Surgery Day

Well we are home from Hannah's operation, everything went well. She ended up having a small hernia on the otherside too so Dr. Girvin repaired it as well. She is groggy and in pain but I am sure that with some TLC she will be fine.
Thanks to everyone for all your thoughts and well wishes.

Wow 9 days since last my post

Brunch with the Family Yesterday Morning
L: My Cousin Jason and his Daughter Madalyn(18 mos.)
R: Chris and Hannah(11 weeks)

Sorry all :)
Things have been a little hectic in my world in the past 9 days so this will be a short point form post to bring you all up to speed then I will head back to my insane life...lol

1. 1 week till closing... Finally started packing last night.
2. Hannah has to have a hernia repair surgery Wednesday morning... I am freaking out!
3. Lawyers are assholes! See item 1.
4. Tupperware parties are great... yeah for adult conversation.
5. Baby showers and Family Christmas in November are great... again more adult conversation.
6. Swings possessed by the devil suck! Hannah's currently is and it only works when it feels like it!
7. Snow Ugh... 4x4 Jeep makes snow fun!
8. Hannah has started giggling and laughing outright... it is hilarious.
9. Bumbo seats are cool... thanks to Sinclair for letting us try hers out.
10. Tiny Love Gymini is as good as the swing if you want your child to laugh, smile and nap!!! Thanks Auntie Aimee.
11. Creepy ADT sales people with Austin Powers teeth hang out at the laundromat.
12. 2nd Flicker site since I post too many pics for only 1 free one!
13. Strike averted for those of you who were following Chris's work saga... hmmm weird happenings there!
14. Labatt Honey 25 bucks for 24! Great beer!
15. Patrick is Mr. Plow!
16. Who knew that an 11 week old baby can have more clothes than a set of parents!
17. Hannah is 9lbs as of Friday!
18. For those other London Parents out there... Once Upon A Child is having a huge sale December 9th... up to 50% off!!!!
19. Who knew that when a fish dies it will get sucked into the filter and then when rigamortis sets in it will fall off curved!
20. Leafs beat the Habs Saturday night, Muhahahahahaha!

Now if this isn't a true Canadian Icon!

Towards Pt Dover 09
Originally uploaded by W4B Photography.

Taken by my friend and serious phtobug Mike... aka work4bandwidth. He also did my prego pics and one day will do awesome shots of Hannah too. Until then you can find his great work on his flicker page where I found this one.

Sleepy...

Leafs Fan!!
Thanks Uncle Pat

A view from the porch...( right now)

AHHHHHHHHHH...it has happened, the first snow fall!

Well it has finally happened...

We have hit zero degrees celcius here in London.... I guess winter is upon us!

Stolen from

RebSteb...

How is your Canadian trivia?
Being a proud Canuck I sadly only got a 4! Boo to me!

Big Night...

Hannah slept through the night!!!

She slept from 11:15pm until 5:45am then I fed her and changed her and she went back to sleep until 8am!!!

The trick will be to see if she does it tonight too or if it is just from the residual Tylenol in her system from her shots.

Fingers crossed that this is her new thing!

Parenting 101

So I discovered today that there are cardinal rules of parenting that no one told me about. I have decided to compile my own list starting with this one...

Cardinal Rule of Parenting #1

If one of the objects in your child's life becomes integral to their happiness and your sanity, and it is battery operated, make sure you have plenty of spare batteries on hand!



Case in point...

Hannah had her shots yesterday as you are all well aware, however what you are not aware of is that her swing is her favourite comfort spot, next to Mommy. Well this evening she was super fussy(I suspect due to sore legs from the shots) so I gave her some Tylenol and cuddled with her until she fell asleep. I proceeded to put her in her swing so I could make myself something to eat. In theory the swing should have bought me a minimum of an hour possibly as long as 3 hours of free time. So I head into the kitchen and commence dinner preparation, grilled cheese and tomato soup were on the menu. Now anyone who has prepared this meal knows that it needs to be tended to and that there is a very small window of opportunity that can turn this into a tasty comfort meal or into a huge mistake. As I am getting ready to assemble the grilled cheese, and the soup being about half cooked the swing suddenly comes to a stop, promptly followed by Hannah screaming! Now keep in mind that there is one piece of bread in the frying pan and various other portions of the soon to be grilled cheese, in various stages of readiness, sitting on the counter! Not the best time to walk away from this delicate and very comforting soon to be meal. What choice did I have though my poor daughter is screaming and my heart is breaking a little more with every cry, so I rush to her side after turning off the burners. I pick her up hold her close and rock her until she is calm, and then proceed to make and eat my comfort food single handedly. After consuming lukewarm tomato soup and half melted grilled cheese I strapped her in her carseat and headed out in the pouring rain to acquire myself four 'D' batteries. The things we do for our child's happiness and our sanity!

I am sure you can see how Cardinal Rule #1 would have been very helpful in this situation! I now have 10 'D' batteries to prevent this same scenario from repeating itself.

Talk about learning from your mistakes!

A few big events!

Lots of big events in our lives...

Hannah had her first set of shots yesterday, she was not a huge fan of it but slept most of the day thanks to her friend Tylenol!

My Mom has officially been a non smoker for a year! Congrats Mom! Good for you I know how much of an accomplishment this is.

