Rested

Well, it's been awhile since my last post. But things have just been nutty here. The biggest news is we sold the house! It was an amazing answer to prayer. It got listed on that Friday before the long weekend, and the first showing was on a the following Tuesday night. Then we had 2 showings on Wednesday night. That night I went out with my friends for a movie night. We watched What Happens In Vegas. When I got home, Dave told me that we sold the house! Just like that! The one couple came, saw it, gave us full asking price without any conditions! Sold in Five Days, is what was printed in the paper! So the big day will be August 28th. The way Dave put it to our agent, "In six weeks we'll have a newborn, and then six weeks after that, we'll move." Since that all happened we've been meeting with the bank, and seeing our agent, we've already had to pick out everything for the new house, the blue prints were finalized on Tuesday and plans sent to the township, so we think next week will be the start of the build. Man, it's been a whirlwind. I just got finished meeting with a moving company. Because the possession date is a Thrusday, and they get our house the same day, we think we'll need an agency to move us. It sounds so silly because we're just moving down the street. But we can't very well ask all of our friends to take the day off to help us move. So now we're just waiting and praying that all will go well with the build and that the moving day will go off without a hitch.

Last weekend was the auction at my parents place. It was so odd seeing lots of people at the farm and watching things we've had for years be sold. Norma came and watched for a bit with me which was so nice. It was a successful auction, and it was a beautiful day too. Here are a few shots of the day events!

Subaru Sumo Car Wash

HA HA HA!! This is so so funny! Dave thought it was disturbing, but I totally love it!

The Farm

For Sale

Well, it's official, there's a sign on the front lawn. It all happened on Friday. I'm overwhelmed. We aren't totally ready for the house to be shown yet. There's still some touch up to do and cleaning. Because I get easily tired out, I'm not much help. Dave went away with the guys this weekend, but comes home tonight, so we'll be busy! Our agent was over on Friday to talk numbers with us about our new place, and she was eager to get ours on the market. There's another house for sale down the street on the opposite side, so she wanted to compete with it since ours is better all around considering the greenspace and size of our place. I'm praying with all my heart that we'll sell quick, so I don't have to worry about this anymore and I can then take these last few weeks to concentrate on this baby.

Yesterday I spent the day at my parents. They are getting ready for the big auction sale for next Saturday. Today I'm skipping out on church to go grocery shopping with Caleb as well as birthday present shopping. Tomorrow I'm having both my family and Dave's over to have an early celebration of Dave's 30th birthday. Let's hope our house stays clean, because it sounds like we'll have our first showing on Tuesday night.

Caleb is still my happy boy and makes me smile and love him constantly. He's just so amazing! Not sure how we can top him! ha ha ha! That's what Dave keeps saying, but I just know that this new little one inside will be pretty darn amazing too! We just need to figure out names we like (that's right we have no idea what we'll name this one!)

Anyway, I'll keep you posted!

Getting the better of me

Well, it's pretty much official now. We're going to list the house next week sometime (depending on when we accomplish getting everything cleaned and presentable). I've got huge mixed emotions over this all, because again, I feel like I've been conquered and that I've lost at this game. I know that this is or should be an exciting time, but I'm too overwhelmed and exhausted and I feel pretty down in the dumps. We've met with a builder and we're getting plans drawn up for what we want in a house, and we've made a deposit on a lot that we like. Literally, we're going to be moving down the street. Same side and everything. But it's a bigger lot, and a better quality builder. I'm excited because starting from scratch is really neat, we get to put in the house everything we want, but I mostly see the downfalls for things. Like, because we're building, we won't be moving until atleast September, which means I have to go through the summer with these really crappy neighbours. We're so wrapped up in getting the house ready for sale, that I haven't had time to think about this poor little baby. We don't even have names picked out yet. Only 8 weeks to go. If that! My body has been rejecting itself, so I keep praying that this little one will hang in there!
Oh I will have to "post" more later, as it's way past my bedtime......

Rough Week

Well this week has been pretty rough on me. I'm blaming hormones right now, but when things were bad, I didn't think I was over reacting. Story starts EARLY Sunday morning. At 3am I heard the neighbours music turn on. At that time, it wasn't so bad, I was able to turn on our air filter and forget about it. But at 5am, it was cranked up so loud that it was ridiculous. So I called the police. After doing that I regreted it because it wasn't even 5 minutes after the call when then music went back down again. I layed awake debating if I should call them back and tell them not to bother. I decided to just let it be, if they show up, and it's quiet they will just leave again. I didn't get back to sleep much because Caleb was then up at 6am. This is unusual for him as he normally doesn't wake until 7am. So at 6:30am I got up with him and we cuddled on the couch while I watched t.v. Dave got up at 7, so I went back to bed in hopes for some sleep. Well this did not happen. The music came on again, this time it was the loudest I have ever heard it. I knew that they were playing Tom Petty, and in fact I could hear them shouting along to it! I was so furious! But I just got back up and figured I would start my day. I showered and got dressed and it was still going!

Dave left for Sunday school and I took Caleb for a walk around the block. When I got back, nothing had changed. So I went to their door and rang and banged 3 times, and no one answered. I could still hear them inside. I was so mad I almost had tears. I put Caleb down for a nap and thankfully with the noise of his lullaby music, he was able to fall asleep. But I called the police again, and they told me there was nothing they would do at that point because of the time of day, and that I would have to take it to the bylaw officer. I politely said thanks, and hung up. Then I just sat on the bottom step and cried my eyes out. What else could I possibly do, bylaw officers are government employees who don't work on weekends. When Dave got home I then ran to church since I was on nursery duty. It was at this time I started feeling pelvic pain but I didn't say anything. I knew that the stress was causing this and that I needed to just relax. Being away from the situation helped. But once I returned home I was over come with emotion. Dave said that they shut it down at 11-11:30am finally. I kept thinking how much I really hated them. I have never felt this way about anyone, and yet I was so wrapped up in my anger that I kept telling myself how much I hated them. In my tears I told Dave that I can't do this anymore, that we need to do something about this, and that I wanted to move.

