Christmas Day Surprise!!

Well our little one has arrived, if you can call her little!! My water broke on christmas eve at 8:30 am. we went to the hospital to make sure baby was ok and then came back home. We went back to the hospital at 2am cause i was having a lot of back and hip pain and couldn;t get comfy. They gave me morphine and a room to go and sleep. I tried but couldn't. At 6am the contractions got really b ad and i felt like pushing they checked me and i was only 4 cm dilated. They told me to come to the delivery room where i could have some laughing gas. the little walk to the delivery room i couldn't not push. they checked me in the delivery room and within the time of walkign from my room to the delivery room i dileated to 9.5cm. Dr.Dridger came in and pushed the rest out of the way and i pushed Camryn Marissa out in four minutes!! She came at 9:10am and weighed 10pounds 12 oz!! Her head is 38 cm and they say 36 usually ends up with a secection!! she is 56.5cm long and is just healthy and big, no new born diapers for her straight to size one!! Both me and Camryn are doing great. Janae is so excited about this new addition to the family, she is so gentle and caring, surprises me a little. So that is how our christmas day was spent. Camryn was also the first christmas baby and we recieved a gift on behalf of the msa auxilary so that was special. anyways i have a bunch of paper work to fill out and some time so that's it for now. hopey ou all had a merry christmas!

Ok these are all i can upload right now. this is janae at almost 19 months. On your right is janae with her cousin Devyn. They are six months apart!

it's been far too long!

Well i have so much to say. It;s wierd how i always forget to post news on here so this should be a good one.

Well let's start with Janae, last week while john was gone in Atlanta for a work trip janae started complaining everytime seh peed, i dismissed it seeings she says ouie for everything these days and because she had a diaper rash i linked it to that. But by thursday i started thinkin gmay be it was more, she was waking up so many times at night crying in pain and flopping around like a fish and shaking when she peed. So finally on friday when john came home i took her in and then we had the fun of trying ot get a urine sample from her. Thoes of you who have never had to do that to a littel one they have these bags that you tape to their vagina which catches the pee. they are kind of tricky cause if you dont' get it just right the pee leakes out and you start all over. it took us three tries to get enough pee. This was also teh friday before steven's wedding so it was crazy!! Anyways so the test came back yes that she ahd a bladder infection and so we startedher on ammoxicillian right away. on wednesday seh was still saying ouie occasionally about her bum and i wasn't sure if it was just because she was repeating the doctors visits as she is into rememebring things and repeating them over and over. But i wasn't sure waht the lab results were cause we had to wait three days for them and so i brought her back to the doctor on wed and on thursday my doctor phoned to tell me she had a bladder infection but was on the wrong medicine....WHAT!! she was done the medicine and now he was telling me to put her on this other kind caues it didn't fix it but the only reason he thinks it isn not working is because seh is still complianing, but with a 19 month old that isn't a good enough reason to do it. so i demanded another urine test and so we finally got some urine this morning and we will find out. we did start her on the new meds yesterday, she has terrible diarreah and the doctor said that the risk of not giving it to her til we found out could mean a kidney infection and so ya. so we'll see. she seem sto be fine now so hopefully it's gone.

So ya Friday the 19 was decorating day for steven and jackies' wedding. I didn't do too mcuh as my stomach was killing, it felt like it was going to burst and fall off. So i took it easy. Saturday the day of the wedding john was susppose to go my parents to get ready as he was a grooms men but that morning i discovered some blood in my underwear adn went to the hospital because i also had burning and cramping. I was there til lunch. they examined me and confirmed it was blood and that iw as contracting and told me to be on a bed rest for a couple of days. i told them it was my brothers wedding so they told me i could go but to sit hte whole time.. haha i was one of the MC"S!! So anyways john just made it in time for pictures by the time i got home. my stomach was killing with contractions but i needed to get ready. the whole day was horrible for me, didn't really get to enjoy itcasue all i wanted to do was lie down as i felt like passing out! The wedding went great, Jackie looked gorgeous and janae and devyn went down the aisle throwing flowers... surprise to everyone!! IT as really cute and i can't wait to see pics!! Steevn and Jackie are returning home today from a week in Bahama's at the Atlantis resort and thoese of you who don't know what that si you have to look i tup!!