We are down to 3 weeks until we take possession of the house and I have not packed a single thing!

Hannah is starting to pull herself up when she is on her stomach, and she is easily holding her head up on her own. My big strong girl!

When Hannah got weighed yesterday the scales said 8lbs 10oz!!! If that is correct then she put on 6 oz in 3 days! I personally think that it is just the calibration between the two different scales but we will see on Friday when I get her weighed again.

Uncle Pat bought her a Leaf's outfit that might actually fit her in the next month or so... Stay tuned for pictures!

Well that is all that I can think of at the moment even though I know there is more.

New pics on Flicker.... Check em out!

Cheers!

P o n d P e r s p e c t i v e

P o n d P e r s p e c t i v e


A must read for all parents or parents to be!
Cheers!

2 month old!

Well yesterday Hannah turned 2 months old!

I cannot believe that just over 2 months ago I thought I was going to be pregnant forever.
I would have to say that these have been 2 of the most amazing months of my life to date. I have never experienced so many emotions in such a short period of time. Every Mom I knew told me how the amount of love that you instantly have for your child. This type of love is incomprehensible until you are there, wow were they ever right!

I never imagined that I would feel such sadness when she cries and I don't know why, or so much joy when she smiles when I walk in the room. I still love the way she smells (even the not so pleasant smells), and the way she smiles when her Mommy or Daddy walks in the room. I am totally amazed by how she is different every single day and how she does something new everytime you look at her. The exhaustion isn't even really that bad, and for me it is self inflicted most of the time. I am so afraid that I am going to miss something with her that I rarely take my eyes or ears off her for more that a minute.

She is growing so fast and it is hard to believe that only 2 months ago she could do absolutely nothing on her own and was never happy unless she was laying on one of us or sleeping right beside us. Now there are times in the day when she wants nothing to do with us and is more content to lay on the floor in her hippo and play. It is bittersweet, I am so happy that she is growing and is becoming more independent by the day and I love to watch her learn and grow and see all the amazement in her eyes, but I already miss the days of endless cuddles.

Motherhood is such an awesome experience, nothing could ever compare.

Controvery over at Michele's blog

So I was just reading my daily blogs and came across an extremely interesting topic at Michele's blog. Pop on over, tell her I sent you and put in your 2 cents worth!

Cheers!

Happy Weekend!

Whooo Hoooo!

I just got back from gretting Hannah weighed and she has broken another weight category, she is now weighing in at a heafty...








8lbs 4oz!!!

Go breast milk! That's 6oz in 7 days! 11 in 14! I am so proud of my baby girl!

SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

One of the joys of being a new parent is that you get the see the sun rise everymorning, along with the sunrise this morning came snow! I thought it was just the lack of sleep playing tricks with my eyes but then I looked a little closer. Sure enough those were snowflakes floating through the street light glow, falling ever so quietly to the street, and then melting as if they had never even appeared.

I really hope that the first real snow fall holds off until we move. We have been really lucky with the past two moves and the snow waited until we were in our new dwelling. This being the last move that we will do for many many years, I really hope that mother nature complies with our wishes.

Nothing too new in my world, still waiting for a certain work4bandwidth perpective on the years most interesting events, I guess he does have the better part of a month to comment though..lol

Cheers all!

World Happenings 2005 update

Ok so far this is what we are up to...
1. The Pope Died
2. Rosa Parks Died
3. Katrina and other hurricanes ravage the states.
4. Gas 1.38/l... ouch!
5. Peter Jennings Dies of lung cancer
6. Prince Charles and Camilla
7. Hussein on Trial
8. Martha goes to jail
9. Trump gets married again and wife gets prego!
10. All the star stuff
11. Iraq... ugh
12. Jolly Green Giant guy(Elmer Dresslar) dies of cancer
13. Bought our first house

Anything Canadian?
Anything not American?
Like what happened significant in other countries?

Here are a few of my own:
1. Canada makes same sex marriage legal.
2. Lance Armstrong wins 7th TDF
3. The hockey strike ends, salary cap begins and the shoot out happens!( and the Leafs win the cup... sorry that's me dreaming again!)

Hey Mike and Aimee and Bill and John, I know you 4 will have an up to date perspective on the world... anti up!

Ok fellow members of blog land need your help...

I have been working on Hannah's baby books( in the best procrastinating fashion I know how) and one of the sections is important things that happened the year I was born. Since everyone that pops by here is unique and has different interests I thought this would be the best spot to dig up stuff from the year. So please add your comments as to a few things that you found important or interesting this year, I am gonna print them off and add them to her baby book. She will always them have an insight on all things interesting from 2005!

Thanks

Leanne

Things that make you life easier as a parent

1. Windows Media Player graphics( and the Rolling Stones!)
2. Baby Einstein... everything the books the DVDs the toys
3. Classical Music
4. A really good baby monitor( this allows you to have a shower that is longer than 5 minutes
5. The Jeep!

All of the above things have had a huge impact on my quality of life in the past few days. I never thought that I would be the type of parent to plunk my child in front of the TV, but I have no guilt when I need a few minutes to myself and it is a Baby Einstein Educational Mind stimulating DVD that she is watching. Plus she loves it!

For Auntie Aimee... this is one of the pics Chris took when he was half listening to you.