Welcome to 2012! A year that will bring our family more love with a new little boy and new challenges. We are nearing 5 more weeks until the due date and I'm getting more and more eager to see and meet this sweet baby. At my appointment last week the doc said he will probably come before the due date. He is already measuring big. I was just over 33 weeks along at the time of my appointment and I was already measuring 35cm. The doc is predicting he'll be at least as big as Jillian at 8lbs. I go in again next Tuesday so we'll see how things are changing. I haven't had much swelling in my ankles until this past weekend. It has now begun. I've been having more and more Braxton-Hicks. If I remember correctly from my experience carrying Jillian, that means things are moving towards labor but hopefully not for a few more weeks. But just in case he decides to speed up the process, I have a friend that is on call to take Jillian until family can arrive.
Both Garrett's and my work have calmed down a bit from the past few months of being very busy. I number of projects I've been working on have either wrapped up or are almost complete. That makes for smooth sailing for the next month or so according to my supervisor.
Garrett spent all of last evening repairing our dishwasher. After Jillian went to bed I was around to help when he needed a towel or tool. The bottom of the dishwasher had not been draining properly and with the last load of dishes we ran, there were still particles all over everything. So he pulled the washer out and found that the waste line leading to the disposal was almost completely blocked with nastiness. Yuck. After getting that cleaned out and the washer put back in place, he leveled it and ran an empty cycle and it now drains. Hurray for my Mr. Fix It! He's so great!
Huntley hasn't been feeling the best in the past few weeks. He vomited a handful of times with a week and was a bit lethargic. We took him to the vet last week and they ran a full blood panel and took xrays. Everything looked good. The vet prescribed a GI anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic. He almost vomited again this past weekend and he still isn't eating all of his food. When he does eat well, he takes 5-10 minutes to eat which is unlike him. The food doesn't smell rancid and it's the same brand he's been on for almost two years. We aren't sure what's going on but hope he gets over this soon.
Take care!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Bag Packed
Jillian's bag, Baby Boy Thorne's bag and my hospital bag are all packed ready for the big day. Let's hope it's still about 7 weeks away. The little guy has been very active and has been getting hiccups often. Today he seems to like punching my hip bone. Jillian rarely kicked my ribs at night but this guy aims right for them. Overall, he's doing well as far as we know. I'm getting along ok. Just trying to keep up with grocery shopping, cooking, and general cleaning around the house. My weight has stalled out the past 3 weeks. It seems if I eat anything past 630 in the evenings it's difficult to sleep due to heartburn and/or little baby boy is pushing up more so onto my stomach and diaphragm and I have a hard time breathing. So I try to eat more during the day and eat as soon as I can when I get home.
Jillian is doing well. She is having a Christmas party at her daycare today so all the parents were given an opportunity to bring in store-bought snacks. I totally forgot until this morning so I took in an unopened box of individually packaged fruit snacks. She has been off the pacifier since August at home. I didn't realize she was still getting it at daycare until I walked in one day and she had it in her mouth. That was over a month ago and she is now pacifier free! I really wanted her off of it soon anyway but especially before this baby comes. She has been eating a bunch of food the past few days. One night she ate 1/3 of a chicken breast, sweet potatoes, cottage cheese, block cheese and a few crackers in addition to her milk. She continues to enjoy pulling off her shoes and socks on the car ride to and from town. She hasn't tried chewing on them much, she just likes to grab her toes. She also knows where her nose is and her toes. We'll say "Where's your nose?" and she touches it with a finger and then we'll ask her where our nose is and she puts her finger on our nose. We'll ask her where her toes are and she reaches down to her toes. I've really been missing her last week and this week. It's almost like when I first came back to work after having her and just wanting to drop everything at work and leave to go get her from daycare. Perhaps it's because I know my time with just her is going to shortened soon.
Garrett has been very busy with work and home tasks. He put up new shelving in one of our big living room closets to help organization. He welded on casters to his big Gorilla racks in the garage so he can move them around. Once we move the off road truck out of the way of one of the bays we can put both cars in the garage. He and I are getting over a cough that we think Jillian gave us. It was all in our upper chest and throat. I've been very busy at work as well. Lots of project deadlines by Dec. 31 or early January.
We bought a small 3 foot real Christmas tree that we are keeping up on a desk. We put a select few ornaments on it. The name of the tree escapes me at the moment. It's nice to have and to smell. Christmas has arrived very quickly this year.
