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2009-09-26T20:39:00.004-04:00

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Chiara Baron-Jerugim

2009-09-26T20:36:00.000-04:00

Sept. 23, 2009

St. Mary’s hospital – Montreal, QC.

There is a long running argument as to who can withstand more pain – men or women. I was once a man who was somewhat on the fence with regards to this issue. Sure, women put up with menstruation and childbirth, but men get kicked in the gonads and get into fights and generally break shit. Who was I to say? I can now stand here before my brethren and admit in all honesty that getting kicked in the testicles and complaining about it is comparable to breaking a nail and crying about it. Yes…I said it. Guys, we’ve got nothing on these ladies. As I watched my wife just withstand 27 hours of unrelenting and excruciating labor, I can safely say that men are nothing more than a bunch of girls. I would have lasted one hour…max.

The contractions had been sprinkled here and there during the weeks leading up to the real deal, but it wasn’t until around 11:30 pm on September 21, 2009 that they became strong and regular. Séverine managed to finally pass out for about an hour sometime early the next morning, her only break from the contractions that were visibly rocking her to her core. This will have represented her last morsel of sleep until nearly two days later. The contractions were more or less consistently hitting every ten minutes, lasting around thirty seconds apiece. Technically, one isn’t supposed to go to the hospital until they are hitting every five minutes; one minute in length, for at least a solid hour straight. While Séverine’s contractions were never much longer than forty seconds each, once they had been happening every four minutes for a couple hours we finally decided to grab our bags and head out the door. This was after twelve hours of non-stop contractions.

We arrived at the hospital at around 2pm with our small, slightly broken rolling red suitcase, two pillows, my laptop bag, the iPod touch (for contraction timing and general distraction) and hopes and dreams of a smooth and simple delivery. Given that Manu was delivered via c-section two years prior, there had been a special amount of care attention going into this to ensure that this delivery would not end with an invasive surgery. Additionally, it was Séverine’s wishes to attempt the vbac (vaginal birth after c-section) au naturel – no drugs, no contraptions, no gimmicks, no outside help. This was to be what the first one could not, and there were no indications that it would be anything but.

The first thing that they did was sit Séverine down in a examining chair to run some preliminary tests while I headed downstairs to deal with the admittance, insurance, hospital cards, all the bureaucratic fun stuff. It took quite a while as this process involved more than one desk and more than one line to wait in. When I finally got back, my heavily contracting wife had been moved to her case room where we were to stay for the duration. In an odd twist of luck it turned out that the physician on call was in fact Séverine’s obstetrician, which is apparently quite unusual (such was not the case for Manu’s birth). She was at this point examined and it was determined that she was about 3 ½ cm dilated…in other words there was still quite a ways to go before there would be enough room to pass a baby. This was around 3pm.

The staff at St. Mary’s proved to be capable and attentive, but they also left us the space we needed to go through this process in relative peace (I say “us” in the most unbalanced way possible, of course). The contractions continued more or less consistent for the rest of the afternoon – lasting closer to 40-50 seconds each. We tried watching an episode of Pushing Daisies on my laptop at one point, but found that the pauses for contractions every five minutes didn’t really do much for the continuity of the storyline. That would be our last attempt at external entertainment. It was all about coping from this point forward. Periodic examinations revealed that while the contractions were doing their thing, the cervix was dilating very slowly – in fact not much at all. By dinnertime it remained essentially unchanged.

Sometime in the early evening, the contractions began accelerating and growing in intensity. It was clear that Séverine was running very low on energy, each surge sapping her more and more (one hour of sleep, remember?). This series of intense and thoroughly ass-kicking contractions apparently made a dent, as the following examination revealed that she has finally dilated to around 8 -8 ½ cm. Almost there, we exclaimed! You can do this, I encouraged! She even sent an SMS to her mom and sister to inform them that we were in the home stretch…they were looking after Manu after all, and were naturally concerned at how long this whole thing was taking. This was around 9 – 9:30 pm. The contractions continued. Séverine was getting close to hitting the wall…her ability to deal with the pain and energy drain was coming to the end of the line. She had been in labor for twenty hours at this point.

It was at this time determined that it would be a good idea to go in and rupture the membrane to help move things along. The doctor who came in to do this, while nice enough, clearly wasn’t the most thorough one of the bunch, the typical gush of water normally associated with water breaking was replaced with a tiny trickle of fluid. “Oh, the baby’s head must have plugged the whole”, she declared. We all agreed and waited for the next series of contractions to have a more profound impact.

At around 11 pm, another exam proved that she was still stuck at 8 – 8 ½ cm. The unrelenting contractions had not made a difference. Encouragement that “we’re almost there!” and “you can do this!” gave way to exhausted back massaging and quiet comfort (I only slept for two hours the night before, ok?). To make matters less certain, Séverine’s OBGYN had been performing another c-section in the OR, and was not available to come take a look. By the time she finally re-appeared it was around 12:30 am, Séverine was losing her mind with pain and exhaustion, and the cervix had still not budged. Upon closer examination, it was finally discovered that her membrane had in fact not been ruptured as previously thought, and that this was blamed for the cervix failing to move aside that final little bit. Dr’ Wrzesinski went in with the same plastic poker as the doctor from earlier, only this time we were greeted with a monumental GUSH! An embryonic tsunami spilled all over the lower part of the birthing table and the floor. Now things were getting going.

