Various Christmas Pics

with Great-Grandma on Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas!

Friday's Spot Check

Well, Jacinda's spot check this week was down again. 88% was her highest and she took it three times. I don't understand it... last week she was stuffy and congested and it was 91% and this week she's well and it was low. We test again in a week and I am trying not to be frustrated or get discouraged. I think she's fine, but the doctors won't order her off oxygen until they think she can pass the overnight. Again, during the overnight check she will have to be over 90% about 95 % of the night. Last time she was about 30% over 90. I'm sure she's much higher now, but the dr says she's not even ready to test again.

In other news, Jacinda has learned a few new words "everybody" "sit" and "oh dear." The church staff did a little Extreme Makeover home edition for one of the ladies that cleans the offices. She was living in subsidized housing that was infested with black mold, so the church helped her pay a deposit on a house right by the church, between all the staff we fully furnished it, painted and even supplied a few Christmas gifts. SO, at the reveal on Wednesday Jacinda and I were waiting in the shuttle and she was waving out the window. I would ask, "Do you see everbody?" "Are you waving to everybody?" Then she started repeating "everybody." Very cute. Aunt Jennifer watches Jacinda on Friday and they have a fairly new puppy that is a jumper, so she has learned "sit" and "oh dear" from her encounters with little Copper.

One of her recent new words that can easily be misheard for "everybody" is "hi pretty." Daddy says this to Jacinda a lot, so now she says it and usually only when Daddy is home.

I am so blessed with this joyful baby!!

Jacinda sporting her BEAUTIFUL sweater/cardigan that Ms. Wilma in KidsLife (childcare at New Life) made for her. I am blown away by how intricate it is. I LOVE it!!! Ms. Wilma is one of Jacinda's big prayer warriors. She has felt led to pray over not only the babies, but people with breathing issues. God definitely sent her our way!

Lung update: Still on oxygen at night and supposed to be on during the day, but again, Jacinda is WAY too mobile to keep her from getting tangled. Friday is another spot check and we just continue to ask for you to agree with us in prayer that Jacinda will be off oxygen by the end of the year. I am believing it... a Christmas miracle/gift! :)

On Sunday, despite the Arctic temperatures (don't remember moving to Canada by the way), after church we were going to take Jacinda to see Santa, but when we got to the mall she was asleep and we hadn't had lunch yet, so not only were we pretty sure she would scream non-stop for Santa just because, but because she was also hungry. So, we just decided to fore go Santa for another day or year and make it a treat and get McDonald's for lunch. Definitely will be a rare treat for her!! Here she just INSISTED on putting an entire chicken nugget in her mouth. Trust me, I tried to get her to have only a little bite or eat the pieces I already cut up, but she was ready to scream, so not wanting to create a scene, we sat back and prayed she wouldn't choke! We admit, it was pretty darn cute! And, we were amazed that 1. she didn't choke and 2. she did manage to actually eat the entire thing without ever taking it out of her mouth. Jeff would probably say that she takes after me by have a big mouth... oh, and that she takes after me because I'm stubborn. Seriously, can anyone give me an example of me being stubborn? I honestly don't believe it, but he insists. This is a topic of much discussion for us. Then the more I argue that I'm not just fuel to the fire... *sigh* Anyway...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!

Last Sunday we decided to decorate the house for Christmas. Jeff was actually in the holiday spirit and even offered to put up the lit garland outside despite the snowstorm and cold temp.

Every year we buy a keepsake ornament, penguin of some kind if we can, and put it in a very prominant place on the tree. Here we are putting that first ornament on the tree.
Taking a lunch break. Jacinda thought it was so funny that I was wearing a cap. She would look at me and give me a silly smile.Here she actually pulled the hat close ro her to look at me like this. SO PRECIOUS!!!

So, when Mommy isn't paying attention and spending too much time on Facebook, this is what happens... Jacinda pulled my purse off a chair, took EVERYTHING out and then found her snacks in her diaper bag. Apparently the Cheerios bag wasn't sealed. It was my fault, but isn't that the cutest "you can't be mad at me" smile?