'Lousy' refers to two things. One, I am lousy at updating this blog and two I am feeling lousy at the moment. The former can only be helped by me updating the blog more often, the later will only be helped when both my own and my kids colds are gone.
So, the last time I posted was just to inform everyone of some pictures posted of our vacation in NB this summer...and I didn't even finish posting all of my pictures!
My visit home was a whirlwind, and far too short. The first half of my visit was disgustingly hot and humid draining my will to do anything or get in touch with anyone, and the second half was rainy and crammed full of trying to see everyone I didn't have the energy to get in touch with the first half. In the end I got to spend LOTS of time with a few people that are VERY important to me, but still didn't get to see everyone I'd hoped to touch base with. I did get to spend some time in Halifax with my brother in his new house which was fun, but unfortunately Rusty decided to go crazy on us when we went out and did lots of damage to Daniel's new powder room. Grrr.
The flights to NB and from NB went surprisingly well, considering we were travelling with two hyper little girls under two. That was a blessing.
Coming home was a bit nuts, it took me most of the month of August to even begin to feel like I was home again, and get everything back in order. We didn't do anything for the girls birthdays, just had the family over for the cake and gift opening. I rediscovered what a big job chairing the maintenance committee was here at my complex, although I am feeling slightly more organized now. I still have lots to do there though.
Since coming home we've taken up new hobbies. Chris is doing well with golf, and I've converted my freshwater aquarium to saltwater. Don't have much in it yet, just LOTS of live rock, a xenia coral, a candycane coral and two clownfish. I'm fighting algae bloom of the kind I had in the freshwater tank and it's frustrating me, although I still enjoy the tank. I am now down to 4 fish in total (I still have 2 betta's upstairs) but that's a big change from the freshwater 30+. I think eventually I will join Chris in golf, but for now will just enjoy it on the Wii.
I guess that's all the news here. The girls are growing and changing quickly, and have definately hit the defiant twos, but there is lots of fun in there as well. I'm hearing three is just as bad as two, so doesn't look good for a bit. :) The weather has been mostly rainy and cool with a bit of cool sunny days here and there but overall it's pretty typical. Life trundles on...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Forgot - Pictures
Just a short note to say some of our New Brunswick vacation pictures are posted to the picture website (link at the top of this page). Perhaps I will get around to writing a bit about the vacation soon...perhaps.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Oh and...
As the last post did not mention the rest of us at all I will add this quickly.
The girls are doing well. They like the fish, although they also like to hit the tank which I am trying to discourage. Rusty also loves the fish, but we all know he's obsessed with fish anyway.
They also love the kittens, they are learning to be gentle and can mimic their mewling quite impressively.
They have been learning about eating out (have had three restaurant meals in the past 2 weeks) and have been surprisingly well behaved each time.
They got sick (the vomiting kind) for the first time since they were born. It was very gross and lasted 6 days, beginning on mothers day (what luck). Also had the runs, poor things. At first they didn't mind when they threw up as they didn't really know what was happening, later on it upset them and they would cry. They are mostly better now although still sensitive to milk products.
They are still very hyper little girls but loads of fun and we remain completely smitten.
Chris has been working away from home 4 days a week and the girls don't like it (although they really only notice first thing in the morning and the evenings when he is normally there). The first week Kate cried going to bed every night, which is not typical, especially of her. She was also standoffish at first when he came home, mad at him we figure. They are getting used to it though.
They are learning to talk on the phone instead as a result. :)
Last night I realized how often we have people other than Chris and I here when the girls go to bed. Even though the house was empty Lucy had to stop at the bottom of the stairs as we headed up and say "bye" and wave to the empty room as it's such a habit. Funny.
The girls are doing well. They like the fish, although they also like to hit the tank which I am trying to discourage. Rusty also loves the fish, but we all know he's obsessed with fish anyway.
They also love the kittens, they are learning to be gentle and can mimic their mewling quite impressively.
They have been learning about eating out (have had three restaurant meals in the past 2 weeks) and have been surprisingly well behaved each time.
They got sick (the vomiting kind) for the first time since they were born. It was very gross and lasted 6 days, beginning on mothers day (what luck). Also had the runs, poor things. At first they didn't mind when they threw up as they didn't really know what was happening, later on it upset them and they would cry. They are mostly better now although still sensitive to milk products.
They are still very hyper little girls but loads of fun and we remain completely smitten.