Wishing everyone well and Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 2, 2011
December already?!
It's hard to believe it's December. It's hard to believe that in 10 weeks or less we'll have another addition to the Thorne family! I had a check up yesterday and everything is "textbook perfect". His heart rate was 132bpm, my weight is ??? um, I'll just say normal, and he is measuring right where he should be, 30cm. Little Boy Thorne is also already in the head down position. Jillian was also by this time.
After having a cough for the past two weeks, I took Jillian in to her doctor today. She was up a lot last night which is not typical for her. She has chronic bronchitis. She also has a molar breaking through so she is quite uncomfortable right now. At least she's still her happy self most of the time.
Garrett is slowly getting over a cold/cough as well. Yesterday was the first day he felt good enough to chase after Jillian. He still has quite the cough but is sounding much better.
Sorry for the short post but I don't have much time. I'll get new photos posted as soon as I can.
Love to all!
After having a cough for the past two weeks, I took Jillian in to her doctor today. She was up a lot last night which is not typical for her. She has chronic bronchitis. She also has a molar breaking through so she is quite uncomfortable right now. At least she's still her happy self most of the time.
Garrett is slowly getting over a cold/cough as well. Yesterday was the first day he felt good enough to chase after Jillian. He still has quite the cough but is sounding much better.
Sorry for the short post but I don't have much time. I'll get new photos posted as soon as I can.
Love to all!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
New Tricks
Jillian has always been adorable. But in the past few weeks, even more so if you can believe it! I was taking her home after work one day and she had been jabbering to herself, which is the best sound to my ears. All kinds of fluctuations in her voice like she's really having a conversation. Sure wish I knew what she was saying. Anyway, then I heard velcro. So I figure she is taking off her shoes. (She started that a few weeks ago). Then after a minute or two I hear her start giggling. She pauses, giggles, pauses, giggles. She now has me laughing just as much. When I finally came to an intersection, I pulled out my pocket mirror and reached back to see what she was doing. She had pulled off her shoes and her socks and every time she would grab her foot and just start to put her big toe in her mouth, she started giggling. She was tickling her own feet! It was so funny that I then laughed even more every time I heard her start laughing. It was purely adorable. She has done it a few times since then and as soon as I hear the velcro I get a big grin on my face.
She also likes to go into the dining room and race around to the other side of table and hunker down on her knees. We then pretend to now know where she is, saying "Where's Jillian?" She stays quite but smiles really big until we walk around the table to where she's hiding. She then laughs and hops up and moves on to more exploring. What a fantastic age!
At daycare they practice infant sign language with the kids as we do with her at home. They practice the signs for more, all done, please and help. At home we practice with eat, milk, drink, book and just started the sign for outside since she asks to go outside daily. We have been practicing it with her since she was a few months old and were getting sad because she hadn't done them back to us. Until now! We are so excited. She is nearly consistent with telling us please when we ask her if she wants more of something. Last night she starting telling us "more" in a modified version but I think she's just trying to figure out her own hand movement for that word and it will come with time. We plan to continue practicing this with her and also plan to teach the new little guy. Perhaps he'll catch on quickly since he'll have Jillian to watch.
We have our next doctor's appointment this afternoon. I'm going every two weeks now! Time is flying by so quickly that when the doc told me at my last appointment it would be every two weeks, I paused and said "Really?" I knew it was soon but geez. It's getting difficult to bend or kneel down and still breathe and chase Jillian around. Otherwise, everything is looking good.
I'd love to keep sharing but I have to get back to work. Since I'm helping the Pharm department I have been extremely busy. If I don't get back on here again before Thanksgiving, have a great holiday!
She also likes to go into the dining room and race around to the other side of table and hunker down on her knees. We then pretend to now know where she is, saying "Where's Jillian?" She stays quite but smiles really big until we walk around the table to where she's hiding. She then laughs and hops up and moves on to more exploring. What a fantastic age!
At daycare they practice infant sign language with the kids as we do with her at home. They practice the signs for more, all done, please and help. At home we practice with eat, milk, drink, book and just started the sign for outside since she asks to go outside daily. We have been practicing it with her since she was a few months old and were getting sad because she hadn't done them back to us. Until now! We are so excited. She is nearly consistent with telling us please when we ask her if she wants more of something. Last night she starting telling us "more" in a modified version but I think she's just trying to figure out her own hand movement for that word and it will come with time. We plan to continue practicing this with her and also plan to teach the new little guy. Perhaps he'll catch on quickly since he'll have Jillian to watch.