An epidural was offered at this stage (I guess they were finally taking pity on this poor creature who had already withstood 25 hours of contractions). For whatever reason, Séverine, in a moment of pseudo clarity, determined that she had made it this far without drugs, why not go the distance? Let’s give her an hour to see how the cervix responds to the broken water, it was decided.

1:30 am had rolled along, another examination found her still stuck at 8 – 8 1/2 cm, and the pain had finally won. An epidural was needed. NOW!

The anesthesiologist was summoned, and she, along with our amazing nurse, proceeded to get everything set up. The big fluorescent lights replaced our dimly lit sanctuary, the face masks and hair nets were distributed, and Séverine was rolled on her side to yet again face her demons as her phobia of large needles was pitted up against her excruciating and unrelenting contractions. The first attempt at inserting the needle was unsuccessful, given that her reflex to jump was stronger than the command to sit perfectly still. I held her tight for the next try.

At the exact moment that the needle went in, Séverine let out a series of banshee cavewoman primal shrieks, the likes of which likely woke up some sleeping children across town. “ça pousse!!!” She belted. “It’s pushing!!!”.

They laid her back, only to discover that, in fact, the baby was ready to come. There is no way to know for sure if the procedure of inserting the epidural was the trigger that finished the cervix dilation or simply a freakish coincidence (I compared it at the time to giving up on waiting for a late bus at the bus stop, only to have it arrive at that moment), but in the end the epidural would have no effect on this delivery. All natural until the very end. The drugs were in fact never administered – there simply wasn’t enough time.

I can gloss over the gory details, but finally, at long, long last (27 hours to be exact), little baby Chiara Baron-Jerugim was welcomed to this third rock from the sun at 2:13 am, September 22^nd, 2009 and placed directly on her mommy’s chest for an hour of bonding and binge drinking. A proud daddy cut the cord and proceeded to do his job (photos, videos, and beating back an over-eager medical community with their vitamin K shots and antibiotic eye drops – this is a self-serving exaggeration – the delivery staff was in fact not even responsible for these things, they told me…twice). The placenta was removed, a slight tear required a few quick stitches, some crazy looking blood clots were cleared away, and we were left in a dazed and blissful peace.

An hour later, another examination revealed that there was more bleeding than normal, and given that this had been a v-bac delivery, they didn’t want to take any chances. Chiara and I were whisked away to pediatrics (yes, this was the place where I successfully beat back the voodoo pharmacists), and were admitted to the recovery room to await news of her mother’s well being. Here I was again, same as with Manu two years earlier. Skin-to-skin with a newborn, unsure of Séverine’s present condition. This time, however, thanks to past experiences, Séverine made sure to have her nurse report on things to our side of the ward. This was, of course, delayed by an hour as her nurse was pulled into the OR to transfer six other babies into the ICU.

An hour later, the head nurse in maternity ward notified Chiara and I that due to above average bleeding, Séverine was to spend the night in the case room, and we were whisked back to go rejoin her. The good news was that after all this Chiara was finally able to eat and sleep on her mommy again, and after all the hoses and tubes were inserted into Séverine, we all managed to get some seriously well deserved sleep. Well…15 minute here and there, since there was a uterus to examine. All of this took place around 6 am, and we were re-transferred to the recovery room at 8 as Séverine had proven that the bleeding had chilled out and all was well.

I’m sure there are some men out that there that could withstand a 27 hour labor, and I’m equally sure that there are some women who could not. That is not for me to judge or decide. What I do know is that in all my years, never have I seen that level of sustained suffering in another human, and my beautiful and seemingly fragile wife proved herself not only to be resilient beyond the limits of reason, but that she deserves a medal, a trophy, a large box of chocolates, a second baby shower, several hundred million dollars and a beautiful, healthy baby daughter. And a handsome and intelligent husband. And a Ferrari. And some sleep.

Chiara

2009-09-25T13:37:00.002-04:00

My red head -- Mon roux

2009-09-10T13:32:00.001-04:00

Birthday videos -- Videos de l'anniversaire

2009-08-26T09:03:00.001-04:00

Daycare birthday -- Anniversaire garderie from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Daycare birthday -- Anniversaire garderie 2 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Kiddie pool w/ Mommie from Sabolab on Vimeo.

The Duck goes ARRRRHHHHH from Sabolab on Vimeo.

How old? from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Untitled from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Week-end in Bromont -- Week-end à Bromont

2009-08-25T10:40:00.001-04:00

The beach & airport -- La plage & l'aeroport

2009-08-25T09:39:00.002-04:00

The Beach from Sabolab on Vimeo.

