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Friday, 20 November 2009

  • Prayer Requests

    My major prayer request is for baby caroline. she didn't grow as much as they expected on my ultrasound yesterday. She dropped down percentile wise. On her first growth scan, she was 32%, on the second growth scan she was 40%, and on Thursday, she was 30%. Could you just keep her in your prayers. There are still some cocnerns about Down Syndrome since she had the echogenic intracardia foci on ultrasound, but we didn't do the genetic testing. I realized we may need to start preparing our hearts a little more if she is born with Downs. but how do you even start doing that? If you prray, please pray for preparation on our part and for Caroline to grow and be a healthy baby.

    Another request: I got a call from my employer asking if I wanted full time hours starting in june. I don't know what to do. I will have two precious babies under 2, but even just working 12 hours a week, I am the breadwinner. This is a great financial opportunity that hasn't been available to me since coming back to Charleston. But I am torn. Motherhood is a job of mine now too, and I don't want to miss out on that too. Plus if Caroline is born with special needs, it wouldn't be fair to be away but we won't know until the time comes. I need wisdom, guidance, and discernment making that decision.

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

  • All Things Kids

    1. First, a question: How do you increase vocabulary?

    Isabel is 14 months this month and only has 3 consistent words: "mama", "dada", and "dog".
    We read books at least twice a day: morning and night.
    She has said "up", "milk", "goat", and "bird" in the past but only once and never since.
    People swear she says sentences like "I will." and "Thank you."
    My dad swears that "umpa" is "Grandpa".
    But, I'm not convinced. I'm only convinced on "mama", "dada", and "dog"

    But I am getting frustrated trying to increase her vocabulary. I try using key words every day, "cup", "up", "down", "bath", "baby", and "milk" mainly.

    We have been using this book in addition to her story books:
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    And The Leap Frog Fridge Phonics so she hears phonically correct syllables:
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    What else should I do to increase vocabulary?

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    2. ALL THINGS SWEET ISABEL

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    Isabel can now identify her nose and other people's noses and touch them gently.
    She is no longer grabbing and slapping faces.
    She can stack 5 blocks and line them up.
    She can stack all her rings on her ring stacker. Not always in the correct order though.
    She attempts to sort her shapes on the Fisher Price MY FIRST BLOCKS.
    She helps pick up her toys at the end of the day.
    She is big into imitating me. She loves to try to sweep and dust. She even uses play pots and pans while I'm cooking.
    She is into imaginative play... talking into phones... real and play phones... and even will use a remote and put it up to her ear like a phone and talk into it.
    She can take off her socks and shoes unassisted.
    She attempts to use a spoon.
    She will rock a doll like a baby. And if you say, "baby", she gets a doll and rocks it.
    She can walk backwards.
    She can catch, throw, roll, and kick a ball.
    She understands simple commands like "Give that to mama/dada.", "Get your cup.", "Put that here."
    She's been dancing to music.

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    3. CAROLINE'S FIRST CHRISTMAS

    After thinking about it, I think I have decided to get baby Caroline this for Christmas:
    Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Soother:
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    It glows and plays soothing music for the baby while in the crib.

    We used this to soothe Isabel in the crib:
    Leap Frog Learning Baby Tad and we would put it on night time mode and the sun would glow and music would play and Isabel would go to sleep. We don't need another learning toy, but Isabel uses it for learning now and it would be nice to have a soothing toy for the baby.
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    Of course, we'll get her the first Christmas ornament and other things that Isabel has, but I wanted to get her something specific for her to enjoy and only her.

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

  • 2nd Christmas post of the day

    Which means, Isabel is taking a nap. :)

    I did my Christmas shopping for Isabel off of Craigslist. Which is something that Garrick had never thought of, but I figure I might as well get lightly used things while I can because right now, she doesn't know any better. We got her two big things: a Fisher Price Rock, Roll, and Ride tricycle (she loves the neighbor's) and a Fisher Price kitchen set. If I remember, the kitchen set was $30 and the sellers threw in a Step 2 oven and a baby doll high chair for us, and the tricycle was $12.

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    For her stocking, I was just at Lowe's and got her a children's watering can. She loves to pretend to water the garden with our watering can, and Snow White DVD (she probably won't watch it for a while, but you never know how long those Disney releases will stay out until they put it back in the vault). We also got her some play food and she already has play pots and pans, so her kitchen set will be done (with the exception of some plates)

    I would have never thought about buying things used before especially for Christmas, but the baby doesn't know the difference right now.

    She finally got into what her auntie got her last year for Christmas: a rocking giraffe:

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    But now the real question: WHAT TO GET CAROLINE? She'll only be like 3 days old, but I don't want her to not have a first Christmas...
  • Christmas

    I joke that I married Father Christmas. My husband absolutely loves Christmas. He and the baby have been listening to Christmas CDs every evening when he gets home from work and the baby just dances the night away.

    My husband and I have decided that this year, we definitely need to change up things a little bit as far as decorating as the baby is 13 months and walking and pulling things off and throwing balls.