Chris has been working away from home 4 days a week and the girls don't like it (although they really only notice first thing in the morning and the evenings when he is normally there). The first week Kate cried going to bed every night, which is not typical, especially of her. She was also standoffish at first when he came home, mad at him we figure. They are getting used to it though.
They are learning to talk on the phone instead as a result. :)
Last night I realized how often we have people other than Chris and I here when the girls go to bed. Even though the house was empty Lucy had to stop at the bottom of the stairs as we headed up and say "bye" and wave to the empty room as it's such a habit. Funny.
Pets + (long post, likely boring to most readers)
Well, In the past few months it seems like I have a new addiction and have indulged an old one as well. In February I decided to set up a 20 gallon fish tank that a friend had given us almost a year previously. I went out and got all the stuff I needed to set it up and make it pretty and started it's first cycle prior to putting fish in. A few days in the water began to get all murky green so I called the aquarium store. I had algae bloom (different than the algae that grows on the walls...which is not so annoying). So, to deal with that I was to keep it completely dark and do 25-50% water changes every 4 days. After a week or so it was looking clear(ish)...I thought I was out of the woods and had the water tested. Yay, it was ready for fish. Being all gung ho and knowing nothing about fish I asked the one of the local pet stores what they recommended for a new tank...So I got 3 Red Serpae Tetra's. They were pretty enough I suppose, but the main thing was they were hardy. A few days later I got 3 Red Eye Tetras...also somewhat interesting to look at but very hardy. Next in were two pretty female betta's from a friend. I then discovered a nearby pet store that had a whole floor devoted to aquaria and a staff that knew their stuff. I went in and talk to her about what to get for my tank given what I already had in there. I then added two honey Gourami's and 2 pearl?? danio's. By the end of the first 5 weeks the aquarium was up and running I was quickly getting stocked (going by the one inch of fish per gallon rule). A week or so later I stopped in at a different local pet store that happened to be in the mall I was shopping at that day and discovered 'sharks'. They are a bottom feeding fish given the name of shark due to its streamlined appearance. These were a fish Chris had talked about previously and as he wasn't quite as keen on the whole aquarium thing as I was and I figured "hey, I'll get him those fish!" This was my first really stupid purchase. I picked out a couple of the 'sharks' and added them to the tank. I'd also purchased 5 neon tetra's at the same time (although one died soon after). THEN I studied up on the sharks. Discovered they were actually two different but closely related species; an albino red fin shark, and a redtail black shark. Both growing to 6 or 7" in size and highly territorial, not typically tolerating another of it's own (or related) species in it's territory. I didn't really want to take them back as I'd become fond of them so I tried to give one of them to family and friends with no luck. Then Shannon and Chris, who'd given me the betta's, offered a 25 gallon tank. They have the same footprint but are taller. As the sharks were only apx. 1.5" and 2" at this time I figured I'd take the new tank and wait it out, see what happened and set up another tank if needed later. (I kind of liked the idea of having a small tank up on my desk where I work). One of the Red Serpea Tetra's died when switching the tanks bringing my fish count down a bit more.
All went well for a short time in fish world but I was still battling the algae bloom that would get worse and then better and worse again. I was also getting interested in trying a few live plants...so that was my next addition. I then found out the live plants can help get rid of algae bloom, so bought a few more. I figured that this was it. I was done buying and adding to my tank...was just going to enjoy it. (Which I do, I often sit for 30 minutes or so just watching the fish).
In this time frame of actually not adding any fish to the tank (although I continued to change water etc. to try to get rid of the algae), I got in touch with a friend of mine who has a kitten rescue operation. I decided I was ready to try fostering again.
Within the first 2 weeks of talking to the folks at VOKRA I had a mom and four 5 day old kittens. As the mom, Jelly is 10 and doesn't produce quite enough milk I (or other interested parties) help feed the two smaller kittens by bottle feeding a few times a day. Within the first week of having the kittens they caught a minor cold. Karen and Elizabeth got me the appropriate medicines and we nipped it in the bud. The kittens are now 4.5 weeks old and doing great...we still bottle feed the smaller ones, and one kitten has already found a home with my friends who gave me my female Betta's and when he's 8 weeks he goes to live with them.
