First visit to the Dentist

So Joshua had his first visit to the Dentist and it went really well. I, unfortunatly, missed the event b/c I had to look after my daycare kid, so Ken took him.

I guess all the prep work paid off b/c he wasn't scared and did everything they asked him to do. Ken said he kept his mouth w i d e open the whole time. I laughed when he told me that. Joshua was very proud of his new toothbrush too. Now he has three, believe it or not. My dentist gave him one too, when he came to watch me get my teeth done, which was no fun by the way. I think the Hygenist I had came from the more pain is good school of thought. I don't think I've ever had such a painful cleaning before. Anyway back to Joshua, what's really cute now is that when he prays at meal times he says, "thank you for the Dentist and the dentist hygenist." Funny kid.

Here are some pictures from his visit. don't you love the cool sunglasses:)

I'm turning into a whale!

I'm feeling huge now a days. I swear that I'm growing larger so much faster this time. A little scary, as I don't want to get too big---my skin doesn't like stretching so much:( And why am I so hungry all the time?? I was never hungry with Joshua. I ate the same as when I wasn't pregnant. But this time, it's like i'm never satsified and it's hard constantly having to fight against these cravings for basically junk food, that I never had before. I gave in the other night and went to safeway and bought some jelly bellies and ate the whole bag in one sitting! I don't think I touched candy much when pregnant with Joshua, as i was worried it might affect him somehow. If I keep going at this rate, I think i'm going to be a blimp by the time nine months rolls around.

This little one sure moves a lot. It's wonderful and at the same time a little disconcerting to feel these kicks and rolls. I wish I could have my own ultrasound machine to see exactly what my little one is doing in there. I wonder if they ever get bored!! hmmmm

Excited

Yay! I had my first, and only, ultrasound this morning. I'm always a little nervous before Ultrasounds, as my mind busily conocts all the things that could be wrong with the baby. Then I watch the technichan for any signs that something is wrong--b/c they never tell you, you always have to wait and find out from your doctor, which I hate. And it's not till I get to see the baby myself that I can finally relax.

Aren't ultrasounds just the most amazing things? To think that you actually get the opportunity to see your baby way before it's even born. It's nice to be able to see that all the parts are there, although for awhile today I thought the baby was missing one arm. The technican reassured me that both arms were in fact there. And the baby seems to be fine. Phew! The baby(which secretly I refer to as she, but I probably shouldn't do that, just in case it's a he, but i can't seem to help myself) was sucking his/her thumb and stretching and swallowing. All such normal actions, but I was totally in awe and in love already. And to think people abort their babies even at this stage---i just shudder at the thought.

Joshua got to come in and see the pictures of the baby too, but he didn't really seem to care all that much. I dug out his ultrasound picture when we got home to show him and b/c i wanted to compare the pictures. This one does look different. The head is smaller, hmmm so maybe that means a girl??????

Anyway, just had to share this, as am thrilled to have sort of met my new baby and can't wait to meet him or her in person.

Oh and I decided to drink a little less water this time and am i glad i did. It was so much less painful and uncomfortable than the other times i've had it done.

What a week

So, Ken and I were supposed to go away this week to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary (can't believe it's been 4 years already), but as you can probably guess by the way I started this sentence, it didn't happen. Joshua got sick on Monday with a fever that just would not go away. And it lasted all week, finally breaking yesterday. It was a little scary for me, because I had never seen a fever stay for so long and it was so high too, anywhere from 102-104. We had two trips to the doctor. First time they figured it was viral, so couldn't do anything. Second time, we were given antibiotics b/c the doctor was concerned about how high his temperature was. So he is now on antibiotics and seems to slowly be doing better. he finally napped for longer than an hour today (actually he's still sleeping now:) )! And, i can't wait till he's fully better and i don't have to give him those nasty antibiotics. not a fan of them, but it's amazing what you will do when you are worried about your child. I'm giving him probiotics too, so hopefully the antibiotics won't mess up his digestive system too badly.

This has therefore been a week of little sleep and much prayer. I really realized how little control i have over events in my life. I feel drained emtionally and physically from all that happened and yet I realize that in comparision to what other people go through ,are going through, this is nothing. I don't know how people do it: stay strong, especially those whose kids have cancer. How devestating to watch your child suffer and feel so powerless to do anything about it.

