Its so nice to be together with all my siblings again 🙂 We have stayed up solidly late catching up and I am completely whooped, so this will be short and sweet, just like Dekker.

The drive was shorter than I thought it would be, and Deks did great. We took advantage of free slurpee day on the way out, and snacked on peaches and nectarines that I had chopped up before we left. Leave it to our fruit to ripen as soon as we’re ready to leave. We arrived at the condos around the same time as my parents, and my siblings were soon to follow. Now we’re all set up in our rooms comfortably and anticipating swimming, visiting, eating, and just general togetherness for the next few days.

Well, baby girl is not impressed with having the laptop resting on even the very top of her house, so thats it for us! Sleep well, friends!

Today was a loaded day!! I’ll try and remember as much as possible.

I woke up at 4:30am, which sucked. I peed and took a Zantac for my wild acid reflux and tried to go back to sleep. Nothing doing. So I lay in bed silently for a good hour, just feeling the baby move and daydreaming. Finally I grabbed my phone and played a little Sudoku, just willing Brady to wake up. He finally started to stir and opened his eyes shortly after 8am. I was wide-eyed and being a total dork, trying to make him stay awake because I had been bored and alone for hours. So he finally woke up to watch Netflix with me, and I fell asleep 🙁 Worst wife award goes to me!

When we were all up, we went over the list for the day. Dekker had his breakfast and we got a good start on laundry and dishes. The little boy was pretty hands-on today and didn’t let us run around too much or get too much done. So we hung out downstairs doing laundry while Dekker played, and we watched a bit of tv. When Deks went down for his nap, we broke for lunch before doing anything else. When lunch was over, however, we kicked it into high gear. We baked 80 cookies and made a peanut butter marshmallow square dessert as well for this weekend. It didn’t actually take too terribly long, since they were SUCH easy cookies and each batch of two cookie sheets was done in about ten minutes. Best cookies ever!

When the baking was done, so were my feet. I went and sat in bed to fold up laundry. I mentioned yesterday that I bought that huge pile of receiving blankets right? 15 blankets for $2. Now these are some pretty tiny receiving blankets and I honestly wouldn’t even fathom using them for my inevitably huge children, but thanks to a little bit of figuring, I discovered that my two dollars has bought me about 55 cloth wipes! Go me and a zigzag stitch!! I’m actually pretty excited about them.

Pretty quick after all of that, Dekker was back up and needing pretty constant attention. So we fed him, put in more dishes, and printed off our packing list. Yes, I need lists to survive now, so I have a “master packing list” on my computer than I typed up a while ago and we just alter it depending on where we’re going and the season we’re going in. So while we didn’t even touch packing today, at least we have the list ready!

After a tear-free bath, Dekker went down at his normal time, and Brady and I pulled out the cookies to ice them all up. Mmmmm, homemade oreos! It didn’t take too long and we finally indulged and ate one at the end. Its probably strange, but I’m almost never hungry for what I bake. I think I just don’t react well to being around the smell of it, so when the opportunity to eat it comes around, I’m bored of it already. Who knows. But I can vouch for those cookies. They are delicious. I even ran a few across the street for my pregnant friend to enjoy as a guilty pleasure treat. Also for the visit. We used to get together regularly but we’ve both turned into borderline hermits the last little while. I blame the weather.

The last thing I’ll talk about really quickly today is Dekker looking sooo grown up!! Keep in mind the picture of him with his haircut yesterday…

 

And compare it to this photo of him exactly four weeks ago.

Mind blowing, right?! Gone is my little babyish boy. Now I have my big boy who is sooo ready to be a brother and to protect and love on his little sister. I’m so excited to take him to see family this weekend so he can get all caught up with a couple of his cousins again, and his aunties and uncles. Family is sweet.

I know there is a lot I’m forgetting about today, but while I feel like we got lots done, I also feel like we didn’t accomplish anything compared to the amount of hours in a day! But we did ok. We’ll pack in the morning. And guys, I’m even going to pack some crocheting stuff! I have an idea brewing.

If anyone feels an overwhelming desire to weed our garden this weekend, you are more than invited. If not, I do not blame you one bit. So. Many. Weeds.

So. Many. Mosquitos.

