TODDLER FOR SALE!

Sunday I ended up teaching both my class in primary PLUS another class, which was enough to give me a SERIOUS headache by the time we left the chapel. Thank goodness John was willing to help me teach my class, I would have gone crazy without him. So we left the Church with my screaming headache, 2 extra kids and Caleb who was VERY tired and VERY wound up. He screeched and spit the whole way home, it was awful! My mum came for dinner that night, it was really good!

On Monday my Mum took me out for dinner and shopping. We ate at Edo's and then she bought Caleb a bib for spaghetti meals, me some cardstock for my cards, some snacks for John and I and some clothes for the baby. I also bought a couple of things for the girls to open at Christmas (we have Heather's family this year), a sidewalk chalk kit for Caleb, some wipes for Caleb and some clothes for the baby. It was a good night, and nice to get out.

Tuesday Caleb and I tried out his sidewalk chalk in the backyard when he decided it would be a good idea to give one of the chalks a bath in the ONLY bit of water there was in the backyard. That evening we went to the optometrist and all went well with John's contacts trial so we ordered him 3 months worth. They just got in today, so John's pretty excited. I also cut my finger really badly that day, it hurt SO bad, comparable to labour pains. It's doing better now, but it's still kind of sore.

Wednesday is kind of a blur to me, I honestly don't remember anything interesting from that day other than I ordered my cell phone. It's pink, YAY! It'll get here late next week or early the week after, I'm very excited about it. I also went through some of the baby clothes that night to figure out what all I have.

Yesterday Caleb and I were playing in the backyard when he decided it would be a good idea to try and eat a knot in the fence! After telling him no a few times and him not listening he got taken into the house and threw a HUGE HUGE HUGE fit. So then I had to take him upstairs and he fell asleep. We both ended up taking naps in the afternoon, I was SO tired. In the evening we had our temple recommend interviews with the bishop and then I went through the rest of the baby clothes, so now I know what we have and what we need.

Today I tried to take Caleb for a walk, but we ended up coming home after he threw a fit because he realized that we weren't going to Jodi's house. Then I decided we'd try the backyard, but he wouldn't stay out of the red rock patch after being told not to go in there, so he got taken back into the house and the tantrums began again so he got put down for another early nap. This kid is driving me up the wall with his tantrums. He has so much anger in him, he hits us every single time he doesn't get his way (sometimes with his hands and other times with objects). Is this normal for a kid who is only 21 months old? Anyways, so now I'm enjoying the fact that Caleb is sleeping.

Tomorrow the boys have doctor appointments in the morning and then we're going to Value Village and Once Upon a Child to look for some more baby clothes, now that I know what I need. And John's going to cut the grass in the backyard tomorrow for the first time. I've done it every time it's needed to be done since we moved in here, but with my belly getting bigger it's getting too awkward for me to do it, so it's John's turn to step up to the plate now.

Well, that's about all for now. Hope everyone had a great week!

It's Hot Out!!!

What a week. I went to my mum's for a few days, which was really stressful because their house is not at ALL Caleb-proof so I kept having to haul him away from stuff. My doctor has me on iron pills now for my dizzy spells, so hopefully that will do the trick. I don't particularly want to be passing out all over the place. Other than the dizzy spells the pregnancy is going well though. I'm already getting some Braxton-Hicks, but since this is my third pregnancy, it's really not a big deal anymore, I just deal with them as they come. Then Wednesday night I used my mum's carpet cleaner to clean the stairs in my house. I'm happy with the outcome, but man did it hurt my back. I got to clean my upstairs bathroom really well on Thursday, so my back was even MORE sore after leaning into the tub to scrub it out. Yesterday my brother and his girlfriend came over for supper and then we watched National Treasure 2 with them. It was the 3rd time I've seen it, but the 1st time John's had a chance to watch it. It was a good evening, but I was really tired by the time I actually got to bed. This morning we set up Caleb's pool and he played in there for a while while my dad came over for a visit. Caleb loved being in the pool, especially when we rigged his slide so he could slide into it. Then we went to the mall so I could get some new maternity capris and 5 more maternity tops since my old ones weren't fitting me very well. We also got Caleb a nice pair of jean shorts from The Children's Place for only $13. After that we went to the food court and had New York Fries for lunch. Caleb fell asleep as we were heading to Wal-mart and woke up just as we got back home. However, thankfully he was willing to fall asleep again once we put him in his room. Then I FINALLY got the winter stuff put away out of our hall closet and got that organized and John got some of the kids' clothes put away in a tote. Now he's off giving someone a ride and I'm just relaxing with the fan blowing on me. So all in all it's been a pretty good week. We also decided this week that we're doing our summer 'holidays' in Wainwright this year, which is really only a 4 day weekend, and then John will take a week off when the baby comes PLUS a week and a half for Christmas. We'll spend the half a week in Wainwright and then a full week at home with just John, the kids and I. It should be fun to just enjoy each other's company, I'm really looking forward to it. Not too much else is new on the Bly front right now though.

Happy Father's Day!

So John has his new glasses now as well, they look so great on him:) Yesterday was my neice Rachel's baptism. It went very well. We gave her a pillowcase that she could colour, she was really happy with it. It's kind of cool because 4 years ago I was baptized the day before Father's Day and this year Rachel was baptized the day before Father's Day. I just think that's kind of neat. Anyways, today I'm off to Church soon and I can teach my class for the first time in over a month, and then after Church John is bringing Caleb and I to meet up with my mum. I have a Dr's appointment on Tuesday, so Caleb and I are staying in Wainwright for a couple of nights. So I just wanted to say on my blog, "Happy Father's Day, John!". I am so thankful for John. He is a wonderful husband and father. He pitches in so much when I'm not feeling well and he does great with Caleb. I'm very thankful that he's my eternal companion and I'm looking forward to spending the rest of eternity with him.

