Sophia's 2 months

Well to say that life is busy is a massive understatement. I feel like car that is stuck going around the Arc De Triumph in Paris and can't seem merge off anywhere. This wouldn't be so bad except the whole needing gas thing. and running out of gas isn't really an option because total chaos would irrupt.

So I have a little sherpa running beside my car consistently topping me up. Who is my sherpa you ask? My wonderful husband. He is consistently topping me up with encouragement and love, even though most days I haven't showered by the time he gets home and the house looks like a tornado blew through it. (aka Jet) Regardless of what happens on the road, he is right there running beside me making sure I never run out of gas. I love you !!!

Most days I do get out of the house and go and do something, double strollers are amazing and I have found a routine that works with both kids. Jet loves to go grocery shopping with me and Sophia and he is a really good boy when we are out. Not too much is new with him, he is saying the word -too- now, so he will say "mommy does it too" It's pretty cute.

Sophia is smiling now, and wow that just makes a huge difference. She is an amazing baby and hasn't giving me trouble at all. I am starting Babywise with her now and she is doing great. I am writing down when she feeds and sleeps so that I don't have one more thing to remember. I hope to have her sleeping through the night in a few weeks. I will keep you posted.

Well both kids are sleeping so I better go and do something productive.

Her pouty face was too cute not to include
Is that Jet reading? Couldn't be ;)

Jets first Easter egg hunt

This was the first year that we could do an Easter egg hunt with Jet, he loved looking for the eggs and showing us that he "found it". I have to admit it was a strange feeling being the one hiding the eggs for my kid. I have very fond memories of waking up as a kid on Easter and looking for eggs so being the one hiding the eggs was a bit weird. It's great that I am able to do that for my son now. And you will notice that Kaui is in most of the pics because he thought that the eggs were' treats' for him. hehe

sibling love

I had to admit that I was a bit nervous about how Jet was going to be with Sophia because of his high energy level. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. He LOVES her!!! He is always kissing her and wanting to hold her. He loves to say "bless you phia" after she sneezes and always lets me know when she goes "poop" :) I do have to remind him sometimes to be gentle but for the most part he is. Jet loves when I put her in his crib. It is going to be really great to see them grow up together and become good friends. (plus it will save me from having Jet pull on my hand all day long wanting to play with his digger).

Sophia is now 5 1/2 weeks, wow time sure goes by fast. She is such a good baby - Thank you God- as he had everything to do with that one. She is doing really well at night only waking 3 times, and goes back to bed right after she is done eating. Which to all the moms out there knows what a blessing that is. I am not as sleep deprived as I thought I was going to be, maybe my mind and body were prepared for what was to come, who knows. The one thing that I am finding challenging is having no down time, which is really silly because I totally knew that it would happen once she was born. Even though I tried to prepare myself I am still finding it hard. I really love my alone time, and the times when I can just do or not do what I want. This time was usually when Jet went down for the night, but now once he goes down I am still left with Sophia. I have to keep telling myself that once she is older and can go longer without eating I will be able to have a little more time, so in the mean time I just have to push through and make the most of it.

New pictures and Sophia's birth story

He is getting to be so handsome
Cheese ball!
He is turning on the music for Sophia
Looks pretty comfy

Boy was this an adventure!!!

As many of you know Sophia was born on March 15th. What many of you may not know is that she was born via c -section. I will try and keep this brief. On the morning of the 15th I had mild contractions and throughout the later morning they started to get a bit stronger, I was very relieved that something was finally happening. The calls went out and my best friend Tracy was able to make it from the states(she was going to be in the room with us) I laboured at home for the next couple of hours until the contractions were 4-5 mins apart and lasting 30 sec or more. I was still able to talk through them and they weren't super bad. We checked in, and went up to labour and delivery. The nurse checked me and told me that I was only 1.5 cms, (which I was since week 37) I was super disappointed and the nurse kinda looked at me and told me that I still had a long way to go and that really there was no point in me staying up in L & D. bluntly told her that I was not going home and would walk around the hospital if I had to. Tracy Mike and I went down to Tim Hortons to get some snacks. We found a couple of seats in the main area of the hospital and passed the time people watching. Boy we sure had some good laughs. I was not able to talk through the contractions anymore and they were coming 2-3 mins apart. I thought it was time to go back up. After i was checked again and still no progress I was super frustrated. We left to labour elsewhere as the nurses were giving off a certain ' you don't need to be here, come back when the baby is coming out vibe' After what seemed forever and many contraction later I couldn't take it anymore, i needed something for pain. We went back in and finally my Dr was going to come in and assess the situation. At this point the contractions were very intense and i was having a hard time handling it. I started to panic which then turned into hyperventilating. Tracy and Mike were great at helping me with my breathing but It wasn't helping enough. Right before my Dr checked me my water broke, which I must say I was sooo happy about for 2 reasons: 1 my labour was progressing and 2, I have always wanted to know what it felt like for it to break on it's own.(weird I know) Anyhoo, there was merconium in my fluid which is very bad for the baby if she breathed it in, so that was a flag. At this point I really started to panic because in my head I thought that I would be having the baby really soon and I hadn't gotten my epidural yet. In reality I was only 3-4 cms and very far from having the baby. My hyperventaling got out of control to the point where I couldn't move my legs and my hands were stiff. I told the Drs I NEEDED something for the pain and to DO SOMETHING. He gave me the options and I took getting an epidural and having to go on Oxytocin to speed along the contractions. Or a shot of morphine and gravol. ummm hard choice Ha. I opted for the epidural obvisouly and so off I went and was finally given my own room. Fast forward a bit I got the epidural which was absolute heaven and, since I was on oxy and there was meconium in the fluid I needed to have a nurse in the room at all times to monitor the baby. Sophia ended up not liking the Oxy very much and her heart rate was dipping during contractions. The nurse wanted to check me and possibly put some heart probes on her head for a better reading. Well when she was checking me she said" I am pretty sure I just stuck my finger up her nose" We didn't know what that meant but in a matter of 2-3 mins there were 2-3 other nurses in the room, I had the oxygen mask put on my face and I could hear "Page the pediatrician, page the dr and the obstretrician. Start taking off all her jewlery." I was assessed by the OB and my Dr and her where explaining to us the situation. So apparently she was trying to come out face first, which meant her head was almost touching her back and causing her distress when i had a contraction. Later I would learn that the cord was around her neck as well and that she also had a very short cord, which didn't help. They explained to me that I was unable to deliver her naturally and that I was going to have a c-section. I can't explain how disappointed and defeated I felt. I also felt incredibly guilty for getting the epidural and Oxy so soon as I thought that was the cause, but the Drs reassured me that she was like that before I went into labour. So off i went, the whole c -section experience was surreal, being wheeled into the operating room, all the staff buzzing around people poking and prodding me. After I was prepped Mike was allowed in and he sat right by my head. I was more nervous for him that he was going to pass out then I was for what was about to happen. The nurses and Drs were really great at making me feel comfortable and explained things as they happened. It all happened very quickly and in a matter of 15 mins from being wheeled into the OR she was born. The Dr told me that she was pretty stuck with her face presenting and was most likely that way for a number of weeks. Poor girl.

That is how our precious Sophia came into this world.

Cute videos

more photos

Playing in his fort
Having fun in the dark (we had an all day power outage)
Having fun with the camera
Jet and his cousin Marika taking a cat nap
Jet and his cousin Kyra hanging out in the 'cage'

Cute photos

Crazy Jet running around the house with Paige
Paige and I having fun with the camera
Uncle Kenny helping open the CAT trucks he got for Jet
Playing with bubbles on the island
Loving the nice weather