So my just under one year old is determined that he now only needs one nap a day. This actually isn't a bad thing. It would allow us all to actually DO something in the mornings! For so long we have basically lived a very isolated life in our house. Thankfully we have room to move around here, play hockey, run, and have fun....but it's not like going out into the "real world". I find it frustrating because Spencer will start acting tired at 10:30 and I will put him down. He will fuss, play, cry, whine and roll around in his bed for an hour until I finally go get him! Then by 1:00 he is so out he falls asleep ASAP! I am blessed that he is such a happy boy because if he was cranky that whole time I think it'd go nutty!
My ideal would be that Spencer and Linden BOTH go down for their nap at 1:00 after a nice morning out...but Linden is "too big" for naps and wants me with him for his "relaxing time". It is heavenly when everything aligns and they both sleep at the same time :). When Spencer only gets one nap I turn in to the "Shhh Nazi" which is SO not fun...for ANYONE! Poor Linden gets shhed the whole time Spencer sleeps so that he won't wake him up!!! I need Spencer to get as much sleep as possible during that one precious nap!
Being a Mommy is a learning curve for sure.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Swimming and Summer
Well Linden has started his first week of swimming lessons this week. He is doing fantastically well!!! He has NO FEAR of the water at all. This is good...but scary. It has been a fantastic time for both Linden and myself! He has learned how to put his ears, eyes, nose, and mouth in the water...jump off the edge and go under water, gone down the slide (slowly), and gone underwater "swimming" with help, floating on his back with help.
I have also learned a lot! I've learned how to swim with him in the deep end. Also what to do if a child falls in the deep end or needs help in the middle of the water. It has given me more confidence so that is wonderful and priceless. We are doing the lessons with Marie Hawk...she ROCKS! So great with kids :)
Summer has begun this week too with the arrival of raspberries...but we STILL get "Daddy" home at night!!! It has been great...and weird too to have James around in the summer. I absolutely LOVE it! But I know a time will come where he will be working 6-12 or something ridiculous!
Today Linden went to work with Daddy so Spencer and I could go to mom's house to help Auntie Sarah make invitations. So exciting! I am so looking forward to their wedding!!! We absolutely LOVE Sarah! She is such a sweetheart and we are so happy she is officially joining our family :)
I have also learned a lot! I've learned how to swim with him in the deep end. Also what to do if a child falls in the deep end or needs help in the middle of the water. It has given me more confidence so that is wonderful and priceless. We are doing the lessons with Marie Hawk...she ROCKS! So great with kids :)
Summer has begun this week too with the arrival of raspberries...but we STILL get "Daddy" home at night!!! It has been great...and weird too to have James around in the summer. I absolutely LOVE it! But I know a time will come where he will be working 6-12 or something ridiculous!
Today Linden went to work with Daddy so Spencer and I could go to mom's house to help Auntie Sarah make invitations. So exciting! I am so looking forward to their wedding!!! We absolutely LOVE Sarah! She is such a sweetheart and we are so happy she is officially joining our family :)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The Baby Whisperer
Well I tried to use the Baby Whisperer as a guide with Spencer. I was more of the accidental parent with Linden and I feel like I created many of his poor sleep habits. I tried hard this time round to start as I wished to go on. So far so good. I think that Spencer is just a fantastic baby! Very easy going and who knows if things would have been different with Linden but I feel that this E.A.S.Y routine works wonders. Basically it is just E- Eat A-Activity (have some awake time) S-Sleep allow him/her to fall asleep NOT nursing...a key too is catching them when they're tired but not over tired. Look for the yawns! and the Y= if for you...so you time..or in my case Linden time!
Monday, June 27, 2011
It's been a long time...
Well it has been a long time since I posted and a lot has happened! The most exciting and important is the arrival of Spencer Jamie Bergen. He is my angel baby! He eats well (as is evident by his cubby cheeks and rolly polly body...just like his brother!) and he sleeps amazingly well too. Every time he puts himself to sleep I almost cry in amazement! Sleep is probably one of my favorite things...haha if I can get some good sleep I'm a happy camper and with an energetic 2 year old I am thankful to get some hours in a row at night! He consistently does 6 hours....PRAISE THE LORD!!!! And now he is starting to do longer stretches even!!! WOW!!! I'll take it!
