Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Ewwwww
Don't you hate getting puked on? Well that just what happened to me this morning. Connor had a stomach ache and luckily had only had his sippy cup of milk when......eruption! Ewwww, curtled milk is very gross too. Nothing a little laundry and a bath can't fix though, and he started feeling better immediately after. Thank goodness, cross you fingers....
Monday, July 19, 2010
It was suppose to be...
Hello all -
I was just sitting down to check on the blogs I follow and then write about my weekend of craziness - 2 birthday parties for a 2 year old. But as I was checking one of the blogs I follow, they had a link to another blog that they follow and she mentioned something about being touched and saddened by their loss, which intrigued me to see what she meant. As I began to read this other young families blog, the tears started streaming down my face as I began to realize their situation, and just how lucky I am to have my little boy safe and sound having a nap right now. If you'd like to read this teary blog, go here. A gentle reminder that what you have is just about perfect, even when you don't feel it.
I will write about the birthday parties etc. but for now, I wanted to share this with you.
I was just sitting down to check on the blogs I follow and then write about my weekend of craziness - 2 birthday parties for a 2 year old. But as I was checking one of the blogs I follow, they had a link to another blog that they follow and she mentioned something about being touched and saddened by their loss, which intrigued me to see what she meant. As I began to read this other young families blog, the tears started streaming down my face as I began to realize their situation, and just how lucky I am to have my little boy safe and sound having a nap right now. If you'd like to read this teary blog, go here. A gentle reminder that what you have is just about perfect, even when you don't feel it.
I will write about the birthday parties etc. but for now, I wanted to share this with you.
Friday, July 16, 2010
2 years old?!
Since I last did a real update, we went down to Raymond for the week of July 1, Connor had his 2nd birthday on July 8 and I announced that I was pregnant. So, here are the details of all:
We went to Raymond as per usual for July 1. If you're from southern Alberta, you know why. If you're not, you might not know that Raymond is famous for their July 1 celebration. And since Spencer is from there, I can see us attending July 1 in Raymond for the rest of our lives! We did miss it 2 years ago, being as I was 5 days overdue with Connor, we didn't think it was wise to travel. Little did we know that it wouldn't have mattered, he still came 7 days later. Anyways, Connor had a blast at Grandma and Grandpa's house, running around inside and out, riding horses with Grandpa, riding the golf cart and ride on lawn mower with Grandma and playing with his cousin Haylee. He sure was kept busy, and loved every minute of it. We took him to the new Raymond pool the first night and oh my! That kid loves water, loves the water slides and thinks he can swim. No fear for this kid, which I'm glad about most of the time, until he tries to jump out of my arms and sinks in the pool. I definitely see swimming lessons in his future.
The rest of the time leading up to the July 1 was spent playing and visiting. We went into Lethbridge and saw Grandma O. a few times, and I did a little shopping at Value Village. (Lethbridge has the best Value Village ever, by far the best second hand shopping I've encountered).
July 1 came, and we were out getting ready for the parade. The weather was pretty good which was a relief since the day before was kind of windy (surprise?) and rainy. The parade this year was a little weak I felt. Stacey (Spencer's sister) had her 10 year reunion float, and we got a plunger that people were handing out, but other than that....nothing too special. July 1 is also Grandma O.'s b-day and this year she turned 85. Alma (my MIL) had a bunch of family over afterwards to celebrate her birthday. Of course, Grandma as per usual is always saying "Don't make a fuss, I don't even need to be there". She's funny....Anyways, my mom also drove down July 1, and spent a few days in Raymond, so after the birthday party celebration we headed over to my Grandpa's house for the annual George bbq. We visited with my mom, Lorraine, and Terri.
July 2 was the day of our wards annual Temple trip/campout, which I was in charge of being the Activities Chairperson. I was a little frantic that day as it was raining in the morning, and the plan was for us to take Dale and Alma's camper trailer, but with the weather being iffy, they didn't really want to get it ready in the rain, so then Spencer was trying to convince me we should make alternate arrangements for somewhere to sleep. But as I was starting to stress out about that, it stopped raining. So we (more like them) got the trailer ready and his parents took the trailer to Cardston for us. (they do Temple work on Fridays, so they were going to there anyways, and we don't have a hitch on our truck.) We had to go into Lethbridge to Costco to pickup a cake I had ordered for one of the Young Men who was having a birthday during the campout. Now, I should preface this story by saying that 2 days before when we went to Costco to get Grandma's cake for her birthday, Spencer was bringing it in from the car and....smooshed it. I guess that's what you get when you try to carry all 47 things in from the car at once...anyways, here is Spencer, Connor and I at Costco picking up the cake, and we're about to start out on our camping trip which I've been stressing out about all week, and we pay for the cake which is on the bottom of the cart and as we're walking into the parking lot and it just so happens that Spencer is pushing the cart, the cake FALLS off the cart face down, but Spencer doesn't notice for a couple seconds and starts pushing it along the pavement!!! So....it's totally ruined. AHHH!!! The last thing I/we needed. As we make our way to the car with this cake that is totally ruined and I start crying because my stress level is now way over the top, but I'm kind of laughing at the same time because let's face it, this is ridiculous. Spencer takes it back into Costco to see if they can fix it. Well, he comes out with a brand new cake that says Happy Birthday and has a rainbow on it. Now, the original cake wasn't much fancier, it did say "Happy 17th Birthday Craig" and had balloons on it, but now I am really laughing because the rainbow cake really isn't what every 17 year old boy wants for his birthday. Oh well, the rest of the camping trip went fine and we had a good time and the cake was a hit anyways.
