Wordless Wednesday - Goodnight =)

Olypmics, Flu, and Miracle drugs....

First off. The miracle drugs. When C started puking at around 2pm on Saturday afternoon - I knew it had to be the flu. This kid doesn't puke. So I rushed off to the health food store, after hearing about a natural medicine for kids. I asked the very helpful store clerk, and I was quickly on my way home with some Oscillococcinum. (click word to see a link). Seriously. Run out and get some to have on hand. There is also an adult version. N started puking about an hour later - and I gave them each their recommended dosage of the good stuff - and within 5 hours, all throwing up was over. C slept through the night to the morning - and was in good spirits. His appetite was still lacking, and he has been sleeping a lot ever since. But getting them to stop the throwing up is pretty much the best thing. Ever. Especially when your almost 3 year old refuses to use the bucket. Blah.

Most of the weekend was dealing with the flu. Though we did enjoy a family Valentine's day pizza party on Sunday evening! On Sunday night, when I started to feel the flu coming on, I downed the rest of the kid's medicine, and hoped for some reprieve. We had big plans for Monday, and I really didn't want to have to cancel! In the morning I felt good (besides being super tired at 5:30am). And got ready to head out to Vancouver with John for some Olympic fun! My MIL showed up before sunrise, and just the two of us headed out to the West Coast Express to go straight to the waterfront. What a great way to go! Very nice train, and very stress free! We saw some familiar faces, and sat down with some parents of a good friend of ours for the trip down.

It was really great to see everything up close, and take it all in! We went to the livecity site, watched the zip line, and the outdoor ice skating. My stomach was churning most of the day still, and so I wasn't in the most energetic shape. Too bad, but it was still fun.

We had bought tickets to go to the Men's Snowboard Cross on Monday morning. But after realizing what was all entailed with busing in (from SFU) and the length of the event, and then trying to get back to downtown from Burnaby after, we decided to sell them and just enjoy the day downtown. Luckily on Sunday afternoon I found a girl to buy the tickets, as her cousin was competing and they needed a few more for their family.

We went up to habrour centre for some appies at the end of the day, it was fun to have a bird's eye view of all of down town, and watch as thousands of people moved like tiny ants!

It was fun to enjoy a date day in this beautiful city!

It's all over!

The driving to the Vancouver airport everyday is over! OVER!

John said his final farewells at work.....

and is heading home.

For the last time from Richmond.

One week off, and the new job begins!

But first we are going to celebrate.

Big plans for Monday, stay tuned for pictures.....

My little Valentines....

Today was C's preschool Valentine's day party

and though I am feeling a little guilty

for seemingly being the only mother

who only sent along a Valentine's card for the other kids

(and not a little gift pack of chocolate, play dough, suckers, etc.)

.....at least he looked cute (and I got pictures!)

I thought I was doing pretty well :p.

Birth story.

I saw this link floating around facebook today, and thought I would share it. Definitely one of the most honest, beautiful, and emotional birth stories I have read.

Think I could tackle this for C's 3rd birthday?!!

Just saw this CARS cake on this blog I came across. Hmmm - I'm sure it would be a disaster if I tried to make it, even though it just sounds sooooo simply =). Cute though, eh? Oh, he would love it! Maybe I'll have to enlist some of my talented friends to help me =) You know who you are!! :p.

10 Months!

What's new in the life of this 10 month old girl?

• Waving and saying "bye!" anytime anyone appears to be going anywhere
• Doing the sign for telephone (hand up to the ear) and says "HI" or "HELLO" very loudly.
• Dropping things and saying "UH-OH", and her big brother is more than willing to pick up the item, over......and over....and over again.
• Clapping her hands when excited. (or when we say the word clap.)
• Saying "Num Num!" when she wants to eat, or sees something she wants to eat.
• Eating, and eating and eating. Until I cut her off!! How does it all fit into that tiny little baby stomach??
• Getting onto all fours, and then just sits back down on her bum, or lays on her tummy.
• Rolling everywhere and anywhere she wants to go. No real interest in crawling!
• Seeming to be quite a daddy's girl!
• Has 6 teeth (two bottom, four top.)
• Getting extremely upset if you try to put her down after she has woken up. Needs a good 10-20min of being held.
• Saying "brrrrrm brrrrrm" when holding a car (wonder where she saw that?)

This little girl is very communicative and not much into crawling, walking, etc. It is so much fun to see the differences in boys, girls, and their personalities!

Big update.

1.) The completion date for our house sale is February 23rd, and we are moving March 1st. Since we couldn't find anything we really wanted to buy, and didn't want to rush into buying something we didn't really love, we have decided to rent for a while. I am just so happy we have somewhere to move! We are moving into one of the buildings the developer I used to work for built. The up side is it is a brand new unit, and it is on the ground floor, with walk out access to the courtyard! It is also the closet unit to the the front door, and its assigned parking stalls are very close to the elevator. I can see this being handy with the kids. The downside is, we are going to have to place a lot of our stuff in storage. We are moving from a house with a basement, attic, and carport, to a just over 1000sqft. unit! I am sure the unit will work just fine for the stuff we need in the immediate future, as our main floor isn't much bigger right now. It is just all the extra stuff that you need/accumulate when you have a house that we will need to store. Another upside is that this new home will be about a 5 min. drive to John's work. And to C's preschool!

2.) John got a new job!! He starts on February 22nd. After a week of "vacation" (if you consider packing vacation.) We are all very excited about this new close proximity to work, and the fact that he is going to be out of Aviation. A career path that he has never really enjoyed. He is a natural sales person, and has been living that out in his current position, but now he gets to couple that ability with another passion of his. Telecommunication. This is like a match made in heaven for him. He will be selling and managing all the business accounts at a local company that sells Telus products. I think he will excel, and love this position. And NO more huge commute!

So new job, new house. Just a couple minor changes over here!

Wet playground made possible by......

....one of my best MCC finds to date. A MEC muddy buddy. $4. New condition. Bring on the wet slides and swings. We are ready!