Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
exciting night
Last night we had a bit of a scare. Boy2 woke up with a nightmare around 9-ish (not too out of the ordinary, the last few nights he's been having them). Then, a little bit later, we heard an odd sound. The poor boy had a terrible cough! I had never heard it before, but Hubby said that Boy2 had woke up from a nightmare with the same cough when I was in the hospital back in May.
Hubby asked if I thought he should go to the hospital, and after weighing both sides I said yes. When dealing with the kids I'd rather err on the side of caution and get him checked out anyways. So they left just before 10 last night and were home just before 2 this morning. Apparently just after they walked in to the ER, an Edmonton City Police officer came in. My boys both just LOVE the police (as most little boys do) so I guess the "cool" factor was very high.
The doctor said that it was likely croup brought on by stress in the nightmare. So we'll keep an eye on him. The first thing Boy2 told me when I was tucking him back in was that the doctor put the white on his finger. I asked Hubby, and he said that it was the little white clip that is put on your finger to read the oxygen levels.
When the Girl and Boy woke up this morning, Boy2 woke up as well. I got him to get into bed with Daddy for a little bit, but that was short lived since he doesn't like missing any action. But when he was still upstairs, I sat the Boy down and explained why we were letting Daddy and Boy2 sleep. Less than five minutes later, Boy2 came down the stairs. The Boy went straight to his brother and was asking questions, trying to find out if he was better, did he get a needle, where did he get that cool fire truck sticker.
He also wanted me to take off the little bracelet the admitting nurse put around that tiny wrist.
I do have a couple of videos I'm trying to post here, but every time I try to upload to youtube it takes so long, or the connection isn't quite complete. They will be coming, though. I'll keep trying :)
Hubby asked if I thought he should go to the hospital, and after weighing both sides I said yes. When dealing with the kids I'd rather err on the side of caution and get him checked out anyways. So they left just before 10 last night and were home just before 2 this morning. Apparently just after they walked in to the ER, an Edmonton City Police officer came in. My boys both just LOVE the police (as most little boys do) so I guess the "cool" factor was very high.
The doctor said that it was likely croup brought on by stress in the nightmare. So we'll keep an eye on him. The first thing Boy2 told me when I was tucking him back in was that the doctor put the white on his finger. I asked Hubby, and he said that it was the little white clip that is put on your finger to read the oxygen levels.
When the Girl and Boy woke up this morning, Boy2 woke up as well. I got him to get into bed with Daddy for a little bit, but that was short lived since he doesn't like missing any action. But when he was still upstairs, I sat the Boy down and explained why we were letting Daddy and Boy2 sleep. Less than five minutes later, Boy2 came down the stairs. The Boy went straight to his brother and was asking questions, trying to find out if he was better, did he get a needle, where did he get that cool fire truck sticker.
He also wanted me to take off the little bracelet the admitting nurse put around that tiny wrist.
I do have a couple of videos I'm trying to post here, but every time I try to upload to youtube it takes so long, or the connection isn't quite complete. They will be coming, though. I'll keep trying :)
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Busy Minds
We were sitting at the table, just before supper tonight, and the Boy and I had this conversation:
"Mom, tonight Boy2 and I are having a special meeting."
"Where is it? What's it for?"
"Our meeting is here, and we're going to talk about how Jesus came back alive after he died."
"Really?"
"Yep. And then we're going to sing a song."
"What are you going to sing?"
"The one that goes 'Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty. (mumble mumble) sing to Thee!"
"Oh, Sweetie, that's beautiful! Can Daddy and I come to your meeting?"
"Yep. Me and Boy2 and Girl, and Mommy and Daddy."
Then Boy2 chimes in and says "I have a song about Spiderman!"
It was such a wonderful conversation to have with my little big Boy!
This morning we dropped the Boy off at school, then dropped Daddy off at clergy breakfast, then went to the doctor's for the Girl's 12 month checkup. She weighs a whopping 26lbs, 4 oz, and is 29.5 inches tall. As soon as the doctor looked at her she said "Wow! She's thriving!" Since I had Boy2 with me, I asked him if he wanted to sit in the chair while I stood with the Girl. Nope. He wanted to stand and watch too.
Then, since we had a few minutes to kill, we went to the little bakery downstairs in the mall where the clinic is. I got a coffee and the two little ones shared a juice and a big cookie. Boy2 sat across from me and started making small talk. "Mommy? I love you." Over and over.
Then we were off to the health unit for the Girl's immunizations. While there, Boy2 was watching and talking to the health nurse, asking what she was doing, what each vaccine was, how it would help his sister. He was being such a grown up!
