ahhh good day so far

Brewed a big batch of homemade iced tea. I much prefer this to the store bought stuff. I control the sugar in it and the lemon. I love it lemony. I then helped a much stressed Tony with some report. 

Bought sushi to help the stressed Tony relax. He loved it and was very happy. Almost dropped beef teryiaki roll on Sadie's head. whoops.

Did the laundry with a helper of sorts. She entertains while I fold. 

And then we had a sleep. Very uneventful day really, but a nice one.

Oh and do see inception if you get the chance, its very interesting and I really loved it.

raining in the bathroom part deux

Awesome.

Simply awesome.

After the landlord found out the issue, muded the ceiling and said he would come back and fix it Monday.

Obviously the ceiling is not raining on its own.

Our lovely upstairs neighbour splashes around in his tub and this spills through the crack between the wall and the tub liner. when I say "splashes" I mean it. I've heard the guy, and it reminds me of when I was little and would push off the end of the tub to slide to the other end. Its like he keeps a whale in his bathroom.

Logic would say "hey, lets fix the liner first", but no, we dont listen to logic here.

*sigh*

At least it doesnt drip on the floor.

Its been a downer type day, but the upside is the fact that Tony and I get to go out for a date tonight. YAY! Inception here I come.

its a disaster zone!

This was my house yesterday...laundry on the floor, baby on the floor (she was content playing) and vacuum on the floor. It didnt feel right to wear a blanket but I had goosebumps from that stupid fever.

Feeling better now. Haven't had a fever yet this morning. So it was what I thought, mastitis. Taking antibiotics for that. Its not terrible, I caught it early before it got bad. Breastfeeding way more just to ensure that this goes away. Hot showers would be nice but that cant happen yet.  Since the rain in the bathroom incident the ceiling is being repaired, and the mud that is on it needs to dry out. So hot washcloths will do.

In other news, we found that Sadie seems to be quite ticklish. Tony was tickling her ribs and she was making noise and grinning and then all of a sudden SQUEAL!! She was so excited that she shrieked in the cutest high pitched voice ever. I think it helped Tony feel better (been stressed out a lot with school lately).

Hotness

Yesterday I was feeling really off. I just wanted to sleep on the couch, all day long. Too bad tony had school. Sadie just wanted to play. I played in front of the fan with her until I realized something was not right. I was shivering. Now if you've ever been to my place you'd know that it is like a greenhouse with huge windows. It's never that cold. EVER.

To the thermometer I went. Low and behold it beeped that my temperature was high. Grrreat. I hate being sick. I was hoping it would all go away after I took some pills but it's back as of this morning. I know what it probably is and might try to make a real appointment with my doctor today. It's either that or the clinic.

Now it's time to try and sleep for a while, it's way too early.

rain in my bathroom

I never noticed until Tony showed me this:

 

I even had a shower today and didn't see it. This has happened once before and the landlord said it was fixed. Well, its "BAAAAACK". This time it hasn't gone through any cracks in the paint and just pooled under the paint instead. I am sure if I poked it I would have another shower. mmm ceiling shower.

Oh man, I am sure there's mold and other nasties living in my apartment now. At least once Tony is done school we can look for a bigger place sans ceiling drips.

ouch

The little one had her first set of shots today. I have been dreading this appointment for weeks now. It didnt help that I had a raging case of heartburn last night that kept me up thinking about it all. So waking up was unpleasant, I felt crappy, but Sadie was oblivious to what was to come and was smiling and being super cute.

It was wonderful that Tony came and carried her in the snuggly. Everyone was looking at the cute guy with the little baby strapped to his chest. I couldn't have done that alone and I wont do it alone with the next set of shots.

The first part of the appointment was good, shes very long for her age, the doctor had to measure her twice cause she was a bit surprised at her length. All and all, Sadie is normal average for everything else.

The next part was worst. I had to sit and not look while Tony held her little legs. Sadie is never keen on having her legs still, shes a kicker, ever since utero. I haven't heard her cry like that hardly ever, but according to Tony she held her breath and turned purple and then wailed and shrieked. That was only one shot, there were 2 more. Each time, she did the same thing, and she was almost inconsolable. Poor dear. It took a while to calm her after they were all done.

Now we are done, she is home and we napped for 2 hours before I woke up. She is still sleeping and I had to wake her up to eat. Going to check her temperature to see how shes doing. Poor little girl had a horrible day.

she can lift her big bobble head now

She's using her arms now instead of just her neck. Look at her go! Just happened today. 

Don't mind the mess...laundry needs to be put away but we've been too busy playing and working on her muscles.

Happy Birthday Tony

Its his birthday today. I've been cleaning up the house like crazy so that I feel better about the place. I am always happier in a clean house.

