All I am missing is my tiara

I am now officially 30 years old. I still feel the same, good, I think that is a good sign. I had a fabulous birthday weekend celebrations. I say celebrations because one of my best friends and I are born a day apart. So we usually celebrate our birthday's together. On the Friday my parents came down, they live about 2.5 hours away. Saturday we made a trip to Costco, I love that place. There I glanced at the rest of the co-ordinating jewelry that matched my 30th birthday ring, a princess cut Amethyst surrounded by diamonds in a square shape and continued down the band. I sighed, the pendant and earrings must too expensive but I might sneak in the pendant suggestion for Christmas, I promise I will be good Santa. So then we, my hubby and I got ready for my other friends surprise birthday party that night. Score a night out, sans kids! Got my present from 'the girls'(girlfriends), they got me a pair of earrings that matched, (but not the matching set) to my '30th birthday' ring, I LOVE them!! Amethyst with a little diamond beside it, tres cute. But we didn't stay out too late, after all, Dan was planning and putting all together a bbq for my birthday on the Sunday afternoon and he knew we had tones to do. He did a great job and my best friend and other birthday friend came over and put the finishing touches on and helped out with some salads. Voila, a wonderful decorated backyard to have a 30th birthday party in and lots of delicious food. Then came one of the best parts, presents!! I got an hour massage at The Spa, oh I can't wait!! Some other beautiful earrings, a nice smelly candle, Woody's Blueberry coolers (how can you go wrong with my fav drink!), other little nice gifts and from my girls, the matching pendant necklace to my ring, I was totally shaking and flabbergasted!!! I looked at Dan, WOW....total shock I tell you. Then in walks my MIL singing at the top of her lungs, she always means well and is totally excited. She's a cute little, tiny Euro woman. She gives me a kiss, and my present in this cute little beach bag I just love. I peek in, some more perfume that I like, not too strong to wear to work. Great thanks...oh there's more. Nice. It's a box, too big to be the earrings, or is it... Yep it's the mucho expensive earrings!!!!! I am at a loss for words and if you know me that NEVER happens and I am actually emotional. I close the box and look around, wow, I am in total shock now. My MIL was laughing, it was cute, all I could say was I can't believe this. I put it all on, got glamed up an took pics with my bling bling on. Now Cinderella is ready for any ball, granted I have a dress that matches purple!

1 day down & 1 year to go....

Today went better than expected, how fantastic is it to say that. Relief off my mind that Jersey wasn't all too hard on the new sitter, that was my biggest worry. Well actually the only real 'hard' part is her sleeping. See, she was great at getting to sleep (don't get this confused with staying asleep) before her earaches, so now everytime she goes down, she associates it with pain. Or so I think anyway, that is my feeling I get. Sitter said she was a little difficult in the morning but great in the afternoon, whew! I hope tomorrow and the days to follow only get easier. I am sure Jersey had a blast being doated on by her older kids and Nikyla well she was just having a ball period. She loves it there, and didn't want to come home, sure sign of an awesome sitter, mother and friend. I have no idea how I am going to find a replacement for her, she has been so in tune with Jersey ever since she was born. My search continues, I have another number to call again tomorrow, let's cross our fingers folks!
On the sleeping note, Jersey for the first time slept 2 1/2 hours uninterrupted before midnight, AMAZING!!! Being at the sitters must have just knocked the poop right out of her, I should have sent her there since birth!
Lastly, on the job note. Things went well, overwhelming on how I am to cram ALL this work into a 6.5 hour day but I'll get through it. My brain is in overload right now and must sleep.

Method

This is my first product review, on here. I am loving the Method products sold in Shoppers Drugmart. They are non-toxic, biodegradable, natural, animal cruelty free, powerful, great smell and didn't dry my hands. The stainless steel cleaner is fantastic and leaves a beautiful finsh AND I feel more comfortable with it since it is all organic. I have tried the all purpose cleaner too, the lavender scent, seems to work great as well, next I might try the after shower cleaner since I won't have as much time to clean, not that I did ever have time!

My last day

Ok so this being the last day we woke up and planned on spending the day at home, nice, relaxing and trying to put Jersey onto some sort of a schedule. Well morning nap came and she screamed, I am not sure if she is having issues like not wanting to nap which is a little unlike her or is she not feeling well.... So I made an appointment with the pediatrician to get her checked out again. She is flailing around, arching her back, screaming like crazy, all I can keep thinking is I hope she is better for the sitter than she is with me. She use to be just fine to put down before this whole ear thing came along. So I let her cry it out and then check on her, try to rocker her until she tires herself out...an hour later she is down. All this work for a half hour, what the.... ok fine, let's get dressed. We play around I am trying to get things ready to take for the sitter then we do lunch with our neighbour who has a hankering for Subway. Ok, let's walk and I can get the mail at the same time, it starts to rain, so let's drive. We get there and no high chairs, what so called fast food joint is this??!! While I am there I get a call from my friend who needs her basinette back and is on her way to come and get it, it's loaded with clothes, ok so I have to get home anyway and get this ready. Lunch to go. We all eat at home by ourselves, no neighbour, her kids need to go down for a nap too. So it is nap time once again. I am sure this time she will go down, although she did hate her carseat, clear sign she isn't happy at all. So I put her down let her cry for a bit then go in an rock her in the chair or standing with her on my hip rocking her with her head on my chest...seems nice little cuddle time, no she is wailing and flailing again. Finally after a half hour she is down, great getting better! Another half hour nap... What is up with that??!! So I get all of 20 minutes to myself, not good in a day, I really, really hope that Chantal has much better luck than I. I will bring you some beer to help you through it!! I wonder what the night will bring. So my idea of having a really nice last day at home with my kids has turned very frustrating and not having much time for Nikyla, who is just playing around, dressed up, looking to put her stickers in her sticker book and me read to her. Ah she's a good kid, really is.
Now, I need some sleep, how am I every going to get some of that? Dan has hockey tonight and last night I went shopping then to Moxie's with 2 of my friends, it was oh so nice, except there was a baby that kept crying, I could have done without that since I was sans kids. BUT I will count my blessings and this was a great night out.

