boo on boo

Yes it is the day before halloween. No I don't have costumes for my kids. Yes there is a stake activity tonight. The plan, figure it all out today. I am thinking cowboy and princess, hopefully this all works out.

Matter of propriety

Background: We are having our baby blessing this weekend. I am stressed about having that many potential flu carriers in my house. I just found out that one family I invited has H1N1. They haven't called to say they aren't coming.

Question: Is it rude of me to uninvite them. I am worried about stepping on toes. They have been family friends since I was 1.

Rant: Why if you or someone in your household had H1N1 would you plan on attending a BABY BLESSING. I am kind of irritated that they would plan on coming over when they have sickness in their house. I have little kids. This is why we have the pandemic.
STAY HOME WHEN YOU ARE SICK.

Would you uninvite them or let them come.

H1N1 or not

I have been debating about the H1N1 vaccine. How much is media hype, how much is fact. Do I get it, should I get my kids to get it etc. I had decided not to. But then people I know started getting it. And EVERYONE seems to be sick. Tomorrow I am heading to the clinic with my kids for a flu shot and the H1N1 shot (joy). Trevor has decided he isn't getting anywhere near a nurse with a needle. What do you all think about this?

Banana Blueberry Bliss

My kids slept in! Woot for 7 hours of sleep!

Anyways I made these Banana - Blueberry Muffins for breakfast today. Found them on Martha Stewarts website (isn't she amazing, except for all the criminal stuff). They were sooooo good. I didn't have wheat germ so I added extra flour to make up the difference. And I was suprised because they call for whole wheat flour which I had never used in muffins before.

I love muffins, especially when it is blizzard like outside. Boo

long post on short things

We aren't moving any more :)

It was one of those moments when I was perfectly happy and excitedly planning for the move. When Trev called me from Sarnia and said he had been having one of those feelings. One of those feelings like maybe we shouldn't go. It was like a wave. I am very happy to not have to worry about moving and to get to stay in and enjoy the house I love. Maybe when I actually get things put up around here (I get to hang pictures because I'm not moving) I will post pictures of the house.

On more happy news, because we aren't moving there are 6 men in my house right now. The Chaparral and Cranston ward missionaries,

a good friend who wandered over and Trevor. My basement is getting drywalled. Hooray!! then I can get all of this

out of my garage and into the basement so I can park in there all winter.

Sad news i didn't get my pictures done. It snowed the two weekends I was going to go, (causing me to resent the decent weather that we are having now) but on the bright side, I will still be here next spring and can get them done then!

Fingers crossed that a location with state farm will open up in Alberta soon so we can keep moving forward. but for now I am glad to be standing still.

What happens when your middle child decides he wants your oldest child's chair, and your older child won't move?

I love these two they keep me going every day.

Sam is the funniest kid!

My Dad was given one of those "edible arrangements". It was so good. There were chocolate strawberries in it, Sam was on cloud 9.

Look at those yucky sticky fingers.

Abigail had her 6 week checkup this week. She is 10.3 lbs (just over the 50th percentile) and 59 cm (in the 95th percentile). She is growing and growing. Except for a grouchy period each night after the kids go to sleep she is still my angel baby.

I didn't broadcast this to loudly before. But since Abby was born Trevor has been gone, A LOT. He would go to Toronto for 2 weeks and then come home for a weekend, then back to Toronto. We are so glad that he is around again.

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5 Generations

Generation 1 - Grandpa Jack
Generation 2 - Grandma Nona
Generation 3 - Daddy Kipp
Generation 4 - Me
Generation 5 - Elizabeth, Samuel and Abigail

Wiggles!!

Lizzy, Abby and I went on a girls date.

Sam was left with grandma.

We went on a fun c-train ride to the Wiggles concert. We treated ourselves to a big bucket of popcorn and enjoyed the show.





We were way up high but it was still really good. I was actually really impressed with how good they were live. They went out and shook peoples hands. The looked at pictures that were pushed up on stage by kids (who had drawn them). They even asked one little girl what her name was because she was yelling very loudly "WAKE UP JEFF!" Murry even made it all the way up to where we were but he was a section over from us. Kids stood in front of the stage and danced and in the back on the floor they were running around and playing. Elizabeth laughed, clapped and sang. The second we walked into the saddle dome she started yelling "Wiggles where are you" I told her they were hiding and we should go find them. They had acrobats, ballerinas and even the big red car. My favorite is Captain Feathersword.lol.

