Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Not Exactly Random I
I'm going to do a series of posts with some photos that have been stuck on my camera card for a Loooooong time.
Naomi's Christmas outfit. The white shirt that came with it got a stain on the collar, so I had to improvise. I think the green makes her look elfin. The addition of Auntie Joan's red beads was Naomi's doing.
a rare family portrait. Thanks, Ian
high fives for Christmas carols
Naomi has very definite ideas about what she wears and doesn't wear. This was clearly her idea.
Naomi's Christmas outfit. The white shirt that came with it got a stain on the collar, so I had to improvise. I think the green makes her look elfin. The addition of Auntie Joan's red beads was Naomi's doing.
a rare family portrait. Thanks, Ian
high fives for Christmas carols
Naomi has very definite ideas about what she wears and doesn't wear. This was clearly her idea.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Baby Number Three
We're pretty excited. Feeling lots of kicks and past the nausea.
It would seem that I had thus far failed to inform the Internet that I'm pregnant, so here it is for the record. Our third (and final) baby is due in July. That puts me at 21.5 weeks now. The official due date is July 22 but both Naomi and Adam arrived 6 days early. Do with that what you will.
I had an ultra-sound a couple of weeks ago and it's pretty clear that it's a boy. We'll have an oldest, a youngest, and a girl. Everyone gets a niche. On one hand, I'm a little sad for Naomi that she won't have a sister - supposedly, it has been shown that people with at least one sister are quantifiably happier than those without. Brothers apparently have no effect on lifelong happiness. On the other hand, I'm happy that we don't have to come up with a girl name because we've used up all our good ideas (for ourselves.) Boy names aren't a problem. The hard part may be leaving some good ones unused. I was also a little sad to see some of the girl hand-me-downs from Naomi leave for good this morning but... ahhhh... some STUFF is finally gone, never to come back. I'll still get to see some of the cute stuff on Julia and others.
Naomi is into babies but clueless about pregnancy, despite my trying to point out babies inside obviously pregnant women. Adam has a pretty good grasp of what's going on and asks good questions, though he hasn't asked yet about how the baby came to be. He has a good sense of how long a month is and knows the order of the months and seasons, so he kinda understands the "when" part of the new baby's arrival. Before we knew the baby's sex, Adam had suggested the name Megan, which he spelled Megfn, for a girl or (I kid you not) Angelina Ballerina for a boy. Hm. I wonder if he knows of a Meghan and got confused with the GH = F thing.
As for how I'm feeling in this pregnancy, well, I've gotten past a highly unpleasant first trimester, that had me feeling terribly ill even a few weeks into my second trimester. I was able to manage with some over-the-counter remedies in my first two pregnancies but needed a prescription for about 8 or 9 weeks this time. My appetite wasn't great but at least I didn't lose any weight, like I did with Naomi. However, I still trying to recover from weeks of getting nothing done because the Diclectin made me so very, very sleepy. In a nutshell, I'm feeling much better.
Other FAQs (to spare curious people the need to decide whether to ask intrusive questions. You'd be amazed at what people will ask/tell a pregnant woman.)
1. You do know how this happens, right?
Yes.
2. Was this an accident?
No, we've always wanted three.
3. a) Will you have a fourth (or more)?
No.
b) How can you be so sure?
The Mirena IUS is VERY effective. I'll be signing up for another one of those.
4. So you're buying a new house?
No, not any time soon. We're going to stick it out in our 1200 sf condo for a few more years. And 1200 sf really isn't so shabby. We know lots of people with comparably small or even smaller houses.
5. So you're buying a new car?
Yes, that seems quite unavoidable. I do not think that there are on the market one booster and two carseats that will fit across the back of an Echo. Though please do inform me if I'm mistaken.
6. Midwife or OB? hospital or home?
I've had two excellent hospital births with my OB, who is also my friend, so we're not planning any changes. I'm guessing that the funny part is that the best candidates for home birth are probably also women who have had good experiences in hospital and will thus likely stick with that, like I am doing.
