hello, in there

So, both myself
And my very smart 2 year old
Are being lazy asses
This afternoon

We were out and about all morning
Preschool and such
Back home to have lunch and chill

Except she wasn't chilling
The one day mommy has a headache
And is looking forward to REALLY
Napping while she naps
And she sleeps for all of 35 minutes

Woopdidooda

So I crawl in her bed
And we chill together

She proceeds to ask where Daddy is
At work, I tell her
Where is Grandma
At home, I tell her
Where is my baby sister or brother
In mommy's belly, I tell her

She whips up my shirt
Rubs my belly nicely

"Hi baby brother or sister
I'm your big sister
I can't wait to see you
Gonna teach you songs
Gonna watch Shrek with you
Gonna hold you and gonna love you
Bye"

All this is said directly
Into my belly button

At least now we know
We have a direct line right to he or she

That's good to know :)

updates

Geez, I'm being a deliquent blogger.

I have been reading them, though
Guess I just can't think of anything
That exciting to write about lately

I mean, I've written about my nausea
As exciting as that was to read about...
(Sorry everyone)
It is slowing down now, I'm happy
To report.

I've written about my very smart 2 year olds
Sleeping arrangments now
She has remained IN the bed since
The "incident" and has been doing
Wonderfully.

I've written about extravagant
Purchases online
I haven't mentioned how she asks me
EVERY morning now
"Wiggles show today, Mommy?"

On the agenda for the next few weeks?

Hub takes off to Chicago on Sunday
Just for 4 days..

Canuckie Thanksgiving is the
Second weekend in October
Looking forward to turkey :)

Then Hub and I are flying to NYC
The folllowing weekend
To see Ro and have a blast...

Halloween is in there somewhere
My second favorite holiday after Christmas
So are doctor's appointments
And ultrasounds

And in between it all
I have to pack up this house
As we move to our new one
In 7 weeks

Geez...it all sounds pretty exciting
Maybe I'll have some blogging ideas
Before Christmas rolls around...

a hundred bucks

That's what I spent online this morning.

On what, pray tell?

On tickets to see The Wiggles
For myself and my very smart 2 year old.

For those of you that are unaware
Of what exactly a 'wiggle' is

They are a group of 4 Australian
Grown men
That each wear a different colour
And sing songs that stick in your head forever
And do dances that kids know how to do
From the time they can walk..

Oh yeah, plus they hang out with
A walking octopus named Henry
A dancing dinosaur named Dorothy
A doggie named Wags
And a crazy pirate named Captain Feathersword

A hundred bucks
For 2 tickets
To a 60 minute show

They know they've got you
They know the kids love them
And that mom and dad have a hard time
Passing stuff like this up

I asked Hub once
"Instead of you and Mike and Gord and Andre
getting loaded every weekend when you were younger
why didn't you all get
together in your garage and practice kids songs back then?
You'd be millionaires now!"

At least we would have saved a hundred bucks...

:D

p.s.

Nance?

We went straight to a double bed

We're big-bed believers
Hub and I have had a kingsize
Forever..

But it's funny..
Even in a double
She falls off...

the floor

Yep.

That's where I found
My very, smart 2 year old
Yesterday morning.

The 'big girl bed' thing
Has been going quite well

Sure, I hear the odd BANG
As she rolls over and hits the wall
No harm done

Sure, I peek in and see her face
Plastered against the mesh part
Of the baby safety rail
On the side
No harm done

But, yesterday morning
I go in to wake her up for preschool
And she has vanished from her bed

Where do I find her?

At the foot of the bed
Curled up
On the floor

Sound asleep

Turns out we needed a safety rail
At the foot of the bed, too.

The bed is only a foot off the ground..

No harm done...
Except my broken heart seeing her
Curled up on the floor...

Awww...

big-girl bed

Yes, the time has come.

My very smart 2 year old
Is, at this very moment
Napping in a 'big-girl bed'

She was never one to
Crawl out of her crib
She's just a restless sleeper
That was banging the sides
All night long
As she tossed and turned

The crib has now been moved
Into another spareroom
Still within reach
If things don't work out

But I think they will.

She was fine in it last night
I was the one who was up and
In there peeking about 10 times

It was a little emotional
As we moved the crib out
But Hub said
'It will be up in the new house
In a few months'

He's right
But it's still a bittersweet moment

In other news...
Nausea is subsiding a tad
My belly has grown overnight, it seems
Already trying to only sleep
On my left side
(Most nutrients and bloodflow go
to the baby that way)
Although I favour my right
I cheat a few times at night
But I'm being pretty good

First baby-doc appointment is tomorrow
As is the first day of pre-school
For my very smart 2 year old
Busy day
Same Doc as last time
I feel like an old pro now...