On Monday Dave filed a complaint to the township, and I gathered sympathy at work. However one lady told me she knew how I felt, but the amount of times she filed complaints, she's never seen results. After hearing things like that, I again told Dave that we needed to move. So this whole week, it's been on our minds, we've been looking on mls every day, and Dave has contacted 2 real estate agents and the bank, and we'll start taking little steps. Heck, we even walked through a house on Monday night, one that will be privately sold. It was beautiful, but not what we needed.

I feel pretty weak. I mean, I feel like I've been conquered and beaten down, or like the loser who is walking away from a challenge. But I don't know what else to do. It's not even the summer yet, and I'm too scared to think of what life will be like with more mornings like Sunday ahead of me.

This has been on my mind this whole week. The idea of moving is pretty stressful, but the idea of going through this again with the neighbours is just as stressful, so if I had to choose which was better, I choose the move. I don't know what will come of it, maybe with time, our anger will rub off, until we encounter this problem again.

Outside of all this touble, Caleb is my joy. He is so adorable, I can't get enough of him. He is my sunshine in the morning, he is always so happy to see me come and get him, we eat our breakfast together, and he spends most of that time chattering away to me and just smiling at me. I love it. He's learning more and more everyday, and although the words aren't flying out of his mouth, he's able to communicate what he wants. If he wants to go out, he grabs his shoes or boots and brings them to us and grunts! I love it!

Yesterday Dave and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. It was nice, Dave sent me some lovely flowers. Today we both have off, so he took me to WildCraft, a newer restaurant in Waterloo, and it was really nice. We even went shopping. I broke down and returned all my Avent bottle stuff to Zellers. They are refunding full price for everything. So we got a store credit and did some shopping. Sad thing is for me, is the alternatives to baby bottles are either a)not suitable and pulled off the shelves or b) all sold out despite the crazy price! I am going to try the breastfeeding again with this little one, but not full on, call me selfish, but I don't want to be their only provider in the food department. So again, I don't know what we'll do. But I will try and figure something out.

Hmmm Hot Weather? Not so sure.....

Well my husband and son are totally loving this weather, but I don't know if I am so much. I'm already a heater, but the last few days I've also turned into a humidifier, I'm both hot and wet!! ha ha ha. Love the basement!

Here are a few shots of the past week. First one is at the park down the street from us. Caleb loves it here. The rest are taken at my parents on Saturday. Caleb again had a blast with the freedom to roam and play.

Trying out Benji's new game Bol-a-ball, Caleb is hanging with the guys.Here is where he was caught cheating!Brooke then joined in the action.

"One day I'll be big enough to drive this thing Mommy!"

Lovely Warm Air

Well it's been a while. Not as long as Deb though! he he he. Life seems to keep going on, fast and slow but it's going. I guess over all it's fast. I don't know where the time ends up going.

April so far has been looking promising. The weather is wonderful currently. This past weekend was the Maple Syrup Festival in Elmira, and it was a nut house. People are just crazy! I went down with my Dad and sister, and I just can't get over how many people were there. Even my brother took his family for the morning! There was so many people that I couldn't even take in everything that was there. But I did get my apple fritters which are so so yummy. I always thought an apple fritter was just a donut until I moved here. In fact they are an apple ring deep fried in batter and served with maple syrup on it. Oh so yummy.

Funny story now....Yesterday Dave and I went out for some lunch and just hanging out with Caleb. We wandered the mall, had A&W for lunch and then went to DQ for blizzards. We also went to Future Shop and we purchased Rock Band for the xbox. We didn't bother setting it up until after Caleb went to bed last night. Well, it is so much fun! First Dave and I both tried out the drums, then I told him that I would try out the microphone. It took awhile for Dave to get it working. But finally he did, and he was going to play guitar. I somehow managed to miss what song he was selecting until I noticed the screen was saying "Loading" and some fact about the Rolling Stones came up. I freaked on Dave and asked him why he chose Rolling Stones, afterall how am I supposed to sing the song if I have never heard it before (which I didn't know this one at all!) he just told me I had to read the words. So I did my best, fudging through the lyrics. Then I realized that I kept getting perfects which made me start laughing because the screen was showing that the microphone (me) was high on the scale while the guitar (Dave) was way low. So I started laughing uncontrolably, but what put me over the edge was I turned and looked at my husband and he was standing and had his very serious face on. I lost it. I have a weak bladder o.k.! So I wet my pants. Yes, I ran for the bathroom, but didn't quite make it! Hope that makes you smile!

I'm at home with a quiet evening to myself. I picked Caleb up from Christa's then took him to Fern and Mert's so I could run back to work to attend a bridal shower. I got home at 6pm and Dave shortly arrived afterwards with Caleb, they had supper at the in-laws. Now Caleb is in bed and Dave is at a meeting.

Not much else is new. This past Friday was my first Friday off. (I'm taking all Friday's off now until this little one arrives). It wasn't so eventful, I took Caleb to Christa's for the day still while I went and had some blood work done and some running around. It was nice to just relax for a little while too. I think I'll still take Caleb to Christa's on Fridays for now, and see how I do at resting. At the same time I spent a lot of my time on Friday wondering what he was doing and missing him. So I don't know. We'll see!

So Quiet Tonight

Well I thought it was going to be a long day today. At work the time dragged on. Then Dave wasn't going to be coming home tonight because he's going to Toronto with a co-worker to meet a client or something and have dinner and see the Leaf's hockey game. So, I thought that would make for an extra long day, because with just me and Caleb I get pooped fast. But he was a very good boy and we had fun together. But our satelite is out, I was so frustrated about that, because now I can't watch my shows. I called Bell and they said that a lot of Ontario has no signal because of the stinkin weather! Grrrr. Oh well. I went and shovelled the drive, which I probably shouldn't have done, but I did anyway. I'll pay for it through the night I'm sure.

Easter weekend was so wonderful. Friday we went to Orangeville. We first went to the Good Friday service at OBC which is always fantastic. Then we went to my parent's place. After lunch I ran up to the Moores and visited with Lesya for awhile. Ahhh I miss her, we had some good laughs and caught up on things. She's doing well. Then back at my parents we had a nice dinner and after that we headed home. We didn't do much on Saturday. We started moving things around for Caleb's new room. I wanted to load some pictures up tonight to post, but because Dave has moved this computer I can't find the cord for the camera. Oh well. Sunday we went to Mike and Joy's church and then spent the day at Dave's parents place. It was a quiet afternoon. But the weekend just went by way too fast.

