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Andrew’s School Pictures

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Andrew had his school pictures done, and rather than pay way too much for the pictures and end up with a bunch we don’t need, we paid too much for a photo CD so we could print what we needed. The pictures come in a variety of sizes and in colour or black and white:

  • 3″x5″
  • 5″x7″
  • 8″x10″
  • 3″x5″ or 2½x3 “greeting cards”
  • 2½”x3″ grade card
  • 2½”x3″ named card
  • 8″x10″
  • 10″x8″ calendar
  • 1¾”x2″ small wallet size

This is the regular photo:

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Here are the other possibilities:

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artistic and grade card

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greeting card and named card

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calendar

We’d be happy to print whatever you’d like/need. Please let us know and we’ll get them done for you…

Halloween 2007

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Another year, another Halloween. I guess since they are getting a little older, Andrew and Matthew were particularly excited about Halloween this year. Lisa bought a few decorations and put them up. For one of our Family Home Evening activities we made a haunted gingerbread house. Andrew got to wear his costume to school on Halloween. He was Frankenstein. Matthew was a fireman (with a dog in its pocket, as he had to tell everyone when he went trick or treating). Christine was a zebra (courtesy of Mom). Lisa stayed home to give out candy while I took the boys out and pushed Christine in the stroller. The boys both got a lot of candy, and then we headed to Hilda Street where they got some more. I’ve taken pictures from most of these things and you can see them in the Halloween 2007 gallery.

One of the things Andrew was most excited about happened a few days after Halloween. He got a new book called 13 Ghosts of Halloween. It had a “song” that was to the tune of 12 Days of Christmas. Here are the words:

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On the twelfth stroke of midnight
Oh, nothing frightens me!
Not twelve vampires rising
Eleven goblins giggling
Ten werewolves howling
Nine witches cackling
Eight mummies moaning
Seven spiders grinning
Five bogeymen
Four darting bats
Three black cats
Two shrunken heads
Or a vulture in a dead tree

Christine’s First Month and Blessing Day

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Christine is already a month old! It’s hard to believe that the time has gone by so fast. I’ve posted pictures in the 20071104 Christine’s First Month gallery. Christine is not sleeping through the night yet (Lisa is very disappointed). She’s on a fairly regularly schedule, but still wakes up once in the night (sometime between 3 and 5 am). She doesn’t throw up nearly as much as she used to. When she wakes up in the morning, she seems to be in a great mood. She’s making a lot more baby noises now (gurgling, cooing, etc.) and this morning she made a noise that sounded like she was saying, “Daddy” (of course she wasn’t, but it sure did sound like it). The boys continue to love her. The smother her (sometimes almost literally) with hugs and kisses

Yesterday was Fast Sunday at Church, so I blessed Christine with Dad’s help in Sacrament meeting. Lisa had made a nice smocked gown for her and Christine managed to keep it clean all day. Lisa’s parents came down for the blessing, and then after Church we all gathered at our house for lunch. Everyone chipped in, and we had sandwiches, crackers and dip, cookies, ice cream cake, drinks, and more. I’ve posted pictures in the 20071104 Christine’s Blessing Day gallery.

Christine’s Second Week

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Christine is already two weeks old! She is awake more than before, and when she is awake, she’s a lot more alert. We know she can’t see very much around her, but it always seems like she’s investigating something.

So far, she only cries when she’s hungry. She’ll fuss a bit when she’s got gas, but once that passes (pun intended), she’s fine. She wakes up once or twice during the night. Lisa’s been trying to get her on a schedule, but it takes a while.

Lisa’s Mom has been a big help. We’ve joked that Christine is going to go through withdrawals because Grandma won’t be holding her all the time (Grandma will deny that). She’s helped Lisa keep up with stuff during the day, and also taken each of the boys out for some alone time.

I’ve posted some pictures of Christine from her second week…

Christine’s First Week

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Christine is already a week old and doing very well. The midwife came over yesterday and weighed her. She hasn’t gained back her weight, but they aren’t concerned as all other signs point to a healthy baby.

Andrew and Matthew love her very much. Andrew will sing to her, and Matthew does a scary face because supposedly she likes it.

Lisa’s trying to get her on a schedule for feedings. Last night she slept for a 6-hour stretch, so they’re making progress.

