I had to share these pictures of Robbie... I decided to give him a bunch of berries to have for brunch (strawberries, black berries, raspberries and blueberries). Here's a picture recap of what happened:
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Berrylicious
Robbie has another tooth! Total count is 5!!!
I had to share these pictures of Robbie... I decided to give him a bunch of berries to have for brunch (strawberries, black berries, raspberries and blueberries). Here's a picture recap of what happened:




I had to share these pictures of Robbie... I decided to give him a bunch of berries to have for brunch (strawberries, black berries, raspberries and blueberries). Here's a picture recap of what happened:
Monday, August 27, 2007
2 year anniversary
For some reason it seems like we've been married a lot longer than 2 years, so much has happened these past couple years it's hard to believe it's all been crammed into 2 years! I'm so lucky to have found my soul mate, he's such a great Daddy and an amazing husband.... I love you babes.
Robbie's bum was a big saga that I'm thankful is pretty much over. When we went to the walk-in clinic we waited for about 2hrs before I went to inquire how much longer of a wait it would be and then was told that we were "forgotten about" (hard to understand how we were missed seeing as thought we were walking up and down the hallway and were flirting with the nurses. ANYWAYS - So we finally get into an examination room and the Dr comes in and looks at his bum "So what do you usually give him when this happens?" Hello Dr.Bonehead, we've never experienced this... hence why we've been waiting to see you for 2hrs! So he gave us a jar of coritsone to put on Robbie's bum twice daily. The first day we didn't notice any change, on the second morning I put the cream on Robbie's bum and he went ballistic! He looked like a fish out of water while he cried so hard. So I quickly washed it off & decided that the Dr was an idiot who has no knowledge of children illnesses. Out of desperation I called Grammy and she talked to a couple of Dr's/Nurses about Robbies bum & someone recommended a homemade concoction that only 1 pharmacy carries. We put it on Robbie's bum that night before bed & the next morning his sores had turned from a bright red to a dull pink, so it's obviously healing. He doesn't cry when he poops anymore! You have no idea the pain he was being put through, I resorted to laying him over my lap so that I could get into his bum with a warm towel without rubbing up against the sores. If I tried to lay a cloth over his bum he would tense up every muscle in his body & start to cry.... which in turn made me cry, so needless to say - I'm happy that he's feeling better. THANK YOU GRAMMY & GRAMPY!!
He's so cute when he plays with his Fisher Price phone. He lifts up the receiver and puts the talking part up to his ear and proceeds to babble, he's such a copycat! I get such a kick out of him, he's so much fun to play with. He was in my wallet a couple of days ago & decided it would be fun to empty out all my cards, so he sat there with 2 cards in one hand and a card in the other. "Give" I said, and he gave me the 2 cards out of his one hand "Take" and he took the cards back! We did this over & over, he thought it was a great little game because I got so excited and gave him so much praise. Daddy's been practicing with him too and it seems to be sticking!
He also likes to play tunnel with us. If we stand in the hallway with our legs spread out Robbie will walk right through them with his walker. He gets so excited and sometimes trips over his feet out of excitement!
Robbie's bum was a big saga that I'm thankful is pretty much over. When we went to the walk-in clinic we waited for about 2hrs before I went to inquire how much longer of a wait it would be and then was told that we were "forgotten about" (hard to understand how we were missed seeing as thought we were walking up and down the hallway and were flirting with the nurses. ANYWAYS - So we finally get into an examination room and the Dr comes in and looks at his bum "So what do you usually give him when this happens?" Hello Dr.Bonehead, we've never experienced this... hence why we've been waiting to see you for 2hrs! So he gave us a jar of coritsone to put on Robbie's bum twice daily. The first day we didn't notice any change, on the second morning I put the cream on Robbie's bum and he went ballistic! He looked like a fish out of water while he cried so hard. So I quickly washed it off & decided that the Dr was an idiot who has no knowledge of children illnesses. Out of desperation I called Grammy and she talked to a couple of Dr's/Nurses about Robbies bum & someone recommended a homemade concoction that only 1 pharmacy carries. We put it on Robbie's bum that night before bed & the next morning his sores had turned from a bright red to a dull pink, so it's obviously healing. He doesn't cry when he poops anymore! You have no idea the pain he was being put through, I resorted to laying him over my lap so that I could get into his bum with a warm towel without rubbing up against the sores. If I tried to lay a cloth over his bum he would tense up every muscle in his body & start to cry.... which in turn made me cry, so needless to say - I'm happy that he's feeling better. THANK YOU GRAMMY & GRAMPY!!
