Life, Where It's At

Thought I would finally update you on what we have been up too.  We've been pretty busy as you've probably noticed.  I'm hoping for life to slow down a bit, but I'm not counting on it.  I was hoping for that at the end of August, it is now mid October and I'm still waiting.  Anyways life has been great, tiring but great.  Our really good friends the Josh and Jamie Zacharias have been up for 5 weeks or so.  They surprised us at the beginning of September by coming up.  Josh was working for his brother in law finishing up some contracts.  It was really good to see them again.  We had lots of hang out times, they took up a lot of our time, but it was definantly worth it.  

Senaye has been busy with preschool on Tuesdays which she absolutely loves.  I gave her a choice today, did she want to stay at Grandma's an extra day or did she want to go to school, after a lot of thinking she chose school.  I'm really happy she loves it, there are a couple kids in her class that cry everytime their parents leave them.  I'm glad I'm not them.  

Senaye is also in a ballet class on Monday nights which she adores and also can't wait to go to.  If you can catch her in her right mood you may be able to get her to show you a couple of moves.  It's so cute.

Senaye has gone for a blood test to figure out why she's getting so many tummy aches and headaches.  It came back that her immunoglobin is low.  The test was sent back to see if she has Celiac disease or some other things.  Now its the waiting game.  Its great though that things are starting to move and that it might be something and she's not just a child that gets frequent tummy aches. 

Kadeja is growing up fast.  She's really interested in walking and wants to go everywhere big sister goes.  She gets quite frustrated if she can't.   She turned one on the 16th of September which I can't believe that time has gone by already.  Its just amazing.

Myself, I'm taking a couple dance classes.  A hip hop cardio class with my friend Melissa and a Jazz class by myself.  I love it, it feels good to be getting into shape and actually getting out once in awhile by myself, no kids.  I tried a ballet tech. class, which you learn the proper ways to doing ballet.   Extremely hard but I loved it.  I would do it, but its very expensive.  Next year maybe.  Thats life where it's at.  

What's With Life Right Now?

Wow what a busy week and its not even over.  I'm already exhausted from everything.  Its all been good, mostly.  It all started out last week when we found out our good friends from BC came up. We could say it was a surprise visit, it was, but the main reason they came up was to finish a job.  So that was all wonderful and grande.  Friday we visited with them all night, so we slept over and then stayed over all off Saturday.  Then they came over Saturday night.  We hung out Sunday night.  It was so nice visiting with them luckily its not over.  Monday Senaye had her first dance lesson as did I.  Hers was more eventful then mine.  Her outdoor shoes were taken, which was a real bummer.  I've learned to keep everything of hers in her backpack.  She did love it though.  She can't wait to go next week and keeps asking when that is.  My class was a  lot of fun.  I got to go with my good friend Melissa, I'm wondering now if she's thinking what she got herself into.  It was quite a work out.  I started feeling it the next day and I'm still feeling it.  Can't wait till next week.  Tuesday was another crazy day.  I went out in the morning and bought Senaye shoes, which is hard to do in the size of city I live in.  There are maybe 4 stores that carry shoes and everyone shops there.  Of course its start of school year so finding something is almost nil.  I did find something and princess at that which Senaye absolutely loves.  Senaye then went to preschool for a couple hours in the afternoon.  Which again she quite enjoyed.  It was great to see her all excited for something and be thrilled to tell us all about it.  That evening we say our friends again and watched What Happens in Vegas, very funny movie.  Today has been good, even though I'm extremely tired.  Senayes shoes have been returned, which makes my day good, now if only I could get a nap in it would make it way better.  The next couple days I babysit all day.  Saturday we celebrate my youngest child's 1st birthday which we are having around 15 people coming.  that is all family and our good friends.  I thought with fall coming I'd be able to sit and relax a bit, I still haven't been able to do that.  Soon I hope, because I'm going to need it.    

Starting to grow up

Here we are entering September, entering normalcy and *sigh* familiarity.  I love things that are familiar, something so relaxing about it.  I do like adventure though to or at least I think I would like adventure.  Although there is nothing really all that familiar about September this year, everything is changing.  My first born is heading of to preschool and taking her first term in dance.  Its so sad but exciting at the same time.  Its thrilling to see her so excited about going to school, her cousins go to school and now she gets to go.  Plus she won't be bored at home, hopefully, anymore.  Sad though because she is growing up.  She's already 3 1/2, where has the time gone.  I have enjoyed it, but I still want to slow it down and enjoy the time I have left with her.  I know, I know its only preschool.  She'll soon meet friends and they will be her life and then before you know it she's off to college.  Ah well many people go through it, I can survive.

Kids are funny though, as I write this I hear her telling my hubby, many times I tell you, that she is going to get married.  So cute, she has no idea what it is, just what the princess Disney movies show her.  Really cute.  Three years old and already wanting to get married.

Living A Life

Ah.... so much to write about, so many wonderful things that I'll forget to tell you and then they won't appear until it doesn't matter anymore.  Oh well all I can do is my best.  

