almost healthy

Who knew that after I wrote that last post that I would suffer through a hellish 36 hours of fever, chills, sweat and delusions. Thankfully once the fever broke I was almost back to my normal. I still have a cough but am good otherwise.

Because I was unexpectedly ill, Mike had to step up and be "Mom" for a day and he did a very good job... not perfectly like me but a close second :) Mike took Tuesday off work so he could take Anna to the Dentist and Rupert to the Vet.

Anna had an abscessed molar and the dentist opted to pull it instead of doing a root canal. She seems happy without the tooth, no more pain, but I feel bad she will be toothless for several years till the adult tooth comes up.

Rupert hasn't been himself all winter, doing strange things and not doing his regular comfort stuff. I thought maybe he hurt his paw but Mike said the vet said Rupert has arthritis in the back end. Both legs and hips are inflamed and stiff. But other then that he is wonderful for his almost 12 years, good teeth, eyes OK, good weight and fitness. Vet gave us some arthritis meds to give Rupert when he is having a bad day, in the last week he has had 2 doses and has shown big improvements (barking at strangers on the road again, lol)

I had a PAC meeting yesterday and I actually felt good about it, I was in control! Things are finally changing!

I can't wait for spring! I want to camp!

Still sick

When will we be healthy!?

Another round of flu/colds has made it through the house. The girls seem to be on the mend but I think I still have awhile to go and I'm not sure about Mike, he hides how he is feeling too well.

Anna has had a fever off and on for over a week, it's hard to tell if it is a symptom of her illness or if it's her teeth bugging her. I've made an appointment for her with the dentist to see what we can do about her abscess... not she if it's just food caught deep or something worse.

I'm surprised how fast Ivy rebounds back from her illness, but sometimes I think she is acting. She looks bad, has a fever and is coughing up a storm but is bouncing off the walls all hyper... I think she takes after her Father...

Today is Valentines but I have a "who cares" attitude towards it this year. I have no plans, Mike asked if I wanted to do anything but I gave him a pass, it's just another day. We can make plans when we are all feeling better.

Look what happened!

Ivy has lost her first tooth!!

Mmm, maybe the flash is too bright....
You can see the new tooth in behind the hole, we worried the baby tooth wouldn't come out but she wiggled a bunch and then we used some floss and yanked it out, took about 2 weeks but it finally came out!
Ivy was very excited about a visit from the Tooth Fairy, we are happy it came out and after a week the new tooth has moved *almost* into the baby's old space. Already there is another wiggle tooth up top!

A young mom still?

Some days I feel older than my 31 years and some days I can't believe I'm in my 30's, I should still be 15!

I've been noticing a few of my high school classmates are posting on facebook that they are pregnant with their first, others are having their 3rd and 4th children but all under 5years old. I feel strange having a 7 & 5 year year old..... Did I have my children too early? I didn't feel young when I had Ivy at 24.

I see couples getting married in the early 20's and think they are waaay too young for marriage but I was just 22 when Mike and I married.

I'm I a hypocrite?
Do I just have a different perspective now?
Or am I turning into an old lady sitting in her porch swing yelling at the kids playing in the street....
What am I going to do with the next 50/60 years of my life?

December in Review

As everyone who is close to us know, December is very busy month for my Family. I apologise for no updates for the month of December but here it all is, better late than never, eh?!

Christmas School Concert

Not the best photos, as the gym was FULL but some shots of the girls none the less.

Here is Anna, (center front) this is the only smile I could get, she was very nervous and kept searching the crowd for us, I had to go to the front to let her know we were there and then she relaxed and sang with her class.

Ivy (Center w/pink scarf) was too busy directing her classmates for me to get a good pic, this is the best I got. She sure belted out the songs thou, we could pick up her voice over the others.
Near the end the girls were close together, Ivy saw usand waved but Anna is still searching, notice her expression.

This is both schools together K-3 & 4-7 (and many parents heads, lol)

Every year the School Board does a Christmas card contest and each school has 3 winners. These are MES's winners; Wyatt, IVY!! and Vance with the principal

Anna's Birthday!
The last day of school was also Anna's B-day, that night it was just the 4 of us and we had cupcakes and family presents:

The next day we had some of Anna's friends over for a party. Only two showed up which disappointed me but Anna didn't seem to mind, the 2 that came were the most important to her. We played games and the girls got to decorate their own cupcakes, a huge hit!

