Big boys getting bigger

We have been borrowing the Snap n' Go stroller frame from the Jodoins for Callum these last few months, but because Jarrod's sister, Marissa, just had her baby (Nolan - a cutie pie!), it's time to pass it on. This is also where most of Callum's clothes (and Robert/Logan/Connor's!) will be going too. :)

So, we researched which new booster seat to buy for Logan, so that Callum could move up into the convertible car seat that Logan's been using for the past two years. They arrived last night and Jon and Logan were so excited about their new "toys" that they installed them right away.

Logan loves his new big boy car seat (although he wasn't into me taking a picture of him in it this morning). Bonus? Sippy cup holders on both sides!

Playdate

We had the Hicksons and Jodoins over to hang out, eat dinner and play time. Here the older kids are settling down, watching Toy Story, before bedtime. :)

Loganism of the day

When describing my surgery to Logan the day I got home, I explained that - Mommy was sick and the doctor had to cut my belly to fix me on the inside. I'm all better now but I still have an owie on my belly, so we have to be careful and not touch it or push on it.

Logan seemed to get it, for the most part. He was happy to hear the doctors "fixed" me, but wasn't happy to hear that they cut me. In fact, upon hearing that, he advised me (several times and very adamently), "Mommy, they cut you? You tell them 'No thank you doctors!' "

What a concerned little guy he is. ;-)

Home

A beautiful bouquet from Alicia, Paul and Sarah. Thank you!!

I actually got home early this morning, just as Logan was waking up, so I got to spend some quality time with my two boys before Jon took them to school today. The rest of the day I've just been laying low, walking laps around the house every few hours and (finally!) eating a couple solids like mashed potatoes and crackers. Wheee!

The road to recovery

I have my own personal wait staff and bell! ;-) The other device I use to practice my breathing and help strengthen my ab muscles. Fun.

All went well today, my surgery was a bit over two hours. But it felt like 5 minutes for me. They had to remove my appendix (it was in bad shape), some cysts on my left ovary and endometriosis spots throughout. My doc sees a little in my uterus but can't treat unless I want a hysterectomy (which I don't want right now) so we'll have to keep an eye on it. It wasn't major just could potentially develop down the road.

I'm staying the night at the surgery center. Jon and I thought it would be best for me, and him, this first night. I've been up already, walking a lap in the post-op area, but I was super fatigued toward the end. Definitely feeling sore and tired (as expected) but everyone says I'm doing great so that's good.

Personally, I'm just glad I have this behind me and will be back to my normal life very soon! :)

Halloweeny!

This year I decided to make the boys' costumes because I had come up with this funny idea to dress them as Thing 1 and Thing 2, ever since last Halloween! I figured, this was the only, and probably last, Halloween where I'd get a say in Logan's (or either) of their costumes, so I was going to take full advantage of it.


The costumes themselves came out okay - I had also wanted to spray paint their hair blue and spike it up nice and tall with a lot of goop, but Logan's hair wouldn't stay spiked and, as much as he was looking forward to having blue hair, when it came time for execution, he wasn't thrilled about it. In fact, he yelled at me many times to stop. *sigh*


The first party I dressed them up was their school's Halloween party. It was a bit chaotic for me, since I had rushed over after work to get them both dressed and ready for the party. Jon was supposed to meet me there to help out, but work held him up and he didn't get home in time for the party. Had I had Jon there to help out, it would have been a more enjoyable party - because the school really went all out in making it a good time for the kids! (dancing, music, balloon lady, playground, food galore) But I was having a tough time chasing after Logan around the playground with Callum in my arms, so we ended up leaving early.

The costumes were a bit of a "disaster" as well. Logan was totally excited about his Thing 1 and Thing 2 costumes all the way up until he had his costume on and was happily pointing it out to all of his friends/teachers. But, then the other kids started getting dressed around us - out came one Spiderman costume after another and Logan suddenly threw a fit! He no longer wanted to be Thing 1 (started to tear it off actually) and instead wanted to be Spiderman, or Superman, or Buzz Lightyear Mom!!

Ugh.

I had flashbacks of my own childhood - where I thought my mom was evil for making me wear a homemade costume while all the other kids around me got to wear these cool store-bought out of the box costumes (much of a luxury in our household, especially since they cost so much money!). And here I was making my own son wear a homemade outfit. If that wasn't me getting a taste of my own medicine... ;-)

He finally got over it, however, and had a blast the rest of the night.


Onto our second party, the following day, where my work was hosting a Halloween Parade, a tradition they do every year for the employees' kids, and a tradition I personally love. :) It's so much fun watching all of the kids tromp around the building, gathering up candy from one bucket to the next and getting to see/meet your coworkers' families. I had an all day training that day, so I arranged to have Jon pick up the boys early from school, dress them and meet me at work so I wouldn't have to leave too early.

Unfortunately, Jon had another work issue to manage and couldn't get away early enough. What's worse, the boys' costumes were at home! So, I sped across the valley, back home, picked up the costumes, back to school, picked up the boys, dressed them and then made it back to work. The parade started at 3:30pm and I arrived at 4:15pm. Oh well. :) We were the very last of the troop - most families had already come and gone save for a few stragglers. But, it didn't seem to matter. Logan had an absolute BLAST collecting candy from one bucket to the next. Overjoyed at how easy it was to fill up his goodie bag in a matter of minutes.


We hung out with a few of my coworkers before taking off to head home (Callum was dog tired and had fallen asleep in my arms).


On the way home, Logan said to me, "Mom, I like your friends and I like your work. Can we see them again?"

Awwwww.
Halloween night we had a few visitors, Aunt Catherine, Uncle Danny, and their friends Nadia and Alan, along with my parents who also stopped by to see the boys in their costumes and give them a treat. Both kids seemed to be excited about all of the attention - Logan lasted a bit longer with me painting his hair blue, although still not long enough for you to see much of the blueness. Oh well. We tried! And now I know. ;-)

Catherine and Nadia joined me and the boys out to trick or treat the 'hood, while Jon and Danny (Alan and my parents had all headed home) stayed at the house to hand out candy. Logan finally caught on that he could get candy from each house he went up to, about half way through, but he was a pretty stubborn little guy when it came to saying "Trick or Treat" or "Happy Halloween" or anything like that. Still, we had a great time and it was fun to get out, see all the kids running from one house to another screaming with glee and enjoy our neighbors and neighborhood.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Pre-Op Prep

This will be my diet for the day. Not looking forward to it. :(