This little girl adores her nightly bath time. Most evenings, she’s signing ‘bath’ before we’re even done dinner. Once she’s in there, I think she could stay in there all night. Her latest thing is having us close the sliding glass doors so that she can splash to her heart’s content.
Month: January 2012
Business as Usual
We’re enjoying finally being well enough to get out and do the things we normally do. This morning we headed over to the Hillcrest Community Centre for their Sunday morning family social and play gym session.
After coming home and having a GIANT 3 hour and 15 minute nap, Gracen and I jumped on the Canada Line and headed downtown. We walked around for a little bit, visited Chapters, and then picked up Bradley from work when his shift ended. It feels good to be well again!
Out of the House
Well, after spending most of the week cooped up, we finally got out of the house and picked up a few things from the grocery store today. Boy, did it ever feel good to be out! We may have celebrated by picking out a new pair of sunglasses for Grae. :)
Petite Pedicure
I’m not quite sure how this happened… I blame it on not leaving the house for the last 6 days. Oopsies!
On the Mend
Knock on wood, but I think we’re finally getting a little better around here. The fevers, headaches, and body pains seem to be gone, and now Miss G and I are just left with the cold symptoms. Lucky for Grae, her Papa went out late last night to pick up some all-natural ice pops to soothe her sore throat. She’s never had any sort of frozen treat before, so this was a big treat.
The Sickness Continues…
Well… It seems as though we’ve taken a few steps back today. Our little lady woke up absolutely burning up this morning, crawled into our bed, and slept with Papa for an extra 3 hours.
Once awake, she plopped down on the couch next to her Mama, munched on a little chunk of apple, and didn’t move much more than that.
The rest of our morning looked like this.
The afternoon looked like this…
And the evening wasn’t much different. Maybe day 5 will be our day?
Sick. STILL.
We’re still sick. Ech. Here a few highlights from day 3 of sickness:
Homemade veggie soup.
Smiles amidst the whining.
A warm bath at the end of the day.
Tomorrow is day 4. Hopefully the doctor is right and this icky bug will have run its course by the end of the day.
Sick: Day 2
Although we seem to have her temperature somewhat under control now, Gracen’s cough, runny nose, and congestion are in full swing now. And sadly, I’m doing no better. In fact, I’ve got all of the same symptoms, plus a wicked headache and all over body pain. We’re a sorry sight over here.
The good part is that Miss G actually spent some time awake today. The downside is that it pretty much looked like this. Uncomfortable, unhappy, and whiny.
And then there was the full-on, defeated cry.
And by the end of the day, Bradley came home to a house that looked like this. Disaster. The worst part is that I was too ill to care. Here’s hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Poor Doodle
Aw, my poor little doodlebug. Last night I got home from a lovely downtown coffee date with my ladies and heard Grae calling for me in the most pitiful little voice. It was odd for her to be awake at 11:00 p.m. and I knew that something wasn’t right. I went in her room to find her absolutely burning up. We stripped her down, put her in some summer jammies, gave her a dose of Tylenol and some water, and put her back to sleep. Needless to say, it was a rough night and we ended up with a congested, coughing little heater in our bed for much of the night.
We stayed in bed until 8:30 this morning and when we finally got up, I decided to juice an orange for Miss G in hopes of getting some extra vitamin C into her. She’s never had juice before, so we thought she’d love it, but it was actually just the opposite – she wouldn’t even try a sip.
She spent the entire day snuggled up and sleeping on us while clutching onto her cold water cup, which for Grae, is very out of character.
We ended up taking her to the walk-in clinic late this afternoon just to make sure that she didn’t have an ear infection and her breathing sounded okay. Luckily, everything checked out just fine. The doctor who saw us said that there is a nasty virus going around the Lower Mainland and that it should run it’s course in about 4 days. Let’s hope our little lady feels better soon!
Grae’s Personalized Colouring Book
Gracen absolutely adores the little colouring book we made for her ‘Christmas in January’ stocking. She loves pointing out her family members and having me tell her about what’s happening in the pictures. We’ve already coloured 4 pages today, and it’s still morning!
All we did was take some of our favourite photos of her and her cousins, pop them into Photoshop, and turn them into line drawings rather than photos. Then I printed them all on card stock, bound them, and that was it!
Here’s a little peek at some of the other pages in the book:
Here’s my cool girl helping her Mama with grocery shopping.
This is my all time favourite picture of Grae and her cousin, Kinslee, who is exactly 6 weeks younger than her.
Of course, her cousin, ‘SuperChay’, had to be in the colouring book.
And here’s one of her cousin Korbin’s pages.
The best part is that while we colour, we can talk about all the fun memories that fill the pages. This photo was taken when Grae’s cousins came to visit us in Vernon and we all visited the pool for Chayton’s birthday. I have a feeling these little colouring books will become a yearly tradition in our family. :)
Waterfront in New West
Today we headed out to New Westminster to check out the Royal City Kids Fair. Although the fair wasn’t great, the Quay did not disappoint.
The boardwalk was beautiful! We walked up and down the walk, greeting people and puppies along the way. Grae loved watching her pinwheel twirl in the wind.
We stopped every now and then to pop in the markets, watch the birds fish from chunks of ice, and watch the tugboats come and go.
One of the highlights was definitely this boat playground. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a shot from the outside, but it is basically an old boat that’s been anchored into the boardwalk and converted to a children’s play area.
Gracen loved it. We’ll definitely have to bring Papa down here sometime soon.
Accomplice
A few days ago it appeared as this little fig thief was working on her own… But after walking in on this today, it’s clear that’s she’s got a partner in crime. :)
Snow Fun at Queen Elizabeth Park
With Bradley not working until later in the day today, we knew we had better get outside to enjoy the snow while we could. We packed up the little one, some steamed milk, and her sled and headed to Queen Elizabeth park, just up the road from our house. We walked around the park a little bit, did some sledding, and showed Grae how to make snowballs. Her favourite part? Eating the snow. Here are some shots of our outing…
Such a fun way to start the day. I wish it would stick around, but I have a sneaking suspicion that all of this snow won’t last much longer…
Shopping Stateside
This morning we headed down to the States to stock up on groceries. Luckily we had this little shopper along to help fill the cart. :)
SNOW!
This morning we woke up a wonderful surprise – SNOW! Not the wet, messy snow that turns to puddles within the hour, but real, light, fluffy snow!
Naturally, Grae and I quickly got dressed and headed out to scour the stores for a little sled. It took a couple of stops, but we found one! We got dressed, got Grae strapped in, and toured in the neighbourhood for most of the morning.
Grae waved to other walkers from her sled, and if we so much as paused at an intersection, she’d immediately start signing, ‘More! More! More!’ Hopefully the snow will stick around for a bit so we can enjoy it for a few more days.