Also, I am a little crazy. Crazy enough to bake a cake in summer. Its not terribly hot out, but it makes it for an uncomfortable afternoon. I haven't baked in forever, probably since I was pregnant with shnooks. It feels sooooo good to do something creative in the kitchen. I used to try all kinds of new things and LOVED IT. Now my big thing is to find new toppings for a hot dog, or open a can of spaghetti sauce for pasta. woooooo! (oh the sarcasm). I haven't felt up to doing much in the kitchen, but I pushed myself to make something super special for Tony. Hes been feeling down lately. Hes worried about his health and stuff and having a birthday doesn't help that. We found him a doctor that is across the street from mine and he goes Monday to see whats going on.

So what is my super special thing? Well, its chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and probably something chocolate like for the icing. The boy loves his chocolate and had asked for chocolate cake. Never before have I tried making ganache, so not hard. Its easy peesy and very yummy. Thank goodness I hide the chocolate chips from him or I would be ganache-less.

Pictures will be on the cell phone as my cameras memory card died. It did a mitosis and split in two. The camera phone will have to do for now.

This has been the best cake so far. Its not lopsided and there are no crumbs in the icing. I am getting lots better at this thing.

I enjoyed my piece, and am only having one. That is my limit. The rest of the cake has been shared with the babysitters (Beth and my mother in law). They babysat while we went to a movie.

oh washi tape

how I love thee. 

So colourful, so easy, so pretty.

You make things beautiful, like my post cards:

I also did a birthday card and thank you card with different coloured tape. Oh I cant wait for my new ones to arrive. Blues with plaid and stripes.

Hot hot hot

It was one of those days where the temperature inside was the same as the outside. The only thing that kept us inside was the fact that the box fan blew air slightly cooler on you.

Today was a day where all we did was lay on the floor in front of the fans and sweat. Ugh.

Many tepid baths were had by the little one. She enjoyed then immensely.

Upside of this heat was the fact that we were not going to cook dinner. Tasty cold delicious sushi was had instead.

The other impractical treat was when tony came home from school with chocolate bars. Oh why on earth would a chocolate bar make any sense? Well, they were on sale. Of course. I bet the school just wanted to be rid of melty mess on days like this. They were good after a nice stay in the fridge.

I wish I could live in the fridge.

routine

I've been trying to get Sadie into a routine of sorts lately. So far its been good. I wake up hearing shuffling and then a squeak, and then more shuffling. I wake up seeing something like this.

All blankets are off, she is ready to play. Recently she has been very interested in the paper hearts on the wall above her bed. I think she is noticing a lot more than just black and white. She still will look at black and white photos on the walls, but she is liking colourful thinks like the "good night moon" and "the very hungry caterpillar" books.

She is very much a morning girl. We play hard for an hour or 2 before she gets all worn out.

She is all smiles in the early morning. It makes it so much easier for me to wake up knowing that we get to play. My work and school schedules were always about waking up late and working till late at night. Its been like that for a few years now, so I got to get into the waking up early thing. Baths before bedtime have also been added to our routine. She is quite the water girl. Loves kicking and doesn't care if I get water in her eyes.

Yesterday Tony babysat while I went out to superstore. It was so nice to get out by myself to do something for a couple hours. He did well despite being stressed out about school and student loans. I will be so glad when we dont have to deal with the student loan people. Doesnt matter if you are the nicest calmest person on the phone, the other person is always a jerk and can never explain anything . I asked them to explain something on the sheet we had and all I got was them reading the exact thing back to me. Only a few more months to go and then Tony will be done and working. Hes ready to work again and I hope he can work for the BC Cancer Agency place again. 

I do believe its freezie time as its already too hot out and its only 9 am.

Video time

This was dinner last night that Mikaela made. Chicken penne pasta and watermelon. So yummy. We had it for lunch today. Finally the video link appeared so this is a test to see if it works:

Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day!

We are still a sleepy bunch, but thats ok. The gloomy weather doesn't help the matter. Today is a grocery shopping day, maybe a picnic day and a day to not cook. Mikaela is going to cook for us tonight. So happy ^^

waiting

We are patiently awaiting the arrival of the family. They are here to borrow a camera and bring me my laundry that I forgot. Mikaela will be staying a few days to help me clean and take care of small one. I love it when they help cause I get to have a longer nap.

She was on her tummy this morning and shuffled herself around in a full circle by kicking her legs. She is liking being on her tummy more now. She used to bonk her head on the floor and scream.

She is awake now and so we shall play some more.

Success!

I have already somewhat rubbed my warped sense of humor on my child. We have been playing with these guys today and she's loving them. Moxy (The pink one) tickles her neck with its ears and Ice Bat is fun to look at. Tony thinks its cute and strange that I've done this.  Sadie and I have been playing lots more, and she smiles and makes cooing noises at me.

