tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503600918531546302012-02-01T18:09:52.656-08:00Chris'n'Deb's Journey through parenthoodChris'n'Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554989780957617445noreply@blogger.comBlogger1411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850360091853154630.post-3338638436737725822012-01-19T12:19:00.000-08:002012-01-19T12:53:45.525-08:00

 No, that's not the next Harry Potter, just a toddler who got a hold of a sharpie.  Happy Baby Girl! It's been a busy time since New Year's Eve at the Dumaresq household. Trying to get over the Holiday season with Dad back at work and two kidlets can keep a Mom pretty busy. Fortunately, Nanny Mary arrived on the twelfth and has been a huge help with both the household day to day stuff and the

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Merry Christmas! Well, Christmas is over again for another year! It was a good holiday for us though a little unusual. What with the renovations going on in the kitchen and being somewhat tied down with a newborn, it was difficult to prepare for all our Christmas traditions. No baking of cookies; the kitchen wasn't in full working order til the 23rd, so we didn't get our tree decorated or our

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We went to Jordy's first Christmas concert a week and a half ago.  It went pretty much as expected:  Jordan stood on stage, but he didn't do much more than put his hands in his pockets and look around at the lights.  The good news is he didn't bawl and exit stage left, as some kids did.  It was a fun little show, even if our kid wasn't the most entertaining toddler, we got a bit of a giggle out

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Holiday 2011 Jolly tidings of the season to you, Beloved family & friends!  As you all know, we had such a crazy time of things last year that we didn’t even get a Christmas letter out to everyone, as we have usually done for many years. In fact, we couldn’t even muster the energy to get it done late! And to be perfectly honest, this year would shaping up to pretty much the same if Deb wasn’t

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DCS hosted a continental breakfast and visit with Signing Santa last weekend. Jordan did better than we thought he would; he showed a lot of interest in Santa, signing "Santa" and saying "Ho ho ho!" but he still didn't want to sit on the Big Guy's lap.  That's what Daddy's for I guess.  One of my friends from high school commented when she saw this photo, "He looks disappointed that Santa brought

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We just got the word today, Aunt Kitty lost her battle with cancer. We're awfully sorry to hear it, Nanny. XO

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It's been a busy time since we brought baby home! Not only are we readjusting to having a newborn in the house once again, we're also trying to be very conscientious about our treatment of Jordan and ensuring that he feels included and loved as much as ever. Cygni, we don't really worry about too much; she eats like a champ, is regular and does all the newborn things. But we really try to keep

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We have got so much to blog about but not tons of time!  I promise one of us will try to get a post out in the next few days, but to tide you over, I'll share our Sneak Peeks of Cygni's portrait session last Sunday, with Alisha of Sugarlily Studios.  They are SO cute!  Just navigate down to the Fun Links section once again and click on "Cygni's Pro Newborn Photo Teasers." 

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We are home from the hospital now, Baby Cygni must be comfy here, because since we've arrived, she's been doing a lot of snoozing, so I think we're in for a bumpy night.  But Mom & Dad are happy to be home for sure.  It should be interesting to see how things go once Jordy comes home from day care too.  Mommy's doing okay, I just have to walk slowly and not lift much, the abdominal area is pretty

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 Cygni Miranda - a few seconds after birth! The first picture with Mom and Dad. 7 lbs 6oz = 3.350 kg Mama loves Cygni. Looks like Cygni takes more of Daddy's pink than Mommy's brown......but when she's unhappy she turns positively red!

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We've just gotten the results of the newborn hearing screening, and Cygni passed! No further need for checking til she is three! Well done, baby girl! Since we are in A hospital with no wi-fi, we're relying on our phones for blog and FB posts for the most part. And it is a brutally slow, annoying process. This is why there have been no photos posted. But at last we've got a link for you to

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CygniCyg-ni (sig-nee) noun, Astronomy 1. A star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus or "The Swan."2. Our beautiful, new baby girl. [Latinized Hellenic / Greek] Born 5 November, 2011 6:21 am 7 lbs 6 oz Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster

