Outright Boogers

The colds have gotten worse and they are spreading. Patrick is now infected. I think Lizzy is a bit more congested. I got a nose suction thingy today but she hates it. Just usibg the saline drops helps her quite a bit though. My throat feels much better but my nose is running a marathon. I really hope I improve overnight since I go back to work tomorrow. I do not want to call in sick but I always shy away from handling people's groceries while I am sick. We will see. I am going to go to bed now and allow my body to recouver.
On a totally different note, I carved pumpkins today. Here they are, I have one more to carve and I am forcing Patrick to carve one too, I hollowed it out for him already. I love carving pumpkins but my sister tkes it to extreams, she had fifty to carve this year. Okay so they were decorations at a dance, not for her house, but that is still a whole lot of carving.

Terri

Snuffles

It was bound to happen eventually but I wish it hadnt. Lizzy and I are sharring a cold. She is congested and has lots of icky baby boogers that she likes to rub on me, and I have a sore throat and a bit of a runny nose. I have kept her proped up most of the day, eigther in my arms or in a seat. It seems to help keep her nose clear. She is in pretty good spirits about the whole thing though. I hope it will blow over soon.
I am making an early return to work this Sunday and I want to be healthy for it. I still have some mixed feelings about going back so soon but I think it is for the best. I am only going to be working 4 1/2 hours on Sundays and Lizzy will spend the time with Patrick. In a way it will be like taking time off from my full time job. For the last three months I have been on the job or on call 24-7, except when I drove to Edson. It is tough to be away from Lizzy but I really think it is for the best. I think the time Lizzy and Patrick spend together will help them bond.
I need to remember to bring lots of kleenix when I leave home on Sunday. Not just for the cold but also for the seperation tears. When I went to my appointment on Wednesday I was nearly in tears and I don't expect this to be any better. I really do miss having Lizzy inside my belly and with me always. I know I was ready to have my body to myself by the time she was born, but there were some real upsides to it. I love being Lizzy's mom so much that I often find myself hoping that she will want a brother or sister. I want to eventually have more kids and I want to have her happy about the situation.
I saw an episode of America's Funniest Videos a few weeks ago where the show's winning video was something that was not funny at all. A mom and dad sat their three kids around the table to tell them that they were going to have a new brother or sister. The oldest one who was maybe six or seven started crying and saying no, no. Then the littler ones started crying too. By the time the video was shown the baby was born as well as a following set of twins. I doubt if the poor older brother is geting much parental attention with all those babies in the house. I thought it was terrible not hilarious but the audience voted it nmber one.
Anyway, for all that I want more kids I do not want to cram them so close together that Lizzy has to throw a tantrum to get any attention, and I do not want to have so many that any of my kids feel lost in the flock.
Wow, I wasn't expecting to write all that. I guess it has been simmering in the back of my mind and it just spilled out. Something to reflect on anyway.

Terri

Gluttony

A quick note about yesterday. It was a good day but at times a hard one. I had to leave Lizzy with the neighbour for about half an hour between when I had to go for my councelling appointment and when Patrick got home from work. This was the first time I left Lizzy with someone other then family or very close friend. It was hard. The appointment went well and I am looking forward to making even more progress this year.
Now about the gluttony, I woke up with Patrick this morning and felt that I had to feed Lizzy. I woke her up and fed her. She was quite happy to be getting breakfeast without having to cry and wake me up for it. I think we may have overdone it though. While I was burping her it all came right back up. Disgusting. The moral of this story is that I need to feed her on her schedule not mine. After that auspecious start to the day I decided it was better to just go back to bed and start over again later.
Our day's second start was at noon. We had breakfeast while watching the news and then went to Lizzy's three month check-up at the doctor's office. Lizzy is 14 pounds 6 ounces and 24 and 1/4 inches. This puts her in the 60th percentile. The doctor said that she is a textbook example of a healthy baby. Yes I am a proud mother. After dinner Patrick and I took Lizzy for a walk to get some exercise. It was a nice walk but chilly. Now we are sitting around the computers having family basement time.