He's so cute when he plays with his Fisher Price phone. He lifts up the receiver and puts the talking part up to his ear and proceeds to babble, he's such a copycat! I get such a kick out of him, he's so much fun to play with. He was in my wallet a couple of days ago & decided it would be fun to empty out all my cards, so he sat there with 2 cards in one hand and a card in the other. "Give" I said, and he gave me the 2 cards out of his one hand "Take" and he took the cards back! We did this over & over, he thought it was a great little game because I got so excited and gave him so much praise. Daddy's been practicing with him too and it seems to be sticking!
He also likes to play tunnel with us. If we stand in the hallway with our legs spread out Robbie will walk right through them with his walker. He gets so excited and sometimes trips over his feet out of excitement!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Bum Follow-up
Well the rash portion is gone but he still has a couple of open sores that just don't seem like they want to heal. They don't bother him like the rash did (except when it's time to wipe the tush) but the fact that they're not healing is making me wonder if it's something else. I've been doing some research & I realized that babies (even boys) can get yeast infections, I read that if it doesn't heal itself within 48hrs than it's probably something other than a rash. I've let him walk around 1/2 the day without a diaper (and cleaning up all the poop and pee trails left behind... blech!) and it hasn't seemed to help the sores in any way. Tomorrow morning I'm taking the monkey to the walk-in clinic, I couldn't get him in to see our Dr. until Monday... way too late, in my opinion.
He's doing so well with his walking! I took a video of it, we just need to get an adaptor to hook up to our new laptop so that I can download it. I'm finding that if he's already in the standing position he'll opt to walk, but if he's sitting he'd prefer to crawl. If he's trying to get somewhere ASAP he'll choose crawling as it's still the faster method.
We went for his 3rd ultrasound today. Geez, it gets so hard to keep him pinned down and happy... it didn't help that the ultrasound technician was a complete weenie. It took her 15mins and she gave up, she brought the doctor in and he found it within 2 minutes (no word of a lie). It's still where it was last time - high up. =(
He's started some new foods now that he's a year old. Tomorrow I'm transitioning him to whole milk, over the past week and a bit he's been doing 1/2 formula and 1/2 cow milk. He's been doing really well & hasn't noticed a change. He's LOVES peanut butter! It's so cute, he smacks his lips when he has it on toast! And lastly, Grammy made him a scrambled egg and he was in love with it. I tried to make one afterwards and he had no interest in it... must be the grandmothers touch!
He's doing so well with his walking! I took a video of it, we just need to get an adaptor to hook up to our new laptop so that I can download it. I'm finding that if he's already in the standing position he'll opt to walk, but if he's sitting he'd prefer to crawl. If he's trying to get somewhere ASAP he'll choose crawling as it's still the faster method.
We went for his 3rd ultrasound today. Geez, it gets so hard to keep him pinned down and happy... it didn't help that the ultrasound technician was a complete weenie. It took her 15mins and she gave up, she brought the doctor in and he found it within 2 minutes (no word of a lie). It's still where it was last time - high up. =(
He's started some new foods now that he's a year old. Tomorrow I'm transitioning him to whole milk, over the past week and a bit he's been doing 1/2 formula and 1/2 cow milk. He's been doing really well & hasn't noticed a change. He's LOVES peanut butter! It's so cute, he smacks his lips when he has it on toast! And lastly, Grammy made him a scrambled egg and he was in love with it. I tried to make one afterwards and he had no interest in it... must be the grandmothers touch!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Another Tooth
Well his top left tooth has finally made it's appearance, piercing through the skin today. Just like all the other times, he's to a bum rash. We can honsetly say that this is the worst rash to date. With the rash comes blisters & excessive pooping. Yesterday when we went to the wedding Grammy & Grampy watch
ed him all day/night... he pooped 7 times! He's been pooping a lot all week which has not been helping him with his rash, his biggest blister poped today so his bum is bleeding =( So now I have the tricky task of trying to make this bum better. If it's still bleeding by the time I get home from work tomorrow then I'm going to let him sleep diaperless. I need his wound to air out, there's no way it's going to heal when it's sitting in a diaper full of acidic pee.