The beach2 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Airport 1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Airport 2 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Sonoma videos

2009-08-25T09:33:00.002-04:00

Sonoma sliding from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Monkeys jumping on the bed from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Tonton Dorje! from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Nyan nyan with Tonton Dorje from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Meow meow from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Birthday -- Anniversaire

2009-08-20T10:07:00.000-04:00

Last day Sonoma/SF -- Dernier jour Sonoma/SF

2009-08-12T11:55:00.001-04:00

Post wedding brunch day -- brunch de post mariage

2009-08-10T09:56:00.002-04:00

Uncle Adam's wedding -- le mariage de l'oncle Adam

2009-08-09T16:16:00.000-04:00

Manu takes the plane -- Manu prend l'avion

2009-08-08T17:15:00.006-04:00

Yes, Manu took the plane with his Daddy. They went to Sonoma, California for the week-end for Mike's brother's wedding (Adam and Kerry). I, unfortunately, couldn't go because I'm way too pregnant and was forbidden to go by my gynecologist.... :(
Here's the way there update:

Et oui Manu a prit l'avion avec son papa. Ils sont allés a Sonoma, en Californie, pour le week-end de mariage du frere de Mike (Adam et Kerry). Malheureusement je n'ai pas pu aller avec eux car je suis beaucoup trop enceinte, et mon gyneco m'a interdit de prendre l'avion.... :(
Voila la mise a jour de l'aller:

With his cousins - Avec ses cousins

Beach -- Plage

2009-08-07T18:05:00.001-04:00

on mommie -- collé de maman

2009-07-24T15:23:00.000-04:00

Driving mister Manu

2009-07-23T14:00:00.000-04:00

Driving 1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Driving 2 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

2009-07-15T08:55:00.001-04:00

Singing in the bath 1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Bubbles from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Snack time from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Bath 2 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Cerf cerf from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Danger bath from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Bath exit ritual from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Tickle party -- Party de guili from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Going to daycare -- On s'en va a la garderie

2009-07-14T09:07:00.004-04:00

Manu has been going to a new and full daycare since last week. It's been a little hard in the mornings, so I've been going to get him after lunch. It took about a week for him to adapt to his new environment, and we determined with his educator that today would be a good day to try and let him stay the day, nap and all......

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

So I know many of you might laugh at this (mostly men and women without children, the rest of you will laugh out of sympathy I'm sure!).
My little baby is gone all day.... I'm sad!
Not only is it hard to put him up to a change, even though I know it's good for him, but it's also hard to have to leave him when he's crying "Mooooooommmmie" with big tears going down his cheeks and his arms reaching for me as if he was one of the fantastic 4, almost able to stretch his arms elastically!

So here is how a mommie feels: it's a mix of guilt, sadness, pride ('cause I'm letting go, or trying to at least...), nausea, headaches, melancholy, and guilt again.
All of this even though I know that 5 minutes after we're gone, he's running around playing with his little friends! The little brat!

Funny I felt like that also when I stopped breastfeeding, when he started solid foods ("omg, is it the right food to give him!?"), when he started his family daycare (3 little mornings a week), when we left him for the 1st time with his aunt so we could go out for a movie (he was already about 10 months old), when he slept at his grand parents one night etc etc....

So here's what I'm wondering: Does it feel like this always!!!!??????? When he goes off to college, I'll be throwing up secretly until he calls me to tell me his classes are cool and he has many friends? And why on Earth would I do this a second time?
I'll die of stress before I'm 40!

Anyway, until then, here's Master Manu with his Car backpack, going off to take the bus with his Daddy this morning.... How cute is that!!!!!
(bonus: bath pictures from last night, he's too cute!)

Manu va dans une nouvelles garderie depuis la semaine dernière. Ca a été un peu dur les matins, donc jusque la je vais le chercher après le déjeuner. Il a donc prit la semaine pour s'adapter à son nouvel environement, et nous avons donc déterminé avec son éducatrice qu'on essayait la journée aujourd'hui, sieste et tout ......

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Alors je sais que pas mal d'entre vous se moqueront bien (surtout les hommes et les femmes sans enfants, les autre rigoleront en connaissance de cause je suis sur!).
Mon petit bébé est partit toute la journée.... Je suis triste!
C'est déja dur de lui imposer un changement pareil, même si je sais que c'est bon pour lui, mais c'est d'autant plus dur de le laisser quand il pleure "Maaaaammmmmannnn" avec les grosses larmes qui descendent sur ses joues et ses bras étirés vers moi comme s'il etait fait en élastic!

Voila comment une maman comme moi se sent dans ces moment la: c'est une mélange de culpabilité, tristesse, fierté (parce que je lache prise, enfin j'essaye...), nausée, maux de tête, mélancolie, et puis culpabilité encore par dessus.
Tout ca alors que je sais qu'aussitot après qu'on soit partit, il joue surement comme un fou avec ses copains! Le petit chien!

Marrant, je me suis sentie comme ca aussi quand j'ai arreté d'allaiter, quand on a commencé les solides ("oh mon Dieu, est-ce que c'est les bons aliments a lui donner!?"), quand on a commencé la garderie en milieu familial (3 petits matins par semaine), quand on l'a laissé pour la première fois avec sa tante pour aller au ciné (il avait déja 10 mois), quand il a dormi chez ses grands parents une nuit etc etc....

Alors voila ce que je me demande: Je vais me sentir comme ca tout le temps!!!!????? Quand il va aller a la fac, je vais vomir secrètement jusqu'à ce qu'il m'appelle pour me dire qu'il a des bonnes classes et des bons copains? Et pourquoi est-ce que je fais ca une 2eme fois?
Je vais mourir de stress avant mes 40 ans!

Enfin bref, en attendant, voici Master Manu avec son sac à dos de Cars, s'en allant prendre le bus avec son papa ce matin.... C'est pas mignon ca!!!!
(bonus: photos du bain d'hier, il est trop craquant!)

Who's more pregnant? -- Qui est enceinte?

