Logan has been potty trained since Carter was born, not without many random accidents might I add! (he even has been night time trained with very very minimal accidents). He forgets he has to pee when playing at friends' houses, or he just forgets a little too late and dribbles beyond just a dribble. (he'll appreciate I blogged this one day)
Anyways, the 'next step' is that he is starting to pee as he words it "like a big boy" despite my best efforts to change. I taught him to sit and pee and he has now seen other friends (and dad) pee standing up so he has entered that world also - and if i'm near by or watching he will sit, but since i'm not always there he will stand....thus he dribbles and sprays all over the seat/toilet on more occasions than i'm happy with. This then leads to me hauling him to the toilet and pointing it out and stating 'you need to sit!'
I'm a firm believer boys can sit and pee- at least until they're old enough to have full control over where they aim! (and some will say even adults can't aim - well they should have been taught to sit then!)
:) that's my two cents of the day!
Next step...Carter. -_-
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Michael's Fall and my 'attack'
Michael and I decided to hang Christmas lights on our new house (exciting right?) - well, we borrowed a neighbors ladder and Michael went up and put on the hooks. He came into the house and said 'so I don't trust this ladder' and I said okay, that's fine...and we together decided he'd go get the supplies that he left on the roof and we'd get a different ladder to finish the light hanging adventure.
That is when it happened. He was on his way down (I was stabalizing), and the extension hooks gave way. Michael 'rode' the ladder about 3 steps worth and then he remembered I was at the bottom and decided to jump away as to not crush his dear wife (he is a wonderful husband). I am standing at the bottom and my mind is going a mile a MILI-second. I am all within this blink of an eye second thinking "oh no, should I catch him?" and to my left is Carter about 4 ft away so I am thinking "where's my baby?" and to my right and behind is Logan about 4-5ft away and i'm thinking "what about my other baby?"....and then as the ladder is coming down I am thinking "it's going to bash into our neighbors car!" ....and in the end I jumped back just praying that everyone was out of harms way (aside from of course my falling husband) and just waited.
Michael hit the ground in a slight crouch position and dropped and rolled. At that very moment a lady from Michael's work who lives on our street was driving by and saw the whole thing (as did another truck who stopped to be sure everything was okay)...she jumps out to be sure he wasn't crushed then she said 'holy smokes Michael - I wish I had that on video - you looked like a profession superhero-stuntdevil type person - that was phenominal!" lol...Michael chuckled but was still pretty banged up.
Needless to say we dropped Logan off at a friends and I took Michael to Urgent Care (nothing was broken on an outword appearance - bones jutting out, etc). Me, Michael and Carter checked him in and then after an hour I took Carter home.
This is when MY story begins. So I woke up with minor but definite chest pain right in and around my sternum. I thought 'gee that's odd' and chocked it under the fact I had started two medications just the night before with the intention of seeing what came of it.
(**Side note: I had been in Urgent Care two nights prior with a diagnosis of Kidney infection - possible stones but couldn't be confirmed. Symptoms were major kidney region pain and occasional abdominal pain)
Anyways, it was definetly tender (felt more muscular than anything) all day and more and more so as the day went on. When Michael had his fall I went into adrenal mode and we got through everything we needed to. We had been there an hour and I asked the nurse if it would be alright time wise if I took Carter home. They said they'd call me when he was ready (at least an hour from that point minimum they'd figure...in nurse talk that means two hours right? lol). So on the way home everything came crashing down on me and I started to bawl. I called my friend Courtney to be sure keeping Logan longer would be okay and she could hear I was upset but I said I just wanted to go home and lay down for a bit and just take a breather. I kept Carter cuz he has been having a hard time leaving me as of recent and with all the stress of the day that was one less stress I could control. About half hour home I just LOST it. I felt like I was hyperventalating almost and my chest pain just escalated! I was really scared by that so I called Courtney and she rushed to my house (she's a great friend) and talked me through it. I decided that after I was settled that I didn't want to go to urgent care because I feel that the stress of the day was just causing me alot of physical stress and the pain was truly -muscular- vs heart problems. Tylenol actually took the pain almost completely away. Anyways, we went to courntey's house (where Logan was anyways) and just enjoyed her company. Basically I chock the whole experience as my first anxiety attack. It was just too much all at once and the adrenalin and stress of the few days really just got to me.
