It’s been a while since I posted last. I realized Linc is now 10 months old(!) and I thought I should share some updates with you all.
Last week Linc and I visited his pediatrician to get his immunizations done. He cried quite a bit, but that was kinda inevitable since he got a shot in each arm. He got his third time DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus) on his left arm and the Hib vaccine for the second time on his right arm.
I had small struggles with this Hib vaccine, and let me talk about it. This vaccine has already been in routine use in the U.S. and most developed countries except Japan. Finally after a long injustifiable waiting time, the Hib vaccine got licensed in Japan last year, and is supposed to have been in markets since the middle of last December. I didn’t know about this until one of my friends, Tomoko, who is Raku’s mother (you may rememer him from the video where Linc’s meeting a younger baby) told me about it. She read about this news somewhere in November and recommended I make a reservation for the vaccine though it might be too early. She noted this is a newly licensed free-will vaccine and doctors/hospitals can’t tell how many they can receive from their pharmacies. However it is certain there won’t be enough to give all babies in Japan. I consulted my pediatrician right away. He seemed to be a little surprised that I had asked about the vaccine before it was even released. In fact, I was the first one who came and asked for a reservation there. He told me it’s recommended that Linc get the Hib along with his DPT to improve effectiveness, but asked me to come back later as he didn’t know if he could even get any of the vaccine and also he was figuring the best way to manage the demands of this new vaccine. As I was told, I waited until the beginning of this year and called to see if I can make a reservation. A nurse told me over the phone I had to come over and talk to the doctor again but we might not make it to get the Hib along with DPT anyway. By the way, DPT vaccine is to be received three times in a row and Linc had already started his first one in December when I consulted the doctor about the Hib for the first time. I was really upset but what else can I do? I just headed down to see the doctor. To my surprise and contrary to what I was told by the nurse, the doctor was all ready to give Linc the Hib along with his second DPT!! He said he reserved the Hib vaccine for Linc without my declaration or confirmation when his pharmacist came for placement of vaccine orders. And as I said at the top, Linc finished off the second Hib vaccine and will get the final next year.
Linc crawls now and is almost ready to stand without support. He sleeps on his belly sometimes, loves bath time, and enjoys meals. He likes fruit very much and I think his favorites are bananas and strawberries. I can’t believe he is going to be one year old in a few months! We so much appreciate that Linc has been so healthy and great. UltraBob and I are now planning investment for Linc’s education, and improving our life insurance coverage. We are also working on Baby signs and thinking of giving him some musical experience starting by having him listen to my piano playing. What’s new with you?
Oh yeah, I almost forgot! Linc had his first haircut (Well almost his first, but lets not get into that) a few weeks ago. Also, Linc was in the newspaper a few months ago.
Haircut: before
Haircut: after
Fame comes early to some.
Well, I just finished spending 2 hours or so on a Nutrition assignment, evaluating my diet. I may have slightly underestimated my nibbles, bites and tastes, but it’s not like they count, right? As a reward (to me, and hopefully to you), I’m allowing myself the luxury of writing a short post, though it is nearly midnight. I was kinda hoping for a short video chat with that rascally grandson, but his keepers don’t appear to be around.
School is going okay, but requires me to physically go there 4 evenings and 1 morning a week, which can be a little wearing. I don’t know what I’d do without sis-in-law Pat, who allows Murphy and Rowdy to come over 3-4 days a week. Anatomy and Physiology is going okay; though the instructor has changed his testing format, I still feel like I have a pretty good handle on it. Nutrition is going to be fine, I think. I got a 49/50 on my first test and the assignments are kind of interesting. The one that’s got me worried is Microbiology. Same instructor as A & P, but unfamiliar subject matter. Now this teacher knows his microbes and is great at focusing and identifying organisms and parts of organisms under a microscope, but his teaching is a little, how shall we say, frenetic? We did a lab experiment last week, about which we are required to write a lab report. By the time he finished explaining, and reexplaining what we were going to do, the whole class was thoroughly confused. First test is this Wednesday, so I guess we shall see!
It was quite a nice day (has been mostly a nice week) so Murphy, Rowdy and I took a nice long walk. We had an exciting moment when a large pitbull looking dog, (but with very long legs) ran out of a yard, exhibiting great interest in my two small poodles, but his owners finally corralled him back to where he belonged.
Last weekend was very nice, at least for me. We had Jimbo home for a few days. We went into Elko, played a lot of cribbage and walked down to the park to throw the old Vanderbilt frisbee around for an hour or so. To put it delicatley, Jimbo could us a little more frisbee throwing practice. He claimed he was trying to get me more exercise (he definitely did that!) Then he claimed the wind was interfering with his throw. Anyway, you get the idea. My throws, on the other hand, were typically beautiful arcs of perfection as they hovered in the air before settling in Jim’s outstretched hand.
This weekend, Jim is in northern Idaho with his lovely fiance. Did you all get your ‘save the date’ cards for the July 18 wedding? If not, forget I mentioned it; guess they couldn’t invite everyone.
Anyway I finally figured out how to use my scanner, so I will end this post by treating you to the promised photo of the groom to be in his younger days. That’s right, it’s the Care Bear Tea Party! Enjoy.
“From an early age, Jim (or “James” as he called in those days) showed a great affinity for nature and especially for woodland creatures. He had a special bond with bears, particularly the wild and unpredicable Care Bears. Many a summer afternoon would find him hosting a tea party for his special ursine friends.”
Sorry. Please hit me with a phone e-mail in the future if you are ready to chat but don’t see me. I generally don’t spend much time around the computer on weekends anymore.
sounds like a heavy load this semester. :( If anyone can handle it, you can. I like the carebear tea party picture. So cute.