Well here i am at 28 weeks! Larger then ever and more uncomfortable then ever. My skin is so tight around my belly adn back that i am gettign a lot of pain in the middle of my back! I am still nautious and can barf on and off. i really am not liking being pregnant. I want at least one more after this but i have to think about the pregancy part and take into consideration how much i don't like being pregnant!! Oh well there is such a blessing at the end that it will eb worth it...right? haha

Well we moved janae into a big girl bed. Bought her a twin mattress for the floor. Last ngiht she slept amazing and it is working really well. Praise the Lord. She is so excited about her big bed she loves playing in her room now! We will eventually put the bed frame up but thought we would get her used to the matress first. She has only fallen out twice. She is such a turkey. I went ot house of jamest he other day and bought two books on how to raise a strong willed child! we'll see if they help!! I read one sentence in one of the books that i tell my self all day and is so encouraging, it is from a james dobson book, it says "some children are just harder to raise then others!!" What an encouragement these words have been seeings it has been such a rough week i have had a couple of melt downs, feeling like a horrible parent and also wife as the stress of raising a child sure effects your marriage. Who woul d have thought life could be such a roller coaster. You think in hight school life is so hard and can't wait to get out and now i look back going man thoes essays and tests were way simpler then this life of tehre is no answer to anything!!!! nothing is blacka nd white when raising a child and i think that is why i fidn it challenging. I jsut want to find a book on the shelf that says." how to raise janae!!" that would be so handy!!

WE have her 18 motnh shots today and she did so awesome and was such a big girl. We also met with a speech therapist and janae does not say the sound 'N' .they arn't to concerned abotu it but we have a file going now to get it chekced also with her walkign as she isn't as stable as other children, niether of these things were huge concerns with the lady but it is better to be referred now as there is a long wait period.
I cant believe janae has been playing in her playpen for half an horu now!!

Well i should go and attempt to make dinner. think it's fried left over potatoesa nd farmer sausage. i also have bun dough rising in the oven for cinnamon buns!

talk to you later

Help

i am sitting here trying to get my mind off the fact that janae is scremaing so hardin her crib seh is going to barf. She has been sick for the past couple of days so we have done more sleeping times iwth her and rocking her and now she doesn't want to sleep in her crib. I had her asleep in my arms and as soon i as i put her down she starts freaking out. I am not feeling good and am dealing iwth lack of sleep. I don't knwo what to do. I have to do everything in my power not to give in but last night after over an hour or screaming iw ent and got her, how long is too long adn will seh eventually go to sleep? Help.

new arrival

So my good friend annette finally gave birth to her baby daughter Maila Grace on September 11 weighing 9 pounds. She was a week overdue. I can only hope i have the same 3 hour delivery with only 5 pushes and looking awesome afterwards. Plus so far her baby is a sleeper and is very content. I am so happy for her and her family as this makes them a family of four. We went and visited them at home seeings she was home by the next morning and Janae was so excited about Malia, she just loves babies which makes me want her to experience her new little sibling soon. I just hope that the adjustment for janae will be smooth. Not only will we be having a little on in decemebr but christmas on top of that which usually overstimulates kids anyways!! well i really have to go and put janae to bed. So good bye for now!

Janae and i stopping to smell the flowers at the Apple Barn, All the pics are from the Apple Barn on Gladwin Road

Daddy and Janae!

Picking apples and when we got home we used them to make apple pie! YUMMY!

Look how tall i am just about three feet and i am 17 months old.

Me and mommy, we had to take this picture again cause we hav ethe same one from last year when janae was six months old

Janae thought it was hilarious when the goats ate the straw out of her hand!!

65th birthday celebration!

Janae on Uncle Walter's bike!! Janae and uncle John sharing some birthday cake together!!

Janae excited to be among all the flamingo's!!