7. Names?
Still undecided. If you want to know more, you'll have to ask me in person when you've got some time on your hands. I'm not publishing too much to the Internet because we might, or might not, use some family names, which can be a sensitive topic. I will give you this info to work with:
Back-up names for Adam: Simon, Gabriel
Expected name for Naomi: Jonah
Back-up names for Jonah: James, Benjamin
My current favourite: none of the above
Feel free to weigh in with other suggestions or lobby for your favourite. But, again, if you want feedback from me, you'll have to bring it up in person.
8. a) Are you going to miss any curling?
I don't plan on it, seeing as I curled at 35 or 36 weeks with Adam and I'll only be 28 weeks at the end of this season.
b) Are you playing ultimate this summer?
Out of the question. I know I played (gently) at 5 weeks postpartum with Adam. That sounds crazy to me now. 5 weeks puts us well into August. So fuggetaboudit.
9. When will your maternity leave start/end?
When the baby is born and then I'm back to work September 2012. I'm very well timed again.
10. Can you afford a third?
Yes. I'll be taking a (continued) income hit but we live cheaply. We don't expect to feel any sense of material sacrifice. Our financial advisor gives his stamp of approval.
Any other FAQ I missed?
It would seem that I had thus far failed to inform the Internet that I'm pregnant, so here it is for the record. Our third (and final) baby is due in July. That puts me at 21.5 weeks now. The official due date is July 22 but both Naomi and Adam arrived 6 days early. Do with that what you will.
I had an ultra-sound a couple of weeks ago and it's pretty clear that it's a boy. We'll have an oldest, a youngest, and a girl. Everyone gets a niche. On one hand, I'm a little sad for Naomi that she won't have a sister - supposedly, it has been shown that people with at least one sister are quantifiably happier than those without. Brothers apparently have no effect on lifelong happiness. On the other hand, I'm happy that we don't have to come up with a girl name because we've used up all our good ideas (for ourselves.) Boy names aren't a problem. The hard part may be leaving some good ones unused. I was also a little sad to see some of the girl hand-me-downs from Naomi leave for good this morning but... ahhhh... some STUFF is finally gone, never to come back. I'll still get to see some of the cute stuff on Julia and others.
Naomi is into babies but clueless about pregnancy, despite my trying to point out babies inside obviously pregnant women. Adam has a pretty good grasp of what's going on and asks good questions, though he hasn't asked yet about how the baby came to be. He has a good sense of how long a month is and knows the order of the months and seasons, so he kinda understands the "when" part of the new baby's arrival. Before we knew the baby's sex, Adam had suggested the name Megan, which he spelled Megfn, for a girl or (I kid you not) Angelina Ballerina for a boy. Hm. I wonder if he knows of a Meghan and got confused with the GH = F thing.
As for how I'm feeling in this pregnancy, well, I've gotten past a highly unpleasant first trimester, that had me feeling terribly ill even a few weeks into my second trimester. I was able to manage with some over-the-counter remedies in my first two pregnancies but needed a prescription for about 8 or 9 weeks this time. My appetite wasn't great but at least I didn't lose any weight, like I did with Naomi. However, I still trying to recover from weeks of getting nothing done because the Diclectin made me so very, very sleepy. In a nutshell, I'm feeling much better.
Other FAQs (to spare curious people the need to decide whether to ask intrusive questions. You'd be amazed at what people will ask/tell a pregnant woman.)
1. You do know how this happens, right?
Yes.
2. Was this an accident?
No, we've always wanted three.
3. a) Will you have a fourth (or more)?
No.
b) How can you be so sure?
The Mirena IUS is VERY effective. I'll be signing up for another one of those.
4. So you're buying a new house?
No, not any time soon. We're going to stick it out in our 1200 sf condo for a few more years. And 1200 sf really isn't so shabby. We know lots of people with comparably small or even smaller houses.
