Caleigh's First Day Back

And her first time riding the school bus to and from school. I think everything was a success. The bus was a tad late, and we were waiting in the wrong spot. Oh, and they changed the pick up bus # and busline w/o any form of notification other than on the website(which we didn't check, we just went by the letter they sent us about a week ago that told us it would be the same busline and # as last year). She only has one teacher this year, so I hope that the consistency from one day to the next will help out with things.

We're also looking at the possibility of enrolling her in Sparks this year(saw the sign-up date in the school newsletter). Maybe the structure and activities will help her with self-confidence(among other things) b/c no matter how many times you tell her she can do something if she would only try and/or practise, she keeps saying that she can't.

Birthday #3!!

I can't believe that it's been 3 years already since Aidan was born. He's grown up just way too fast for my liking. It seems as though he went from being a sweet little baby to the running, chattering, crazy bundle of energy big boy that he is today in the blink of an eye.

6 Weeks

I had my 6 week post partum check with the ob yesterday, and everything seems to be fine. He wants me to work on getting my muscle strength back. We also discussed contraception options a bit. He said that I would be a good candidate for an iud, to which I said no thank you. I know they've made a lot of improvements to them over the years they've been available for, but I still don't trust them. By that I mean that I don't trust that I won't be one of the unlucky ones who end up with complications/problems b/c of it. I mentioned that I generally have over-supply issues when it comes to milk, having to do multiple feedings per side to ensure baby gets to hindmilk, so that isn't a worry. The only worries are the transfer to Brynna and/or change in taste for her. He gave me 2 sample packs of Yaz and an rx for a 6 month supply with 3 repeats. We'll see if it works and doesn't cause any problems.

Brynna's First Road Trip

and it was a success (once I got over the stress of packing /loading /preparing that I always am afflicted with). Once we got on the road, everything was fine. We had really great visits with Kevin's Grandfather and his parents (who were kind enough to bring Donal out to the farm), Luc and Antonio, and Andrea, Henry and Hazel. Thursday night was exciting/scary b/c we were right in one of the areas with a tornado warning. During dinner the storm started coming in and the power went out a few times, but thankfully came right back on (kids were a little worried that the power would go out and stay off like back in May). A little later, just as I finished nursing Brynna, the strong wind and seemingly horizontal rain hit, making us run for the basement. While we were down there the power did its off/back on thing a couple of times, and there was a lightening strike somewhere very close by.

The road home was another story. Not long after we got on the 401, heavy rain hit(I had to slow down to 40kph to be able to sorta see the road), and then when we got close to the exit for Hill Island, the traffic just stopped. We sat there at an almost stand still for close to an hour. We ended up stopping in Brockville for some food, as we probably wouldn't make it home until late.

All in all, though, a very good trip.

I'm in Shock,

sorta. Since we'd been able to make the change to Brynna's health card that we wanted to, we went ahead and applied for all of her other i.d. documents online on Monday. Saw a Purolator truck stopped out in front of the house around 1pm, and sure enough, he was coming to our door. I opened the inside door before he got to the porch since Brynna was sleeping and I didn't know if the doorbell would wake her or not. Her birth certificate had arrived!! Only 3 days after the day I applied for it. I checked online this afternoon out of curiosity, and the order was processed the day that it went in!! Record time, unlike Aidan's that took them FOREVER to get done, and they lost his registration at one point/said they had no record of him.

That electronic Newborn registration they've implemented seems to really have helped a lot. One good thing I can say the government has done.

Licence Renewed

But I couldn't get the enhanced one this time, stink! I would've had to make an appointment online and download the application form a while back to be able to get it in time for my expiry date. I'll keep that in mind for 5 years from now, maybe.

I also made a stop on the way home to see a former co-worker and see if there was a chance of a haircut, but she had just started a client, and I only had about an hour left before I could be pretty sure that Brynna would be hungry again, so I booked in for tomorrow morning, yay!! She asked me to bring pictures, but she's gonna get the real thing, b/c I can't be absolutely sure of when missy will want to eat in the a.m., so I figure it's safer to bring her with me, and hopefully she'll sleep through most of the appointment in the Baby Bivy.

Pretty in Pink

Kevin couldn't help but snap a picture of Brynna as she slept in her Baby Bivy for the Chariot yesterday after our trip to the grocery store. She was all in pink, from her sleeper which came from one of our wonderful neighbours, to her pink Nunu that was given to her by one of Caleigh's classmates and her family. This was after I ran into another neighbour on the bike path home and mistakenly said that Brynna was going to be 8wks old on Tuesday. D'oh! She's only going to be 4 weeks old on Tuesday. My brain is still swiss cheese-like.

All Registered

I went today to get both mine and Caleigh's health cards renewed(all the way downtown @ City Hall, which is only marginally more convenient than the Albert St office), and also made a slight change to someone else's that will be revealed soon ;-) . After all that, I filled out the online forms for Brynna's birth registration, birth certificate, and Social Insurance Number.

Now all I need to do is renew my driver's licence. Hopefully I can apply for the enhanced one and have a licence and passport all in one. That's going to be left for tomorrow, though. One government office per day is quite enough, tyvm.

The Planning Begins

We've gotten the ok from Kevin's grandfather to stay at the farm during the week of the 17th(we'll be leaving on the Tuesday b/c we're having a company in to install the stainless steel liner in the furnace flue on Monday) through until the 23rd. We'll see what we can and can't fit into our car. It's definitely going to have to be pared down as far as possible, leaving what we absolutely don't need/can't fit behind. I think our plan is to only take clothes, linens and what training pants/diapers and foods that we'll need for the day, buying what we'll need for the week once we get to the farm. We do need to look into a stroller for Brynna for our trip/s into Toronto to visit people to make things a bit easier.

Now we just need to try to co-ordinate with Luc and Antonio as to what their schedules are so we can visit with them.

3 Weeks

It's kinda hard to believe that Brynna is 3 weeks old already, and is managing to hold her head up just a bit while lying on my chest. We're trying to plan a trip to the Toronto area to visit with everyone down that way(hopefully the farm will be available for us to stay at). We're going to experiment and see if we can fit everything in to our car. I'm not sure that will be possible, but it'll be worth a try, just as long as we can get the playpen, enough clothes for all of us, linens, maybe a small stroller for Brynna on those times when we go to the city(we need to find one that we can afford and that will be okay for her to sit in), we'll be good.