Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Fill in the Blanks 2

Wow. It's amazing how a few months is all it takes to notice subtle differences in Sebastian's comprehension. I had previously asked him these questions a few months back and today I asked him the questions as they are stated and these are his answers:

The capital letters are where he answered the fill in the blanks:

I can drive a truck. I can carry... BOXES.

I can work outside. I can be a... WORKER.

I can work in a store. I can sell... PEAS.

I can make things. I can make... FLOWERS.

I can help people or animals. I can be a .... FIREMAN.

Ode To Chewbacca



"Chewbacca is my very nice friend
Oh I love him so much!
And if I don't he have teeth
And Chewbacca loves me a lot"

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Easter

We spent the Easter weekend in Fort Erie where we celebrated my nephew Jeremy's 12th birthday on the Saturday and then participated in the family Easter activities on the Sunday.

Colouring Easter eggs

For Jeremy's birthday the kids coloured Easter eggs prior to going on an Easter egg hunt in the park. Sebastian was absolutely thrilled to be running around the park picking up eggs, all which had a special surprise waiting to be opened. After the hunt we returned to Aunt Shari's and had pizza, cake and ice-cream. We were pleasantly surprised that with all the birthday festivities Sebastian managed to fall asleep at his normal time... which was great seeing that he was up at his normal 6 a.m. the following day!

The hunt!

Easter was spent with a lovely pancake breakfast and egghunt followed by an excursion to Aunt Helen and Uncle Roger's house where we had another Easter egg hunt and visited with our cousins Tricia, Michael, Leanne and Jon and their little ones, Noah, Joshua and Olivia. We then returned to Aunt Shari's where we had an Easter dinner with Aunt Shari, Uncle Dave, Kassy, Jeremy, Sophia, Uncle Dan, Nana, Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt Linda, Uncle Vince, cousin Kelly, Aunt Lynda, Uncle Bob, Bill, Patty and Stacy. Dinner and company was wonderful and although Sebastian was quite drained from not having a full nap he perked right up once the desserts came out (go figure!).

Easter morning. Very excited about finding an egg!

Overall it was a pleasant weekend spent with family and on Monday Sebastian napped from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.!! To say he was a tad bit wiped out would be an understatement!!

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And one last thing to share...I've been telling Jeremy since I can remember that he wasn't allowed to sit in the front seat of our car until he was 12 (unknown fact by many, but legally children can't sit in the front until they're 12). Jeremy remembered. So of course since he was now 12 I honoured my statement and he was finally able to sit in the front seat of our car. Since he's been waiting soooo long for this day I wanted to commemorate it with a pic just for him. Love you Jer! xoxo

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Question Period

Haven't blogged for a few weeks so I thought I'd do something a little different. The following has been going around Facebook for quite some time now and I thought it may be interesting to actually answer the questions and post it on our site for Sebastian to see one day.




34 weeks


1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Excited and Nervous

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 31

5.HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Pregnancy test - I had uncharacteristically snapped at Jamie the previous day and figured if I wasn't pregnant then something was definitely wrong with me, so I picked up a test and voila!

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jamie

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? No

8. DUE DATE? September 25, 2006

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not really. I had nausea but I never vomited.

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Milk, peanut butter cups and fruit... A LOT of fruit!

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Nothing much. The loss of my ankles at 5 months along was pretty irritating but overall, I loved being pregnant!

Putting my feet up at work and running the risk of not getting my shoes back on! I'd only see my ankles once a day...first thing in the morning.

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Boy

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Never – I was happy with whatever gender the baby was as long as they were healthy

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 30

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew

17. NURSERY THEME? Don't really have a theme – it's yellow and green with accents of blue

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Nothing really except swollen ankles (see #11).

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Toronto East General

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 24 hours, 14 minutes

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Jamie

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Jamie, 3 midwives, doctor, pediatrician, and nurse

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? See #20.... after 12 hours of back labour I welcomed the relief

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8lbs 12 ounces (midwife was about to put him on the scale and I told her how much he weighed - I was right!)

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? September 19, 2006 @ 5:14 p.m.

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Sebastian James Whitehouse (the first)

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 2.5 years