So this weekend we celebrated john's dads 65th birthday, well and john's mom she turned 65 this past June. Us kids put out 65 flamingo's in their frontlawn which john's parents thought was awesome. John's mom asked me to put together a colalge of allt he places john's dad has worked in his life, so out came my scrapbooking skills!! i think it turned out ok! I also had my friend Jamie take pics of Janae and her two cousins missy and nicole and then put together a nice picutre frame of all the girls. I was a great party. Janae came out of her shell and went ot anybody the entire time so me and john got to enjoy fellowshiping.
Today is not such a great day. Janae is not herself very whining and screaming and playing withe her moutha nd face so i am thinking her teeth are really hurting her that are coming through. Oh well. John has the day off so we have been cleaning our house!! John finally figured out how to fix our broken vacuum cleaner so i cna actually vacuum now!! ia m so excited!! i hope to make apple pie with the apples janae picked at the apple barn on Saturday. I will post pics now of this weekends events. i am not sure if the apple barn pics are on this computer so i might have to post them next time!

PNE!

Janae go to sit in a snowbird which was a high light for her!! she loves jets and planes!

I think john was a bit scared of mama bear too, he acutally looks more scared then Janae!!

So we ventured out to the PNE even though Janae didn't have a good night last night or a good nap this afternoon. We were a little worried we would get rained on but it went ok. We got to the PNE and every parking lot was full, so we had to drive around in a circle til we found one where some cars were leaving, we were just about ready to give up and leave but then we got a spot!! ANd of course as we walked to the gate it started pouring and I thought what are we thinking coming here in this horrible weather! So we quickly ran to the animal barn and looked at the animals and by the time we had gone through it it had stopped raining. We missed the parade for Janae due to the rain but oh well. She had a blast running around. We had an expensive hotdog dinner 2 hotdogs for 8 bucks and they were regular size wieners!! So bring your own food!! We tried to take pics of Janae with the cartoon characters but she was terrified! Oh well all in all it was a great family day!

mommy and janae time!

Janae and i pickeled watermelon yesterday. We had so much fun doing it together. janae loves helping me bake and cook. She was very excited with Daddy taking this picture she is acutally saying cheese in this pic while she giggled!! I love moments like these with Janae. And finally i have a picture of us together, this rarely happens!

Here's my little family. Janae is almost 17 months!

I so over did it today!

well the house is clean the outside trim is painted, the four runner is washed and cleaned insided out. And now i can't sit properly with out pain cause i put my hip out yet again. This is rediculous. Every other week i have to go adn get it put back in place. At least john's work covers the cost. So this past week has been great with Janae. I have figured out that she pinches to get a reaction so i have just been ignoring the behavior and it has some what stopped. She still does it but once i ignore teh first pinch it is over. She is talking so much more now, not real words but I am actually figuring out what each thing means which is great! We spent the weekend doing a whole lot of nothing. I went to my cousin David's wedding at newlands, no kids allowed so john stayed home. It was a long wedding I got home at quarter to 12 way past my bed time!! Oh well john let me sleep in so it was all ok. On sunday a friend of mine who does photography met me and janae and my two nieces on john's side to take some pictures which i am using to create a shadow memory box for john's parents. Janae wasn't the most photogenic so i am curious to see how the pictures turned out. Tomorrow our windows we purchased are being installed. I never new i could get so excited about windows. Hopefully they help with the noise because right now you hear absolutely everything outside. And hten on Wednesday teh garage door guy is coming ot install our new garage door, so cool! We are so tired of parking outside it makes are driveway so full. John came hoem today all pumped about an announcement he heard.... Van Halen is touring again here in Vancouver Dec 5 or 6 so that means that is when this baby needs to come!! It's hard for me to say no even though we could use that money somewhere else because Van Halen is JOhn's favorite band and it would be such a punishment to him to not be able to go, so we'll have to see. Well i think janae should be sleeping by now so i should be able to leave this room. When john puts her to sleep i can't be in the room and vic versa. Sleeping is not a strong point for janae and we have developed horrible habits. Oh well one day we'll break them.

At a Wits end!