2009-07-08T10:20:00.003-04:00

Summer sometimes -- Des fois l'été

2009-07-08T10:07:00.001-04:00

Singing -- on chante

2009-06-22T08:52:00.000-04:00

Itsy bitsy spider from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Au clair de la lune from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Mon amour de dieu from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Just plain beautiful! -- Simplement beau!

2009-06-17T22:08:00.001-04:00

Videos

2009-06-17T18:36:00.003-04:00

sneaky sneaky from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Personne n'est la! from Sabolab on Vimeo.

hihihni TRUCK! from Sabolab on Vimeo.

tout nu from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Singing kakoo song from Sabolab on Vimeo.

On torture Tati ces temps-ci... from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Tati me fait meme pas peur! from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Tati, who's the boss here!? from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Henri 1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Dancing with Henri from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Chasing Manu from Sabolab on Vimeo.

"Je saute" from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Firetruck hypno from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Update - Mise a jour

2009-06-10T09:57:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,
We haven't written in a while, so here is an update...

Things are going well, Mike has more and more contracts at work, so his company is taking off nicely. Manu is doing well also, he's starting a full-time daycare on July 3rd, so that will be a big change but for the best. Although the family daycare he's been going to is perfect for babies (and also right next door), he's starting to get bored and wants to do more toddler activities with more kids. Perfect timing!
Little sister is doing well too, she's dancing inside me more and more, and has a particular liking to kicking my bladder often! Just like her brother!!! I think we're in for a surprise once these two are old enough to do some pranks around the house....
Manu is also adding to his vocabulary everyday and is speaking both languages quite well, even though we were told he'd speak one language at a time... But what can we say, he's a genius! ;-)
Though he's in a phase right now where besides "truck", "Car", "Bike", and "Bus" are pretty much the only thing he cares about! He is very polite and says thank you when we give him things, and we need to remind him less and less to say please! How proud are we!? hehehe
That's it for now, hope everyone is well!

Bonjour tout le monde,
Cela fait longtemps que l'on a pas ecrit, alors voila une mise a jour...

Tout baigne, Mike a de plus en plus de contrats au travail, donc sa companie decole bien. Manu va tres bien aussi, il commence une garderie a plein temps le 3 juillet, alors ca va faire un gros changement mais pour le meilleur. La garderie familiale ou il va pour l'instant tous les matins est super pour les bebes (et aussi juste 3 portes a cote!), mais a besoin de plus d'activites de son age avec plus de copains. Donc on a de la chance ca arrive juste au bon moment!
Petite soeur va bien aussi, elle danse de plus en plus, et developpe une passion particuliere pour les coups de pieds sur ma vessie! Tout comme son frere!!! Je crois qu'on va avoir certaines surprises quand ils auront tous les deux l'age de nous faire des blagues dans la maison....
Manu ajoute tous les jours a son vocabulaire et parle les deux langues plutot bien, meme si on nous avait dit qu'il parlerai une langue a la fois... Mais qu'est-ce qu'on peut dire, c'est un genie! ;-)
Meme si pour l'instant il est dans une phase ou il ne dit pas grand chose d'autre que "camion", "auto", "velo", et "bus"! Il est tres poli et dit toujours merci quand on lui donne des choses, et on a besoin de lui dire de moins en moins de dire s'il vous plait"! On est fier, hein!? hehehe
C'est tout pour l'instant, on espere que tout le monde va bien!!!

Pregnancy photos -- Photos du ventre

2009-06-03T13:30:00.003-04:00

Videos

2009-05-27T09:09:00.001-04:00

Bisous avec Papa from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Dancing with Tati from Sabolab on Vimeo.

le nez et la bouche from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Munchkins from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Apples and mangoes from Sabolab on Vimeo.

La la la la la from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Dancing with Matt from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Shhhh from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Morning in Bromont from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Ball in Bromont1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Teeth brushing ritual from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Ball 1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Long time -- ca fait longtemps..

2009-05-25T14:42:00.001-04:00

Manu's sister -- La soeur de Manu

2009-05-07T20:52:00.000-04:00

Ultrasound - May 6, 2009 - Echographie

2009-05-06T23:49:00.001-04:00

Ultrasound - May 6, 2009 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Our son is brilliant! -- Notre fils est brilliant!

2009-05-06T20:29:00.000-04:00

Brilliance! from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Fun fun week-end

2009-04-27T10:48:00.001-04:00

Mana Mana videos

2009-04-12T18:50:00.002-04:00

Mana Mana 1 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Kakou talk from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Mana Mana 2 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Talk talk from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Kissing the new baby from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Mana Mana photos

2009-04-12T18:48:00.003-04:00

Fripouille!!!!!

2009-04-10T20:22:00.003-04:00

Yeux doux from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Nothing left for me to do but DANCE! from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Spring time -- Temps du printemps

2009-03-31T17:39:00.001-04:00

March - Mars 2009

2009-03-20T23:57:00.001-04:00

March 2009 from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Kissing - Bisous bisous

2009-03-09T10:03:00.001-04:00

Footsie

2009-02-24T21:31:00.000-05:00

Footsie from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Casanova

2009-02-24T18:38:00.000-05:00

Casanova from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Canard

2009-02-24T15:28:00.001-05:00

Canard from Sabolab on Vimeo.

pool and hair cut -- piscine et coupe de cheveux

2009-02-16T11:20:00.001-05:00

No.