John has contacts!

So John has his contacts. He wore them for 4 hours on Tuesday, 5 hours yesterday and today he's allowed to wear them for 6 hours. It's all very exciting:) Yesterday I spent most of the morning in Caleb's bedroom. The poor kid has come down with a croupy cough, so I turned his humidifier on high, brought up his breakfast and I ended up cleaning out his dresser and closet. The only downside to that was that my back already hurt and I had to move his dresser so that it was in front of a power outlet which didn't help my back any. Oh well, I'm just happy I've finally cleaned out his closet, I've been meaning to do that for a few months now. Then last night Heather and I went and visit taught Alana, which went pretty good. After we left Alana's, Heather and I went to Safeway since I had to pick up some medicine for Caleb. I am SO glad that he's at a weight now where he can use Children's Motrin and/or Children's Tylenol Cold. So I got him a few bottles of that and also picked up some peanut butter for John, some new herbal tea for myself for when my throat or tummy are bothering me and some Vanilla Caramel Drumsticks for John and I. Anyways, so my neice, Rachel, is being baptized on Saturday, which is very exciting. So John's family is coming up tomorrow for the weekend. No one is staying with us though, which is okay because then I don't have to worry about extra groceries or anything. Anywho, that's about all that's new...

Fun Week!

So it's been an interesting week. Last week John got in to see an optometrist. His prescription changed for one of his eyes so we ordered him brand new glasses, which look really good on him. They should be ready to be picked up on Thursday. Then we spent Friday night and the day of Saturday in Wainwright where I came VERY close to blacking out during a garage sale. It was pretty scary. Sunday I stayed home from Church to take care of my friend's daughter so that my friend could go to Church since she's the nursery leader and then John and my brother-in-law, Mike, taught my primary class for me. Yesterday John took the day off of work for all of our appointments. First Caleb got his eyes checked and he is apparently fine for his age, which is good to hear. Then John got fitted for contacts and he fell in love with them. He goes back for his training session for them tonight and then he will be a wearer of contacts. He's very excited! After that we had Wendy's for lunch and dropped Caleb off with Jodi. Then John and I went to my ultrasound appointment. It went well, but the baby had it's legs clamped together, so there was no ever guessing about the gender, which was kind of disappointing. Oh well, at least we know for sure that there is a baby, and only ONE baby, in there. Oh and one other bit of news to report, we have new steps in front of our unit now, YAY! I don't have to make a gigantic leap anymore to get into our house! Anyways, here's the ultrasound photo:

Home Sweet Home

The zoo was great on Saturday. Caleb really enjoyed it until the end when he got VERY overtired and was just plain cranky. We went to Peter's Drive In for supper and found out that their large fries is more like a grocery bag full of fries, it was an INSANE amount! We stopped in Penhold and Springbrook on the way home. Springbrook used to be called Mynarski Park, and it was the PMQ area for the base there. My brother and I lived there with our mum for quite a few years, before we moved to Wainwright. We took Caleb through a trail we used to play in as kids and Caleb just had a blast in there. Then we took some pictures in a few other places before we got caught in a terrential downpour. It was raining SO hard. Today I got my hair done, which I am very happy about. It got it trimmed, thinned, dyed and chunked PLUS got Caleb's hair trimmed all for the low price of $45! I loved having a friend who does hair:) Tomorrow I am going to endeavour to make homemade bread for the first time on my own. It should be interesting, at the least. Plus I am going to make myself some more Mastermix, since we really enjoyed having it before. I guess it counts towards food storage since I can use it for lots of different things, so that's a bonus. Anywho, that's about all that's new here, really. Just looking forward to my ultrasound this coming Monday as well as the big garage sale in Wainwright this weekend. Woohoo, I get to buy baby girl clothes:)

Sore Throats in Magrath

So Caleb and I have been in Magrath for well over a week now. It's been kind of rainy, but it started clearing up last night, so that's nice. I took Caleb for a walk today in Amy's jogging stroller and I LOVE how well it handles. I may have to get one for myself:P So anyways, on Tuesday Caleb started running a fever and I couldn't keep it down for more than an hour, even alternating between Motrin and Tylenol so that night I took him to the emergency room in Raymond. Turns out he had tonsillitis, the poor kid. He wasn't eating or drinking much of anything that day, it was so hard to see him like that. So I held him all night while we slept and that seemed to keep him calm. After a couple days of medicine, cuddling and forcing liquids into him he got back to his old self. Then Saturday night my throat started hurting and I thought, "Oh crap, this is not good". So by Sunday evening it was worse and I went back to Emerg in Raymond. Turns out the problem in my throat is just a viral infection, so the doctor just gave me a prescription for Tylenol 3s for the pain. They seem to be working. Hopefully this'll clear up tomorrow or Wednesday. It's been nice being able to visit with John's family again though. I fell in love with a lot that's for sale in town right now, but there's no use in us buying a lot when he have no clue when we'd be able to build on it, so we're sticking with our original plan of eventually subdividing Amy's lot and building our house there. I ordered some FHE packets tonight from www.craftycopies.com and I'm looking forward to getting those. I purchased:
Plan of Salvation
Being not of the World
Honoring your Parents
Love at Home AND
Sunday is a special day.
Amy has a whole box full of these type of lessons and I think they're great, so I'm going to try to build up a collection of my own. Other than that, not too much else is new. The baby is growing and I can occasionally feel her kicking, it's so exciting! I'm looking forward to getting some more sun and fresh air over the next few days and then our trip to the Calgary Zoo this coming Saturday. My brother, his girlfriend and John's parents are coming with us as well, so it should be lots of fun:)