Have I told you how busy two boys can be?? I'm sure my mom could tell you. They really aren't bad. Just super intense...both competitive, loud, active, chatty...but fun too. I keep reminding myself....they are BOYs. This is what boys DO, apparently. You'd think I'd be used to it by now, but every day is such a challenge. I try not to be a nag from sun up to sun down, but honestly...I really am one. This is me..."Don't draw on the table, don't grab his toy, don't yell, don't touch, watch out, get out of the kitchen, you're spilling!, please share, don't eat my food, etc. etc. Don't I sound pleasant? It was so nice to not be a nag for four days this past week. I hate being one. I never thought I'd turn into one. It's kinda like being a coach 24/7 to whip these two into shape. Honestly, they can not play for 5 minutes without some kind of intervention. Every day I try to shower and have them play for the short maybe 8 minutes that I'm in there, and by the time I'm out...they are both screaming. So annoying. Yes, our house is loud. The best way to make things quieter is to split the two up, and then I think...why did I have more than one child if I have to keep them apart all the time? Good thing my baby is already hearing things from in utero...or it would have the shock of its life coming into our family. I am actually anticipating a quieter year next year as it'll just be a baby and Liam at home during school hours.
No...they really do love eachother. And they can play together on occasion for more than 5 minutes. It's just hard hard hard at this stage. And yes, I'm adding another boy to the mix just to add a little more challenge to my day. But babies are WAY easier than 2 year olds and I can't wait to have someone around who can't talk back to me.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
More pictures
Ok, I am having so much grief with this silly blogger...that and the combination of the fact that my laptop crashed, so I have to try fumbling away here on Gregs computer. I have been dying to play with my pictures and send them out, but alas, I have to wait. I think my laptop is officially toast, so Greg is trying to save my pictures and whatnot. What a big bummer. Well here's a few more pictures...
This is the view from inside our condo. The patio door opened all the way across the width of the condo, making our kitchen/living area right open to the sea air. You could hear the waves splashing across the street.
This is Andrew and Greg with the Hawaii dancers after the luau.
Lisa and I after the luau, with the firedancer and his sidekick.
This is the view from inside our condo. The patio door opened all the way across the width of the condo, making our kitchen/living area right open to the sea air. You could hear the waves splashing across the street.
This is Andrew and Greg with the Hawaii dancers after the luau.
Lisa and I after the luau, with the firedancer and his sidekick.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Memoirs of Maui
We're back!
Excuse me while I shed a few tears...
Ok. Back to reality.
We had a GREAT trip to Maui. We had perfect weather, super company, a great location in our Kihei condo. We rented a fun convertible PT cruiser and drove up and down the whole west coast. We swam at many various beaches and enjoyed a luau, ate lots of seafood leisurely, scoped out some outdoor markets, saw whales and other sealife, took a bunch of pictures, laughed, relaxed, slept. Need I say more. It was absolutely wonderful.
Mom survived her time with our busy boys. I think she was relieved to have us home and we spent the day with her today...went to ikea, and now she just left tonight. She had the house clean as a whistle and the boys were smiling and well fed...so we THANK her endlessly.
We would do that trip again and again. It was so great.
We have a little bit of a tan...we tried hard not to burn. We are a little lacking in sleep as our last night was spent on the plane with a screaming 2 yr old sitting behind us the entire flight from Maui to Vancouver. Oh well, it couldn't be entirely perfect.
So now it's back to the grind. We're thankful to have the weekend to recover before Greg is back to work and Riley to school. Our hearts are full of happy memories that will last forever. I'd leave you with some pictures if blogger would let me (argh).
Monday, January 22, 2007
Aloha!
Goodbye everyone! Thanks for the good wishes...I'm sure this week will fly by for Greg and I. It felt like Christmas this morning...I was so excited to get up and start the day. I keep worrying that I'm forgetting something to be packed...but I'm sure it's all just nerves. I got to the chiro, Greg is out picking up the passports...
