So Alex is still sick...He can keep small amounts of food down, but only about 1 Tbsp. at a time. The doctor thinks it might be a bladder infection, but we will not know for sure until the lab results come in. I have spent the last two days putting pee bags on Alex, and scooping poop out of diapers. Not fun. Last night he was awake every 45 minutes. I got about an hour of sleep. We're barely functioning, yet I can't seem to take a nap--too much to do.
We did get Alex weighed and measured while at the doctor on Wed. He is now 29 1/4" long, and weighs 19lbs 12oz. His weight is a little bit of a concern, since he has only gained 1/2 a lb. in 2 months, and only 1 1/2 lbs in 3 months. He has dropped below the 50th percentile for weight, which is where he was before. The doctor said it could just simply be because he's been sick, and we'll check again at 12 months. If he continues to fall on the weight percentile chart, then we'll need to figure out why he's not gaining weight like he should.
I have my Human Rights hearing on Monday, and so I've been spending a lot of time at the lawyer's office as well this week. We'll see how it goes, they think they've got some tricks up their sleeves, but they are wrong. I'm going to enjoy sticking it to the man! I will post on how things go on Tuesday after we are finished.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Happy 9 months Alex!
Our last month has been quite a busy one! We have a lot of excitement (if that is what you want to call it) around our house!
Alex hasn't done too much new this month, although he is very close to walking....He can now stand on his own without any support for about 30 seconds to sometimes longer than a minute. He has tried to take steps, but that has usually resulted in him falling forward. He has also started trying to get to a standing postion from the crawling position without pulling himself up on something.
Currently, Alex is quite sick. Yesterday around 3am we awoke to a blood curdling scream from Alex's room. Both Dan and I rushed in to find that he had vomitted all over his bed. We got him up, cleaned and I gave hima bottle to go back to bed, but about 10 minutes after he was finished, he vomitted everything up. We have spent most of the days since then cleaning vomit or diarrhea (which he also has) and cuddling. Alex had this happen at christmas time, and it turned out he was teething, but last time he did not have a fever (which he does now) and he was still his vibrant self (which he is definitely not right now). Alex spends most of the day cuddling with me on the couch or asleep in his crib. Last night, I spent from about 3am until 830am when Alex woke up with him in the rocking chair, since that is the only way he would sleep. Boy was my butt numb when I got up!
Aside from that, all is well. As per usual, I just haven't had time to download all the pics from the camera yet, but I hope to do that by the end of the week. I will post them when I get a chance!
Alex hasn't done too much new this month, although he is very close to walking....He can now stand on his own without any support for about 30 seconds to sometimes longer than a minute. He has tried to take steps, but that has usually resulted in him falling forward. He has also started trying to get to a standing postion from the crawling position without pulling himself up on something.
Currently, Alex is quite sick. Yesterday around 3am we awoke to a blood curdling scream from Alex's room. Both Dan and I rushed in to find that he had vomitted all over his bed. We got him up, cleaned and I gave hima bottle to go back to bed, but about 10 minutes after he was finished, he vomitted everything up. We have spent most of the days since then cleaning vomit or diarrhea (which he also has) and cuddling. Alex had this happen at christmas time, and it turned out he was teething, but last time he did not have a fever (which he does now) and he was still his vibrant self (which he is definitely not right now). Alex spends most of the day cuddling with me on the couch or asleep in his crib. Last night, I spent from about 3am until 830am when Alex woke up with him in the rocking chair, since that is the only way he would sleep. Boy was my butt numb when I got up!
Aside from that, all is well. As per usual, I just haven't had time to download all the pics from the camera yet, but I hope to do that by the end of the week. I will post them when I get a chance!
Monday, February 18, 2008
A good reason to move.....
So if you haven't heard yet,last night Dan got held at knifepoint and car jacked. You will have to talk to him for all the juicy details, but this is the gist of it:
Dan when to our local Greek restaurant to pick up our dinner. He parked in the back parking lot, and as he was walking to the restaurant a guy walked up to him, grabbed his shirt, pulled out a knife and demanded that Dan drive him to Coquitlam. Dan of course said no, and the guy held the knife to Dan's neck and told him that if he didn't do it, he was going to stab Dan. Dan dropped the keys on the ground and told the guy to take the car. The guy kept telling Dan to drive him, but Dan said "look I've got kids. You've got the keys, take the car. What do you need me for?".
The guy bent down and picked up the keys, let Dan go, and tried to get into the car. When he couldn't find the key, he started yelling at Dan and coming after him again. Dan told him which key, but when he got the door open, the car alarm went off (if you don't use the key chain to unlock the doors the alarm sounds). This gave Dan enough time to run into the restaurant. The guy drove away and Dan called the cops.