Today was a VERY big day for us! Dekker had his very first haircut! And I didn’t even cry!

We were in there for literally ten minutes, and luckily my hair girl has kids and has lots of experience, so she worked at warp speed and danced around him as he turned his head to look every which way. His only complaint was with the cover she put on him (like everyone else) so he wouldn’t get covered in hair. But that thing only lasted through half the cut and the boys just got messy. Life.

We tried to take a picture of his finished look in the car but lets just say we couldn’t get anything super flattering.

 

We had a very specific list to go by today, and we went by it pretty well! We hit up Costco for laundry detergent first, then to La Senza for a new bra, then Dekker’s haircut, and then leg waxing. I love the girl that waxes my legs. She writes down how far along I am every time and remembers little details about my life. I was so excited to be able to tell her we finally know baby is a girl! It was nice to catch up.

After waxing we went to Walmart. We had a very tight list there as well and were diligent to only buy what was on our list. Finally got a good picture of Dekker’s hair!

 

Way too grown up, I know!

We were apparently a little too diligent to not overbuy in Walmart because we forgot a number of things! Good for us for only looking at the list after packing Dekker back up into the car. Thanks to our pride, we couldn’t bring ourselves to go back in, so being that we were going by anyway, we opted to hit up Superstore for the last few things.

As I mentioned a few posts ago, we’re working on Dekker being a bit more independent in the way of walking on his own in public places. It seems he is much more tolerant to walk on his own when its just him and I. He must know that I can’t handle lifting him for so long anymore. However, Brady is fully able to carry him, and he knows it. So Dekker was very unhappy to walk into Superstore on his own two legs. We persisted though, and he made it from the car to the store. From there, I kind of nudged Brady to grab a basket and just start moving, and it seemed like as soon as his daddy wasn’t an option, Dekker accepted what was happening, reached for my hand all on his own, and we walked! All was going fine until that kid. Sigh. I really didn’t like that kid. He was probably six or seven I’m guessing, and out of nowhere, he basically rushed Dekker, threw his hands in the air, and made a quick, loud, startling sound. Well it was all over. Dekker was so startled and frightened, and while he didn’t immediately start wailing, he was super thrown off and got really aggressive and was off his game. When I tried to get him back under control, he started crying and looking super confused. It was just over. And how could I really discipline him?! The kid scared me too! So we scooped him up, got him a cookie from the bakery counter, and carried him the rest of the way. He deserved a break.

Once back in the car, with every possible grocery item we needed, we headed to pick up a cheque from Bradys work, and then to meet a woman off of a Facebook sale page for a few things. Being that I’ve decided to cloth diaper, I’ve also thought of cloth wiping. Just buying a few packs of washcloths and going that route. However, in all my research I’ve learned that lots of things can double as wipes, or diaper liners, or anything really! Flannel, cotton, whatever! People rip up old shirts and use them! So I found a stack of 15 worn flannel receiving blankets for $2! I picked those up with the intention to chop and serge them into either wipes or liners for extra absorption. Along with the blankets, I spent $5 and bought a great little outfit for baby girl as well. Its 6-12 months, so it will likely be a spring thing (?) but its little jeans, a light brown cable knit sweater, and a gorgeous little floral shirt that is sooo soft! Its very “flower child” and I love it. So $7 got us a grocery bag filled with blankets and burp cloths, and a cute little outfit for our daughter.

That was really our last stop. We headed home and Dekker fell asleep pretty much right before we got home.

 

He woke up pretty well when we brought him in, so we fed him a good supper and put him to bed.

The last thing on our list was to take a belly picture.

 

So my belt is sitting a little funny in this picture, but I actually felt super pretty all day, which is a nice feeling. I’ll be 30 weeks in a few days and I feel like I definitely look the part! If you pick up a butternut squash this week, thats roughly the size of our daughter. Lengthwise anyway. Apparently she’s weighing around 3lbs! Not according to a scan, just averages, but still, I like having the comparison.

Thats it for me. Brady and I got out of the tub (we may or may not have had our supper in there) and are now looking for dessert and to finish our show online. Hope everyone else had a nice day out like we did! Feeling worn out but in a really satisfying way.

I was hit with a wave of nesting today. Honestly, it couldn’t be worse timed!