Back to my water world. In the last few weeks Chris and I have been noticing that our Redtail Black Shark has been growing rapidly (now 4" rather than 2") and becoming more and more aggressive. Although he had always been the larger of the two sharks he was the one who hid constantly and so it was a bit unexpected and we'd thought nothing of it at first. Then finally we noticed him chasing not only the other shark (who is still only just 2") and occasionally a tetra but ALL the other fish, he'd even cornered one of the Bettas...and it was non-stop...any fish that came near the bottom of the aquarium was going to get nipped if it wasn't quick to get away. We decided one particularly bad day that enough was enough. He was moving out. I went to price out hoods, filters and heaters for my old 20 gallon. Turns out it was cheaper just to get a new one as a kit...and I figured I could use the new hood on the 25 gallon in the hopes it would give better light. I decided to go for it (although I was originally thinking of a 10 gallon for upstairs). I set up the tank and the next morning moved Mr. Redtail Black Shark to that tank (despite it's not having cycled at all). This was aided with the discovery of another dead fish. This time one of the red-eye tetras. We were pretty sure it was him given all the harassing he'd been doing. A couple of days later I stopped in at the pet store to pick up some gravel for the new tank (it had a few things in it but no gravel) and paused to look at the male betta's. Chris and I had stopped in and looked at them the night before when walking past and we felt sorry for them as it is wrongly perpetuated myth that Siamese fighting fish (betta's) are happy in those tiny aquariums they are often kept in. Anyway, I was still feeling sorry for them and I'd been pondering getting a male betta for my upstairs aquarium anyway once set up (because they are pretty and because I'd wanted to give at least one a decent aquarium). So I quickly checked to see if they got along with sharks and then bought one. The next day I was again doing more research and discovered that the betta's are okay with some sharks but not the one I had! Also we were seeing the shark display the same aggressive behaviour again. I realized that he wouldn't be happy with any fish I wanted sharing his tank and so made the decision to return him after speaking with the pet store to make sure they'd take him back after so long. In the next few days I did a lot of research (I'm learning!) and talked to people at aquarium stores and decided to divide my fish between tanks and move the male betta downstairs into the tank with the female betta's. (Interestingly enough, you can have two females with a male but not one as he will pester her to death with his advances..with two he has to divide his time I guess!) As male betta's and gourami's don't get along the 2 gourami's moved upstairs, as did the 2 red-eye and 2 red serpae tetras as they were good for new tanks. I'd been noticing weird behaviours from the tetra's so did some more reading-up on them and came to the conclusion that as they were schooling fish they just needed more of their own kind to act 'normal'. (ie: stop nipping each other). So, I went and bought more fish (again!). I bought 2 more of each kind of tetra, 2 more danio's (as they are also schooling) and more neon tetra's bringing my neon total to 9....well almost. :)
I'd also become infatuated over my many visits to the pet store with a Ghost Knifefish they had. I'd done some research on his compatibility with other fish and as he seemed like a good fit I bought him. He was my next biggest mistake after the nasty shark. He'd come home sharing a bag with my new neon tetra's as they were going into the same tank. After letting the bag float in the water for the recommended amount of time I opened it to let out the fish. Seemed to me like I was short a neon but figured it must be just me and went to read up some more on my newest acquisition. Discovered fairly quickly that not only can they swallow small fish whole (I was missing a neon!) but they grow to be a foot to 2 feet long! I must have done my original research with mental blinders on! After trying overnight to convince myself that I'd get a bigger tank before he would need it (as if I was going to get a 4 foot long tank) I realized my folly and decided to return him and get something more sensible like guppies. Pleasant, small, pretty and fairly easy care. Only a small risk my Gourami's would nip them...and my Gourami's seem pretty laid back. So, today I took back my lovely, friendly ghost knife. (Did you know that they will learn to eat out of and rest in your hand)? I instead got 3 beautiful male guppies, and 3 beautiful male platys. (The pet store keeps males and females of those species separate as they are live bearers and prolific). So...lets hope they are actually all males and the Gourami's remain laid back!
I now have 2 female and 1 male Siamese fighting fish, 4 pearl? danio's, 8 neon tetras and 1 white red fin shark in my 25 gallon tank.
Now sharing my 20 gallon tank upstairs are 2 Honey gourami's, 4 red serpae and 4 red eye tetra's, 3 guppies and 3 platys.
Let this be a lesson to you all if you are going to start an aquarium!
1. Know how to limit yourself! (I obviously can't....although I have to now, and my friend Chris H can't either)!
2. Do your research BEFORE you buy ANY fish and do it WELL. (I now have 8 tetra's I don't really want because I bought some right off the bat and that now take up space and I have had a fair bit of trouble juggling fish or not being able to get fish I want because ones I got at the start (without having done research) turn out to be potentially aggressive.
Then have fun. Despite all the rigmarole I really enjoy the fish and find them quite soothing to watch. They also have surprisingly interesting personalities. (And the tetra's and danio's ARE doing better now they are 4 rather than 2...even if I would rather not have them at all excluding the neons).