Spencer's Birth Story
Spencer was born easter sunday, April 24th 2011. The day before I started to feel even more like this would be the day, although I had that feeling for WEEKS before it actually happened. We had spent the day as a family. We got sushi and went to the 'blue boat park' at mill lake to eat and play. It was perfect. Then we were off to "Pete's Party"...Opa had the idea that he would like to throw a party for all his friends and family at his favorite restaurant. After the party Linden went to sleep and I started having contractions. Mild and spread out. I slept for a bit but they were getting stronger and I was getting excited. This was baby 2 and of course it was going to be faster. I started timing them on my iphone and woke up james once they were stronger. We called Mom at around 2:00am so she could come and watch Linden. I think by the time we were at the hospital it was about 3:00am. I wasn't as far as I hoped to be so my midwife told me to walk around the hospital lobby (since it was empty!!! Well actually there was one man sitting watching a movie in a chair there...) We continued to time the contractions and they were getting stronger and closer. After an hour my midwife admitted me. "Active Labor" didn't start till 8:00am my midwife figures and things were just not progressing. Spencer was in an awkward position and would just not move. After hours of laboring...seemed like an eternity things were still only at 5cm and I felt like I needed to push...now I had that feeling for 2 hours with Linden and let me tell you they were hell....so my midwife said I could get some MILD painkillers (that she said don't do much more than laughing gas) OR I could get an epidural. I said let's do the epidural...STAT...well it was supposed to be 15mins but it took WAY longer as the anesthesiologist was in surgery. There was a doctor there who said that he was certified but didn't want to step on the other doctors territory. I said "you can have this territory...just do it!!!" James was about to lose it at this point...but he kept his cool. Once the epidural started working I remember looking at the anesthesiologist and saying "hi"...finally acknowledging her even though she'd been in the room a while. Then once it was really working I said "People must love you!" I was then able to rest and James zipped down to order the canucks game. Sadly a game they lost, but really I didn't care at that point! This rest and some rocking allowed Spencer to move and it was time to push a little after the game had finished. After 30mins or so of pushing he was out...didn't feel a thing!!!! Spencer's shoulder got stuck like Linden's but it wasn't half as bad. He seemed to just pop out once they pushed my tummy a little. He was a little blue and wasn't screaming right away. I remember saying "cry...just cry.." and then he did...BOY DID HE CRY. It was fantastic! James played him some music shortly after and he quieted down. He was 8 pounds 9 oz and just perfect. He looked a little like Linden but soon I could tell he had his own look to him.
It has been a joy to get to know this little angle. Finding out that really he likes to be on his own to sleep (unlike Linden), and only really likes to eat when he's hungry (unlike Linden), and likes his soother (like Linden) but not always (unlike Linden). Really he is just amazing and I am enjoying getting to know who he is!
Having a second baby is really amazing because you know so much the second time around (although you are still learning!!!!). But this previous experience allows you to enjoy things a lot more and not worry so much. Spencer has to wait sometimes if I'm busy with Linden...where as Linden get our attention all the time! There was nothing else to do! :)
May 30th I started to really notice Spencer smiling in response to me. Cooing and Gooing. He really makes my heart melt every time he smiles!! HE is just so adorable!!! sigh...I'm in love with my two boys and truly feel so blessed every day!
Linden is now adjusted to everything. He loves his baby brother! It was a learning experience for him too! Nursing was a new thing for him. He even tried to nurse his baby by pulling up his shirt! hhaha. Thankfully I have had James, my mom and Marian to help out big time with Linden so that he still got plenty of attention while I was recovering.
Something that started when I was pregnant was Marian coming over to watch Linden on Tuesdays when I went to my "baby doctor" appointments. Marian has continued this Tuesday visit and it has been wonderful!!! So nice for Linden to have that one on one time and do something super special and fun! And so nice for me to have the time to relax or clean or just bond with Spencer without Linden demanding the attention!
Hopefully I will post again before long...summer is here so I have a feeling more posts will be coming. I don't get to talk to James as much so this became my outlet last year! It is nice for us the season isn't here yet...but not great for the berries. They will be here soon and we will again loose James. We understand though, well I do...we will see how Linden does...