As Jerilee. She witnessed the whole thing. Brady and I are meeting up with all of my family (parents, siblings, etc) for a holiday this weekend. Therefore, we have plans to accomplish laundry, packing, and everything else on Wednesday. However, I had to do laundry today. As in I couldn’t shake it! Lucky for me, Jerilee spilled coffee on herself so I had a good excuse to do some laundry 🙂 Win win!

We talked baby names and ideas for a good chunk of the afternoon, and I ran things by her like what kind of changes I might want to try and make in the baby room. Since we’ve decided to cloth diaper, I’d really love to get a dresser to double as a change table so I’d have a nice place to store everything. I know I could just put baskets on the shelf in my current table, but honestly, I know I am not a tidy enough enough person to keep them looking nice. I would pull one out from the middle of the pile and leave a huge mess every time. I know me. I need a dresser. Anyone? Anyone?!

It didn’t help that my first chunk of diapers came in the mail today!!

Brady brought home a HUGE bag filled with individually wrapped diapers just waiting to be unpacked. I know I shouldn’t have been so excited but I was thrilled to open one up. And no lie, those things are sooo soft, I would wear them! Can’t wait for the rest from Winnipeg to make their way over! All I want to do is prep them and start using them on Dekker, but I have to buy the other laundry detergent tomorrow. No, you don’t actually have to use that super expensive “cloth diaper only” detergent. The natural stuff you get in bulk at Costco works just as well 🙂 Yay! Buying some tomorrow.

As I said, the timing of this nesting sucks. I’m sooo ready to get the baby room set up to accomodate baby #2, and get at least these diapers washed and ready, and start getting things in line. Brady even has a couple days off. But we’re going on a holiday. Which I am more than 150% pumped about, don’t get me wrong, but I’m scared I’ll lose momentum and won’t be so nesty when we get back. Well, either way, this baby will come, ready or not! Hopefully I’ll pull it together before then!

Until then, we have plenty to do to get ready for this weekend! Baking, cooking, packing, more laundry, dishes, and probably a lot of things I’m not thinking of. List, Hailey, lists!!!

Brady and I slept like logs last night. We forgot to set an alarm for church so we didn’t make it. But as I’ve said in past blogs, I don’t think its wrong to miss once in a while at all. A restful day is sometimes just more restful at home. So we took one at home. I fought off my strange urge to do laundry (nesting?) and instead lazed around. Brady made us pancakes for breakfast, which was super delicious! After brunch we went downstairs to watch “What to Expect” and play toys with Dekker.

However, Dekker didn’t last too long playing toys and was in bed by 2pm. At that point, we finally pulled his birthday present out of our entrance and got it all set up. Dekker got a kitchen!!

Its from Brady and I, and my parents. If you’ve ever played with Dekker, you probably know his way of “playing” is really just reorganizing his toys. All of his pretending is based off of food, so we figured a kitchen would be the best! We bought one second hand off of a family here in town who bought theirs for over $300 and their kids never played with it. Insane, I know. I would have locked those kids in a room with that toy until it got some use!!! But instead we got a monster deal on it.

Dekker slept all freaking afternoon!!! As in we went to wake him around 7pm. I have no idea why he was so tired, unless it was from our tough day yesterday. Maybe it wasn’t just tough on Brady and I! Either way, we got him up and he had scrambled eggs for dinner before we brought him downstairs to play with his kitchen. He LOVES it!! He just went back and forth from cupboard to cupboard, pouring coffee into cups and moving the food around. The best part of the kitchen is that it comes with a barbecue that makes noise and lights up when you turn it on. He really enjoyed that! It was sooo much fun, which made bedtime sooo much sadder! I definitely understand why parents give in to their kids wishes and throw routine out the window sometimes. Its so nice to see your kids so happy, what would an extra fifteen minutes hurt?! Sadly, with Dekker, an extra fifteen minutes would make it all sooo much harder! So too bad for him, he had to go upstairs and get ready for bed. But cuddles were good and filled with misses and jokes. I love him.

Now to find a late supper for me. As if I can imagine eating anything with this much reflux. Gross.

 

I’m pretty sure my emotions were a little over the top today. And they really shouldn’t have been! But I need an outlet, so here they are!