So, I have a rather full house animal wise at the moment and am learning lots! (Such as the fact that I AM NOT ready to have cats again yet, and I really, surprisingly like having fish).
Maybe someday I will get a decent picture of the fish and post it.
Forgive the grammar and spelling mistakes, I can't be bothered checking it over, it's too long.
All went well for a short time in fish world but I was still battling the algae bloom that would get worse and then better and worse again. I was also getting interested in trying a few live plants...so that was my next addition. I then found out the live plants can help get rid of algae bloom, so bought a few more. I figured that this was it. I was done buying and adding to my tank...was just going to enjoy it. (Which I do, I often sit for 30 minutes or so just watching the fish).
In this time frame of actually not adding any fish to the tank (although I continued to change water etc. to try to get rid of the algae), I got in touch with a friend of mine who has a kitten rescue operation. I decided I was ready to try fostering again.
Within the first 2 weeks of talking to the folks at VOKRA I had a mom and four 5 day old kittens. As the mom, Jelly is 10 and doesn't produce quite enough milk I (or other interested parties) help feed the two smaller kittens by bottle feeding a few times a day. Within the first week of having the kittens they caught a minor cold. Karen and Elizabeth got me the appropriate medicines and we nipped it in the bud. The kittens are now 4.5 weeks old and doing great...we still bottle feed the smaller ones, and one kitten has already found a home with my friends who gave me my female Betta's and when he's 8 weeks he goes to live with them.
Back to my water world. In the last few weeks Chris and I have been noticing that our Redtail Black Shark has been growing rapidly (now 4" rather than 2") and becoming more and more aggressive. Although he had always been the larger of the two sharks he was the one who hid constantly and so it was a bit unexpected and we'd thought nothing of it at first. Then finally we noticed him chasing not only the other shark (who is still only just 2") and occasionally a tetra but ALL the other fish, he'd even cornered one of the Bettas...and it was non-stop...any fish that came near the bottom of the aquarium was going to get nipped if it wasn't quick to get away. We decided one particularly bad day that enough was enough. He was moving out. I went to price out hoods, filters and heaters for my old 20 gallon. Turns out it was cheaper just to get a new one as a kit...and I figured I could use the new hood on the 25 gallon in the hopes it would give better light. I decided to go for it (although I was originally thinking of a 10 gallon for upstairs). I set up the tank and the next morning moved Mr. Redtail Black Shark to that tank (despite it's not having cycled at all). This was aided with the discovery of another dead fish. This time one of the red-eye tetras. We were pretty sure it was him given all the harassing he'd been doing. A couple of days later I stopped in at the pet store to pick up some gravel for the new tank (it had a few things in it but no gravel) and paused to look at the male betta's. Chris and I had stopped in and looked at them the night before when walking past and we felt sorry for them as it is wrongly perpetuated myth that Siamese fighting fish (betta's) are happy in those tiny aquariums they are often kept in. Anyway, I was still feeling sorry for them and I'd been pondering getting a male betta for my upstairs aquarium anyway once set up (because they are pretty and because I'd wanted to give at least one a decent aquarium). So I quickly checked to see if they got along with sharks and then bought one. The next day I was again doing more research and discovered that the betta's are okay with some sharks but not the one I had! Also we were seeing the shark display the same aggressive behaviour again. I realized that he wouldn't be happy with any fish I wanted sharing his tank and so made the decision to return him after speaking with the pet store to make sure they'd take him back after so long. In the next few days I did a lot of research (I'm learning!) and talked to people at aquarium stores and decided to divide my fish between tanks and move the male betta downstairs into the tank with the female betta's. (Interestingly enough, you can have two females with a male but not one as he will pester her to death with his advances..with two he has to divide his time I guess!) As male betta's and gourami's don't get along the 2 gourami's moved upstairs, as did the 2 red-eye and 2 red serpae tetras as they were good for new tanks. I'd been noticing weird behaviours from the tetra's so did some more reading-up on them and came to the conclusion that as they were schooling fish they just needed more of their own kind to act 'normal'. (ie: stop nipping each other). So, I went and bought more fish (again!). I bought 2 more of each kind of tetra, 2 more danio's (as they are also schooling) and more neon tetra's bringing my neon total to 9....well almost. :)
I'd also become infatuated over my many visits to the pet store with a Ghost Knifefish they had. I'd done some research on his compatibility with other fish and as he seemed like a good fit I bought him. He was my next biggest mistake after the nasty shark. He'd come home sharing a bag with my new neon tetra's as they were going into the same tank. After letting the bag float in the water for the recommended amount of time I opened it to let out the fish. Seemed to me like I was short a neon but figured it must be just me and went to read up some more on my newest acquisition. Discovered fairly quickly that not only can they swallow small fish whole (I was missing a neon!) but they grow to be a foot to 2 feet long! I must have done my original research with mental blinders on! After trying overnight to convince myself that I'd get a bigger tank before he would need it (as if I was going to get a 4 foot long tank) I realized my folly and decided to return him and get something more sensible like guppies. Pleasant, small, pretty and fairly easy care. Only a small risk my Gourami's would nip them...and my Gourami's seem pretty laid back. So, today I took back my lovely, friendly ghost knife. (Did you know that they will learn to eat out of and rest in your hand)? I instead got 3 beautiful male guppies, and 3 beautiful male platys. (The pet store keeps males and females of those species separate as they are live bearers and prolific). So...lets hope they are actually all males and the Gourami's remain laid back!