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Just before we tuck The Little Dumer in for the night, all hopped up on sugar and Halloween excitement, I thought we would share our photos from the day.  It was a fun one! Jordy's daycare class had a Halloween celebration and I caught the tail-end of it when I went to pick him up, I love the little raspberry on Jordan's left.  Our table set up for Jordy's friends Nolan and Isabella to come

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Daddy and Jordan carved the jack o'lantern tonight!Messy - but fun!  Jordan helped scoop out the insides!  Squishy!  Ya got pumpkin guts on yer face, kiddo! Daddy does his impression of Jack! And while the boys sat back and relaxed after their job well-done, Mommy made some cookies and treat bags for the Brightstart Halloween party

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We learned, when Maggie was here, how to sign Halloween, but I didn't know how to sign "Trick or Treat?"  So I looked it up online, and found this great link, if you would like to learn some Thanksgiving and Halloween signs: Halloween & Thanksgiving

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Daddy's work frequently puts on cool family events like one we went to today, the Trick or Treat at EA's Burnaby campus.  We decided to go, and give Jordy a little practice run before Halloween on Monday.  It took a little while but he eventually got it.  For a while afterwards he was signing "Tree" a lot, it took me a couple of hours, but I figured out he thought we were saying "Trick or Tree,"

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Ah, here I am again, unable to sleep at 3:30 in the morning!  Some of it is pregnancy, it's getting mighty uncomfortable no matter what position I sleep in, but some of this is me unable to turn my brain off!  I've tossed and turned a bit tonight thinking about a meeting we had this (last?) evening.  We have decided to resume our lessons in American Sign Language, in particular because Jordy will

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Jordy finds a new use for the trick-r-treat bucket! Hello everyone!  It is a nasty rainy day here today!  But I will take it and be glad that it isn't a week ago.  I had another episode last Friday with the kidney pain (renal colic.)  It was, of course, one of my biggest fears come true, as Chris was still in Redwood City for work and not due to arrive back in town til after 8 pm on Friday.  I

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Some really fantastic baby gifties have been rolling in, thank you everyone for thinking of us! Everything is so... PINK! But it will be nice to not have to do too many loads of laundry, especially in the first little while. We are not having a shower this time around and lots of people have been enquiring, so I thought I would post a link to our Babies 'r' Us registry for folks who would like to

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Just wanted to make a quick post before I head to bed.  The pre-school group at Brightstart got to go on a field trip to Laity Pumpkin Patch and the toddler room kiddos were allowed to join in if a parent came along with them, so Jordy and I signed up!  Here are some photos from our day:  Excited to board the bus!  Jordan was signing, "Donkey's eating," to me!  He loved watching the animals.  

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Our prize from the Bellies to Babies fair, turns out the other winner beat us to the pink prize!  Still, lots of nice stuff inside, even if some of it is blue. I am really doing my best to enjoy this last pregnancy, but I gotta tell ya, this little girl inside me is not making it easy!  Or maybe it's just because I am getting too old to be having babies!  In any case, probably good reinforcement

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So, after talking it over with my doctor, we have decided to go ahead with an elective C-section for the birth of our baby girl.  If you were following the blog during Jordy's birth, you might recall that though my water broke on it's own and I progressed very quickly in the first five or six hours or labour we stalled after that, baby Jordan's heart-rate became elevated and we dilated only

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The Little Dumer finally learned to blow his own bubbles, the problem is he uses his nose instead of his mouth! They forgot to tell Jordy the game is NOT tackle football! Signing "swing" and sharing with Oscar (originally Chris' toy from over 30 years ago!) Pre-natal insomnia has Mommy up in the middle of the night and so I thought I would help empty the ol' noggin with a blog post.

