Skating Party

Took Chance skating today for the first time. He did pretty good, but quickly resorted to hanging off the support bar and letting Cam push him around the ice. We were lucky to borrow a pair of skates from our friends, and they also gave us a pair of extra size 10's for use next year. Thanks again guys, we had a wonderful time!

After we were done skating we were invited to have hot chocolate and lunch at a colleague's house. Cam ate too much and ended up not being able to eat dinner tonight!

Christmas Thanks

We had a lovely Christmas morning and the carrots and cookies left for Santa and his reindeer were gone this morning, and there was a big bright yellow crane for Chance to play with this morning, so he must have been an extra good boy this year!

A big thank you to Gramma Jo and Grampa Phil for the puzzles and finger puppets, as well as Roughrider history book and framed glass wheat.

Also thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Demmans for the puzzles, new shirts and underwear and story book. Also thank you for the gifts for the grown ups, the new sweater for Dani and dress shirt for Cam are great. We had a wonderful supper with you & thank you for the great suggestion of having dinner out, no cooking or cleaning!

Thank you Great Granny Anne for the table runner and yummy treats. Chance wanted to eat them right away! Also the ambulance is a big hit with Chance, he has been going around the house saying "wee-ooo, wee-ooo".

Thank you Nana for the lovely zip-up sweater with a hood. Chance put it on and it fits great, he ran to the bathroom mirror to check out how he looked in it.

Thank you to Great Auntie Jackie for the bright blue quad and Christmas tree ornament. The quad really goes fast!

Also thank you to Auntie Lynne and Uncle Drover for the Christmas movies and tree ornaments, they are so cute!

Thank you Auntie Rennal and Uncle Glenn for the Charlie Brown story book and transformer motorcycle. The toy is so complex that it is going to stay as a motorcycle. :P

Thank you Corrinne, Graham, Kaitlyn, Laurel and Kristi for the Busy Bugs game. Chance has already had so much fun playing with it.

Thank you to Brigitte for the fantastic yellow mega blocks dumptruck. Chance has been playing with it in conjunction with Santa's crane.

Thank you to Chelsea for the little monster truck and car set. Chance's favorite is the monster truck.

Braxton Hicks Only

Must have been gas with a bunch of Braxton Hicks. Finally I took a bath and that helped me get to sleep but woke up at 5 again with B-H contractions so went to sleep downstairs rather than rolling around disturbing Cam.

Woke up at 8, house is still quiet.

Gas or Labour??

Ugh, have been up for about 1 hour with a "too restless to sleep" feeling punctuated by what I think is gas pain and heartburn. And baby is running a marathon, very unusual.

Tonight did the needle trick with Maurice and it swung up and down in a line, indicating a boy.

Supper tonight was quite good at the Delta hotel with Cam's parents. Chance was quite well behaved for the duration of the meal, which was nearly 2 hours long. Well done, my little guy! The present doled out by the hotel (a board book and puzzle set) really helped his sitting abilities.

Funny, a year ago exactly I was up late in the night too, except I was drilling a well and deciding what the heck to do with the new structural data I had received that night. Finally at 1 AM I made up my mind, having drawn and re-drawn the cross section, only to have the computer crash at the last minute, requiring an additional 2 hours of work. A lot of coffee was drunk that night.

Merry Christmas Eve

1) Woke up at 7:30 with Chance & made coffee. Cancelled insurance on Mazda.
2) Cam woke up at 8:30 and went shopping for kitty. We realized she had not gotten much this year. Perhaps undeserved?
3) Cam returned and took Chance downtown as he had forgotten a present at the office. Chance had a good time having a cookie and a pop at Dad's office, as well as racing up and down the empty hallways.
4) Ate lunch (Cam cooked, thanks!!)
5) Went outside and played in the snow, played ball hockey on the driveway, went for a short walk with the toboggan.
6) Came in and had a snack and then laid down for a nap.
7) Woke up 2 hours later and headed over to the grocery store to pick up our live lobsters.
8) Came home and started cooking dinner, munched on snacks.
9) Nearly burned the lobsters. Turned out it was just the bottom of the pot. They tasted fine.
10) Cleaned up supper dishes & toys.
11) Carefully placed carrots for the reindeer and cookies and milk for Santa.
12) Instead of a bedtime story, Chance asked for bedtime stickers.
13) Stall, stall, stall.
14) Chance in bed by 9:15.

Wishing you all out there a Merry Christmas tomorrow. Hope Santa is good to you! Much love, the Demmans family.

SOLD!

I sold my Mazda this morning! The new car will be coming in a few days!

Don't Drink the Water

What happens when you drink pool water? 4-5 days of the runs!

Chance is feeling much better now, especially since he is allowed to eat real food, like the gingerbread man that he made at his day home. And now we know that he is not allergic to sulfa drugs. After 24 hours on clear liquids only, Chance got to eat bananas, bread, crackers (& I snuck in a few cucumbers too). I'm pretty sure he thought the popsicles were pretty good though.

Prenatal Photos (2)

Prenatal Photos (1)

mazda

For Sale

Well maintained 2002 Mazda Protoge ES GT for sale (metallic red in colour). 90K km, very good condition and very reliable vehicle. Negotiable 1 year old snow tires (currently installed). All season tires are 1 or 2 years old.

5 speed manual transmission, air conditioning, cruise control, sunroof, rear spoiler, fold down rear seats, CD player, optional SIRIUS radio with 1 year remaining subscription. Power windows and power locks with 2 remotes.

This car was purchased in January of 2003 brand new. Installation of a second (rear facing) car seat is difficult with very tall driver & that is the reason we are looking to sell.

Asking price: $8950 OBO

Woohoo!

We took Chance to an indoor playground this weekend as it was mega cold outside and he had waaaay too much energy to contain in the house. Cam has taken him before but I had never been there, and wow, what a place. It cost $11 to get the whole family in and we were there for 2 hours. Chance ran his feet off, and Cam wasn't too far behind him.

The new baby has made a few attempts at a jail break but all just good strong Braxton Hicks contractions only so far. Usually lasts for about an hour to an hour and a half with contractions every 10 mins. Had them on Thursday 5-6 AM, and Sunday night ~9 PM to 10:30 PM. Doctor's visit this week will be interesting to see how much progress, if any, has been made. Last week my cervix was 0.5 cm dilated, which is way better than I did with Chance's pregnancy -- I was still completely closed up at 41 weeks pregnant! Even still I am doing a lot of the "natural" induction stuff these days. I'm even drinking that disgusting raspberry leaf tea again 1 x per day (I skipped today's though, oops). Some folks at work are getting together on Thursday for lunch as a sendoff and it is Indian food, so perhaps I'll get some really spicy stuff to bring on the contractions!!

Today at work the baby kicked me so hard that I doubled up. I had just walked into the elevator at the time and the guy getting off stopped and asked "are you OK???" -- he looked pretty panicked that I was going to go into labour or something. At the moment it feels like I've got 3 kittens play fighting inside of my abdomen, baby usually kicks up the heels at 2 PM and 10 PM most days. All in all though it is way more laid back than Chance ever was -- no bruised ribs so far (touch wood!)

Baby soon?

This morning my tummy was LOWER! I can breathe! And my hips started hurting after work -- baby has dropped, I think. Chance and I did a load of baby clothes, just in case. :) And I've got my list started for what to pack in hospital bag.