How Good are Adult Diapers?

Good afternoon! What a lazy day we're having in my house today! We were up early to take Rylan to The Little Gym at Sherwood Forest Mall. She was the youngest in her class, but you would never know it! She wasn't shy at all! She ran around, clapped when everyone else was clapping, jumped on mats and chased balls and bubbles! I think we will sign her up for the summer semester. Classes for her age group are at 8:30am on Saturdays... so it will be good for us to be out of the house so early on a Saturday all summer long. That way we can come home and enjoy the rest of the day by the pool!


Speaking of the pool, it's almost done! Tomorrow we are picking out our cement colour and stamp pattern. I can't wait to have our backyard back! We ordered a fence from Home Depot to go between the house and the pool for added security for Rylan and baby # 2 whenever he/she gets here. (Haven't slipped up yet, Amber!)

I was telling my mom yesterday about the amazing service I got at Home Depot when I ordered the fence. I have never received such good customer service, and it was at a Home Depot!
Of course the fence I wanted was 'special order'. Seems like EVERYTHING I ever want is special order, so it won't be here until June 8th. Hopefully everything else will be done by then!

Yesterday my mom and I went to Toronto for the day. I have been looking for a new makeup line for my business (www.blushpromakeup.com) for a few months now. I finally found it!! DDB. Dino Dilio Beauty. You may be thinking, "why does that name sound so familiar?" Have you ever watched Fashion Fridays on Cityline?!! He is the makeup artist that does pretty much all of the makeovers on Cityline. He is FABULOUS! I can't wait to start using DDB, and get everyone else on board! It is a really reasonably priced makeup line, which is an added bonus for me! After our meeting with Dino we met up with my sister Carla for lunch. We went to Spring Rolls... Mmmmm! I am still day dreaming about more spring rolls and pad thai!

Now, you a probably wondering, "What's up with the title of this blog entry??"
Let me tell you... I am considering trying out some adult diapers for the night!! Joking of course, but I am DYING to get a full night sleep in before this baby gets here! At 4:21 am my bladder starts screaming to be emptied! Couldn't it wait just 2 more hours until Rylan wakes up?! Getting out of bed is only getting harder with this symphysis pubis of mine. I have to hold my breath, clench my fists, close my eyes really, really tightly, squeeze my knees together and roll in one smooth motion until my feet hit the floor. I had the noises... it's so gross! And I only have approximately 90 more nights of this! I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy... ok maybe I would ;) and probably a few other things too! If there is one thing I'm good at, it's holding a grudge!

Anyway, I see the sun is out again and I would like to enjoy a bit of it! I will continue my thoughts a bit later. Remind me to tell you how the Toronto Jays/baseball has potentially ruined my summer before it has even started!

Missin' my brother...

I'm back... told you I would be back soon!
I'm having a huge "I miss Kevin" day. For those of you who don't know, he is in Afghanistan with the Canadian Forces. He has been gone for 1 month, 1 day. Today I added one of his colleagues as my friend on facebook and he had a couple of recent pictures of Kevin up. It was great to see him. He had the biggest smile on his face, and he looks so tanned... and young! I think either he has lost weight over there or is wearing a shirt slightly too big. He is wearing a Sarnia Fire Department shirt my Uncle Tom had given him as part of the Heros to Heros program. Police, Fire, Ambulance, etc. send over shirts or uniforms to soldiers. Kevin had 250 shirts sent to him recently! I need to remember to talk to my supervisors about doing this... we've gotta have a couple of old PCEMS shirts lying around!
Anyway, I miss him. I know that normally I wouldn't see him right now because he would be in New Brunswick... but I could at least send him the odd text message and call him whenever I wanted to! Miss you Kevin! We are proud of you!

On to some Rylan news... yesterday her and I went shopping. We made a purchase that is a big deal in our house right now. A potty! She loves her potty... she doesn't use it in the conventional way, yet. Right now she likes to use it as a juice storage center, a step stool to reach things she should be reaching, and well it appears that Blue Bear has taken a couple of leaks in it.
She knows what it is "potty!" and she knows that "pee pee" goes in it when you ask her where pee pee goes. We aren't going to start the actual potty training process yet, but we wanted her to get used to see it around. My goal is to have her use it before baby # 2 gets here... maybe not exclusively, but at least use it the odd time!

I hope we aren't making too many big changes for her all at once. We want to move her over to her big girl bed next month. We were hoping to ditch the soother... but that might be on hold for a while. She only uses it to sleep right now, but I think if baby # 2 takes to a soother, it might be a challenge to keep Rylan's soother in the bedroom. We shall see! Oh my baby's growing up!

Well, I should go clean up the sprinkle of peas all over the kitchen floor. Rylan has developed this great habit of throwing anything she doesn't want to eat onto the floor. Lily loves it, but unfortunately for me, Lily doesn't love peas!

Entry numero uno!

Well, here I am. I did it. I created a blog!
So I guess I should start by telling you a bit about myself...
I have been married for 5.5 years. I'm a mom of 1.5 children. The first, a 17 month old daughter named Rylan. The second one, due to arrive in about 13 weeks. I have a 7 year old pug named Lily.

Any mom out there knows that once you become a mom, your brain changes dramatically.
During pregnancy we have the "pregnancy brain" excuse for why we can't remember anything. Then the baby gets here and there is yet another dramatic brain transformation to "baby brain"!
All you can think about is... your baby. All you want to talk about is... your baby. You can't hear anything unless someone is talking to you about... you guessed it, your baby.

To prove my point, before April 27th 2007 (the day my pee told me I was going to be a mom), all I could think and talk about was work. I had just finished a 3 year journey to become a paramedic. The best job in the world, until December 22nd, 2007 that is. That's the day I started my new position as Mom. My focus has shifted to my little girl. All of a sudden, climbing the seniority list, getting a full-time spot, getting someone to pay for my boots (!) and benefits didn't seem important at all! Don't get me wrong, I still love my job, but I love being a mom more.

I am in a typing mood today... I could just keep going and going! When are you supposed to stop a blog entry? I have some blog etiquette to learn!

I mentioned earlier that I have 13 or so weeks left until I meet our second baby. We know what the sex is, but nobody else knows. It is driving my dad absolutely nuts that he doesn't know! It's been sort of fun to keep people guessing. I have been working on my facial expressions so I don't give anything away before the big day!

This pregnancy has been rather tough on me. I think I had my head in the toilet more for Rylan, but I definitely feel like I am falling apart this time around. I have Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction. Sounds gross doesn't it? Basically, my pelvis has separated a bit too much at the front which causes a lot of discomfort. I can hear my bones cracking and rubbing... ugh... it's gross, even for me!
I am on sick leave now, for 15 weeks until I start my maternity leave. I LOVE having the opportunity to spend this time at home with my daughter... but it's exhausting! Especially when I can't move around as freely as I am used to.

Anyway, I found an article I want to read before bed. I read a similar one in Time Magazine quite a few months ago and it has been on my mind ever since. It's about maternal mortality rates during pregnancy and childbirth in Africa and Asia. I would like to start to raise money to help get woman the proper prenatal and birthing care they require. That's a goal I will start working on soon... I hope! Check it out if you would like: http://www.childinfo.org/maternal_mortality.html

Good night, I'm sure I will be back soon!