Coughing, coffee & buns

Since it has been a while I guess I should write something. Ok a few updates... Jersey has had a cough since September, we have tried many things, finally it has seemed that puffers have worked for her. She still coughs until she throws up but not as often as it was.
Yesterday morning I was driving Nikyla to nursery school and usually I can make a quick stop at Tim's before. I got there and the line was so long it was going to take too long. Dan was just leaving Tim's and had already got his coffee so I couldn't even ask him to pick me one up. Oh well, no biggie. I head to the school and I realize that we forgot Nikyla's backpack at home. Race home to get it and then head back to the school and drop off Nikyla. She only cried a bit, so that was good. I head out the doors from the school and there is Dan with coffee and Cinnamon bun, my fav, in hand. That's my man!!

Weekends

On the weekends I like to 'do' things. We usually get up and all watch Nikyla dance, then we head somewhere after for a little family shopping. This weekend though I don't know if we will. We were suppose to go to Hershey's with our neighbor and her daughter, however I am sure you have all heard by now it is closed down. SO, either we post-pone and go another time OR I might suggest to go see a movie. Either Happy Feet or The Santa Clause 3... OR go to the Children's Museum (this website needs major work) on Sunday and then after watch the Imax Ocean movie. Decisions, decisions....

Do you believe the hype

Maybe I hyped up or looked forward to this day a little too much. Jersey slept from 12am - 6am then gave her a bottle and continued to sleep until 8am. Nikyla, on the other hand she woke up at 1-1:30am, she couldn't stop coughing, then up for the day at 7am, as usual. Nikyla almost NEVER sleeps in, a very rare occasion if she does. So I get up with Nikyla and Dan gets up with Jersey, we get the kids ready I take them off to the sitters, go to work for about 5 minutes to check on something then head to Tim's and go home. While I was doing that Dan was at home taking a shower and was ready to roll once I got home. We went into town to do some shopping and see our friends new baby. I asked Dan where he would like to go shopping he said, "it's a secret", jokingly. I said let's go to Bayshore, he said he didn't want to. I was in a pretty easy going mood and I said "wherever is good for me". BIG MISTAKE right there. So his surprise was that he wanted to visit Home Depot, The Brick, Futureshop, and Best Buy... yippee do, can you hear the excitement?? What did I just agree to, I really wish he had of told me that so he could have dropped me off at Bayshore and we both would have been happier. So around 12:15 we headed to Ikea, where I had asked to go to but it was a zoo, so I changed my mind. I called our friend, that had the baby and she said it wasn't a good day, granted I know what that is like but I revolved my day around us going to see her. It was too bad, I was looking forward to seeing their wee one but hopefully we'll be able to try again some time. Dan heard my disappointment and offered to head to Bayshore or Wal-Mart, but I wasn't in the mood anymore. I had wanted to sleep in during the day or take a nap, so I said just head home. Dan set up his stereo system and speakers while I napped. Then I went to go and get the kids, that's it. No nothing for me, I had planned on buying a bra and cute little scarf for me and my new jacket I had. Oh well I did have a great day off with Dan nonetheless.

Anticipation

For the first time since Nikyla has been born, Dan and I will have the house to ourselves on Monday!! I never thought I would see this day so soon... Dan and I both have a stat day on Monday and the kids are going to go to the sitters. Our selfish day, I can't WAIT!! We have planned to sleep the morning away and in the afternoon go in town to visit our friend who just had their first baby and go shopping. Shopping, just Dan and I, that's it, no wee ones. First I said we need to stay home and clean up the house, then after a second I said screw it we are doing whatever we want. I asked my MIL the other day if she would take our kids for an afternoon while we cleaned the house, we'll do it then... probably :)

"Can you tell me how to get, how to get to...

I think we, the have hit a great milestone, knock on wood with Nikyla. She has started to, thank the Lord, not mind going to the sitters. Tomorrow might be different but the past couple times have been half decent, I hope it keeps up.
That being said, I picked up Nikyla after work today and
she said to me "Where are we going to now?"
I said "Home".
Nikyla said "I don't want to go home."
I replied "Where would you like to go?"
She replied "Sesame Street".
Now how cute is that!!

Movie Review

We have been having a bit of an internet connection issue. So as to my 2 previous posts that are lost in cyberspace this week, here goes another try.
I am a bit hot and bothered tonight. You see my neighbour called me and she, another friend and I went to go and see a movie, Departed. The yummy/drool factor in this movie is over the top. Leonardo DiCaprio is H-O-T!! I am not a big Leo fan, I mean I like his movies but not ooh ahh I have to go see Leo type girl. Women run out and watch this amazing movie. Leo drooling aside, which is hard to do, it is an awesome movie. I give it 5/5 stars, loved it. My heart was racing the whole movie. Jack is phenomenal in it, as usual.

