Blogging Hiatus

Of late I just can't seem to find the time to blog. I admire all of the blogging mommies out there that are able to post witty stories or share in their incredible family adventures. Where do you all find the time?

Here I am, with two kids and by the end of the day, I am wiped. Err ... okay .... there is also that little thing called Potter Mania as well. I desperately want to find out what is going to happen yet the most that I can manage in a day is maybe five pages of a chapter. I am so paranoid that someone will spoil what the final book is about that I won't turn on the TV and am very selective in my Internet surfing. Plus ... I have had family come through town, friends pass through town, a husband on the verge of passing out from exhaustion; come to think of it that is me too. The point of this long winded explanation is that I can't seem to find enough time in the day to sit down and blog nor read anyone else's blog on a daily basis. Besides, it is not like I have much of interest to say. My days are the same: I spend 24/7 with my children and we try to the best of our abilities to stay happy and sane through this heat spell. I don't have a social life so I can't even write anything exciting about that. I am not complaining because I do love my children dearly. Perhaps I am just in a rut. A rut of what to write about.

Maybe exciting, interesting things will happen to me over the next two weeks. Despite my irregular postings of late, I will be posting even more irregularly. I am heading on the road with the kids again. Tomorrow late afternoon we are heading off to my aunt's house for a couple of days. My aunt's sister in law passed away suddenly over the weekend so her and my uncle are heading on the long journey up north to attend the funeral and help sort things out. Meanwhile, I will be holding down the fort at her place with one teenager, a tween, a preschooler, a baby and a big lovable pooch. Upon their return, I will continue my journey to my mom's house. During that week there we will attend a wedding, visit with my parent's best friends (introduce them to Masyn) and of course spend time with my mom. On the way back home, I will stop by my aunt's house again, pick up her daughter (the tween) and bring her back to Calgary to stay with us for a couple of days. A few days into my cousin's stay, my brother in law will arrive and our house will be beyond it's housing capacity. Come the 20th though, everything will resume back to it's old boring routine self.

Now looking back on this, I will definitely have a lot to blog about ... provided I can get to a computer.

Wordy Wednesday

I will leave the image up to you to come up with. Here is what happened this morning:

Baby is happily rolling, kicking and cooing with Mommy on Mommy's bed. Mommy is happily cooing back to baby and playing peek-a-boo. Baby of late has been grabbing her diaper right at the waist and pulling. This morning however, baby grabs not one but both Velcro closures of diaper and pulls up, resulting in diaper coming off. Right at that same moment, a large explosion expels out of baby's butt.

And yes, both Mommy and her bed got nailed. Too bad my batteries were recharging for my camera but I will leave it up to your imaginations in how the scene looked after the explosion.

A Mystery Solved

Just look at her; isn't she so damn cute?! I know that I am biased and all but gosh, my baby is already five months old! Where is the time flying?

This past month hasn't been easy for either Masyn nor I. My once easy going baby adopted a new personality to that of a high maintenance diva. And I for one, wasn't sure how I was going to get through the rest of our lives if this personality continued. HOWEVER .... being the regular Nancy Drew that I am, I have potentially solved the mystery of the cranky baby: Miss Masyn has teeth!

One lower tooth has poked it's spiky head through with it's partner following close behind. That one should be any day now. And wouldn't you know it: most of the cranky crying has subsided. Funny how that happens isn't it?

In addition to growing teeth, learning how to cope with the extreme heat and the prickly heat rash that comes along with it, I suspect that Masyn may have been growing as well. I am still not quite sure if I believe it or not, but it appears that Masyn has grown just over an inch in one month!! The weigh gain isn't spectacular: a pound but at least it is something. So of course my slight insecurity came rearing it's ugly head back and I was concerned that Masyn wasn't getting enough to eat. Out of pure curiosity, I fed her some rice cereal seeing as she so avidly watches us eat and smacks her lips. Heck if she didn't gobble the small serving down lickety split! So, now Masyn has expanded her culinary tastes to include rice cereal along with breast milk.

Gosh. These precious little angels just grow so darn quick don't they?

Refreshed

Kaelen playing T-Ball
Kaelen running around the bases (for the tenth time) with Daddy trying to tag him out.
Building sandcastles at the beach.
Masyn enjoying the fresh mountain air during a walk.
Kaelen attempting to drive the Daddy bouncing bus.

We are back and it was such a wonderful weekend for us! The weather was gorgeous and refreshing; 24C with cloudy periods and fresh mountain air made it a wonderful relief from the scorching hot weather we have been experiencing back home. Don't get me wrong, I am truly loving this scorching weather but as you all know, Masyn doesn't so the weather in Radium made her perfectly happy.

We packed a lot in over the weekend: Paul took Kaelen golfing while Masyn and I walked around, we played at the park, had a game of baseball, went to the beach, played in the pool, went to a friend's house for a BBQ and spent some relaxing time in the hot springs. The motel that we booked into was absolutely perfect for our needs so we never really ate out. Aside from going to a friend's house for a meal, we ate all of our meals in our motel that we prepared in our kitchenette.

All in all, it was a fabulous weekend full of quality family time and it was also relatively easy on the pocket book.

A Plug for Boobs

Okay ladies, listen up: If anyone has a spare coin or two burning a hole in their purse and you are feeling generous, I know of a way that you could spend it and with good cause.

As we all know, Breast Cancer is on its way to becoming a very common disease amongst ourselves. With our day and age, it is likely that you have experienced this disease and all of the fears that come along with it, with someone close to you. And, depending on where you live, you may or may not be inundated with fundraisers for this cause. This cause is very near and dear to me having so many people in my life being affected by it, including my mother in law.

My sister is once again this year participating in The Weekend to End Breast Cancer, which is a two day 60 KM walk for Breast Cancer fundraiser. Each participant must raise a minimum of $2000 to participate in this incredible personal impacting event. Currently, my sister Christie, is about $350 short of reaching that goal. If I had the means, I would kick in that money especially knowing that it is going to something that I am passionate about, however I have already sponsored her $150. If Christie can not raise this extra $350, then she will not be able to participate in the walk and despite the monies that she has raised and knowing that they are going to an excellent cause, she feels that she will have let everyone down.

So, this is my plug and I apologize if it offends anyone. If you happen to have even an extra $20 hanging around and you are feeling generous, please consider donating it to this worthy cause. Donations can be made online but we ask that they be made under Christie's profile to ensure that she will be able to honor her commitment made a year ago to raise these funds again.

Thank you to all for reading this and to anyone who has donated. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!!