It's almost time

So I woke up this morning, got the kids ready then got myself ready, I was watching the clock to see just how long it would take, didn't do too bad. Great. Now I just have to take care of the sitter that I feel uncomfortable about, we have a playdate there tomorrow. So I call this other woman that sounds fantastic BUT she can't start until September. Bummed but she sounds super and I would like to meet her anyway. Then I get a call for the sitter I have lined up informing me she can't watch the kids on Wednesday, my first day starting of work and next Monday...um ok. Now what am I suppose to do. So I had a playdate this morning at my friends place. I plead my story there and beg her to watch my kids just for the summer She gives in, aha!. My husband will be ecstatic about this he wanted her to watch them for a while but she already has a crew of her own kids. Great so now I have to call the sitter lined up and tell he I no longer require her services.... but I don't want to do it. I'll make Dan do that!
On her downfall side, she will have a baby with an earache that is crabby, but in a couple of days it should be better with these heavier antibiotics. 3 weeks or longer with ear infections, poor girl. I hope this does it, she has been in so much pain these past couple of days, let alone me wanting some good sleep.
On the upside, Nikyla gets along famously with her kids!

Cobalt

I have been very nervous and empathetic for Dan, which if any of you know me, know this is soooooo unlike me. He has been driving a car that is way beyond it's due, we are at 355,000 kms on a 1994 Cavalier LS, no a/c and barely any breaking system or hood...everything under the car looks like it is going to fall off. These summer days have been so hot and hazy, and he does not handle the heat and humidity well. So you can imagine when he gets (to work or) home he is a little cranky or wants to stay indoors as we want him to head outdoors 'cause we are done with our afternoon nap and Nikyla needs someone to help her ride her bike. So today we signed our way to a new car. We are now the owner of a Rally Yellow Cobalt. The new bundle arrives this Friday.

It's been a while

Well I have been on hiatus for a while. Jersey was sick and me not getting any sleep, so when she went to bed, so did I. I have now realized that it wasn't her medication that gave her the cramping and runs, it was just a flu she happened to catch, not once but twice. Now back onto the baby Zantac. Exciting, or so one might think, but seems like NOTHING is changing. She isn't sleeping any better, she is still restless and seems in pain when she wakes but I don't know from what. Frustrating. The Dr. said next trip we will go get some upper GI tests done. Which is great, but I don't have much time since I start work at the end of July and I won't have all the time in the world to go and do things. I have to reschedule us to go and see him to say that there is no change. I know that there has to be some sort of light at the end of this tunnel, I feel like sleeping all the time. When I am not sleeping, I wish I was and when I am I want nothing to wake me...oh peaceful sleep, how I miss you.
Another reason for my lack of posting is due to us going to spend some time with my parents. They have a nice house with great toys for the kids and most of all, a lovely heated pool. The only problem was that we only got to go in it a couple of times, it rained a lot while we were down there. We took the time to go to the Peterbourgh Zoo, which is awesome, as you might notice by now Nikyla loves animals. We also visited the Cobourg beach. This is one of the best beaches I have ever visited, an awesome splash pad, 3 jungle gyms, swings and other little play things, let alone the sand and lake Ontario water to play with. It was a nice visit, and I didn't have to do any cooking or cleaning :) Then I get back home and the hubby has cleaned the house, how nice this was...and a little expected, he did after all have pretty much 5 days to himself. ( and I only wish for about 5 hours to myself for sleeping) I did get to sleep in the next day, it was nice, very nice. I wish I could do that every day.
Nikyla is a great fly by the seat of the pants girl, up for anything at any time. However she is starting to come out with and quite easily starting to pick up not swear words but more like cuss words. Damn it, oh crap, stuff like that. So I have started to make funny words that she will want to use instead of just saying that isn't nice to say.
Jersey is very mobile and pulling herself up all the time and always right with Nikyla. Nikyla the odd time really doesn't want to share with her or for Jersey to be around but usually she is great and I really give her credit for that. Who wants to share everything all the time anyway, I ask her things she doesn't want to share to put up in her room and she can play with them there on her own.