Today is the 1st anniversary of my 29th year ;) 29 and holding from here on out ... ! We had a good day today! Did a little shopping this afternoon with my Reitmans gift card (from Cal and the kids) and bought a new top for our family pictures tomorrow. Mom, Dad and Lindsay came over this afternoon and made a delicious supper, which was followed by some yummy cake! Oh and I cracked a bottle of wine for dinner! Which I needed ... lol!! I got two other gift cards from Mom & Dad (Lululemon) and Linds and Jer (Riki's), so I can't wait to do some more shopping!! I really need some new clothes, so I'm excited :) Thanks everyone!!
Blake was sick to his stomach throughout the night on Friday night. Poor guy :( He's such a trooper though. We ran out of sheets and his special blankies (he has 3), so he ended up sleeping on a towel on his mattress and using a choo-choo blankie (which he gave to Cal a long time ago and thinks of as Dad's blankie!!)! He was very sleepy today and slept in quite late, took a long nap and still went to bed by 7:30. He wasn't sick to his stomach today, so hopefully he's back to normal!
Emerson is still having a tough time occasionally and cranky off and on through out the day and night. Some days are worse then others, but it's been like this for around a week and a half now. It seems like she is pain at times, but we have no idea what's going on, just guesses!! It is so hard to not know what is wrong or what to do. Thankfully we have a pediatrician appointment on Tuesday. Her cheeks are still very rosey and her bowel movements are not what I think are normal. But then again, I don't really know what is normal at this point. She is still very happy at times too, thank goodness!! Not upset all the time.
Emerson and Blake seem to be interacting more and more each day - it is so adorable :) Yesterday Emerson was sitting on the couch and Blake was standing in front of her talking to her. He kept saying to her, "So beautiful Em, so beautiful!" She was smiling and laughing and throwing her head back!! And he was laughing and having fun! I love how they "talk" and play! He's such a great big brother!! The other night he even helped her eat her supper! I love how gentle and paternal he is at times. He's such a loving little guy though - even with Heidi and his stuffed animals. He often hugs Heidi and says, "I love you Heidi." And does the same thing with his stuffed animals! This week his favorite was Grover!! He told me many times this week, "I love Grover Mom!" He enjoys being part of Emerson's bed time routine too. He always turns her humidifier on, gives her a hug and kiss, then tells Cal it's is turn! He then says goodnight and closes her bedroom door as he and Cal leave her room!! He calls her blueberry or Miss Muffin and he'll tell Cal to say, "Good night blueberry or Goodnight Miss Muffin or sometimes Goodnight blueberry Miss Muffin!!!!" It sounds like he's saying Muffin, but it could be Muffet?! One evening after supper I was talking to my Mom on the phone and when I hung up he asked if Grandma was coming over. I told him she wasn't coming over and he looked at me and said, "But I want to give Bamma a hug." I melted!!! We called Grandma back to say goodnight and tell her he wanted to hug her, I'm sure she melted too!! He has memorized many of his favorite books now. It's hilarious to hear him recite an entire book! But hard to follow at times, because he gets so excited and talks SO fast!!
Emerson woke up from her nap this afternoon, on her stomach with her foot stuck in her crib railing! I was pretty surprised when Cal told me how he found her!! On her stomach is not her favorite position, so I'm not sure why she rolled to her stomach?! But maybe she's starting to try to move? I think she'll start moving soon. She gets her bum up in the air a little bit now when she is on her stomach and rotates too!
We're looking forward to family pictures tomorrow morning and attending a birthday party in the afternoon. We're trying out a new photographer in Sherwood Park. She's just began her photography business, so hopefully we'll at least get one good family picture! I sure miss Rose, our former photographer who moved to B.C. :(
We've had above average weather lately. We went to the "special park" on Monday when Cal was off. Blake loves playing on the fire truck there! We'll probably take him there again this Monday, as Cal is off again. The kids and I started a new program at the library on Thursday morning. Blake and Em both had fun!! Emerson loves music, just like her brother!
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! Have a great week ahead ;)
Luv Tracy
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Blah!
