I think we're at a standstill. Here's the issue:
We go big, decorate early and leave the tree up until New Years. This year, however, I'm not looking forward to decorating. All I can imagine is a month and a half of telling Sadie not to touch the tree/worrying about her eating a glass ornament.
The easy solution would be to put the tree in a blocked off area of the house but since our home is open concept, that won't work. Also, we'd love to have the tree in front of our bay window.
IMHO I think we should buy a smaller tree that fits *in* the window. D thinks we should put our 7.5 foot tree (yes, artificial) in front of the window and only decorate the top half!!
My mom suggested we put it in Sadie's Pac N Play.
Sheesh!! So GHETTO.
What are you doing this Xmas or what have you done in the past?
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JDZ: Two Moms, One Toddler
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Food
After our visit with Ryan (trip report almost ready), I decided that it was time to introduce more "table foods" and purees to Sadie. I've also decreased her formula intake from 8 oz to 6 oz.
She's started eating full servings of Yo Baby yogurt with cereal, can eat a fruit and a vegetable purée (jars) and has had egg on toast and grilled cheese.
Here she is sneering at the homemade chicken noodle soup I made for her:
She won't even touch it! I had it for lunch and it was good!
Oh well!!
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She's started eating full servings of Yo Baby yogurt with cereal, can eat a fruit and a vegetable purée (jars) and has had egg on toast and grilled cheese.
Here she is sneering at the homemade chicken noodle soup I made for her:
She won't even touch it! I had it for lunch and it was good!
Oh well!!
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Quick update
We're still in NY. D is sitting in the car while Sadie sleeps in her car seat and I'm inside relaxing while Ryan is sound asleep in his crib. The kids are both sooo tired. They adore playing with each other so bedtime has been a bit late and nap time has been sparse. Fortunately neither have been cranky and have managed extremely well throughout all of this excitement. We have such good babies!!
We'll be leaving tomorrow morning for our drive home. Sadie slept most of the way down but it was a long trip at 12 hours. Not bad considering we were stopping a lot and we stupidly arrived at the George Washington Bridge (to Manhattan) at 4:00 pm! Yep, rush hour!!
Lots of pictures to be added when we get home!
We'll be leaving tomorrow morning for our drive home. Sadie slept most of the way down but it was a long trip at 12 hours. Not bad considering we were stopping a lot and we stupidly arrived at the George Washington Bridge (to Manhattan) at 4:00 pm! Yep, rush hour!!
Lots of pictures to be added when we get home!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
More thoughts...
I don't know what's with me today but here I am again.
I can't stop thinking about our clinic issue. D has a co-worker who is using the same clinic and she had no idea our doctor had left and she's mid cycle with her right now!
After reading RateMDs and seeing the reviews of the doctor we'd likely be assigned, we've decided to jump ship. D has promised we can do IVF if we get low on supplies so I'm not too worried - yet.
One of the complaints about our clinic was that it was expensive. They charged us $350 for cycle monitoring, something we haven't heard anyone else paying. Apparently IVF is about 4k higher than other clinics as well. If our doc was still there we'd be staying but I don't see the point now. I'm just soooo glad I made the call now. This gives us plenty of time to get on waiting lists. I also suspect that I can get my met from our GP. Hopefully.
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I can't stop thinking about our clinic issue. D has a co-worker who is using the same clinic and she had no idea our doctor had left and she's mid cycle with her right now!
After reading RateMDs and seeing the reviews of the doctor we'd likely be assigned, we've decided to jump ship. D has promised we can do IVF if we get low on supplies so I'm not too worried - yet.
One of the complaints about our clinic was that it was expensive. They charged us $350 for cycle monitoring, something we haven't heard anyone else paying. Apparently IVF is about 4k higher than other clinics as well. If our doc was still there we'd be staying but I don't see the point now. I'm just soooo glad I made the call now. This gives us plenty of time to get on waiting lists. I also suspect that I can get my met from our GP. Hopefully.
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Creepy
Yep, 3 posts in one day! I'm on a roll.
Waiting for the train into Toronto with normal looking creepy dude:
Me: Do you know when the next train is?
Creepy dude: 9:30
Me: Curse (missed train by seconds)
Creepy dude: Are you going to be late for work?
Me: No. I'm on mat leave.
Creepy dude: Where is your baby?
Me: At home.
Creepy dude: But don't you need to breastfeed? (pretends to squeeze boobs)
Me: !!!!!!!!!! I'm going to wait inside.
=P
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Waiting for the train into Toronto with normal looking creepy dude:
Me: Do you know when the next train is?
Creepy dude: 9:30
Me: Curse (missed train by seconds)
Creepy dude: Are you going to be late for work?
Me: No. I'm on mat leave.
Creepy dude: Where is your baby?
Me: At home.