You can see more pictures of Christine in the Christine’s First Week gallery…

Christine Lisa Wing’s birth announcement

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It is a tradition… we screw up every birth announcement! We were sure we had this one right. I read it out loud to Lisa several times, and then I had it repeated back to me by the person at the newspaper. Everything seemed fine. Of course it isn’t. Did you see the mistake? Yes, Christine has 3 uncles, not 2. We have no idea who we missed. I guess it’s hard keeping everyone straight when you try to mention 27 people in one way or another (we only mentioned 26). Sorry Jeff, Jason, and Rob!

Timeline of Christine’s birth

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7:10 am – left home
7:30 am – arrived at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
7:40 am – Lindsey, the midwife, arrived. Lisa put on the hospital gown and got wired up so they could monitor the baby’s heartbeat.
8:00 am – I went to admitting to get Lisa’s hospital card
8:15 am – Dr. Ngwube came and checked things out. He said Lisa’s condition was very favourable for induction. She was 2-3 cm dilated and everything else was good. He broke the water.
8:20 am – Lindsey got the IV prepped
8:45 am – They started the antibiotics and the oxytocin. The oxytocin was started at 2mL/h
9:15 am – Lisa was moved from the assesment room to one of the Labour and Delivery rooms. The oxytocin was increased to 4 mL\h
9:25 am -Lisa had her first “real” contraction.
9:45 am – The oxytocin was increased to 6mL\h
10:15 am – The oxytocin was increased to 8 mL\h
10:45 am – The oxytocin was increased to 10mL\h
11:00 am – The contractions were getting harder, and Lisa had to start moving her legs in order to get through them
11:15 am – The oxytocin was increased to 12mL\h. Lindsey said that this is as high as she would go without the obstetrician’s orders
11:45 am – Lisa wanted something for pain. Lindsey checked and Lisa was dilated to 5 cm. Lisa was given a shot of Morphine which helped take the edge off the contractions
12:20 pm – Lisa said she was really tired and really hot and in a lot of pain. The midwife called for the other midwife to come in (they always have 2 people for the delivery)
12:25 pm – Lisa was crying and wanted to push
12:32 pm – Lisa was allowed to push for the first time. Lindsey could see a little of the head. The 2nd midwife hadn’t arrived yet, so one of the hospital nurses was assisting
12:46 pm – After 14 minutes of pushing, Christine Lisa Wing was born! She was 8 lbs 11 oz (3.9399 kg), was 22.75″ long (58cm), and had a head that was 36cm in circumference
1:30 pm – The second midwife, Jen, finally arrived and helped with the care afterwards

Lisa’s mom got there at about 12:40 and waited out in the hall for us. She got to come in close to 1:30 pm. After 2 pm Mom, Dad, Nanny, and Andrea came with Andrew and Matthew to visit. The boys were very excited, but were probably more excited about the toys Grandma had bought them 🙂

I stayed with Lisa until around 6 pm. Traci from Church had come to visit. Lisa planned on letting Christine go to the nursery for the night so she could get some sleep. They will be coming home this morning.

Christine seems to be very alert and quite quiet (can it be… a quiet kid?!).

Pictures of baby Christine

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Well, she finally came! We got to the hospital this morning at about 7:30 and within an hour or so they started the medication to induce labour. By around 10:30 Lisa was starting to experience some strong contractions. The contractions kept getting stronger. She had a shot of Morphine to help with the pain. At around 12:30 she was crying because of the pain, so the midwife had her start pushing. At 12:46 Christine was born! She was 8 lb 11 oz and was 22.75″ long.

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I’ve put up a gallery of pictures of her first few hours. You can view them in the 20071004 Christine’s Day 1 gallery.

The last of the galleries (for now…)

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I can’t believe it. I’m finally caught up!  I’ll try to post things as they happen instead of putting them all up at once.

Here are the last (and most recent) galleries:

  • 20070728 – 20070801 Buckhorn – The annual trip up to Buckhorn is always fantastic. Graham went up for a few days, and then dropped off the boys at Lisa’s parent’s house on the way home. Lisa stayed up at the cottage for the full week.
  • 20070905 and 20070910 Andrew’s First Day of School and Taking the Bus – Andrew started Junior Kindergarten this year. There is a phased in start to the school where the kids go with a parent, and then for a regular day but in a smaller class. Everyone is together at the start of the second week. That is also when the bus starts. Andrew is taking the bus to school this year and is very excited about it.
  • 20070924 Bronto’s Adventure Playland – There is a new attraction on Clifton Hill called Bronto’s Adventure Playland. It is essentially just a big indoor jungle gym. The boys loved it!