Benjamin, you are 20 months old today! You are currently driving around the house on your ride on fire truck. Today we went for a drive and ended up at a small market in Kilmore where you saw some chickens! After we left there you fell asleep in your car seat and woke up when we stopped for lunch in Woodend. Once we got home you built some towers with your giant Lego's while watching Dora the Explorer, your favorite. Your vocabulary is growing all the time. You have slept in all this week until after 7 am! (Thank you!!) You like to choose your own clothes and even which color cloth diaper/nappy you want to wear! Your favorite song is "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" because we sing it every week during swimming. You love going to your swimming lessons. We get there early so you have time to jump in a few times before the lesson starts. You love having 2 of your friends from playgroup in the class. I see progress in you every week.
Thank you for being a fantastic little boy. We love you!
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Easter Weekend 2012
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| Benjamin kept sneaking into the bathroom to brush his teeth. |
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| Yum! Easter egg! |
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| Watching an outdoor concert complete with dancing Easter Bunny. |
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| New hoodie. |
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| The perfect size fence! |
Dear Grandma,
Dear Grandma,
It's been 2 years and 9 days since you've been gone. I miss you more and more each day. I wish you had gotten to meet Benjamin. You would have loved him, and he you. I'm glad you knew he was coming. I think about you often. I hope you are watching over us with Grandpa.
Love you always and forever,
Amy
It's been 2 years and 9 days since you've been gone. I miss you more and more each day. I wish you had gotten to meet Benjamin. You would have loved him, and he you. I'm glad you knew he was coming. I think about you often. I hope you are watching over us with Grandpa.
Love you always and forever,
Amy
Monday, May 7, 2012
Dear Benjamin
Dear Benjamin,
Today, you are 19 months old. You have brought so much joy to our lives. I can't believe how fast you are growing up, how intelligent you are becoming and how much you make us laugh. You are coming up with new words every day. Your favorite things are playing with Chelsea and Andrew, watching Dora, and getting tickles. You love to eat fruit (but not vegetables). You are fantastic at identifying animals and even better at making their noises! (Your favorite noise to make is for a dinosaur -ROOAAARRRRR). You climb like a little monkey. You are constantly talking and your new favorite word is "stuck!" You have 14 teeth and still love drinking mommy's milk! You will bring me a pillow and blanket during the day when you want some. You will pick out which color cloth nappy you want to wear when it's time to get changed. You hate wearing socks (like me) but love to put shoes on. Thankfully you know that you need socks in order to wear shoes so you will put them on sometimes. You have beautiful blonde curls and are way above average in both height and weight. Thank you for being you. We love you!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Today, you are 19 months old. You have brought so much joy to our lives. I can't believe how fast you are growing up, how intelligent you are becoming and how much you make us laugh. You are coming up with new words every day. Your favorite things are playing with Chelsea and Andrew, watching Dora, and getting tickles. You love to eat fruit (but not vegetables). You are fantastic at identifying animals and even better at making their noises! (Your favorite noise to make is for a dinosaur -ROOAAARRRRR). You climb like a little monkey. You are constantly talking and your new favorite word is "stuck!" You have 14 teeth and still love drinking mommy's milk! You will bring me a pillow and blanket during the day when you want some. You will pick out which color cloth nappy you want to wear when it's time to get changed. You hate wearing socks (like me) but love to put shoes on. Thankfully you know that you need socks in order to wear shoes so you will put them on sometimes. You have beautiful blonde curls and are way above average in both height and weight. Thank you for being you. We love you!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Friday, June 10, 2011
Benjamin at 8 Months Old
Benjamin is currently 8 months old and growing like a weed! At his last check he weighed 9.32 kg/20 lb 9 oz and was 73.5 cm/28.9 inches! He has learned how to clap and wave, can crawl and pull him self up and will walk while holding someone's hands! He's a gorgeous little boy and I'm proud to say he's mine!
Home
We're going home! Paul and I are taking all three kids to America! I can't wait. This will be the kids first trip to the U.S. I am so excited to have them meet all of my family and friends. There are so many shops and restaurants to go to, mom's home cooking to eat and people to see!
Look out! Here we come!
Look out! Here we come!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Benjamin's Birth Story
The entire week before Benjamin was born I had been having cramping in my lower back. I tried timing them, but they were so erratic that I didn't think much of them. Saturday I had started leaking, but wasn't sure if it was amniotic fluid or not. Sunday, September 26, 2010 was the morning of my virtual baby shower. All my family and friends gathered at my parent's house and Paul and I joined them on cam. After the shower was over I called the hospital because I wanted to get checked out. Since I was GBS+ they had me come in right away. We made it to the hospital by 1:30 pm. They set me up in a bed and got me hooked up to the monitors. The midwife did an internal, asked the student midwife to look and asked her "Do you see that dark circle?". My first thought was "Oh my God! I have cancer!". Seriously. The midwife told me that I was at almost 4 cm, the head was right there, and the baby has some dark hair. I was incredibly happy to find out that I didn't have cancer, I was just in labor.