    One thing we have already changed is that we are going to go to shatterproof ornaments:

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    We have tons of ornaments that really nice-real china ones and Lenox ones and others that we have collected from traveling together. But when I was a child, my mom told me that I used to pull off the ornaments and say, "ball" and throw them and shatter them. We are working on skills with ball with Isabel. She can throw, bounce, and roll a ball now, so it was a good decision to go to shatterproof. Now, if we can only get Isabel to say the word, "ball".... sigh... that's another battle right now, her vocabulary, but I digress (we'll talk later about that).

    This is what some of the house looked like last year:
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    We obviously can keep the mantel with stockings since she can't reach that high yet, but we'll won't be able to put up our snow village since she likes to pull on cords and stuff. We won't be able to put up the nativity scene on a small end table like that since she loves the Little People things with lots of pieces and I'm sure she'll confuse them and want to play with it.

    But, I don't want to be the person who puts a lot of these things up:

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    So, where can I find baby proof, but nice Christmas decorations?

Thursday, 12 November 2009

  • Me A-Z


    A. Apple juice is what I always get to drink on air planes and was my favorite juice as a toddler; my sister’s was orange juice. Amazing is something I wonder if my husband still considers me to be. Amazing Grace used to be my favorite church hymns until my best friend died and it was sung at her funereal. Now, I can’t hear it without crying.

    B. Babies: Isabel and soon to be Caroline. Bible study-actually got involved in one to everyone’s surprise.


    C. Canna Lily is my favorite plant in my yard. Church. Wish we could find a church here in Charleston that we love. Catholic-I was born and raised. Craigslist. Since having a child, I surf craigslist a lot.


    D. Dogs. Gotta love them. Got 2 of them. Dust. I am allergic to it.


    E. Education. I have my master’s degree in nursing and I used to teach Nutrition for Nurses while pursuing my mater’s. I wonder though what the trend will be when my babies go for higher education. The trend right now seems to be technical routes, which doesn’t bother me. I just want my children to be educated and well rounded people who can sustain themselves.


    F. Frank was the name of one of my childhood friends. I wonder what happened to him.


    G. Goals=be a good mom and wife. God and grace interest me. I didn’t know what the word “grace” meant until last year. It means: undeserved kindness. I still don’t know if I really know what grace means.


    H. Husband’s name is Benson, but he goes by Garrick.


    I. Internet can be an addiction of mine. Ironing is my least favorite chore.


    J. Jill is my name. :) Not Jillian, just Jill.


    K. Kids. Gotta love them. Krispy Kreme is my favorite donut; just plain old glazed ones made fresh and hot.


    L. Love life, love learning, love laughing, love married life. Laundry is something I am never caught up on.


    M. Marriage is hard work, but worth it. Mother Theresa is someone I admire


    N. Nose. We’re working with Isabel right now to identify her nose.


    O. Organization is one of my strong suites. Oranges. We have a Mandarin Orange tree in a pot on our patio and it produces sweet fruit!


    P. Pumpkin. I never carved a pumpkin until college when my ex wanted to carve pumpkins. But I like Pumpkin Spice Latte's iced.


    Q. Questions. I always question whether or not I am doing the right things especially when it comes to parenting.


    R. Running. I wish I was into running, but I am just not.


    S. Sports is something I got into because it was something my husband was into.


    T. Traveling. I wish Garrick had decent vacation time so we could travel even just to take a long weekend. I have been to the Philippines, NY, FL, GA, AL, CA, TX, Bahamas, St. Lucia, just to name a few places.


    U. Underprivileged children causes is a cause I support. Umbrella. I don't own an umbrella, believe it or not.


    V. Vacations=I need one. Volunteering=I need to do more often. I used to volunteer a lot until college. Vacuuming=I love the way carpet feels after it is vacuumed.


    W. Watermelon is something I cannot keep in the house. My husband loves it and eats it before I even get to ask for a piece, and my baby and dogs love it too.


    X. Xtraordinary people inspire me. Xrays I've had: lungs, right wrist, and my right ankle.


    Y. Yes is a word I wish my husband would use more.


    Z. Zoo. I used to be excited to live in a city with a zoo; it wasn’t all that great actually.

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    • Name: Jill
    • State: South Carolina
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 4/29/2006

About Me

  • Happily married since June 23, 2007. I'm a Family Nurse Practitioner and my husband is a resident in Emergency Medicine. We have two small dogs and a new baby! Baby Isabel was born Sept 29, 2008. She truly is a miracle since I had miscarriages and was told I couldn't get pregnant without help. But, I sure did, and she's perfect despite all those pesky ultrasounds--and they were wrong!

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  • KrissyJS
    Oooh Chatboard! You know, I'm SURE this really isn't that complicated, but I just can't quite figure out how to get MY Xanga to look THIS PRETTY!?!?!?!
  • beanjed
    no fair you don't have any comments on here. Happy Friday! :)
    • Posted 11/9/2007 9:58 AM
    • by beanjed