649 here I come

Life is busy, and sometimes as busy as we make it. Last weekend was awesome, we went to a birthday party at Cosmic Adventures, which I highly recommend. For the packages and prices you can choose from as well as the age range. Jersey had just a blast there, Nikyla came up and said she was ready to go but Jersey was not. She was VERY upset when we went to leave, even though we had been there 3 1/2 hours.
Nikyla is going through a funny stage. She doesn't want to go to the sitters she just wants to go home. I think that she remembers me being home all the time and misses it. The sitter and I have tried to find out what she might like more at the sitters and she said nothing. Jersey on the other hand likes it there and has seemed to adjust well still. Maybe it is the mixture of the kids being Nikyla's age which she prefers being with older kids. Maybe she just hasn't connected with anyone else there. I don't know, I am out of ideas... It's stressful, along with my job and housework and I am finding that I am clenching my teeth at night and waking with brutal headaches. If I work longer hours to get caught up, it's at the cost of not seeing our kids, and I hate cutting into our time. I only see Jersey for about a half hour in the morning if I am lucky and about 2 1/2 hours at night and most of that time is spent cooking and cleaning.
I need to win the lottery, I guess in order to do that I should start playing :)

Thanksmas

Ok so I am waaaaaaay behind on blogging, but Jersey has had this wicked cold and I have been so tired. Plus last Thursday we went to the disappointing hockey game, if you can call that a game. Anyway, another couple and us went to the game, it had been a while since the 4 of us have been out without the kids. So we had a GREAT time, and drank a wee bit too much. Jaime was really feeling it on Friday, so ever since then I have been trying to catch up on my sleep.
We drove to my parents, about 3 hours from here on Friday night. What a mess. I thought it would be better to drive down at night and have the kids sleep... wroooong. Jersey would cough and make herself puke because of the phlem caught in her throat. So we got there with one smelly kid. Nikyla was great, except she was doing the 'are we there yet' every so often, made me laugh. Saturday we got some great professional family pictures done, I can't wait to get the CD. We had them taken outside at a park in the trees. Then we had Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas all in one. My parents are gearing up to leave for Mexico, so this was the last time we were all going to be together before they head out. They'll come up here one more time before they go for 6 months to the nice, sunny, warm Mexico. I am not too jealous.
Just FYI, the drive back was much less eventful, cross your fingers she is getting better. Although now Nikyla and Dan are coughing with runny noses.

And all that jazz

For weeks now, all Nikyla has been talking about is Dance school. She would be going to Dance school soon, she has said this to anyone who listened to her. Well today was finally the day for her to go. The same school as her friends Meghan and Erin, who are older, whom she looks up to and she just adores (my friend Chantal's kids). This class was totally dominated by little adorable blonde kids, the brunettes were adorable too just 90% of the kids in that class happened to be blonde. Nikyla loved it as I knew she would. However saying that I am not overly impressed with the class today for a couple of reasons. First, I understand kids not sitting and listening but I thought that is why the kids were suppose to be 3 and older, kids running around in this class. Nikyla seems to be the oldest, I am going to ask the age range next time. Second, there was a kid who kept going up to the stereo and playing with it and all the parents around me were laughing and saying awe... I think I was the only one there thinking wtf, this isn't cute and we only have 30 minutes here and they are having to chase some of these kids around. I know all kids don't listen but really we are paying too much for only a half hour, in my eyes. Last, the class ended 5 minutes early, they weren't even in there a full half hour! I guess my first and second point are the same but really am I just being too anal again saying that they are there 30 minutes and to have to chase kids around and end early is not something I really am impressed with. They are dancing for about 15 minutes in total. My mom has paid for half of the School for Nikyla's Christmas present, she loves it, there is no way out of this I just wish it was at least 45 minutes or even an hour. When she took gymnastics it was an hour, she did very well at that too. She has super upper arm strength. I hope next week goes better.

Hey Hey Hey Goodbye

Today I have decided to officially give it up. I know no more really nice and hot sunny days, now it's cool and crisp, still nice but no Summer. Summer is my favorite season. The only solice that I have is in the Fall Season Premiere's. I just watched the Gilmore Girls Season Premiere, another one of my fav's.

Dirty Laundry

Tonight is an exciting night, the season premiere of Desperate Housewives. I love this show, great dirty gossip, what I really like. So my neighbour is coming over with Chocolate Martini's, celebrated just the way it should be! So if you were on the show who would you be? This quiz says I am most like Lynette, I think it's not too far off :)

Drinks, dinner & pool

Tonight I went into town to have drinks with some friends, male friends. Now I am not sure how many married or unmarried women/men worry about their significant others going out with some friends of the opposite sex. Dan has no ounce of jealousy in his body, which makes me happy to a point. He isn't really the type to defend my honour, he knows I can defend myself and he also knows that I would never do anything with anyone else, he is just that comfortable and knows I am not that dumb. These guys friends I have had for years, he knows them too. It was GREAT seeing them again, been a very long time since we had gone out and caught up. You know those great visits that you are just so glad you had, today was one of those.

