After struggling with infertility for three years, we were blessed with the birth of Matthew and Kayla in March 2011 (by in vitro) , Nathan in October 2013 (by frozen embryo transfer), and Olivia in August 2015 (naturally!). We are loving every moment (well, almost!) of our lives as parents.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Matthew can Pull Himself Up
FINALLY! We tried practicing with him in January, but he wasn't making any progress so we stopped. Goes to show that kids will do things in their own time. Yesterday he pulled himself up on our little play table, and then in the evening (when he should have been in bed sleeping!), all of a sudden he was standing at the coffee table. This morning, he was standing in his crib. Yay for Matthew! This gives him even more freedom to get around!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Hello, BackCheck!
Today was my last day of being a 100% stay at home mom - my maternity leave is officially up. So sad. While I am grateful for having a full year off, I feel it went by too quickly. I feel like I just left the office - and now I'm returning again. I really don't know whether to be excited or sad - I'm quite a bit of both! I love my job dearly - but I love my kids (and raising them myself) too. Whenever I think about going to work tomorrow I get a sick feeling to my stomach. I don't think it's nerves for the job itself, but nerves about leaving Matthew and Kayla and worry that they're going to be angry at me. Oh well. I just have to tell myself that (hopefully) this isn't forever! Definitely grateful that they're being watched by my Mom, so I don't have to worry about paying for day care at all, and she's the next best thing for them if I'm (or Jon's) not around. Hopefully they behave themselves!
Wish me luck!
P.S. You know you haven't been to work for a year when you can't even remember what you used as a lunch bag. I had to sit and think about it for a minute!
Wish me luck!
P.S. You know you haven't been to work for a year when you can't even remember what you used as a lunch bag. I had to sit and think about it for a minute!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Kayla's Walking!
I've been humming and hawing over when exactly to say she's walking. For the past few weeks she's been taking up to 20 steps at a time - but usually only between people and when she has been coaxed to do so. Today, however, has been completely different. I think she probably walked more than she crawled today, and of her own doing. She's very confident with her walking. She'll walk, see a toy on the ground in front of her, bend over, pick it up, stand up again, and keep walking. The only thing she will definitely crawl to do is to go from the living room to the kitchen.
When she was sitting on my lap this afternoon I couldn't help but think (sadly) that she doesn't even look like a baby anymore. She's a toddler now. *tear *happy face *tear *happy face :)
When she was sitting on my lap this afternoon I couldn't help but think (sadly) that she doesn't even look like a baby anymore. She's a toddler now. *tear *happy face *tear *happy face :)
Monday, February 27, 2012
Matthew crawled...
...up my parents' family room steps, all by himself! While we weren't even watching! (And then tried to go head first down the stairs lol).
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Update on Matthew's Head
Yesterday was Matthew's appointment at BC Children's Hospital.
We first met with a Resident Assistant who did a basic check-up/assessment and asked some basic questions about Matthew's delivery and his development. Matthew was amazing - he just stared at the doctor. I'm sure he was thinking, "Who are you?". He was very cooperative. The doctor thought the blank stare that he was receiving from Matthew was hilarious.
After meeting with the Resident Assistant we met with Dr. Paul Steinbok, the head of pediatric neurosurgery. He did a quick visual assessment of Matthew's head shape (so quick, in fact, that just by looking at Matthew he could tell that his left ear is slightly more forward than his right) and then measured that width of Matthew's head and the length of his head. A "normal" human has a width-to-length ratio between 0.75 to 0.90. Matthews was 1.0 (his width is the exact same as his length). The doctor figured that there was no need for any helmet or other sort of intervention on our part; over the next couple of years his head will round out and will probably end up at around 0.95. As his hair grows in a little more his misshapen head will be hidden even more.
