Thursday, June 24, 2010

cruisin, earthquakes, and summer

Today was a horrible day. It was rainy and hot and Jesse was a miserable miserable child most of the day. On top his rage against the world, I was suffering with morning sickness and total exhaustion. The combination of 5 hours sleep last night, first trimester baby growing going on, and an angry baby who wanted to nurse a lot today.... well...it was very wearing...to say the least. But, the sun is now shining and Jesse is fast asleep. Sitting here looking outside at all the beautiful green trees rustling in the wind that is snaking it's way through the window and cooling off the house, is I'm certain God's whisper and gentle hand telling me to breathe - relax- enjoy.

There have been a few exciting moments during the past week that I refuse to let nausea rob me of. First, Jesse is finally on the move. He is crawling- pulling up on everything- and cruising from furniture to furniture. I love it. It's like a new form of communication. If he wants me to hold him- he comes on over and climbs on me. If he wants to go and pull everything out of his toy bin and litter the room with toys- he can. On a side note- today he figured out how to take his pants off. And he has been :) Jesse turned one last weekend, and we had a low key BBQ with his closest baby friends and their parents to celebrate. I'm not a super sentimental person, but I felt a wee bit overcome at cake singing time.....knowing that his baby days are gone, and he's just gonna keep getting older and older, and we will keep singing that song every year until who knows when.

In other news, Ottawa was the epicenter of a 5.5 magnitude earthquake yesterday. I was nursing Jesse upstairs and immediately thought a big tractor was crashing into our house. I ran downstairs only to see the cupboard doors opening and closing shut and sort of feeling dizzy and off balance as the walls seemed to move towards and away from me. When I realized what was happening, I ran to the closest doorway- then changed my mind- then ran to another. About a minute later the shaking and rumbling stopped, and all the neighbors congregated on the front lawn to share in the disbelief and jitters. It was pretty crazy.

Another exciting thing happening in the Vance's lives- is the SUMMER! Dave has finished all his marking- and is just at the school doing some housekeeping for a few more days. He is already a happier, lighter man, and I can't even imagine how intensely he'll be glowing a few weeks into vacation after some much needed rest- and of course Chrissy and Jesse time.

Well, a friend is coming by to watch a chick flick with me tonight. Dave is at graduation, and I should be off. Thanks for reading all of you wonderful people :)

4 comments:

  1. Didn't know you were expecting again Chrissy - exciting! I'm a bit jealous, nursing seems to have completely shut down all reproductive activity for me. I wanted to just keep nursing into the next pregnancy, but it looks like I'll have to wean him in order for that to happen :(

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  2. Hope you had a nice relaxing evening and that your time for morning sickness passes quickly. Hard to imagine Jesse already getting up and about. Fun times ahead!

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  3. Oh Chrissy, I totally understand the nausea and exhaustion of 1st Tri while nursing a crazy baby! It's so hard to relax and enjoy sometimes. I'll be praying for you!

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  4. :) I can't believe I missed an EARTHQUAKE! Seriously. I leave Canada for a year and all this cool stuff happens. Can't wait to see you again (very soon!)

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