Guests, Kylee and Rayanne, decorating.

Lots of fun was had!

The cake! 5, where has the time gone!?!

Visitors

My Brother, his wife and their son came for a visit the weekend before Christmas. We all had a blast (except for Mike, he had to work) but we didn't do much as it was bitterly cold and thus were house bound.

Jamie and Cam:

My crazy little bro, Rob:

I love this photo!! Cam being tickled by his Mom.

Right before they left Cam fell asleep, the black blur is Rupert checking to make sure Cam was alright.

Christmas!
I made these mini cross-stitch stockings as Christmas gifts.

My girls loved them!

Our Christmas tree:

Notice all the presents and that is only half! We sure got spoiled this year.

Christmas Morning:

Very, very spoiled, each one of us!

Ivy's Birthday

Originally, I didn't plan on doing a party for Ivy's B-day. We girls were going to go see the new Disney movie but that didn't work out. so the night before I scrambled and invited our friends the Davies over for a Pizza/Wii party. It was very relaxed and all had a great time!

Lucas, very focused on the Wii game.

Sean's turn at Wii, Ivy dressed up in princess costume.The Cake, Snow castle!

As you can see the month was jammed packed and there was lots that wasn't photographed. We all have been sick on and off during all that, I dubbed it Merry Sickmas! I loved it all but am thankful its all done with. Now to get life back on schedule!

misc. moments

It happened, I couldn't stop it....

December

is

here.

The girls and I cleaned up and sorted through their toys in the living room. Garbage and broken toys were tossed, papers/art got recycled, the little kitchen was moved to the shed and everything was moved to their proper bins. Phew, took several hours but when we were done we had room for the Christmas tree!

But before the tree could be brought in and decorated, Ivy decided to decorated herself with ALL the new found jewelery

Anna wanted to share her dolly that's been missing for awhile, it was in the bottom of the toy box.

Earlier this week I was asked out for coffee by the school trustee, I never go out for coffee so I was a little nervous. But Cathy was very nice and she wanted to see how things were with PAC and if I had any Q's, I asked a bunch! She gave lots of advise and insight. I had a nice time, I should have coffee more often.


Who is in the box?

The highlight of coffee was when a young lady came into the cafe and told us she has a box of kittens she is taking to the pound in GF. Cathy and I knew the pound had been shut down, so then the lady said she'll take the kittens to the woods. I could not see that happen! I said I would take one for my Bro-in-law.

So I took this little guy.
He is very feisty! He attacked Rupert, was hissing at Oscar and wouldn't stay in the box! But he was nice and cuddly with me. I rushed him to BIL's before my pets revolted on me! BIL was so happy and kitty seemed happy with his new home and I was very proud of myself too!
And the other kittens did not get left in the woods, they were taken to the vets and then transferred to Trail's SPCA.

End of November

It can't be... How is it possible?

The last day of November? When did that happen?

Just one more month till the new year, one more month till my big girl is 7 and 2 1/2 weeks till by baby girl is 5!

I'm not ready for December.

It's going to be a very busy month, besides the birthdays and x-mas we have family coming to visit, school concerts, other school activities, dentist, babysitting, and many unexpected things. Phew, I'm tired just thinking about it.

I've been having issues with Anna lately. We've been managing her diet, the school has been helping some but I'm wondering if the few slips she has had these past few months has effected her somewhat. This has to be the worst part of Galactosemia, not knowing if it's the disorder causing problems/issues or if Anna is going through a phase and it's a typical 4/5 year old thing or second child thing. It's hard to be a Mom and wonder why your child is acting up. The issues have to do with her hearing, she is always saying "huh?" I have to repeat myself several times, usually Mike has to relay what I say to her. Mike thinks its because of our noisy furnace but she still can't hear me outside. And don't get me started on her and rules, She doesn't follow them at home nor at school! Very different then her sister, Ivy.

Stupid Blogger is acting up again, spacing is off again.