Doogie Howser..ish

When I post at the end of the day it kinda reminds me of that show that use to be on ages ago, "Doogie Howser, M.D." He use to type in his computer journal every night about his day. I use to watch that show religiously! I still do like the M.D. type shows, use to love ER and now totally into Gray's Anatomy. However unlike Doogie, I am no genius and I have a family, I am not one of the family.
Speaking of family, what once took me 45 minutes to put down Jersey now takes all of 5 minutes. She goes down like a dream ever since Dan had left me to my own devices, or since she turned 1, not sure what it was. I am knocking on wood pretty darn hard that it stays that way. The only still unsettling thing is that Jersey wakes, screams for about 30 seconds to a minute then goes back to bed. So what I would like to know is why, she puts herself back to sleep but I am not sure why she keeps waking in such a state. I have discussed it with my pediatrician and he is unsure as well, then next route would be to have her in for tests, I am not really ready to go down that road yet. We have had her tested for allergies, tried a number of different stomach meds, which if she misses her Prevacid, she is a total grump the next day. I am hoping whatever it is she grows out of it soon. She is getting better with age.

A sleep deprived mom's day in the life

Ahhh, silence, they are sleeping and I am looking at how cute the little buggers look. I like the first picture for the colours but I like the look of both their faces on the other. I need to go and get Jersey's 1 yr pictures done, I am so negligent with this one. I will get bad mother of the year award for slacking in the #2 sibling department.

Nikyla is now all signed up and ready for dance, she only needs new dance shoes. I know she will love it. She use to watch Chantal's kids and just want to go on stage with them. I can't wait!

Jersey has a nasty cold and I am starting to get one. Nikyla so far, knock on wood, doesn't have one. So this explains Jersey up more often than normal and if you know Jersey's sleep schedule, it's often. She just keeps coughing up phlem and I am sure has a really sore throat. I plugged in on of those vapor thingys into the light socket that heat up and eucalyptus goes into the air.

Dan comes home tomorrow, we have been doing half decent without him and with the help of our IL's, they helped out for 2 days, it was nice. Speaking of doing half decent, I woke up this morning and thought today was Friday, I guess just wishing time for the weekend and I put out our garbage... Then show up at the sitters early, Tuesdays and Thursdays are usually 9am instead of 8:30 so I can bring Nikyla to nursery school. Oh yeah sorry sitter I forgot to tell you this week is staggered and she only went once...oops.

I can't wait for the weekend a bit of a break.... I am in need of a drink and rest.

Flying Solo

Today is one of the first days that Dan will be gone for 4 days, coming back on Friday. It was really nice of my IL's to stop by tonight to help me out. She brought me dinner, we already had eaten but tomorrow night I don't have to cook now :) My IL's are very thoughtful and helpful, they are coming by again tomorrow to watch the kids so I can go sign up Nikyla for dance.
On an exciting note, Nikyla's first day of Nursery School was today, she is returning from last year, but she loves school. I think she likes saying she goes to school because all the older kids go to school and she can feel a part of it too.
The girls first day at their new sitters was today. Kelley said that they did very well, Nikyla was only there half a day but Jersey was there the whole day. Both did awesome, let's cross our fingers for this to be consistent. Although it might be a bit flustered the next couple of days, getting me and both the kids ready and fed. Gotta love coffee to kick start your mornings.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Today was Jersey's 1 year check up and shots and Nikyla got a check up too, since we have changed Dr's. Jersey weighed in at 21lbs and Nikyla weighs in at 29lbs and I totally forget their length, but Nikyla is about 3 1/2 feet tall, I'll measure Jersey tomorrow. Jersey is in the 50% percentile for length and weight, Nikyla is just long and lean, as he put it, she always has been. Let's hope she has my MIL's genes in that department.
We went to Costco today, I love that place, but I should never go.... Really everyone buys stuff they don't need, however I can now officially say I have Christmas gifts for the kids started :)
For Jersey's birthday we got her some nesting blocks, a digital monitor, a tent type thingy. My parents got her some Baby legs, a very cute outfit, walker (was in the TRU flyer, Bruin Bear), just to name a bit. My IL's got her a necklace and outfit, SIL painted her a piggy bank with her name on it and a deposit and a nice picture frame. Other SIL got her a gator thing and a cute outfit as well. That is all I can think of right now so over all she did very well :)
On doing very well note, I have been spoiled a bit lately, as I think Dan figured I had a rough year. AT my birthday not only did he get me the ring I wanted he surprised me with the matching necklace. Then later he bought me a 24 of Blueberry Woody's, my fav drink, although I am partial to the Twisters now. Then our dishwasher broke and he went and bought us a new one and a new stove while he was at it, I am badly wanting to finish our kitchen. Then I wanted to start badminton and he goes out, without me reminding him and gets me a new racquet and carrier brings it home and says there now you can go and gives me $$ for the sign up. But you know when you give them an ounce they want the whole bottle and more. So I want to say thanks without it going to his head!