Spencer's Birth Story
Spencer was born easter sunday, April 24th 2011. The day before I started to feel even more like this would be the day, although I had that feeling for WEEKS before it actually happened. We had spent the day as a family. We got sushi and went to the 'blue boat park' at mill lake to eat and play. It was perfect. Then we were off to "Pete's Party"...Opa had the idea that he would like to throw a party for all his friends and family at his favorite restaurant. After the party Linden went to sleep and I started having contractions. Mild and spread out. I slept for a bit but they were getting stronger and I was getting excited. This was baby 2 and of course it was going to be faster. I started timing them on my iphone and woke up james once they were stronger. We called Mom at around 2:00am so she could come and watch Linden. I think by the time we were at the hospital it was about 3:00am. I wasn't as far as I hoped to be so my midwife told me to walk around the hospital lobby (since it was empty!!! Well actually there was one man sitting watching a movie in a chair there...) We continued to time the contractions and they were getting stronger and closer. After an hour my midwife admitted me. "Active Labor" didn't start till 8:00am my midwife figures and things were just not progressing. Spencer was in an awkward position and would just not move. After hours of laboring...seemed like an eternity things were still only at 5cm and I felt like I needed to push...now I had that feeling for 2 hours with Linden and let me tell you they were hell....so my midwife said I could get some MILD painkillers (that she said don't do much more than laughing gas) OR I could get an epidural. I said let's do the epidural...STAT...well it was supposed to be 15mins but it took WAY longer as the anesthesiologist was in surgery. There was a doctor there who said that he was certified but didn't want to step on the other doctors territory. I said "you can have this territory...just do it!!!" James was about to lose it at this point...but he kept his cool. Once the epidural started working I remember looking at the anesthesiologist and saying "hi"...finally acknowledging her even though she'd been in the room a while. Then once it was really working I said "People must love you!" I was then able to rest and James zipped down to order the canucks game. Sadly a game they lost, but really I didn't care at that point! This rest and some rocking allowed Spencer to move and it was time to push a little after the game had finished. After 30mins or so of pushing he was out...didn't feel a thing!!!! Spencer's shoulder got stuck like Linden's but it wasn't half as bad. He seemed to just pop out once they pushed my tummy a little. He was a little blue and wasn't screaming right away. I remember saying "cry...just cry.." and then he did...BOY DID HE CRY. It was fantastic! James played him some music shortly after and he quieted down. He was 8 pounds 9 oz and just perfect. He looked a little like Linden but soon I could tell he had his own look to him.
It has been a joy to get to know this little angle. Finding out that really he likes to be on his own to sleep (unlike Linden), and only really likes to eat when he's hungry (unlike Linden), and likes his soother (like Linden) but not always (unlike Linden). Really he is just amazing and I am enjoying getting to know who he is!
Having a second baby is really amazing because you know so much the second time around (although you are still learning!!!!). But this previous experience allows you to enjoy things a lot more and not worry so much. Spencer has to wait sometimes if I'm busy with Linden...where as Linden get our attention all the time! There was nothing else to do! :)
May 30th I started to really notice Spencer smiling in response to me. Cooing and Gooing. He really makes my heart melt every time he smiles!! HE is just so adorable!!! sigh...I'm in love with my two boys and truly feel so blessed every day!
Linden is now adjusted to everything. He loves his baby brother! It was a learning experience for him too! Nursing was a new thing for him. He even tried to nurse his baby by pulling up his shirt! hhaha. Thankfully I have had James, my mom and Marian to help out big time with Linden so that he still got plenty of attention while I was recovering.
Something that started when I was pregnant was Marian coming over to watch Linden on Tuesdays when I went to my "baby doctor" appointments. Marian has continued this Tuesday visit and it has been wonderful!!! So nice for Linden to have that one on one time and do something super special and fun! And so nice for me to have the time to relax or clean or just bond with Spencer without Linden demanding the attention!
Hopefully I will post again before long...summer is here so I have a feeling more posts will be coming. I don't get to talk to James as much so this became my outlet last year! It is nice for us the season isn't here yet...but not great for the berries. They will be here soon and we will again loose James. We understand though, well I do...we will see how Linden does...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Getting Close
Well I'm officially at 36 weeks. Only one more week now and I'm considered "Full Term"! It is hard to believe! The time has just flown by this go round. I'm just trying to enjoy my time now with Linden and James. I am trying to embrace the sleep I have again become accustomed to! Full nights sleeps (usually) with naps during the day...of course these days sleep is not so comfortable! I use numerous pillows and blankets and my nose always seems to plug up. On top of this the baby is taking over so much of my insides that my lungs don't have enough room to fully inflate. James is a great guy and has been very patient with me.
This little guy inside me is an active one that is for sure. Always moving and grooving. I'm sure he'll be a dancing/running machine like his brother. I'm so interested to see how Linden does with this new little person in his life. All signs point to him being AMAZING but I'm sure it'll take some adjusting and I'll just have to be cognizant of that.
God is an amazing God and he has everything in his hands. I trust that this baby will come when he is ready and that everything will go as smoothly as possible. I know the Lord never gives us more than we can handle. I need to rest in the truth that he knows all and will take care of us. I don't do too well with the "unknowns" in life, so waiting for a baby to arrive can be stressful!
I think it's a good thing God makes it so uncomfortable for women at the end because then we look forward to the labour!!! Of course I always remember that once they come out they are harder to take care of (grant it more rewarding) and there's no going back in!!!! haha
Anyways there are a few thoughts for now! It's been a LONG time since I've written! Hopefully it won't be that long again....no promises!