My latest addiction??
Grilled cheese sandwiches
In fact, I just downed 2 of them
About 15 minutes ago :D

Could be the reason for the belly growth
Couldn't it??

awww...

You guys are sweet. :)

I'm fine
Just a combo of this yucky feeling
And having lots to do the past 2 days

I HAVE discovered "Sea-Bands" though

Holy work like a charm!!!

They ain't real pretty
Or stylish
But doggone it, they work.

Take the edge of that horrible feeling.

But thanks for your kind words
Some days I just can't bring myself to blog

You know how it is...

Happy weekend everyone..
We're going for a trek up north a bit today

The leaves are already changing...
My favourtie time of year...

still blech

Well, the cheeseburgers and milkshakes
Have run their course

The only thing that is working
And the cure is BRIEF, I might add
Are bananas

But the side effect?

I think you can figure that one out.
Not fun.

I'm not even interested in eating
I force myself, because it's important
But I don't enjoy one second of it

It would be a plus if I could actually
Toss my cookies
But it's not about that

It's about being super-super-super-queasy
All day long

Come on 2nd trimester
You will be welcomed with open arms
And a better appetite....

ouch

My daughter is such a friendly soul.

Everyday, we go outside and everyday
She spots our neighbour on her steps
And she walks over saying "Hi Grace"

I am right behind her though
Carefully watching her climb those
Sharp stone steps to get closer to
REALLY say hi.

This time, she's met with a set of dog teeth.

Their puny little Yorkshire Terrier
Oddly enough, name Puny
Jumps on my daughters legs and gives her
A little nip.

The tears are flowing
I bend down to pick her up and carry her home

All the while, Grace says nothing.

We go into the house,
I calm her down, clean her up
Waiting for the Grace to be at the door
Knocking to see if she's ok.
Nope. Not gonna happen.

Now I'm mad.

I carry her back out, crying a little still.
There she still sits
Pregnant and smoking.
Stupid-ass dog at her side.
I holler over
"Does Puny have all her shots because she broke her skin"

"Yes, she does....sorry"

Sorry.
Sorry?!?!?!?

An hour or two later we go back outside
And I have to pass her and the stupid ass dog
(on a LEASH this time)
To get to her little friends house.

And here is how the 'discussion' went:

G: Hi..are you okay now? (She says to my daughter)
Me: She's ok, but maybe you should keep Puny on a leash if you don't know how she will react.
G: She always on a leash.
Me: Uh, no she isn't.
G: SHE came to me.
Me: She's TWO, Grace. You KNOW she says hi to you everyday and always wants to come and say hi. If you were worried that the dog may not like it, maybe you should have told her her to stop and not come up today or grabbed the dog or something...
G: Maybe you should have been watching her.

(NOW I'm ready to punch her)

Me: Oh come on...you KNOW I'm right behind her ALL the time. You have to be on this street with the traffic and everything.
G: Well I said sorry, what else do you want me to do?
Me: I want you to keep te dog on a leash.

Grace shakes her head and lights up another smoke.
Yeah, that's it, light it up, baby...

So there you have it.
My very smart & friendly 2 year old is ok, though.

Good thing we're moving, I guess...

road trip

We're off tonight

To "visit our friends outside of Detroit"

You all know what that means...











Of course, I need a few things
Haven't been since we found out 'the news'
So that makes my list even bigger..

Have a great weekend everyone
Meetcha back here Monday or Tuesday..

chips

Mmmm
At this moment
I am pigging out on
Dill pickle chips

I know, I know
Most of my non-Canadian
Stranger friends
Are cringing at the moment

As last I heard
That was a flavour not available
In the US still
Although I may be wrong

But it is my favourite

And, actually, to be perfectly honest
And I mean this in the NICEST way
As I love the good 'ole US of A
And with NO disrespect to anyone, but...

You people need some help
On how to make a potato chip

Sorry.

I don't know what it is
You have the salt
You have the crispiness

But yours lack the
FLAVOUR PUNCH
That ours have..

It's true!

So, next time you find yourself
In the Great White North
In the land of maple leafs
And maple syrup
Make sure you have "chips"
Jotted down on your list

You won't be disappointed

We make a dill pickle chip
Or a salt & vinegar chip
Or a smoky bacon chip
Or an all-dressed chip
Like it's NOBODY'S BUSINESS!

Trust me
(said the pregnant woman as she stuffed
a handful of chips in her mouth)

Trust me. :D

wrong things

As I sit here
This morning
Glancing out the window
Wondering what to write about

As I sit here
Feeling a little nauseous
Like I do every morning
But knowing that that's the sign
Of the new life inside

As I sit here
I spot my very pregnant neighbour
Walking her dogs

Walking her dogs
With a smoke in one hand
And their leashes in the other

She's in her 7th month

I read somewhere that the fetuses
Lungs begin to work on their own
At 7 months
Great
Just in time for it to unknowingly breathe in
All that crap
That their mom is knowingly breathing in

Now, I'm not trying to preach
My mom smoked with both of us
But you did that back then

You shouldn't now.
Bottom line.
You shouldn't.