I picked up Michael and he isn't broken, just really sore. My neighbors (bless his heart) went up on the roof and got all the stuff that had been left there, down, and he strung up the lights! Also we had lots of friends and family offering their services to take care of us. We are truly lucky and blessed.
And that is the story! Phew. We're good for a while now :)
Kicking and Breathing,
Kyla & Family
That is when it happened. He was on his way down (I was stabalizing), and the extension hooks gave way. Michael 'rode' the ladder about 3 steps worth and then he remembered I was at the bottom and decided to jump away as to not crush his dear wife (he is a wonderful husband). I am standing at the bottom and my mind is going a mile a MILI-second. I am all within this blink of an eye second thinking "oh no, should I catch him?" and to my left is Carter about 4 ft away so I am thinking "where's my baby?" and to my right and behind is Logan about 4-5ft away and i'm thinking "what about my other baby?"....and then as the ladder is coming down I am thinking "it's going to bash into our neighbors car!" ....and in the end I jumped back just praying that everyone was out of harms way (aside from of course my falling husband) and just waited.
Michael hit the ground in a slight crouch position and dropped and rolled. At that very moment a lady from Michael's work who lives on our street was driving by and saw the whole thing (as did another truck who stopped to be sure everything was okay)...she jumps out to be sure he wasn't crushed then she said 'holy smokes Michael - I wish I had that on video - you looked like a profession superhero-stuntdevil type person - that was phenominal!" lol...Michael chuckled but was still pretty banged up.
Needless to say we dropped Logan off at a friends and I took Michael to Urgent Care (nothing was broken on an outword appearance - bones jutting out, etc). Me, Michael and Carter checked him in and then after an hour I took Carter home.
This is when MY story begins. So I woke up with minor but definite chest pain right in and around my sternum. I thought 'gee that's odd' and chocked it under the fact I had started two medications just the night before with the intention of seeing what came of it.
(**Side note: I had been in Urgent Care two nights prior with a diagnosis of Kidney infection - possible stones but couldn't be confirmed. Symptoms were major kidney region pain and occasional abdominal pain)
Anyways, it was definetly tender (felt more muscular than anything) all day and more and more so as the day went on. When Michael had his fall I went into adrenal mode and we got through everything we needed to. We had been there an hour and I asked the nurse if it would be alright time wise if I took Carter home. They said they'd call me when he was ready (at least an hour from that point minimum they'd figure...in nurse talk that means two hours right? lol). So on the way home everything came crashing down on me and I started to bawl. I called my friend Courtney to be sure keeping Logan longer would be okay and she could hear I was upset but I said I just wanted to go home and lay down for a bit and just take a breather. I kept Carter cuz he has been having a hard time leaving me as of recent and with all the stress of the day that was one less stress I could control. About half hour home I just LOST it. I felt like I was hyperventalating almost and my chest pain just escalated! I was really scared by that so I called Courtney and she rushed to my house (she's a great friend) and talked me through it. I decided that after I was settled that I didn't want to go to urgent care because I feel that the stress of the day was just causing me alot of physical stress and the pain was truly -muscular- vs heart problems. Tylenol actually took the pain almost completely away. Anyways, we went to courntey's house (where Logan was anyways) and just enjoyed her company. Basically I chock the whole experience as my first anxiety attack. It was just too much all at once and the adrenalin and stress of the few days really just got to me.
I picked up Michael and he isn't broken, just really sore. My neighbors (bless his heart) went up on the roof and got all the stuff that had been left there, down, and he strung up the lights! Also we had lots of friends and family offering their services to take care of us. We are truly lucky and blessed.
And that is the story! Phew. We're good for a while now :)
Kicking and Breathing,
Kyla & Family
Thursday, November 22, 2012
My House Wishlist
Things I want to do in my house (not in order as I haven't decided what will come first):
1. paint Logan's room
2. paint Master bedroom
3. paint bathrooms - kids will be ocean themed, mainfloor will be 'black and white' and basement will be reds.
4. Backyard - whole other blog needed to describe 'the dream' - half of the dream will take place this next spring/summer, the rest will have to wait another year likely
5. Kitchen - extend cabinets down the wall. I'm on the lookout for as close to matching cabinets to the ones I have, then I will restain all the doors to be the same color. Might hafta replace the counters to match them. We'll see :) Id actually really don't love my island/sink set up, so maybe that could be replaced too.