Brady and I have an errand/appointment day on Tuesday but I was thinking we could get some of the stuff out of the way early so we didn’t have to do everything on Tuesday. So we ducked into Saskatoon this afternoon to accomplish a bunch of the grocery shopping. Even though we were both unnaturally tired, Brady and I were both optimistic and pumped to get out of the house for a few hours. Dekker was pretty much woke up on the wrong side of the crib, I guess you could say, so he was pissed from the get-go. But he often feels like us and improves when we’re out of the house, doing things.

Not today. We hit up Superstore first and he was furious. If Superstore isn’t already loud and chaotic enough on a Saturday, add a toddler screaming at the top of his lungs, and his frazzled parents looking as though they just got this kid and clearly couldn’t handle him. Meanwhile, as Dekker is having his fit, I’m trying to drag a basket of groceries around while having legitimate, painful contractions. Awesome. Finally out of there, we hit Walmart next for peaches, nectarines, and plums, all for 97 cents per pound. A pretty similar scene there. Not as bad, but not very good. Loud enough that everyone in the store knew we were there. We got what we came for and of course, two new flavors for our Keurig (so much for not spending extra money) and got out of there as fast as we could. However, considering the cashier was on her second day, it took probably about ten minutes and ten bags to get our fourteen items out the door.

Everywhere we went I searched for cute little stretchy jeggings for our baby girl. I found some at Superstore that we bought basically just because they were cheap, but they were 6-12 months and I want a few little things for when baby is new! So before we totally gave up on Saskatoon we hit Carter/OshKosh in search for stretchy jeans! No such luck 🙁 But I did find a pair of suuuper adorable skinny jeans in a 3m size, so that counted. General success in the aspect of baby clothes.

However, being my emotional self, I was pretty shot. We hadn’t even been away long, but I had such high hopes for our quick trip in. We often make these trips in spontaneously in evenings, and they are never this rocky. I was so discouraged, and fought tears the entire drive home. Really, for no good reason, I know. But I was so disappointed that it wasn’t fun.

Dekker, also, was whooped and was on the verge of faling asleep by the time we arrived home so I brought him inside to put him down for a nap. He was sooo sad when he couldn’t go play toys, but as soon as I gave him his blanket, he went limp and just lay on me. I cried on him for a few minutes before putting him down and going to lay in bed myself. Brady came shortly after with lunch and a tv show, which I promptly slept through. I had no idea I was so tired.

I haven’t really been able to get comfortable since. No position will do, I can’t catch my breath, and I’m having the battle between taking off my bra because its trying to kill me and restrict my breathing, or leaving it on so my boobs don’t rip themselves off my chest. Touch call. I don’t mean to whine, and I know I am, but my goodness today did not go as I’d hoped. All I want to do is hide in my basement and watch “What to Expect” but I know I’ll sleep through it. Maybe another day.

The moral of the story is… Beware the preggos. And toddlers. We are unpredictable at best.

 

Today was a great day for Dekker and I. He woke up nice and late, ate well, and played like a champ. I have no complaints, seriously. I am more and more in love with him everyday. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I say to people that my life became so much richer the second Dekker was born, and its completely true, but it is only getting more and more rich. We are truly blessed by God to have the family we have and are currently growing. See the baby?

Deks went down for a nap shortly after 2:00 and I went to my bedroom to be comfy for a little while. Luckily I was in bed for the contractions that I had over the next hour or two. Painful, crampy contractions. I suffered through them for a little while before changing positions. When I lay on my side, they changed to braxton hicks, which is better than the alternative anyway, but still far from ideal. I am sooo thankful that Dekker slept until literally about seven minutes before Brady arrived home. However, if you have him on Facebook, you’ll know his week was not ideal and he’s suffering from it. From locking himself out of his fan to shooting himself in the hand with a 2″ nail to having a rib out of place to just having a generally sucky cold, he’s had enough going on and shouldn’t have to care for his ailing wife and hungry son. So we tag teamed a bit, and Dekker is fed, played with, and in bed for the night.