Bits and Bobs

well, I finally decided it was time to get of my lazy butt and write another entry. So what's new in my world..lets see..

1. I've been sick twice in the past two months, which is a record for me as i rarely ever get sick. First with the Flu, which i don't think i've actually ever had before, maybe when i was a kid, but not in the past 15 years anyway. Then I got the 24 hour stomach, everything leave your body flu, and Joshua, of course, got it too. Thankfully it happened at night and I didn't have to deal with his puke and mine all at the same time and my wonderful husband changed Joshua's sheets at least 3 times....we had trouble getting to his bed with the bucket in time, he's in our room, so it shouldn't have been a problem, but just missed it everytime, except once, i think.

2. Ken and Joshua and I went with some friends and their son to Harrision Hot Springs Hotel for one night and it was heavenly. Oh...and having a tall husband apparently comes in handy sometimes, as they took one look at Ken, said "Oh, you're tall," and upgraded us to this really nice room overlooking the lake, while our friends got stuck in a musty little room in the old part of the Hotel! I would love to go there sometime just with Ken. They had this roaring fire in the upper lobby with nice soft couches and I could just picture sitting there reading a book and sipping a latte...ahhhh

3. What else....well after a miscommunication at the doctor's office where the receptionist thought the doctor had made a mistake booking my appointment, she thought he wasn't in that morning, and told me to go home, I finally got in a couple of weeks ago and I got to hear the baby's heartbeat...very exciting. Sure made it more real and it was nice reasurrance for me since the nausea had disappeared by then, very glad i can enjoy food once again. Although, i'm hungry all the time now, which maybe why i gained 5 pounds in two weeks after gaining nothing for 3 months. I didn't have that with Joshua. I ate no different than I normally would, but this time, I'm hungry all the time.

I go for my Ultrasound on the 30th, so really looking forward to that. I'm hoping they will let Joshua come in and see the baby too. We probably aren't going to find out the sex of the baby. I kind of have this gut feeling the baby is a girl, but guess i'll find out for sure in 5 months.

4. So it appears there might be a lot of changes on the horizon. Ken applied for the RCMP ages ago and is now in the end stages--they are doing the background check on him and he's going for all these doctor/ dentist checks and a psychological assessment ( i wonder if they do inkblots:) )! So if everything looks okay he could be heading off for depot (training) sometime in the next couple of months. It's a little daunting for me. I'm trying to decide whether to stay here or go out to depot with him, well not technically with him as he has to live on campus and I would have to find a place to rent. Being pregnant obviously complicates things as I'm not sure I want to deal with birth and a new baby virtually on my own..here i would have family. But again, nothing is absoultely for sure, anything could still happen maybe he won't get in. it sure makes it hard to plan things though.


Well, i better stop writing now...I got a little long winded this time:)

Joshua

So here are some more recent pictures of Joshua. He has changed so much in the last few months, something about turning 2, i guess. He talks up a storm now and I'm often amazed at the words that come out of his mouth. like the other morning when upon waking, he stood up in his crib and said, "wake up mommy"! So funny! Well, to me it was anyway.
One of my favourite pictures. Joshua with his big cousin on Christmas Eve.


This is Joshua "swimming" in the snow!! His next favourite thing to do: throw snowballs or shovelfuls of snow at people, or have someone else throw them at him.

Joshua loves to climb! The higher the better in his opinion!

Biking in the snow! He is very proud of his blue bike that he got for his second birthday. Unfortunaetly, because of the weather he hasn't gotten much use out of it yet.

The naughty corner:) We were at my in-laws and Ken decided to stick him in a chair facing the wall for his time out. It sure made for a cute picture.

For some reason Joshua likes sticking these things on his nose, so i took a picture of it. Funny child!

I've been tagged

Alright here it is the fifth picture in the fifth folder....

Oh, looks like it's a self-portrait of Ken. Not sure why he took a picture of himself. Anyway, there you have it, not a very exciting picture to be sure.

I'll be posting some more pictures of Joshua soon.. right now i'm going to have a nap!! Ah how i love naps:)