Sunday, July 12, 2009
Here is MATTHEW!
Will get to the birth story, but here are some photos of Matthew straight after his birth....
Being weighted
About 7 hours old
First photo - straight after the birth
Being weighted
About 7 hours old
First photo - straight after the birth
Monday, May 11, 2009
Maternity Photos and Pregnancy Update
I am 31 week this week and my pregnancy is going really well... other than one bout of UTI I have had absolutely no problems. Sleeping is becoming slightly more difficult, but that might also be aggravated by the little Timmy-body who likes to crawl into bed with us in the early morning hours....
Everything is still on track for the homebirth as long as we get to 37 weeks - so please pray.
Baby is moving around A LOT and seems to like pushing his/her little bottom out on the top right hand side of my uterus. Sometimes, I have to gently push it back so that I can just breath properly :-) :-)
I decided this week that some maternity photos would probably be a good idea...
Um, or maybe not!
My photog friends will really appreciate this: Can't find the tripod, can't find the shawl that I want to use (you know the one I have the photo in mind with), can't find enough natural light except at the window facing the road (I don't think so) which means that I have to use the Speedlight with which I have a serious love/hate relationship. Then I had to try and do these self-portraits - HOW do you focus on yourself in front of the backdrop when you are behind the camera??? Eventually I got Dylan to stand on a little stool to be almost my height (yes, it only takes a little stool), then I focused on him, told him to move the stool and put a mitten where it was so that I would know where to stand. The next step is to push the timer button and RUN to get to the spot.... except I have NO idea what the pose will look like, since I can't see myself!!! :-) :-) Add to this Caleb, Joshua and Timothy underfoot and it makes for interesting times!
This is all I managed.... I'm hoping to take a few more over the next couple of weeks... But no promises!
Everything is still on track for the homebirth as long as we get to 37 weeks - so please pray.
Baby is moving around A LOT and seems to like pushing his/her little bottom out on the top right hand side of my uterus. Sometimes, I have to gently push it back so that I can just breath properly :-) :-)
I decided this week that some maternity photos would probably be a good idea...
Um, or maybe not!
My photog friends will really appreciate this: Can't find the tripod, can't find the shawl that I want to use (you know the one I have the photo in mind with), can't find enough natural light except at the window facing the road (I don't think so) which means that I have to use the Speedlight with which I have a serious love/hate relationship. Then I had to try and do these self-portraits - HOW do you focus on yourself in front of the backdrop when you are behind the camera??? Eventually I got Dylan to stand on a little stool to be almost my height (yes, it only takes a little stool), then I focused on him, told him to move the stool and put a mitten where it was so that I would know where to stand. The next step is to push the timer button and RUN to get to the spot.... except I have NO idea what the pose will look like, since I can't see myself!!! :-) :-) Add to this Caleb, Joshua and Timothy underfoot and it makes for interesting times!
This is all I managed.... I'm hoping to take a few more over the next couple of weeks... But no promises!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Yar, well, no, fine!
Most of you know that our life with 6 busy boys is never dull! Sometimes, though, I wish that we could have a bit less excitement in the blood department. We have now been to ER twice with bleeding heads. The first time was Caleb who ended up just needing a bit of "super" glue and this time it was Daniel!
The boys were all playing outside on the little jungle gym, when I heard this terrible scream... but I'm pretty used to that, so when everyone stormed into the kitchen, my response was: "Yes, are you bleeding?" Obviously expecting them all to say: "NO!".... Guess again!
Dylan and Alec are both talking at once and Daniel is crying and crying! As I turn around there is just blood everywhere! Literally, dripping on the floor, running down Daniels jaw, all over his shirt and the whole back of his head. Now, I know that head wounds bleed, but MAN that was a lot of blood.
I'm usually pretty calm in situations like these, but I was feeling a bit whoozy and kind of wondering if I actually wanted to touch the back of his head. I had the awful vision that it would just feel soft and that something terrible was wrong. Of course the cat trying to lick up the blood at the same time didn't do much to settle my stomach.
I eventually grabbed a tea towel (a clean one, may I add) and pressed it on the wound to get the bleeding to stop - and kicking the cat away with my foot.
I eventually get hold of Trevor... after dialling, re-dialling and re-dialling his number because I'm still feeling a bit stressed. In the meanwhile Daniel had stopped screaming, but the bleeding just wouldn't stop. Trev told me that he would get home and take Daniel to the hospital.
By the time he got here, the bleeding had stopped and I had determined that although the wound wasn't that big it was DEEP! So, off they go to the hospital where they waited and waited until they finally got to see a dr.
So, whilst they are waiting Daniel asks Trev: "Where is my brain?" Trevor explains to him and shows him. "Will I lose some brains because of this?" "Um, no!!! :-)" which led to huge discussion on the skull and how it protects the brain!
After 2,5 hours they were finally back home... Daniel with 2 staples in his head and a pile of stickers in his hand.
He kept begging me to find somewhere to take him somewhere where he would need to walk through a metal detector....
The boys were all playing outside on the little jungle gym, when I heard this terrible scream... but I'm pretty used to that, so when everyone stormed into the kitchen, my response was: "Yes, are you bleeding?" Obviously expecting them all to say: "NO!".... Guess again!