I was set up in a room by 2 pm, given antibiotics, and was told to go walk around but be back by 6 pm. We (Paul, Chelsea, Andrew and I) returned at 6 and I was given another round of antibiotics. The midwife (a different one this time) broke my waters and started the Syntocinon to help my contractions. The contractions started right away and got strong very quickly. So quickly that I barely had time to rest in between. At about 6:30 pm, Paul took the kids downstairs to get picked up by their Aunt. I had asked for gas for pain relief. The midwife set me up with it, told me how to use it, and left the room. The next contraction started and I started inhaling the gas, and started to feel sick. I stopped inhaling but it was too late - I ended up vomiting everywhere. Of course I was alone and had no idea what to do. Paul walked back in and saw me sitting up with a panicked look on my face. He told me afterward that he thought I had had the baby! He ran out and got the midwife and they came in and cleaned me and the room up. I was so embarrassed.
I started pushing around 8:10 pm. I pushed laying down in bed, I pushed while sitting over the toilet, and standing up leaning over the bed. Finally I wanted to get back into bed. I got a shot of Pethadine, but I was too far along and it did nothing to help the pain. I could remember thinking that I just wanted a c-section because it hurt so bad and didn't feel like I was making any progress. Finally he was born, and Paul yelled out "He's got a willy!". It was such an awesome feeling finding out the sex right then. I ended up with a second degree tear and some stitches, but never needed any pain medication other then the first lot.
Benjamin Ernest was born at 9:07 pm on September 26, 2010. He weighed 7 lb 9 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. They placed him on my chest right away and then took him over to get cleaned up. It took about a minute for him to start breathing and then I heard that lovely cry. He was born face up so he came out extremely bruised.
I took a shower up in the birthing room and then we walked upstairs to our room for the next 2 days. Benjamin slept most of that first night and, of course, I couldn't. I had to wake him up for feeds and he seemed to latch on pretty well. I did get some help from the nurses with breastfeeding, but all in all it went pretty well. He had a tongue-tie which we got cut at 3 weeks old. After that breastfeeding was much easier since he was able to move his tongue more.
Here are a few pictures of him at birth, and now at 4 1/2 months (February 16, 2011).
I was set up in a room by 2 pm, given antibiotics, and was told to go walk around but be back by 6 pm. We (Paul, Chelsea, Andrew and I) returned at 6 and I was given another round of antibiotics. The midwife (a different one this time) broke my waters and started the Syntocinon to help my contractions. The contractions started right away and got strong very quickly. So quickly that I barely had time to rest in between. At about 6:30 pm, Paul took the kids downstairs to get picked up by their Aunt. I had asked for gas for pain relief. The midwife set me up with it, told me how to use it, and left the room. The next contraction started and I started inhaling the gas, and started to feel sick. I stopped inhaling but it was too late - I ended up vomiting everywhere. Of course I was alone and had no idea what to do. Paul walked back in and saw me sitting up with a panicked look on my face. He told me afterward that he thought I had had the baby! He ran out and got the midwife and they came in and cleaned me and the room up. I was so embarrassed.
I started pushing around 8:10 pm. I pushed laying down in bed, I pushed while sitting over the toilet, and standing up leaning over the bed. Finally I wanted to get back into bed. I got a shot of Pethadine, but I was too far along and it did nothing to help the pain. I could remember thinking that I just wanted a c-section because it hurt so bad and didn't feel like I was making any progress. Finally he was born, and Paul yelled out "He's got a willy!". It was such an awesome feeling finding out the sex right then. I ended up with a second degree tear and some stitches, but never needed any pain medication other then the first lot.
Benjamin Ernest was born at 9:07 pm on September 26, 2010. He weighed 7 lb 9 oz and was 19 1/4 inches long. They placed him on my chest right away and then took him over to get cleaned up. It took about a minute for him to start breathing and then I heard that lovely cry. He was born face up so he came out extremely bruised.
I took a shower up in the birthing room and then we walked upstairs to our room for the next 2 days. Benjamin slept most of that first night and, of course, I couldn't. I had to wake him up for feeds and he seemed to latch on pretty well. I did get some help from the nurses with breastfeeding, but all in all it went pretty well. He had a tongue-tie which we got cut at 3 weeks old. After that breastfeeding was much easier since he was able to move his tongue more.
Here are a few pictures of him at birth, and now at 4 1/2 months (February 16, 2011).
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