Creepy dude: But don't you need to breastfeed? (pretends to squeeze boobs)
Me: !!!!!!!!!! I'm going to wait inside.
=P
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Fertility Clinic
I called our fertility clinic this morning to get an appointment and our doctor no longer works there!!!
After everything we went through with our first clinic, I was so happy with her. She got us pregnant on the second try (9th total). Curse. Curse. Curse.
I'm not sure what we're going to do now. I have to fax a referral so I guess we'll do that and check out the doctor that is available to us. I did like the clinic but we only have 6 vials to work with. I didn't want to screw around.
**No, we're not trying anytime soon** most likely September BUT we haven't counted out March/April (2 year gap). I want to get back on Metformin and I want it to be in my system LONG before we try since it takes time to work. I'm not sure if that did the trick last time but something worked and that was one of the big differences.
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After everything we went through with our first clinic, I was so happy with her. She got us pregnant on the second try (9th total). Curse. Curse. Curse.
I'm not sure what we're going to do now. I have to fax a referral so I guess we'll do that and check out the doctor that is available to us. I did like the clinic but we only have 6 vials to work with. I didn't want to screw around.
**No, we're not trying anytime soon** most likely September BUT we haven't counted out March/April (2 year gap). I want to get back on Metformin and I want it to be in my system LONG before we try since it takes time to work. I'm not sure if that did the trick last time but something worked and that was one of the big differences.
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Long Weekend and Longer Weekend
This past weekend was all about fun! We started off on Friday by going to the drive-in to see Easy A and the Social Network. I've been inspired. I want to be an internet billionaire.
On Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch. We didn't actually buy a pumpkin but we did have fun running through a corn trail, going through a haunted barn (the "boo barn") and seeing animals. I want to go back again because it was too busy to buy any of the delicious smelling goods that were for sale!
Here are some pictures:
On Sunday we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving. Sadie and I went visiting in the morning to see my grandmother, my aunt and my cousin. In the afternoon I returned home for Turkey dinner! Sadie tried Turkey and Peas and LOVED them. She kept saying MMMMMM... MMMMM.... It was too cute! She is clearly ready to move on to more solid foods... now if only Momma was ready. Why am I so nervous?
On Monday we went to the Rockton World's Fair which is a Thanksgiving weekend tradition from when I was a kid. Normally we would put the turkey in the oven and then go but this year we were able to eat all of the junk food we wanted because we'd already had our big dinner!
For FUN and not exploitation (although I'm sure some will disagree) we entered Sadie in the baby contest. She won third prize, which was $15. That marks the end of her career since next fall she'll be too old for the baby show!
This weekend coming is going to be a busy one - a longer Weekend. Our bags are packed but we're not quite ready to hit the road Friday morning. I still have a huge list of things to do, including cleaning out the car and it's pouring rain!!
My mom offered to paint our living room, dining room and hall while we're gone but we couldn't get our stuff together (pick paint colours, buy supplies, etc). I would love to say if we'd planned this better we could have had our place painted but we didn't plan this at all!!! Luckily I was able to get our contractor in to do a couple of small jobs and some of our new furniture is being delivered (that fell into place on its own).
Can't wait to get outta town!! NYC city and Long Island... here we come!
On Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch. We didn't actually buy a pumpkin but we did have fun running through a corn trail, going through a haunted barn (the "boo barn") and seeing animals. I want to go back again because it was too busy to buy any of the delicious smelling goods that were for sale!
Here are some pictures:
On Sunday we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving. Sadie and I went visiting in the morning to see my grandmother, my aunt and my cousin. In the afternoon I returned home for Turkey dinner! Sadie tried Turkey and Peas and LOVED them. She kept saying MMMMMM... MMMMM.... It was too cute! She is clearly ready to move on to more solid foods... now if only Momma was ready. Why am I so nervous?
On Monday we went to the Rockton World's Fair which is a Thanksgiving weekend tradition from when I was a kid. Normally we would put the turkey in the oven and then go but this year we were able to eat all of the junk food we wanted because we'd already had our big dinner!
For FUN and not exploitation (although I'm sure some will disagree) we entered Sadie in the baby contest. She won third prize, which was $15. That marks the end of her career since next fall she'll be too old for the baby show!
This weekend coming is going to be a busy one - a longer Weekend. Our bags are packed but we're not quite ready to hit the road Friday morning. I still have a huge list of things to do, including cleaning out the car and it's pouring rain!!
My mom offered to paint our living room, dining room and hall while we're gone but we couldn't get our stuff together (pick paint colours, buy supplies, etc). I would love to say if we'd planned this better we could have had our place painted but we didn't plan this at all!!! Luckily I was able to get our contractor in to do a couple of small jobs and some of our new furniture is being delivered (that fell into place on its own).
Can't wait to get outta town!! NYC city and Long Island... here we come!
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