While the kids watched cartoons this morning, it was so appropriate...Curious George had a show about going on vacation...where to? yes, Hawaii. It was really cute and fun for the boys to see on the exact day we're flying out.
The boys are keeping my mom hopping already. I'm sure they will all do fine.
Keep posted for pictures!!
While the kids watched cartoons this morning, it was so appropriate...Curious George had a show about going on vacation...where to? yes, Hawaii. It was really cute and fun for the boys to see on the exact day we're flying out.
The boys are keeping my mom hopping already. I'm sure they will all do fine.
Keep posted for pictures!!
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Happy Birthday MOM!
Here's my mom (nanny) with my boys, taken while we were at her place over Christmas. We're picking her up at the airport tomorrow as she was the only one willing to watch our kids while we're in Maui. Isn't she brave. So send out some prayers for her and that my guys will give her an easy time, would ya?! Today is her special day, so I hope she is having fun and feeling special. Looking forward to seeing you soon, mom!! I'm making you a cake right now and it sure smells yummy.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Baby pictures
Here's a bit closer of his leg, profile and spine.I hope you all can see this little guy!
They give you this huge x-ray type sheet of pictures and I always wonder what they expect us to do with them...I ended up holding them up next to the window and taking a picture of the x-ray. Pretty clear considering that it's a picture of a picture!
My ultrasound tech was much gentler this time around. The baby still liked his little place face down in my pelvis. She had me rolling on my side but never jabbed my belly like the last lady. So that's over,
and YES...he's definitely all BOY. He isn't shy about proving it, either.
I was glad to catch his profile. He looks as cute as the last two.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
So I've succumbed to the croc cult and bought myself a pair. Greg has been singing their praises for almost a year now. I didn't think they look all that pretty, but this new Mary Jane style isn't so clunky and actually fits really well!
It was rather hard to find a pair of sandals at this time of the year! so I'm glad to have these in time for our trip. Only 4 more sleeps!!
It was rather hard to find a pair of sandals at this time of the year! so I'm glad to have these in time for our trip. Only 4 more sleeps!!
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
Finally got back in
I was having trouble getting signed into my blog ...but finally figured it out again, so here I am.
Not much is new, the reality of a 3rd boy is slowly starting to settle in and I've been trying to get myself more excited as I go through old boxes of baby clothes. I'm already feeling bad for this boy as most clothes have been through 3 boys or more already (I bought some stuff second hand and lent out most). I'll have to go out shopping for some brand spankin new outfits for this guy so he doesn't feel like the hand-me-down kid. I also take a lot of pictures and it'll get rather confusing for me to tell the boys all apart in their photos if they all wear the same baby clothes!! I also need a new umbrella buggy as just this morning I arrived back from walking Riley to school and Liam and the buggy he was in, collapsed right in front of me on the front sidewalk!! It certainly was worn to the ground.
We're anticipating our trip to Maui, not this Monday but the next!! It has been a scramble to get the passports together, and they won't be ready til the day we leave if all goes as it should. The front page of the paper the other day read "Passport Frenzy"...showing and telling of people waiting for hours and hours in line (like poor Greg did)...as everyone needs to have a passport now to enter the States...by January 23rd...only one day after we leave. We could have risked it and gone without as our plane leaves the day before...but we could just imagine them saying, sorry, you may not proceed, while our friends take off on vacation and we're stuck in the Vancouver airport, crying. We'd rather be safe than sorry. It's a quick trip. We leave on Monday afternoon and will be home on Friday morning. I think it'll feel long though as we will have quietness on an entire flight and mornings to sleep in and read and eat in peace. Ahhh. We are going with our other friends who are also parents of 2 boys with a baby on the way. No kids will be present other than the kickers in the belly. I intend to take many pictures, so you will all feel like you came along.