Tomorrow I have a doctor's appt. I'm at 25 weeks, so I think I will be sent for blood work now. I have noticed that this past week my belly has just popped. I look down and it's all I can see. I don't remember popping like this with Caleb, but this time around my muscles are weak I suppose. Caleb's 15mth appointment last week went well. He's at 27 lbs, and 83.5 cm's tall. The Dr. said that he is now average for weight, but still off the chart in height, I did the conversion and he's about 3 feet tall! Crazy! Some people say you can guess the height of your child fully grown by doubling their height at age 2. If that's the case, he's going to be 6 feet tall!

Anyway, I think I'll go and do some reading now. When Davey is home tomorrow, I'll get him to find the camera cord, I have some pretty good pictures from the past week!

So Tired

I don't know what it is, but I'm just so tired these days. I've been going to bed at good times and waking up at a consistant hour, so I don't know what's going on. But I could have a nice long nap right now. I only worked half a day today because I will shortly be leaving to get Caleb and then go to Orangeville for his 15 mth check up and needles. He's such a wonderful boy. He gives Dave and I such joy and fun. Not only us, but I'm told regularly by Christa how wonderful he is and such a happy spirited little guy. That makes me so proud! Grant it, he's not always happy with his Mommy! I've had a few little temper tantrums, but I go with the flow.

I'm so glad this is a short week! Only 2 more days of work left! Friday we'll be heading to Orangeville for the service and then spending the day with my family. Saturday I think we'll be busy moving things around the house. I only have 16 weeks left for this pregnancy, so we better start thinking about where this little one is going to go!

I realized the whole 16 week thing on Sunday, and when I told Dave he said that I can't be right because I haven't booked at the hospital yet, and I haven't packed things up in the office yet, and I just laughed at him! So I just made an appt. at the hospital to register and now I have to think about where stuff is going to go and things to get rid of in order to move Caleb into the office! We're not ready, and I keep thinking about work, I only have 3 1/2 months left there! If that even. I know that I won't be going overdue this time around! Maybe things will happen sooner than later! Not too soon though!

Well I better run, and get things ready for our journey to the doctors.

Don't even know what to say

It's been awhile since I've told you what's happening with me. I don't even know where to begin. I'm getting bigger in the belly, but I think I'll be carrying this little one pretty low. All the movement is right down on the most uncomfortable part of my pelvis. But I'm just grateful right now that I'm feeling it more often now, before I was still a little concerned.

Caleb is doing really well. Everyday he comes up with something new that makes me laugh. Yesterday it was his dancing in circles. One night he let out a huge burp and my first natural reaction is of course "ohhhh my Caleb that was a good one!" and then Dave started laughing, which then made me laugh and then Caleb thought he needed to laugh too. Then he also was trying to burp again but nothing was coming up! He loves Seasame Street. When I'm making dinner he's downstairs with me, and he heard the commercial for Play with Me Seasame and he high tailed it up the stairs, and once at the top, he couldn't figure out where it had gone! Tonight is the time change, so I'm hoping that Caleb will go to bed early so he can adjust. I didn't let him sleep more than 2 hours for his nap today. So let's just hope!!!

This week was busy, I was on the go every night. Monday I went to church for a ladies dinner. Tuesday night I went out with a couple of friends and watch The Other Boleyn Girl (loved it!), Wednesday night the girls were all over for our small group Bible study, Thursday night we met with the head of Elders and Deacons and last night I had one of the worse headaches ever, so I was in bed very early!

My parents bought a house in Amaranth township. So it's official they will be leaving the farm. They get possession on May 31st. My brothers will move in first probably and my parents will stay on the farm until things are completely done for Mrs. Lindsay. Man. This is so hard to wrap my brain around, the fact that this will be the last year for the farm. Ahhh. The nice thing is instead of being 80kms away from us, they will only be 45kms.

I'm officially getting tired of the snow. I was doing o.k. until this morning when I actually didn't want to go out because of it. But we did go to Crossroads for the breakfast buffet, the yummiest ever! Then we visited the in-laws for a bit, then I went to IGA for groceries. The rest of our day will be spent doing laundry and putting clothes away and etc...

Hope you're having a good one

At The Cross

With Easter approaching, I wanted to post the words of this amazing song. I wish I could figure out how to let you hear it, because the music to it is just as amazing but oh well?!




Oh Lord you've searched me, You know my way
Even when I fail you, I know You love me
Your Holy presence surrounding me, in every season I know You love me
I know You love me

At the cross I bow my knee
Where Your blood was shed for me
There's no greater love than this
You have over come the grave
Your glory fills the highest place
What can separate me now?

You go before me
You sheild my way
Your hand upholds me
I know you love me

You tore the veil
You made a way, when you said that "it is done"

And when the earth fades, falls from my eyes
And you stand before me, I know you love me
I know you love me.

Hillsongs

Caleb's New Shoes

Because Caleb has a very high foot, we've been unable to put regular shoes on him until now!
He was not impressed with us at all! "Get These off MOMMY!!""
"I mean it! I'm not happy!"
"I'm mad at you Mommy, stop laughing at me"

"I'm going to hide from the camera now!"

The Past Week - A Blur

I can't believe we're back to a Monday already! Both Dave and I have the day off, so it's nice. We aren't doing much, we're going to his parents place tonight for dinner. Caleb has a pretty bad cold, so today seems to be a long one.

Last week went by just so fast, I was so tired by Friday! Tuesday we had Dave's parents in for dinner. Then that night the baby sitter called and couldn't take Caleb on Wednesday due to a family emergency. So Dave stayed home with him, and I starte work at 7am so I could leave early. Dave was going to Buffulo that night for a hockey game, so he needed me home by 3. I got there and then took Caleb to his Valentine's party that our sitter had arranged with a friend. There, Caleb was not happy. In fact he threw his first series of temper tantrums! I had no idea how to deal with them, so it was quite embarrassing, especially when everyone thinks he's the perfect baby! HA! By the time I got home I was exhausted! But Shannon called and was in a pinch and needed someone to watch Jaden while she took Mason to swimming. I said no problem, and it wasn't. Just got a taste of what two will be like! Caleb was a little rough with her, but she's a tough babe!

