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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

After waking up to a scummy weather day yesterday, and thinking about a long day indoors, I decided we would go to Busy Bodies for a couple of hours so Paige could burn off some energy. We went at 11:00 and arrived there to discover a packed house. Luckily most kids actually nap after lunch, and it was cleared out in an hour. Rose slept for the first while and woke up with a poo blow out all over her outfit. Luckliy I had a spare. I had to run after Paige in the maze telling her she had to come with me to the bathroom ASAP to change the diaper. The rest of the visit went fine, although we stayed too long and Paige freaked out at a little girl in the washroom who tried to use her hot air hand dryer. Time to go home. Then in the afternoon, Andrea stopped by with baby Liam who had grown about 2 feet in a month and crawled all over the place. All in all, a great second day just the 3 of us girls. The previous day, we went to Paige's class, On My Own. It was nice to have little Rose with me while Paige was in the class. Again she slept and woke up to eat. I had a tea and sent messages on my phone. Easy day. Generally, it is easy to take Rose places as she will fall asleep. This morning we tackled the chore of going to the grocery store, which was my fear. I discovered I could fit the car seat in the top basket, and Paige in the seat, and we were good to go. Paige liked having Rose with her in there.

My mother's day present from my wonderful husband and little girls...

Apparently, the tote bag is from Mike, the purse is from Paige, and the wallet is from Rose...all from Coach. There were also some lovely bath things from Lush. I know I was spoiled...

Mother's day is always a bit tough, but having my own little girls makes me happy and distracts me from feeling sad.

Like I said, we had a nice mother's day with Grandma Val here (we celebrated on the Saturday since she was leaving at 10:45 on Sunday). But on the Sunday evening Mike ran out and got Baskin Robbins...yum!

Hmm...maybe Grandma Val should book another flight back here ASAP!

Doling out the Vitamin D drops. Yuck!

Woah, I look tired, but I wasn't really. Good sleeps all around.

Grandma Val left on Sunday. Come back Grandma Val! No, we are doing fine, it was just a really nice visit with Grandma Val and we hope she can come back soon! Not to mention that having an extra set of hands around the house was a nice treat. Like I said before, we took Paige to play groups, an indoor playground, and to the park. Grandma Val spoiled Paige with presents to the point where Paige was actually asking her for more. We ended the week with a lovely dinner at my dad and Maura's house, and a mother's day lunch at East Side Marios, complete with a shopping extravaganza at the mall. It will be great for us to go back to St. Albert in August so we can have more visiting time. I'm sure Paige will be thrilled to see her again and ask for more gifts.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

She's growing!

No wonder I am so hungry and thirsty all of the time. Rose has been eating like crazy and has gained over a pound in the last week! When she was born she was 7lbs 11oz. Then at her appointment on the 28th she weighed 7lbs 8oz. And today...wait for it....9lbs 2oz!!! What on earth??? I had thought she was visibly bigger.

She has continued to wake up only once in the night time to eat, but she obviously doesn't need the extra night time nutrition! I feel very lucky as I know some babies wake up every 2 hours in the night. I just couldn't handle that. Paige woke up a lot more than that. Partly, I think, because she had a soother in the night and would wake up wanting it. Rose, so far, doesn't take a soother in the night, and not much during the day either.

We've had some great outings with Rose this week. Grandma Val and I took her to Busy Bodies and Our Special Time with Paige. She was very content and easy to please on both occasions. Sleeping and waking up to eat.

Diaper Snake...

This is the diaper snake from the diaper bin that Paige thinks is hilarious. I told her that we needed to empty the diaper snake. "Sure!" she says with ultra enthusiasm. Then she dragged it all around the carpet.

Grandma's Girls...

We have been having a blast with Grandma Val. We have been busy taking Paige to all of her regular activities, as well as a trip to Busy Bodies. Poor Grandma Val sleeps in the TV room and has her bed (futon mattress) removed every morning, and then has to wait for us to leave her "room" every night so she can go to sleep. And she has to share a closet with Paige. But she is a good sport! So nice for us to have an extra set of hands. And Mike has still been off part time this week, so the adults outnumber the kids, which makes things very easy. Still a couple more days for us all to hang out.