Bedtime cuddles were hilarious tonight. Being that we’re all sweltering, Dekker lay on top of me like usual, but he lay on his back! I loved it actually, because it opened up all his tickle spots to me! He was hysterical is a super good way while we played, and then sort of shuffled over beside me when Brady came to join the fun, so Dekker was in the middle. SUPER poor quality, I know, but this sort of shows you what was going on 🙂

 

Its moments like these why I get why people share their beds with their kids. Its not something we’ve put into practice, but I know people who choose to and I get it. Its so nice having those you love so close together and safe and comfortable. I really enjoyed it.

Bath time! And perhaps eating the leftover cookie dough that we made last night. Yum!

I know I’ve been saying it a lot lately, but I’m sure not going to stop. I’m so proud of Dekker these days! He has come alive, and he is sure growing up fast! I’ll get to that in a minute.

We slept great last night! Our house cooled off to around 22, which is INCREDIBLE! Once I woke up, I panicked and closed everything up in an effort to keep our house somewhat cooler than it is outside. How I woke up…

Brady locked his keys in his van for the second time in…a couple of weeks maybe? Honey, I love you, but never again ok? And I mean he did this in Saskatoon. Being that we live a solid 60 kms from Saskatoon, its super inconvenient. Last time it happened, he had already hauled all his tools into the house he was working in, so I just came into the city  at some point in the afternoon and got over it. No big deal right? This morning, he locked himself out after getting his morning coffee at Tim Hortons before he even got to work. NOT ideal, like I said. So I got that phone call at about 7:45, which is suuuper early around here! I complained at him for a bit and then said to give me a minute and I’ll call him back, because my brain just wasn’t functioning well yet and I couldn’t help him come up with a solution. I remembered last time he had locked himself out, my mom had said that if she was around and knew about it, she would have happily gone in and used her CAA to help him. She bailed us out using her CAA multiple times as kids, but now they’re really sticky about her being on site when they arrive, otherwise they leave. So I remembered that, waited until about 8:15 and, hoping she’d be up already, I gave her a call.

My beautiful mother was at Timmys in about 20 minutes. It was awesome, and Brady and I were both sooo grateful. That being said though, Brady – NEVER AGAIN! We’re gonna figure out some kind of hide-a-key or something tonight.

Onto the rest of the day! My mom is shopping for new glasses, as her most recent pair of frames just broke. Its hard to try on glasses when you need glasses to see yourself! So we met in Saskatoon for lunch at Costco with the intention of glasses shopping a bit together. I just have to say for Costco, I needed to buy some Advil. I know, I’m not supposed to take Advil in my third trimester, and I don’t, but Brady still does. I went to buy a mondo bottle since they last forever in our house. What I found was that I could buy 180 regular strength Advil liquid gels for about $22 OR I could buy 250 knock-off Advils liquid gels for $9. Yup. Nine dollars. WHAT?! Blew my mind! Needless to say, I went no name. Awesome deal!

We glasses shopped a little bit but exhausted all Costco’s options pretty quick and moved on to our eye doctors right afterwards. While we were there, we got another little adjustment to Dekker’s glasses. He did awesome, and the girl who always adjusts his glasses was so chatty and happy to see him. She said multiple times how much she likes him, and that he is just a bright light in her day. I love that, because while she can say whatever she’d like to get my business, I really believe her! Because he’s a light in my day too! I get it 🙂 We tried a bunch more glasses on my mom, and I took pictures with my phone so she could see herself after putting on glasses she could see through. We pretty much picked the pair to beat before heading out to one more place.

* I just have to say here that, while Dekker is all of a sudden more grown up, he is not too old to poop his pants, or lick mirrors.

We headed out to Eyes International to see if there were any better options than the pair we liked. We tried on a lot, and there was one contender in my opinion. One solid competitor for the glasses that we liked back at our eye doctors office, but the color wasn’t quite right, and the ones at the office come with sunglasses, so we opted out. We all went outside, had a hug, and went our separate ways. Oh, and Dekker licked the mirror there too. Gross, hey?

So to get to why I saw Dekker in a different light today. If you know Dekker, or have spent any time with him ever, or really if you’ve read any posts on here before, you’ll know that Dekker is a very cautious boy. He likes to be held a LOT! I’m sure part of that comes with being the only child and being doted on constantly by everyone, which is great, but I know my body. It is no longer responsible for me to take him to too many places on too many errands right now by myself. My arms and back cannot handle to carry him everywhere! I wish they could, but I know they can’t. We’ve been trying to slowly pick him up less. When he reaches up, we are instead coming down to him, and I think its gradually paying off. Today he surprised me by riding in his stroller in Costco without complaint, and running around both eye places on his own, no complaints, and coming to hold my hand when I asked him too. I didn’t have to carry him hardly at all! I’m sooo thankful to God that he’s not super mischievous.

