Samantha's 1st Bday Party

 

We were invited to Samantha`s first birthday party in Richmond.  We haven`t seen Samantha since she was a wee baby.  She`s grown so much.  She is crawling and can walk if you hold her hand now. 

We were too busy playing with the big kid toys that we didn`t get a picture with Samantha... oops.  We had a super fun time.  Thanks for having us! 

Jasmine - Another Birthday

 

It is Jas' birthday today but we didn`t host a party this year.  There`s just too much going on, especially with a new baby.  Jas did celebrate at school though so we made cupcakes with a Mario theme.  Yoshi is the new favorite!  

 

Because we only found out about Yoshi last week, we could only find a small Yoshi plush doll and some t-shirts for her.  I also managed to find free Mario birthday things on the net including cupcake topper and chocolate wrappers so I think we pulled it off.  What do you think? 

 

 

 

 

Just after we cut the cake, little Josh wanted attention all to himself so I had to hide in the bedroom with him... for the next 2 hours!  My ice cream cake looked like this before someone remembered me...  boo. (still edible though!)

New Friends - William and Leah

After sleeping and eating for 3 months, Josh is finally well rested enough to meet some new friends.  This week, he met William and Leah for play dates.  In this pic, Josh and William are lounging on the couch, like old friends already.    

Here, Leah and Josh are chilling on the tummy mat.  She couldn't keep her hands off him...  kept poking him in the ear and eyes...  LOL.  The kiddies are at such a cute age.  Hoping we can get together to play again soon.

3 Months - Josh

Joshua turns 3 months today.  There is no doctor's appointment until the 4th month so we'll have to wait another month for official stats.  But we did weigh him on our home scale and he's around 17lbs... big boy! 

Josh is starting to smile much more and he's learned how to bat at the hanging toys.  He absolutely hates tummy time but we put him down for 10 minutes every few hours anyways.  Here he is modeling on the tummy mat.

7 Hours Straight!

Over the past week, Josh has been sleeping better at night - sometimes up to 5 hours straight.  But just last night, he slept from 12:30-7:30am!  7 hours!  We've waiting for this to happen. 

I remember Julia first did a 7-hour sleep when she was 10 weeks old.  Josh is 11 weeks+5 days now so he's not that far behind.  Let's hope this continues. 

No More Birdies Please

As we all know, Jas loves the Angry Birds.  She draws them, sleeps with them, carries the dolls and figures around.  But today, as I prepped her new top bunk bed with Angry Bird sheets, she suddenly said, "I don't like Angry Birds anymore.  Can you return it?"

I'm thinking, holy mollies!  She doesn't like Angry Birds?  Over the past few months, I've purchased several Angry Bird items for her birthday surprise.  We have Angry Bird bedding, blanket, back pack, light-up shoes, clothes.  And now I have to return EVERYTHING???  Luckily, we were able to return most of the items (except the bedding and blanket since they've been washed).

Here are a couple of pics with Jas saying goodbye to the Angry Birds.  She doesn't want to have anything to do with them anymore.  I'm now on the hunt for her new love:  Yoshi!   with her birthday coming up in 6 days...

Nice thing is little Julia still seems interested in the birdies.  She's shown here pretending she is the yellow bird.

Halloween Scare - Hospital Visit

Everyone in the house was getting excited about Halloween, decorating the house, wearing costumes to school, getting the candies ready by the door.  But in the end, no one got to do any trick or treating today.

We had quite a scare today.  Little Jas had a party on her own and ended up in the Emergency at Burnaby.  She came home from school and decided to sneak a candy to eat (crispy crunch), which came from Julia`s bag, from her preschool.  After 5 minutes, she got a belly ache.  It hurt so bad she had to tell someone.  And then her lips and face started swelling. 

I knew instantly she ate something with peanuts in it.  So I asked Jas what she ate.  She denied it.  Nothing she says.  I told her that I know she ate peanut.  The father-in-law comes upstairs and shows me the candy wrapper.  Yup, has peanuts in it.  I gave her Benadryl right away but her face continued to swell so I called 9-1-1.  The operator told me to give her the epipen.  Then Jas started to throw up everywhere.

The ambulance came and took her to Burnaby hospital to be assessed.  They gave her 2 additional shots and lots of Benadryl.  At the hospital, Jas threw up some more.  We finally left around 11pm at night.  So, for Halloween, no one got to go trick or treating.  Cost us a small fortune too, for the ambulance.  Luckily we have extended health to cover the costs.

I'm certain Jas learned something from this incident, as she's NEVER eaten peanut in her life.  Shots, throwing up, belly ache, swollen face/lip.  All the pleasant side effects she got.  I wonder if she'll remember this when she grows up?

Here are a couple of pics:        1)  Rashes around her neck 

 

2)  2 needle marks

Halloween Carnival

 

The kids went to a Halloween carnival today, at the community center by our house.  Unfortunately, Joshua woke up late from his nap, just as everyone was leaving the house so I stayed behind to feed him.

 

The kids had a blast.  Both Jas and Jules dressed up, as a hockey player and butterfly.  There was face painting, bouncy castle, stickers and best of all, chocolate treats!  Yum.