At last, Jim’s love of throwing tea parties comes to light. If people haven’t received save the date’s, its probably because I haven’t sent them yet. I’m working on sending them out little by little. Good luck on your test UltraMom!!
By the way, I beat Jim at canasta this weekend!!
I think you stole that picture off of my refrigerator!!!!!!!! I needed that space for my “save the date” card anyway. I am so excited to have been one of the chosen few to have been invited. Sorry to you who didn’t…
It was wet, it was cold, a great time was had by all!
That was adorable!
I’m going to have to agree with Heather.
Too bad Linc’s head is covered up…
You do realize that you are looking at a video right Aunt Debi?
Great job, Honey! Brought back so many great memories, though this does not capture the utter bone-chilling cold of that day. One day I will post about it......some day.......
Loving the videos. Keep it up!
Much nicer as a video…
Yesterday morning I was commenting to UltraMom and UltraDad over videochat that it appeared that Linc was going to skip crawling all together and go straight to walking.
Last night, Linc crawled across the floor to get a favorite toy, then tried and failed to do it again. After a while the desire to get over that toy overrode his need to think about how to crawl and he accomplished the task again.
Today Linc is crawling all over the place, and you can’t get him to stay down for a diaper change or anything. For the last two nights we’ve heard noises on the baby monitor to go upstairs and find him in a crawling position trying to get to a standing position.
It was a long time coming, but when he figured it out it was like flipping a light switch. Pictures and/or video when/if UltraGirl can capture some.
I’d love to see pictures or video of Linc’s latest accomplishment!!
Good job Linc!
I wish we’d been there to witness the great event. I knew my grandson was a genius.
We delayed Christmas to enjoy it with Grandma and Grandpa, so when they got here, we set down and opened our presents together ... or in some of our cases, smacked at the wrapping paper until someone unwrapped it for us.
I am loving these videos! These are ones I don’t have. Someday I will figure out how to post mine, maybe.....
I didn’t remember that Linc took so long to get that present opened! Well worth it though for such a sweet bath drum! (PS: It doubles as a bath toy box when turned upside down.)
You guys have much more patience with babies opening presents than we did!
I love how mid opening Linc became distracted by grandma’s fingers!
And thanks for the music plug!
SO cute!!!!!
I could have sworn there was some other memorable event on this day as well, but who knows. Jessica Allen’s (now Karamazov or something other than Allen I think) birthday was on February 4th so maybe that was it. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!
PSSSST Hint to Mom: hit ⌘-a (cmd-a) to reveal a secret message above.
Thanks, Honey! I have to admit it took me several tries to view the secret message, the white in the light blue being a hard read. I believe the former Jessica Allen is now Jessica Lowry and I believe she has 4 or 5 kids now. Perhaps you were also thinking of your cousin Nicki’s birthday, on February 1?
btw, does anyone know if the groundhog saw his or her shadow?
He did see it. Why this means 6 more weeks of winter I do not know. Does anyone else?
This is what happens when I have an hour or two to work on handling some of the video from UltraMom and UltraDad’s trip to Japan. Here is the video, I think it says enough in the video for me to not go on at length. Also it is my bedtime. If your computer is fast enough and your Internet connection permits, view this video full screen with scaling turned off and hd turned on. Enjoy.
Linc meets his GrandParents from UltraBob on Vimeo.
Cut me off after your very cool opening graphic (by the way they stopped off in portland on the way, so go ahead and fix that 
)
It seems to be a bit quirky, but it sometimes plays all the way through and sometimes stops at different points in the video so you can reload and try again. I will try exporting the video in a different way and see if Vimeo likes it better after I have a chance to make the correction you suggested.
It only played for half a second.
If it doesn’t work for you, and you want to see it before I have a chance to uodate the video, try watching it with hd turned off.
When I clicked on the text under the video, it opened in Vimeo and played like a charm. All I can say is WOW! I love the cool opening and the star wars effects. I don’t think I realized you were videoing that scene.....
I’m uploading a new version, and heading to bed. You’ll know it is the new version if it includes Portland Oregon in the pre-roll globe footage. Hopefully this time the player will work well even embedded in our page.
It worked!! That was a really cool video.
Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!
I thought planes usually fly over Alaska and the northern pacific, but other than that, great video. Almost makes me want one of my own.
(video camera, that is)
Kevin, I’m glad you clarified, I had thought you meant you wanted a bouncer, which I agree would be great fun, but no matter how hard I search I can’t find one in my size.
Really loved this video! It was fun to watch Linc welcome the “Interlopers”.
Ever thought of doing a blog contest? Prize being editing of video. Hmmm…
Chenoa: Here’s what you do:
You get Mike’s mac out. You go to the apple store online and buy iLife ‘09 which is worth the $79 price tag. Then you sit down with your video for an hour and produce something far better than the simple garbage I’ve been pumping out.
My other trick is that I put it on Vimeo instead of youtube so that I can put up higher quality video.
Linc is so handsome with his haircut. You have to tell us what the newspaper article says/was about.
Rowan was supposed to get her first dose of Hib at 2 or 4 months (can’t remember now) and there was a nationwide shortage here so we couldn’t start it until a couple months later. I guess that shortage was everywhere to some extent. Glad you managed to get it.
Great post! Thanks, UltraGirl. It is interesting to read about this vaccine, and the difficulty of getting it. I’m glad both Linc and Rowan are now protected.
Yes, what is the newspaper article about?
As always, photos of my grandson give me the urge to help remove the excess sugar from his adorable cheeks.
Linc looks quite dapper with his new haircut.
The newspaper article was about Linc being a considerate baby
It says ‘Celebrating grandma’s birthday with the best smile!’
Excellent post babes. Time flies doesn’t it?