Boob Cake anyone?

So last weekend was pretty busy... A large part of my energy was spent getting ready for the weaning party on Sunday... Making the cake... Prepping Tym a little more.

I was a little concerned that it was not going to go over very well - since more than once last week she told me she didn't want to have a party... That she loved BreastMilk.

However we didn't back down. As I mentioned before I've been ready for a few months - it was just a matter of doing it and getting Tym excited about it.

Saturday was a weird day - since it was the last time that I nursed her down for a nap... We layed in my bed, and I tried to embrace our last nursing session. It was weird as I was trying to stay determined to nurse her all the way to sleep no matter how uncomfortable it was - thankfully it only took 5-10 minutes. I was glad to not have to worry about having to do it again, but I was also very sad. My baby girl is growing up. Yes I know that she's far from a baby, and weaning at 3.5 years of age isn't like she grew up over night. But it definitely is sad - even if I didn't enjoy the nursing because it hurt a lot, I still love the snuggling and closeness it gave us.

Since Saturday I've been going back on forth on being stoked that she's not nursing, to missing it. We were definitely both ready to wean however....

Sunday morning was just a lovely morning (she didn't ask to nurse, I didn't offer) - we had cinnamon buns and got ready for the party. She LOVED her Boob Cake - as you can tell on the picture!

Esther and her family, and Ivy and Sarah came over. We all enjoyed some Boob. Tym wanted us to see the Happy Birthday Song - but to the tune of Happy Weaning Party Tym, it was cute. She got a couple small presents as well - including 2 JugHead comic books (which she's addicted to now).

Meag put her to bed Sunday night - she was exhausted. Cried for me - no change from when she's tired. I was concerned about Monday morning - as she's such a whiny suck in the morning... She asked for it once, I told her that there was no more breastmilk and explained that she was a Big Little Girl now. (She's informed us she's not quite a big girl yet.) And she rolled with it! I made sure to give her lots of snuggles and stay close. We tiptoed around to make sure she wouldn't flip out and it worked. Not 1 single tear.

I was concerned about lastnight as it was my turn to put her down. Much to my surprise, she asked once, I said there was no more and she rolled over! Not a tear or why or anything! HOLY Crap! This morning same thing.

So all in all the weaning has gone fabulously. I won't be having a bath or changing around her for a few more days, that's for sure. But so far, she has proven to be the Big Little Girl.

No nursing since Sat folks. I wonder when I'll start to get uncomfortable and want her to be nursing again!

Who needs sleep...

So apparently Tym was up for 3 hours last night... It will be intersting to see how cranky she is tonight!

This weekend was busy and lovely all at the same time. We got the closet re-done and it looks fantastic :) Meag can finally see what it was going to look like - and is glad she trusted me and my design :)

The new matress got delivered, so we all have lots of room to sleep again :)

We got lots of little things done around the house that needed it. We actually brought up some baby bins and started unpacking! Crazy! So we have diapers, receiving blankets, towels and such all unpacked. 3 bins down - 25 to go! OYE! And there will be room in our room for the crib once we sell the cabinet we had in there.

Pepe in back in the country! (or should be) and is coming over tonight!! YAY!! :) can't wait to see her again. And swimming classes for Tym start tonight! :)

Today starts my 3rd trimester! Holy Crap! I am so glad that we've gotten ontop of the million little projects we want to do before he's born - so hopefully in another month when I don't want to move, I won't have to!! He's been moving a lot - I think he's transverse still, lots of lower movement still.

We watched the Buisness of Being Born on Saturday night - and it was awesome :) I would highly recommend it.

Minding my manners

I was chatting with my Mum last week when Tym decided she wanted to talk to Nana. She proceeded to tell her the following story:

"Nana, the friggin' cat Bell peed on my baby brother's bed and now we have to throw the damn cat and bed out of our house!"

Oh. Dear. God!

It's been a long week over here... The pregnant sleep has kicked in, and I haven't been sleeping very well at all. That may change when we receive the new matress we bought tomorrow - so we can all have lots of room to sleep without me snoring in someone's ear, or pillow crowding. Yes - we had to buy a new matress for Newton's room... The smell was just not going anyway. It arrives tomorrow and it will have a protector in it the second it's in the house!

It's crazy to think that the summer is over!! I am not sure where it went - but it left us. We have something booked or to do almost every weekend until Nov! It's going to be a busy time, but hopefully we'll be prepared come November. Some of it entails getting weird things done around the house, like getting the photoalbums in order, and sorting through recipe books so we can find things. Some things are bigger, and require saws and nails - this weekend we are re-doing our closet. I know we are nesting, and it's early - but if we didn't find time to do photoalbums in the last 3 years, if it doesn't get done now - with 2, when or when would we find time!

Tym's growing at amazing speeds. it's amazing to see her learn things. I will have to let Meag retell a phone story - she told Nana a story on the phone, and it's hilarious! She is also in the throes of 3 - and the tantrums. Oh the tantrums! One night this week she had an entire meltdown in the bathtub - and empty bathtub with no water in it. She was having a bath and not behaving - her options were getting out or continuing in a shower with me. she egarly accepted the shower offer and had a great time till it was over. She wanted her bath back. And she let us know - a full 15 minutes of full on tears. She could barely breath and was bright red when she finally stopped. The stamina was amazing!

On growing up - next weekend we are having a small party... A weaning party! She is stoked. I am stoked! The last few months I have been ready to wean her - we are down to 4 of the quickest ABC songs ever a day. She seems to get that after the weaning party, she is to old for breastmilk, and says she's going to drink out of a big girl cup (which she does any, but oh well!) We shall see how it goes!

This little guy in my belly has been a wiggle worm! he is moving SOOO much lately it's crazy. Last night, I think there was a time when he flipps head down. I was having a LOt of movement around my bellybutton and above... Which was really weird, since I've never felt movement up there. Of course the movement seems lower today.. We shall see, maybe he will flip without any problems this time!

boats, rainbows and water

Oye what a weekend! It past way to quickly!

On Saturday we headed out first thing in the morning to Meag's first Dragon Boat Festival. It was awesome. She had a blast - and the team finished 2nd in the women's division and even got a cup! Tym thoroughly enjoyed watching the races and cheering on the different boats.

We left there before lunch to head home and pack up for the Dyke March. Which was a lot of fun as always. Meet up with Beth, Jesse, the girls and santiago and his moms. And marched out stroller posse down the street. It was fun hanging out with them and seeing everyone out and about. The kids loved playing in the park = and loved the now traditional gelato stop before heading home.

After 8 hours outside on Saturday we were all pretty tired. Come Sunday morning we were not doing any better. Tym woke up at 6. I could barely move and had a headache - clearly over did it on Saturday. Meag took Tym down to watch some TV. She could hardly move - her muscles were quite sore from boating. It was a pathetic site for awhile in our house. We took it pretty easy for most of the day.

Until we found a leak in the basement. In the afternoon it wasn't a huge leak - the wall that the electrical panel was on was wet. Another Co-op guy came and took a look - looked like maybe the outside tap - so we turned it off and didn't think much more about it. Until after supper, Scott was over and heard water running in the basement. Not a good sign! Rushing downstairs shows a huge gyser of water running over the wall and down the drain. Once the dishwasher was turned off - it stopped. Plumber was called. All lights and stuff turned off (considering the electircal panel was now soping wet!). The plumber of course could not duplicate what happened - could not find a single leak anywhere! So he left - we turned lights back on.

Apparently it was the external hose bib that was not tight. Now we just got to work with the co-op to replace the chiprock and insullation fixed (replaced) considering we don't see how it could all dry naturally without mold growing. Fun times for a Sunday night!

Oh - we also went to the museum and seen a Bob the Builder exhibit, which Tym loved! And went to the beach with Beth and the girls.
Overall a fun, but busy weekend!

midwives and carnies

Monday morning we had a midwife appt. We decided to bring Tym along so she could start getting used to the lovely ladies that will be around for the birth. We have decided that it's not worth throwing off her morning routine to bring her in... when we want her to meet them some more later on, it will be a late afternoon appt so we don't have to bring her to school after!

The appt went well however. My blood pressure remains lower than ever at 112/64. Everything looks good. I am measuring a couple days ahead at 26 weeks - this could be due to how he is positioned right now - somewhat transverse (side to side). Which is better than I was thinking - breech. He's felt really low thus far with movements and had felt breech for awhile... Even though we know it's too early to worry about it, with past history we would like to get him head down sooner than later! :)

Tym helped with the doppler. She held it on my belly and heard his heartbeat for the first time. It was cool to see her reaction. Then all of a sudden she was all over Denise (Midwife) wondering what she was doing. Only 1 more appt at 4 weeks, then it's every 2! Already!

Yesterday Meag and I took the day off. We ran a bunch of errands in the morning, then surprised Tym early at day care. We went on a bus and headed to the SuperEx! It was the first time Meag and I had gone. It's pretty big... and a blast! It took Tym awhile to warm up - she really was not intersted in the rides... or she would be for 30 seconds, but once she was on or almost on she would change her mind. So we watched Annie on a few rides :) The animals were a huge hit! But - not as much as the Girl Band that we found playing. We saw the stage as the girls were getting on... Tym sat right down and would not leave. For a long time! She even got on stage and danced her heart out for 4 of the songs! It was so cute! We finally got her away from them, had quick snack and tried to get her to the bus stop for the 2 buses to get home. On the way, we saw african drummers... there's one stop... They finally finish and who do we see on the last stage as we are heading out? The girl band again! 15 minutes later, and a few tears... We finally get to the bus stop. Who knew the chicken dance done by a 3 year old would be so cute!

All things Wicked

So while we were finishing up painting in the baby's room, I noticed a smell - had asked Meag if she'd smelt something a couple days prior, she didn't. Must have been my sensitive pregnancy nose... Anyway - upon painting, I noticed on the duvet on the bed - stains. Pee stains. Uggghhh! Wicked Belle! it looked like she had been using it as a litter box for a few sessions.