Terri

Cathcing up on Lost Time

I have a hard time remembreing what I did ten minutes ago, let alone five days ago. I am going to try to get caught up to today in this blog so I can write about more current and remembered things. Speaking of which, the only thing I am sure happened last Friday is that I slept in. Lizzy too. Aside from that I am drawing a complete blank. I think Friday may have been when we dressed Lizzy up for the cold and went out for slurpies.
On Saturday we walked to the mall to get enough groceries to make dinner. Tomatoes are an essential ingredient in burritos. I also remember staying up later then I meant to. Oh Lizzy and I also had a long splashy bath. This time Patrick's hands were nice and warm when he got Lizzy out of the tub so she didn't cry so much.
Sunday was a change of pace, I rented a car and drove to Edson. My friend Amy was there visiting her brother. I brought her back to Edmonton for a day before her flight to Sudberry. We had a good visit in the car during the two hour drive back to Edmonton. She was lamenting being away from her neices and nephew and I was lamenting being away from Lizzy. It was the longest time we have spent together since well before Lizzy was born and we got a lot of catching up done. Yes, we stayed up late.
Yesterday was spent with Amy. I did take advantage of the rental and drive Patrick to and from work though. We spent most of our visit playing with Lizzy, though we also gave her a lesson on being a mall rat. The day went by much too fast and after going out to dinner it was soon time for me to tae her to the airport. Her flight left at 1am today. I miss her but not the Jellyfish song that she got stuck in my head. I hope that she has Baby Beluga stuck in hers! The Nursing student, Joanne, who visits me came by with her tutor and admired Lizzy for almost an hour. They also gave me some information I had requested.
Today I dropped Patrick off at his work and brought Lizzy in to meet some of his co-workers. We would have met more but we were a little late so we only got to see the ones who were in the office. I think Patrick was grumpy at us for making him late. Next we went to Wal-Mart and got a few essentials like Kitty Litter, that are hard to carry on the bus. After Walmart we got some groceries and went home. We were only home long enough to unload the car and put the cold stuff away before we went out again to return the car. I got a little lost down town so the return trip on the bus was actualy faster then in the car. We were on time getting the car back though. After dinner we went for a halk hour walk as part of my new program to shed the baby weight. It was some of the Info I had Joanne look up for me. I don't want to be too aggressive about weight loss and not hve enough milk for Lizzy. It was a nice walk. Patrick has agreed to walk with me three days a week and I will go alone or with Lizzy on another three. It is a good thing that I like to walk.

Terri

Heafty

I had Lizzy weiged last Thursday. On October 19, she was 13 pounds 15 ounces. She is getting to be a big girl. Aside from going to the health clinic we spent most of the day sleeping. We didn't laze about on our trip so we had some catching up to do.

Terri

Wednesday, Going Home

I only have vague recollections of Wednesday. I think that is when I went to visit family friends Bill and Agnes. Yes it was. Lizzy also got to go into the bowling alley again since that is where Gramo was. Gramo and I puttered around town for a while and went out for lunch. I got to introduce Lizzy to Aunty Barb which was a nice treat. I also went to see my mom for a few minutes so we could have hugs and say goodbye.
It was sad to leave the Island and I dealt with it by sleeping most of the way to the airport. It was fine flying with Lizzy and the two other babies on the plane were also quiet and happy. The parents of one of the babies, Jack, offered to drive me home from the airport. It was very nice of them. We were very glad to see Patrick when we got home.

Terri

Back to Tuesday

I totally forgot that on Tuesday I bought a pumpkin to paint for my mom. It took me a long time but I was pleased with how it turned out.

Terri

Hit Me

My blog now has 550 hits! Keep em comming folks! And don't be shy of leaving comments.

Terri

Tuesday

The computer
is acting up so I will keep this short. We had a family

dinner on Tuesday. There were a few notable absences but it was a good time. My brother Alex and his two oldest kids weren't there as well as my brother in law John. It was still a housefull though.

Terri

Monday Monday

I've now told you everything up to Monday, and what a Monday it was. I spent the morning worrying about Gramo. I had thought that she was supposed to get back from her bowling tournament on Sunday night but it was nearly 2:30 Monday afternoon before she arrived. Since I needed to borrow her car to be in Nanaimo for 3:30 this was almost a problem for me. We got things figured out fast though and we were on our way. Lizzy fell asleep for the first part of the trip but when she woke up alone in the backseat she was very upset. I had to pull off of the highway and stop the car so that I could sooth her. It didn't take her long to calm down once I was in the seat beside her and we were able to get under way again soon enough not to be late meeting my friend Brandie.
From where I met up with Brandie we went down what felt like eighteen flights of stairs to get to the caffeteria. I'm not sure what we talke about but in no time the hour I ha to spen there was up and we had to go back up all those stairs. Lugging Lizzy. I was glad I had left her car seat in the car.
Since having Lizzy I have been perpetually late. When I say I was on time for something it means I was within 15 minutes of when I said I would be there. Well I was on time for dinner at Terry and Cecile's, but only just. Terry was flat out late. Cecile and I had a good visit but eventually gave up on waiting for Terry and had dinner without him. I wasn't quite finished when he made it home. I think he enjoyed meeting Lizzyand he and Cecile decided to try out how they would be as grandparents. When the time comes I think they will be great.
I soon had to get back on the road to pick Gramo up from, you guessed it, bowling. I almost ran over a very daring racoon on the freeway. Fourtunatly when I dodged and he dodged it was away from eachother. He had been sitting in the middle of my lane. Probably munching on some good road kill. The brake light on Gramo's car came on partway home and Lizzy woke up grumpy again so once again I had to stop and calm her down. Fourtunatly when I turned the car back on after soothing her the light stayed off. I was only a bit late picking Gramo up from bowling. She enjoyed the chance to show Lizzy off to her friends.
We decided to finish off the night by giving Lizzy a bath. I put my swimsuit on and invited Gramo to enjoy the spectacle with me. Lizzy did not dissapoint. She kicked and splashed and swam like a champion. Swimming with Lizzy is so much fun its amazing I don't do it every day.