5. So you're buying a new car?
Yes, that seems quite unavoidable. I do not think that there are on the market one booster and two carseats that will fit across the back of an Echo. Though please do inform me if I'm mistaken.
6. Midwife or OB? hospital or home?
I've had two excellent hospital births with my OB, who is also my friend, so we're not planning any changes. I'm guessing that the funny part is that the best candidates for home birth are probably also women who have had good experiences in hospital and will thus likely stick with that, like I am doing.
7. Names?
Still undecided. If you want to know more, you'll have to ask me in person when you've got some time on your hands. I'm not publishing too much to the Internet because we might, or might not, use some family names, which can be a sensitive topic. I will give you this info to work with:
Back-up names for Adam: Simon, Gabriel
Expected name for Naomi: Jonah
Back-up names for Jonah: James, Benjamin
My current favourite: none of the above
Feel free to weigh in with other suggestions or lobby for your favourite. But, again, if you want feedback from me, you'll have to bring it up in person.
8. a) Are you going to miss any curling?
I don't plan on it, seeing as I curled at 35 or 36 weeks with Adam and I'll only be 28 weeks at the end of this season.
b) Are you playing ultimate this summer?
Out of the question. I know I played (gently) at 5 weeks postpartum with Adam. That sounds crazy to me now. 5 weeks puts us well into August. So fuggetaboudit.
9. When will your maternity leave start/end?
When the baby is born and then I'm back to work September 2012. I'm very well timed again.
10. Can you afford a third?
Yes. I'll be taking a (continued) income hit but we live cheaply. We don't expect to feel any sense of material sacrifice. Our financial advisor gives his stamp of approval.
Any other FAQ I missed?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
What to wear
I love this hat so much that I'm thinking about making one for Adam to match his new coat. It's just a fleece-lined knitted square pocket with pompoms on each corner. I got this one for Naomi at Joe Fresh.
And what not to wear:
If she's looking grumpy it may have something to do with 8 new teeth breaking through all at once.
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And what not to wear:
If she's looking grumpy it may have something to do with 8 new teeth breaking through all at once.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Talking
UPDATE: I saved this as a draft many moons ago but forgot to publish. That 18-month verbal explosion I mentioned seems to be in effect now, at 20 months. She's putting two words together regularly and said three new words just at dinner the other night: empty, track (as in train track), and mine (ugh). And last night she told Adam: "Naomi turn" when he was hogging a toy.
Alrighty, let's get this down before the 18-month verbal explosion happens and the expressive vocabulary list becomes uncountably long. It's just for the record, i.e., boring. Words with an asterisk may not be intelligible to strangers but they are clear and consistent. Does not include words where she is merely repeating sounds from a poem or song.
food/kitchen: eat/food (uhmmm), bib, bowl, milk, open*, more, maht-maht (7)
animals: dog*, cat*, ladybug*, bird, duck*, bear, moo, baa, bow wow, meow, quack* (11)
people: Adam, baby, Daddy, Mummy, Poh-Poh*, David*, boy* (7)
bodies/bath: eye, belly button*, diaper*, bath, bubbles (5)
toys/entertainment: baby (doll/only counts once), book, ball, keys*, beep-beep, music*, computer* (6)
other nouns: boots, button, moon (3)
numerals: 9 (1)
exclamations: yep, hi, bye bye, 'night-'night, more (only counts once) (4)
particles: up, down, back, this*, that* (5)
Total: 45 English, 2 Cantonese.