So we soaked the duvet and that seems to be Ok... however - the mattress on the other hand has not been as successful. We put it on the deck the past 2 days to help air it out and febreezed it - however it was still smelly this morning. We just might have to go and buy a new double mattress. Of course this happens just as I was getting ready to settle into the spare room to sleep due to snoring and pillow obstacles in our regular bed!

We had a lovely weekend - it started with swapping spots with Christa and Abby. They came over at supper time Friday - we left. A nice supper and then to see a play. "Wicked". It was - AMAZING! The set, the story, the acting... was awesome! Then we stayed at Christa and Abby's - kid free!! Had 2 full meals without saying - Sit on your bum, eat with a spoon, don't do that! It was bliss!

After we got home the 3 of us headed to matt and sarah's who are still under renos :( However, we were able to pick through the scrap pile and get all the bits we need to put in some much needed shelving in our closet! That will be the long weekend project - Closet Build It!

Yesterday was a lovely day! It was awesome to see the sun! So much so I got a wee bit of a sunburn... We went to the market with Betj, jesse and the girls. It's nice they are back from vacation :) and played at the pool and park for a bit, before hitailing it out of there to go watch Meag have a dragon boat practice. Tym loved watching them... And feeding the ducks. The seagulls however, were jerks I was told. it was quickly discovered where she learnt that word upon walking back to the car as Meag and talking about what she seen - and said - "They were jerks weren't they?" hrrrmmm..... new rule - don't call anything you wouldn't want to be called.

Couple Tym sayings...

While snuggling to sleep - she normally gets 1 ABC of breastmilk. "Mama, 1 ABC makes me sad, but 2 makes me happy!" She then got the fasts 2 ABC songs known to man!

"Those seagulls are jerks!"

"I wanted to pee outside" while peeing naked on the deck. Hrrrmmm

There are more but of course I can't remember them right now

Wet and cold

So I've found this summer to be wonderful weather wise - most would not agree with me.

I have loved it because I have not been a sweating, cranky 6 month pregnant woman this summer. Just pregnant. The reason for this is the weather has sucked. We have had more rain then ever - this morning I had wished I brought a sweater to get to work... Really folks it's not even mid August! I should be complaining first thing in the morning that it's already to hot for the day! We haven't set Tym's pool up in weeks because it hasn't been warm enough. Great energy wise since we haven't even had fans on let alone the air conditioner!

However in the grand scheme, as comfortable as I've been - it sucks. We've had no nice weather summer, no heat, just the threat of rain almost every single day.

However if there is going to be a summer like this, I'm glad it's this one!! :) Next summer can be warm and I can spend it at the pool with the kids! :D

Painting and Fairies

It's been awhile since an update - sorry folks!

First - Batman was AMAZING! I haven't enjoyed a movie like that in a long time. I am hoping to get to go see Harry Potter in November before this baby comes out to! That will be the end of movies for awhile after that probably!

We had a great long weekend. Took our time and got most of the painting done in the baby's room. Took our little fish swimming - boy is she a fan of the pool now. It's time to sign her back up for swim classes!

The week was busy as usual. Tym's rash is getting better and better now that she is not eating garlic. Surprising it's been pretty OK cooking and stuff... Some things just are not as tasty though! This weekend we finished up the painting and got the house cleaned. Took it easy but was productive.

On Saturday we let Tym sleep late in anticipation to going to the Lumiere Festival. It was amazing. We meet up with Tym's friend from school and her folks and had a fantastic time (pics are up) Tym was stocked to dress up like a fairy.. And we had to call her Princess Fairy Tym all night. When she fell asleep at 9:45 Sat night, she wanted to know if there was another festival tomorrow... Now we have her psyched for Gay Pride! :)

It's crazy to think that we are already mid august! We've decided that there are several little projects we want to get done before Ole arrives (like photo albums and memory boxes) so that we will have a few weeks to just sit and maybe play Xbox in the evenings. It's a lofty goal, but hopefully we can do it. I think it helps that we don't have cable so are missing the Olympics :(

Ole is growing and moving like crazy! He's consistantly pushing and poking me. I am now noticing a difference with carrying a boy vs girl - he is zapping my energy like crazy. I know that I am also running after a 3 year old, but I am dragging a lot more than I was with Tym even at work and such. I have started swimming at lunches a few times a week - which both me and him seem to enjoy :) I am hoping it helps him flip over, I feel him really low and think he's breech still.. I know I know.. Lots of time to have him turn... However Tym was placed the exact same.

So onto this week. Friday we are heading to a Broadway show - Wicked. Meag bought awesome tickets for my b-day. And we are even swapping houses with Christa and Abby so we can not be in our space for a bit... not a hotel, but next best thing ! :)

Looking like....

Lastnight I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth - Meag and Tym were reading in Tym's room. Next thing I know things were not so quite.

TYm comes running into the bathroom crying. I ask her why she's crying.

"I spit on mummy'"
"Why did you spit on mummy?"
"Because she looked like a sink!"

launghing ensued for everyone. Meag couldn't be as angry with that response. Lets just say that spitting is being practiced all on her own - she spits while brushing her teeth about 15 times.

Oh how 3 year olds think :)

it's been a busy week since I lost my feet!

I ended up taking a day off last week to just put my feet up and let the swelling come down. After 24 hours of doing nothing they looked much better. Of course after a busy birthday weekend they are somewhat swollen again - they don't ache yet though.

Friday night Mel, Laurel, Christa and Abby came over for drinks - it was a lot of fun laughing at everyone! Saturday night we had a potluck chocolate party -it was a good time with lots of yummy food that had chocolate in it. It was awesome to see how inventive everyone got! Sunday brunch with the 4 girls at the house and supper at Matt and Sarah's lead to yesterday morning being very hard to get up from!!

But it was a wonderful birthday weekend. I got a food processor - and we made hummus Sunday - Tym was very excited about that, since she hasn't has humus for over a month. I am excited to make other things as well - should be fun :) I also got money towards a new blender - one that will crush ice really well :) Just gotta find it.

Tonight 5 of us are going to the The Dark Knight on IMAX. Should be a fantastic time!!

This weekend is the long weekend.. it's amazing to know that August is already here! This weekend we are going to get the base coats of paint up in newton's room - and slowly work on the animals on the wall in the coming weeks. And hopefully do some relaxing!

Lost and found...

So some things are lost and found a lot earlier in this pregnancy....

Lost - my feet.

Happened at some point in the last 2 weeks. I've never had a fantastic view of my feet, fact is I'm a big girl. However now I have to bend quite forward to see my red crocs!

Found - swollen feet.

I wouldn't call them cankles just yet - however they are definitely getting more round as each day goes on. With Tym this didn't happen for a long time yet! It will be interesting to see how my feet look in 2 months let alone in 4+! Oye!

We are back in!

Well folks, we are finally back at our house. I do miss hotel living however - someone to clean up and give you fresh towels everyday... It's also stress free - you don't feel obligated to do 1000 different projects since you're not home. Meag cleaned up mostly from the reno on Friday and we moved back home on Saturday. Our new floors are lovely. The bathroom is nice, except for a few small things to touch up. It needs a new coat of paint, since the off white with the blue floors and counter makes it look like someone pee'd everywhere. Anywho.. We are just glad to be back in our space.

Tym was stoked to be home and has enjoyed running around with all her stuff. We picked up most of the paint for the baby's room this weekend - and Tym wants to paint it NOW! (It will wait until the long weekend) Last night we started cleaning up the baby's room - which also had us going through some clothes bins of Tym's; deciding what is good for a boy, and what is not. OYE! That was tough. So many of her girly clothes are sooo cute. And now we are going to give them away. Well not quite give them - we are going to take them to Boomerang to sell, so we can get a credit and buy the boy some cutie stuff... It's just hard to part with some of these clothes. And these clothes are all 2ish years old clothes - her smaller clothes are going to be even harder to go through. We will do that once we've painted and can leave some stuff upstairs.

Of course now there are a tons of projects that we need to get moving on and done in the next couple months - and figuring out exactly what ones we want to do now verus later. Mel is back in town this week - YAY :) And she'll be here for my birthday celebrations again this year, which is awesome :)

Now that I am clearly pregnant, everyone keeps asking me how I"m feeling. Which I never thought to much about - since I feel fantastic! There is nothing quite like the 2nd trimester - you are not as big as a house, not nauseous all day, and don't need to sleep 14 hours (would be nice though! hehe).

But all in all it's been great - my belly has definitely grown in the past couple weeks - not much mistaking what's inside. My hair and nails like last time are growing like weeds- which is good since i want to be able to put my hair up for labour! I've put on 12 lbs or so - not to bad. My mood generally has been pretty good (Meag probably doesn't think so!) - however I have definitely noticed when I'm testy, I'm quite testy. (Sorry Meag!)

One thing that has been totally different this pregnancy is how much he is moving! HOLY Cow! Tym was always laid back, didn't move much for ultrasounds, and since she was breech facing in the whole time, I felt movement - but no fierce kicks or punching. Newton however flips around all the time, and I feel him poking and prodding me all the time! Which I find amazing... (ask me when i'm 35 weeks if I still do or am tired of it! hehe)

Tym has taken on a whole new fasination with Newton since we've found out it's a baby brother. She'll talk to him first thing in the morning everyday, and hug and snuggle him (more then she was before). Yesterday morning she was laying listening, and my belly gurgled - she sat right up - "He just FARTED!" It was so funny. I told her it was just my belly, but she sure didn't believe me!

We are offically half way there... I am very much looking forward to the next few months when we can settled into the 'new' house (it will feel new with the floors and bathroom done), get the room painted and start digging out all the baby stuff we have.