Ahhh. Thursday. Hmmm, I don't even know what was going on that night. I just know I missed Survivor! I took Friday off because it was my half day. I had to get my car serviced, and then I had an ultrasound in the morning. It was a whirlwind day, because Dave and I also were preparing to go away for the weekend. The ultrasound went well. However, she didn't let me empty my bladder half way through, so the pictures we got weren't so great. But it still was amazing! I have a feeling we're having a girl. I say this only because this one is measuring a bit smaller than Caleb (thank heavens!) and the movements I feel are a much different experience. But, we're going to wait and keep the sex a surprise again.

OH YA! Thursday was Valentine's day and Dave took me to the Keg for dinner. It was very special and yummy. I was so stuffed. He also got me a box of chocolates and a chocolate bar, he knows me so well!

This past weekend we attended a Couples retreat away at MBC. It was really nice to get away. Dave has never been to MBC before, so he wasn't sure what he was getting into! I just was looking forward to the food! ha ha ha! There was a life coaching couple there that held a few sessions on how God intended marriage. It was really neat, we found out that Dave and my true colours are complete opposite (not much of a surprise to us) and we did a little bit about our Love Languages. It was a great weekend. We met some really neat couples. It was a close and personal retreat as there was only about 6 couples who attended. But I got a massage from a MT who came in and we got to spend some quality time alone with eachother. And as always the food was so amazing! Mmmmm mmmmm good! My parents were great, they came and stayed at our place to watch Caleb. It was so great.

Yes It's Friday!

I made it through an entire week! Hooray! I've been feeling good. After last week, I ended up getting my prescription filled for Diclectin, and I've been taking it ever since and things seem much better. Plus I have my energy back, although I do get tired really easy. I have had a couple of 20 minute naps after supper. Monday night I went to the pool to do some laps. Because I've been having pelvic pain with this pregnancy, the doctor warned me not to do much walking in the snow as that can aggrevate that region, so I headed to the pool to get that recharged feeling. I haven't done laps in a very long time. I went with the idea that if I can do 15 laps, then I'm o.k. Well let me tell you. After only 4, I thought I was going to die! So I took it slow, by lap #8 I thought well, if I manage to do 10, then that isn't so bad. At 10, I looked at the clock and only 15 mins had gone by! So I did my 15 and then a few really leisure laps, I felt so great after that!

Tuesday was a day full of mixed feelings. My mom emails me eveyday at work, and that day she emailed the good news of the sale of their house in town, but then she said they would look for something and move off the farm. I knew all along that this was plan, but when I actually read those words, it started to really sink in. I've lived my whole life there, and to know that one day soon my connection to it would be gone is really sad. I get quick flashbacks of all the wonderful memories I've had there, and I've cried over it a few times already. Just thinking of it now brings a tear to my eye. Anyway, that night I got home and talked to my Dad on the phone and I then learned that Dr. Lindsay passed away that morning. Again, my heart ached. We knew this day would come too, but just seems so much!

Caleb is walking all over now, still there is often the occasion to crawl because he's in a hurray, but day by day he progressively goes further. It's exciting! He's a funny guy too. He now laughs at me when I say in a serious tone "No", it takes everything in me not to laugh when he laughs. But persistance is the key, and he'll learn what he can and can't touch! His new game is to stand behind me while I'm sitting on the floor and have me shake my head, and then he shakes his head then laughs himself to the floor! He also grabs certain shaped toys, puts them in my mouth and squeals with delight when I spit them across the room!

Tonight is a girls night for me! I can't wait. I'm going to see Fool's Gold with 4 of my friends. Then tomorrow I think we're going to head to O'ville, depending the weather will be o.k. Not much planned for Sunday, but that's alright! I've been feeling the baby move. Although my mind plays games on me, this movement is different than with Caleb. So I second guess if it is in fact the baby or not. But with in the last 2 days, the movement has gotten stronger. I go for my ultrasound next Friday, I'll be almost 20 weeks! Almost 1/2 way there! Amazing!

Well that's all folks....

Will I ever get a full weeks of work in??

Well, this week has been a trying one! Yesterday all day, I was feeling quite sick. Very nauseous but I was at work, thinking that I'm going to have to get my prescription for diclectin filled because this day was just terrible. It progressively got worse, so I went to my boss and asked if I could go home at 2:30, and she said of course. I got home and threw up. Then I found my prescription and went to the pharmacy and got it filled. Then I got home just in time to throw up again! From there on out, it was bad. I knew this was more than being pregnant. I called Dave and asked if he could leave work early and get Caleb, and he did. I was throwing up so much, nothing would stay down. I think the last time I threw up was 2:30am this morning. Then I stayed home today to just rest. My body is sore all over. Dave worked from home today to look out for me, which was nice, because I felt so weak. But I'm feeling so much better now. Except I could use a new body!

Ahhh, so with last weeks awful cold to this weeks illness, I'm done with being sick. I'm praying for sunshine and daisies from here on out!

I'm looking so forward to Lost starting tomorrow night. Although, I don't know if I'll be able to stay awake for the whole show. Tonight they are showing the season finale from last season so I'll have to catch that to remind myself what happened! But I'm really looking forward to that.

Today we got the fridge we ordered for the basement. It's a tight fit, but I think it looks great. Just what we were hoping for.

Well I think I'll go and rest for a bit. Caleb is enjoying an episode of Einstein while Dave is out getting his hair cut. Caleb is almost walking. He's taking 4-5 steps in a row, but only when he feels like it. He does a lot of standing up too. It won't be long before he's going to have us chase him! Look OUT!!

Pictures

It's been a Very Long Time!