Not much is new, the reality of a 3rd boy is slowly starting to settle in and I've been trying to get myself more excited as I go through old boxes of baby clothes. I'm already feeling bad for this boy as most clothes have been through 3 boys or more already (I bought some stuff second hand and lent out most). I'll have to go out shopping for some brand spankin new outfits for this guy so he doesn't feel like the hand-me-down kid. I also take a lot of pictures and it'll get rather confusing for me to tell the boys all apart in their photos if they all wear the same baby clothes!! I also need a new umbrella buggy as just this morning I arrived back from walking Riley to school and Liam and the buggy he was in, collapsed right in front of me on the front sidewalk!! It certainly was worn to the ground.
We're anticipating our trip to Maui, not this Monday but the next!! It has been a scramble to get the passports together, and they won't be ready til the day we leave if all goes as it should. The front page of the paper the other day read "Passport Frenzy"...showing and telling of people waiting for hours and hours in line (like poor Greg did)...as everyone needs to have a passport now to enter the States...by January 23rd...only one day after we leave. We could have risked it and gone without as our plane leaves the day before...but we could just imagine them saying, sorry, you may not proceed, while our friends take off on vacation and we're stuck in the Vancouver airport, crying. We'd rather be safe than sorry. It's a quick trip. We leave on Monday afternoon and will be home on Friday morning. I think it'll feel long though as we will have quietness on an entire flight and mornings to sleep in and read and eat in peace. Ahhh. We are going with our other friends who are also parents of 2 boys with a baby on the way. No kids will be present other than the kickers in the belly. I intend to take many pictures, so you will all feel like you came along.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
What's inside
So yesterday came and went. It was my first ultrasound of the pregnancy. I had been waiting for it since the day I realized I was pregnant. This was the first time I was going to find out what we were having. My other two were left as surprises. I'm usually all for keeping it a surprise, but with this planned to be our last baby, and with an upcoming move...I thought it would be smart to somehow prepare myself.
I must admit that I am still in shock as the tech has confirmed and shown me that it is indeed a third boy! A big, healthy boy by the looks of it. Certainly worth celebrating. I must admit that I wasn't trying to get my hopes up, but really had thought the "plans" were that we'd have a little girl in there. I never imagined all boys. I had been dreaming of dollies and dresses, pink tights and tea parties for the last several weeks. So I almost feel like I'm mourning the loss of a little girl that will never be, but also feeling incredible amounts of shame for not feeling as happy as I should be about another healthy little guy. I'm hoping the nasty feelings won't last long and I'm sure they won't. And I hope you read this right, I didn't get pregnant to have a girl...that wasn't it. I wanted another baby and God has definitely given us one that we will love and enjoy as much as the other two. It'll just take me awhile to adjust to the fact that I have all boys...it definitely is "The fox and the hounds".
The little guy was very stubborn. He sat with his little head straight down and in...not giving any profile shot or really anything of the face. The tech was shaking and poking and rolling on my stomach with that camera thing for over an hour. She made me get up and move around, bend over, drink, pee...whatever I could. I was getting really sick of it and all that belly goop and my back always gets incredibly sore on those tables. Poor Greg was waiting out in the lobby with the boys. She finally sent me home with no pictures, and asking that I come back next week as she couldn't get all the measurements they needed. Uggh. So there's the update and hopefully next time I'll have ultrasound pics to share.
I must admit that I am still in shock as the tech has confirmed and shown me that it is indeed a third boy! A big, healthy boy by the looks of it. Certainly worth celebrating. I must admit that I wasn't trying to get my hopes up, but really had thought the "plans" were that we'd have a little girl in there. I never imagined all boys. I had been dreaming of dollies and dresses, pink tights and tea parties for the last several weeks. So I almost feel like I'm mourning the loss of a little girl that will never be, but also feeling incredible amounts of shame for not feeling as happy as I should be about another healthy little guy. I'm hoping the nasty feelings won't last long and I'm sure they won't. And I hope you read this right, I didn't get pregnant to have a girl...that wasn't it. I wanted another baby and God has definitely given us one that we will love and enjoy as much as the other two. It'll just take me awhile to adjust to the fact that I have all boys...it definitely is "The fox and the hounds".