Moving out, pictures and Oh My!

What a whirlwind of a weekend.

We finished packing the house and ourselves for the weekend. Tym was finally feeling much better - and was exstatic to go to school on thursday - so we sent her friday as well even though we originally thought we would keep her home and take her to the ultrasound... so we dropped her off at school and finished off the house.

Of to the ultrasound. What a wiggly baby! It might have been the icecap I had right before going to make sure that it would move around enough. In 20 minutes it went from being breech to transverse to head down. Tym was never ever this wiggly - it will be intersting to see how active this baby is when it comes out!

And, it's a BOY!

It was very clear what parts this baby is sporting. I was in shock a little bit - even though we joked it would be a boy, for some reason I thought it was going to be a girl. We are getting use to the idea of a boy and it's going to be a very fun adventure! Now the idea of names - thankfully we have a few months to sort that out!

After the appt, I finished packing and Meag went to work for a bit. Packed the car, got tym and headed to Beth and Jesse's for the weekend.

We told Tym there that she was going to have a baby brother - and she is so excited! :) should be a lot of fun.

After a fun filled weekend with the girls - we came back to the house on Sunday afternoon - the construction guys had already demolished the bathroom and were putting the tub and tiles back in- - should be nice when it's all done. Meag packed us up for the week and tym and i headed to the farm with a school friend of hers, which was lovely. then off to the hotel. which is were we will be for the week. It's going to be lovely seeing Mel and hanging out with her - I just hope we are not in her way to much!

to damn hot!

So Tym hasn't been to school yet this week - We knew that she was cooking something on Sunday - didn't think it was much. Most times when she's wonky it goes away after a good sleep , or it's a food reaction.

Meag wanted to take a play day on Monday with her, and they went to the Nature Museum with Annie and Jesse. Apparently she was even more off then. By Monday night when I got home it was clear she was sick. And has had a fever ever since. When we called her into school yesterday they asked about the vomitting and diarhea - thankfully we have none of that. Just a very hot girl, in very hot weather. it's yucky!!

It looks like the fever broke some time last night. But she's hardly eaten in 3 days and is still quite cranky - so she's home again. Hopefully the fever doesn't come back today!

Yesterday we went to the naturopath and got her allergy testing results. It was as expected on some - and others floored us!

No...
Cow Milk
Wheat
Spellt
Pineapple
Garlic

No wonder the rash hasn't gone away! Never have we stopped cooking with garlic!! So we will stop using that for awhile and see what happens with the rash. We are going to stay away from most cow dairy for a bit. She wasn't postivie on them, but reactive. So until we get it under control, we are staying away. But overall - we can deal with that :)

We are slowling getting things ready for Friday when we move out for a week - can't wait to have the new floors and bathroom though!! :)

The Big Sneeze

I was cuddling with Tym the other night helping her fall asleep when without any warning the biggest sneeze ever exploded from her little body. Naturally we were lying face to face so guess who got the full force of this sneeze and its accoutrements in her face? Which then produced the following conversation:

Me wiping my face: Thanks Tym! That was really gross!

Tym giggling: My snot went into your mouth Mummy! That was cool!

Bluesfest and food

Last night was the first night of Bluesfest - if you live in Ottawa, and know were we live - you know we are fairly close to the Venue. Well this year it seems that since we are a couple more rows in, we can actually hear it better... It's not as loud - but it's a lot clearer. Which is lovely to listen to wonderful music on the deck.

However, not so wonderful putting your kid to sleep. Last year she didn't ask any questions about the extra noise until after the first week... Last night - on Day 1 of 14...

T - What's that noise?
M - The music festival down the street
T - Is it on the road or the sidewalk?
M - Neither, it's in a field
T - With Cows?
M - Nope, the field next to the War museum. A boring museum, not a fun one like the dinosaur or kids museum.
T - I want to go there
M - Where? the boring one?
T - Yup!
M - Ok - when Grampa comes to visit, you ask him to go, he likes that museum.
T - When he gets out of the dessert and stops riding the camels?
M - Yes - he'll be here in September
T - Why doesn't he live with Nana
M - he does half the time
T - how does he get here?
M - Plane
T - not on the camel?


OYE!!! We went from talking about the music - to Grampa on a camel in 15 seconds. Quite the seqway.

This weekend is going to be busy packing what we can - as next Friday the living room and kitchen have to be empty as we are getting new floors, and a new bathroom. So we will be moving out for up to a week while the renos are done. Yay for Mel coming back and having a huge hotel room!

We are also doing some cooking this weekend to get food in the freezer - as Tym has no lunches in the freezer left. While Laurel was over (she is a nurse at Sick Kids) she seen Tym's rash - and said it looks like a virus called molluscum contagiosum. After doing research it definitely makes sense. Of course, there is no easy treatment for a mild case for (which Tym has) and it can last a couple years. We are going to bring the info to the natruopath and our nurse and find out what we can go. It doesn't bother her, which is good. But we hate for her to have it.

I uploaded some pictures of the last couple weeks :)

Hot tubs and new favorites

What a wonderful weekend we had.

Friday we all packed in the car and picked up Scott - and headed for a cottage 35 minutes away. It was divine! The only down side was the water was quite a hike away - down a mountain side. But the hot tub more than made up for it! Nothing quite like getting in the hot tub at 8:30 after a lovely breakfast. We spent 2 lovely days relaxing and eating. Don't worry folks - the hot tub was turned down before I went into it, it was like a large lovely bath :)

Tym LOVED the hottub! And her new found best friend Uncle Scooter! They had lots of fun playing in the water - she 'swam' from one side to the other. It was awesome to see her love of water come out. The only downside for Tym for the weekend (besides leaving!) was the huge thunderstorm on Sat night. There is nothing quite like a storm when you are on a quite mountain. The lighting was spectacular, the thunder ear popping. The kid - scared shitless!

After coming back into town Sunday - we discovered Belle missing. Meag finally found her a couple yards away, stuck unable to come back. We later discover that Abby and Christa must have let her out when they were over Friday night to use the BBQ.

Monday was an errand day. Both Meag and I had the day off. Groceries and the mall. I finally found panel shorts! :) And they were on sale!!! YAY! Old navy didn't have them last month, I am glad they were there this month! So much more comfortable now!

Tym has a new best friend - Mel's friend Laurel who came back with her for the week. After spending a couple hours with her Monday night - come yesterday downtown celebrating Canada day they were 2 peas in a pod. We spent yesterday morning downtown - Tym loved the festivities! The horses and mounties were a huge hit, as well as the parade and buskers. We headed home after the snow birds.

By 3 in the afternoon Meag was in the kiddy pool by herself with a beer again. It was funny. Then Mel and Laurel came over as well - and it didn't take them to long to get in the pool in there undies either! I have to upload some fun pictures of tym in the pool with them throwing water everywhere! Tym had a blast!

After way to much food last night ( thanks for the Tart Christa! ) and a good sleep - I am still exhausted!

On another note - I successfully made very yummy cinnamon rolls and a chocolate cake wheat and dairy free this weekend!!! YAY :)

Loyalty is not her strong point

For the past 18 months Tym has been infatuated with our friend Christa. The sun rose and set based on whether Christa was standing or sitting. They were inseperable and adored each other. Enter Abby - Christa's partner. It was a slow warm up for both of them. Not that they didn't like each other - it was just a different dynamic. And then something happened. Abby became the end all of Tym's life. I think it was the John Deere hat Abby bought her. Or maybe it was the fact that Abby "played fetch" with her. Whatever it was, Abby is like a hit of speed to my little girl. I can't even mention her name in passing without Tym loosing it and wanting to see her RIGHT NOW! Thus I give you the following conversation:

Mel: So you don't like Christa now?

Tym: No.

Mel: Why not?

Tym: I just like Abby now.

Mel: Can't you like them both?

Tym: No, just one.

Mel: Will Christa get another turn to be liked soon?

Tym: Ya....soon. But not right now.

Heartbeats and Clothes

Another week has passed quick. Mel landed in town on Sunday - she's here for a good part of the summer working - it's nice to have her around :)

This weekend we are going to a cottage with Scott. We've never been to this one, so it will be interesting to see what is there. It's going to be really nice just to sit and relax!

I looked down on Monday at my belly. It has arrived. There is not much mistaken that I'm pregnant. I definitely filled out quicker this time - as I look closer to 6 months then 4! All I am wearing now are Mat Clothes. I am good for tops, but I need to find a couple more pairs of full panel shorts.

We went to the midwife this morning - and met Denise our second midwife. She seems lovely - she was a naturopath before becoming a midwife. I am measuring right on target, my blood pressure was awesome! 112/70. And we heard the heartbeat!! It was the first time, and it was awesome! I've been feeling the baby move for a few weeks and even starting to kick the past few days - so I figured everything was ok. But it sure was awesome to hear the heartbeat at 150! :)

Movie Nights

It's been raining for days - and looks like it will rain for many more days to come... Last night we bussed downtown and had a lovely picnic of chicken and ribs. Oh how we love the Chicken and Rib Festival. This was the first year that Tym really took part and chowed down on Ribs - they were definietly her favorite! It just started to drizzle as we were finishing up :)

Once home we had a nice warm shower to get clean and warm up... Which was followed by our very first Movie Night! We snuggled on the couch with a blanket in our PJ's, had hot chocolate and popcorn and watched the Piglet Movie. It was awesome! Tym was so excited and hardly had popcorn, she was so into the movie. (It helps of course that she normally doesn't get to watch TV!)

it is definitely something that we want to do on occasion as a family - maybe once a month which she's still little... And family games nights when the kids get bigger :)

Entry missing

I updated yesterday - but it is not here... So I will update again. I finally uploaded some pictures - so there are new pictures from May and June - ENjoy! :) It's amazing to look at the pictures and see what a big girl she is turning into.

