.
Once he had read it, he picked up the money, snapped the bills and said, "Aw sweet, I finally get to see Queen Elizabeth!"
He then added, "See I did get to see the Queen in _________ (name of our town)!"
As the Queen was in our town this month, but we did not take the kids down to try to catch a glimpse because the heat was atrocious.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Closed my Pregnant at 36 blog & imported all the posts to this blog
There may be some double posts now - not sure!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Big girl bath
Tonight I was soaking in the moderately warm tub and I thought it might be fun to bring the wee girl in with me.
Had T. bring her up and carefully brought her into the tub with me and she LOVED it. All smiles and I even got 3 of her ever so elusive giggles (Little Man got one today and two earlier in the wk).
She kicked her feet and cooed and smiled and just really seemed to love it and I thought I was going to burst into tears.
I never did that with Little Man. He hated being bathed so much that I didn't start doing things like that with him until he was older (about 3 years old) because I was afraid with all his shrieking and flailing that he'd get hurt if I was in the tub with him so this was just an amazing first for me.
So my lil lambikins did an awesome job tonight.
*love*
Had T. bring her up and carefully brought her into the tub with me and she LOVED it. All smiles and I even got 3 of her ever so elusive giggles (Little Man got one today and two earlier in the wk).
She kicked her feet and cooed and smiled and just really seemed to love it and I thought I was going to burst into tears.
I never did that with Little Man. He hated being bathed so much that I didn't start doing things like that with him until he was older (about 3 years old) because I was afraid with all his shrieking and flailing that he'd get hurt if I was in the tub with him so this was just an amazing first for me.
So my lil lambikins did an awesome job tonight.
*love*
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The first roll-over!!!!
My little lamb has been able to roll partway (back to side and side to back) for awhile but she hasn't accomplished back to side to tummy until TONIGHT!!!!
I am so proud of my little girl!
** there is a video imbeded in this post but it only shows up if you click on the post title and are just looking at this post. No idea why it's being this way?!
I am so proud of my little girl!
** there is a video imbeded in this post but it only shows up if you click on the post title and are just looking at this post. No idea why it's being this way?!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
2 month appt stats + something to worry about
Height - 22.44 inches aka 57 cm
Weight - 12.103 lbs aka 5.49 kg
HC - 15.04 inches aka 38.2 cm
Child Growth Chart Calculator
Based on the data you submitted, your child falls into the following percentiles:
Length = between percentile 25 and 50
Weight = between percentile 50 and 75
Head Circumference = between percentile 10 and 25
DR said she was looking good, healthy and alert but he had one concern.
He said that her fontanel was about the size of his fingertip and that that was really small for her only being 2 months old.
He said that we needed to monitor it and if it appears to get smaller than a fingertip that we should come back in. But that he did not want to x-ray her at this point and expose her to radiation since it is still open albeit small.
I really didn't understand what this could mean but I googled it as soon as I got home and found:
http://www.answers.com/topic/craniosynostosis
Cranial deformity produced when the bones of the skull fuse too early. Pressure from the growing brain normally causes the skull bones to grow along the seams (cranial sutures) between them. If all the sutures fuse early, the head remains abnormally small, which can cause intellectual disability or blindness. If only one or some fuse early, the skull grows in other directions and becomes deformed. Surgery in the first two years to keep the sutures open longer minimizes these complications.
And now I am feeling extremely concerned and freaked out...
Weight - 12.103 lbs aka 5.49 kg
HC - 15.04 inches aka 38.2 cm
Child Growth Chart Calculator
Based on the data you submitted, your child falls into the following percentiles:
Length = between percentile 25 and 50
Weight = between percentile 50 and 75
Head Circumference = between percentile 10 and 25
DR said she was looking good, healthy and alert but he had one concern.
He said that her fontanel was about the size of his fingertip and that that was really small for her only being 2 months old.
He said that we needed to monitor it and if it appears to get smaller than a fingertip that we should come back in. But that he did not want to x-ray her at this point and expose her to radiation since it is still open albeit small.
I really didn't understand what this could mean but I googled it as soon as I got home and found:
http://www.answers.com/topic/craniosynostosis
Cranial deformity produced when the bones of the skull fuse too early. Pressure from the growing brain normally causes the skull bones to grow along the seams (cranial sutures) between them. If all the sutures fuse early, the head remains abnormally small, which can cause intellectual disability or blindness. If only one or some fuse early, the skull grows in other directions and becomes deformed. Surgery in the first two years to keep the sutures open longer minimizes these complications.