The little guy was very stubborn. He sat with his little head straight down and in...not giving any profile shot or really anything of the face. The tech was shaking and poking and rolling on my stomach with that camera thing for over an hour. She made me get up and move around, bend over, drink, pee...whatever I could. I was getting really sick of it and all that belly goop and my back always gets incredibly sore on those tables. Poor Greg was waiting out in the lobby with the boys. She finally sent me home with no pictures, and asking that I come back next week as she couldn't get all the measurements they needed. Uggh. So there's the update and hopefully next time I'll have ultrasound pics to share.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Half-baked
Well here I am!! 4 weeks later, at 20 weeks prego. As you can see, I'm comfortably stretched out into my prego pants. I have my ultrasound on Wednesday, and my next doc appointment a week after that, so I can't update you much until then. Apparently a "typical" baby should weigh about 400 grams (about 14 ounces) and would be about 25 centimetres long by this point. (Add a few extra ounces on that statistic to equal one of my "typical" babies.)
Check out more pics on my flickr site.
Check out more pics on my flickr site.
Friday, January 05, 2007
We're home again!!
In case you don't know...all these pics below are of my niece Callie. She was so easy to shoot.
We're all back home safely. I can't seem to log into my blog, so I'm doing it via flickr!?
Our house is a mess of course, there is lots to put away. I have many pictures to show and stories to tell, but it'll have to wait for now.
Back at er.
We're all back home safely. I can't seem to log into my blog, so I'm doing it via flickr!?
Our house is a mess of course, there is lots to put away. I have many pictures to show and stories to tell, but it'll have to wait for now.
Back at er.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
A new Year
So we're still in Salmon Arm. We've had our full of food and parties. We have one last "event" tomorrow night and then we'll be heading back to Cowtown.
The boys have been hacking with coughs through the night, resulting in little sleep, but that's pretty common even at home.
My belly has decided to grow a mile a minute in the last week...so now I look obviously pregnant and can't suck it in anymore ;) I'm half-way there!!?
Riley had a super fun birthday party on Saturday. We started with sledding, and then opened presents at Luke and Pam's with both sides of the family (16 of us). I had made up pizza buns and veggies etc. and then we ate up a blackforest cake that grandma had made. We rushed off after supper to the Davidson/Aylard annual fruit cup hockey game. Greg played and scored us three goals and their team won. We were all rather exhausted after that crazy day. I still can't believe that Riley is indeed 5! He said to me in the van yesterday..."Mom, you'd better give me a hug!" "Why?" "Cuz after 5 comes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and then I'll be an adult and I won't be around anymore." "But, don't worry, I'll come visit you in my car."
I have many pictures to share, but will do it later when I'm on my own computer.
Happy NEW YEAR y'all!
The boys have been hacking with coughs through the night, resulting in little sleep, but that's pretty common even at home.
My belly has decided to grow a mile a minute in the last week...so now I look obviously pregnant and can't suck it in anymore ;) I'm half-way there!!?
Riley had a super fun birthday party on Saturday. We started with sledding, and then opened presents at Luke and Pam's with both sides of the family (16 of us). I had made up pizza buns and veggies etc. and then we ate up a blackforest cake that grandma had made. We rushed off after supper to the Davidson/Aylard annual fruit cup hockey game. Greg played and scored us three goals and their team won. We were all rather exhausted after that crazy day. I still can't believe that Riley is indeed 5! He said to me in the van yesterday..."Mom, you'd better give me a hug!" "Why?" "Cuz after 5 comes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and then I'll be an adult and I won't be around anymore." "But, don't worry, I'll come visit you in my car."
I have many pictures to share, but will do it later when I'm on my own computer.
Happy NEW YEAR y'all!
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