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Isn't technology great?  Hey everyone!  Mommy had yet another ultrasound done yesterday.  I know for you American parents and grandparents, this doesn't seem unusual, but when you live in social medicine land, scans are only done on an as-needed basis.  I mentioned a couple of posts ago, that we had to have a scan re-done because the heart detail was inadequate.  So we did that, and then received

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Yesterday was a bright, sunny day and we decided that we couldn't stay cooped up in the house, so we went out to Lion's Park and played for a while.  To our surprise, Jordan tried his climbing skills on the Big Boy Slide.  Mommy followed him as he clambered up the ladder, and Daddy was ready at the side to catch any wayward sliding, but the Little Dumer didn't need our help at all!  He showed us

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                         Last week we went out the Coquitlam's Town Centre Park and played around at the Splash Pad, as it was a nice hot day. Thought we'd share some images of Jordan having some summer fun.               Mo-om!  I'm getting wet! Whoa!  That's a tricky steering wheel!

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One of the things Jordy's speech therapist has been having us listen and look for are multiple word combinations from the Little Dumer, and just in the last couple of weeks he has been putting some together. He came with Daddy to visit me at work a couple of weeks ago and a baby was sitting across from him. He signed, "Baby girl eating." Which is his biggest sentence yet! He has made several

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Cheering on the Canucks this June - sad to say, our boys disappointed us in that last series against the Bruins and didn't get to hoist the Cup. But it was an exciting season, the likes of which we'd never seen before! Ah, so I have stolen a meager hour or two to update everyone, at last! As I said, we have been busy since the end of May. Between work (including the start of another term

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Hey everyone! I know we haven't blogged in ages, but we have really been crazy-busy around here! I was hoping I would have a chance to sit down and really catch up on our blogging today, but I won't be able to get as into it as I really need to. In the mean time, I will try tiding you over with some photos from our recent vacation to San Juan Island, in Washington. It's the third bi-annual

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Yes, I know, Mommy has been a very lazy blogger. It has just been very busy around here and I have not been able to keep up!The day after Aunt Virginia and Uncle Larry left for home (they stayed a couple days at Mary's after they left us,) Daddy went on his first business trip since The Little Dumer has been in our lives. His new job will probably take him on trips much more regularly than he had

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Before we get on to the subject of this blog, I thought we'd show you some photos from a couple of weekends ago when we spent some time at the pool with Nanny since we had so much fun and spoke so highly of it in the blog: Yup, Jordy is not afraid to jump right in - you'll see better in a later picture See what I mean?! It is a little scary sometimes (and splashy!) as you can tell from my face

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Jordan plays with pebbles at the nearby playground.We're having a hard time discouraging him from putting them in his mouth!Daddy and I have discussed it, and this last weekend, was probably one of the most fun of Jordan's little life! It started out on Friday when Mommy's long time friend Clover came out for a visit with her family; Dad, Ira and two kids: Hayden (nearly 4, and Claire 9 months.)

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Just some very cute video of Jordan eating with a fork. He has been able to do so for a while now, but he is getting much better at it.

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A photo from the big BCS Championship game last January, I can't believe we forgot to post it -- it's so darn cute! Thank you, Big Dumer for finally getting that post up about out visit to Children's Hospital for the CT scan. In somewhat related news, Jordy also went to his audiologist's office for another VRA hearing test last week. If you have forgotten what that means, it's simply a way of

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It's been a bust few weeks since our last blog post as we've all been recovering from a string of colds and stomach bugs that have gone through the house. We're learning the joys of having the Little Dumer in a daycare with a dozen other pathogen vectors.Oh, if you can't already tell it's guest writer The Big Dumer writing this one as Mommy had to open her store today...so an early 5am call for

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For a little Valentine's Day Treat, we have got some fun pictures of Jordy with a balloon I got him for the occasion. After viewing them, I think you will find as we do, that he is more like a little boy and less like a baby! Doesn't he look like such a big boy in this shot? His first Lolly, but from the look on his face, not his last! Mommy absolutely LOVES this photo!He has also chosen his

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Mommy got it in her head to take Jordy to the Chinese New Year parade today, because even though the forecast predicted rain all day, she thought Jordy would like to see the dragon and lion dancers and hear the drums. So we all braved the elements and went to the parade. Gung hay fat choy! Waiting just inside the gates of Chinatown for the parade to begin! Someone was starting to get a little

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Today Mommy had a big meeting to go to at Regional Office that she could not get out of, so Daddy took the day off work and took Jordan to ELF. Check out their website to see some photos of our two favourite fellas!www.deafchildren.bc.ca/programs/early-literacy-foundations