Anyone out there who has a strong willed child? I feel like I am all alone in this world of motherhood, no one has a child like mine. i don't knwo what to do anymore, I lost it at church and broke down and cried. Janae pulls kids hair and won't let go til her hands are full of it. I feel so embarrasses adn such a horrible parent. I try adn discipline her by telling her no a slapping her hand but she doesn't care, it doesn't even seem to phase her. Today I spanked her pretty good as this behavior has gone on long enough, I feel horrible and quilty as a parent, why cna't she just be an easy going child, She has been a challenge from day one, with the not sleeping thing and whining and i don't know how to break this behavior. How much of her "personality" was she born with and how much has become a learnt' behavior. I feel like a failure, just like i have felt as a wife adn a friend. i am so unhappy with myself. Anyways I don't know why i ma venting out to the world but i just need some help or encouragement. We have a baby comign in like 4 and bit months and I really don't know how i am going to do it. Oh well I pray that God will give me the strength adn patience i need. Anywho enough venting. talk to you later

waiting game

One of my old co workers is in the hospital right now giving birth to her son. Her husband has his laptop there so every couple of hours he updates her blog to let us know how she is doing, last i heard she was 8 cm dilated!! I think that is so cool, i think we will bring our laptop in!!. I don't know how many people read this other than Yvonne who has made a few comments but oh well!!
Today si not a good day pregnancy wise, my hands and feet are so swollen adn they hurt sooooo bad! I didnt' have this with janae and it is so uncomfortable, just want to keep my feet up!
John is outside sawing down tree branches to open up the back yard a bit and Janae is climbing around on the couches.
We hope to go to White Rock this long weekend iwth Janae we'll see if that happpens. I was gonna go and play in Janae's pool with her but looking outside it looks a little chilly to be in the pool, so I guess we'll just hang out inside. I am hoping ot go for chinese for supper seeings I have a chinese craving right now!! Got to fulfill thoes cravings!
Life at the Jefremow's is pretty uneventful. last week janae slept through the night three nights in a row, she has changed her bed time from 7:30 to 9 and now sleeps thorugh the night from 9-7:30 so that is nice, other then it takes away mine and john's evening. Oh well this is the scehdule right now and it could chnage tomorrow.
Well i should get going Janae is destroying the house, got to go and do someithing with her i guess!
Take care

just a quick blurb

Hey!! well I tried this once before and my blog didn't appear and it really pissed me off so this will be short incase the same thing happens. I don't really know about this blog stuff, my brother and soon to be sister inlaw mock me that I have one but whatever. i went for my ultra sound two weeks ago and the baby looks fine! The babies heart beat was 150 so according to the wives tale it could be either a boy or girl!! Janae has slept thorugh the night the past two nights! i can only hope tonight will be number three!! I bougth more maternity clothes, I can't stop buying them. i want to look and feel pretty! Well i should go to bed incase janae doens't sleep through the night, daddy's at work tomorrow so I cant' sleep in! nuts!

Jefremow family News

Hey everyone! Thought I would start to blog seeings I am so incredibly bored! Things are busy at the Jefremow's we bought a house on Orchard in April and have redone the whole inside. We are now in the process of buying new windows which is not cheap and our garage door decided to break yesterday so we have ordered a new one which will take a couple of weeks! Man owning a house is expensive. Work on the house and around is never ending and everything costs money and time!! Janae is 16 months old and is running around and has just learned how to climb onto couches! Great now I can't leave the room cause she doens't know how to get off, she just walks off!! She is talking away and copying everything you say so we have had to watch what we say!! Which we shuold anyways. She loves to sing and I think she has musical potential in the future! I am 17 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty tired. I am still throwing up unless I take my nauseous pills which I haven't been able to take cause my doctor gave me the wrong prescription and doens't know how to use a phone to phone the pharmacy to take it. I am due December 14! I alwyas said I would never have a December baby but hey it wasn't planned!!hehee. John adn I both think it is a girl but we are leaving it a surprise and not finding out no matter how tempting it will be! John is busy working at Remple Brothers Concrete as a part supervisor, he supervisors himself, actually he just hired someone so he'll have someone to supervise now!! He is currently whinning about an infected wisdom tooth which will hopefully be pulled out next week along with the other three. He has a baseball final tournamnet this weekend in the hot hot sun! We'll see if I go and watch! Well watch isn't the right word more like chase janae around the whole time!!

Anywho that's it for now. I should go and get some house work done while janae is sleeping, well that would be a lie I am going ot go and browse facebook that horribly addicting site!!

Talk to you later