2009-02-08T08:36:00.000-05:00

No. from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Long time

2009-01-19T14:31:00.002-05:00

Hello hello,
We haven't posted in a long time, but you see, we thought we had our hands full with a newborn, and now all of the sudden we have a pre-terrible twos on our hands.... Master Manu, as we like to call him, has completed his understanding of the term "Master". He is a little King, and whatever semblance of strictness we try makes him laugh.
SIGH!
Anyway, we have done a few things since last time we posted. We've gone to Bromont (my parents' house), we went to the Biodome where there are two sections, a tropical one and a local Canadian environment one. We had Jake and Aurore over for dinner with their precious Eden. We had Sylviane over with Isaac. and obviously a lot of other things, but if we started posting our schedules you'd probably stop coming here.
For those who don't know but would like to know, here is Manu's vocabulary beyond the normal Mama and Papa:
"Tatou" for pacifier (that thing is not limited to night time anymore, much to our dismay!).
"Toutou" for his lovie.
"Tati" for his aunt.
"Tata" for his cousin.
"Nanu" for Manu.
"Kkkk" for Shrek.
"Pavou" for Kung Fu Panda.
"Pfff" for dogs.
"Pffff" for cats too.
"Anka" for "encore" which means "more" in french.
ANd I probably am forgetting some.

Bonjour bonjour,
Nous n'avons pas ecrit depuis longtemps, mais voyez vous, nous croyions avoir un emploi du temps chargé avec un nouveau né, et maintenant, tout d'un coup nous avons un pré-2 ans.... Master Manu, comme nous aimons l'appeller, commence a avoir une comprehension complete du terme "Master". C'est un petit roi, et tout ce qui ressemble a de la sévérité le fait marrer.
SOUPIR!
Enfin, nous avons fait plusieurs choses depuis la derniere entrée. Nous sommes allés a Bromont, nous avons visité le Biodome ou il y à 2 sections, une tropicale, et l'autre locale genre environement canadien. Nous avons vu quelques amis, Jake et Aurore avec leur princesse Eden, Sylviane et Isaac. Et evidemment nous n'allons pas mettre notre emploi du temps entier sinon vous ne viendrez plus nous voir sur ce site!
Pour ceux que ca interesse et qui veulent savoir, voila le vocabulaire de Manu au dela des normaux "Mama" et "Papa":
"Tatou" pour la suce (ce truc est malheureusement passé au dela de "juste pour le dodo" a notre plus grand regret!)
"Toutou" pour son doudou.
"Tati" pour sa tati.
"Tata" pour son cousin.
"Nanu" pour Manu.
"Kkkk" pour Shrek.
"Pavou" pour Kung Fu Panda.
"Pfff" pour les chiens.
"Pffff" pour les chats aussi.
"Anka" pour encore.
Et j'en oublie surement!

PS: T'as vu maman, j'ai mis les accents presque partout! hihi

Bébé à Bromont

2008-12-29T16:46:00.001-05:00

Self-awareness

2008-12-28T16:56:00.000-05:00

Self-awareness from Sabolab on Vimeo.

iPod genius

2008-12-19T21:05:00.000-05:00

iPod genius from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Conversation artist

2008-12-19T20:59:00.002-05:00

Conversation artist from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Nanu

2008-12-12T19:40:00.002-05:00

Nanu from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Funny guy from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Stuffing my face -- Manger comme un cochon

2008-12-10T16:03:00.002-05:00

Important documentary -- Documentaire important

2008-11-28T12:39:00.003-05:00

Nos enfants nous accuserons

Has subtitles, it is important to notice that UNESCO is involved and that the world is starting to realize that agriculture is at the source of our nutrition, hence at the source of our being, well or not!

Il y a les sous-titres en anglais pour ceux qui en ont besoin, c'est important de voir que l'UNESCO est dedans, et que le monde realise que l'agriculture est a la base de notre nutrition, et donc a la base de notre vie...

Videos

2008-11-27T19:07:00.002-05:00

New video "channel" for Manu at: http://vimeo.com/manukenzo

Nouvelle "chaine" video pour Manu sur: http://vimeo.com/manukenzo

Manu plays the piano from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Grimaces from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Technology surprises everyone from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Crazy haired Kooka from Sabolab on Vimeo.

Crazy hair baby -- Le bebe aux cheveux fous

2008-11-24T15:07:00.001-05:00

Small victories

2008-11-23T20:54:00.003-05:00

Hello all,
A little bit of news in this post, nothing fancy or anything, just for those interested in our small victories of every day in the life of a 15 months old child.... Yes, 15 months old! We said it. *sighs* Oh how fast it goes!
Manu has been making different additions to his ever learning neurons lately.
He runs while bouncing... well, he ran almost as soon as he walked, and bounced from a natural roundness about him, but now he does it on purpose, which is quite entertaining! Hehehe.
Manu also tries to talk more, so funny things come out of his mouth like: "Matsemuh" which we have yet to figure out what it means. He says "papa" and "mama" obviously, though it's repeated many times and most times with a high pitch crescendo and a whiny interrogative tone to it "maMAAAAAA???".
He also seems to be an early dislexic as he says "Kakoo" for "cookie". ;-P
He'll imitate dogs barking, but it's mostly spit coming out of closed lips because he smiles while doing it.
He imitates monkeys since Dorje gave him a "Ronan Monkey" for his birthday, so when we put it in front of him and make a monkey sound, he'll open his mouth wide and go "HA-HA-HA".
He throws pillows at us while blowing rasberries ("pffff") for pillow fights......
Anyway, that's about it, really. But they are victories for him, he's very proud, and we're even more so!!!!!