Alrighty, let's get this down before the 18-month verbal explosion happens and the expressive vocabulary list becomes uncountably long. It's just for the record, i.e., boring. Words with an asterisk may not be intelligible to strangers but they are clear and consistent. Does not include words where she is merely repeating sounds from a poem or song.
food/kitchen: eat/food (uhmmm), bib, bowl, milk, open*, more, maht-maht (7)
animals: dog*, cat*, ladybug*, bird, duck*, bear, moo, baa, bow wow, meow, quack* (11)
people: Adam, baby, Daddy, Mummy, Poh-Poh*, David*, boy* (7)
bodies/bath: eye, belly button*, diaper*, bath, bubbles (5)
toys/entertainment: baby (doll/only counts once), book, ball, keys*, beep-beep, music*, computer* (6)
other nouns: boots, button, moon (3)
numerals: 9 (1)
exclamations: yep, hi, bye bye, 'night-'night, more (only counts once) (4)
particles: up, down, back, this*, that* (5)
Total: 45 English, 2 Cantonese.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Preschool Room "Graduation"
This is from back in September when Adam was moved out of the preschool room and into the "kinder" room. Only some of the kids in the kinder room actually attend JK (half time in the afternoon, as Adam will next year, too.)
Monday, November 01, 2010
Hallowe'en Story
I guess this is as good a time as any to record this story for posterity. It is not a good story by any objective measure but it is useful. Sometimes when Adam has completely lost it but he's receptive to a little help for collecting himself, I tell him this story to soothe, comfort, or pacify him. It has worked for months now. Only occasionally do I need to repeat it or pull out "The Montreal Story" for the effect to be complete.
"When I was a girl, my favourite holiday was .. Hallowe'en. There were three things that I reeeeeally liked about Hallowe'en. The first thing I really liked about Hallowe'en was making a costume. One year, I had a Queen costume. The same year I had a Queen constume, Uncle Ian had a Mummy costume - the type of Mummy with bandages from head to toe. Another thing that I really liked about Hallowe'en was trick-or-treating. I would always trick-or-treat with Uncle Ian. We'd go from door to door and knock on the door. And when someone answered the door, we'd say, "Trick or Treat!" Then usually, the person who answered the door would give us CANDY. We'd always say thank you for the candy. The third thing that I reeeeally liked about Hallowe'en was ... Eating All The Candy! The End."
Sometimes, if you ask Adam to tell you a story, he'll make a variation on this one, which is pretty darn cute, I think. That or he'll tell a story based loosely on Dion's story of visiting Chihung Szeto.
Another result of this story was that Adam got it in his head that (or rather just like saying that) he and Clare were going to go trick-or-treating by themselves and the Rob, Becky, Dion, and I were going to stay home to hand out candy. And what was Naomi going to do? Uhmm. Sleep. Naomi was going to be sleeping. He wasn't serious about this plan - he doesn't even like to go down the hall from our apartment to greet people at the elevator by himself - but he did enjoy sharing his plan.
If you're starting with this post, keep scrolling down, I've posted several more times tonight.
"When I was a girl, my favourite holiday was .. Hallowe'en. There were three things that I reeeeeally liked about Hallowe'en. The first thing I really liked about Hallowe'en was making a costume. One year, I had a Queen costume. The same year I had a Queen constume, Uncle Ian had a Mummy costume - the type of Mummy with bandages from head to toe. Another thing that I really liked about Hallowe'en was trick-or-treating. I would always trick-or-treat with Uncle Ian. We'd go from door to door and knock on the door. And when someone answered the door, we'd say, "Trick or Treat!" Then usually, the person who answered the door would give us CANDY. We'd always say thank you for the candy. The third thing that I reeeeally liked about Hallowe'en was ... Eating All The Candy! The End."
Sometimes, if you ask Adam to tell you a story, he'll make a variation on this one, which is pretty darn cute, I think. That or he'll tell a story based loosely on Dion's story of visiting Chihung Szeto.
Another result of this story was that Adam got it in his head that (or rather just like saying that) he and Clare were going to go trick-or-treating by themselves and the Rob, Becky, Dion, and I were going to stay home to hand out candy. And what was Naomi going to do? Uhmm. Sleep. Naomi was going to be sleeping. He wasn't serious about this plan - he doesn't even like to go down the hall from our apartment to greet people at the elevator by himself - but he did enjoy sharing his plan.