And now I am feeling extremely concerned and freaked out...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
The wee lamb is getting bigger
Had a DR appt today. Next one is May 25th at 10:40 a.m. and she's supposed to get her first shots... a standard one and one that's new since Little Man was young called Prevnar.
Feeling leery about the vaccinations - going to have to do some googling.
Anyway,
Lambikins is up to 9.85 lbs (4.47 kg), is 21.8 inches long (55.3 cm) & her head circumference is 14.8 inches (37.6 cm) as of today (and she'll be 5 wks old tomorrow).
He listened to her heart and lungs, asked about her eating and her bowels movements and said she was looking good.
Feeling leery about the vaccinations - going to have to do some googling.
Anyway,
Lambikins is up to 9.85 lbs (4.47 kg), is 21.8 inches long (55.3 cm) & her head circumference is 14.8 inches (37.6 cm) as of today (and she'll be 5 wks old tomorrow).
He listened to her heart and lungs, asked about her eating and her bowels movements and said she was looking good.
Friday, April 16, 2010
funny stuff
Rhyme girl and Little Man are sitting here talking about French.
Little Man suddenly said, "Matt says that people who speak French are HOT."
So I asked Little Man in what way...
Little Man: "I don't mean sweaty. It's like how I think Chinese people are hot... Matt thinks French people are hot. Like cute."
Then I asked him if his friends H. & P. (Male Asian twins) were hot.
Little Man: "No. Only girls are hot to me, Mom."
Then there was a question on baptism...
Little Man: "So like when Sarah got washed in church, she was baptized so what did it do to her?"
But the kids started arguing so I didn't have to answer.
Little Man suddenly said, "Matt says that people who speak French are HOT."
So I asked Little Man in what way...
Little Man: "I don't mean sweaty. It's like how I think Chinese people are hot... Matt thinks French people are hot. Like cute."
Then I asked him if his friends H. & P. (Male Asian twins) were hot.
Little Man: "No. Only girls are hot to me, Mom."
Then there was a question on baptism...
Little Man: "So like when Sarah got washed in church, she was baptized so what did it do to her?"
But the kids started arguing so I didn't have to answer.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
2nd DR appt for the baby girl
She's 20 days old.
Weight - 8 lbs, 3.82 oz
Height - 21 and 1/4 inches
Head Circumference - 36.83 cm (14.5 inches)
Weight - 8 lbs, 3.82 oz
Height - 21 and 1/4 inches
Head Circumference - 36.83 cm (14.5 inches)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Little Man and the new DR
Little Man is 4 ft tall and 48 lbs.
DR recommended getting Little Man an "angry pillow" so that when he's frustrated he can punch the pillow rather than hurting himself.
DR recommended getting Little Man an "angry pillow" so that when he's frustrated he can punch the pillow rather than hurting himself.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
1st DR appt
1st DR appt - 13 days old
weight - 7 lbs, 8 oz
length - 20 and 3/4 inches
head circumference - 36.4 cm
She goes back next wk @ 1:30 p.m.
weight - 7 lbs, 8 oz
length - 20 and 3/4 inches
head circumference - 36.4 cm
She goes back next wk @ 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
It`s a GIRL!!!!
My sweet lil lamb was born on March 24th at 3:34 p.m.
7 lbs, 9 oz and 20 & 1/2 inches long
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Had a wonderful cuddle and conversation
This morning, Little Man bounded into my room -- wide awake and full of excitement because, as he put it, "I can't believe tomorrrow we'll have a baby!"
So he came in for a cuddle with me, possibly our last one of just the two of us, and we talked.
In moments like these, when he's doing his best to share his feelings and ideas and views of life and the world at large with me -- I marvel at my son.
He is sweet and funny and intelligent. His thought process is certainly his own and I can't always follow the connections he makes but he's interesting. His views are original.
And I am so honoured, proud and, frankly, blessed to be his Mom.
Ever since I had my Little Man I have felt that he has given my life purpose. That I was meant and chosen to be his Mom and that he would thrive and grow and learn because of our special connection.
And that feeling preceeded his diagnosis of autism.
When I look back at my childhood, the one main dream that I held onto was being a Mom someday.