When we were waiting the 10-15 minutes after the shots, Daddy texted and asked if we wanted to pick him up. Over this next month he has next to no days off, so he wanted to be home for a bit today. Went to the church to pick him up, headed out to the second hand store to find a couple off clothing items for him (he's finding it difficult to wear the clothes he has. He's lost 30 or so pounds, so alot of it doesn't fit him anymore), then to the "big mall" for a bit of lunch and pick up some shoes and some more clothing for both of us (I got a new purse too!). Got home in time to clean up breakfast (since we were a little short on time this morning and got home much later than I anticipated. Not complaining though. I like having my morning shifted to include Hubby:)) change clothes and pick up the Boy from school.
Then we got out the little pool (there aren't going to be that many hot days left) and splashed around for a little bit. Then came the pre-dinner conversation. Now the kids are all asleep. Hubby has finished the work he wanted to get done tonight, and we're going to go downstairs. I'm going to do some pilates, he'll be doing his floor exercises (push ups, sit ups, and jumping jacks) then we'll probably watch a bit of TV or play Wii. Wonderful end to a pretty neat day:)
"Mom, tonight Boy2 and I are having a special meeting."
"Where is it? What's it for?"
"Our meeting is here, and we're going to talk about how Jesus came back alive after he died."
"Really?"
"Yep. And then we're going to sing a song."
"What are you going to sing?"
"The one that goes 'Holy, holy, holy. Lord God Almighty. (mumble mumble) sing to Thee!"
"Oh, Sweetie, that's beautiful! Can Daddy and I come to your meeting?"
"Yep. Me and Boy2 and Girl, and Mommy and Daddy."
Then Boy2 chimes in and says "I have a song about Spiderman!"
It was such a wonderful conversation to have with my little big Boy!
This morning we dropped the Boy off at school, then dropped Daddy off at clergy breakfast, then went to the doctor's for the Girl's 12 month checkup. She weighs a whopping 26lbs, 4 oz, and is 29.5 inches tall. As soon as the doctor looked at her she said "Wow! She's thriving!" Since I had Boy2 with me, I asked him if he wanted to sit in the chair while I stood with the Girl. Nope. He wanted to stand and watch too.
Then, since we had a few minutes to kill, we went to the little bakery downstairs in the mall where the clinic is. I got a coffee and the two little ones shared a juice and a big cookie. Boy2 sat across from me and started making small talk. "Mommy? I love you." Over and over.
Then we were off to the health unit for the Girl's immunizations. While there, Boy2 was watching and talking to the health nurse, asking what she was doing, what each vaccine was, how it would help his sister. He was being such a grown up!
When we were waiting the 10-15 minutes after the shots, Daddy texted and asked if we wanted to pick him up. Over this next month he has next to no days off, so he wanted to be home for a bit today. Went to the church to pick him up, headed out to the second hand store to find a couple off clothing items for him (he's finding it difficult to wear the clothes he has. He's lost 30 or so pounds, so alot of it doesn't fit him anymore), then to the "big mall" for a bit of lunch and pick up some shoes and some more clothing for both of us (I got a new purse too!). Got home in time to clean up breakfast (since we were a little short on time this morning and got home much later than I anticipated. Not complaining though. I like having my morning shifted to include Hubby:)) change clothes and pick up the Boy from school.
Then we got out the little pool (there aren't going to be that many hot days left) and splashed around for a little bit. Then came the pre-dinner conversation. Now the kids are all asleep. Hubby has finished the work he wanted to get done tonight, and we're going to go downstairs. I'm going to do some pilates, he'll be doing his floor exercises (push ups, sit ups, and jumping jacks) then we'll probably watch a bit of TV or play Wii. Wonderful end to a pretty neat day:)
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
catching up
It's been a little while since I've written something in here, so I thought I'd sit and do that now with the kids in bed and Hubby out for a walk. It's been a wonderful week or so. The Boy had his first day of Kindergarten, the Girl had her first Birthday, tomorrow she gets weighed and measured and poked for her twelve month check up.
Yesterday we were made aware that there;s a pretty mean case of baby measles going around town (can you say fun?). All I can say is I'm glad her immunizations are tomorrow.
There are so many little things I see and hear in the course of the day and think "I gotta remember to post that" and by the time I sit at the computer, I can't remember even half of it :( But I'll try....
We were given some apples from a member of the church, so yesterday the boys and I made apple pies to put in the freezer. Well, I suppose I could say all the kids helped. The Boy ate the apple peels, Boy2 put most of the apples into the water, and the Girl ate a few pieces of apple. With peanut butter. She absolutely LOVES peanut butter. She will rarely eat crackers without it now.
