Winters here .....

and boy did it remind us how much we don't like snow and cold!!

Man did we get quite the storm yesterday, definatly the first major snowfall of the year and dang it is cold out!

Watching the news last night sure made me thankful for being on maternity leave right now. The average commute home last night was 2 hours due to gridlocked traffic all over the city. Some people waited for busses downtown for 2 hours that never came, sat in traffic for 3 hours on what is normally a 25 minute drive home! Thankfully I had no where to go so I sat in the house and watched it blow in. D was lucky, the one day he was thankful for extra work on a Friday so he put in some nice OT at work and by the time he left at 7:30 it was smooth sailing out of the city to home!

What does D come home to... lots of shovelling! He had to shovel the sidewalk, the back parking pad so he could get on it, the front road because his truck got stuck so by the time all was said and done, he came in the house to relax at 9:15!! But he was glad to do it last night and not have to shovel this morning in the -23 weather out there!!

This weekend I don't think we'll be leaving the safety, warmth and comfort of our house!!

Stay warm out there!

Feeding time!?

So we decided to start E on rice cereal yesterday. That was interesting. She did pretty well I think. She ate most of it so I decided to try again this morning. She actually opened her mouth wide a couple time the spoon came to her mouth and laughed lots. But I do have to say, wow it's a lot of work! Bottle feeding is sooo much easier and quicker! Its funny it's exciting to start this new phase with her yet I know it's going to make things a little bit more difficult because I'll have to start taking food with me when I go out rather then just bottles.

My little girl is growing up so fast!!

What was I thinking?

You ever have one of those days where you regret thinking you can do everything? That is today!

I'm going to a christmas party tonight, an annual girls night at a friends house but I also have a craft fair to get organized for tomorrow. I had a huge Tupperware order show up at my doorstep today that I really didn't think I would get in time and now I'm trying to get that all ready to take tomorrow. Oh and too boot I still don't have a gift for the gift exchange tonight. What was I thinking?

E is sleeping and as soon as she wakes up is feed time and off to the mall to find something. The party tonight is at 6:30 but since it is on the complete opposite end of the city as me I'm going a bit early as to avoid rush hour. I can't stay late either since E will be with me and I have to get home, get her to bed and finish prepping for the craft fair tomorrow. Then it's off to bed.

Then tomorrow up and go back to that same end of town (actually a bit further out) for the craft fair with E in tow. D has to work. Talk about throwing a loop in our plans! No sitter available so now E is spending the day with me and somehow I need to push her stroller and make probably 4 trips out to the vehicle to get all the Tupperware since I'll only be able to carry one thing at a time pushing the stroller. Should be interesting.

My brother is off work and I think I'll be waking him up early (so he better not drink too late tonight) so he can come help. I first told him not to worry but the more I think about it, the more I'm going to need his help. I can't do it all! There is no way I'll be done setting up my table if I have to take 4 trips out to the vehicle. Oh my, tomorrow will definatly be an interesting day.

Wish me luck!

Soooo sore yet sooo worth it

So I ventured out yesterday and tried a new class to help me get back to losing some weight. Before E. was born I had lost almost 50lbs on Weight Watchers... love the program and I'm back on it but having a hard time with it now. So yesterday off I went to a drop-in .... Strollercize class. OH MY GOSH! I think that was the best work out I've ever done. I've never done so many lunges and squats in my life and boy am I paying for it today! I'm having more trouble with the stairs today then I did after my c-section!

I do have to say I'm pretty proud of myself for yesterday. I was by far the largest girl there so walking in right to start was pretty intimidating. But I think I did pretty well holding my own! I ran more then I have in years, there was a few times I had to "modify" what she wanted us to do but she showed us modifications so I did those. All in all I would say I kicked butt!

I will definatly be back there next week. It is sooo worth it and I just hope it shows on the scales on Wednesday! E had a blast also. I thought she would fall asleep during the walking but she didn't she just looked around and played with her feet! I hope she continues that behaviour so I can make it back to the class again!

A time to remember

I'm so glad that my work allows us today off. (not that it matters this year for me) Growing up Rememberance Day was always a day for our family to be together and remember those that fought and in this case still fighing for our freedom. My dad's family was/is very actively involved in our military and to this day I respect each and every one of them who put their life in danger so I could grow up in a safer world.

When I was in high school I was in cadets so today would be the day we would all go to the Jubilee Auditorium to participate in the ceremony. I loved being in school at this time when we would all be together to respect each and every one of our fallen soliders. When I was done with sea cadets I would still go to the Jubilee with my dad each year for the ceremony but this year I'm not going. D and I will spend the day being thankful for each and everyone who fought for our freedom so we could raise our daughter. To me this is not a day to be out christmas shopping, browsing the mall ect. this is a day to spend with family. I'm glad D's work gives him the day off also so we can do this.

We will be watching the ceremony on tv this year and look forward to the day E will understand exactly what November 11th means to a family full of military veterns!

still sick!!

Ok so we are going on 1 full week of sickness now! This is crazy! On Thursday I took E to the doctors because I was warned that maybe it's an ear infection. So off we went and thankfully he got her in that afternoon. He then noticed a rash on her and though she could have a viral infection (or bacterial? I don't remember now!). Her ears and throat were clear so he sent us off to get a pee sample! WOW! That was interesting. LOL Talk about fun! We managed to get it and haven't heard anything back so everything must be fine. The rash was gone but her snotty nose is still here. Poor girl. She definatly doesn't like us touching her nose to clean it either!

Tomorrow we were going to go visit great-grandma but that might have to be put on hold if she's still not feeling good since we don't need to get everyone else sick! Please, please feel better because I really want to go visit!

Fever, coughs and snotty nose .... oh my

A sick baby. SOOO not fun! Yesterday was a very long day with a cranky baby. Poor E was so sick. She wouldn't nap and wanted to be held all day long. She had a couple cat naps but that was it. At one point she cried for 1.5hrs straight. I couldn't find the medicine to help bring down her fever, I was going nuts. During her huge crying fit I finally just gave up since nothing I did could calm her down. I had to put her down and at that point walk away and literaly tear my house about looking for the tempra. Didn't find it. After about 4 minutes I went back to get her and I felt horrible but I just needed a break! I cried with her at that point. She finally snuggled up and went to sleep. I think she napped at that point for just over an hour. I needed it and so did she!

Darrell came home from work but thankfully called first so I could get him to stop at the drug store to pick up some Tempra. Once he got home we gave it to her and within the hour her fever was down and she was happy! She went to bed easily which was a nice change from the past week! But then she woke up at 10:00 just screaming her head off! Poor girl. I gave her some more Tempra and she crashed! And actually slept till 8:30 this morning which was a nice change from the last 4 days of waking up during the night!

Today has been a bit better but not alot. She's still got the runny nose and cough but thankfully no fever and today I can atleast put her down to play with her toys (well most of the day I've been able to). I hope tomorrow we will have an even better day!