I have been back to work for 3 1/2 weeks now on modified hours. It's going good as far as being back to work is concerned! They say that I should be able to have the swing shift (start 8pm) but have not yet told me my days off. I start back to regular hours next week, so I hope to find out soon! With being back to work, we need a babysitter. We found Maureen through a friend. Emma LOVES going to Maureen's house. She is a great little girl there. She really enjoys it and it gives her exposure to other people. It has helped Emma cope with her Mommy anxiety. If she could, she would crawl in my pocket most of the time. Now, she says "I'm brave! I'm not going to cry! I will wave good-bye." This is a BIG step for Emma. She still needs to know where I am when we are home together, but one step at a time.
Emma is turning 3 on the 14th of October. We are planning a "Birthday Social" for anyone who wishes to stop by to wish her happy birthday and enjoy some cake! With all of our family out of town and friends that work shift work, we decided that we would let people know they can stop by in the afternoon (around the 2-4pm hours). This is why I called it a "Social". Appropriately so, Emma is as much a social butterfly as her father and I!
Emma has been practicing riding her tricycle. She has mastered pedaling backwards and is slowly trying to go forwards. It's funny watching her try to figure it out. We have been discussing with her the soother situation. She calls them dee dees. We told her that Santa will take them and leave her presents! We thought this was great. It gave her time to come to terms as much as a 3 year old can, about losing her soother. Well, the other day she couldn't find them. She and I searched high and low. She stood in the hallway and huffed, putting her hands on her hips. She looks at me very sternly and says "Santa took them" pause, then realized "Hey, where's my presents!" I laughed! I thought she's too smart for her own good! Our tricks are being out thought by a 3 year old!
Kaylyn is in Pathfinders this year. It is one level up from Guides. She really enjoys it. This past weekend she went camping near Burlington. It was a very rainy weekend to go, but she enjoyed every minute of it! I asked her what her favorite part of the weekend was and she told me it was the dance on Saturday night! Hmmm. There were boys camping (Scouts) there that weekend as well. Now we see the hormones start kicking in! Hrumph!
Last week we met with Kaylyn's kidney specialist. Her regular Doctor is on maternity leave, so we had a new doctor. He had some insight into Kay's kidney disease that we have not been told about. Basically he let us know that our information about her function is not as high as originally told. He also told us that her stage of life (puberty) can decrease function even more. So they are going to run more tests and start watching her every 6 months now. Better safe than sorry! They are also concerned about her height. Kay will tell you "Well, my aunt and cousin are short!And good things come in small packages!" So we are going to a specialist in regards to her height to make sure the 5- 10% chance that her kidney disease isn't influencing delay in her growth. One day, one appointment at a time!
Some days I wish we could bottle the energy of our little ones! I am sure we would make some good coin selling it! I think that's where they came up with these energy drinks from!
Emma is turning 3 on the 14th of October. We are planning a "Birthday Social" for anyone who wishes to stop by to wish her happy birthday and enjoy some cake! With all of our family out of town and friends that work shift work, we decided that we would let people know they can stop by in the afternoon (around the 2-4pm hours). This is why I called it a "Social". Appropriately so, Emma is as much a social butterfly as her father and I!
Emma has been practicing riding her tricycle. She has mastered pedaling backwards and is slowly trying to go forwards. It's funny watching her try to figure it out. We have been discussing with her the soother situation. She calls them dee dees. We told her that Santa will take them and leave her presents! We thought this was great. It gave her time to come to terms as much as a 3 year old can, about losing her soother. Well, the other day she couldn't find them. She and I searched high and low. She stood in the hallway and huffed, putting her hands on her hips. She looks at me very sternly and says "Santa took them" pause, then realized "Hey, where's my presents!" I laughed! I thought she's too smart for her own good! Our tricks are being out thought by a 3 year old!
Kaylyn is in Pathfinders this year. It is one level up from Guides. She really enjoys it. This past weekend she went camping near Burlington. It was a very rainy weekend to go, but she enjoyed every minute of it! I asked her what her favorite part of the weekend was and she told me it was the dance on Saturday night! Hmmm. There were boys camping (Scouts) there that weekend as well. Now we see the hormones start kicking in! Hrumph!
Last week we met with Kaylyn's kidney specialist. Her regular Doctor is on maternity leave, so we had a new doctor. He had some insight into Kay's kidney disease that we have not been told about. Basically he let us know that our information about her function is not as high as originally told. He also told us that her stage of life (puberty) can decrease function even more. So they are going to run more tests and start watching her every 6 months now. Better safe than sorry! They are also concerned about her height. Kay will tell you "Well, my aunt and cousin are short!And good things come in small packages!" So we are going to a specialist in regards to her height to make sure the 5- 10% chance that her kidney disease isn't influencing delay in her growth. One day, one appointment at a time!
Some days I wish we could bottle the energy of our little ones! I am sure we would make some good coin selling it! I think that's where they came up with these energy drinks from!