So far today I've been trying to think of something good for my blank canvas but nothing so far. I have an idea for a craft that I've been wanting to do since I was pregnant but I couldnt make it out to the craft store to get the supplies. I am hoping that I can do that this weekend.


I cant wait for the day when I can move into a bigger place. All I want to do is to be able to decorate or paint the walls and make Sadie's room pretty. I've been looking at this site: http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/home-tours

Its got awesome stuff on it.

shes been smiling more

Yes, more legitimate smiles from her finally. I thought I would try and catch them on film (or rather digital) but she was not as cooperative.

I did get some beautiful pictures of her though.

She likes zerberts (raspberries) on her tummy. They can trigger the smiles, but I only got part of a smile. I hope this post keeps her grandma happy for a while until we visit tomorrow evening. 

being silly

Goals for tomorrow:

• dishes
• sweep floor
• pick up living room
• pack over night stuff for Sadie and I

This is so I can visit these crazies on the weekend...

 They are excited to see Sadie mostly, and I guess go shopping, FINALLY!

Going to bed now and then when Sadie wakes up, I shall watch an episode of "The Big Bang Theory". Awesome show. Fiona, Sheldon is defiantly my favourite character.

its such a nice day out

Just sitting here listening to the little girl grunting in her sleep. Shes almost awake, but still not quite there. Its warm out today. Its so nice and sunny and a perfect day to bbq.

I've run out of thank you cards again and have to make some more. I only need a few more though, so thats good.

(From weheartit.com)

Tony is doing a mid term at the moment, so hopefully that goes well. We were both grouchy this morning. Sadie and I camped out in the living room for part of the morning, sleeping on the couch listening to tv. It was a good little bit of sleeping in after a not-so-fun night.


I really hope we can visit chilliwack this weekend. I desperately need to go shopping for clothes for me.

beginning the day

We woke up, the little girl dozed after waking me up. Little meanie. Maybe she secretly knows that I cant sleep once I am fully awake.

Oh yes, finally on sale! This is MY cereal, not Tony's. He inhales cereal, so I hide this stuff.

Played with the bird. He was ringing his bell to be let out.

And then the little girl had a snooze and gassed it up. I wish to snooze and shall do so soon.

check it out!

New freezer is sitting in our apartment! Its perfect for keeping freezies cold (amongst other things). It was so hot today in the house. I dread the heat from summer. We keep forgetting to haul up the fans from storage. Our place is kinda like a green house in that all our many windows face the sun during the day in the summer. We have a lot of windows, and it makes for sweaty times. Last year I laid infront of our big box fan and used a spray bottle of water to cool me down.

 Today I lived off a lot of blue and white freezies. Those are my favourite flavors. I think white is coconut and blue is blue raspberry. Orange comes in third and then all the rest. Sadie was a little too hot and had a bit of heat rash near her neck. I am hoping a nice bath and being naked helps.

This is what we did today. We tested out the vibrating bouncy chair. Once it started really vibrating she had a good time looking outside and being mostly naked.

back to crafts

Finally finished this painting from when I was on bed rest. Its a crappy photo from the iphone, but I was charging the battery in the big camera. Did this and many thank you cards while Sadie was napping. Also worked on a craft that required spray paint. It was windy outside but that didn't stop me. I got it done and now it should be super dry with the wind and all.

Baby is smiling more, could be gas but there are so many more smiles, and she did it while focusing on my face and being all cute. She did the same thing with my mom. Mom melted.

Hmmm another new thing happened. We got a freezer from Tony's mom as a present. Super awesome present! It way beats my freezer in the fridge. Cant wait to put more things in it. Right now we have a big box of freezies. Havent been able to get those in forever.

The blue ones are the best.

Pee wee will probably have a late night tonight. She did last night as well, but she slept well and although she fussed early in the morning, she slept again (or did something, I didn't look to see what she was up to) for another hour and a half. yay!

many travels this weekend

Before I go into detail, here are some older cell phone pictures of baby at home chilling out.

Went to the park today. Its just down the road from our house, like a block away. I took Sadie out to get out of the house. It was beautiful outside and the stroller was parked downstairs, so I didnt have to have Tony haul it down.

It was just a date with me and her. We first headed over to Mc Donalds for Dollar Days pop, and I grabbed a large one. Pop may not have been the wisest choice, but its liquid and I am trying to drink a ton more to get this breastfeeding thing going better.

(since the park, I have drank about 3 glasses of water).

She was sleeping for the most part until I woke her up and took her out of her stroller.

We had a good quiet date at the park. It was nice and breezy out. Such a pretty summer day. Oh, I met another mother of a baby at the park. She came to see Sadie, and I checked out her baby and we chatted for a bit. It was a little hard though as english was not her first language. Her baby was 2 months old and reminded me of a sumo wrestler. He had the biggest head and many chins (Like Sadie). He was 2 months old though, so maybe that was why I thought he was gianormous.