We have our next doctor's appointment this afternoon. I'm going every two weeks now! Time is flying by so quickly that when the doc told me at my last appointment it would be every two weeks, I paused and said "Really?" I knew it was soon but geez. It's getting difficult to bend or kneel down and still breathe and chase Jillian around. Otherwise, everything is looking good.
I'd love to keep sharing but I have to get back to work. Since I'm helping the Pharm department I have been extremely busy. If I don't get back on here again before Thanksgiving, have a great holiday!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Busy, busy, bees
Last Monday was Jillian's first birthday. I can't believe it's been a year with as quickly as she has grown and changed in so many ways. For her birthday, Garrett bought her a little John Deere handheld tractor that plays a couple of sounds. She opened that along with a few other gifts we received in the mail. She loved everything! We are still working through reading all of her new books. Sadly, after she ate dinner and opened gifts, she was not feeling well due to side effects from her antibiotic for her ear infection so we postponed the cake until Tuesday night. She enjoyed it and was completely wound with energy for a over an hour. Then she crashed with exhaustion.
The business my Bio department has right now has slowed quite a bit over the past couple of months. I've stayed busy with a couple projects but a number of others have struggled, working on random tasks like repainting mass spec shelving and doing other odd jobs to stay busy. Last week I was informed that myself along with two other coworkers have been selected to work full time for at least a month, probably longer, for the Pharm Analysis group in our company starting November 1. They signed a big contract for a project that requires more staff than what they currently have. They have a separate lab and do things very differently than what I do in my Bio department. I was a little nervous about this change. Then, my perspective became a bit more enthusiastic after Monday afternoon. Three people were let go from the Bio group. It's always hard to see that happen and again, I am very thankful to still have my job. Today I have started training for this new challenge. They are offering weekend work with compensation that I am tempted to go for. After talking with some people this morning, it looks like I will be doing this work through at least the end of the calendar year. It will be a big change and feel fortunate they have chosen me to help.
Jillian had tubes put in her ears yesterday morning. By the end of the day she was back to her normal energetic, happy self and slept relatively well last night. I sure hope they help keep her ears clear. We really don't like that she's been on antibiotics almost constantly since July. She has six teeth now, working on the seventh. Her bottom four incisors have broken through and the outside two incisors (not K9s) on the top. She looks a bit like a vampire. For the past week I could see one of her top front incisors trying to break through and it's taking a while and I believe causing her a good bit of discomfort. All the rest have come in without much complaint. She's on whole milk now and doing very well with it. She's also eating up a storm. I didn't grab the cable to connect my phone or camera to the the computer so I'll try to get that done soon and share more photos.
Take care.
The business my Bio department has right now has slowed quite a bit over the past couple of months. I've stayed busy with a couple projects but a number of others have struggled, working on random tasks like repainting mass spec shelving and doing other odd jobs to stay busy. Last week I was informed that myself along with two other coworkers have been selected to work full time for at least a month, probably longer, for the Pharm Analysis group in our company starting November 1. They signed a big contract for a project that requires more staff than what they currently have. They have a separate lab and do things very differently than what I do in my Bio department. I was a little nervous about this change. Then, my perspective became a bit more enthusiastic after Monday afternoon. Three people were let go from the Bio group. It's always hard to see that happen and again, I am very thankful to still have my job. Today I have started training for this new challenge. They are offering weekend work with compensation that I am tempted to go for. After talking with some people this morning, it looks like I will be doing this work through at least the end of the calendar year. It will be a big change and feel fortunate they have chosen me to help.
Jillian had tubes put in her ears yesterday morning. By the end of the day she was back to her normal energetic, happy self and slept relatively well last night. I sure hope they help keep her ears clear. We really don't like that she's been on antibiotics almost constantly since July. She has six teeth now, working on the seventh. Her bottom four incisors have broken through and the outside two incisors (not K9s) on the top. She looks a bit like a vampire. For the past week I could see one of her top front incisors trying to break through and it's taking a while and I believe causing her a good bit of discomfort. All the rest have come in without much complaint. She's on whole milk now and doing very well with it. She's also eating up a storm. I didn't grab the cable to connect my phone or camera to the the computer so I'll try to get that done soon and share more photos.
