Busy, busy!!

Wow, what a busy 5 days we've had!!  Thank goodness Cal has been off work.  He's back to the grind tomorrow, for a short 3 day work week!

Sunday afternoon Blake was holding his ear, but not complaining of anything hurting until bed time, when he woke up crying really hard.  We went into their room and he said his ear hurt.  It was bright red, so I thought I might as well get the medi-centre visit over with that night!  Luckily, there was next to no wait at the medi-centre and we were in, out, to the drug store and home within an hour and a half.  He has an ear infection in his right ear.  It's been a really long time since Blake has had an ear infection.  Between the ages of approx. 14 months and 24 months he had quite a few, but has seemed to grow out of them.  Hopefully they don't start up again!  What I thought was going to turn into croup on Friday night, just turned into a cold, which I'm sure caused the ear infection.

Monday afternoon we had our Thanksgiving dinner at my parents house in Stony Plain.  It was a delicious dinner (and of course we were sent home with left overs!) and a fun time with my family, as well as my sister's friends Kelly and Calvin and my Auntie Cherie and Uncle Warren.  Not to mention, Warren and Cherie's dog Jinx and our dog Heidi :)  The kids had a blast and "performed" in their usual manner ... lol!

Today we all went to Preschool and Come Play With Me.  This afternoon Cal and the kids went to the pet store and I went grocery shopping by myself!  What a treat :)  When we got home we set up the Halloween decorations and played outside for awhile. 

The kids are doing good in their "new" room!  While it was taking them longer to fall asleep at night, they are not waking during the night and are still sleeping until 8ish (I'm knocking on wood right now)!!  We've decided to put them to bed at the same time vs. putting Em to bed first and then Blake 1/2 hour later.  Tonight it worked much better and they were asleep within 20 minutes.  Those 20 minutes were comprised of Emerson standing in her crib looking at Blake and talking to him and Blake trying his hardest to take our advice and ignore her!!!  I can understand it might take a few more minutes to fall asleep, with all the excitement of your big brother a few feet away from you ;)  We're really glad we made this transition now and not after the baby was born! 

Speaking of the baby, I have a prenatal appointment with our doula on Thursday afternoon.  I also found out that my iron levels are low and my glucose test came back slightly high :(  So on Friday I'm going for a 2 hour glucose test ... blech ... And I'm taking iron supplements of course.  I have to say, out of all my  pregnancies, this one is kicking my butt the most!!  Likely because I'm busy with 2 toddlers, I'd say!  I'm just so tired and by the end of the day my legs are achey and tired too!!  And then of course there's the heartburn and the occasional hanging of my head over the toilet :S  Last Monday at my appointment the babies hr was 136 bpm.  My next appointment is next week and then I will be seeing the docs every week until bambino's arrival!  I'm fully expecting a late arrival :)  And this time I will go up to 14 days before being induced, although I really don't think I'll need to be induced, but we will see!  This baby continues to be very, very active and I love feeling all its kicks and rolls!  That is one of the best parts of pregnancy in my opinion :)  I will miss that!

Have a great remainder of your short week everyone!

Tracy

SURPRISE!!!

I had one of the biggest surprises of my life last night!!  What I thought was an anniversary dinner with Cal, was a surprise 30th birthday dinner for me!!  Cal and I got to Japanese Village and I was surprised by friends and family!  I can't believe I didn't know?!  Cal, Lindsay and my Mom corresponded via Cal's work email and had been planning this since the beginning of August.  They wanted to have a celebration for me before I was at the end of my pregnancy and couldn't really enjoy it as much or before I had a newborn and couldn't get out without him or her (because of nursing 24/7!)!!  Cal told them that if they corresponded any other way I'd definitely find out, which is true!  Cal and I are always on each other's email and Facebook profiles, so I would have definitely found out! 

Thinking back, I did find a few things odd.  Cal and I went out on Monday night for an anniversary date, so I thought it was odd that we were going out again on Saturday.  Especially since we were moving the kids into the same room on Friday!!  Back in September Cal said he really wanted to go out for dinner on the 9th, so I emailed my Mom to ask her to babysit!  The other thing I was surprised about was that Cal made reservations at Japanese Village!  Typically, we wouldn't go to a place like that on a date!!  We usually go to the Keg or Red Lobster!! 

I had a great time and really appreciate everyone who came out!  Thanks SO much ladies :)  Our chef was a bit of a comedy act on his own and kept us entertained and sometimes rolling our eyes - a large white man trying to speak with a Japanese accent at times!!  The food was delicious and my cake was probably the best cake I've ever tasted!!  Lindsay ordered it from Whimsical Cake Studio Inc.  So, so, SO delicious!!!!  It was a purple hydrangea :)  Makes me want to quit making my own cakes and order from them!!  My family knows me so well ... love hydrangeas, love purple, and the dinner and company was perfect!!  Thanks again to Lindsay, Cal and my Mom for planning this and knowing me so well ;)