6. Not a change to the house, but I'd like to invest in some over-sized art to hang in the stairway area, and i'd like to invest in some large mirrors to hang in various places around the house.
7. I'd like to reno my bathroom. My neighbors master bath is awesome and that's what gave me the idea. Frankly there's not much counter space in any of the bathrooms, but that's okay - I just want space in MY bathroom lol
8. Tub-surround in the kids bathroom - there's a leak in the tile, and so I figured we'd just put up tubsurround.
That's enough right? :D
1. paint Logan's room
2. paint Master bedroom
3. paint bathrooms - kids will be ocean themed, mainfloor will be 'black and white' and basement will be reds.
4. Backyard - whole other blog needed to describe 'the dream' - half of the dream will take place this next spring/summer, the rest will have to wait another year likely
5. Kitchen - extend cabinets down the wall. I'm on the lookout for as close to matching cabinets to the ones I have, then I will restain all the doors to be the same color. Might hafta replace the counters to match them. We'll see :) Id actually really don't love my island/sink set up, so maybe that could be replaced too.
6. Not a change to the house, but I'd like to invest in some over-sized art to hang in the stairway area, and i'd like to invest in some large mirrors to hang in various places around the house.
7. I'd like to reno my bathroom. My neighbors master bath is awesome and that's what gave me the idea. Frankly there's not much counter space in any of the bathrooms, but that's okay - I just want space in MY bathroom lol
8. Tub-surround in the kids bathroom - there's a leak in the tile, and so I figured we'd just put up tubsurround.
That's enough right? :D
back/body pain and Christmas
My back has just been terribly sore the past few days. From a Bowen perspective all the pain is in the location of the Kidney move. It is making sleeping at night incredibly difficult. I would love to get some Bowen done on it but sad that's not really an option. However, I think I might book for a massage because I need to do something!
It is reminding me of my pregnancy with Carter. I had alot of pain and this was similar. Which leads me into another thought. I -think- I may have had a miscarriage this past week. It would have been at like 3-4 weeks if I'm right so really, not far along but my suspcions are: 1. I've been on a 5+ week cycle the past 4-5 months fairly consistently and I got this past one at 3 weeks, 2. My periods last generally 6 days and this one lingered on for almost 10 days, 3. Generally I have a very heavy few days at the beginning and then it lingers out but this time I didn't have the heavy days and it just was consistently less than heavy almost the whole time and even now almost 2 weeks later I occasionally am getting random bleeding. Anyways, I did take a preg test but it was negative (both) but if I was barely along it might not be enough hormones to detect anyways.
Really I have no idea and will never -officially- know unless theres problems next month that lead to a doc visit, but really, I've had so many miscarriages that it wouldn't surprise me!
Another note: I went boxing on Tuesday. First timein TWO weeks! I missed it terribly and was so happy to be back on the bag...I pushed myself VERY hard and I am sore ALL over lol. Every muscle hurts. It's a good hurt, but wowee, its there all right!
What else...boys are having rough nights...meaning they are both up at least twice a night. Carter is either growing and/or teething and it's just causing him alot of whiny/teary grief. Logan has slept with us 3 of the 4 nights this week from midnight-ish onward. AND theyre both getting up around 6-6:30. Boo. Wake up all night sure - but sleep in! oh well, "this too shall pass".
Christmas is just around the corner! I stick to my guns about waiting until December 1st to put up Christmas in our house (specifically the tree)...however I slightly cheated and the boys and I put up our wall stickers at the front entry way of th ehouse yesterday. I found them at the dollarstore and they're fantastic! Pictures to come for sure! ...I've spoken to our neighbor, and we've decided to put up the same style of lights (white icicles since that is what they already had) so our 'duplex' will be strung with all the same lights which I think will look really awesome! This year the top peaks of the house on the 2nd level might not be done because the snow came early and Michael needs to get up on the roof and add all the clips - next spring/summer he will do that so next christmas the lights can just be hung. I don't need im slipping on the roof and coming down!
It is reminding me of my pregnancy with Carter. I had alot of pain and this was similar. Which leads me into another thought. I -think- I may have had a miscarriage this past week. It would have been at like 3-4 weeks if I'm right so really, not far along but my suspcions are: 1. I've been on a 5+ week cycle the past 4-5 months fairly consistently and I got this past one at 3 weeks, 2. My periods last generally 6 days and this one lingered on for almost 10 days, 3. Generally I have a very heavy few days at the beginning and then it lingers out but this time I didn't have the heavy days and it just was consistently less than heavy almost the whole time and even now almost 2 weeks later I occasionally am getting random bleeding. Anyways, I did take a preg test but it was negative (both) but if I was barely along it might not be enough hormones to detect anyways.
