Booooo

No new car for me until tomorrow :(
The dealership never bothered to check their e-mail, so they didn't have my insurance information. They weren't able to get the Trip Permit for my car so I could take it to the mechanics to get safetied and e-tested. I'll be able to go get it tomorrow though. So it's not too bad. I wanted it now though. It means it won't be ready until Monday :(
So as you know, I've decided to lose weight. So far it's a slow but fairly steady process. I've joined Weight Watchers, I'm part of a weight loss group with my ABG mama's on Facebook, and I'm trying to walk at least 4km a day... even on weekends. For the past two days I've been walking non-stop...in flip flops, or my Burke's... Bad bad bad bad bad idea. Not only do my feet hurt, they get dirty, and my calves are aching. I carry D-Man in his Ergo, which is nice, because I hate strollers, but I don't think that's helping my poor calves lol.
While walking today I went by the Canada Post office downtown, they're on strike for some reason (I'm sure it matters to them but I just don't really care). I didn't think it would effect me at all, but I forgot about all my online shopping deliveries that they won't send me anymore. Stupid strike.
The deal of the day sites I frequent don't seem to care about the plight of us poor Canadians either. We're just stuck waiting for it to all be over before we get our packages. Although Baby Heist has come up with a wonderful idea. They're using a courier service, but they said that if you pay for a flat rate box, they'll hold all your purchases until the box is full and then send it. Instead of paying for courier delivery on each individual purchase. I think that's awesome. Too bad I'm completely broke from buying my car lol.

M.I.A

Wow it's been quite a while since I've posted. We've been so busy I just haven't had the time. I've got tons of new exciting news to share!!! I think I'll have to do a paragraph per person at least lol.
D-Man: He's standing for longer and longer solo, might be walking soon! He's really gotten good at crawling, he goes all over the place now. He's pulling himself up to a stand whenever he can manage it. He's learning how to feed himself too, it can get messy, but it's not too bad! He says hi, bye, cat, papa, yeah, Mama, Brother, something that sounds kinda like his brothers actual name, up and ood which means food lol.
Mister M: he's almost done Kindergarten.... OMG, my baby isn't a baby for sure now. He's hilarious, and witty. He's reading a lot more, still doesn't love it though, but I'm hoping by the end of the summer he will. He's such a ladies man, he's been invited to a birthday party where he's the only boy lol. He's okay with it, but a little sad that there won't be anyone to play battles with him while he's there lol. He keeps growing like a weed... I just went out and bought him a new wardrobe because things that fit him a couple of months ago are too small now... it's crazy. We've got the pool set up in the backyard, so he'd be in it all day long if I'd let him.
Me: I bought........a............new..........CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's my first one ever, I'm so excited. It's a 1999 Mercedes Benz C230 4 Door Sedan, black, with leather interior. I pick it up from the dealer tomorrow! Then have to take in into the shop to get a window fixed.... but they took $800 off asking for it so it's all good. Just heard back from my insurance lady today... I only have to pay $85.00 a month for insurance!!!! I love love love love her! She's awesome. Everywhere else I've found quotes for was something like $300 a month.....I can't afford that, are you kidding me?!?!?! And once I get my G2 it's only going to go up to just under $200.00 a month which is still good! Now I've just got to learn how to drive...

Photo Shoot!!!

Finally finally finally we got our photo shoot at the U of T campus done! It was postponed three times due to rain and fog. It was awesome. Deanna was amazing, she got super great pictures from both of the boys. And she brought her son and husband along and Mister M got to play with her little boy and have a blast!
I'm still waiting for the final proofs to be finished, but she's given me some sneak previews and from what I can see so far they're awesome!
I'll post my top three favourites so far on here for you all to see too!

Also in the news... I've saved up enough to get a new car!!! Well, new to me at least lol. Now all I need to do is get a million times better at driving so I can at least test drive the sucker, and I'm set. I've got my G2 test scheduled for Sept 1, and I can not fail it. Wish me luck.