One thing I forgot to mention is that the entire time this was happening, a taxi driver was in the parking lot watching. He had a cell phone in hi hand, and when Dan asked to be let into the car because the guy was trying to kill him, the taxi driver wouldn't do it.Then, later in the night when both Dan and the taxi driver were at the police station ID'ing the guy, the taxi driver gave Dan a ride home AND CHARGED HIM FOR IT. Taxi driver's suck.
So Dan phoned me once he phoned the cops, and I realized (once Dan was ok) that our car seat was in the back of the car, as was my wallet, and all of Alex's ID, our passports, the clicker for the garage door and my house keys were on the keychain too. I had to put my house in full lock down, had my Mom come over to stay with me, and I walked around with a very big hammer just in case.
But here's the kicker--it wasn't my car he took, it was a courtesy car from the dealership! My car was in being fixed (it broke down last week) so I had a loner. The idiot stole a car that was silver with Murray Pontiac Buick in big blue stickers all over it, the car number on it (14), and with a baby seat in it. How easy would it be to find? Not that hard! Also, the moron told Dan he was going to dump the car at the bus loop in Coquitlam!
So Dan did not get any sleep last night, I got drunk off my ass and ended up getting sick, and now we are dealing with the aftermath today. As if I don't have enough to deal with!
They caught the guy, and got the car back. The car was damaged (although I don't know how much) and the guy still had the bloody knife with him. They won't let us take our stuff though, until they do a finger print search on the car. So, for now, I can't go anywhere with Alex because I have no car seat. This is a huge pain in the butt!
Dan when to our local Greek restaurant to pick up our dinner. He parked in the back parking lot, and as he was walking to the restaurant a guy walked up to him, grabbed his shirt, pulled out a knife and demanded that Dan drive him to Coquitlam. Dan of course said no, and the guy held the knife to Dan's neck and told him that if he didn't do it, he was going to stab Dan. Dan dropped the keys on the ground and told the guy to take the car. The guy kept telling Dan to drive him, but Dan said "look I've got kids. You've got the keys, take the car. What do you need me for?".
The guy bent down and picked up the keys, let Dan go, and tried to get into the car. When he couldn't find the key, he started yelling at Dan and coming after him again. Dan told him which key, but when he got the door open, the car alarm went off (if you don't use the key chain to unlock the doors the alarm sounds). This gave Dan enough time to run into the restaurant. The guy drove away and Dan called the cops.
One thing I forgot to mention is that the entire time this was happening, a taxi driver was in the parking lot watching. He had a cell phone in hi hand, and when Dan asked to be let into the car because the guy was trying to kill him, the taxi driver wouldn't do it.Then, later in the night when both Dan and the taxi driver were at the police station ID'ing the guy, the taxi driver gave Dan a ride home AND CHARGED HIM FOR IT. Taxi driver's suck.
So Dan phoned me once he phoned the cops, and I realized (once Dan was ok) that our car seat was in the back of the car, as was my wallet, and all of Alex's ID, our passports, the clicker for the garage door and my house keys were on the keychain too. I had to put my house in full lock down, had my Mom come over to stay with me, and I walked around with a very big hammer just in case.
But here's the kicker--it wasn't my car he took, it was a courtesy car from the dealership! My car was in being fixed (it broke down last week) so I had a loner. The idiot stole a car that was silver with Murray Pontiac Buick in big blue stickers all over it, the car number on it (14), and with a baby seat in it. How easy would it be to find? Not that hard! Also, the moron told Dan he was going to dump the car at the bus loop in Coquitlam!
So Dan did not get any sleep last night, I got drunk off my ass and ended up getting sick, and now we are dealing with the aftermath today. As if I don't have enough to deal with!
They caught the guy, and got the car back. The car was damaged (although I don't know how much) and the guy still had the bloody knife with him. They won't let us take our stuff though, until they do a finger print search on the car. So, for now, I can't go anywhere with Alex because I have no car seat. This is a huge pain in the butt!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Overwhelmed..........
I've been thinking quite a bit the last week, especially since I received bad news from 2 people. First, A women that I worked with committed suicide on the weekend, and then an acquaintance from high school found out that his wife lost their twins. I have never known anybody who committed suicide before, and of course miscarriage is the most horrific thing ever (at least I think it would be---I can't even imagine).