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This weekend we had a last grab at some fun before Daddy has to go back to work tomorrow, and took Jordan swimming. He hasn't been to the pool in quite some time; it's been over 6 months since his last visit and it didn't start out very auspiciously this time. Once we got him into his swim diaper and got under the shower spray to prepare for our immersion in the pool he started wailing and

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We learned ver recently that Jordy has a favourite song, it's The Blue Danube, and his second favourite song is Vivaldi's Four Seasons! This clip we filmed just before bed-time yesterday (you can tell his is SUPER tired!) shows that Jordan understands how his little music box works, and he taught himself how to "fast-forward" through the other songs that he likes less. AND his hard of hearing

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Well, the Dumaresq Family made a joyous time of Christmas this year! On Christmas Eve we headed downtown with Nanny Mary and the Drivers and visited the German Market set up outside of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. There was delicious food to eat and beautiful crafts that made Mommy nostalgic for the European Christmases of her childhood in Germany. As a souvenir she brought home a Käthe Wohlfahrt

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Wow! Long time, no blog. I know. My apologies, everyone. But it has been hectic around here. I am sure you all know how crazy the Holidays can get. In all honesty, when we have finally gotten a moment around here, a very rare occurrence, I just enjoy sitting and savouring the quiet. We've been hopping with work, but we anticipate that starting to wind down this week, the shopping is all done, the

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While Jordan is still working on saying new words, his sign language vocabulary has grown a lot. We estimate that he knows over 20 signs! Not all of them are exactly correct, but we know what he means. We are spending more and more time teaching him new signs and new words.Anyways, a few days ago Daddy was playing some word games with Jordan, hoping to get him to say a new word. Daddy would

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A quick post to let our readers know that Jordy’s daycare centre (Brightstart Children's Academy,) is doing some fundraising for new classroom toys and resources. And as the Holidays are fast approaching, it is a good time to consider some of these items for your gift giving and celebration preparation! I personally am going to load up on some cookie dough mix, I think! Please feel free to peruse

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Mommy (Punk Rocker) and Jordan (cutest beagle pup, ever!) getting ready to rock the mall -- make that get rocked by the crowds at the mall! Today was pretty exciting, it was Jordy's training for Halloween 2011. He doesn't understand what is going on at all, but we got him all dressed up and took a crack at it anyhow. I don't know how many of you out there are aware of this, but these days the

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We're keeping very busy at the Dumaresq household, but in between our chores we're getting into the Halloween mood. You may even notice a new Spoooooky playlist of Halloween inspired tunes playing on your favourite kiddo's blog! At the Little Dumer's Daycare this week there was a Halloween Party and the kids came in costume. You can get a sneak peek at Jordy's costume this year. Big Thanks to

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As promised (though a little late) here are the details about the genetic testing around Jordan’s hearing loss. I wasn’t all that motivated to write the blog because, well, we don’t have any kind of a clear answer…mostly just more questions. Still, I will do my best to go over what was tested and what we have learned. I won’t give a primer on basic genetics but I will try to keep the language

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We have been keeping busy here at the Dumaresq household! There is so much for us to blog about, but not enough time to sit down at the computer and write it all out for you. I promise we will make time to do so soon, but in the meantime, check out some fun photos at Laity Pumpkin Patch with The Little Dumer (Daddy was a little too sick to come with us last Friday, but we got a gorgeous day and

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I know, Mama-bear has been a super lazy blogger! And really, today is no different from any other day in the last month when it comes to a new post. We had our big consultation with Dr. Gibson at Children's Hospital today to go over the genetics test results. I promise, Daddy will do a full write up in the coming days, but it has been a very long day, and our brains are no longer engaged, so we

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Just had to make a super-fast post to share this with you, a photo Daddy took of Jordan during his nap today:Other bits of news, Jordan went down the slide on his own yesterday and today! And he has been signing banana regularly, though he has modified it a bit. The sign for banana is usually with your index finger pointing up, and you use your other hand to "peel" your index finger like it is a

