It can't really be time for preschool already, can it??

I seriously can't believe that we are just a few short months away from Jordie starting at Busy Bee's. We went for his orientation night and he had so much fun.

I am both super sad (for me) and really excited (for him). I know how wonderful they are there and I don't doubt at all that he is ready to go, I just can't believe how fast time is moving. My little boy just seems so grown up these days and it's killing me. I feel like I want another year with him at home, but I know he's ready and will absolutely thrive and shine at school. He is just such an incredible little guy that I know Janet and Laura are going to have so much fun with him. Not to mention his best girl Maddie will be in class with him too, as well as his other little friends Kaleb, Tye and Ella.

Here he is in front of the sign. I can't wait to see how much he will grow over the years in front of this sign and I can't wait to take pictures of him as he does! 

So excited in there checking out all the fun toys they had!

Absolutely LOVING the playground outside too. I actually really love this photo of him too.

Attempting a photo with Kaleb

Here's the best one of the bunch that I got!

And of course a yummy ice cream afterwards to celebrate

Just 3 more months to go until he's off. I'm going to soak it up and enjoy it the best that I can!

Just a yucky flu!

The day after I returned from my trip to Alberta James woke up barfing at 5am. So I called in sick to work and spent the whole day with a miserable, lethargic and very sick little boy that couldn't even keep water down. By 5:30 that night we headed to the ER because I was worried he was getting dehydrated and because the Nurses Hotline Dr on call had me worried because she asked if he had hit his head and the day before he had fallen at T-ball. Within a matter of 12 hours the kid that thrown up over a dozen times.

So pitiful looking that Nana came and got Jordie to take him to daycare so I didn't have to take James anywhere

He finally fell asleep at about 2:30

Then woke up and moved over to my chair and promptly fell right back to sleep

At 5:30 we headed to the hospital and the poor kid just kept getting sick, on the way there and again while we were waiting.

Trying to eat a popsicle

Poor guy was pretty white and feeling pretty terrible BUT within about an hour from when this picture was taken he seemed way better. They gave him some anti-nausea thing under the tongue and he finally stopped throwing up!

Here he is the next day....he seemed totally fine but kept him home from school because his classmates were going on a field trip and I didn't want to take the chance of him getting anyone else sick!

Finally eating some real food!

Friday morning he woke up starving and asked to make a huge fruit smoothie before school. No, he didn't drink all of that, but he did have a huge mug of it along with a piece of toast.

Well about an hour later (and just 30 minutes after school started) I got the dreaded phone call from the school saying that James had thrown up in his classroom. YUCK! I was thankfully next door with Jordie at the preschool Strong Start program so I just ran over and got him and we made our way home. That afternoon I HAD to go to work so thankfully Auntie Mowat and Nana came to the rescue and agreed to watch my boys! He got sick one more time after supper on Saturday night and then seemed totally fine again. It was the weirdest flu ever.

Here is my Mother's Day morning photo....which happened about a half hour before Jordie projectile vomitted all over my chair (which then got on me...which anyone who knows me well knows that I was completely grossed out!)

This was our yummy Sunday dinner that my auntie put together for us because we didn't want to subject others to the awful flu

Later that afternoon he seemed fine but we made him stay close to his bucket (we called it his buddy)

Poor little fellow just wanted to snuggle

Then we went outside to get some fresh air and he looked so normal

Then the next day he went to Nana's for the afternoon but snuggled with Mommy all morning

I didn't want to take Jordie to the school on Monday morning so thankfully Aidan Parkin walked over to pick up James for me

So on Tuesday he seemed fine again so we sent him back to Debbie's house where he seemed okay, just to find out that at the end of the day he threw up again there. :(

Here he was Wednesday morning....looking happy and back to normal. 

Sadly he got sick again on Thursday so his little flu was so random and spread out over 5 days that we just kept wondering if he was really truly better. 

James on the other hand went a full 7 days between getting sick. The following Saturday morning just 2 days after Jordie finished getting sick, James woke up at the family garage sale and just didn't seem right. He got sick that morning, and again that night when he was with the new babysitter, and again in the middle of the night. 

It really was such a terrible week in our world! Jimmy woke up on Saturday morning and spent a bunch of the day on the couch but didn't actually get sick and even more lucky for me I didn't catch it at all!

A weekend just to be me

My best friend Melanie had twin boys back on February 9th and I couldn't wait to get out there and meet them and snuggle them, and just generally have a really good visit with Mel and Darren. It seems like forever since we really got caught up! I asked her if it would be okay if I came out for a visit and she said I was welcome anytime, so that very day I booked my flights (which I got for super cheap!) and two weeks later I was on my way to meet Colby and Mason!

My trip there was a bit of a nightmare with 3 hours of flight delays with WestJet and an extra long wait at the airport because I didn't know about the delays until I got to the airport. If I had known I could have taken the noon ferry over to Comox and only had to wait a few hours...instead of the 8 hours I spent!

Oh well, I had my computer, my music and my photos and I did some blogging and watching some shows and just did something I rarely do anymore....just be by myself! And it was awesome! My back was killing me from sitting for so long, but otherwise I quite enjoyed my day at the airport.

I got to Sherwood Park around 9:30 pm and I couldn't wait to get my hands on those babies, and for the next 3 days that's pretty much all I did. Snuggle, feed, change, repeat. That's pretty much all they do at that age and I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

I was away from my two kids which is rare for me but was just the break I was needing. I missed them a little bit and they say they missed me, but I don't believe it. They loved their Daddy and Nana and Papa time :)

Anyways, here are the few pictures I did take when I was there. I really just spent the majority of my time hanging out holding them and chatting with Melanie.

Starting off with the handsome and happily sleeping Mason

And the equally as adorable Colby

Both sleeping together on the pillow on the floor

Mason and I got up one morning while Colby and Mommy had a little morning sleep in 

These snuggles were so amazing

Different sleeper but same snuggly baby

He's awake and such a happy little guy

I think he was about to cry at me because I was taking his picture instead of getting him dressed for eating time!

I love his little frowny face...he's just the cutest thing!

Absolutely nothing better in the world than this

hehehehehehe....oh Mason!

A sleeping peacefully Colby is not to be disturbed!

Slowly waking up!

The only picture we took of the 4 of us!

Napping together! Won't be long till their too big to share the playpen

Now awake and catching me staring at them

More smiles from Mason man

Can you tell I did a lot of baby snuggling while I was there?

And of course I couldn't forget Oscar!

Thanks so much to Mel, Darren, Mason, Colby and Oscar for having me!