The Boy had a speech assessment done yesterday just to keep his file up to date. His case file will now be handed over to the school and the team there will work with him a little bit. The therapist noted that he was very communicative and she was very impressed with his "L" sound. She also said that it was very obvious that we work on corrective speech at home. He's moved from severe to mild/moderate, and there may be very little need for much work with him past this point, so I'm excited. Really, considering he's only been talking for (nearly) two years, he's made leaps and bounds progress. I am so proud of him!
Boy2 is potty trained (FINALLY!!!!). There are still occasional messes (to be expected) but he's mostly dry (even overnight sometimes!). He's such a big boy! And such a helper. If he and the Boy are fighting over a toy or a book and I'm not really in a spot where I can sit down and redirect with another toy or book, I'll ask him to help me in the kitchen. He loves it. He "washes" dishes, puts cut veggies into containers, wipes counters, and talks with me about what we're prepping and what it'll taste like. We talk about things he's read/seen in a book, how things grow.... I hope it's a foretaste of conversations to come as he gets older.
The Girl is right spoiled, but so adorable. She's going up and down stairs, on and off the futons, "talking" to us, the whole works. She just loves to sit and look at a book, and today something caught her attention and I swear she said "what's that?" because of her expression and inflection. So cute!! She got a birthday package in the mail from Gramma and Grampa that had a big stuffed cat in it. I mean, it's not HUGE, but it's almost the same size as she is. She has taken quite a shine to it and drags it around, gives it big hugs, sleeps with it. We've tried to get her to attach herself to a stuffed animal (especially so she won't be quite so attached to her num like Boy2) but none have stuck yet, so maybe this one will work out.
This evening we got ( new to us) chest of drawers. So this afternoon I moved the dresser out of the boys' room into the Girl's room, the one from the Girl's room into the boys' room. Daddy's dresser was moved into the boys' room, and the new one is now being used by Daddy. Plus by the end of the month we'll have some new (to us) living room furniture. I 'm actually getting excited for these changes. The stuff that we have now is third or fourth hand and very well used (after the kids have gotten through with them....) our poor furniture....
Yesterday we were made aware that there;s a pretty mean case of baby measles going around town (can you say fun?). All I can say is I'm glad her immunizations are tomorrow.
There are so many little things I see and hear in the course of the day and think "I gotta remember to post that" and by the time I sit at the computer, I can't remember even half of it :( But I'll try....
We were given some apples from a member of the church, so yesterday the boys and I made apple pies to put in the freezer. Well, I suppose I could say all the kids helped. The Boy ate the apple peels, Boy2 put most of the apples into the water, and the Girl ate a few pieces of apple. With peanut butter. She absolutely LOVES peanut butter. She will rarely eat crackers without it now.
The Boy had a speech assessment done yesterday just to keep his file up to date. His case file will now be handed over to the school and the team there will work with him a little bit. The therapist noted that he was very communicative and she was very impressed with his "L" sound. She also said that it was very obvious that we work on corrective speech at home. He's moved from severe to mild/moderate, and there may be very little need for much work with him past this point, so I'm excited. Really, considering he's only been talking for (nearly) two years, he's made leaps and bounds progress. I am so proud of him!
Boy2 is potty trained (FINALLY!!!!). There are still occasional messes (to be expected) but he's mostly dry (even overnight sometimes!). He's such a big boy! And such a helper. If he and the Boy are fighting over a toy or a book and I'm not really in a spot where I can sit down and redirect with another toy or book, I'll ask him to help me in the kitchen. He loves it. He "washes" dishes, puts cut veggies into containers, wipes counters, and talks with me about what we're prepping and what it'll taste like. We talk about things he's read/seen in a book, how things grow.... I hope it's a foretaste of conversations to come as he gets older.
The Girl is right spoiled, but so adorable. She's going up and down stairs, on and off the futons, "talking" to us, the whole works. She just loves to sit and look at a book, and today something caught her attention and I swear she said "what's that?" because of her expression and inflection. So cute!! She got a birthday package in the mail from Gramma and Grampa that had a big stuffed cat in it. I mean, it's not HUGE, but it's almost the same size as she is. She has taken quite a shine to it and drags it around, gives it big hugs, sleeps with it. We've tried to get her to attach herself to a stuffed animal (especially so she won't be quite so attached to her num like Boy2) but none have stuck yet, so maybe this one will work out.
This evening we got ( new to us) chest of drawers. So this afternoon I moved the dresser out of the boys' room into the Girl's room, the one from the Girl's room into the boys' room. Daddy's dresser was moved into the boys' room, and the new one is now being used by Daddy. Plus by the end of the month we'll have some new (to us) living room furniture. I 'm actually getting excited for these changes. The stuff that we have now is third or fourth hand and very well used (after the kids have gotten through with them....) our poor furniture....
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