James Dictionary

Posted by: Jennifer

 

February has certainly been an interesting month in our household. It started off with a trip to Calgary for an eye appointment for Jose, coinciding with our friends’ wedding. It was quite the weekend. We had terrible driving conditions, and Jose’s eye pressure was way too high, despite new drops he’d received the previous visit, and was told that if it wasn’t down in two weeks, he’d have to have more surgery. The wedding was tons of fun however, and it was awesome to see some old university friends.

That following Monday, I had a check-up with my doctor. Everything is great, and the doctor is really pleased. Baby was hiding a bit though, and it was tough to find the heartbeat. The heartbeat was excellent once it was found though. James came along to the appointment, and was as good as gold. He made a little friend in the waiting room. A friend he insisted on calling “Baby” even though the boy was about a month older!

After that, we had a week’s worth of non-stop snow. It started coming down on Thursday the 8th or so, and didn’t stop falling until the following Wednesday! It was unbelievable! Especially for Lethbridge. Of course, the day after it stopped, the Chinook kicked in bringing with it sun and lots of wind. It has been blowing ever since. The fact that we still have a ton of snow in our front yard is testament to how much we got in the first place. Our backyard gets more sun, and the snow is almost gone. Sam delights in walking through the mud.

During the week of snow, Jose and James both got wicked colds. Jose missed a day of work, and kept James home with him. James had been really crabby with Michelle the day before, and we figured he needed a day of rest. The two boys basically lay in bed and watched movies and snoozed all day. Apparently, misery loves company because Wednesday night, I didn’t sleep more than 2 hours altogether. I had been feeling crummy all day, but the night time was awful. My sinuses hurt, and I just couldn’t get comfortable. Needless to say, I spent the next day at home. That night, I phoned the Health Link to get some suggestions on what I could do for my sinus pain (the problem with having a cold while being pregnant is that there’s nothing you can take!). I ended up being told to go to a clinic (the only one open at the time being emergency) because I had a slight fever – not good for Baby. I wish I hadn’t gone because I ended up waiting in emerg. for ever (as expected), but then when I finally went to find somebody after waiting in a room for over 2 hours, the nurse realised I had been completely forgotten because my chart had been left behind!! I got to the hospital at 9:00, and didn't leave until 1:30am. Then, when the doctor came, he was rude, and curt, and of course, I didn't have a fever by then, so he treated me like an over-careful, hysterical pregnant woman. He told me to get some rest, at which point I just about threw something at him!

However, we are all on the mend now. James has had a fever the last couple of days, but advice I’ve been given from nurses and books is not to take him in until he’s at 40ºC. And after my experience, I’m not too keen to ever go to emergency ever again.

Jose’s eye is also on the mend. He went back to the doctor in Calgary on Friday, and his pressure dropped significantly. The doctor was super happy – no surgery! He found out that it would have been the whole corneal transplant all over again. Not cool at all.

Baby seems to be doing well despite all my coughing too. I’m feeling tons of movement. Especially being at home in bed, and concentrating on anything else! I have an ultrasound booked for March 5th. We’ll be sure to post the pictures. It’s unmistakable that I’m pregnant too. My maternity clothes are starting to look like actually I need them.

That’s all for now! Stay in touch,

Jennifer

The Dictionary of James

dookie – cookie
Ham – Sam
tibo – play dough
ope – open
bink – pink
doke – coat
dum – drum
Tico – Chico
teet – treat
dandy – candy
oop – soup or oops
boon – spoon
big – pig
bick – big
bundy – bunny
no – snow
bubbo – pillow/blanket
ock – sock
poop – poop or fart
Nayna – Elena
Danna – Danika
teebee (emph. on 1st syll.) – TV
mooie – movie
Bunnie – Barney
diddy – kitty
ni – veni (Spanish for “come here”)
ayas – gracias
dia – sandia (Spanish for watermelon)
uh you – love you
ee oo or ee ya – see you
mose – more
nake – snake
hoo hoo hoo – Tigger
bum-bum – pom-pom
nana – banana or Nana
appo – apple
appo doos – apple juice
Papa appo doos - Coke
dam bup – stand up
due me – excuse me
dowc – dog
dars – car
bane – plane
duck – duck or stuck or truck
hies – fries
eep – sleep

Date Correction

Posted by: Jennifer

 

Just a note on my due date. In our Christmas letter (see below), I wasn't sure of the dates. Shortly after writing the letter, I had an ultrasound to determine the correct dates. According to the ultrasound (which apparently is quite accurate, especially when you do it early), my due date is June 30.
(sorry I missed this part when I copied & pasted)
jose

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and everything is looking good.
The baby's heartbeat is excellent, and my blood pressure is stable.
It's a bit of concern this time around because of the way my blood pressure shot up at the last minute last time. My doctor is just going to monitor it closely, and will probably send me to the ob-gyn a little earlier than usual. James came to the doctor with me, and was such a good boy - he charmed people in the waiting room, and made friends with a "baby" who was actually a month or so older than he was. The boy's parents thought it was quite funny that James called him "Baby". I will be having another ultrasound right away because I'm at the 18 week mark, and usually they're done between 18 and 22 weeks. We'll post the pictures when we get them. In the meantime, here are the 9 week ultrasound pictures:

	Meet Peanut!