Terri

More Vacation

Sunday was a day of reat for Lizzy and I. We needed it. It was also a day without cars for us. We got up at our own time and wandered down to Kim's place where after visiting for a while we fell asleep. Mom and Ken came by to visit and to fix a set of taps for Kim and I slept through most of that visit. I don't think Mom minded hogging Lizzy while I slept though. After they were gone Kim went to town to get us some pizza. I went back to Gramo's for a few minutes but returned to Kim's house when she drove by and honked. She rented a few movies to go with the pizza. High Fidelity was a downer, Cake was stupid but entertaining, and the stand up comedy one was a waste of plastic. We also dyed our hair. Neither of us would make it as a hairdresser. Ah well, I am blonder again.

Saturday's Pictures

I don't know why, but these pictures refused to add themselves to my last post.

Saturday

I really do suffer some bad memory problems since I can't remember what I did for most of Saturday. Never mind, it just came back to me. There was a funeral for one of my mom's old gang who she grew up in Glenora with. He was only 54 but cancer took him. His mother in law was one of Gramo's close friends and she also passed away from cancer two weeks prior to him. All in all it was a rough time for that family. It reminded me very strongly of my dad's funeral.
Happier times, I have just remembered what I did earlier Saturday morning. Kim came in to do laundry at Gramo's house at nine in the morning and woke me up to tell me that she would be going the the corner store for coffee to do some stuff. Since the washing machine is on the other side of the wall from where I was sleeping I got up right away. After feeding Lizzy and myself breakfeast I got us moving and we walked to the store. I had a good time waiting for Kim. Saturday morning gossip in the coffee room of the store made the hour that I waited go by fast. It turns out that Kim had a lot of stuff to do before she could make it out for coffee. I guess that explains why her truck was still at her house when I left. I thought that maybe she had also decided to walk. I had to leave not long after she got to the store but it was still a good morning.
The entire evening was spent at Doug and Cathy's house in Crofton. Cathy stole Lizzy from me as soon as I got there, which was actually all right by me. I got to sit out by a bon fire without worrying about Lizzy breathing in any smoke. She is a pretty strong draw though and I didn't spend neerly as much time at the fire as I normally would have. Cathy made a great dinner which included several of my favorite foods. After dinner Kim and Andrew went back out to the fire but the rest of us stayed inside. Andrew's friend Adam met them at the fire and they must have been having a good time. We heard the rain pounding on the roof but the three of them were just ignoring it and getting soaked. They finally had to come inside to dry out so they set up camp around the wood stove. They spent more then an hour goofing off and playing with matches. Ah, the bond of pyromania! Lizzy finished off the night by napping on Andrew.

Holliday Catch-up

Well I've filled you in up to last Thursday. Here is a bit more. Friday morning Gramo left for a bowling tournament in Abbotsford. After she was gone I headed over to my mom's for some quality ime with her. We visited at her house for a bit then went to see my sister Mandy and her baby Cameron. He is five months old and thriving. After that visit We went to downtown Duncan and stopped in at my friend Amy's work. She enjoyed meeting Lizzy until my mom stole her and wandered down the block. Apparently my sister in law Christine works a few doors from Amy now so we stopped in to see her next. We had to meet my sister Kim at a bank next so those visits were brief. Mom and Kim took about an hour at the bank and I spent the time introducing Lizzy to everyone in the waiting room. I knew one of the ladies, Wendy, who worked there so she also got to meet Lizzy. I finally realized that I could have just left Kim to drive my mom home since she had her truck there just as they finished up. Oh well. I dropped mom off at her house and rushed back to Gramo's for a quick dinner before heading out for some more visiting. It was actually more Lizzy's dinner then mine since she started demanding her food while I still had 5km to go. It was a noisey couple of minutes.
We ended up being a couple of minutes late getting to Charlie and Sandie's house but that was due more to me missing the turn then from leaving late. Charlie had the magic touch and Lizzy melted in his arms. We had a great visit, about three hours, then I went "home" and crashed.