Take care.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Big Day!!
Today is a big day! It's Jillian's first birthday! I can't believe how quickly the time has passed. It's also her first official day in the toddler room at daycare. She began transitioning two weeks ago, with spending as little or as much time with the big kids as she could handle. She had a couple of days that she became slightly overwhelmed, but never full out crying. She is playing very well with the other kids and loves going outside to the playground or for buggy rides. I made her a birthday cake this weekend and it turned out bigger than I planned. I'll post photos before, during and after the demolition.
Jillian saw an ear, nose, throat doctor last week and is scheduled to get tubes in her ears next Tuesday. She had the beginning of her seventh infection at the appointment so they prescribed antibiotics again. I don't think they are helping as she continues to dig in her ears and be fussy off and on. She also has horrible diaper rash that I just can't get to be any better. I'm calling the ENT today because the infection has to be gone before she gets tubes and I'm afraid we may have to have the antibiotic shots again. Poor baby. We are all ready for her to have relief from the infections and severe rash. She continues to be a happy, active girl regardless of feeling lousy.
Jillian is starting to say distinct "words" to describe things. Her words refer to the cat, dog, outside, mom, dad, and tractor. The corn around our house was harvested last Sunday so we took her outside so she could watch the combine. She loved it! She jabbered and jabbered to it, pointed her fingers and flapped her arms. Now when she hears a loud vehicle coming down our road she says her tractor word. She has begun asking to go outside by pointing and saying her word for outside. She loves it and it's easier on us because there are fewer things outside that we need to redirect her from than there are inside the house. She's our outdoor girl!
I continue to feel pretty good with this pregnancy. The little guy goes through spurts where for a few days he is very squirmy and gives me good jabs that are quite uncomfortable, then there are days where he doesn't move around much. With being so active with Jillian, I haven't gained as much weight as I did with Jillian. I am gaining exactly if not a little under what I need to but the doctors aren't concerned since I began at a decent weight. I've been eating, and eating, and eating it seems. I suppose I should enjoy it while it lasts.
Garrett continues to work a little in the garage. Mainly trying to get things organized so we can put the cars in the garage with the cold weather approaching. We're getting ready to install the heater so he's been doing a few things in preparation of that. Otherwise, we're going with the flow of keeping up with Jillian and housework.
I'll get some new photos posted soon. Until next time....
Jillian saw an ear, nose, throat doctor last week and is scheduled to get tubes in her ears next Tuesday. She had the beginning of her seventh infection at the appointment so they prescribed antibiotics again. I don't think they are helping as she continues to dig in her ears and be fussy off and on. She also has horrible diaper rash that I just can't get to be any better. I'm calling the ENT today because the infection has to be gone before she gets tubes and I'm afraid we may have to have the antibiotic shots again. Poor baby. We are all ready for her to have relief from the infections and severe rash. She continues to be a happy, active girl regardless of feeling lousy.
Jillian is starting to say distinct "words" to describe things. Her words refer to the cat, dog, outside, mom, dad, and tractor. The corn around our house was harvested last Sunday so we took her outside so she could watch the combine. She loved it! She jabbered and jabbered to it, pointed her fingers and flapped her arms. Now when she hears a loud vehicle coming down our road she says her tractor word. She has begun asking to go outside by pointing and saying her word for outside. She loves it and it's easier on us because there are fewer things outside that we need to redirect her from than there are inside the house. She's our outdoor girl!
I continue to feel pretty good with this pregnancy. The little guy goes through spurts where for a few days he is very squirmy and gives me good jabs that are quite uncomfortable, then there are days where he doesn't move around much. With being so active with Jillian, I haven't gained as much weight as I did with Jillian. I am gaining exactly if not a little under what I need to but the doctors aren't concerned since I began at a decent weight. I've been eating, and eating, and eating it seems. I suppose I should enjoy it while it lasts.
Garrett continues to work a little in the garage. Mainly trying to get things organized so we can put the cars in the garage with the cold weather approaching. We're getting ready to install the heater so he's been doing a few things in preparation of that. Otherwise, we're going with the flow of keeping up with Jillian and housework.
I'll get some new photos posted soon. Until next time....
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