Bonjour tout le monde,
Une peu de nouvelles dans cette entrée, rien de bien extraordinaire, juste un petit quelque chose pour ceux qui sont interessés à notre vie de tous les jours avec un garcon de 15 mois... Oui, 15 mois! Nous l'avons bien dit. Oh comme le temps passe vite! *soupirs*
Manu a ajouté quelques nouveautés a son repertoire.
Il court en rebondissant... Enfin, Il a couru presque en même temps qu'il a marché, et rebondissait naturellement dans sa rondeur innée, mais maintenant il le fait expres, et c'est tres divertissant! Hehehe
Manu essaye aussi de parler un peu plus, donc des choses marrantes sortent de sa bouche comme: "Matsémoh" que nous ne comprenons toujours pas.
Il dit evidemment "Papa" et "Mama", mais de manière répétitive, et toujours avec ce ton tres haut, comme un chiaud, en crescendo interrogatif: "maMAAAA???".
On dirait aussi qu'il nous fait de la dislexie avancée, il dit "Kakoo" pour "Cookie" ;-p
Il immite les chien qui aboient, mais il crache surtout car il sourit toujours en même temps donc ses lèvres sont fermées.
Il immite les singe car il a une peluche singe et quand on lui montre et qu'on fait le singe, il ouvre sa bouche grand et fait "HA-HA-HA".
Il nous jete des oreillers en faisant "pfffff" comme pour nous "attaquer" et faire des batailles d'oreillers........
Enfin voila, c'est tout en fait. Petites victoires pour lui, il est tres fier, et nous encore plus!!!!!!

Finger paint -- peinture au doigt

2008-11-17T12:46:00.001-05:00

Bath time -- Le bain

2008-11-06T11:49:00.001-05:00

POUR COCO!

2008-11-04T20:37:00.002-05:00

videos

2008-11-03T11:31:00.004-05:00

Halloween

2008-10-31T23:35:00.000-04:00

2008-10-24T12:21:00.005-04:00

Tigger -- Tigrou

2008-10-21T18:26:00.001-04:00

VIDEOS

2008-10-20T14:48:00.005-04:00

Colors -- Les couleurs

2008-10-09T18:26:00.001-04:00

Dancing man!!!

2008-10-03T20:44:00.002-04:00

13 Months old -- 13 mois.............

2008-09-24T09:56:00.003-04:00

Well well well, we haven't written in a while. News.... hmmm. Manu started going to a home daycare. Very small thing with older folks who take care of Manu and another 1 year old named Raphael (luckily we all call my brother Raphou, so Manu doesn't get confused!). He goes there 3 mornings a week, it's been almost 3 weeks now. He loves it, there is a dog there whose name is Amigo, so we tell we go see Amigo when we take him there. He really likes the folks who take care of him, he likes the dog, I think he likes a little independance too. Then I get him, he's happy to see me, we hang out a little and he takes an afternoon nap. After that we usually go to the park, but we've slowed down our outings there as it is getting chilly with the automn leaves falling.
The "colors" have started in the country but not so much here, in Montreal, though we see a tree here and there starting to turn yellow.
It'll be beautiful in a week or so.
Mike is almost done working at Simbioz, friday is his last day there, then we have a week vacation before he starts his new job at Jezam where he is officially "VP creative".
So everyone stand up and applaude, my hubby has rised from sending out resumes with very little experience and a lot of hope, to VP creative of a multimedia company in only a year! Hurray for talent!
As for me, well, most of you know that we've had to go through a miscarriage a few months ago, so I'm still a little shaky from it and need rest and meditation.
I had plans to start my beauty products company but have now decided to be a musician mom. So I'll be harassing music agents around here so they can get me gigs!
Send good vibes! :)

Here are the latest photos (after the french translation, as always!):

Bon bon bon, cela fait longtemps que nous n'avons pas ecrit. News.... hmmm. Manu a commencé la garderie. Une garderie en milieu familial avec un couple de personnes a la retraite qui s'occupent de Manu et d'un autre garcon d'un an qui s'appelle Raphael (heureusement nous appellons tous mon frere Raphou, donc Manu n'est pas confus!). Il y va 3 matins par semaine, cela fait presque 3 semaines maintenant. Il aime beaucoup, il y a un chien qui s'appelle Amigo donc quand nous l'amenons le matin nous lui disons que nous allons voir Amigo et il est tout content. Apres l'avoir chercher a la fin du dejeuner, nous rentrons tous les deux, on bavarde, et puis petite sieste. Ensuite nous allons souvent au parc, quoique ces sorties diminuent car il fait de plus en plus frais avec les feuilles d'automne qui tombent.
Les "couleurs" ont deja commencées a la campagne mais pas trop ici, juste un arbre ici et la qui tourne jaune. Ca va etre super beau dans une semaine ou deux.
Mike a bientot fini de travailler chez Simbioz, vendredi est son dernier jour. Apres quoi nous aurons une semaine de vacances, et il commencera son nouvel emploi chez Jezam ou il est officiellement "Vice-President creatif".
Donc tout le monde, levez vous et applaudissez, mon mari est passé de l'envoi de CVs sans trop d'experience mais avec beaucoup d'espoir, a VP creatif d'une boite de multimedia, tout ca en un an! Youpi pour le talent!
Quant a moi, bien, la plupart d'entre vous savent que j'ai eu une fausse couche il y a quelques mois, donc je recupere toujours et me repose.
J'avais pour programe de commencer ma boite de produits naturels de beauté, mais j'ai decidé d'etre une maman musicienne. Donc je vais commencer a harceler les agents d'ici pour avoir des jobs! Envoyez des bonnes vibrations! :)