We went to the doctor yesterday (Ahhh public transit with a stroller...scary). I was so nervous. It doesnt seem like a big deal, but I was worried about hitting someone with the stroller, or running over their feets. Also worried about carrying her car seat to the doctors office. I managed to not run over or mangle anyone on the trip, but I over did it with carrying her seat and a few groceries. I could feel it in my stomach and back, so sore. I napped yesterday for an hour and felt better.

Sadie is growing and the doctor is happy with everything. She is 10 lbs and something ounces (I've already forgotten).

More travels to come though, as we are still super busy. We have a birthday, visit from great grandparents, grandparents and a shopping date. Fathers day approaches, and this time we get to celebrate. I missed Mothers day by a few days and it made me sad. Thinking about making a craft with Sadie for Tony.

getting into the swing of things

Its taken a bit, but I am finally getting the hang of this baby thing so far. Shes finally sleeping for about 5 - 6 hours straight at night and its been so nice. I've been feeling more like I can cook real food instead of instant crap. Today for lunch its whole wheat greek pasta salad. So my favourite salad. I forgot onion, but I am quite alright with that.

Baby is napping in a pink bundle on the couch. We were "playing" on her tummy and when we both had enough, I flipped her over on her back. I guess we tired her out cause she fell asleep there on her own. I like having her in the living room sometimes cause shes cute when she sleeps and is oblivious to the noise that we make. I love seeing her little arms above her head.

today so far...

Why do you always kick off your blankets? Are you perpetually hot all the time? No, you just have little frog legs.

We then hung out on the couch. She was being very curious. She even went back to bed after waking up. yay!

She obviously doesn't feel like being on her tummy. The angrier she gets, the more she lifts her head, so she will have to be angry.

Tony and I made brunch today as she went to sleep after she woke up. It was kind of like she let us sleep in a bit. We had eggs benny, with sauce out of a mix. Its one of my favourite breakfasts. The other would be waffles with strawberries and whipping cream.


She always gets the hiccups, and shes ok with that. I've been organizing her clothes and getting all the piles of stuff sorted and put away. Its a slow process, but its going.

what to do early in the morning

have a photo shoot in bed...

good morning cuties!

First adventure sans small one

It felt a little weird not bringing her along but I managed to stay sane while Tony and I had a date. Yes, a date to see Robin Hood. I haven't left the house without her yet and I will admit, I started to miss her at the end when we were waiting for the bus home. The movie was good, I liked it, but Tony thought it was too similar to Gladiator.

Larissa and Colton did an excellent job of babysitting. Sadie pooped at them too. They have been christened now lol.

And here we are in bed, trying to get all the burps out. This one is tough to burp sometimes.

its going to be one of those days..

This morning we all woke up feeling way too warm. This led to being grouchy and tired. I also dropped my hair brush and it fell in the toilet. I wonder what else this day will bring...

working out the kinks

still trying to get this blog layout to work how I want it to. I uploaded it before I saved the last one...whoops. So had to go back and re add all the blogs that I read. BAH! Still making it work

weekend stuff

So this weekend was jam packed full of stuff. My good friend Stephanie was getting married. We rented a car (stupid PT Cruiser) and headed off to Chilliwack. Man it felt so nice to drive just with Tony and now with Sadie. I miss going out for drives. On the way, we had to hit up a drive through of any kind cause we havent done one of those on our own in FOREVER. Man, its sad but we were so excited to do that. First thing we found was a McDonalds. While waiting to order, Tony looks down at his door and asks "where is the window switch?"....what???? I look at both doors and panicked. WHERE ARE THE STUPID DOOR SWITCHES?!?!?! we were frantic for about 30 seconds before Tony found the really terribly marked switches by the cd player in the middle console. We both agreed that this car has terrible design. Door lock switches were also in that spot and we also couldn't figure that out until later that day.

Feeling nice and full of fries, we headed off to chilliwack. We stayed at my parents place and in the morning got ready for the wedding. Sadie was so cute in her pretty pink dress, tiny socks (that never stayed on) and little white shoes.

Wedding was beautiful and Sadie was excellent until the dessert and speeches. Then she needed to eat. Tony and Aria saved me some dessert and I got back to see the dancing and the happy couple before we headed home.

Church was the next morning and I hadn't been since I was hugely pregnant. Sadie was the star of the show. She was not put down at all, and I saw my family dividing up times to hold her. They passed her down to each other all through the service. Aria and Mik shared her while I had a nap later at home. They switched her back and forth every half hour. "Why put her down when we have arms" Aria stated.

It was a very good weekend.