Well, it's been a very long time since I have updated this thing. Mostly because my life has been a whirlwind. I guess the biggest news I have to share, I'll do first as this is the main reason why my life is insane. I'm having another baby. July 7th is when we expect this little one to arrive. I have to admit, this has been an emotional ride for me, as I don't feel quite emotionally prepared to deal with this. But I'm getting used to the idea. We found out in October, and from there on out, I feel like I've been in the valley as far as life goes. I've been sick which isn't unusual, but paired with that has been pelvic pain and stress. I even had a visit to the hospital one night as my pain was quite bad. But it all ended up being pulled muscles. I had an early physical so I could be referred to my OB sooner than later, and because of that, I wasn't able to hear a heartbeat until yesterday. 16 1/2 weeks without hearing that heartbeat played games with my mind. But at my appointment yesterday, all worries were put to rest I got to hear that little heartbeat. I've been very emotional this time too. I was terrified to tell my boss, as soon as I went in her office to let her know, I started to cry. I'm such a people pleaser, that I feel like I've let her down. But she laughed at me for feeling that way, and of course she's thrilled for me.

So with that underlying everything, I have endured an emotional Christmas with Caleb and his hand, New Years with Dave and his flu that made him pass out, my baby news leaking out before I wanted it to (with Dave's family), and now I've been suffering with a pretty bad cold. I'm tired. Ahhh. But I feel excited, now that I know that things are good in the baby department. And I've told my ob that I don't want to have another 11 pounder!! ha ha ha.

I got out for a girls night last Sunday, and we went to see 27 Dresses. It was so cute. Plus a night out like that was much needed. I think the only joy I've had this winter is getting out on my brother's skidoo for a ride. I'm hoping that maybe tomorrow I can do that again! I have been really neglectful when it comes to posting pictures too. I will post the picture we took of Caleb announcing our news that we gave to our parents.

Caleb has been loving his baby-sitter. Monday was the first day that when I took him from Christa's arms, he cried. You can't imagine how sad I felt. But I quickly realized that this was bound to happen. Dave tells me how he squeals with excitment when he drops him off in the morning, so I knew it was coming! He's almost walking, he takes only one hand and walks with us, and he loves that. He plays peek a boo with his ears instead of his eyes, which makes us laugh and he chatters away in some kind of baby language, he wants to talk so much! We're having fun with him.

I think that's about it. Well I'm sure there is lots more that I have forgotten. But oh well!

2008

What can I say? So far 2008 has sucked! Last week was a toughy for me. I feel like life is throwing me lots of depressing challenges and I'm just scraping by. Dave got really sick with the flu. He even passed out and hit his head, I was totally freaking out, crying! So I stayed home last wednesday to take care of him. I took Caleb to the sitters, mainly to get him out of the germs. Thursday I got up extra early (which is always a killer for me) and took Caleb to the sitters and headed to work. I then had to leave at 11:30am to pick Caleb up and take him to O'ville for his doctor's appt. WHen I got him, Christa told me that he was running a fever. GREAT! That was all I needed! While the doctor was happy with the progress on his hand, he was letting me down with the "maybe in 2 days you'll see Caleb become sick, knowing what his dad is currently going through" That was all I needed, more sickness to look forward to. Friday again, another early start to get Caleb to the sitters then to work. But Friday was my half day, so that was good. Dave was on the mend by that time, and Caleb's fever was on and off all day. I blame it all on his teeth. The last couple of nights have been terrible, up and down with Caleb all night.

So far, today has been a good start to this week. Lets hope things keep getting on the brighter side of things! Dave sent me some flowers at work thanking me for looking after him, which was really sweet. But my silly co-worker, decided to ask me in a very loud voice "why is he sending you these, did you have sex with him or something???" Man, if getting the flowers to begin with was embarassing enough! ha ha ha, but pay back is in the works....I plan on buying her some flowers with a card attached saying "thanks for the hot steamy night last night" and have them delivered to her!

Anyway, when I'm more in the mood I'll have to post some pictures of Christmas and etc. But I'm just so tired. The bed is calling my name!

Christmas 2007

Our Christmas was good except a few major things! Caleb sustained a 2nd degree burn on his left hand on Christmas eve. He decided to touch my parents fireplace. It happened around noon that day, so thank goodness we were able to get in to see our doctor as opposed to having to go to emerg. She couldn’t do much for him, cream and dressings were not an option since he would either lick or tear off anything. So she prescribed codeine for him, which we gave to him that night. He was a trooper and still is. It really ballooned up in blisters, which they slowly oozed, and yet he still managed to crawl around on his hand. Never gave him anymore codeine because on Christmas day he broke out in a huge rash. So he was fine with just Tylenol. We still give him that because now that it’s drying up and such, I think it bothers him. We were back to the doctors on Thursday and she said that it doesn’t look so terrible and assured us that she has seen much worse and usually on both hands. We have to go again next week so she can make sure that it will heal properly with not much scars. Ahhhh, it has been an exhausting Christmas! I dont' think there is any thing worse in this world than to see your child suffer.

Other than this, it was a good Christmas. Everyone was spoiled, we have so many toys for Caleb, I don't even know where to begin to put them! Dave and I have been off this week, and it's been nice to just relax with him and Caleb, we haven't done that in a long time. We've had breakfast out with friends, and I even tried a new casserole and invited some friends over to try it. Tomorrow, Dave and I are going to have a date. After church we're going to leave Caleb with his parents and enjoy a late lunch and then go to the movies. I think we're going to see National Treasure #2. We purchased Harry Potter the other day and I think we're going to watch that tonight.

I'm sad for this week to be over. It means I have to go back to work and this time, there isn't a week holiday in sight. That makes it difficult to leave Caleb all over again. But I have to deal with it, suck it up!

We don't have many plans to ring in the new year this time around. I'm fine with this. New Years is over rated I think! I'll ring it in probably at 9pm and then go to bed! Life of an old lady I guess!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, (less scary than mine anyway!)

Santa Claus

Here's the little guy, meeting Santa for the first time. This Santa was at the Eaton Centre. It was cute seeing Caleb look at him, he liked his beard.

The storm they are all talking about is sad. I normally would love a big snow storm, usually I say, bring it on! But tomorrow is the big party day for Caleb. It won't be the same if my family can't make it. So I'm hoping that they are all wrong about the storm and that it really "blows over" so we miss it!