We'll keep you updated on his status!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Birthday Celebrations
Well there's a lot that has been going on this past week & I'll do my best to update everyone.
The week before Robbie's actual birthday Grammy and Grampy had us over for a birthday BBQ for Robbie as they were going to be out of town for a wedding on his actual birthday. We had a wonderful time visiting with Grammy, Grampy, "Great" Uncle Paul (who dr
ove from Halifax to Calgary), Auntie Alison, "Uncle" Steve Parr, and Jenn (Alison's roommate). Robbie is such a lucky guy, he got so many cool things! The Grandparents gave him a ton of clothes, a singing/blinking frog. Auntie Alison (who didn't know that she'd be going up to Edmonton the following week, so opted to do presents this weekend) gave Robbie his own personalized bowl, fork and spoon! Along with that she got him this really cool zebra sits on a base that bounces, swivels, blinks and sings... needless to say it's a big hit with Robbie! Steve Parr got Robbie his first dump truck and fire truck! Robbie loves to drive them back and forth and he makes his own "vroom" sound (sounds more like a gargling "grrrrrr"). Jenn got Robbie some books from his favorite author! He loves looking at all the pictures and helping me flip the pages =)
ove from Halifax to Calgary), Auntie Alison, "Uncle" Steve Parr, and Jenn (Alison's roommate). Robbie is such a lucky guy, he got so many cool things! The Grandparents gave him a ton of clothes, a singing/blinking frog. Auntie Alison (who didn't know that she'd be going up to Edmonton the following week, so opted to do presents this weekend) gave Robbie his own personalized bowl, fork and spoon! Along with that she got him this really cool zebra sits on a base that bounces, swivels, blinks and sings... needless to say it's a big hit with Robbie! Steve Parr got Robbie his first dump truck and fire truck! Robbie loves to drive them back and forth and he makes his own "vroom" sound (sounds more like a gargling "grrrrrr"). Jenn got Robbie some books from his favorite author! He loves looking at all the pictures and helping me flip the pages =)Fast forward to Friday.
.. my monkey's birthday. When Robbie woke up @ 6:30 we got him dressed and fed & then headed to Vibe's radio station. The DJ's asked us to come by because they wanted to have a mini birthday party for him. They had gotten him a strawberry shortcake, a birthday card and a case of Jone's pop (I think we'll be drinking it ;) ) This was Robbie's first taste of cake, the initial piece of cake that w
ent into his mouth was spit right back out.... maybe it was the texture that he didn't like? I let him savour the taste of the cake and offered it to him again, he opened his mouth and was quite happy chomping on the cake.
.. my monkey's birthday. When Robbie woke up @ 6:30 we got him dressed and fed & then headed to Vibe's radio station. The DJ's asked us to come by because they wanted to have a mini birthday party for him. They had gotten him a strawberry shortcake, a birthday card and a case of Jone's pop (I think we'll be drinking it ;) ) This was Robbie's first taste of cake, the initial piece of cake that w
ent into his mouth was spit right back out.... maybe it was the texture that he didn't like? I let him savour the taste of the cake and offered it to him again, he opened his mouth and was quite happy chomping on the cake.After visiting with them we headed home for a nap, unfortunately Robbie only got to nap for about 30-40 mins when I had to wake him up for his 1yr doctors appointment. As you saw from my previous post, Robbie's over 25lbs now! The doctor's really happy with his development, he's understanding some of our words, he's learning words and he's mobile! We talked about his nut status, she's sending us for another (this will be the 3rd) ultrasound and we're being referred to a general surgeon. I asked her if surgery is imminent... she said it's totally up to the surgeon, if he thinks that it may descend then he might wait until he's 2, but if it's high up & he doesn't think it won't budge naturally he'll book us in for surgery & it'll be a matter of weeks before "the" day. From what I understand it's a day surgery, he's in & out the same day & recovery time is very fast. The Dr said that babies heal incredibly fast & that he'd be back to his normal self in no time.
On to happier stories!