Tym is doing better - we took it easy most of last week. Let the last of the wheat leave her body! It was rough during parts. Unfortunately her rash is still present, and angry. I really wish we got the results from her testing earlier so we could figure it all out. I have an appt with the naturopath tonight and will probably bring T with me and see what she says.

Last weekend was busy as usual - we managed to get a lot of things into it. Including seeing Beth and Jesse's new house and playing at the playground and beach that is a 3 minute walk away! It will be awesome visiting this summer! I think the funniest thing for me however was Christa sitting in Tym's pool cooling off but not wanting to share it!

The most awesome thing that happened was Sunday. There was a huge thunderstorm and we all snuggled up on Tym's bed and watched the storm. talked about thunder and lighting and sang songs. It was an amazing family time.

Tym is a little obsessed with the new baby. She brought home a picture she colored at school yesterday - it was of a person holding a baby - and she colored it for the baby. it was so sweet - we had to put it on the wall next to where the crib is going to go so the new baby can see it.

As far as Newton is going - things seem on track. I can't brush my teeth without gagging, which leads to the next 5 months being lovely! heartburn has started as well. However I can feel the baby move a bit more now, which is awesome.

It's hothothot

What a busy weekend. We managed to get all our errands done, plus do lots of sociallizing.

We started the weekend with swimming at Plant with Annie and the girls. Tym was super glad that they were home from vacation! Then they came over with supper.

Sat was busy and starting to get hot. We did as many errands in the morning as we could. Then called Beth and asked if they had an air pump as we bought Tym a kiddie pool. Low and behold they were setting theirs up :) So we packed up and headed over to enjoy some cool water. It was lovely.
Meag and I headed out at 6 to a baseball game with Christa and Abby. What's with cheerleaders at baseball games? The game was good - it was nice to get out and enjoy company - and we weren't in the sun so it was good :) I don't remember the last time I had a SnoCone! :)

Sunday after a very hot trip to the market and groceries we got the airconditioner installed and the kiddy pool setup. Meag and I spent more time lounging in the pool then Tym did!

We took Tym off wheat Thursday - and by Sat night we finally had our girl back! Thankfully! I am not sure what wheat does to her body, but it sure comes out in her personality! We can't wait to get those results in a month.

Summer Summer Summertime

It's official - the heat is here. This weekend marked an average heat index of 36+ - lovely for me, not so much for my prego wife and fiesty child. Mmmmm......how to solve this problem? Buy a kiddie pool of course! With a busy weekend under our belts and Tym getting more and more catankerous, the pool was the best $20 I've spent in a long time. She was awfully cute wading around in it not really wanting to get her new swimsuit wet (obviously the concept of swimming was lost on her yesturday) as Deah and I sat in it and relaxed.

It was a busy weekend - with lots of visiting, family outings, double date to a local baseball game (sans Tym and what's with cheerleaders at a baseball game anyways?!), a trip to the farmer's market, ice cream consumption, and installing the A.C. It's almost a good thing the weekend is over with how busy we were.

Tym on Wheat - OYE!

So yesterday I picked the girls up after work and we went to the doctor to get the blood drawn for testing. Tym was amazing!! She calmly sat on my lap, let me hold her arm and watched the tech put the needle in. When she seen her blood coming out, she looked a little worried - you know, since blood is suppose to stay in your body and all. But she got a band-aid and didn't even flinch!

It hurt more when I took off the band-aid at bath time lastnight!

And we've noticed something in the last 4 days. Tym's rash has almost disapeared. Good. However - her attitude and manarisim SUCK! She's bitten twice at school this week. Pierce was apparently Yummy - who knew! She's slept like crap - been up by 6 everyday. She isn't listening to us AT ALL and is down right defiant. Now, I do know that she's 3 yada yada - however last week wasn't like this. This is definitely the Tym from 'before'. We totally see what her teachers meant the week after we took wheat and dairy out - "She's so much happier". And she was. Until now.

So today starts no wheat and dairy. We are going to limit her corn and sugar - but it was when the wheat and dairy went away that we got nice Tym. So that will be the diet until we get the results back in a month.

Needles and Hammers

So we've decided to get Tym's food sensitivities tested a bit more and are getting the blood test done. The blood test will give us a scale to go on. So we know which foods to totally avoid and ones to more or less stay away from. We're doing it because her rash has yet to go fully away - we are missing something!

So in preparation for the needle tomorrow, Tym had to incorporate all the 'bad' foods back into her system, so they were there to test. Let's just say she was quite excited to have my chocolate milk and pudding at lunch on Monday. And I have NEVER seen her eat 2 full peices of pizza by herself! (monday at supper). Friday will be tough going back to the modified diet, but hopefully this test will give us more insight into what is actually happening.

Tomorrow marks Trimester 2!! Wow. It's crazy to think it's here. I am finally feeling good and not having to eat 'as' much :) The second trimester is usually the best, and I can't wait to experience it again. All my regular clothes don't fit (unless elastic waist) - and the mat clothes are still to big, but I have to wear them. It will be good in a few more weeks when I fit a little better into my mat clothes.

We found out yesterday that we are going to have our bathroom totally redone, as well as the floors in the living room and kitchen redone (to laminate hardwood floors) in July. We are very excited about this - however it does mean that July will be very busy. We need more details on when and stuff - but all our furniture will have to be moved from the 2 main floors for a week or so, and we won't be able to use the main bathroom for up to 2 weeks. There will be another unit available if we wanted to temporarily move in - but that's a lot of work. We might just try and crash somewhere while the floors are done, and come back fo the bathroom (and shower in the empty unit). Anyone have an empty furnited apt we can live in for 2 weeks? :)

Trains and Ponies oh My!

We have yet to say anything about our weekend.

First - ever since last year's trip to Toronto, Tym wanted to stop at the Big Apple and go for an apple train ride (they have a small kids train on tracks). So she's been saving her money in her piggy bank (well stealing our change and putting it in) so she had money to go next time we went. So we got all backed up, and she stayed awake until the apple train. She was stoked to give the lady her money to get a ticket for the train. It was dead, and Tym was the only one on it (Mummy went with her) so she got 3 turns around the track instead of 1. However within the first 45 seconds she was scared.

She won't be asking for the apple train soon I doubt.

On to Waterloo. Got in town in great time. Went to Jo's place - Tym belined for the toys downstairs. Once Beth was home with the kids we headed over there. Tym was thrilled to see her cousins! and belined for the play room! I didn't think she could have been more excited - except the minute Darcy walked into the house I honestly thought she wsa going to pee herself! She was vibrating and bouncing and screaming. Jumped up right into his arms. From day one he's always been her favorite man.

After a lovely BBQ supper we finally got the kids upstairs late. Skipped bath. They decided they were all going to sleep together in Julia's bed. It's a good thing it's a queen! They played around and lasted for about 25 minutes before Grace was tired and gave up and went to her room. Julia was overtired at this point and Beth took her to lay down on her bed. That left Tym all by herself. she didn't quite understand why her cousins left her. Since she wouldn't let them sleep! She eventually went to sleep by 9pm.

Saturday started with breakfast out with Great Gramma and Nana. The girls did great - then a trip to St Jacob's Market. Oh how I love that Market! At the market there was pony rides. Wow Tym was excited. So she went, with Grace - and started crying before they made half a turn - so I scooped her off the pony.

Lunch and playtime at the house. Grace had some friends over to play and Tym loved watching the big girls play. A wonderful supper that Darcy made followed by a bath. Tym was beyond exhausted at this point and the bath did not turn out so well - alas everyone was calm again, and all in the same bed again.

Beth and I listened to them play in bed wondering how long it would take this time. Sure enough 15 minutes in Grace comes out - the girls are practicing to spit. She headed to her own room again. That was followed by Tym acting up, I took her out and brought her to our bed.

Sunday morning brought getting packed up and heading to the studio to get photos done. 4 generation pictures were taken. Tym wasn't to impressed and didn't want her picture taken. By the time she warmed up Julia was pretty done. Overall considering the different picture combinations there were and 3 kids 5 and under, I think they went great :)

Off we went in the car and drove home. It was a lovely trip. Not sure if Tym will go near a kiddy train or pony again - but it was fun! :)

upon getting home Grace called. She was crying and wanted us to come back again. It was so sweet!

The one about the Fallopian Tube

Tym was drinking some water last night, when she began to sputter and cough. Deah hit her back and asked her if it went down the wrong tube. After Tym finally caught her breath, she meekly looked up at Deah and said "Yeah, it went down my fallopian tube".

Blogging for LGBT Families

Today is the third year for Blogging for LGBT Families. The first year meant a lot - as it was our first year with Tym. Last year, honestly, I think I forgot. This year, year 3 also means a lot. Not only are we a family with 2 moms, a wonderful daughter and a sprout on the way - but we are very lucky to live where we do, and have the rights we do.

When Tym was born, Meag was not on the birth certificate. We were legally married, but the rest of the laws had not caught up yet. We didn't want to have to do a second parent adoption - for many reasons. The main one - she wasn't adopting Tym - because Tym was already her's. She was my wife - Tym was her daughter. Simple to us. If I was married to a man, it would not have been questioned on if he would be on the birth certificate

By the time Tym turned one the laws had caught up. We were busy needless to say, and were not sure if it meant we could get the certificate changed or not. We knew the next baby would automatically have Meag's name on it - but what about this one? In Janurary I sent them an email - saying I would like it changed - low and behold they sent us a short form to fill out. It costs us money to get the birth certificates printed again - and 22$ for the form to be filed. But last month something came in the mail... Tym's new birth certificate with Meag's name listed. Not only listed, but now she's listed as the mother, and I'm listed as the 'other parent'. Which suits me just fine.