It was a fun trip out.

Thankful before Thanksgiving

Yesterday was the worst day ever. I think postpartum is an UGLY trick after 9 months of pregnancy. That's all I am going to say about that.

I am Thankful for a husband who will listen to me cry on the phone and console me. I am Thankful for a husband who will send me flowers all the way from Toronto because he can't be here with me. (I am also thankful for his helpers who delivered them)

I am Thankful for a grandmother who will put my kids to bed and read them stories while I bawl about the flowers and call Trev to say thank you

I am Thankful for an amazing mother who has been helping me non stop for over a month, and took my kids for the morning so I can clean my house and feel good again.

I am Thankful for my cousin who gives me someone to talk to during the day

I am Thankful for the little baby who is napping on the floor while I clean.

I am Thankful for my other kids who make me laugh and smother me with love.

I am Thankful for brothers who make me mixed cd's, give me hugs, watch my kids, hang out with me, talk with me and are my best friends and for a father who has always been there for me and takes care of me.

I am so quick to forget all the people who bless my life.

2 stories

We had stopped for lunch at the McDonald's in the Walmart. Trevor was ordering the food and waiting for it. I was dealing with the troops. I got Lizzy set up at the table and scooted our cart to the side with Abby asleep in her car seat inside it. Sam want ed to stay with me though. So he came with me to get the ketchup and napkins. I was about 3 cart lengths from our table. When I got everything I want I said "Okay Sam lets go back" and started to head over to the table. Sam got distracted along the way though. He headed over to the high chairs to take a look. He was still in my eyesight and he wasn't hurting anything so I didn't think anything about it. All of a sudden his head jerks back and forward as he looks side to side in a panic. i was behind him a few tables away putting the ketchup down. All of a sudden he bolts. Thinking I had abandoned him. He starts screaming. Short loud bursts of "Ah Ah Ah Ah Ahhhhhhhhh!!"He bolts down the aisle. I am calling after him "Sam Sam I'm right here" he is around the corner and past Trevor and out the door into the open walmart. Luckily Trevor saw him fly by and caught up to him right outside the door, scooped him up and calmed him down. When he got back to the table with him I couldn't help it I was laughing my head off. This is my little boy that when you call him to follow you he runs the other way laughing. I have never seen him so upset about being alone. I mean he DID wander away from ME not the other way around. I had only seen him run like that once before and that was when he was escaping from nursery (which he hates.)

My second story is about myself tonight. My Mom had come over to help me put the kids to bed. She was taking Lizzy to the bathroom (she had been put to bed 45 minutes earlier and was still pulling out different stall tactics) My Mom told me if I would get the garbage from the back deck she would put it out on the curb so it would be picked up in the morning. So I head out back. I open the back door. LUCKILY I didn't let go of the handle. I became suddenly aware of the tornado like hurricane wind that was going on outside. The door pulls away from me. But I don't let go. I am pulling with both my hands and all my body weight against it and it is pulling me towards the edge of the deck. Finally I found the perfect balance to stop my movement. I let go with the one hand, grab the closest garbage bag and huck it back inside, and then struggle to throw myself in after it without letting go of the door. I suddenly become aware that I have been screaming this whole time as I collapse onto the floor now laughing my head off. My cousin Ari (who is in the process of moving into my basement) comes upstairs to see what is going on. I take the bag out to the front while explaining what had happened and she helps me to tag team the rest of the garbage. sooooo funny. I am such a spaz.

Big sister

Yesterday I felt like the whole day I was working on a nervous breakdown. Screaming kids, messy house that never seems to get any cleaner, everything in general was a little overwhelming. I really wanted to get the bonus room cleaned up so I went out on a limb. Abigail wanted held, she wasn't hungry but she wouldn't stop crying unless she was in someones arms. So I had Elizabeth sit in the rocker, turned on the tv and gave her the bundled baby to hold. She wrapped her arms around her and sat there and rocked her. And finally I could get something done and Abigail was happy. Whenever Abby started to fuss Lizzy would pat her back and tell her "It's okay Abigail, it's okay, I've got you" and Abby would settle right back down. Abby fell asleep right there in her sisters arms, and Elizabeth was happy to get to hold her like that. I don't think I could do this if I wasn't in the same room at all times, but it worked quite well for this case.