6 More Days

Ryan and I fly out to BC in 6 days and I cannot believe how ready I am for this holiday.

I am exhausted with life right now and so in need of holiday. Life is busy in an awesome way. I am picking up a few extra shifts at work here and there and working long hours which is awesome, because we could use the extra cash. I am working hard with my Mary Kay business and this is the best kind of busy to be. I have signed up my first recruit and am moving up the carrer ladder. My goals right now are to find a larger customer base and hold at least 2-3 skin care classes a week. This is a lot of work in the beginning because without referrals you have to just ask anyone to host a skin care class. I love this kind of busy though because I know it is making me more successful in this business.

As well as that I am still the primary house keeper, because although Ryan is able to do more with his hand, he still cannot do a lot of things.

Rawley is still a very challenging and time consuming child and he will always be, but to add to that Everett is his own little challenging and time consuming child. I love them both to pieces and know that the extra time spent will only have good results.

Having said all that....Holy Crap am I tired.

Thursday next week Ryan and I get to send Rawley off to school and Everett off to grandma`s day care, then hit the road. We will be heading to Winnipeg to check out some liquidation stores because i still have nothing the wear to the wedding. By 4pm we will be at the airport and 5pm up in the air.

I get goosebumps just thinking about this. Thursday we get to see my little niece (nephew will probably be asleep), we get to watch canucks game in my brothers totally awesome basement while visiting with my dad, brother, and sister-in-law.

Friday we get to see my grandparents, stop in at both our old work places and have a late dinner with our friend Lindsay. And our weekend only gets better from there. Saturday is the wedding, Sunday is dinner with all family. The Monday is our free day. Ryan & I will have an amazing date day of doing anything we want all day.

A Weekend Off

...gives me time to hang out with my boys.
Saturday was date night for Rawley and I, then Sunday the kids and I were on our own (something that is very rare since Ryan's accident).

Date night at Glow Bowl.

followed by Dinner at Boston Pizza

Sunday the boys and I headed to a near by park. they had a small car show in the park with some things for the kids to do as well. Super Thrifty Pharmacy donated toy cars for the kids. They got to pick a car and then race it down the ramp. Rawley loved this part . Everett had fun too, but got in the way of most of the other kids. Everett also had a hard time understanding that only ONE of the cars were his.

He often grabbed other kids cars half way down the ramp. oops.

There were some really awesome cars and trucks here.


Everett enjoyed his very first snow cone. This is one of the frozen treats that he can actually have. Rawley did not eat his because the sugar was attracting wasps and he was freaking out. We almost had to leave because of the wasp situation.

Fall Is Just Around The Corner

Thank Goodness. I am so over summer. Actually I was over summer by the end of June. It has been hot here this summer. So the cooler weather will be nice. We have had cooler nights but it was still above 30 during the day all this week. Ryan is out Golfing with his dad today. They are in the father-son tournament. This means the boys and I are on our own.

There is a car show and kids carnival in the park today so as soon as Everett is up from his nap we are going to check it out.

Check out this cute little gnome.

We were at ryan's parents trailer last weekend and there was a huge rain storm. After the rain let up Everett took off exploring the puddles. He splashed in puddles for nearly 30 minutes. Every time he went through he left out roar of laughter. He even did a few face plants but that didn't seem to bother his. He is definitely all boy.
Ryan and I decided we needed a new couch since ours was nasty and full of mouse poop. We gt a great deal form the furniture store where i work and i am in love with my new sectional. It is so comfy. Rawley was excited to play wii on the new sofa. Everett was extremely ticked off at first because it is higher than our old and and at first he was unable to get up on it himself. He has since figured out if he goes to a corner he can make his way on. He now loves to run all over it.

Everett and his box. He really does not need fancy toys at all. A $3 bag of tennis balls and a box is all he played with on Friday.

Peek-a-Boo

I have been working a lot lately and Rawley is feeling it. He misses hanging out with me. We used to spend lots of time alone together when Ryan was working but now Ryan is always around so I guess I can understand why he misses me. Yesterday Rawley and i went on a date. We started with a bowling. Rawley is singed up for kids bowl free.com so he bowls free all summer and now till Sept.30th. It ended up being glow bowl yesterday when we went so it was a lot of fun. We followed bowling with shoe shopping for Rawley. He didn't' get new shoes for the start of school, but then when his fell apart the other day I had no choice. To end the date we went for dinner at Boston Pizza. Rawley chose this place because we used to eat there quite frequently in BC but we never go anymore. He really enjoyed himself and it was nice to spend time together. I will try to post the few picture I got of our date tomorrow.

Off to write the grocery list before Everett wakes up.