I Made it Through The First Week

It totally was not easy! My days were long and I was really tired by the time I got Caleb in bed after a day. I think I'm neither a morning or a night person anymore. I never was a morning person, so getting up at 6:30am and rushing around getting myself ready and then Caleb, wears me out. But now when 8pm rolls around I'm grumbly and ready for bed! So most nights I was in bed by 9pm. But that's reasonable. As for the emotional side of things...it is very difficult. Monday wasn't so bad, but Tuesday was rough and Wednesday even harder. Thursday was o.k. because the end was in sight. Plus things weren't working out as I had thought in the workwise. My boss originally told me that I wouldn't have to start right into things, that she had a special project for me to do that I would work on for December. Well it turns out it's not as big as she thought and it will only take me a few days to do. So I was handed a folder of my normal work load which dated back to October! That was depressing. And it wasn't easy stuff, alot of it was crap that didn't get done because there was more worked involved! Ack! But on the good side of things, Caleb loves his sitter. She just is amazed at how well he does, even when it comes to naps, she puts him down and he's out, she loves that! He'll eat anything and try anything, which makes it easier too. Plus he loves watching the other kids and playing with their dog. So I'm so happy for that. She even sent us home with an event calendar with theme days and activity days so we know what he'll be up to. Tomorrow is Favourite Book Day, so we're sending him with "Crazy Caterpillers" one he currently loves looking at.
Plus my coworkers are thrilled to have me back. We've done lots of catch up and lots of laughing, so that's good.
This week is a crazy busy one! Caleb is turning one on Thursday! But that's my work party, so I won't get to see him much, but we're having his big bash on Sunday. Ahhh, so I have to get everything prepared for that, on top of work and everything, it's really tough! I have Friday off, but we're heading to O'ville for Caleb's dr. appt. and we'll stay for the day to see the family.
Anyway, I have a gut feeling that tomorrow is really going to be hard. So please pray for me...

Less Than 12 Hours

I don't know if any of you have experienced this feeling before. I feel like it's the night before the first day of school. I never liked school, so I always dreaded having to go back. I would get this anxious feeling down in my gut that just wasn't good. Well that's what I'm feeling now, but it's not about school obviously, it's about work. I have to start bright and early tomorrow at 7:30am. I guess it's not as bad as it was when I was younger, but it's just sad to think that my time as being a stay at home mom is over.

This past week I kept thinking about it all, and I tried to make the most of my few days. Dave took Thursday and Friday off, so Wednesday night we headed to Toronto and spent a couple of nights there and shopped. It was nice to get out and do stuff like that. I don't really like the city. This time, while walking to the Eaton Centre, a homeless man started walking with us, he kept looking at Caleb. Then he started to offer me a loonie and told me to get him so milk. I turned him down, and he just kept presisting. I didn't know how to get rid of him, so I ended up saying that he needed it more than we do. I guess it wasn't the most polite thing to say, and he ended up saying to me in an angry voice "you think you know my pocket troubles do you??" All I could do was apoligize. Toronto is definately a step out of my comfort zone, and I find myself clutching all my belongings much closer while I'm there.

We got a lot of shopping done. Caleb even got to sit on Santa's lap. He was a good boy and actually smiled for the photo. Yesterday was my work Christmas party for the kids. It was our first time going. It was a very simple party, Caleb didn't have much to do, we just waited for Santa and he got his present. He got a winnie the pooh phone and a bath toy. Then I didn't do much for the remaining part of the weekend. Last night Dave and I watched Transformers. It actually made me laugh out loud, probably wasn't supposed to be funny, but the whole time, I kept thinking "who knew this was going to be a comedy!"

I think I might go to bed early tonight. I have to get up earlier than I'm used to, and I'm a little afraid of how things will go, so hopefully sleeping on it will make things better. Sweet dreams, please!

Caleb's Daycare Trial Day

Dave worked from home today so he could come along with us to Caleb's daycare and meet Christa, the lady who will be taking care of our little. We went for 11am, and we got him in and put him down, he was a little unsure of things, but with the dog around, he was very curious. So we left him there, after he went gladly in Christa's arms. As I was getting into the truck, Dave says "Ahhh he thinks she's his new mom, how does that make you feel?" Grrrr, I told him that was a very mean thing to say! While Caleb was there, I got to cleaning the house and moving things around to make way for the Christmas tree which I hope to put up tomorrow.

We then went back at 1:00 to pick Caleb up, we went in and chatted to see how things went. Well, he made art! She got paint out and he put it on his hands and made us a picture! I was so thrilled! Then he had 1/2 a turkey sandwich, some fruit, cheese and yogurt for lunch. A big boy lunch! She read him stories which he loves, and that was it. He was so happy when we got there, he was happy to see us, but he was having a blast with all the new and different toys. So I'm releaved that everything went so well. I just hope that when it comes time for me to pick him up, he won't be sad to leave there!

Tomorrow night, we're heading to Toronto for a couple of days. We're going to shop at the Eaton Centre for Christmas, and try to get Caleb with Santa! It should be lots of fun. Saturday we are taking Caleb to my work's Kid's Christmas party, that should be fun too!

My Baby is Becoming a Little Boy

Caleb is 11 Month's quickly becoming 1 year old! I can't believe it. Where has this year gone? I know I keep saying this, but it's because I keep thinking about it! I have a variety of pictures to mark his 11 months. Today, in the snow, I took him out to check it out, and I got some great shots.






I'm trying to make the most out of my few days left I have with him. And cherish the moments, even the ones that drive me crazy sometimes!
Well he's finally sleeping for his morning nap, which means I need to take advantage of this time and get myself showered!

3 weeks and counting

That's right. I only have 3 weeks left of my maternity leave, then I'm heading back to work. I'm feeling a little sad about this. But at the same time, I know it will be good for me, and December will probably fly by fast, I'm only working 4 days a week in Dec. and on top of that, there's Christmas parties and lunches to attend, it will be fine.

I'm sad because I know how much I'm going to miss my baby. I'm sad that I won't know what he will be doing all the time. I might miss his first steps. But I don't want to dwell on this. It won't be for forever.

Last week was fun. On Wednesday I went to my parents place and stayed over night. Them my parents came with me and Caleb to the Royal Winter Fair. It was nice to go, not sure if me expectations were met, but Caleb did so good at being stuck in the stroller for the day. He did get a kick out of the animals, so that was good.