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Chris and I discussed it, and the fair at the PNE is right up there with Christmas for us; it is one of the most fun days of the year! We packed up the fam and headed out yesterday. It started out rainy, but Daddy was right, it burned off by the time the SuperDogs show was done, and we went on to have an excellent sunny day! Jordan was great, only had a few fussy moments, and clearly enjoyed the

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The Little Dumer loves to push the remote control buttons and Daddy and I frequently joked that one day he would order something from video on demand. Well, a week and a half ago he finally did! He ordered Clash of the Titans. Funny, right? Guess what's even funnier? Today, he did it AGAIN! And so Mommy and Daddy will be hiding the remote from here on out.He also has another tooth, his

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Oh buddy! The day has finally arrived. Daddy has been practicing with the little fellow for several days now, and last night, August 18th, Jordan took his first unassisted steps:Not much else to report, we've been keeping busy with work, but Miss Jovita, one of Jordy's daycare ladies, said something to me the other day that every mother wants to hear. She said she was watching him closely while

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Sorry it has been so long since we posted something new! We have been keeping busy with work, and when we're not working we are out and enjoying the gorgeous summer we're having! Nearly three weeks ago, I was finally able to get the Drivers to come out with me and Jordy for a day at the beach. There are two beachy lakes about 15 mins from where we live in PoCo: Buntzen Lake and Sasamat. I had

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Time for playin' in the pool!At last, summer has decided to show it's face around these parts! The delay in sunshiney weather can be blamed on me; in early June I decided to beat the rush and buy one of those portable A/C units to keep us cool upstairs -- kind of an early Father's Day gift, but also something to help keep the Little Dumer comfy and sleeping through the night-- and sure enough,

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At Eastside Mario's last night, Jordan got to enjoy his very first ice cream cone! And it was just his size!Jordy with his friend the billy goat And Mommy forgot to tell you guys, but last weekend we took Jordy to the petting zoo at Queen's Park. He got to see and hear all the barnyard animals live! It was really cute when we got to the gate and he saw the goats and sheep; he absolutely lit up

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It is finally official, Jordan's first word is... Dada! Followed by Mama VERY shortly afterwards! So, the honest truth is a week ago, after a nice Pho dinner, we went into Chapters to look at the books and Jordy was with us. We were all playing with the trains in the children's area and having a grand time, but after a while Chris stood up and walked to one of the bookshelves and Jordan looked at

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We are sad to report, that our favourite grey furball passed away in the wee hours of Tuesday Morning. We were broken hearted to find out, it happened rather unexpectedly, but the good thing is, we are fairly certain he didn't suffer or feel poorly before he died; he wasn't sickly and was eating his food in the last few days prior, and usually animals don't eat when they feel bad. Mommy and Daddy

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Last Thursday, Brightstart held it's end of year picnic for all the kids and families, so I took the day off and Jordan and I went to Queen's Park in New Westminster to check it out. There was a lot of delicious food, and fun stuff to do. There was a petting zoo, bubbles, face painting and even a play performed in the bandshell. I got to meet some of the other Mommies of kids in Jordan's group so

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Check out this video for DCS, Jordan makes appearances around :25 and 1:06

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As you all know, yesterday was Father's Day and we hope all of our readers who are Daddies had a great day yesterday. Daddy & Jordan playing around at brunchNice glob of whipped cream you got on your chin, kid! I think someone is diggin' the Belgian Waffles! Together outside the River House RestaurantAs a Father's Day treat, Mommy and the Little Dumer decided to let the big guy sleep in

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Mommy's upcoming work week consists of a lot of pm and closing shifts, which means Daddy has to rush home from work (a tiny bit early) in order to pick up the Little Dumer from daycare before they close, so Mommy thought she would treat Daddy to a little sneak preview of Father's Day next weekend by giving Dad the afternoon off. Originally she was thinking of taking the nugget to the Teddy Bear

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The week is nearly over and we haven't shared the sign of the week! The time just gets away from us much too easily! Here it is, your weekly installment, "hat." Be sure to put one on with some sunscreen (if the sun ever comes out!)http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/hat-sign-of-the-week.pdfJordan is starting to sign a new word, "doggie." Usually after being prompted though, for