If you're starting with this post, keep scrolling down, I've posted several more times tonight.
Enjoying the Spoils, Day 2 - Adam
I think Rockets and Smarties are Adam's favourites, so far,
uhmmmm ...
diamonds
and uhmmmm ...
hexagons!
Or y'know. just EATING!
Enjoying the Spoils, Day 2 - Naomi
Yummy!
Cutie-Pie!
But harder work than I bargained for.
Washing it down with milk from the Hallowe'en themed cup.
Nice Mullet, kid.
LOL
Halloween Pics Part I
L - R: Giraffe (thx, Hos), Norwegian Olympic Curler (thx, D), Winnie the Pooh (thx, Pohpoh & Gungung). Photo credit Dion.
I took lots of photos today and yesterday. But I'm getting tired, so this might be it for the night.
Shoes!
Naomi loves shoes. Since before she turned one she's been capable of throwing a fit over my choice of shoes for her or myself! She's got a thing for shoes and she can walk in just about anything. Never mind the lack of pants. That happens now and then.
Friday, October 22, 2010
WTG, Buddy!
One day, I looked over and saw THIS:
which blew me away. It had been my habit after bath time to write out the next steps before lights-out and draw a clock indicating the time we were going to his room. And one day, I forgot. So, Adam took it upon himself to do it. He even got the time right. It was on the late side that night - 7:15 is what we're usually aiming for, so that Dion and I can watch The Office together at 7:30. I think it was his first attempt at a clock and this was one of his best 5's I've seen.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Thinker
Sunday, October 17, 2010
I don't know much about fashion but ...
Aren't some looks supposed to (at least attempt to) appear effortless or accidental? Y'know, like "oops, you can see my bra strap/boxers" or like the feathery hairstyles from the 70s were supposed to look "wind-swept." But then when you lose sight of the wind-swept part, you end up with the teased-out, hairsprayed, rock-hard monstrosities of the eighties?
So, I really got the giggles when I thought about the outfit on the guy at McDonald's. I'm sure that I've seen this before but I had just not thought about it. His boxers were showing. (to each their own.) They were showing a lot. (again, to each their own.) But his pants were not saggy. closer to skin-tight. And he was wearing a BELT.
Dude, you're trying way too hard. Find another way to accessorize. Actually, the belt was kinda nice. It was a good accessory. Too bad it was upstaged by the display of actually-kinda-ho-hum-boxers.
So, I really got the giggles when I thought about the outfit on the guy at McDonald's. I'm sure that I've seen this before but I had just not thought about it. His boxers were showing. (to each their own.) They were showing a lot. (again, to each their own.) But his pants were not saggy. closer to skin-tight. And he was wearing a BELT.
Dude, you're trying way too hard. Find another way to accessorize. Actually, the belt was kinda nice. It was a good accessory. Too bad it was upstaged by the display of actually-kinda-ho-hum-boxers.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Adam Behind The Camera
Adam was kinda bored during some of the games at the TUC Playoffs a couple of weeks ago, so we let him use my camera. with a little help so that at least it didn't get dropped.
So here's how an ultimate tournament looks through the eyes of a 3-year old. It involves a lot of knees, feet, grass, and sky. A lot of the grass and sky shots were left on the cutting room floor. You get the idea anyway.
So here's how an ultimate tournament looks through the eyes of a 3-year old. It involves a lot of knees, feet, grass, and sky. A lot of the grass and sky shots were left on the cutting room floor. You get the idea anyway.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Old Stuff - Naomi Walking
Naomi had been walking for almost two months when we finally got around to getting some video of her. It's taken another five months to post the video. Thanks to MarkMark for the footage from May 5, 2010 at Kevin and Susanna's place. Those are Junko and MarkMarks' boys, Leif and Conan, in the foreground.
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