Voila voila, les photos suivent evidemment:

Month old videos -- Videos d'il y a un mois

2008-09-07T09:49:00.011-04:00

Adventures -- Aventures

2008-09-05T10:28:00.001-04:00

Manu the rockstar!!!

2008-09-04T23:48:00.004-04:00

Pic nic at the park -- Pic nic au parc

2008-08-26T09:07:00.002-04:00

The Jerugims in Montreal -- Les Jerugim (parents de Mike) a Montreal

2008-08-20T19:23:00.000-04:00

Birthday boy

2008-08-18T14:16:00.001-04:00

1 YEAR OLD -- 1 AN

2008-08-18T09:56:00.003-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANU! (More photos to come)

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE MANU! (Plus de photos sous peu)

Television.... hypnotherapie

2008-08-15T10:16:00.000-04:00

Pow Blop Wizzzzz

2008-08-07T14:28:00.002-04:00

Videos

2008-08-07T11:21:00.004-04:00

Manu and his friends -- Manu et ses copains

2008-08-04T15:22:00.000-04:00

Videos

2008-08-01T10:04:00.008-04:00

Our little dancer:
Notre petit danseur:

Riding GranPa like an elephant!:
Sur les epaules de Papi comme sur un elephant!:

Bromont

2008-07-31T12:33:00.001-04:00

Pirates

2008-07-26T17:55:00.001-04:00

BREAKING NEWS: Manu walks!!! -- SCOOP: Manu marche!!!!

2008-07-26T16:02:00.003-04:00

11 months old -- 11 mois

2008-07-21T11:26:00.001-04:00

Manu and the girls -- Manu et les filles

2008-07-21T11:25:00.001-04:00

Playgroup:

Compagnions de jeux:

More food

2008-07-16T20:35:00.001-04:00

The Sagol fam comes to Montreal -- Les Sagol viennent a Montreal

2008-07-08T19:31:00.002-04:00

These days -- Ces jours ci

2008-07-04T09:49:00.005-04:00

We went to Jazz fest with our friends, we went to the kiddy pool, we went to the park, we're very busy these days!!!

On est alles au festival de jazz avec nos amis, a la pataugeoire, au parc, on est tres occupes ces jours ci!!!

VIDEOS

2008-06-26T20:24:00.004-04:00

Matthieu drives the tractor!!!:
Matthieu conduit le tracteur!!!:

Manu can too stand on his own.....:
Manu peut se tenir debout tout seul pour de vrai.....:

And bug his Papi Fredo:
Et embeter son Papi Fredo aussi:

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He'll dance to anything:
Il danse sur n'importe quelle musique:

Video confirmation of his readiness to go to daycare:
Confirmation video qu'il est pret a aller en garderie

The storm form the other day... Scary, huh!? :
L'orage de la derniere fois.... Fait peur, hein!?:

2008-06-23T17:21:00.009-04:00

Washing the beast -- On lave la bete

2008-06-22T12:23:00.008-04:00

First off, teeth brushing:

D'abord on lave les dents:

Then we bathe:

Puis le bain:

Oh sole mio!!:

Ready for daycare -- Pret pour la garderie

2008-06-17T07:06:00.006-04:00

Manu visited his cousin's daycare for the celebration of Matthieu's birthday. And he was ready to stay it seems...

Manu est alle a la garderie de Matthieu pour l'anniversaire de ce dernier. On dirait qu'il est pret a y rester.....

Hot day at the park with Daddio:

Jour chaud au park avec Papou:

Super model without a shirt. hehe:

Super model sans t-shirt. hehe:

Bromont photos

2008-06-14T08:45:00.008-04:00

Spraying the beast because it's so hot!!!
On asperge la bete parce qu'il fait vraiment trop chaud!!!

Love Lion -- Le lion d'amour

2008-06-11T19:37:00.004-04:00

Videos

2008-06-11T09:41:00.008-04:00

Funny baby -- Bebe tout marrant

2008-06-02T14:56:00.005-04:00

It starts early:
Ca commence tot:

What noise? This thing? I'll go get it, we'll see who roars the loudest!!!!!:
Quel bruit? Ce truc la? Je vais aller le chercher, on va voir qui rugit le plus fort!!!:

Help! He's climbing now! -- A l'aide! Il grimpe maintenant!

