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

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....
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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

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

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.

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.

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.

Morgan's favourite animal. 

Tired Baby! 

At the zoo with Hannah. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!! xxoo

Bunk Beds

The girls are now the proud owners of bunk beds. They have been up for a week now, and Paige has slept in her OWN bed every night!!!!!!! Yeah for us! You can't see from the picture, but they have little pink fairies all over their comforters, and they love them.

The past week was very hectic, with Morgan's head, and preschool starting for Paige, as well as Sparks starting up for Morgan. She is going to a new unit, and really likes it. Morgan will get her staples out tomorrow, and gymnastics starts for both girls next Saturday so it is really very busy around here. I'll write more when I get a chance.

xxoo to all :)

Oops!

I went back in the archives, and I have already posted that picture, but here it is again..... I couldn't find it on Flickr so thought it wasn't anywhere. Oh well.
P.S. Bear with me, I'm playing with the template, and am not quite as talented as my sister, so it could be awhile.....

Miss Ella Bean

Kevin took this picture in the hospital the day Ella was born. It is my favourite newborn picture of her, and I don't think I've posted it before, so I just wanted to share it!
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Dear all....

Just a really quick note. I just wanted to apologize to everyone for my lack of emailing and phone calls lately. This whole juggling three kids with very different needs has gotten even more hectic since school started, and I have no time for anything. We've been so busy these past couple of weeks that it is a miracle anybody even has clean clothes in this house!!!!!! So I just wanted everyone to know I'm not ignoring you, I just have no time. Love to everyone!! xoxo
P.S. This marks post #100!!!! WOW!

Paige's First Day of Preschool

Paige had her first day of preschool today. I was there for the first half hour or so filling out paper work, and Paige went off and played; completly ignoring me. When I was done with the administrative stuff, I told her I was going to go, and it didn't phase her at all. She can't wait to go tomorrow. She was extremely tired this afternoon though. The preschool is a co-op, so I have to volunteer; duty days, and working at a Bingo night every other month or so. My first "duty day" is tomorrow taking me totally out of my comfort zone. Ella will be out of hers as well because I can't have her with me because of insurance reasons. She is going to go to Lynn's on my duty days, and will have to take a sippy cup. She took a little on the weekend for Grandma so she should be fine.

Morgan had an awesome first week of school. She loves her teacher and says that she is the best teacher in the world. I hope that she never loses that enthusiasm! I agree with her that her teacher is great, and there is really good communication between home and classroom. This week however hasn't been so great. When we got home from school yesterday the girls went across the street to visit their occasional babysitter. We were all standing on the steps, and I was holding Ella. I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but Morgan slipped on the stair, and bumped Paige. I caught Paige, and almost caught Morgan, but she caught her head on the corner of the cement stair. She split it open; so it was off to Urgent Care, and she got two staples. I was waiting for them to haul me away when I got there... It's the third time I've been there with the girls for head injuries. Morgan split her head open on her Little Tikes kitchen a couple of years ago but didn't need a stitch, then last year, the day that I found out I was pregnant with Ella, and just days before we left for England, Paige fell backwards on a cement path and needed 2 staples. Morgan was much better this morning though, and although she didn't want to go to school, her teacher told me that she had a great day.

Ella saw the ENT yesterday at the hospital, and he said that everything looks great with her. Her good ear has a little bit of fluid in it, but nothing to worry about, and her nasal congestion is also nothing to worry about. So that is great news. She'll have her next hearing test in February. She was pushing herself backwards on the floor today on her hands and knees; so crawling is not far off.....

As for me, life is crazy, and I haven't gotten into a routine yet, but it's coming.... I just need to stop stressing so much about getting everything done because these days it is impossible!!!! Please excuse any typos; blogger is on crack as usual, and spell check isn't working. ARGHHH.
xxoo 

First Day of School

Morgan went off to Grade One today. I can hardly believe it. She had a great day, and loves her teacher. Paige, Ella, and I met her at lunch time for a picnic. I think it's much harder on me, than it is on her that she is staying at school all day this year. She is so independant. So it was a great start to a new school year!
xxoo 

End of Summer

Here are some pictures from the summer. There are some more at Flickr.

Crafts with Auntie Sarah, and my sisters and I before my cousins wedding.









The "froggy jump" ride at Toronto Island is all Morgan could talk about since we went two years ago. It lived up to the expectations she had in her head, and she went on it twice with Devin.

There is a playground at our local park that the girls refer to as the "Dinosaur Park"; you can see why. It was all to much for Ella, and she had a lovely snooze while they played.


Tonight is the last night before school starts, so I thought I'd better get a couple of pictures up from the summer before we get back into school routines and hit the ground running. This summer really flew by. It feels like I blinked and its over.

It was a really busy one and a sad one as well; losing Fury. Montreal for the wedding, then both my sisters were here for our cousins' wedding, a trip to Toronto Island, and a whole lot of doctors appointments; not to mention the fact that my tiny baby is now half a year old. How on earth did that happen. I so clearly remember as a child that time dragged on for ever; and now I don't know where the time goes from one week to the next.

I think we are mostly ready to tackle the new year, and I'm just waiting for the registration papers to come from the pre-school for Paige; she starts next I think.

Ella saw the eye doctor last week, and at this time her eyes look great, we just have to make sure to keep her right eye well lubricated. We go back in three months to have the muscles of her eye checked. Next appointment is the ENT next week.

xxoo to all.