Really I have no idea and will never -officially- know unless theres problems next month that lead to a doc visit, but really, I've had so many miscarriages that it wouldn't surprise me!
Another note: I went boxing on Tuesday. First timein TWO weeks! I missed it terribly and was so happy to be back on the bag...I pushed myself VERY hard and I am sore ALL over lol. Every muscle hurts. It's a good hurt, but wowee, its there all right!
What else...boys are having rough nights...meaning they are both up at least twice a night. Carter is either growing and/or teething and it's just causing him alot of whiny/teary grief. Logan has slept with us 3 of the 4 nights this week from midnight-ish onward. AND theyre both getting up around 6-6:30. Boo. Wake up all night sure - but sleep in! oh well, "this too shall pass".
Christmas is just around the corner! I stick to my guns about waiting until December 1st to put up Christmas in our house (specifically the tree)...however I slightly cheated and the boys and I put up our wall stickers at the front entry way of th ehouse yesterday. I found them at the dollarstore and they're fantastic! Pictures to come for sure! ...I've spoken to our neighbor, and we've decided to put up the same style of lights (white icicles since that is what they already had) so our 'duplex' will be strung with all the same lights which I think will look really awesome! This year the top peaks of the house on the 2nd level might not be done because the snow came early and Michael needs to get up on the roof and add all the clips - next spring/summer he will do that so next christmas the lights can just be hung. I don't need im slipping on the roof and coming down!
First day of work
So yesterday was my first official day in clinic! I offered free sessions all day and I was definetly booked all day. My clinic hours are Wednesdays 9-11, 4:30-8 and Saturdays 9-2. I had a few people who 'upgraded' their free session for a small fee to have a treatment beyond the standard BRMs that I was offering so I made a few bucks in the process.
I love love LOVED being in clinic! Holy smokes, it was just so fantastic doing Bowen there. The feel of the place is awesome, it's a great centre and the people are great too. It will take me a few weeks to really get the feel of the place of course but I just a wonderful first day.
Carter however didn't particularly care for my first day of work lol. I left him with my friend Courtney in the morning, and then du eto an unexpected late shift for Michael I had to drop them off at my neighbors in the evening (thankfully only an hour and Carter loves being there)...but when Michael picked him up he just started to cry cuz I think he realized hed been left again! lol. Thankfully it's not a regular thing for me to have to leave him. There is a child care facility right next door to the Centre and i'm going to go check out the prices because on Wednesday mornings when i'm regularly booked (hopefully that doesn't take too long) it would be very convenient to drop them off there.
Things I learned: I need a belt loop stopwatch for the 2 min pauses (I had to carry my phone around all day because it was the only stopwatch I had access to). I need work clothes! I have been out of the workworld for almost 4 years - all I own are casual clothes and church clothes! My colleagues are mostly in business-casual or scrubs so I don't need too fancy, but still - I can't wear a plain tshirt! I also need some flats...bonus: alot of the girls wear slippers :D.
Anyways, moral of story - love my new workplace and look forward to working with them for a long time to come!
I love love LOVED being in clinic! Holy smokes, it was just so fantastic doing Bowen there. The feel of the place is awesome, it's a great centre and the people are great too. It will take me a few weeks to really get the feel of the place of course but I just a wonderful first day.
Carter however didn't particularly care for my first day of work lol. I left him with my friend Courtney in the morning, and then du eto an unexpected late shift for Michael I had to drop them off at my neighbors in the evening (thankfully only an hour and Carter loves being there)...but when Michael picked him up he just started to cry cuz I think he realized hed been left again! lol. Thankfully it's not a regular thing for me to have to leave him. There is a child care facility right next door to the Centre and i'm going to go check out the prices because on Wednesday mornings when i'm regularly booked (hopefully that doesn't take too long) it would be very convenient to drop them off there.
Things I learned: I need a belt loop stopwatch for the 2 min pauses (I had to carry my phone around all day because it was the only stopwatch I had access to). I need work clothes! I have been out of the workworld for almost 4 years - all I own are casual clothes and church clothes! My colleagues are mostly in business-casual or scrubs so I don't need too fancy, but still - I can't wear a plain tshirt! I also need some flats...bonus: alot of the girls wear slippers :D.