Poor Mister M has been so sick, last night he was up puking. He threw up 5 times over the course of one night. And missed the bucket each time :( today he was feeling a bit better, but since he willingly put himself down for a nap with his brother he's still not 100%. He's missed so much school this year, he's been sick all the time. I'm not sure why though, and it sucks. We're going to the Dr's tomorrow for a check-up and hopefully he'll be able to figure something out. I believe it's his tonsils causing all the issues. I had to have mine removed when I was 7 because I was always sick, had horrible ear infections. Once they were out I was way better. I don't want him to need surgery, but if it will help him than I'm all for it.

Firsts!!!

Some exciting news on the homefront! D-Man can crawl! He started yesterday, and is getting better each time he tries it. Mister M never crawled so it's a new experience for me for sure. D-Man can also pull himself up to a stand, and has been doing it for a couple of weeks now. It's crazy how fast they grow!
Mister M is getting better and better with his reading, we really struggled for a while because he would get mad and not want to do it. But now he's really enjoying it, and working hard to master it. It makes me happy to know he's going to love reading as much as I do.
We've had some pretty crappy weather lately, our photo shoot was once again cancelled due to rain and fog. We're going to try again Friday. I really hope we can get it done. I want the pictures so bad lol.
I've been going through all my baby stuff, and Mister M's old clothes for a Mom to Mom sale I'm participating in on the weekend.

I'm trying to get rid of stuff I don't need anymore and make some money. But I'm such a packrat I don't want to give any of it away.
I kept everything of Mister M's and it made such a huge difference when I had D-Man to have everything already. Although I know that after D-Man's done with the crib and stuff it won't be safe to keep, so it makes it easier to get rid of some things. I don't know if I'll ever have more kids, so I don't want to keep too much in case I don't. Lol it's so hard to decide.!

No sunshine and no internet makes mama...something...something...

Argh!!!! We've had no Internet here for over a week now. I have my phone, but that doesn't work well for blogging (as I'm just figuring out). I'm currently waiting for the Cogeco guy to appear sometime between 8am and 5pm. They called at 10am and said that the guy was in the area and should be here soon... Its now 1pm and it's just been fixed, the guy was here for over an hour.
I missed my Internet :( I couldn't chat on kidcrawl.com, I couldn't upload pictures to my August 2010 Birth Group on Facebook. It took forever to replay to posts on babysteals, babyheist and The Leaky B@@b. It was like living in the stone ages of the early to mid 90's lol.

Well, on to updates! Mister M is so sick right now, he's partially lost his voice so he sounds so funny. He feels like crap though and his attitude is rotten. Poor D-Man is sick again too, he's on antibiotics yet again, but this time I don't think they're working. They've made him super pukey and miserable. So I've got two little men who are sick, cranky, needy and fussy at the moment. Its not much fun for anyone.

We went to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) this past Saturday. It was D-Mans first time there, and Mister M's 4th. They loved it! D-Man was in the ERGO carrier all day with hardly any fussing, he could look around at all the exhibits, and people with no problem. And its a million times easier than carting a stroller around on the G0 bus, GO train, subway ect. Mister M had a blast! We went through the entire museum, spent about an hour going through the bat cave over and over. Played in the kid section, dug for dinosaur bones, looked at dinosaur fossils, dressed up like knights and bugs. We had lunch in the Food Studio (2 pizzas, 2 rocky road brownies, 2 vanilla yogurts, a cookie, milk and diet Pepsi for 28 freaking dollars). Mister M had his own money so he was able to get a few toys in the gift shops for himself. Also it was pouring rain, so we bought a $10 umbrella lol. We had street meat (hot dogs) for dinner sitting outside the museum (in a covered spot out of the rain), and witnessed a car accident, it was pretty crazy. Everyone was okay though. It was a good day.