There is enough info out there
To explain WHY you shouldn't
To PROVE what the risks are

My thoughts are
WHY WOULD YOU?
or
HOW COULD YOU?

I can't even bear to look at her
Always with an effin' butt in her hand
And her big, beautiful, innocent belly

I was a smoker
But the day I peed on the stick
And saw 2 lines
With my very smart 2 year old
That was my last day as a smoker

I remember feeling GUILTY
To have been smoking for her first 5 weeks of life!

As I said
I don't mean this to be preachy
It is just my opinion
My blog, my opinion

It just isn't the right thing to do.
Period

SOLD!

Finally.

Well, it's conditional on them
Selling their house

So technically I do have to
Keep showing it
In the meantime

Hurray.

Oh well.

They have a waterfront house
Near a popular beach here
So hopefully
As long as their price isn't
Outrageous
It should go rather quick

So that's good news
The price was perfect
They were ok with our dates

Hurray! :)

problem

I'm having wicked
Morning sickness at the moment
The beginning of the 7th week
Is apparently the worst

Don't ask me why
All the 'experts' say so

Not throwing up (thank goodness)
Just nausea
ALL the time
Same thing happened with
My very smart 2 year old

Sometimes I wish I COULD just
Toss my cookies
But no
The feeling just lingers
All day

The only thing that cures it?

Cheeseburgers
And chocolate milkshakes

How strange is that?

The cheeseburgers have to be take-out
But the milkshakes I can make at home

Soon I'm going to be
One of those ladies
Where they have to
Tear the roof off the house
Just to get me out of bed

Either that
Or Baby #2
Is going to come out
Looking like
Big Boy.

Or Girl.

Tagged...

...by Angel, a few days ago.

5 Things I Miss About My Childhood

1. Playing 'jumpsies'. Nobody nowadays seems to remember that game.
You know, tying a bunch of elastic bands together to make a rope.
Then testing yourself to see how high you can jump while a friend
holds each end?

2. H.R. Puffinstuff

3. Fries with gravy from the corner diner near my old highschool.
It is now a chinese joint.

4. Being babysat by Shanna on Friday nights while my parents bowled. The Dukes of Hazzard, frozen mini pizzas and Mountain Dew!

5. My Granny and Grampa.

Hmmm...ok...now I tag Rumour, Karen and Jan...if'n ya wanna....:D

house stuff

I need everyone to
Cross their fingers

Tommorrow we're having
People in to view the house
For the second time

Second viewings are usually
The sign of good news
Unless of course
It comes down to your house
Or someone elses

This will be our third
Second showing
Twice before
The OTHER house won out over ours
For whatever reason

But what's that saying
Three times, the charm?
Or something like that?

Please!
I'm sick of vacuuming
I'm sick of scrubbing
I'm sick of leaving my house
With my very smart 2 year old
In one hand
And my 100 lb Lab in the other
While people traipse through

We've had 32 showings
In 2 months
That's at LEAST
30 times I've vacuumed
In 2 months
Enough is ENOUGH

So please
Cross your fingers
For tomorrow

We need to sell this joint
As our new one will be ready
For us in 2 and a half months

I know our family is growing
But we really don't need
2 houses
Thank you very much :)

Tickerless

I had to lose the ticker
It was like waiting for
Water to boil

Watching it one day at time
Was wearing on me
Waiting is enough
Without having to watch..

Just an FYI :)

a review for nance

The lights go out
All the little things
In little halter tops
Rush the stage
Just to get a closer look
And perhaps catch some of his sweat ;)

He opens with
"Do You Want Fries With That?"
(Funny song)
Turns in into "Indian Outlaw"
Without missing a beat

What's he wearing, you're wondering?
Very, very, very faded jeans
Look as though they are painted on
A sparkly shirt with a western motif
With the arms cropped off, of course.
Can't hide those beautiful pipes
Underneath.

He belts out all of our favorites
"I Like It, I Love It"
"Gettin' Down on the Farm"
"Live Like You Were Dying"
"Where The Green Grass Grows"
"Back When"
"Don't Take The Girl"
"Drugs or Jesus"

Chat a bits
Jokes a lot
Asks us for help for the Gulf states
As we exit there will be boxes set up
Also tells us he's organizing an "aid" concert
Just for that reason

Two Encores
"Something Like That"
and
Some slow one that I didn't know
So we left

I had to pee like crazy
What can I say?
And I wanted to beat the lineup...

How's that, Nance?