On top of all this, I am overloaded with things to do right now--Painting the house, looking for daycare, wondering about my work situation, terrified about my hearing in 2 weeks, and just keeping up with life basically. I feel pretty overwhelmed at the moment. I know that if I take things just one day at a time, that it will all work out, but I return to work in just 6 short weeks, I keep getting injured at the gym so painting is taking longer than expected, and I don't even want to think about daycare.
I plan to start looking for daycare next week, so that we have a good month to ensure that Alex has settled and won't flip out when he's there. it should be interesting, since he won't eat for anybody but me, go to sleep for anybody but me, and generally freaks whenever I leave the house.
Time seems to be flying by so fast...Alex is getting so big, and I have to be honest---the thought of returning to work, Alex turning one etc is making my clock tick again. Scary, I know. How on earth could I handle two babies if I'm struggling with just one? I also know deep down that back in the day you only got 3 months mat leave, and kids turned out just fine, and that there were tons of parents (mine included) who worked when they could and raised 2 or more kids no problem (ok maybe a little bit of a struggle, but it all worked out).
As for my hearing, I'm stickin' it to the man, so I'm excited and scared all at the same time...We'll see how that goes.
Anyways, i just wanted to get this out there..Dan truly believes that once you write something down, it isn't a problem any more. We'll see if he's right;)
On top of all this, I am overloaded with things to do right now--Painting the house, looking for daycare, wondering about my work situation, terrified about my hearing in 2 weeks, and just keeping up with life basically. I feel pretty overwhelmed at the moment. I know that if I take things just one day at a time, that it will all work out, but I return to work in just 6 short weeks, I keep getting injured at the gym so painting is taking longer than expected, and I don't even want to think about daycare.
I plan to start looking for daycare next week, so that we have a good month to ensure that Alex has settled and won't flip out when he's there. it should be interesting, since he won't eat for anybody but me, go to sleep for anybody but me, and generally freaks whenever I leave the house.
Time seems to be flying by so fast...Alex is getting so big, and I have to be honest---the thought of returning to work, Alex turning one etc is making my clock tick again. Scary, I know. How on earth could I handle two babies if I'm struggling with just one? I also know deep down that back in the day you only got 3 months mat leave, and kids turned out just fine, and that there were tons of parents (mine included) who worked when they could and raised 2 or more kids no problem (ok maybe a little bit of a struggle, but it all worked out).
As for my hearing, I'm stickin' it to the man, so I'm excited and scared all at the same time...We'll see how that goes.
Anyways, i just wanted to get this out there..Dan truly believes that once you write something down, it isn't a problem any more. We'll see if he's right;)
Monday, February 4, 2008
The videos
Ok, so I didn't get them up by the end of the weekend....We started repainting the inside of our house on Saturday, then got Superbowl fever yesterday...........
Anyways, here is the video of Alex clapping:
And Alex trying to walk across the living room:
Anyways, here is the video of Alex clapping:
And Alex trying to walk across the living room:
Friday, February 1, 2008
Two new things...........
We have 2 new things to report in Alex's wonderful life...........He has learned how to clap, and he's getting 2 more teeth in!
About 2 days ago he was playing in the living room and pulled himself up on the couch. I was saying "yaaaaayyyyy" while clapping my hands, and he sat down on the ground and started clapping himself! I do have a video of it, but of course, I need to find a time when Dan is not on his computer so that I can download it and post it.
As for his teeth, he will have 6 teeth pretty shortly...He got his bottom 2 front teeth literally one day after he turned 6 months old, then his top 2 front teethe cut through about 3 weeks ago at about 7 1/2 months old, and no here he is almost 8 1/2 months old, and the teeth on either side of his top teeth are coming in! I noticed them today after listening to Alex suck on his lip all day..it was getting annoying, so I checked out his mouth to see if he had a sore or something, and there they were, with just the corners poking through........
No wonder he chews everything he can get his hands on! I'll post those videos by the end of the weekend I promise!
About 2 days ago he was playing in the living room and pulled himself up on the couch. I was saying "yaaaaayyyyy" while clapping my hands, and he sat down on the ground and started clapping himself! I do have a video of it, but of course, I need to find a time when Dan is not on his computer so that I can download it and post it.
As for his teeth, he will have 6 teeth pretty shortly...He got his bottom 2 front teeth literally one day after he turned 6 months old, then his top 2 front teethe cut through about 3 weeks ago at about 7 1/2 months old, and no here he is almost 8 1/2 months old, and the teeth on either side of his top teeth are coming in! I noticed them today after listening to Alex suck on his lip all day..it was getting annoying, so I checked out his mouth to see if he had a sore or something, and there they were, with just the corners poking through........
No wonder he chews everything he can get his hands on! I'll post those videos by the end of the weekend I promise!
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