After we parted ways with my mom, I rechecked my list and realized I didn’t need to go to as many places as I thought, but I needed to hit up Lawson Mall for a few different things. I thought I had to go kill a bunch of time at Walmart but I actually needed almost nothing there! So instead, we hit Lawson, and I took a risk. I pulled Dekker out of the car and plopped him on the ground. He is almost always put into a stroller or cart, but I just put him down, grabbed him hand, and took off. And he just came! I’m sure some of you reading this are thinking “Um, ya, he’s almost two! He’d better walk on his own!” But he’s always been wary of new places and new people. We’ve never really pushed him this way. But I risked it and gave it a try. No complaint from him all the way to the mall. Once inside, it was much cooler and he even picked up speed a little. We stopped at my hair place and made an appointment for him to get his very first haircut. :*( *sniff* I’m sooo sad to be cutting his hair! But with his glasses, his long hair gets tangled around his ears and sticks out funny and its just basically time. I made an appointment with the girl that does my hair, because I know she has young kids whose hair she cuts, so I trust her. She actually came by the front desk while I was making an appointment and seemed happy to see us, and excited to cut his hair next week. Everyone in the salon was taken with him and his glasses 🙂 Ya, he’s pretty much adorable.

From our hair place, we walked pretty well to the other end of the mall to Telus to swap my phone out. Again. Whatever, no big deal. I had a nice chat with one of the girls working there. I actually dated her brother briefly in high school and its fun to catch up after so long 🙂 At that stop, Dekker started to get a little fidgety and wanted up. So I held him and he slumped on me while I visited. When it was done, I promptly put him back down and took his hand, and we kept walking. It was sooo surprising how he just accepted it! I mean, I expected something of a fight, but nothing! So we quickly hit up Safeway for a couple of things. Again, I risked it and grabbed a basket in my other hand instead of a cart. First some yogurt, then all the way across the store for bananas. We paid and left, and walked aaaaall the way back to where we had come in, to the car, and Dekker waited patiently while I put the groceries in the backseat before I loaded him into his own seat. I plunked him in there, and he was out cold. Quiet all the way home, and now napping in his crib.

I was completely floored! I’ve said it once or twice before, but I’ll say it again. When Dekker got his glasses, he came alive! His personality changed in a really nice way, and he has become MUCH more tolerant of change. Not in every circumstance, and of course he still has his meltdowns, but they are sooo much further apart, and somewhat to be expected of a little boy! My big little boy is all of a sudden ready to be a brother!

He’s ready for something anyway. Love him. So much.

We actually slept ok last night. It took time, but we got there. Both Brady and I looove to be super wrapped up in our blanket, and its hard not to sleep with a blanket 🙁 but we did. The house was still hot in the morning but it was better than it had been. I texted my sister and requested a Skype breakfast date with her, and she agreed! So Dekker had his breakfast with me and his Auntie Caity this morning. He did pretty well, minus one HUGE meltdown. It was really too bad, but I put him in his room for a few minutes to cool down, and in that time I talked with Caity about all the anxiety I’ve had in this pregnancy. She had some wise words and was actually really encouraging. I really appreciated that talk!

Once our date was over, Dekker and I headed to my parents place. We had arranged to have supper with them and since we eat there sooo often, I offered to bring some of the food. So I grabbed the quarter ham that I had defrosted overnight and we headed out. My dad was at work in the day and my mom was running a few errands in the city, so I knew they wouldn’t be around until 2pm or later even, but they have air conditioning!!! So we went early. I brought Dekker in just a diaper shirt (no shorts or shoes) and I didn’t even put on a stitch of makeup, knowing I would just sweat it off. I was right. It was hot.

Our afternoon was well spent, in the cool house, playing toys and reading books. Dekker needed a diaper change as soon as we had arrived, and then of all silly things, he fountain peed!!! All over his diaper shirt. So back to being Diaper Boy I suppose! He seemed super comfy and happy to play that way. No complaints.