Meag is a wonderful mom - We are a wonderful family - and I can't wait until next year when we will be even bigger! :)

Bumps and bruises

We had a good weekend - it was cold, but we still enjoyed ourselves going to parks and relaxing a little bit.

Tym's naps are - not everyday, which is making for interesting evenings. Some days if she naps to late (like Sunday) she's up all evening and sleeps like crap. Other days, like yesterday she doesn't nap, then she's to tired at bed time to want to go to sleep... Fun times.

Then nights like last night - she falls out of bed and bumps her head :( and is up for 2 hours. (First time in a long time she's fallen, and first time in hitting her head) So she has a large gooseegg on her forehead, poor thing.

Lastnight - I felt Newton move for the first time. It was awesome! :) I didn't feel Tym move for many more weeks - but now that I know what to look for - the very faint flutter in 1 place - I faintly felt Newton move for a few minutes lastnight - it was awesome :)

We had a midwife appt today. We actually got to see Sarah ( our old midwife ) which was lovely - and find out that the reason we don't have her, is she is due 1 week before us!! Got the blood drawn today to make sure everything is good, along with the pap test, which is oh so lovely. Let's just say the cervix is a LOT more sensitive when you're pregnant! So all the testing is done now - we can sit back and enjoy the visits more. My blood pressure was awesome at 105/78. Which for me - ROCKS! :)

They had the results from the ultrasound - we will be keeping our due date and not moving it for ultrasound dates - considering we 'know' there was no sperm in the house 6 days earlier!!! hehe :) Rather avoid induction if we can! Also on the ultrasound they found a small blood clot - which is normal. And chances are along the way somewhere I will spot or bleed a little bit as it gets released. Or it might just re-absorb into my body. I am sure I will still freak if I bleed!

We are getting things ready for our trip to Waterloo this weekend - it will be nice to see everyone - Tym's quite excited :)

So many new things...

Today I was going to post about the fact that we are at 12 weeks - and everything that entails... and I will - after I tell you about this morning.

After Tym slept through the night (YAY!) I went up at 6:15 and snuggled her. I mentioned I had a dentist appt this morning, and asked if her and Mummy could drive me. She immediately went - I go for a check up to?? I asked if she wanted to see the dentist and get her teeth cleaned. YA! was the answer. Ok then - If the 3 year old wants to go to the dentist, I will gladly give up my appt. (We've been meaning to get her to the dentist for the last couple months). So we all got ready and left. When we got there I told them I was there and explained I would give up my appt if Tym could get in instead - she talked with my lovely hygenist who said she would clean both our teeth.

So we went out back, Tym said I would go first. She asked lots of questions about what all the stuff was - and thought it was funny I had sun glasses and a bib on. Then I was done, and she still wanted her turn!! So she climbed in the big chair and laid back! She looked around, and was able to get most of her front teeth polished! Her teeth are so lovely and shinny! She got a new toothbrush, floss - and got a toy from the chest! She even let the very old scary looking dentist come in and take a look. Her teeth are perfect :)

Of course as we were watching her, we realized we wanted pictures, but with such an impromptu appt, we didn't bring the camera. Oh well - there is always 6 months from now!

Now that Tym is clearly a big girl - let's talk about Newton!
I am 12 weeks today - and haven't been nauseous in awhile... I even started talking my prenatals in the morning again :) I am still tired - not as tired, but 9:30 is still late for me!

On Monday I looked down and seen a little of my belly poking out - normally I just see the girls (which are ginormous right now!) but the belly is starting to poke. Not that most people would even consider me showing, but give me another month and we shall see! The preggo clothes are going to have to come out soon, as I am down to 3 pairs of pants for work - I hope it warms up soon so I can wear shorts!

This week I started telling my work folks that I'm due :) It's been fun telling people - a lot of people are wondering what I'm going to do about my job - so am I! I am going to talk to Claudia next week about how long I should stick with this job and such. Obviously I am not going to do it if it's not good for me or Newton.

A lot of people wonder how Tym's doing with the thought of a baby. Well - she is getting more excited all the time!! Yesterday morning we were snuggling, and she layed on my belly - kissed it, and was listening. She then said "I can HEAR THE BABY!" she was sooo excited! I laughed. I was hungry - are you sure you can here it. "Yes Mama, I hear the BABY!" it was so cute. Then a minute later, "Mama, I feel the baby move!!" It was so cute. We shall see how long this faze lasts - hopefully another year until the baby is a few months old! She is getting use to the fact that there is only 1 - and not 2. Thank God!

Hero PJ's

So we haven't mentioned that Tym has been sleeping like a superstar the past 2 weeks - didn't want to jinks it. However since she woke up before 6 today, the first day in 2 weeks - why not!

A couple weeks ago Tym wanted to wear her Ballerina PJ's. They are fleecy, 1 piece, zip up, with feet. We weren't going to say no. She slept until 6:30. We didn't think anything of it. The next night she insisted on them again - not worth the fight to try and get her to wear something else. She slept until 6:45.

She hasn't had another set of pj's on her butt since.

This from the girl that wanted to sleep naked when it was -40 out. From the kid that has been very insistant in not wearing 1 piece PJ's in well over a year.

We think part of it is she's staying warm at night, even when she kicks off her blankets. If she will be to warm in 3 weeks when the weather actually gets warm, who knows. But right now - 1 peice fotty PJ's all the way!

And the Oscar goes to....

Tym's acting skills have become quite impressive. Or maybe it's just her Drama Queen-ness coming out. She woke up full of giggles and smiles and ready to go to school. That is untill she found out that Deah was staying home due to a bad cold. Well, the smiles disapeared, the eyes became glazed over, and a pout formed on her face. "I'm sick" she announced pathetically. "I can't go to school today, I'm too sick." Batting her eyes at me (hey she learned early that I'm the push-over) as I stood by watching this display. "Nope you're fine come on let's go" I told her. "I can't Mummy, I'm too sick!" she tried whole-heartedly. This little banter went on back and forth for a good 5 minutes. As I started to wonder if I was going to have to carry her up the staris myself to get her dressed Deah comes to my rescue. A few words later, Tym is bounding up the steps as if there is a mound of sugar at the top all for her to devour. I asked Deah what she said to Tym. She turns to me with a sly smile and says: "Crack. I told her she could have some crack".

Crack by the way is either Arnica or Vitamin C tablets.

Alive and wiggly

When you get your first pregnancy test that is positive - you're overjoyed. But then starts the worrying. Especially if you test positive way before your period is due (which we did). You wonder if everything is going to be OK. If the baby is growing OK. If there really is a baby in there. Most women worry about this until they get their first ultrasound, or are into their second trimester.

We had our first ultrasound this morning :) Newton is thriving!!! A little to much so - as in measuring 6 days ahead of schedule! Very wiggly and squirmy. Which was a switch for us, as Tym was always very calm, never moved very much during the ultrasounds. Newton had his\her arms flying everywhere, legs moving and just moving all about. It was awesome.

So no more worries about not having a baby in my belly. And we can tell Tym honestly, that there is only 1 baby in my belly. No twins like she insists on!

We will upload the picture within a couple days. Happy Spring everyone!

Are sleepin's worth it?

We had a lovely weekend. Friday started off with swimming with the girls - Beth made supper at our house. Yummy Tacos! :)

Saturday we had a non-listening morning. which ended up in not going to gymnastics. It had us make a listening chart for Tym - the rest of the weekend went very well listening-wise. Saturday afternoon we meet new friends at the park and went to their house to play. It was fun. Followed by Pho. Tym now loves Noodle Soup. nothing better than noodles, meat and dipping sauce! She's a hoot with chop sticks!

Sunday morning she surprised us and slept in by 1.5 hours!! Oh, it was lovely!!! We went for a quick breakfast out, then Canadian Tire. I headed home while they bused downtown. I later joined them and we had a treat from the Chocoletier in the Market. Tym then proceeded to have a very long nap while we cleaned up outside. A yummy ham supper followed. And bed early.

However due to the big sleep yesterday - she was up from 2-5AM. Was the sleep in worth it? Ask me tonight at 9!! :)

All-in-all it was a very lovely Mother's Day. it's crazy to imagine next year there will be 4 of us!

Instant Tears

"I love you Mummy because your friendly."

So productive!

What a week!

Friday Meag and I took the day off the work in the backyard with mom. And we got it all done by 1PM! Sod in and everything! :) It looks sooooo good. We can't wait for a couple weeks until it's settled and we can go play back there :)

Sat mom came with Tym and I to gymnastics and thought it was awesome the setup they have for them. The ball pit was a huge hit. Tym also did a typical crazy Tym thing - She was doing her crab walk on the parallel bars, when normally she would step down, she decided to launch herself off the end onto a mat! Which normally would be 'ok' I guess, except this mat she jumped unto was the mat under the rings where another kid was swinging. Thankfully she missed the kid on the bars. After she did it the second time, I took her aside and told her she shouldn't! Silly girl!

Sunday we went to the Biodome in Montreal. It was a lot of fun! Tym especially loved the penguins... She raced through almost all of it just to get to the penguins. She loved pointing out animals she knew - Macaw, Aligator, Marmaset Monkeys. Yay for Diego :P

Tym stayed home yesterday with mom so they would get some quality play time in. From the sounds of it, they had a fantastic day :)

Today mom is home, and doing some painting. Tomorrow I am staying home and we will do some shopping before I take her to the airport. It's been a lovely visit.

Gramma! Gramma!

There is nothing quite like a 3 year old running in the airport right for Gramma screaming Gramma! Gramma!! It was the sweetest thing. Definitely made the right choice in bringing her even though it meant a little later bedtime.

First thing yesterday morning - at 5:30 - We are trying to get her to go back to sleep - Gramma? she didn't like our - she's sleeping, answer. And was up for the day. The entire day - did not want to take a nap with me. Finally crawled in bed at 2:35 for a quick 20 minute power nap.