After we made our way home from Raymond, the next week was Connor's second birthday! I can't believe I have a 2 year old! What the heck. Spencer had taken the day off, so for his birthday we took him to the McDonald's playplace and then to see Toy Story 3. I quite liked the movie, and he did pretty good sitting through it.
And...I'm pregnant. I'm supposedly due January 15, although that is a very guesstimated date due to irregularity. For those of you who don't know, I was actually pregnant in the fall, but had a miscarriage in March. I was at my 12 week ultrasound when I found out, and it was pretty traumatic and sad. We hadn't told anyone but our families, but I had to have a D&C, which was sad too. Anyways, I think that it's ok to talk about it since so many women have problems with pregnancy, whether it is conceiving or staying pregnant. It's nice to know other people can relate and you're not alone in these sorts of things.
Ok, that's it, I'm officially done blabbing, until next time.....
We went to Raymond as per usual for July 1. If you're from southern Alberta, you know why. If you're not, you might not know that Raymond is famous for their July 1 celebration. And since Spencer is from there, I can see us attending July 1 in Raymond for the rest of our lives! We did miss it 2 years ago, being as I was 5 days overdue with Connor, we didn't think it was wise to travel. Little did we know that it wouldn't have mattered, he still came 7 days later. Anyways, Connor had a blast at Grandma and Grandpa's house, running around inside and out, riding horses with Grandpa, riding the golf cart and ride on lawn mower with Grandma and playing with his cousin Haylee. He sure was kept busy, and loved every minute of it. We took him to the new Raymond pool the first night and oh my! That kid loves water, loves the water slides and thinks he can swim. No fear for this kid, which I'm glad about most of the time, until he tries to jump out of my arms and sinks in the pool. I definitely see swimming lessons in his future.
The rest of the time leading up to the July 1 was spent playing and visiting. We went into Lethbridge and saw Grandma O. a few times, and I did a little shopping at Value Village. (Lethbridge has the best Value Village ever, by far the best second hand shopping I've encountered).
July 1 came, and we were out getting ready for the parade. The weather was pretty good which was a relief since the day before was kind of windy (surprise?) and rainy. The parade this year was a little weak I felt. Stacey (Spencer's sister) had her 10 year reunion float, and we got a plunger that people were handing out, but other than that....nothing too special. July 1 is also Grandma O.'s b-day and this year she turned 85. Alma (my MIL) had a bunch of family over afterwards to celebrate her birthday. Of course, Grandma as per usual is always saying "Don't make a fuss, I don't even need to be there". She's funny....Anyways, my mom also drove down July 1, and spent a few days in Raymond, so after the birthday party celebration we headed over to my Grandpa's house for the annual George bbq. We visited with my mom, Lorraine, and Terri.
July 2 was the day of our wards annual Temple trip/campout, which I was in charge of being the Activities Chairperson. I was a little frantic that day as it was raining in the morning, and the plan was for us to take Dale and Alma's camper trailer, but with the weather being iffy, they didn't really want to get it ready in the rain, so then Spencer was trying to convince me we should make alternate arrangements for somewhere to sleep. But as I was starting to stress out about that, it stopped raining. So we (more like them) got the trailer ready and his parents took the trailer to Cardston for us. (they do Temple work on Fridays, so they were going to there anyways, and we don't have a hitch on our truck.) We had to go into Lethbridge to Costco to pickup a cake I had ordered for one of the Young Men who was having a birthday during the campout. Now, I should preface this story by saying that 2 days before when we went to Costco to get Grandma's cake for her birthday, Spencer was bringing it in from the car and....smooshed it. I guess that's what you get when you try to carry all 47 things in from the car at once...anyways, here is Spencer, Connor and I at Costco picking up the cake, and we're about to start out on our camping trip which I've been stressing out about all week, and we pay for the cake which is on the bottom of the cart and as we're walking into the parking lot and it just so happens that Spencer is pushing the cart, the cake FALLS off the cart face down, but Spencer doesn't notice for a couple seconds and starts pushing it along the pavement!!! So....it's totally ruined. AHHH!!! The last thing I/we needed. As we make our way to the car with this cake that is totally ruined and I start crying because my stress level is now way over the top, but I'm kind of laughing at the same time because let's face it, this is ridiculous. Spencer takes it back into Costco to see if they can fix it. Well, he comes out with a brand new cake that says Happy Birthday and has a rainbow on it. Now, the original cake wasn't much fancier, it did say "Happy 17th Birthday Craig" and had balloons on it, but now I am really laughing because the rainbow cake really isn't what every 17 year old boy wants for his birthday. Oh well, the rest of the camping trip went fine and we had a good time and the cake was a hit anyways.
After we made our way home from Raymond, the next week was Connor's second birthday! I can't believe I have a 2 year old! What the heck. Spencer had taken the day off, so for his birthday we took him to the McDonald's playplace and then to see Toy Story 3. I quite liked the movie, and he did pretty good sitting through it.
And...I'm pregnant. I'm supposedly due January 15, although that is a very guesstimated date due to irregularity. For those of you who don't know, I was actually pregnant in the fall, but had a miscarriage in March. I was at my 12 week ultrasound when I found out, and it was pretty traumatic and sad. We hadn't told anyone but our families, but I had to have a D&C, which was sad too. Anyways, I think that it's ok to talk about it since so many women have problems with pregnancy, whether it is conceiving or staying pregnant. It's nice to know other people can relate and you're not alone in these sorts of things.
Ok, that's it, I'm officially done blabbing, until next time.....
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
News
This is the shirt I made for Connor, took his picture wearing it, and then sent the pictures in the mail to my in-laws, and my mom and dad. Hope you enjoy. We sure do!
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