Terri

Faerie Ride

Lizzy's first time on a boat was uneventfull. She ate, I ate and then we played. The other kids in the play area were very impressed with the baby in their midst. I just wanted a safe quiet place where she could be out of her car seat for a while. As a bonus I got to watch Magic School Bus. My memory is fast fading but I think it was just after 10 at night when we rolled into Gramo's yard. I always have a sence of coming home when I get to Gramo's, no matter how long I've been away.
I spent most of Thursday hanging out with Gramo. We picked up some groceries and other essentials. I went to my sister Alison's office and surpriced her there. She did not know that I was even on the Island. It was fun to give her such a shock. We found out just how upset Lizzy can get if her soother goes missing. I had to tear into a package in walmart and wash a new one in the sink when she discouvered that she had dropped hers. My sweet heart just about screamed the whole building down!
Later my mom and a friend of hers came over to visit with Lizzy, and me I guess. After dinner Alison brought her boys Kyle and Marty over. It was a nice visit. The boys liked their littlest cousin.

Home Sweet Home

Last night at around 11 o'clock Lizzy and I made our triumphant return. It was a long week and I have the pictures to prove it.

Spending 13 hours in a confined space with a baby could be a bad thing, but it wasn't. All together she might have spent three minutes crying. Not bad at all. She didn't even cry when Kim and I sang al of our old Girl Guide songs while driving through the Fraser canyon. She took it all in stride.

Terri

Leaving...On a jet plane

Well, I'm not leaving on the jet plane. I am returning on one though. Tomorrow is going to be a day of firsts for Lizzy. She gets to go on her first road trip and she will get to go for her first ferry ride. Chances are she will have to with until Thursday to meet family for the first time. I think Galidor is getting antsy with all the packing going on and I know that Patrick is having missgivings. He is expecting to be very lonely this week. I will be e-mailing him lots of pictures of Little Girl and I will post them as well. Well it will be an early morning for me so good night.

Terri

Visiting

My sister Kim came to meet Lizzy for the first time today. I think she is having fun bonding with Lizzy. I have decided to go home with her on Thursday andspend a week on Vancouver Island. This is so exciting! I just hope that spending nine hours driving with Lizzy doesn't drive us crazy. Hopefully she will sleep through most of the trip.

Oh, My blog has now had 495 visits. That is 27 in three days.

Terri

Snuggles

Yesterday I decided to carry Lizzy in the snuggly for the first time when we went out to get slurpies. She seemed to enjoy it though she did totally slime my sweater. As soon as I came down the stairs with the snuggly Patrick started laughing. It reminded him of Get Fuzzy, my favorite commic strip. In the comics the cat Bucky is carted around in a snuggly. Well Patrick insisted that we load Galidor in and take a picture. As you can see the cat was too tubby.

Terri

Pee!

Last night I was trying to sleep but my brain just wouldn't shut off. This is what it came up with.
Sing it to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Tinkle tinkle little girl
Now your diaper's full of pee
Take it off and clean you up
Next we put a new one on
Tinkle tinkle little girl
Now your diaper's full of pee

It doesn't rhyme but I decided that "Stinky poo I'm gonna hurl" was not whaht I wanted for the second line.

468

I am curious to see how many people are still looking at my Blog. So this is just a little note that on October 7, 2006 the count is at 468.

Terri

Commentators

Please, please leave me some comments. I want to know what you think and I want you to admire my baby. Speaking of which here are some pictures to admire.

Terri

Ouch!

Lizzy had a tough day yesterday. She got her first set of vacinations.they had to poke her three times.it was horrible to watch and to have to hold her down while the nurse was hurting her. She was fussy off and on all evening. She weighed in at 12 pounds 12 ounces, which is about the 90%. Her height and head size were both in the 75%. She was a sweety for the nurses and they loved her.
We had a busy weekend trying to get a handle on the chores. I vacumed our basement for the first time since we moved here. (Not as bad as it sounds, it is usually Patrick's job.) I also vacumed the living room and found Galidor's spare coat under the couch. Thouhj I got a bunch done the list seems just as long as when I started. The silly dishes just won't stay washed.
Well that is why I have been too busy to blog, but I'll try to stay in touch. Even if it means my house has to stay dirty.

Terri