High Needs Family

We have had a busy few weeks here; it seems like every day we have something to do. It is never really anything exciting (doctors appointments, physio, ot, counselling, work) but it keeps us busy.

Yesterday we spent the whole day contemplating buying a new sofa. We went to the furniture store 3 times throughout the day trying t0 find one we both liked in our price range. We went home without one. We talked for hours last night about it and decided that we need to see a few more before we make our choice. Because I work at dufresne furniture I get a few special deals. But there was nothing in my store that was going to fit in our living room that we liked, so tomorrow when Ryan and I go to Winnipeg we are going to check out Dufresne there and see if they have anything different on their floor. Hopefully in the next week or two we will have purchased new couch. That should give us time to mouse proof our house a little better before the furniture arrives.

Rawley has been enjoying his summer, but I think he is ready to go back to school. He needs to get back on a schedule. I am not sure how our mornings are going to go though. After having almost 2 months to lounge around in the morning and not get ready for anything, it is going to be a shock to his system to have to get up and get ready for school. I think we will start our new morning routine next week though to help him have some time to get back on schedule.

Rawley is in with his counsellor right now. He has been going to weekly counselling sessions here at the child and adolescent treatment centre. I think it is really good for him. We have also been filling out a lot of paperwork for him to meet a psychologist in October. I am looking forward to having someone work one on one with him and his meds. They have a suspicion that he may also suffy from anxiety disorder so we will be looking at coping with that as well. I think with all the help he is receiving here and all the love he gets t home he will do just fine. I just need to work on my patients a little still.

Everett had an appointment with his pediatrician last Tuesday and I cannot say I am overly happy with what he suspects is wrong with Everett. We have been aware of Everett’s food sensitivities for some time now and have been catering to them. We definitely know that it is helping but yet we still struggle with many things with him

After we explained all this to the doctor he asked a few questions and then came to a conclusion. Everett’s pediatrician seems to think that his nervous system is out of whack, he is low on serotonin and will have sensitivities to all things not just food. He may be sensitive to lights, sounds, people, colours, toys…. Our job will be to keep a daily journal of his life and figure out what his triggers are. So, it appears he is going to be a bit of a difficult one. We will have a lot of trial and error to go through with him. Hopefully it will not take long to fnd some things that soothe him and make him comfortable.

Oh Rawley is done, time to go.

Water Park

It has been hot here. It is hard to beat the heat because Everett really likes to be outside. We took the boys to near by water park t play for the afternoon. Neither boy actually went right in the water, but having the spray get us seemed enough to cool us off. Everett actually seemed scared of the water, which is a first.

Rawley really likes to spray people with the cold water, but does not like to be sprayed.

My goofy boy.


Everett has found a new hang out. He opens the corner cupboard and plays inside, often closing the door behind him.

hee hee

He's Talking

Everett is talking a little bit. He has been saying 'Dada' for months now, but some other things over the past couple weeks have become more clear as well.

Everett just started saying 'Mom-mom' last week. I worked on this one for a while and he still does not say it often.

Everett says :
"uh" which means 'up'
"ta" which means 'tata'
"yeah" which I am not sure he knows the meaning to or if he just says it.
"uh oh" which does not need explanation

At the camp ground last month we were all finishing up supper when Everett threw what was left of his on the floor. Immediately after doing this he looked around and said "Isk, Isk". He was saying Risk, which is the name of Grandma's dog. He has a bad habit of feeding risk most of his meals, but this was the first time we could prove it was deliberate.

Every time Everett pets Risk we always remind him to be nice. Some times we take his hand and pet Risk and say "nice" while we do it. Ryan's mom was telling us that last weekend when she had Everett he was sitting on the edge of the bed petting Risk and each time he pet risk across his back he would say, "ice".

Other Cute Things Everett Does:

If I tell him we are going to go have a bath he gets all excited and laughs while crawling up the stairs to the bathtub.

Everett has been giving High fives for a bit now and each time he laughs but Ryan is teaching him how to 'pound it' (which for those who don't know, is when you bump knuckle together) and Everett thinks it is hilarious.

He uses my cordless mouse and a telephone

Waives hello and good bye to almost anyone.

Other Things Everett is Doing That is Not So Cute:
- getting up 4-6 times a night
- crying when put down in his crib, even if you think he is fast asleep
- rolling over and screaming when having a poopy diaper changed
- throwing fits when he can't have the remote or sell phone
- screaming if I leave the room

As Promised

Here are the pictures

Everett Playing at our Mary Kay year end BBQ

Everett just being cute as a button

This picture is awesome for 2 reasons.

1. Everett's outfit: it looks like Richard Simmons dressed him

2. He is so out of it, this is so odd for Everett

That's all