Dylan and Alec are both talking at once and Daniel is crying and crying! As I turn around there is just blood everywhere! Literally, dripping on the floor, running down Daniels jaw, all over his shirt and the whole back of his head. Now, I know that head wounds bleed, but MAN that was a lot of blood.
I'm usually pretty calm in situations like these, but I was feeling a bit whoozy and kind of wondering if I actually wanted to touch the back of his head. I had the awful vision that it would just feel soft and that something terrible was wrong. Of course the cat trying to lick up the blood at the same time didn't do much to settle my stomach.
I eventually grabbed a tea towel (a clean one, may I add) and pressed it on the wound to get the bleeding to stop - and kicking the cat away with my foot.
I eventually get hold of Trevor... after dialling, re-dialling and re-dialling his number because I'm still feeling a bit stressed. In the meanwhile Daniel had stopped screaming, but the bleeding just wouldn't stop. Trev told me that he would get home and take Daniel to the hospital.
By the time he got here, the bleeding had stopped and I had determined that although the wound wasn't that big it was DEEP! So, off they go to the hospital where they waited and waited until they finally got to see a dr.
So, whilst they are waiting Daniel asks Trev: "Where is my brain?" Trevor explains to him and shows him. "Will I lose some brains because of this?" "Um, no!!! :-)" which led to huge discussion on the skull and how it protects the brain!
After 2,5 hours they were finally back home... Daniel with 2 staples in his head and a pile of stickers in his hand.
He kept begging me to find somewhere to take him somewhere where he would need to walk through a metal detector....
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Aviation Museum
Yes! Another Museum!!! :-) Trevor took Dylan, Alec and Daniel to the Aviation Museum one weekend afternoon whilst the little ones were having a nap - um, and me to!
I am only posting a couple of the 40+ photos they took!!! I will ask the boys' to help me with some captions as I have no idea what planes all of these are!
Anelle
I am only posting a couple of the 40+ photos they took!!! I will ask the boys' to help me with some captions as I have no idea what planes all of these are!
Anelle
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Awana Games Day
Well, Awana seems to feature quite strongly in our lives! The boys attend a meeting every Thursday evening (At least from September through to end of April, when they break up for the Summer). The focus of Awana is really scripture memorization, but the children take part in plenty activities... Besides those which have already been mentioned (like the Grand Prix, the Sleepover and the Bible Quiz) they also had a Crazy Hair night, a Penny Month (to collect money for missionaries) and the GAMES DAY!
Daniel spoke about the Games Day NON-STOP since he first heard about it! He asked me at least once a day when it was and reminded me that we just COULDN'T forget about it!
I had a homeschool conference on on the same day, so Trevor took all 6 the boys with him! BRAVE MAN! Daniel's team (the Sparks) competed in the morning and Dylan and Alec's Team (T&T) competed in the afternoon.
Daniel was totally and utterly over-the-moon that his team won!!! The ribbon and medal have found a very special place of honour in his bedroom!
Dylan was asked to be the score keeper for the Sparks games.
Final Scores
Getting his Ribbon
Mrs M showing Daniel their winners plaque
Dylan and Alec at the T&T Games. Although they have quite a big group of T&Ters their team was small. So they joined up with the Chinese Christian Church to form a team.
Daniel spoke about the Games Day NON-STOP since he first heard about it! He asked me at least once a day when it was and reminded me that we just COULDN'T forget about it!
I had a homeschool conference on on the same day, so Trevor took all 6 the boys with him! BRAVE MAN! Daniel's team (the Sparks) competed in the morning and Dylan and Alec's Team (T&T) competed in the afternoon.
Daniel was totally and utterly over-the-moon that his team won!!! The ribbon and medal have found a very special place of honour in his bedroom!
Dylan was asked to be the score keeper for the Sparks games.
Final Scores
Getting his Ribbon
Mrs M showing Daniel their winners plaque
Dylan and Alec at the T&T Games. Although they have quite a big group of T&Ters their team was small. So they joined up with the Chinese Christian Church to form a team.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Science Museum
The Science Museum must be our favourite museum in Ottawa - and that says a lot, since there are museums a plenty here and our whole family seems to enjoy visiting them.
The homeschool group organises some visits to the museums for special classes every so often. So far Dylan, Alec and Daniel have attended 2 classes each, with 3 more coming up in June.
This visit, however, was a family one... It was great because we got to watch (and participate in) some of the demonstations and could just walk around at leisure. One the the children (and Trevor) enjoyed thoroughly was on Electricity. They loved the static elec experiments and I think the chain-of-pain was great "fun" for them. Basically, they formed a chain touching one another with elbows, knees etc. etc. to complete a circuit! Lots of OWs and OUCHes!!!!!!!
The homeschool group organises some visits to the museums for special classes every so often. So far Dylan, Alec and Daniel have attended 2 classes each, with 3 more coming up in June.
This visit, however, was a family one... It was great because we got to watch (and participate in) some of the demonstations and could just walk around at leisure. One the the children (and Trevor) enjoyed thoroughly was on Electricity. They loved the static elec experiments and I think the chain-of-pain was great "fun" for them. Basically, they formed a chain touching one another with elbows, knees etc. etc. to complete a circuit! Lots of OWs and OUCHes!!!!!!!
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