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Hello everyone! It's time for another sign of the week, a good one for snacktime, it's "cracker."http://c0445781.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/01Cracker.m4vThe little Dumer is hanging in there. It's been a rough week and a half with Mommy back to work and we theorise that this change in his life is wrecking his sleep. Some nights he goes to bed super early, others late, he gets up at odd

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As Chris mentioned last week, The Little Dumer turned 1 this last weekend and finally, Mommy has found a spare moment to let you see the photos. We had a grand time of it. I was expecting Jordan to have a meltdown at some point, with all the excitement, but he never did. We enjoyed seeing our guests in their best beach gear and ate some delicious party food. Mommy made a Sandcastle cake! The

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As many of you know, May 17th marked the 1-year anniversary of everyone’s favourite baby-blog! On behalf of the entire staff here at Little Dumer News we thank YOU, our loyal readers – we’d be nothing without your support!As a special treat, this blog post is brought to you by one of our rarely-seen staff writers: The Big Dumer. With Mommy going back to work in a few days we’ve given her some

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Mommy's Mother's Day Itinerary. It was a lovely, relaxing day - the boys are going to have a hard time topping this one next year! What a wonderful weekend the Dumaresq Family just had! The weather was just beautiful, sunny, and even downright warm on Sunday. Nanny came over on Saturday - she's got to get as much grandbaby time as possible before she goes to Newfoundland for the summer -- and got

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I couldn't resist putting up the other video we took after Jordan doesn't know, it is just so funny, especially the head tip at the end:And thought I would share with you, Jordy's very first art project, and my very first Mother's Day gift. The scan of the text is hard to read, it says: Sometimes you get discouragedBecause I am so smallAnd always leave my fingerprintsOn furniture and walls. But

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We managed to find time last weekend to drop by the BC Hands & Voices family picnic, it was a nasty, miserable, rainy afternoon though and we only stayed about an hour before we were too chilled to carry on. But it was nice to meet other people involved in the program, and see other kiddos with their H.A.'s or cochlear implants, running around. We also ran into our friend and former SL-P,

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I have been taking Jordan to the park on the east side of our townhouse complex the last couple of weeks, when on our way back from one of our visits the other day I remembered we have a little playground tucked away ON our townhouse commons. I couldn't recall though if it had a swing small enough for Jordy, so we took a peek and sure enough, we have another place to play! We checked it out today

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Okay, so we were wrong all those weeks ago when we were interpretting Jordan's sign (the splayed hand with thumb tapping his other palm) as "more." He's actually signing "Mommy!" Hooray! I was his first sign! Check out the video we`ve included, it`s not a head-on angle, so it may be a little unclear for those unfamiliar with the sign; to see a still photo of the sign you can go back to the blog

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Just a little post to say that when I was at the dentist's office this week there was an article in one of the magazines (People, I think) that mentioned one of my teen idols, Joe McIntyre from the New Kids on the Block has a baby with hearing loss too! His child has been wearing HAs since the age of one month! Rhys has a more severe impairment, possibly requiring a cochlear implant, but it was

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Hello again, Gentle Reader!I wanted to share more ASL goodies for those who are interested in learning a bit of sign language. The company that makes the very popular Signing Time DVDs has an e-newsletter we subscribe to and they have recently started a "Sign of the Week." I will start sharing those links as I get them with you, and you can learn at a very easy pace if you are so inclined. I'll

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So The Little Dumer survived Day One of Daycare! We all arrived at BrightStart around 9 am but there was all the first day stuff hand off to the staff and supplies to set up. But by 9:15 we were ready to go. So Mommy and Daddy each gave Jordan a kiss, told him how much we love him and that we would see him later, then made for the exit. He started scooting our direction and was crying before we

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I know, I know.... I have been derelict in my blogging! I am super busy these days with so many things, not the least of which is prepping Jordan to start daycare tomorrow. Yes, you read that correctly, tomorrow! In fact, technically he starts TODAY as the clock reads 12:32 am as I draft this! So, yes, I am going to take a crack at being a store manager again at the end of May when my maternity/

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Jordy & Mommy heading down the river! Sarah talks to the group about CPRCutest ever Blowfish-Bum! Jordan demonstrates "The Torpedo" for all you other water babies!