Anyways, moral of story - love my new workplace and look forward to working with them for a long time to come!
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Skinny Jeans
I am SO glad that skinny jeans were NOT in fashion when I was going to school. I think they're absolutely ridiculous! Maybe that's me being snobby because they would look terrible on my body shape (especially since I have a booty) - but this is my blog so I'm allowed to say what I want :)
Some girls can 'pull it off', I admit...but some girls (who try) CAN'T. It's just like muffin top shirts...if you have one, avoid shirts that accentuate it! AND don't get me started on guys wearing skinny jeans! When was it okay to make you look like a tiny little itty bitty little fellow? Hello? Did I miss something??
Moral of story - I am not a fan! :)
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Halloween
I love love love Halloween! :) It's a fun time of year for me, and since i've moved to Cochrane, I throw a big H-ween kids party up at the church! This year the activities included two crafts (a paper plate pumpkin and a black cup crow) - run by my friend Suzy. From there we attempted a relay game (which went about how I expected - okay, I expected it might go a little smoother, but frankly I wasn't holding my breath lol). The kids basically held a spoon with an 'eyeball' on it, while walking over or under a broom and then stepping only on the pumpkins in the 'mine field' and thus at the end dumped their eyeball and gae the spoon to next person. Basically it would have gone a bit smoother if parents had held their kids hand (so to speak) but kids still liked it! Then we went to the parachute games, followed by kids ZUMBA :) My friend Suzy did a couple songs which the kids loved! In the gym I also had witches hat ring toss set up, and the kids just ran around. I set up a baby corner (my big floor mats) for all the moms with young ones to sit at/on.
So I had in total moms and kids about 50 people over the course of the party! I made cupcakes and gluten free rice crispies for treat, and gave everyone a treat bag of stickers and playdough. I really enjyed the party, it was to me a big success and I look forward to next year! I am thinking more of a 'haunted house' set up in the side rooms as the activity with a craft and zumba again in the gym :) (and of course the famous free for all running around that kids love!)
NOW, H-ween for my family! So we went home and chilled at home until about 5:45 and Logan, Michael, and Carter went trick or treating. They got a huge bucket of candy by just walking up one side of our street...mIchael dropped Carter off at 6:40 and they went back out for a coupel more houses, but since it was SOOO cold they came back by 7! As far as trick or treaters go we had 46 kids! I will tell you that is not as much as our neighborhood has apparently had in past years, but this is the biggest amount of tricker-treaters i've EVER had! We were in basement suites or condos or a boring street where no one was festive for our entire married life so this was super exciting for me!
Great Halloween! Looking forward to next year :)
So I had in total moms and kids about 50 people over the course of the party! I made cupcakes and gluten free rice crispies for treat, and gave everyone a treat bag of stickers and playdough. I really enjyed the party, it was to me a big success and I look forward to next year! I am thinking more of a 'haunted house' set up in the side rooms as the activity with a craft and zumba again in the gym :) (and of course the famous free for all running around that kids love!)
Carter as 'the vulture' (yes it's an owl costume)
Spiderman and the Vulture (enemies by the story but best friends in real life)
The kids that were present during the photo session! I took a bunch but there's not one perfect one where everyone's looking! Tho there was a definite SUPER HERO theme (boys and girls!)
Zumba!
These guys didn't know each other prior to the event
My baby boy in TIGHTS - I felt a little weird putting them on him hehe
Anyways, I posted photos on fb so I won't do any more than what's here. Bu tI had SOOO much fun! I felt it went smoothly. Sadly I didn't get to visit much but that's what happens when you host :)
NOW, H-ween for my family! So we went home and chilled at home until about 5:45 and Logan, Michael, and Carter went trick or treating. They got a huge bucket of candy by just walking up one side of our street...mIchael dropped Carter off at 6:40 and they went back out for a coupel more houses, but since it was SOOO cold they came back by 7! As far as trick or treaters go we had 46 kids! I will tell you that is not as much as our neighborhood has apparently had in past years, but this is the biggest amount of tricker-treaters i've EVER had! We were in basement suites or condos or a boring street where no one was festive for our entire married life so this was super exciting for me!
Great Halloween! Looking forward to next year :)
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