Saturday, October 21, 2006

Neverending, or so it seems.......

Well as usual I spoke too soon again (seems to be a pattern). Paige woke up this morning "with hard stuff" in her eyes. So eye drops have started for her, and she had to miss her gymnastics class this morning. On the upside, my eye is fine now, and Ella's is looking much better.

Tonight is our first bingo for the preschool. Kev is going to go. The bingo hall is right smack downtown which isn't the safest place; so he doesn't want me going. Probably for the best since the baby is pretty cranky, and we all know how she feels about bottles and sippy cups......Still part of me kind of wanted to go out of pure curiosity! Maybe I'll do the next one, who knows.

Morgan did go to gymnastics this morning. Here's a peek:


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Cool eh????
xxoo

Thursday, October 19, 2006

She crawled :)!

Ella crawled in the girls room this morning!!!! Yeah girl!!! I tried to get it on the camera when we got home from taking Morgan to school but she didn't want to cooperate. I did get this though which is kind of fun anyways. We'll keep trying though.



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I am now giving in and am off to the drugstore to fill the prescription that the doctor gave me on Monday for antibiotics should I need it. My throat is worse and my ear is now hurting, so I think it is high time....
xxoo

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Oh Man! (as Morgan would say)

So I jinxed us with my post yesterday. The baby now has two gunky eyes (they aren't pink though) which I am treating, and Paige although she doesn't have pink eye (yet), she is miserable and didn't go to preschool this morning. I thought it might be better to keep her germs to herself for a few more days as she doesn't go again until Monday. My eye is feeling much better but my throat is not!
To top it all of Morgan got in trouble at school today for not listening (shocking I know) and as a result is getting her seat moved tomorrow. She is also as we speak writing an apology note (in french), and drawing a picture. The internet is a wonderful thing; I went to Babel fish and got the translation, since we all know how good my french is - not! Very cool.
Okay, end rant!
By the way guys, I have a couple of "regulars" who always leave me a comment and I love it. Would more of you who read this leave a comment every now and then so I can know who's reading?????
xxoo

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

BOOGA *&%^!!

For those of you who don't know, that is a bad word in our house! I just got a call from the genetics department, and Ella's apointment has been cancelled. The doctor is on medical leave and they don't know when she'll be back. We've been waiting for that appointment for 7 months so this is quite frustrating.

Not to mention the fact that I contracted pink eye, and this bloody virus that is sapping all of the energy out of the grown-ups in this house. So far Paige hasn't gotten very sick, and the baby is fine thankfully - since she is still protected by my immune system. Even Morgan is still wiped out from it; I have been having trouble getting her up in the morning, and for anyone who knows Morgan, this is not a normal thing!


Okay rant finished, I'm off to rescue the baby who is pushing herself under the playpen!
xxoo

Thursday, October 12, 2006

SUCCESS!!!!!!!



A lady in my online kidswithfacialparalysis group told me about these sunglasses. After a bit of searching, I found them in Canada and ordered them. As you can see they don't have arms, but are held on by a neoprene band. I took Ella outside in them this afternoon. For the first time in her life she was outside without trying to hide from the sun, without a blanket tent on her head. She was out in the open, and laughing at me, and her eye wasn't red or tearing!! YEAH!!!!!!!
Doing the Happy Dance!!!!! And she looks pretty cool too.


Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving



Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope everyone had a good long weekend.

Poor Morgan is still not feeling well. I took her to the Urgent Care yesterday and it turns out that as well as having an Upper Respiratory Infection, she also has Pink Eye. I had to keep her home today because it takes a full 24 hrs of her being on drops to not be contagious anymore. Ella's ECG was this morning, so Morgan came with me to the hospital and was an absolute star!

Ella wouldn't hold still so they were only able to really confirm that she does indeed have a murmur. We then saw the cardiologist. He said that the murmur is innocent and nothing to be concerned about. He would like to do a proper ECG when she is three, however if she requires surgery before that it may have to be done earlier, but is taking a wait and see attitude so as to not have to sedate her unnecessarily.

That's the news from here. There is leek and potato soup in the crock pot (made with homemade turkey broth), and the grass is cut, so I am off for some quiet time with the girls.
xxoo to all.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Ella and Paige were playing the piano together in the hallway the other day. Of course by the time I got the camera most of the fun was over, but this is what I did get. Enjoy.


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Time for an update

Things have been a little more hectic than usual; at least it certainly feels that way. My mother-in-law has an expression about every time you think you can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. Now that isn't exactly the case here, but kind of. The company that Kev works for and loves has gone into receivership, meaning that he has to move on and find a new position. Now this is not necessarily a bad thing, since it an opportunity for growth, and since he did such a good job in his position he is in demand within the industry. But it is nonetheless a stressful thing.

The girls have been very busy with school, sparks, preschool, library, gymnastics, etc.....and loving it. I am however very much looking forward to this weekend, and having some quiet time! Morgan came home from school with a fever yesterday (poor muffin) which meant that we weren't rushing out the door at 8:45am this morning to go to gymnastics, which I must admit was quite nice. Paige however was not quite as amused; Kev had a contract job to do today so she had to miss her class also. Ella is busy growing, and trying to crawl when she isn't being dragged here there and everywhere in the car to her sisters activities. (I met a lady in England last summer who told me how her third baby was her car baby - this certainly applies to Ella). She's so close to crawling, up on her hands and knees rocking away, but she rolls everywhere she wants to go. The big girls never rolled to get anywhere which is probably why they crawled so early. Ella has a busy month ahead of her: Tuesday she as an ECG to make sure that her heart murmur is innocent, then the week of the 23rd we go to Sick Kids to see the plastic surgeon, see the paediatrician, and the geneticist! Busy, busy busy!!

I have some good pictures to post from the last little while, and as always will put some up on flickr as well. We celebrated Kev's birthday this week, and last weekend we went to the zoo.

Not to be vain, but I think that this is a really nice pictures of the big girls and I. Ella was sleeping, as you can see below. Posted by Picasa

Morgan's favourite animal. Posted by Picasa

Tired Baby! Posted by Picasa


At the zoo with Hannah. Posted by Picasa
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!! xxoo Posted by Picasa