We come downstairs to watch Gramma just finishing to rip out the big lilac tree in the backyard. All by herself! OYE!

Tym has loved having Gramma around, and has played very very hard and has not stopped squealing and laughing. This morning was a little tough to get her to go to school. Mom is working on the backyard today and both Meag and I will be home to help her tomorrow. I am glad she likes gardening so much :)

I hope the rest of the visit goes just a lovely! :) It's nice having family around.

OMG! We are having a baby!

It's real now. We are having a baby. We had our first midwife appt this morning. Of course nothing more then the Hi how are you's, to what has changed since you had Tym, to see you in a month. But it sure did make it real :)

We met with Claudia, who was our secondary midwife with Tym. We learnt that Sarah who was our primary last time isn't taking any Dec due dates, which sucks. But Claudia is good. We also have a HOT student midwife, who will be with us for the duration and birth. Tall, Blond, blue eyed. And we will meet Denise who is sharing care with Claudia. Should be good :)

Going to schedule an ultrasound in the next couple weeks, which we are very excited about.

We had a nice weekend. The weather was lovely. Tym loved playing with Annie at her birthday party. We bought some patio furniture and a picnic table for Tym yesterday - so the deck is ready for the season! :) Even if the weather is not this week :( It's suppose to be cold and wet all week. Go figure - mom arrives tomorrow night for a week!

My little traffic cop

The other day we took Tym out for Gelato. As we were crossing the street, a truck slowly pulled up to a stop in front of the crosswalk. Unfortunately for the driver of the truck, he didn't stop quickly enough and Tym let him know it. While holding Deah's hand, Tym puts her other hand out and yells "STOP!" at the truck. The driver rolls down his window with a huge grin on his face and says thanks to Tym for making him be more careful.

What a kid!

Adjusting well

Tym is doing really well in her found palate of "safe" food. We seemlessly transfered over all her cow-based dairy to either almond or goat based. And yay for finding out we can still go out for an "ice cream" treat. Pure Gelato has numerous yummy dairy free options for Tym which she is thouroughly enjoying! The wheat is still a work in progress. I've bought numerous types of different flours to try out - we just have to make the time to bake. In the meantime Tym seems to be enjoying the bread we bought her. Her rashes are improving daily which is a huge relief to Deah and I. We'll see what the next 48 hours brings though as we caved tonight and ordered pizza in - shame on us but damn it was good!

We've started to make a lunch for Tym to bring to school in the morning as well. It's just easier that way since we know what she's eating and the school doesn't have to worry as much about catering to her diet. T likes to help me make it though she jumps around yelling "it's my super-dooper lunch" more than actually helping. I do appreciate the entertainment however.

All in all she's doing great! There have only been a few momments when I thought I was going to lose her to a tantrum. She wanted some of her cerished chocolate bunny cookies which are now on her "do not eat" list. I told her that she couldn't eat them anymore because they weren't good for her belly and her eyes teared up. She quickly looked in the cuprboard and saw the new cookies I had bought (YUMMY wheat free chocolate chip!), pointed to the bag and asked "those are good for my belly?" This kid learns quickly I tell ya!

My wife ROCKS! I just wanted to make sure the world was able to hear how awesome she is.
She cleaned, painted , organized to name a few things this weekend - and that was just while I was having my naps! She is at home BBQ'ing chicken for supper tonight, so I don't have to worry about it. Potatoes and corn are cooked. She ran out after Tym went to bed lastnight for bread and milk.
She rocks my world!
Thank you sweetheart for being such a fantastic person in getting everything done while I drag my butt around slowly, wishing I was sleeping or felt like eating.

The weather is lovely! We had a fantastic weekend. Tym's tractor was put together on Sat - Thank you Abby! She doesn't quite get the pedaling thing, but it should be coming soon. We bought a push mower for the backyard - now all we need to do is get the backyard finished and sodded.

Happy Birthday to ANNIE who turns 3 today :) Tym is very excited about the party on Saturday.

What a long week! Well it has been for me anyway since by 3PM i'm ready to go to bed for the night!
Newton is now the size of a blueberry! I've got more control over the nausea - taking prenatals in the morning - not such a good idea. Eating when my belly tells me, is a good thing. I've started to be somewhat sensitive as to what I'm eating. There have been a few meals where I've been starving, looked at it and walked away. I am craving toasted tomato sandwiches again! Hopefully Meag has made some bread :)

Aside from being tired, and hungry, my breasts have done the - OMG, where did you come from! thing this week.

We've been doing a lot of researching for Tym's diet and bought 5 types of flour yesterday to try and do some cooking this weekend. The cook at daycare has been fantastic and very helpful. Her rash exploded earlier this week and is starting to settle down a bit. I will be glad once we get rid of it and we can work on a new status quo. Poor thing.

The weather is finally LOVELY out! There is hardly any snow left, just some banks here and there. Hopefully we can get the backyard sorted out in the next couple weeks so Tym can go play out there. I finally got T out of her winter coat, mittens and hat lastnight. she has been very insistant in NEEDING to wear them outside because it's freezing. I finally got her out of them to go play at the park lastnight :)

I hope everyone enjoys the lovely weather this weekend!

We had a lovely weekend dispite trying to figure out new foods. (Which will be a slow process!)

Friday night Meag and I got out and went to a fundraising variety show event. It was nice to get out and enjoy people and company - and the show! :) Thanks Justine and Jubilee for watching Tym, and even puting her to bed.

Saturday Tym and I headed to gymnastics - where for the second week in a row she barely looked for a parents, just ran around doing her thing. She's growing up quickly. Saturday afternoon we did some shopping and got some wheat free pancake mix, wheat free bread - that is like a brick! among some other things.

Meag painted the entranceway Sat/Sun. I'm not to sure on the color yet, I think it might be a bit to light. Sunday we spent a good part of the day with Christa and Abby - Abby folks were in town and gail loves playing with Tym.

Sunday also marked Tym's first day on her trike this year! We have to clean it up, but she was super excited to get out on it.

I personally am loving weekends even more now - since I was able to get a 2 hour nap each day snuggled with Tym. Oh ya! Day is already rough - I am late for my nap! 5 more days until I can nap again. Oh my.

Almost all the snow is gone.. slowly but surely! Come on Spring!

It's the end of her world as she knows it

And the results are in. Tym is officially sensitive to wheat (but NOT gluten or yeast), dairy, eggs, chocolate, pork and corn. On the wheat and dairy test it was pathetic how low the score was! She scored incredibly high on goat and almond - good thing since she was on goat's milk for so long and we put her on Almond milk 2 months ago. We simply can't take everything out of her diet immediatly without having a minor revolt on our hands, so we've decided to deal with the pork, chocolate, dairy and eggs aspect first - to us the easiest. Also it's not that she's allergic per say to these items. It's more that her body doesn't process them well thus the little red rash patches. Wheat's potentially going to be a little more time consuming to fully change the house over on. Deah and I will have to do recipe research and some new shopping/cooking. It also means alot more prep work for meals as we now have to bring T's food with her to day care. It's nice to know that there are so many alternatives out there - like soy or goat milk based ice cream, buckwheat (I grew up on buckwheat pancakes - yummy!), and rice flour. Learning how to cook/bake with all these "new" ingrediants will be a challenge at first. I guess that's what all our spare time is for now eh?

Well Newton ( our pick for the baby's name for now - Thanks Auntie Pepe!) is now the length of a lima bean. After Wednesday I very quickly got in the habit of eating every 45 minutes or so to keep the nausea at bay. That, plus having a carbonated drink in the morning. I've had more pop in the past 3 days then I do in a year. (Don't worry folks, all caffeine free - today's choice Red Tangerine fanta, who knew!)

Lastnight my savior came over! Wade came over after I got home from getting T and the car (750$ later!) and played with T all evening. I was able to actually get a couple things done around the house that I've been needing to do all week but have got to bed with or before Tym all week. Meag and I have realized that we will probably have to ask for some extra hands in the next couple weeks, just so we are running somewhat normally. Meag is so tired from doing everything around the house - and I feel bad cuz she's doing everything. I am going to try and be more accomplishing in the evenings with Tym... wish me luck!

Tym had a great time playing with Wade - and enjoyed making a craft so much with him, that this morning at 6:45 - she decides she wants to make more! Oye. In the bath lastnight, Wade was upstairs with us at bath time. She was playing with herself - Meag said, nice cooch, she looked at Wade and said "You have a cooch?" He replied, no, I have a penis because I'm a boy. She then told him that me and Meag both had cooches.... And asked "You have a cooch behind your penis?" Of course we all laughed and said no. Then she asked to see it. Thankfully it was covered with clothes! This morning and driving us to work . "You have a penis Unkie Wade! "

She's been very hyper at bedtime the past couple nights because there have been friends over that come bed time she's not interested in sleeping. Thursday she finally feel asleep at 9:30, last night it was 9. I do hope she's good for Justine and Jubilee tonight since we are going out.

Uuggghhh. Tomorrow will be 6 weeks. I guess I'm right on time for feeling nauseous! Last night I went to bed before Tym - and today I've been feeling off - and started feeling quite green about 45 minutes ago. I don't think I have enough crackers to last the day. We shall see how the rest of the week goes, but we might have to call for helpers over the next few weeks until the baby has a placenta! (The reason morning sickness happens mostly in the first timester is because the waste the baby expels goes right into the mom - as the placenta hasn't been formed yet),

This baby is kicking my ass from the inside! I just want to sleep.. But for some reason Tym isn't ready to go to bed at 5PM.... Hrrrmmmm. Anyone want to come watch a 3 year old once or twice a week from 5pm-7pm so I can sleep?