The exact terms for Matthew's head shape is: Plagiocephaly and Brachycephaly. This is actually an interesting article that I just came across now (while googling the spelling of above terms!): http://www.pediatricsdigest.mobi/content/114/4/970.full
Dr. Steinbok also reassured us that Matthew's brain was not being affected at all by his head shape.
So all in all, great news! We're glad (for Matthew's sake and for our bank accounts' sake!) that we don't have to get him a helmet. I'm glad we pushed for the appointment at BC Children's Hospital so that we got an expert's opinion.
We first met with a Resident Assistant who did a basic check-up/assessment and asked some basic questions about Matthew's delivery and his development. Matthew was amazing - he just stared at the doctor. I'm sure he was thinking, "Who are you?". He was very cooperative. The doctor thought the blank stare that he was receiving from Matthew was hilarious.
After meeting with the Resident Assistant we met with Dr. Paul Steinbok, the head of pediatric neurosurgery. He did a quick visual assessment of Matthew's head shape (so quick, in fact, that just by looking at Matthew he could tell that his left ear is slightly more forward than his right) and then measured that width of Matthew's head and the length of his head. A "normal" human has a width-to-length ratio between 0.75 to 0.90. Matthews was 1.0 (his width is the exact same as his length). The doctor figured that there was no need for any helmet or other sort of intervention on our part; over the next couple of years his head will round out and will probably end up at around 0.95. As his hair grows in a little more his misshapen head will be hidden even more.
The exact terms for Matthew's head shape is: Plagiocephaly and Brachycephaly. This is actually an interesting article that I just came across now (while googling the spelling of above terms!): http://www.pediatricsdigest.mobi/content/114/4/970.full
Dr. Steinbok also reassured us that Matthew's brain was not being affected at all by his head shape.
So all in all, great news! We're glad (for Matthew's sake and for our bank accounts' sake!) that we don't have to get him a helmet. I'm glad we pushed for the appointment at BC Children's Hospital so that we got an expert's opinion.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
All Caught Up! Wait...Almost all caught up :(
YAY! I've accomplished quite a bit since the beginning of January.
I've caught up the sales reports for BLG, so now I only have to do about 1 hour of work a week for them.
My BackCheck work for February is all up to date (for now!).
My blogging is all caught up.
My kitchen floor is freshly vacuumed and mopped. Yes, I know, on a Sunday...but I HAD to. It was DISGUSTING...and with Kayla all over I didn't want her to try to eat nasty crumbs off the floor.
The only thing I have to do is work on my online photo journal book thing. I haven't worked on it for a few weeks :( BUT, I read on picaboo's website that they will honour Groupons even past their expiry date so at least I don't have to worry about getting my book done before the end of February. I've done 160 pages so far, and that's gotten me to the end of May 2011. Only about another 160 pages to go. Or more...especially at the rate I've been taking pictures.
Other than that, I don't have a lot of other big projects to do.
Wait...Matthew and Kayla's birthday is less than a month away. Gotta figure out what to do for their cake...or maybe I should start with learning how to bake a cake? :)
I've caught up the sales reports for BLG, so now I only have to do about 1 hour of work a week for them.
My BackCheck work for February is all up to date (for now!).
My blogging is all caught up.
My kitchen floor is freshly vacuumed and mopped. Yes, I know, on a Sunday...but I HAD to. It was DISGUSTING...and with Kayla all over I didn't want her to try to eat nasty crumbs off the floor.
The only thing I have to do is work on my online photo journal book thing. I haven't worked on it for a few weeks :( BUT, I read on picaboo's website that they will honour Groupons even past their expiry date so at least I don't have to worry about getting my book done before the end of February. I've done 160 pages so far, and that's gotten me to the end of May 2011. Only about another 160 pages to go. Or more...especially at the rate I've been taking pictures.
Other than that, I don't have a lot of other big projects to do.
Wait...Matthew and Kayla's birthday is less than a month away. Gotta figure out what to do for their cake...or maybe I should start with learning how to bake a cake? :)
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