2008-06-02T13:23:00.002-04:00

More L.A pictures -- Plus de photos de L.A

2008-06-01T12:55:00.007-04:00

Curly rooster:
Coq bouclé:

Our rockstar:
Notre star:

Rockstar from the band Drool dropplet:
Le membre du groupe Goutte de bave:

This is to show how gifted we are with the camera, I mean who can capture the ever moving monkey??????:

Ca c'est pour montrer comment on est quand meme tres doues avec l'appareil photos, qui peut prendre une photo du singe en mouvement perpetuel????:

L.A film a la David

2008-05-31T16:51:00.002-04:00

Visit to L.A -- Visite a Los Angeles

2008-05-26T12:21:00.003-04:00

So we took the plane to go to LA, essentially to go to my citizenship oath ceremony, and of course to see Manu's grand parents.
Well it turns out the ceremony held the most ever number of people being sworn in at the same time (18,000 people in 3 shifts the same day). Oh joy!
The plane ride was hard because Manu is not at an easy age for these things, he's teething hard, and wants to crawl and walk everywhere, not sit in a row of tight airplane seats!

Nous avons prit l'avion pour aller a Los Angeles, pour que je puisse aller preter serment pour ma nationalite americaine, et bien sur pour voir les grands parents de Manu. En fait c'etait la plus grosse ceremonie de serment jamais faite (18000 personnes dans la journee). Oh, joie! L'avion etait assez dur car Manu fait ses dents et est a l'age ou il aimerait mieux ramper partout et marcher partout que de rester assit avec des jouets pendant 6 heures!

But he found his grand parents at the end of the tunnel:

Mais il a trouve ses grands parents a la fin du tunnel:

The day after arriving Mike and I went downtown to attend the ceremony while Jaime and Lora watched Manu. The photos don't do the size of the ceremony justice... But still:

Le lendemain de notre arrivee, Mike et moi sommes alles a la ceremonie pendant que Jaime et Lora gardaient Manu. Les photos ne font pas justice a la taille de la ceremonie.... Mais tout de meme:

Ronan, Jason, Kathleen and Tom came by to hang out, and for Jason and Ronan it was a first meeting with Manu. That was very cool!:
Ronan (le fils de Jason), Jason (Un des meilleurs amis de Mike), Kathleen (la mere de Jason) et Tom (l'ami de Kathleen) sont venus pour nous voir, et pour Jason et Ronan c'etait une premiere rencontre avec Manu. Donc c'etait super sympa!:

Adam and Kerry also came down to visit:
Adam (le frere de Mike) et Kerry (la petite amie de Adam) sont aussi venus voir Manu:

We went to sushis.... hmmmm:
On est alles mange des sushis.... hmmmm:

Sorry to everyone we didn't see, it was a very brief trip and family assaulted us ;-) ! They even came from San Diego to hang out with Manu.... Next time we'll try to come longer!

Desole a tous ceux que nous n'avons pas vu, c'etait un sejour tres bref et la famille nous a attaque! Ils sont meme venus de San Diego pour voir Manu.... La prochaine fois on essaiera de venir plus longtemps!

Dada and the Apple tree -- Dada et le pommier

2008-05-20T13:44:00.007-04:00

Pretty please, I'll never ask for anything more!!!!:
S'il vous plait, je ne demanderai jamais rien d'autre!!!:

The Manu Kenzo Experience

WE'VE MOVED!!! - ON A DEMENAGE!!!

Chiara Baron-Jerugim

Chiara

My red head -- Mon roux

Birthday videos -- Videos de l'anniversaire

Week-end in Bromont -- Week-end à Bromont

The beach & airport -- La plage & l'aeroport

Sonoma videos

Birthday -- Anniversaire

Last day Sonoma/SF -- Dernier jour Sonoma/SF

Post wedding brunch day -- brunch de post mariage

Uncle Adam's wedding -- le mariage de l'oncle Adam

Manu takes the plane -- Manu prend l'avion

Beach -- Plage

on mommie -- collé de maman

Driving mister Manu

Going to daycare -- On s'en va a la garderie

Who's more pregnant? -- Qui est enceinte?

Summer sometimes -- Des fois l'été

Singing -- on chante

Just plain beautiful! -- Simplement beau!

Videos

Update - Mise a jour

Pregnancy photos -- Photos du ventre

Videos

Long time -- ca fait longtemps..

Manu's sister -- La soeur de Manu

Ultrasound - May 6, 2009 - Echographie

Our son is brilliant! -- Notre fils est brilliant!

Fun fun week-end

Mana Mana videos

Mana Mana photos

Fripouille!!!!!

Spring time -- Temps du printemps

March - Mars 2009

Kissing - Bisous bisous

Footsie

Casanova

Canard

pool and hair cut -- piscine et coupe de cheveux

No.

Long time

Bébé à Bromont

Self-awareness

iPod genius

Conversation artist

Nanu

Stuffing my face -- Manger comme un cochon

Important documentary -- Documentaire important

Videos

Crazy hair baby -- Le bebe aux cheveux fous

More videos

Small victories

Finger paint -- peinture au doigt

Bath time -- Le bain

POUR COCO!

videos

Halloween

Tigger -- Tigrou

VIDEOS

Colors -- Les couleurs

Dancing man!!!

13 Months old -- 13 mois.............

More videos from mid august -- Encore des videos de mi-aout

Month old videos -- Videos d'il y a un mois

Adventures -- Aventures

Manu the rockstar!!!

Pic nic at the park -- Pic nic au parc

The Jerugims in Montreal -- Les Jerugim (parents de Mike) a Montreal

Birthday boy

1 YEAR OLD -- 1 AN

Television.... hypnotherapie

Pow Blop Wizzzzz

Videos

Manu and his friends -- Manu et ses copains

More -- Plus de VIDEOS!!!!

Videos

Bromont

Pirates