The great wheat debate

We took T to the naturopath yesturday. When she and Deah were super-sick two weeks ago the little patches of rash on T's arms and legs cleared right up. The wonders of a sick-induced fasting! Since she's been back to her rambuctious self the patches have come back and with a venegence. She has never complained about them but they really needed to be more thoroughly checked out than the 5 second glace from our G.P. Deah and I had been kicking around the idea of getting T tested for food sensitivites and the naturopath confirmed that idea. As well as taking her off wheat and dairy since we're suspicious they are the main culprits of the rash. Changing T's bread over to a wheat free one really wouldn't be that hard as well as making other wheat free changes. However, if I have to take her off dairy the fight I would have telling her no to frozen yogurt is not one I look forward to. I think I would rather have her throw her toothbrush at me a million times over (another story for another day). So the test is Friday afternoon with the instructions to have her abstine from alcohol, caffeine and drugs. Yes, I did mention the test was for a 3 year old.

What a wonderful weekend so far.
Last week's weather was so lovely, we decided to have the first BBQ of the season on Friday. Of course while we were all sitting at work - we were watching huge snowflakes fall. Alas, we still had an amazing steak bbq! :)
Yesterday morning I went with Andrea to help her out at the Great Children's Garage Sale. it was awesome to see all the preggo mama's and all the little kiddos there :) I can't wait for the next one where I know I'll end up picking some stuff up for the little one. (Who we've named Newton for the right now)
After that we came home and T had a nap. We got packed up, and after nap Abby came to pick T up. They headed off to do errands and supper - we skedaddled across the river to a hotel. Didn't take very long to get into the double jet tub! meag's knees thanked it! After a lovely meal at Bifteque - we were in bed by 7pm! Asleep by 8! and we only got up at 7am. It was awesome!
After a brunch breakfast and a lazy morning we went and picked T up before Christa went to work.
Of course - Tym had a great time, and they had to wake her up at 7AM - for us we have to con her into sleeping past 6! Oh well - she had a great time playing with the dog :)
She's now upstairs sleeping. it's lovely outside. We are heading to Matt and Sarah's for supper, and Scott's coming with us. It's going to be a lovely day! :)

To the person who searched google for 'egg salad' - did you find what you were looking for when you got directed to this blog?

I've got egg salad for lunch again today :)

What a weekend - Welcome to the world Meredith Ella!!! :) At 9lbs Merry is joining her big sister Annie - I hope you guys enjoy her! :)

Happy Anniversary to my lovely wife. 6 years on Sunday. Already! It's amazing how quickly time passes when your having fun!

Not quite 5 weeks pregnant yet and some symptoms are starting to kick in. I already have the 'pregnancy nose'. The nose that is always full, and has more boogers and snot than humanly possible. Which also means the snoring has started... I think? Meag would know! hehe. I am craving eggs. I think it's the protein. I had an awesome egg and chicken sandwich lastnight. And today's lunch is going to be egg salad. YUM. I started having the weird dreams. I should really write them down when I wake up - I know this morning I woke up going, Huh? That makes no sense! Of course I can't remember it 2 hours later. The last symptom I noticed, is last night was the first belly twinge. Not quite a cramp - just feels like things are stretching in there - you know since the baby is the size of a sesame seed!

Well - the city finally did something about snow removal! They sent a 3 year old!

After spending the afternoon out running errands, I went out back to shovel some snow to bring the BBQ over - it is the end of March and we haven't BBQ'd yet! Highly over due. The temperature is perfect, just the snow isn't!. So I made a path. Tym helped.

We then made a beach with snow from the sand toys we found. Which was fun. Then Tym decided to scale the 3 foot high pile and dive into the backyard. Check out the pictures - she is standing next to our lawn chairs, which you can only see a few inches of! She proceeded to move snow into our neighbors yard. It was cute.

Last night we had a sleep over with Annie - went well until Annie woke up at 5 - and wanted her mama and mom. She Jesse came over - unfortuntaely still no baby, s/he is taking it's time!
Tym slept like crap - she was complaining about a bug in her ear. We I took her to the Dr's on Wed they said her ears were very full of wax and they couldn't see anything, so we've been putting oil in to try and loosen it up. Nothing would help lastnight, the bug was making noise. ( I am assuming there was water in there). So me and her slept off and on on the couch - needless to say she passed out for over a 3 hour nap at 10!

This morning also marked a big day in her growing up. We went to Gymnastics. And she went to class ALL BY HERSELF! I stayed in the viewing area and she went with her class. Weird! She did great. she made it about 40 minutes before she needed to sit with me for a few minutes. But in 1 hour, she was only with me for maybe 10 minutes. My little girl sure is growing up!

She also will not wear any pants that has a button on it right now. Track pants and gym pants only. Oye!

It's official. I have the cold that got left behind from Beth and the gang. I feel like ass! I picked Tym up from daycare yesterday and she had a long day. Wasn't quite ready to go back to school. She fell asleep on the couch at 6. We got her in bed at 7. and she slept till 6am. that NEVER happens. She needs to heal - and is on her way. She's home sick with me today. Hopefully we both start to feel better soon. The doctor today did say that it's staying about 7 days, which means I have a few days to go before feeling better.
Tym is napping now - as is Annie who is also here for the day as Beth might be in labour. Maybe by tomorrow there will be a new litle bundle in Annie's house! Labour well Beth!

All I have to say, thank god they are both napping - and at the same time! :)

I didn't really get my mini vacation I was planning on. We sent Tym to daycare today, I hope she's doing OK. She's had quite a few nose bleeds from the dry air, poor kid. Hopefully tonight we can un-prop her matress, she gives an adult a sore neck!

Of course I am back at work and sneezing up a storm. Feels like my head is in vice grip! Of course I get a head cold within a week of being pregnant and can't take anything for it. ARGH!

We called my mom yesterday and Tym told her she was going to be a big sister, mom squealed on the phone. It was good :) Gramma is going to come up and spend Christmas with us this year, which will be awesome.

1 more day then 2 days off!

Happy Birthday Tym!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Tymothy!!

Holy cow! It's amazing to think that 3 years has already passed since we were in the hospital having you. You've had an amazing and busy weekend leading up to your birthday. Still sick - the fever finally broke on Monday - but quickly got followed by a very stuffy green runny nose. You did somewhat Ok at daycare yesterday, but you are home sick with me today. We went to the doctor and you had a huge nose bleed. What a way to celebrate your day!! And the only thing you want to do on your 3rd birthday is nurse. It's like you are brand new again! Or watch TV of course. It's a good thing it's your birthday!

This morning you called Gramma and told her that you were going to be a big sister. She squealed. It was awesome. And Gramma is going to come celebrate Christmas with us this year. It should be fun.

You can almost dress yourself now (just need a little help with your shirt) and talking a mile a minute. You love all the cut up food you got for your birthday and made mummy a wood sandwich this morning. YumYUM! I am sure it's just the start of many weird things to come!

I am so glad you are growing up and turning into a wonderful little girl. I can't wait to watch you grow more and to make you a big sister :) Every day you make my heart smile like I never thought possible.

I love you Bubble.
mama

The Easter holiday is almost over and we have more news than possible. My sister Beth, her husband Darcy and their 2 kids Grace and Julia all arrived on Friday morning. We weren't too sure they would really make it as Beth was fighting a nasty cold. She sucked it up well for the drive and the rest of the weekend, though Darcy started feeling sick Sat. afternoon. We just can't win eh? The girls though were amazing! Tym was simply beside herself with 24/7 excitement at her cousins being here. She was so excited that she earned more time-outs in one day than she had in the previous 2 weeks! Lots of laughs, games and playing was had with some invaluable one on one sister time thrown in for good measure. We managed to brave the ridiculous freezing wind at the Agricultural Farm to visit the sheep, cows, goats and lambs. We also took the kids to the Museum of Nature for an incredible jouney. They loved it all and Tym went nuts running around with not only her 2 cousins (as she kept calling Grace and Julia that the whole weekend!) but also with Annie! Talk about heaven for Tym!
Sunday morning we had Tym's 3rd Birthday Party complete with her dolphin cake. She did really well even though she'd been restless the night before with a bad fever. We debated about cancelling the party but with family here.....she braved it very well and only petered out at the very end. Thanks to all who came to help us celebrate - you're welcome to come back and help us finish off the cake!
Once Beth and the kids pulled out to head back to Kitchener, Tym crashed. Her fever kept spiking at 40.3 with only going down 1-1.5 degrees on Advil. She physically looked in pain and was complaining of a headache all day. Last night wasn't much better though it seemed to help a bit that she was snuggled in between Deah and I all night. Deah and I have plans for a date day tomorrow with Tym back at daycare - here's hoping!
And the best news: DEAH"S PREGNANT! She's due December 5th and we couldn't be more thrilled. We'll have the same midwife (Sarah) that we had for Tym and are crossing our fingers for the home birth we wanted before. We had a huge "honey-do" list for the next year that has now been modified into "MUST- do" within 6-8 months and "Will have to wait". Tym will make an amazing big sister!

New Pictures

I have tried a different file storage page - Meag wasn't thrilled with Flickr, so we are going to try something else.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/deahmeag

Happy Birthday to my love.

This weekend was totally filled with birthday celebrations for Meag who turned 30.

After running around all day Friday to get everything we needed for the party, decorating all Friday night, The Texans Dirty Thirty was almost here.

Mel was in town this week - unfortunately she came down with a belly bug and was not able to join us for the festivities. Thanks for helping out with the prep! We enjoyed a lovely Family Day at Gymnastics. Meag, Mel, Christa, and Abby came to cheer Tym and I on. Tym loved all the attention and had a fantastic time!

Sat afternoon decorating, and cake after supper - the little one Tym helped me with. She was very excited to help with Mummy's birthday cake - and helping decorate. She was also a dream in going to bed. She slept through the entire party! All 25+ guests, all the debauchery, all the drunkinness. Meag had a blast at the party. She made it till 11:30 this time before she went to the washroom and never returned. Damn Sarah and her every 15 minute shot schedule! Once every 5 years right? Not so bad!