The title pretty much describes how I'm feeling today!! It has been an interesting weekend. Not much interesting happened, but it's been a bit off ... I guess you could say?!
Thursday afternoon we took the kids for their H1N1 immunizations. Thursday morning there was a 4-5 hour wait, Thursday afternoon there was NO wait!!! Crazy, but true! lol!! I was amazed at how well they did with the needle! Blake didn't even cry, flinch, or anything. He just sat on my knee and watched the needle go in and then went and sat on a chair and ate a fruit snack while Emerson got her needle!! Emerson cried for about 1 second when they took the needle out! It was a relief to finally have them done. We've been talking about it for what seems like forever! Now Cal and I will hopefully be able to get it within the next week or two.
Blake and Cal had swimming Friday night, which went really well again. Blake gets more and more brave every time! Before we know it he'll be doing the front crawl ;) I thought swimming lessons would tire him out and he'd fall asleep really fast, but I think it gets him a bit hyper instead! It takes him longer to fall asleep on swimming lesson days ;) So much to re-cap in his mind I guess?!
Saturday Cal went hunting with my Dad and Dion and the kids and I hung out with my Mom. Mom took Blake for a hair cut in the a.m. and I went for a hair cut when the kids were napping in the afternoon! Blake had fun at the hair salon. He was very happy that he got to sit on the motorcycle!! When the kids got up from their naps, we went to Kingsway Mall. The plan was for me to take my bridesmaid dress to the tailors there. Yes, that was the plan ... someone else had other plans ... I tired the dress on and the seamstress made some suggestions and basically said they couldn't do the required alterations. Which made me a bit nervous, as I didn't have a back up plan and the wedding is less than a month away!! To boot, as I was changing out of my bridesmaids dress some, excuse me, LOSER opened the door and "exposed" me. So, yeah, that was not cool, nor fun ... After that we drove to a second tailors, who was recommended by Pure Bridal where we bought our dresses. I try on the dress for her and she told me I should buy proper underwear, a.k.a. a good fitting bra, before having the dress altered. Which I kinda knew I'd have to do, but I was really hoping to get away with no bra. So anyways, she suggests that with my "size" I would have to go to a lingerie store, and we're not talking La Senza, and recommends her friends "shop" on the south side. So back into the truck we go and rush to the south side before they close at 5. Thankfully, I found exactly what I needed, mind you it cost an arm and a leg, but I'm very happy with what I bought and it definitely makes a difference in the dress!! So now I just need to get back to the tailors to have the dress altered! She assured me she'd be able to have it done in time!! Phew :) Emerson was NOT happy on the way home ... and that's an understatement. Thankfully, Blake was an angel :) She usually eats between 4:30 and 5:00, so apparently she was starving. You'd think she hadn't ate in 10 days. Geez! Cal got home from hunting around 7:30. They didn't get their moose ... maybe next time!
I picked Emerson's dress up this morning and did some shopping at Londonderry Mall. The dress is SO adorable!! Lindsay ordered a flower headband for her, which will look very cute too!! And she also ordered a tie for Blake. These kids are going to be the most adorable kids on the planet that day ;) After their naps this afternoon we went to Kingsway Mall to walk around for a bit and bring supper home!
Emerson has been totally off the last few days. We're not sure why? Could be any number of things - she hasn't had lactulose for about a week, she is going a small amount every day, but maybe not enough? She seems to be a very hard teether, her cheeks are always bright red and she is drooling like crazy! Could be reacting to the H1N1 shot?? Although, I don't think that is it. And she has had a cold for the past week, but it is a lot better then a few days ago. Not sure what's bugging her, but she can sure be miserable!!! And when she is unhappy, if I'm in the room all she wants is me to hold her. She wines until I pick her up! If she can't see or hear me she's fine. At least I know she loves me :)
Blake has the same cold as Emerson, but it's a lot easier to deal with a 2 yr old with a cold! He can blow his nose, which makes it SO much easier!! And the cold hasn't held him down much at all!
We hope everyone is doing well, and hopefully feeling good! 'Tis the season for all these nasty flu's, viruses, etc. Take care, and have a great week.