Christmas shopping is well underway. We have several people knocked off our list already and we only have a few left to shop for. My only issue is finding something for Dave. I have a problem because I want to make everything meaningful. Then I get stuck trying to think of that one super special gift, and I run out of time! Hopefully I will be able to pull off something great!

I wasted a good 2 hours and 13 minutes of my life watching Knocked Up. Who makes a stupid, vulgar comedy that long anyway?? Then later on Dave and I watched Spiderman 3. That was alright.

This coming week I'm going to be stressed out! This weekend is such a busy one. Friday night we have a couple coming over for dessert, then Saturday I'm hosting my mom's 60th b-day party and then on Sunday we have some people coming over for lunch. Yikes, I'll be tired come Monday!

Well we're off to Starfish this morning. Caleb just loves it. He splashes the whole time. Last week him and Cara were splashing eachother, it was so funny!

Don't hit the Skunk on the road!!!

Oh So Tired.

I don't even know where I left off. And I don't even really feel like typing, I just feel tired. But it's nice and easy when the computer sits right on your lap. Almost 4 weeks left until returning to work. I don't like thinking about this. Christmas is only 7 weeks away, I like thinking about that. Shoot me if you dare, but I'm wishing for a white Christmas. We'll see if God comes through on that one.


I've been to the movies lots! I've seen The Heartbreak Kid, We Own the Night AND Dan In Real Life. I liked all three, but I especially liked Dan in Real Life. Wow, that was 3 movies in a week! I had coupons I wanted to use up!

Last night was Halloween fun! Caleb was a cute Skunk. He was so absolutely adorable. We went Trick or treating with Christa, Steve and Cara. Cara was a kangaroo, very sweet she was! They were a hit. Dave stayed home to hand out candy and he kept a tally of visitors, and we had almost 75. I thought we would have had more. Oh well.

Tuesday night I had a tupperware party to attend. It was a "been there, done that" kind of experience, but it was fun. After I got home, Dave and I carved our pumpkin and we even roasted the seeds. It was good times!

Now Caleb was crawling around naked, I need to go and put his p.j.'s on.

Hold On

Ahhh, to sleep he is. He's such a cutie. I have decided that he says a few things. For sure his first words are "All Done" he says it like "ahhl da" and he says Dad, and Hi Dad. No da da, or daddy, just Dad. It's so sweet.

Anyway, I think I shall go now. I will post Caleb's halloween shots soon.

What Would you Do?

So we had a terrible Saturday night. Our neighbour was playing their music outrageously loud. So at 3:30am, I got fed up and I called the police. In about 15 minutes the music shut off, so I went to the window to see, and sure enough there was 2 police cars parked in the street. Well, the cops weren't even gone when the music came up really loud again! So I took my stuff and moved to the basement to sleep. Well Dave ended up calling the police back at 5am, and reported them again, they said the first time, they just gave them a warning. But then at 6am the music finally shut off, but we later found out that the police didn't come back until 6:30am, when it was quiet. I was in tears I was so angry! The first time I decided to call the cops, nothing happened, we still had a sleepless night! I was all ready to move! Next time this happens, we will be calling every 1/2 hour until something is done, or charges laid. This is our home and I don't care what our stupid neighbour thinks of us! What would you guys do??

Anyway, on a happier note, Friday night girls night was fun. It was good to catch up with everyone. Then Satuday afternoon Dave and I took Caleb to a pumpkin patch. It was so neat. We got a few great shots.






Then Sunday Dave and I left Caleb with Dave's parents while we went to Stratford for the day. We went and saw An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, it was very funny! We parked along the river and walked to the theatre and then after the play we walked downtown to find a restaurant. We ate at Pazzo, it was a pizzeria and it was very yummy! Then we strolled back along the river to the car. We even stopped at Dairy Queen on our way home. It was a very lovely day to spend with my husband. Now it's Monday and things are back to normal! After I'm done this, I'll, be getting ready for a swim with Caleb. And since the weather is so lovely out I'll probably take Caleb to the park after lunch, or after dinner, we'll see how swimming goes, he's not napping right now, so we'll see how the afternoon goes! Tomorrow night I'm going to meet my friend Valerie and go to the movies. I'm really looking forward to that as well!

Ten Months, Ninth Tooth

My little baby is 10 months old! He is getting to be quite the handful. He makes me laugh because his new hobby is trying to lick the t.v. screen, and I always say, "No Caleb, Don't touch." and he laughs everytime I pull him away. And then he bolts back to it. My goal is to be persistant, because I know that he'll eventually know not to touch it. Boy, Persistance is hard work!

Today I was at my parents place and took Caleb's "10 month" pictures. I tried taking them on Saturday, but he was so snotty and drooly, that they didn't quite work. This past Friday was very difficult. He cried all morning, and it was a differnt cry, it was a cry of pain. I rocked him and cried with him, I had no idea how to make him feel better. Christa came by with her ear termometer and thank goodness he didn't have a fever. But it still didn't solve anything. Then talking to Shannon, she suggested teeth. I completely forgot about teeth as an issue, because he already has 8. But I gave him tylenol, and he finally settled down to normal by late afternoon. It wasn't until yesterday that I was able to catch a glimpse of tooth #9 poking through. Poor guy!

Here's a couple of pictures of my handsome baby. Ahhh he's just so adorable!





This last one is especially one of my favourites, the whole drool, snot and tongue view! I take just way too many pictures, then I sit at the computer going through them constantly, over and over again, trying to figure out which ones I want to get developed, which ones I should blow up, and yikes, I end up developing way too many! I love my pictures!

baby it's cold outside

Now this is the type of fall weather I'm talking about. This past weekend was way too hot! Despite the humid temperature we had a great weekend. On Friday night we had Dave's co-worker Rob and his family over for dinner. It was a lot of fun. Then Saturday morning we packed up and headed to my parents. While there Dave and I managed to explore the bush where I used to play as a child. It was so over grown that we couldn't go the way that was once my path. It was neat to check out the water hole with him. Then my parents looked after Caleb while we had a date. We went into Orangeville and watched the movie The Kingdom. It was really good. Typical for me, I cried in it. Not so much because of the story, but because of fear. I caught a glimpse of how life can be for some countries and I worried about the future, and what it holds for our children. Anyway, it was nice to just have a date night out, and Dave held my hand! he he he.