Cheers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jersey!! Wow, she doesn't even know it yet, she has been in this world one whole year now. She ate her first muffin, with icing and I think loved it. (pictures to come soon) So to celebrate I will drink tonight without Jersey that I have now made it this far, half decently sane, well no one has had me taken away yet anyway :)
This weekend, we are off to some baby show, my mom, neighbour and friend are going so we're meeting up there. I might enter Jersey in the baby crawling contest, we'll see her mood that day. Then on Sunday we'll have a little party for her with my parents and IL's. Then Monday off to the dr's for the dreaded shot, poor girl.
On another note, we got a new dishwasher and stove, the stove comes Tuesday though, but we have the dishwasher now. We almost have our kitchen appliances complete, after that we only have the hoodrange to buy and then painting. Can't wait to get this pale pink off the walls, doors and trim. They painted EVERYTHING pale pink downstairs, it must have been on sale, the only reason I can figure why they would choose that colour. Although, upstairs, all the rooms were, I changed the girls rooms so far, light blue and the bathroom mint green, so I guess I should be glad they used the pale pink downstairs...silver lining.

The last day

1 year ago today I was signing up Nikyla for Nursery School and in labour with Jersey. Once again I was finding myself in the same position, except not in labour. The teachers and a couple of returning mom's and I reminisced about that day and how I showed up at the Nursery School in labour. A whole year gone by so quickly and so much accomplished by this little person. Jersey has taken a few steps independently, says baba - even though she doesn't take a bottle, so who knows what that means, but it's exciting. I love coming to pick her up every day and she shrills and is so excited to see me when I walk through the door. Although on her 1st birthday tomorrow she is losing the best sitter she has ever had (only had). This sitter has been through so much and cared for this little devil so well I am now feeling better that she will be going to a stranger. AND I am going to start to have to make my own coffee in the mornings too. It's hard to find good help these days :)

Who didn't love this show?

Some trivia I came across... see how you do!

Question 1: In the sleepover episode, which 2 characters crashed the party by taking pictures of the girls?
Brandon and Steve
Dylan and Brandon
Brandon and Jim
David and Scott

Question 2 What was the name of the mean girl that Kelly invited to the sleepover party during season 1?
Leslie
Amanda
Laura
Maria


Question 3 Who was the first man that Valerie went out with in Beverly Hills?
David
Steve
Brandon
Dylan


Question 4 When Dylan took Gina to the hot club in L.A., who did she say asked her where she got her shoes?
Jennifer Lopez
Beyonce
Jessica Sinpson
Paris Hilton


Question 5 What did David write in the sand to profess his love to Donna?
I love Donna!
I love Don!
Will you marry me, Donna?
Donna is my true love!

Ideas anyone?

Ok, so I have been neglectful of this journal for a wee bit. However my rant didn't improve my comments, as the previous post sits at 0. I will type on.
Let's see, work is going well, knock on wood. Jersey has her bottom molars and working on her top ones as well as getting her eye teeth in, she hasn't been sleeping well AGAIN. Previous to this teething she was getting much better, so I am hoping she gets all these teeth then maybe some well rested nights ahead...soon! It does get a little difficult some days to keep my eyes open during morning meeting, if my days weren't so full I may have dozed off at some point in time. Nikyla is doing well, getting more of a 'tude but dealing with it, nothing too terrible. I had her at work today for the afternoon as it was staff appreciation day. She had a blast, and I was happy to give her some one on one time with mommy. Although, she is very busy planning Jersey's first birthday party. She has many a scribbled notes lying around and knows if you attempt to throw one out, that is one she needs. She will pick the theme and cake and we will go pick this up together, I am hoping this will ease the blow that it will be Jersey's day and people are there for her and Jersey will be getting the gifts. However she will be there in the shadows since she planned it all and I will have loot bags for the kids, so some sort of gifts, oh and mom got them matching bracelets that have their names on it, so another gift for both. On the subject of her birthday, it won't be too big, Nikyla had a big one and Jersey will have one too, fair is fair. However she needs NOTHING. Really truly nothing, there are too many toys here now. So now I have nothing special to get for her for her birthday....