Luv Tracy
Thursday afternoon we took the kids for their H1N1 immunizations. Thursday morning there was a 4-5 hour wait, Thursday afternoon there was NO wait!!! Crazy, but true! lol!! I was amazed at how well they did with the needle! Blake didn't even cry, flinch, or anything. He just sat on my knee and watched the needle go in and then went and sat on a chair and ate a fruit snack while Emerson got her needle!! Emerson cried for about 1 second when they took the needle out! It was a relief to finally have them done. We've been talking about it for what seems like forever! Now Cal and I will hopefully be able to get it within the next week or two.
Blake and Cal had swimming Friday night, which went really well again. Blake gets more and more brave every time! Before we know it he'll be doing the front crawl ;) I thought swimming lessons would tire him out and he'd fall asleep really fast, but I think it gets him a bit hyper instead! It takes him longer to fall asleep on swimming lesson days ;) So much to re-cap in his mind I guess?!
Saturday Cal went hunting with my Dad and Dion and the kids and I hung out with my Mom. Mom took Blake for a hair cut in the a.m. and I went for a hair cut when the kids were napping in the afternoon! Blake had fun at the hair salon. He was very happy that he got to sit on the motorcycle!! When the kids got up from their naps, we went to Kingsway Mall. The plan was for me to take my bridesmaid dress to the tailors there. Yes, that was the plan ... someone else had other plans ... I tired the dress on and the seamstress made some suggestions and basically said they couldn't do the required alterations. Which made me a bit nervous, as I didn't have a back up plan and the wedding is less than a month away!! To boot, as I was changing out of my bridesmaids dress some, excuse me, LOSER opened the door and "exposed" me. So, yeah, that was not cool, nor fun ... After that we drove to a second tailors, who was recommended by Pure Bridal where we bought our dresses. I try on the dress for her and she told me I should buy proper underwear, a.k.a. a good fitting bra, before having the dress altered. Which I kinda knew I'd have to do, but I was really hoping to get away with no bra. So anyways, she suggests that with my "size" I would have to go to a lingerie store, and we're not talking La Senza, and recommends her friends "shop" on the south side. So back into the truck we go and rush to the south side before they close at 5. Thankfully, I found exactly what I needed, mind you it cost an arm and a leg, but I'm very happy with what I bought and it definitely makes a difference in the dress!! So now I just need to get back to the tailors to have the dress altered! She assured me she'd be able to have it done in time!! Phew :) Emerson was NOT happy on the way home ... and that's an understatement. Thankfully, Blake was an angel :) She usually eats between 4:30 and 5:00, so apparently she was starving. You'd think she hadn't ate in 10 days. Geez! Cal got home from hunting around 7:30. They didn't get their moose ... maybe next time!
I picked Emerson's dress up this morning and did some shopping at Londonderry Mall. The dress is SO adorable!! Lindsay ordered a flower headband for her, which will look very cute too!! And she also ordered a tie for Blake. These kids are going to be the most adorable kids on the planet that day ;) After their naps this afternoon we went to Kingsway Mall to walk around for a bit and bring supper home!
Emerson has been totally off the last few days. We're not sure why? Could be any number of things - she hasn't had lactulose for about a week, she is going a small amount every day, but maybe not enough? She seems to be a very hard teether, her cheeks are always bright red and she is drooling like crazy! Could be reacting to the H1N1 shot?? Although, I don't think that is it. And she has had a cold for the past week, but it is a lot better then a few days ago. Not sure what's bugging her, but she can sure be miserable!!! And when she is unhappy, if I'm in the room all she wants is me to hold her. She wines until I pick her up! If she can't see or hear me she's fine. At least I know she loves me :)
Blake has the same cold as Emerson, but it's a lot easier to deal with a 2 yr old with a cold! He can blow his nose, which makes it SO much easier!! And the cold hasn't held him down much at all!
We hope everyone is doing well, and hopefully feeling good! 'Tis the season for all these nasty flu's, viruses, etc. Take care, and have a great week.
Luv Tracy
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