Sunday we took Caleb and my mom to Hockley Bible Chapel for church. It was so great to see everyone. Caleb was the only baby there (doesn't appear to have young families there) so as I was leaving to take Caleb to the nursery, Pastor Mark recruited Treva to look after him for me. Then his wife Kimberley came and helped Treva look after him! ha ha ha. After church we headed home for the Thanksgiving festivities and we also celebrated my Dad and brother's birthday. We managed to get outdoors again and snap a few (like 200) pictures of us and the fall leaves. Here a just a few....






We returned home that night and on Monday we hiked with Mike and Joy on a 7km trail. It was so hot! Then Mike, Joy, Fern and Mert were over for dinner. Dave and I made chili and homemade garlic bread for dinner, and Mike and Joy brought pumpkin pie and oreo cheesecake. It was very yummy.

Yesterday I resolved my baby sitting issue. I met with the lady, Christa is her name. And she seems so great. I'm so releaved and happy about everything. Actually I think this is for the better, Caleb will have lots of fun and attention there. I'm still really nervous about returning to work, the time seems to be creeping up so fast. But Christmas is on it's way too, and that is something I can look forward to.

Big Sighs

These past 48 hours have been crazy! I've been so busy and emotional, I'm seeing double currently and am suffering with a mild head ache. Today I've been on the go. I got up early, showered, got Caleb up and ready for the day and we were at IGA at 8:05am to get the things we need for tonight and this weekend. Then after Caleb's 35 minute nap, I rushed down to the new park to meet Shannon and the kiddies. There I got to visit with Shannon while pushing Caleb on the swing. Then I rushed back home to get Caleb in the car and on our way to work. I had to stop in today so I could chose Caleb's Christmas present. The company lets us go throught the Home Hardware toy catalogue and pick out a $25 gift for your child. So I got 2 things, a Winnie the Pooh phone and bath toys. While there I was surrounded, my child was the centre of attention for quite a while! Then home again for lunch and I've begun the process of cleaning the house. Caleb is supposed to be napping right now, but I hear him chatting away, probably to his prayer bear. Tonight we are having Dave's co-worker Rob and his family over for dinner. That's a lot of work!

Yesterday I was a wreck. I got a message on the machine in the morning from the lady I had lined up to take Caleb for us in December. She left a message to say that she feels she has too much on her plate and can't take Caleb. I flipped out, I cried, I didn't know what to do. I emailed Dave to tell him, then I emailed Lesa to tell her and to get some help. Lesa had recommended this lady to me, so she felt bad, but she came through with lots of names for me to try. None of them she knew, we were going on recommendations only. I again struggled over this, because I didn't know any of them, plus I hated the thought of calling all these people and being turned down, or finding out they have sooo many kids. I called Shannon and bless her heart she said she would take him if we needed her to. But I called only one lady, the one lady who seemed to have the best reviews, and praise the Lord, she said she can take him. I'm meeting her on Tuesday, and everything she told me sounded perfect, she only has one or two other children (which is perfect, that is what I wanted) and that she likes to spend time with them, doing educational activities, and field trips, spend lots of time outdoors. The money was right, the location is perfect, just down around the corner. So lets hope that Tuesday will be amazing and that I get my sense of peace back!

Well I better start working on the main level cleaning wise. Thanksgiving will be fun. We're heading to my parents for Saturday and Sunday, I'm hoping to go for a hike on the Bruce trail, and I'm looking forward to stuffing!!

Tag

This morning was quite the sight. Hockley has started to find Caleb interesting now that he's crawling, I would notice that she would watch him and follow him. But this morning, Caleb started to clue in that she was there. It was so funny because Hockley was getting Caleb to follow her. He was all over the place upstairs, in and out of all the rooms. I could hear him crawling all over the place so I started to watch what was going on. Hockley would run into one room, and Caleb would chase her. Then she would jump over him, and then stop until he was able to turn around and see her, and she would then walk into another room. She did this for a long while, Caleb was huffing and puffing from all that activity! Finally she ended it by jumping up on our bed.

Right now she's sitting on my scrap table while Caleb is in his chair watching einstein. She likes him!

Last night I went out with my friends from work to see 3:10 to Yuma. It was soooo great! I love Russell! Even though it was a "shoot em up" movie, it was so good. It was good to get out and be with the girls again. But man, when it's late, my mind becomes mush! I brought up things more than once, forgetting that I already said that! Then if I had something exciting to share, my words got all jumbled! Jeepers! I feel like I'm an early alzeimers patient! Oh well!

Not much on the go today. Dave is going to his co-workers tonight to watch hockey after work, so it's going to be a long day. I'll have to watch all the shows I taped from last night, Rick Mercer, House, Beauty and the Geek and The Tudors. Tonight it's America's Next Top Model, man, sad isn't it!

Eric O'Shea - TV Commercials

This is so funny!

Welcome October

I am enjoying this nice fall weather. But life hasn't seemed to slow down, and I guess it probably never will. Well it might when I get back to work and have my slow days! This past week was a full one. Monday we started Starfish lessons again. This time Christa and Cara are taking them with us. The instructor this time around is not good at all. Actually it was scary! She had us dunk the babies right at the very beginning, the other instructor did not do that at all. I will see how this week goes, and if it's the same instructor and she does things the same way, then I will go and complain to the centre. I mean there are 3 month old babies in our class, you don't just dunk them, there should be some kind of explaination on how to and when to. YIKES!

The rest of the week went by so fast, it's just a blur now. I'm really happy about my scrapbooking, I've got lots done. Although last night I sat at the computer and looked at the ones I still need to develope, I think it will be a never ending scrapbooking job at the rate I take pictures! Friday I went to see Amy and Yvonne. It was great seeing them, Amy, thanks for the really yummy pizza! Saturday we had a wedding to go to, it was nice. Fern and Mert babysat. Caleb is keeping us all busy. He's exploring new things. Pulling himself up, I even caught him on the third step going upstairs! What a boy, loves his balls, and toys with wheels! It's fun!

Well another new week. Today we have swimming, then tomorrow night I'm going to the movies with my friends from work. Thursday I might have Benji for the day, other than that I'm sure that I'll be busy!