When I was 13 or 14 and my family DR told my parents and I at the time that I would likely never be able to carry a child to term because of my heart issues, it tore me up but I felt certain he was wrong.
As a teen, I still envisioned myself of being the Mom of 3. Always 3. A girl first, then a boy and then a smaller child of indeterminate gender.
When I had Little Man, and it was so tramuatic and terrifying and I was praying that I'd make it through and be able to be there for my baby... and I was told no more babies... well, that time I did think that it was the truth. Especially because Little Man was a male and not the female child I always thought I was going to have first.
And here I am now, with my step-daughter, Rhyme Girl the oldest, Little Man and now this secretive baby-on-the-way.
It's what I always pictured.
But during my sweet conversation with Little Man this morning, I began to worry... Above all else in life -- I want to be here for him and I hope I am not risking that tomorrow when I go in for my RCS.
That being said, I cannot believe that the universe would give me this gift, this opportunity, this miracle of a baby that I am carrying just to take me away from all my kids but I wanted to write about how I am feeling anyway.
Bottom line: I love my kids. The one that was born from me, the one I shall birth tomorrow and the one I carry in my heart even though she's only been in my life as long as T. has.
---
Edited to add: Yesterday when I picked Little Man up at school, he said, "I was hoping someone else was picking me up because that would mean you were in labour!"
He also told me, "I'm going to love the baby more than you will, Mom."
me: "Why do you think that?"
LM: "Because kids love things way more than adults do."
---
One more addition:
After I wrote this post this morning, just before we left for me to take Little Man to school, he gave me the biggest hug and said, "I love you more than anything in the whole wide world. Than in the universe!"
And I hugged him back and said I loved him that same way. And that I would forever, no matter what.
And he said, "Even if you're in Heaven?"
And I said, "Yes, but let's hope I'm not going there for a very long time."
And he said, "OK, not for a thousand trillion years."
So he came in for a cuddle with me, possibly our last one of just the two of us, and we talked.
In moments like these, when he's doing his best to share his feelings and ideas and views of life and the world at large with me -- I marvel at my son.
He is sweet and funny and intelligent. His thought process is certainly his own and I can't always follow the connections he makes but he's interesting. His views are original.
And I am so honoured, proud and, frankly, blessed to be his Mom.
Ever since I had my Little Man I have felt that he has given my life purpose. That I was meant and chosen to be his Mom and that he would thrive and grow and learn because of our special connection.
And that feeling preceeded his diagnosis of autism.
When I look back at my childhood, the one main dream that I held onto was being a Mom someday.
When I was 13 or 14 and my family DR told my parents and I at the time that I would likely never be able to carry a child to term because of my heart issues, it tore me up but I felt certain he was wrong.
As a teen, I still envisioned myself of being the Mom of 3. Always 3. A girl first, then a boy and then a smaller child of indeterminate gender.
When I had Little Man, and it was so tramuatic and terrifying and I was praying that I'd make it through and be able to be there for my baby... and I was told no more babies... well, that time I did think that it was the truth. Especially because Little Man was a male and not the female child I always thought I was going to have first.
And here I am now, with my step-daughter, Rhyme Girl the oldest, Little Man and now this secretive baby-on-the-way.
It's what I always pictured.
But during my sweet conversation with Little Man this morning, I began to worry... Above all else in life -- I want to be here for him and I hope I am not risking that tomorrow when I go in for my RCS.
That being said, I cannot believe that the universe would give me this gift, this opportunity, this miracle of a baby that I am carrying just to take me away from all my kids but I wanted to write about how I am feeling anyway.
Bottom line: I love my kids. The one that was born from me, the one I shall birth tomorrow and the one I carry in my heart even though she's only been in my life as long as T. has.
---
Edited to add: Yesterday when I picked Little Man up at school, he said, "I was hoping someone else was picking me up because that would mean you were in labour!"
He also told me, "I'm going to love the baby more than you will, Mom."
me: "Why do you think that?"
LM: "Because kids love things way more than adults do."
---
One more addition:
After I wrote this post this morning, just before we left for me to take Little Man to school, he gave me the biggest hug and said, "I love you more than anything in the whole wide world. Than in the universe!"
And I hugged him back and said I loved him that same way. And that I would forever, no matter what.
And he said, "Even if you're in Heaven?"
And I said, "Yes, but let's hope I'm not going there for a very long time."
And he said, "OK, not for a thousand trillion years."
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