He went down for a nice long nap and I had a nice long chat with my mom. I feel like I haven’t seen her for so long, but I have, and I know it! They just have been shorter visits, and I miss her. So we had a nice visit this afternoon while the ham made the house smell amazing! It was awesome to just relax and feel baby girl move around. She moved tons and gave mom a few solid kicks. Its so real!

Brady was planning to work until a normal time and then have a chiropractor appointment right around 5pm. And then he shot himself.

 

I know, dramatic, right? Before you think this actually isn’t that bad, consider that this is a 2″ brad nail and what is sticking out is less than what made it inside. As in there is more than one inch inside his hand. Did you throw up a little when you read that? I literally, physically dry heaved when I saw this picture. He was super calm and headed right over to our clinic, and called to ask me to reschedule his appointment, which I did. He was pushed through at the clinic immediately and was seen within minutes. Lucky for us, our doctor was on walk-ins! So he saw Dr. Guselle, which makes everything better. They did a lot of bantering back and forth and after concluding that Brady could move his hand and everything, she basically offered to freeze him (he declined) and she yanked it out. She commented afterwards that she did not expect it to be quite so long! But everything moves like its supposed to, he barely bled, and isn’t too sore. So it could have been sooo much worse, and I am sooo thankful that is wasn’t! Gross. These injuries always gross me out.

So Brady was at my parents in good time, and we all sat down to eat together right around 6pm. Almost immediately after we finished, Dekker woke up so I fed him while everyone got to things they needed to do, and Brady took a load off and lay flat on the floor, trying to save his dying back. It was pretty eventful, but still really nice. Always nice to be with family.

We are now home, the day is done, and we are desperately trying (again) to cool our house off. Everything is opened and fans are going. I’m thinking a cool snack for the bathtub tonight. A nectarine I think. And a freezie?!

Today is sooo hot! I know, I’m not the only one in this boat, but its 31 inside our house. I think I may melt. Yet our water heater is acting up and switched it self off and agin, and I’m totally ticked about not having any hot water!! Irony.

After our late night, I woke up this morning at 10:30 feeling surprisingly good! I had a good numer of texts on my phone which, instead of making me feel overwhelmed, makes me feel important. I lay in bed texting friends for a little while, and made plans with my Jerilee for the afternoon. I got up nice and slowly and stayed in comfy clothes, but did a few dishes and generally putsed around. No sound from Dekker. Can’t blame him. I did, however, decide that the second I hear him stir I would go get him, just to try and get him back on schedule after going to bed past midnight! Jerilee came shortly after noon and sat with me while I had my “breakfast.” We were both sweltering so I decided it was late enough in the day that once I was done eating, I was just going to get Dekker up either way so he could eat and we could all go downstairs where it was cooler. I headed towards his room quietly and opened the door, only to be greeted by my little boy, standing up in his crib, waiting patiently. Seriously, I was waiting for any sound from him and got nothing! He must have just been listening to us talk in the dining room! Funny man.

To be honest, I hustled Dekker through his breakfast and we rushed downstairs as fast as possible. My pantsless wonder soon became just a diaper man. He was still sweating like a mad man but didn’t seem bothered by it at all! He played hard and was so comfortable with Jerilee that she was involved in all of the sharing and playing. He doesn’t warm up to just any very fast, and I’m really happy he likes her so much.

He eventually went down for a sleep and Jerilee had to go home for the evening, so I lay in front of a fan and watched YouTube videos for a while. Really too hot to accomplish much else. Plus I had done some dishes in the morning so I wasn’t a complete slacker. Just a halfway slacker. But it was really nice to just lay around and not pay attention to the videos I was “watching” while I played spider solitaire and minesweeper simultaneously. Good times.

Bradys now home, and he came with Subway. Therefore, supper was delicious. We played downstairs with Diaper Boy for a couple of hours and then put him to bed in only a tshirt. He usually still wears a sleeper, or jammie pants and a muscle shirt, but not today. Today every bit of me just wanted to leave him in his diaper, but we opted for just a tshirt so hopefully that was a good decision. He’ll sweat either way.

As will I. And Brady. And the rest of Saskatchewan. Good night all!