On that same day, Auntie Alison came to pick us up @ 3:30 and off we went to the airport to catch our flight up to Edmonton. We opted to fly for this trip so that it wouldn't be as stressful on Colin & I, seeing as thought I still had a lot of baking to do that night we figured it'd be a lot easier for us to fly. We hopped onto our plane & off we went, we were quite lucky to get a whole row to ourselves so Robbie was able to crawl back & forth, there was no problem whatsoever with the take off and landing. Once we landed we went to pick up our rent
al car & we were off to Nana's house! Shorty after we arrived Nan, Auntie Shari & Cousin Kailey came to visit us! Robbie had a blast with Kailey - stealing her toys, touching her hand and just crawling around while she looked at him with a "what planet did you come from?" face, it was really cute! Once they left for the night we started Robbie's bed time routine & he was out for the night.... and my night just started! We ran over to Save-On to get the essentials for making a cake, once we got all the goodies we headed back to Nana's. I was up baking until about midnight before calling it a night. Robbie woke up at 4 that morning, we gave him a little bottle and he went back to sleep until 7! We spent the morning entertaining Robbie and feeding him, when he went down for his first nap @ 10:30 I started the decorating portion of his cake. I am so proud that I was able to create for his big day! We had a Curious George theme so it made sense that I make a Curious George cake! I made a circular cake w/ George's face and made a smash cake in the shape of a banana for Robbie. Around 2 o'clock everyone started filing in and the party began. Chris (one our groomsmen) and Lesley arrived, then Nan & Auntie Shari, then Uncle Paul and Auntie Alison, then Auntie Shar, Uncle Ron & Cousin Julie and finally Uncle Brad, Aunt Sharron, Cousin Carson and Sydney! We had a great time catching up and watching the little ones play. Chris and Lesley had to leave early so we opened up their present first, they got Robbie this enormous
inflatable ball room with 75 soft balls. The kids had a good time gnawing on the balls and sitting in the inflatable "jungle". Robbie was getting tired so we put him down for a nap (much to the dismay of some people) he only ended up napping for about an hour, though. Once he woke up we opened up the rest of the presents! He got so much cool stuff- clothes, books, electronic books, cross stitch, an electric drum... the list goes on and on! He is one lucky little boy. After the presents were opened we brought out the cakes and sang happy bir
thday to him. We set up the high chair in the middle of the living room with a plastic mat around the high chair and set him free to go wild on his smash cake. We were all amazed about how gentle and cautious he was with the cake, he spent several minutes sticking his finger into the cake and licking it off to get a taste of what was in store. He slowly started grabbing bigger handfuls and shov
ed them into his mouth. While he was eating his cake I was cutting the other cake for the older kids, by the time we were done eating he was ready to get out of the high chair and wanted to boogie. Robbie & I made a q
uick detour to the bath to wash off all the cake and icing and then he was back with the rest of the group. Nan, Auntie Shari & Cousin Kailey were the first ones to leave because they wanted to get back in time for Kailey's bed time... they left just a little bit too early, just a couple minutes after they left Robbie started walking for everyone! He literally took 20 steps walking from one end of the living room to the other! Everyone froze and was cheering him on as he took one step after another. Talk about proud parents! He did it at a perfect time, everyone was about to leave and what a memorable way to say good-bye to everyone! That night Robbie slept like a log & didn't wake up until 7.
The next day we went out for lunch with Nana, Uncle Paul and Auntie Alison before we left to go to
the airport. On our way to the airport Robbie fell asleep for his 2nd nap, we had to wake him up so that we could get checked in and make it in time for our flight. Unfortunately once we checked in we were told that our plane was a little over an hour delayed, we were so ticked. We woke up our baby from a nap so that we could get on this plane and now we had to wait for over an hour with this cranky baby (he was still tired). When the plane was finally ready to board we made sure that we were the last ones on the plane so that we wouldn't have to wait very long before we departed... boy
were we wrong! I don't know what they were doing, but everyone was seated, none of the flight attendants were in the cabin and the air wasn't being pushed out through the vents. So I had a tired, hot and crammed baby that was really hard to handle (the flight was full so we didn't even get a full row to ourselves) I was ticked! Finally we took off and Colin & I were tested numerous times with our patience. Robbie was not happy and he let it be known! We finally landed and we sat on the tarmac for at least 5 mins while (I assume) the air traffic controllers forgot about us. We sat there as a plane flew by and then we continued to sit there! WHY? I have no idea.... my child was whaling and there was nothing I could do to console him. We finally got off the plane and got home & he had a great sleep that night.