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This is what we put on Jordan as we were heading out the door this morning, it would prove quite apropos! Interpreter, Heather, tries to figure out how this thing works Facilitator, Alaina, talks to the kids about sharing Jordy wasn't really listening!We went to ELF today, and learned a whole lot! It was quite a busy morning and worthy of a nap very soon, I think. We were given a new book to

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Last weekend we started Water Babies at Hyde Creek Rec Centre. Oh man! As Daddy said, I bet he's thinking, "When I woke up this morning, I had no idea THIS was gonna happen!" We got into the water with all the other mums, dads and grannies and got the babes used to the water by singing songs and slowly dipping them lower and lower into the water. Then we let them stretch out on their tummies to

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I have started to get word from a few of our readers that we have gone entirely too long without a post on Little Dumer News! I apologize! We've had a few hiccups in the last couple of weeks, our hard-drive crashed and our camera went kaput. Two large, unplanned expenses! First of all, I will take the time now to share one of Chris' laws of computers with you: Hard-drives will eventually fail, no

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It's Olympic Eve and when we heard that the torch relay would be winding it's way through our little town of PoCo, we decided that we would get up super early and brave the traffic and crowds to have a look, it's a rare opportunity we wanted to seize. We headed downtown an hour and fifteen minutes before the torch was supposed to arrive and it was the perfect time! We were able to find a good

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Jordy gave Mommy kisses tonight! Well, Daddy calls them "proto-kisses" and yes, I admit, they were awkward: open-mouthed cos he doesn't have the "pursed-lip" mastered, but he leaned right in there and planted a wet one on my cheek! And then another one on my mouth... and another one on my cheek. I was in a bit of shock at first and my reaction consisted of trying not to open my mouth while he

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Well, we knew this day would come, but who would have guessed it would be so soon? Jordan had his first taste of Smokey's cat food (commonly referred to in our household, and hereafter in our blog, as "crunchy balls,") today. I was in the kitchen cleaning up his breakfast and I guess he scooted on over to Smokey's dish while my back was turned. I think he only got one crunchy ball crumb from

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So we finally got the Little Dumer's 8 month weight. Funny story actually, since we had to take the cat in for his check-up at the vet's office we just plopped Jordy onto the doggy scale! He is now 20 lbs 6 oz. and 74 cm (29 inches) long, both place him just a titch below the 75th percentile. He is already wearing most of the 12 month clothing we have, and even some 12-18 month stuff too! Big

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With Jordan growing like a weed, we picked up the next level of carseat several days ago. The very well-reviewed Britax Marathon, in "cowmooflage." Then were pleasantly surprised this weekend when Nanny said she'd pick up the tab for this expense! Wow! Thank you Nanny Mary! (Smokey, of course, had to check it out!)Guess he's leaving the Cantina Band and trying out for Devo!Look who wants

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Jordy and I met up with my friend Nina and her boy, Owen, for some play time and a rare opportunity to go outside at this time of year! The swing-set was a big hit.

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Hey there, sailor!Sorry it took an extra day or two to update everyone, but we took Jordy to his appointment with Selma (our audiologist) on Wednesday and, as promised we'll tell you all about it. I'll cut straight to the good stuff and let you know that the results are what we had hoped for. Well, I suppose one could hope that this whole 'hearing-losscapade" has been a huge mistake and our baby

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Monday night after Dad got off BOTH his jobs, we surprised him with a birthday cake and a few friends at the Driver household. It was actually the grand finale of a Birthday Weekend: we spent Saturday at Nanny Mary's having a lamb chop dinner with family friend Linda Scabar, and Nanny's boyfriend, Charlie (out to visit from Newfoundland.) Then on Sunday Mommy and Daddy went to the Keg and