I took Tym out of the house first thing Sunday morning and went to Annie's while her moms went out for an adult breakfast. We decorated Easter Eggs. The girls had a blast. Meag was still sleeping when we got home after 11 - she roused around 12. And was her normal self by supper at Matt and Sarah's. Just in time for Matt's home made Black Forest Cake! YUM!

Pictures will hopefully be uploaded to flickr this evening.

Now we need to get the house ready for this fun filled weekend!! Easter, Beth and crew, and Tym's Party. Oye! Is March over yet??

What a couple weeks. We haven't posted very much. Not to much but happening, but always busy.. You know how it goes. It doesn't help that there has always been at least one of us sick for the past month. I do hope that I will at least be able to get out of this trend of getting sick every week since I got streph throat again and I'm on antibiotics. Thank God for drugs some days!

We were suppose to go away last weekend - but with our babysitters coming down with the chest cold going around, Meag just starting to feel better, and the huge threat of a snow storm - we postponed the weekend until April. Just as well since I started feeling like crap on Sat and couldn't swallow by Sunday. And we got 49 cm of snow in less than 36 hours. It's crazy to look outside!

We enjoyed a lovely family weekend inside just the three of us. Meag made awesome home made granola bars! YUMYUM. It was awesome just to have some low key family time.

We are now starting party swing mode. Meag's birthday this weekend - which I am not postponing due to illness and such - a girl only turns 30 once! Then next weekend a visit from beth and the gang, Easter and Tym's party. Oh my!

It's amazing how much TYm is growing up. She can now dress herself almost entirely. She talks a mile a minute and repeats things a lot. (Some things we would rather she didnt!) She is having a great time at school - even though they are not able to play outside due to the playground being covered in 3 feet of snow! She is very excited about Meag's party and having visitors next weekend. She is still the lovely snugglebug she's always been - which I love. she won't be like this forever right? So I'll take it now :) It's amazing to think she's almost 3!

I am in the process of loading up some pictures on Flickr... Go take a look.

Well it's finally done - the latest dump of the white that is. 50 cm in total in the past 36 hours combined with the 28 we "dug" out from on Wednesday. OY! Though it was a fantastic weekend on the family front. We were literally snowed in most of Sat thourgh Sun with small breaks in the weather to run out and get Deah to a doctor (strep - AGAIN! Double OY!) Tym loved the time at home. Chillin' with us, painting, singing, dancing, watching the snow fall, cooking, and just being a family. I always longed for snow days as a kid, so I could slide and ski and just be. But this snow weekend was by far the best "snow day(s)" I've ever had.

Thanks Family!

Tym gave birth at the supper table last week. We were all sitting down to a lovely dinner when Tym suddenly starts groaning and grunting. Deah and I exchange looks when Tym says : "Come out babies! Come out!"

Laughter ensued.

Later that same meal, I told Tym that Annie would be coming over to play. She quickly brightens and announces "Oh good. A full house for me to have my babies!"

More laughter ensued

I can't wait until April/May when things are not as busy! (Or I hope they are not anyway!)

We had a good week and a busy weekend. Both Meag and Tym are stuffy again. This winter has been brutle for colds. I can't wait until spring!!

I am starting to get everything ready for March - which is very full. We are going away for a night for our anniversary. Then it's Meag's Bday party. Then Easter, Beth and family visit, Tym's party. Then our anniversary. OYE! But it will be fun! :)

I hope everyone is doing well... And spring is soon on it's way... Right??

Gotta love long weekends! :)

First we celebrated Valentine's day in our new tradition. Taking the afternoon off, Meag and I had a lovely lunch together then grabbed Tym and off to Winterlude and having the girls over for 3 course fondue. Tym was slow going at Winterlude. We walked to whole parc for an hour before she finally got into it... Then she LOVED the slides. Giggled the whole way down the first one then didn't want to stop.

Once home we set up for the fondue and enjoyed the fondue tremendously. We all have our favorite courses, of course, Jesse, Annie, Tym and I all enjoy the chocolate one the best! :)

This weekend was a long weekend - as there was a new Holiday - Family Day yesterday. Since it was a long weekend we decided to take the time and paint Tym's room. We got the 2 base coats done on Sat - the ocean and the sky.

Sun morning we headed out and picked up colors for the animals. And proceeded to put a 12 foot whale a huge sea turtle and a dolphin on the wall. It looks awesome :)

Yesterday we did a few touch ups and put her room back together. She loves it.

We also got the spare bed back from Chrys - so if anyone wants to come visit, we have an empty bed :)

We watched Annie while the girls celebrated their 10 years together... Annie and Tym sure do have a good time together!





What's everyone doing for Love Day tomorrow?

It's amazing how smart an almost 3 year old can be!
Last night Tym slept like crap, and wouldn't eat this morning. When Meag took her upstairs to get ready for us all to leave - she said there was a bug in her ear! Ok - weird. It looked like it bothered her. I came upstairs and pretended to take the bug out, which apparently didn't work. I asked her if the bug was sleeping or picking her - and it was just making noise. At this point I think her ear is plugged. Meag tries to get her to pop her ears. didn't work.
Finish the getting dressed bit.
And the whiny, sick, pathetic baby starts.
I bring her downstairs and start getting her bundled up (Gawd I can't wait for sprint!), and she is miserable! it's Wednesday - the one day of the week that Meag can not stay home, so we make the decision that I will stay home... Meag drives Wade to work since he's already started the car, cleaned the car and will be late if we don't bring him at this point.
I go into the living room with the miserable little one. Some breastmilk and a quick snuggle and guess who's playing all over the place?? Yup - not so miserable anymore. Meag gets home and we all bundle up and quickly head out the door so we are not all late (just me).
I dropped Tym off at daycare she ran right in and started playing! Wanker! :) I am glad she is feeling ok. And her teachers are aware of the bug, and if it does start biting they will give me a call.

Oye - she almost had us today!

Lots of cute new pictures have been uploaded.

Tym loves her new tent... And it seems so does mummy and Abby!

Oscar is home! Anna is staying with us for a few weeks, so Oscar is here half the time... It leads to 2 very tired kiddos come bed time. They enjoyed their bath tonight!

Yesterday at work I sliced my finger open. Almost had to get stichtes. Had to cancel going to the spa with Laura today :( Still hurts, but I've taken off the splint and can bend it a little. We shall see how the weekend goes with it. If it opens back up, stichtes might be in order.

Tonight after dinner, Tym and I were playing around the table. I noticed that she had "goobered" a bit on the table and I pointed it out to her. She proceeded to look at and say "that's my goober Mummy". "You're right Tym it is." SPIT - "That's my goober too Mummy."

So hard not to laugh - but I did make her clean it up.

A few weeks ago I was asking Tym to please not do such and such. I was using a very calm and collected voice - no biggie really. She walked over to me, placed her little hands on either side of my face, looked me dead in the eye and said "Stop yelling at me Mummy" and walked away.

I hate that she's smarter than me!

Tym is growing up so quick!

Lastnight after she was finished supper, she got down. She looked at me and said "I can go scrape my plate?" I look at Meag, she looked at me. Neither one of us had taught her that - I said sure.
Tym grabbed her plate from the table, opened the cupboard, scraped everything off her plate without making a mess and put the fork and plate in the dishwasher.
All without us saying anything.

It's amazing to watch them learn from watching us. Guess who has to scrape her plate now!

On another note - Anna and Oscare came back lastnight!! Tym can't wait to play with Oscar! She already gave Anna her valentine!

The sickness continues.
Tym had the belly bug 2 weeks ago. I had it late last week. Meag has yet to have it.
Tym has the chest cold, getting over it. I have the chest cold (still in the middle of it). Meag woke up feeling like crap.
Hopefully this means that we can move on from the impending doom of sickness since that covers most of the germs we've heard our co=workers and friends have. Maybe we can enjoy the rest of the winter! :) hehe

This weekend was a bit of a write off. Tym and I were both home sick Friday. Not feeling great Sat, so instead of gymnastics we were to rainbow foods and got some drugs. Thank god for Cough medicine for Tym at night! OYE! yesterday was very productive - we had a Honda Element and our car. Went to Vars and got the rest of our stuff out in 1 shot! It was amazing that we got it all packed in there! couldn't see safely to drive, but it was in! :) Thanks Gen for helping out!

We still have the cleaning, groceries and stuff like that to do... But oh well. Can't do everything right?

Tym's coughing and her chest is congested. She seems to be doing Ok otherwise. She had the tummy bug last week - this week the chest cold. Hopefully once this passes, she'll be done for the season!

It's a busy weekend coming up. We are going to grab the rest of our stuff in storage as well as Beth and Jesse's. It's going to be so nice to have everything in 1 place and paying for extra storage. Meag's office is moving to another floor while there is construction outside so she'll be busy helping with that.

So i just posted the link on the old site to come take a look.

I am currently uploading picutres to Flickr of Tym's first haircut :)

She was finally feeling better over the weekend.. However when I picked her up today she has started with a very congested cough... Oh by! I hope it passes the rest of us!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deahmeag

So we've been having some problems with the old Blog - and they have not been helping to troubleshoot it. I think it might be time to move our blog. This one is also free, which makes sense!

So - We had a first this weekend. Tym got her first haircut!! It was definitely getting time, her hair was getting dry at the ends and such. So we took her to our hairdresser, who was lovely. She trimmed it all up, didn't didn't give her bangs, or style it. She just made it more healthy.

Tym did fantasticly! She said there, not to sure, but just let Karen do her thing. It was awesome.

After Meag got her hair cut, we went and all shared an Oreo Sundae :)

Here are some pictures of Annie and Tym at the begining of Jan playtime ballerinas'!