This little guy inside me is an active one that is for sure. Always moving and grooving. I'm sure he'll be a dancing/running machine like his brother. I'm so interested to see how Linden does with this new little person in his life. All signs point to him being AMAZING but I'm sure it'll take some adjusting and I'll just have to be cognizant of that.
God is an amazing God and he has everything in his hands. I trust that this baby will come when he is ready and that everything will go as smoothly as possible. I know the Lord never gives us more than we can handle. I need to rest in the truth that he knows all and will take care of us. I don't do too well with the "unknowns" in life, so waiting for a baby to arrive can be stressful!
I think it's a good thing God makes it so uncomfortable for women at the end because then we look forward to the labour!!! Of course I always remember that once they come out they are harder to take care of (grant it more rewarding) and there's no going back in!!!! haha
Anyways there are a few thoughts for now! It's been a LONG time since I've written! Hopefully it won't be that long again....no promises!
Monday, November 22, 2010
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Our Christmas tree is up, stockings hung, snowmen scattered throughout the house and the fireplace is on....When you go out to the mall Christmas seems to have landed there too! The Christmas decorations are hung on the lamp posts down South Fraser Way...yes it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas...and it is only NOVEMBER 22.
James made me a new Christmas CD, which I promptly placed in my car. Linden and I love it. I have also enjoyed a few Christmas Peppermint Mochas from Starbucks...mmm my comfort in liquid form! I was hoping for a little snow this weekend, just enough so that we could take Linden sledding. With this FREEZING cold weather (feeling like minus 10-14 or more!!!) I think we are bound to have a little snow. I LOVE playing in the snow. But it is hard when it keeps you from doing things and going out. I go a little stir crazy with Linden at home. I was fine by myself, but Linden needs a little more entertainment! We may just head to the mall or something just to do something but stay warm. It is sunny, but freezing and windy...not park going weather!!!!
Linden has been going through some sleep issues lately. He wouldn't go down to sleep in his own bed. So yesterday we let him cry it out for about 20mins total...not resulting in him sleeping by himself, but last night he was so tired that he only fought for maybe 5mins and fell asleep (LATE...like 10:20) and he is still sleeping now, at 9:20am. I'm sure he'll be up soon. I'm still tired but my hungry tummy woke me up!
I feel like starting my christmas baking now and freezing some to give away in December. I know most people do this but I never have...does it ruin the flavour to freeze them? What is the best way? I feel like it may be a little early, and usually the part of the day where I actually have time to do it, I'm exhausted!! haha Ah well...I'm looking forward to Christmas and December and the business and excitment that brings...the rest of November looks like it could be boring...but you never know what exciting things may lay in wait :) I'll keep a positive outlook!
Well, I better wrap up before my little guy wakes up!
James made me a new Christmas CD, which I promptly placed in my car. Linden and I love it. I have also enjoyed a few Christmas Peppermint Mochas from Starbucks...mmm my comfort in liquid form! I was hoping for a little snow this weekend, just enough so that we could take Linden sledding. With this FREEZING cold weather (feeling like minus 10-14 or more!!!) I think we are bound to have a little snow. I LOVE playing in the snow. But it is hard when it keeps you from doing things and going out. I go a little stir crazy with Linden at home. I was fine by myself, but Linden needs a little more entertainment! We may just head to the mall or something just to do something but stay warm. It is sunny, but freezing and windy...not park going weather!!!!
Linden has been going through some sleep issues lately. He wouldn't go down to sleep in his own bed. So yesterday we let him cry it out for about 20mins total...not resulting in him sleeping by himself, but last night he was so tired that he only fought for maybe 5mins and fell asleep (LATE...like 10:20) and he is still sleeping now, at 9:20am. I'm sure he'll be up soon. I'm still tired but my hungry tummy woke me up!
I feel like starting my christmas baking now and freezing some to give away in December. I know most people do this but I never have...does it ruin the flavour to freeze them? What is the best way? I feel like it may be a little early, and usually the part of the day where I actually have time to do it, I'm exhausted!! haha Ah well...I'm looking forward to Christmas and December and the business and excitment that brings...the rest of November looks like it could be boring...but you never know what exciting things may lay in wait :) I'll keep a positive outlook!
Well, I better wrap up before my little guy wakes up!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
A few pictures from our Trip
Linden LOVED being tossed in the air! Look Mom, I'm flying!
Walking on the dangerous side with Oma....someone has to let him do the fun things! Thank goodness for Oma and Daddy!!!!
Wearing Uncle Chris' expensive sunglasses....careful Linden!!!
Walking on the dangerous side with Oma....someone has to let him do the fun things! Thank goodness for Oma and Daddy!!!!
Wearing Uncle Chris' expensive sunglasses....careful Linden!!!
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