A side note. On our way there and back on the GO bus there was an older man with a guitar. The way there he sat near us with some trepidation (a child and a baby?!?! Might be an awful trip), but on the way back he sat near us on purpose. The bus left for home around 8pm so D-Man was getting fussy. I nursed him a few times to keep him happy and the man noticed. He didn't talk to us at all, just dozed in his seat. But when we got back to town, and got off the bus he came over to me and said that I was a great mom, and my boys were very well behaved. It made my day :)

Life and Hair

D-Man got his first haircut today!!! Great Grandpa C is back from Florida (snowbird) and we went over there today for a visit and haircuts for Mister M, D-Man, Papa and Uncle J. Mister M loves it there, and he's awesome when he gets his hair cut.

D-Man really impressed me too. He was nursing, and almost asleep when it was his turn. I took him off the breast and he started to scream. He wasn't even really awake. Great Grandpa C started cutting his hair and I held him as still as I could. Finally I got him snuggled up against me and he completely relaxed and zoned right out as his hair was being cut. It was pretty neat!

The Canadian Election is tomorrow, and I don't care... isn't that awful. I know who I'm voting for, but I would be voting for this person regardless of Political Party because I appreciate what this person has done for my town. I hate politics, I don't want to talk about them, I don't want to hear about them lol. I wish everyone would just get their acts together and make this Country the best in the world, instead of petty arguments over how much of the budget is spent on Bic Pens or whatever they fight about :)

Onto life news! I think I've finally figured out what I want to do with my life. For real this time lol. I'm going to go through the steps to become a lactation consultant Midwife. I figured it will take me until I'm 30 or so, but really 7 years isn't that long in the grand scheme of things, and I'll be able to work after the first two and made decent money!
It's a little complicated, mainly because I don't have the high school credits to just get into University right away. I'm going to Fleming for Practical Nursing for two years, getting a university transfer to either Trent (still in my town) or Ryerson University in Toronto for another two years to get my Bachelors of Nursing. Once I've achieved that it's another two years at Ryerson to complete the Midwifery Education Program, and then I have to pass the exam to become a lactation consultant on top of that.
It's something I've had in the back of my mind since I had Mister-M and had such a negative experience with the lactation consultant on call, and the OB on call. I want to be able to help women who might not have the support, be able to successfully have babies and breastfeed if that's what they choose to to.
Hopefully it works out! Wish me luck!

Easter and Spring

We had an awesome Easter this year! Mister M loved it, and even D-Man got in on the action lol.
We did the egg hunt, and Mister-M had a treasure hunt for his gifts. Got to get outside and take some pictures too which was nice! Then for dinner we celebrated my baby sisters 18th birthday with some Shabu-Shabu and icecream cake!

(Shabu-Shabu is an asian dish which involves a simmering pot of seasoned broth in the middle of the table, and then bowls of ingredients like meat, vegetables, seafood raw on the side. You take the toppings, put them in a spider cooker (a little baskety thing) and cook it in the broth and then put it on top of some rice it's delicious).













Our spring photo shoot didn't happen, the weather was rainy and D-Man had been throwing up the day before so we're going to reschedule for a later date.
I've been getting more and more involved with different groups on the internet. My latest one is The Leaky B@@b on Facebook. It's a breastfeeding support/information group and it's just so amazing to know that there are people out there who nurse for as long as I do or longer, and love it as much. It's also nice to be able to give support and advice to those who need it too. I'm still really involved with the deal of the day sites, and have started to be involved with kidcrawl.com a site where mom's/dad's can rate and review different products and research things they might want to buy. It's been pretty helpful at times for sure.
We don't really have much planned for this week, Mister M's class is having a bake sale in support of Pedal for Hope (cancer research) on Wednesday so I've got to figure what we're going to make for it thats nut and egg free.


D-Man has pulled himself up to a full stand this week too! He's growing up so fast it's crazy. He still isn't crawling, but is starting to get on his knees a bit more, and is scootching along the floor on his bum to get to different toys and things, so we'll see if he walks or crawls first!