I've had the most wonderful, most busiest and very sad summer a person could have and its not over yet, even though it feels like it.  Very memorable, I'll never forget it.  It all started in the middle of July.  Getting ready for the big trip to Vancouver, driving all the way might I add, with two small wonderful kids in the back seat.  In the middle of all that I find out I was pregnant.  What a emotional roller coaster at that time.  Very unplanned pregnancy.  Changed my plans completely for the future.  I don't like change, especially changes that are all of a sudden and I can't plan it into my life.  Anyways we get use to the idea I'm pregnant, we are at the start of our trip and I start bleeding.  Which is usual for me when I'm pregnant.  So I go to emergency anyways just to make sure everything is okay.  They find nothing wrong and send me home.  I bleed for a week, not heavy and nothing to be really concerned about since I didn't really have any other symptom of miscarriage.  I carry on with my trip trying not to worry about it or think about it since there was nothing I could do about it or the doctors could do about it.  

We had a wonderful time in Tsawwassan BC, loved it there.  It was so beautiful.  Plus we were there with some great people, some friends of ours that just moved there.  We basically hung out for the two weeks we were there.  We did the aquarium, Playland and the beach.  In the middle of that just relaxed, so very nice.  Didn't want to leave.  It was a vacation that I actually relaxed with, loved it.  After the two weeks we headed up to  Salmon Arm for a day to visit with Jer's grandparents.  We had fun, they showed us around town.  It was great, glad we went.  Then we headed home on the long journey.  The whole trip went really well.  Had a couple incidents where the girls got car sick, but who wouldn't in the mountains.  

The couple days we were home I went to the doctors to get checked and make sure the baby was okay.  Went for blood tests and an ultrasound.  In the middle of all that I was getting ready for another trip, this time to Estevan, SK., to visit friends who were visiting Canada from South Africa.  Then the most horrible news came, that I had miscarried.  Worst feeling in the world, another huge change in my life.  Right when I was use to the idea, the baby was taken away.  Extremely hard.  The worst of it is that it probably was gone for weeks, and I've been going on with life thinking I was pregnant.  I was blessed though with having a very easy miscarriage, not a normal one at all, but easy.  Didn't even know it really.  Didn't have to have a D and C.  Which is wonderful, wouldn't want to go through that.  Life goes on, not easy to do, but I had to with two small kids to look after and a trip that I was going on that very same day.  

The trip was good.  Had some wonderful times with our friends and their new twins.  We are back now.  It's been harder, I've had more time to think about the whole miscarriage.  I'm at peace knowing the child is in Heaven and that I will see it again.  

 Now we are off to Edmonton to visit my parents for a week and half, with a wedding that my husband is in in the middle of it.  Very busy, looking for September to come.  Normalcy sounds nice right now.  Anyways thats been the last 4 or 5 weeks even though it has seemed longer.  How has your summer been, relaxing or busy?

An Embarrassing Story Abut ME

I have a funny story about me.  It probably could happen to anyone but I'll blame it for the blond in my hair, no offence to the blonde's out there.  I was in Edmonton this past weekend.  I was there with my husband so we could have a date weekend while my parents watched the kids.  We got back to their house and stayed the night.  While my husband worked I went out with the kids and my sister in law.  It came about that my parents vehicle needed gas that I was driving.  No problem, I can do this, I hate doing this, but I can do it.  So I pull up to the fuel pump, got out, no gas tank on that side.  Okay, so I drove the vehicle around the pump to the other side.  Got out, still no tank.  Where in the world could it be.  So I try to see if it was under the licence plate in the back for some reason, nope.  Went to the drivers side, had my sister in law phone my mother at work to see where it was.  Couldn't get a hold of her.  I find the latch to unlock the tank, pull it.  i walk around the vehicle looking everywhere trying to figure where this tank could be.  Its on the other side of the vehicle.  At this time I was scratching my head trying to figure out how I had missed it.  Well, I got into the vehicle to turn around and it hit me.  I had pulled the vehicle around to the other side of the same pump.  It was the same side of the vehicle.  I felt stupid, mortified. Now I can't complain about not having something to write about.  Anyways the story is funny now.  Anyone could do it, right?

Mouse Hunt or Mouse in The House

We have a big problem happening in my household.  We seem to be having a mouse problem.  Yesterday night while my husband and I were watching a movie we had a tiny visitor.  A mouse.  A brave little thing.  He was just wondering about the room, we would get about a foot away from it then it would skitter a couple inches.  Extremely brave.  Then came its little friend.  Another mouse.  Again not scared.  So we set out traps, which we've been doing quite often because this isn't the first time.  Then I had a wonderful female idea.  Since they weren't that scared of us why don't we grab a container and throw it on top of them.  Jer did it, I don't know if he thought it would work or he was humoring me.  It worked though.  We caught one of them, the other one disappeared, we couldn't find it anywhere.  Anyways we finished the movie with the container on top of the mouse.  The next thing was getting the container of the mouse and the mouse dead.  Jer cut out a piece of cardboard and we wedged it underneath the container.  It worked, then HE flushed it.  I couldn't watch, they may be dirty little creatures but they are sure cute little things.    

Me and My Mac

I'm on my new Macbook and absolutely loving it!  So much fun.  Different, its been a challenge learning all the different things on it and where everything is.  I'm loving it though, so much (did I say that?).  Everything is so much more clearer and fun looking.  I can't believe we didn't get one before this, life is so much more easier.  I can make my own website, make my own music (yeah right, not gifted there), iphotos (all my pics!) and lots more.  Sounds like I'm trying to sell it to you doesn't it?  I do like it a lot.  Except for the part where we have to sign up and pay money to be able to publish our website.  Of course not everything is perfect and we will probably do that in time.  Anyways thats the newest thing in my life.  Now onto transferring all the pics (hundreds of them) from my husbands computer to this one, thats going to be fun (note, sarcasm).