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100% Cutie!I am not much for New Year’s Resolutions. Several years ago I realized that making a change for the better ought to come from the changee, not Old Man Time closing the file on twelve previous months. Having said this, I have to admit to falling off numerous wagons in the last bit of 2009: the Cloth Diaper Wagon, the Exercise Wagon, and the Hearing Aid Supermom Wagon. It’s time to

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Happy New Year everyone! A lot of people are ragging on 2009, but it was a good year for the Dumaresq family, we have the Little Dumer and we don't think it can get much better than that. Thanks for bearing with us as we took a little break from blogging, it was a very busy Holiday season, but also a heartwarming one. We hope you can say the same.We all (Nanny included) made our journey south

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It's been a long time, I know! It's that busy time of year, lots of baking and decorating and shopping and socialising. And there's more to come! Which is why I'll just leave this post to say we are going on hiatus until after Christmas. In the meantime we will leave our Christmas letter and our fabulous Best of Jordan slideshow for you to enjoy (Grandparents, we have a nice DVD version for you,

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So we caved and fed Jordan his first solid food this weekend. On Friday night I brought home a box of rice rusks for the babe to snack on and we couldn't resist letting him taste them that night. The next day Chris announced that, "it only took one rice cracker to make his poo stinky!" And today Jordan stared at me so intently as I ate my bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats that I felt bad putting it

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Sam is so much bigger every day, so much more alert. It’s mind-boggling that my body knows how to churn out this milk that he is growing on…. I’ve had this secret fear of all mothers that my milk is not good enough, that it is nothing more than sock water, water that socks have been soaking in, but Sam seems to be thriving even though he’s a pretty skinny guy. I’m going to have an awards banquet

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We've got just a few more days before Jordy is officially six months old! We're going to celebrate the big day by visiting Dr. Davey for immunizations and then giving The Little Dumer his first solid food. There is a box of rice cereal barely able to contain itself in the pantry! When we were out on Sunday for dinner we decided to let Jordan try sitting in a high chair for the first time, and

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Jordy slept for nine (9) hours solid last night! I am hoping that this is the beginning of something beautiful. Keep your fingers crossed for me....

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Jordan has been reaching for his feet and finally got them up high enough to suck on last weekend! I am excited to have a photo at last, to match the one of Chris as a babe, eating his feet. I finally got Jordy to the public health unit last Monday and he is a whopping 17 lbs, 6 oz. and 26 inches long, placing him in between the 50th and 75th percentiles. He far outweighs the cat at this point,

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At last, the Dark Lord of the Sith reveals his true identity....Jordy! Hopefully Chris knows that it's 12 hours from bottle to throttle! Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine figured there were Resident Evil zombies in our kitchen! More evil-doers, The Joker and Harley Quinn. Debbie, giving out treats before the sock hop. It's a beautiful November 1st so Mommy took Jordan for his

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Just a few photos to tide you over until Sunday when we post pictures from Halloween, which we are sure will be lots of fun. We couldn't resist the photo opportunities which arise when your first-born gets involved with carving the jack-o-lanterns. Jordy's first solid food? That's our boy!

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Sorry everyone, I just haven't felt very motivated to blog lately. I've got no real excuse, it just happens sometimes. We've been having a busy and beautiful fall season though. The leaves are turning gorgeous colours and the temperature has been dropping more and more. We took a little time to get out and take some photos with Jordan amid the autumn splendour.Last Tuesday was a pretty big day,

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I know, I haven't blogged in a couple of weeks, but our hands have been full with a teething baby! We finally gave in to the lure of drugs this week, and when he seems to be crying inconsolably we dose him with the infant Tylenol. There are lots of bits of the day though, when his gums don't seem to be bothering him and he smiles and has fun. He is now able to hold his head up completely steady

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Today we took our little guy to the Public Health Unit for his FOUR MONTH (really!?!?) Immunizations and he was pretty good, only cried for about a minute.  Whew!  We also weighed him and he is 16 lbs and is 25.5 inches long. Here he is a couple of weeks ago showing off his brand new cloth diapers (he outgrew the first set, which only went up to 15 lbs.) For those of you who wonder how the

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