On Tuesday we went for his 1 year shots. They weighed him with his clothes on: 26lbs 3 oz. We went in to see the nurse and she plotted his weight and height on his graph. Robbie's in the 90th percentile for weight and 55th percentile with height. She showed me that he was off the chart with his BMI (body mass index) and I wasn't happy to see it. The nurse said she wasn't worried because he's obviously quite happy and very active, but she gave me some good tips. He should be having more solids than milk & we should try to eliminate the bottle now. Colin & I have agreed to eliminate 3 bottles (which equal 14oz) and we'll slowly wean him down to one bottle (for bed time). I wish I had known that the needles were going to be in his arm this time, I wouldn't have put him in a long sleeved shirt! One needle in one arm and then I had to turn him around for the second needle in the other arm. The poor little guy did not like it, thankfully she had a bell that she gave to Robbie and it took his mind off of the pain and he started smiling and shaking the bell back and forth. The nurse also mentioned to me that he's ready to be forward facing in the car, I asked her if I had to. He's obviously safer being rear facing and she said that he can stay rear facing as long as he comfortable. Colin & I are going to talk about what we want to do, it's obviously safer to be rear facing but at the same time... it's a lot easier to console him when he's forward facing.
Phew. I think I've covered everything. This weekend we've got a wedding to go to & then everything will be done. No more plans! We're so excited to have a weekend to ourselves!!!
Friday, August 10, 2007
1st Birthday
Sunday, August 05, 2007
In Mourning
It's been a really crappy week for the Meating family.
On Friday Alison & I lost our last Aunt, we grew up being "her girls"... we had sleep overs, pool parties, and so much more. She had such an impact on my life & was like a second mother to me. Her husband passed away 10+ years ago and there was never a day that went by that she didn't mention how much she missed him... I hope she has found him & they're happy together.
On Saturday our family dog, Jake, passed away. He lived a fairly long and very happy life, he had the heart and the mentality of a puppy but his body was in poor condition and ended up failing on him. I remember when I was still living at home he'd nudge my bedroom door open in the mornings and would hop up onto my bed (it wasn't a big bed, it was a single) and would spoon with me while I was still sleeping. I use to love waking up to that guy (even if he took up 3/4 of the bed). The thought that he'll never greet me at the door when we go to visit is hard pill to swallow. I hope that there is life after death for him as well, there's nothing he loved more than to run around in the off leash area and chase balls. I hope he's running free right now.
They both played a major role in my life and I will never forget the past and the beautiful memories I have of both of them.
On Friday Alison & I lost our last Aunt, we grew up being "her girls"... we had sleep overs, pool parties, and so much more. She had such an impact on my life & was like a second mother to me. Her husband passed away 10+ years ago and there was never a day that went by that she didn't mention how much she missed him... I hope she has found him & they're happy together.
On Saturday our family dog, Jake, passed away. He lived a fairly long and very happy life, he had the heart and the mentality of a puppy but his body was in poor condition and ended up failing on him. I remember when I was still living at home he'd nudge my bedroom door open in the mornings and would hop up onto my bed (it wasn't a big bed, it was a single) and would spoon with me while I was still sleeping. I use to love waking up to that guy (even if he took up 3/4 of the bed). The thought that he'll never greet me at the door when we go to visit is hard pill to swallow. I hope that there is life after death for him as well, there's nothing he loved more than to run around in the off leash area and chase balls. I hope he's running free right now.
They both played a major role in my life and I will never forget the past and the beautiful memories I have of both of them.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Birthday Month
His rash is gone but Mr. Toplefttooth has yet to make his grand
appearance, as you can see from these pictures... he's still teething =P Robbie's eating us out of house & home, within a 4hr time span he had a large helping of tuna casserole (which he loved... I actually went back to get him a second helping) a whole banana and a whole peach along with 2 7oz bottles! I am SO excited to go to the Dr's to find out his weight & stats.
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