I now have 2 female and 1 male Siamese fighting fish, 4 pearl? danio's, 8 neon tetras and 1 white red fin shark in my 25 gallon tank.
Now sharing my 20 gallon tank upstairs are 2 Honey gourami's, 4 red serpae and 4 red eye tetra's, 3 guppies and 3 platys.
Let this be a lesson to you all if you are going to start an aquarium!
1. Know how to limit yourself! (I obviously can't....although I have to now, and my friend Chris H can't either)!
2. Do your research BEFORE you buy ANY fish and do it WELL. (I now have 8 tetra's I don't really want because I bought some right off the bat and that now take up space and I have had a fair bit of trouble juggling fish or not being able to get fish I want because ones I got at the start (without having done research) turn out to be potentially aggressive.
Then have fun. Despite all the rigmarole I really enjoy the fish and find them quite soothing to watch. They also have surprisingly interesting personalities. (And the tetra's and danio's ARE doing better now they are 4 rather than 2...even if I would rather not have them at all excluding the neons).
So, I have a rather full house animal wise at the moment and am learning lots! (Such as the fact that I AM NOT ready to have cats again yet, and I really, surprisingly like having fish).
Maybe someday I will get a decent picture of the fish and post it.
Forgive the grammar and spelling mistakes, I can't be bothered checking it over, it's too long.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Soon???
So this is not soon, and I likely won't be writing a long update. I can't even remember the last thing I wrote about. I think it was Lucy's doctors appointment...and it's already almost time to have another one! The girls are growing like weeds, and although they are not gaining a lot of weight (still only 19-Lucy and 21.5-Kate lbs) they are stretching up and are a little over 2.5 feet tall. We still love to spend time with them but now like breaks in between. I wasn't that far off when I called them the monster twins while still in the womb. We used to recite the rhyme "there was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead and when she was good she was very very good and when she was bad she was horrid" to Lucy due to the fact that before her hair grew she had a curl...but now I think that rhyme applies to both of them in a big way. One thing that's apparent though despite their very different personalities they are both going to have a crazy sense of humour!
Anyway, so for the update. I can't even remember November, December was a whirlwind before leaving for our 16 day visit with my (Liv) family in Moncton. That was fun, and far too short. The Christmas tree didn't end up having decorations past the middle, which was fine by me...my aunt Loney had the ingenious idea to fill up that bottom part with their toys which looked just right with three little kids running around every day. (My sister Megan's son Devlin being the 3 child at 8 months). We had lots of relaxing days, and lots of visiting with my cousin's Sarah and Ben which I'd been craving and one very fun and somewhat painful sledding excursion. :) I was also treated to several snow storms which I quite enjoyed not getting to partake in many out in Vancouver.
The flights with twins were interesting..not to bad on the way east but terrible (mostly) heading west. Either way we were very relieved when we touched ground. I can certainly understand why they don't allow more than one child per adult! (for kids under 2). I still can't decide if our delayed departure for Vancouver (due to the girls getting sick on departure day #1) was a good thing or not...regardless I am doing it again! I will be back in Moncton, for a month this time, in July.
January was very busy as well, catching up with friends and family kept us busy every weekend that entire month and many weeknights as well. I was temporarily laid off from my work until they got more work which allowed me to do some work for another archaeologist, who I am still working with. This time I get to work from home. I was initially apprehensive but have found it to actually be quite rewarding, although I still have babysitters! I don't know when or if I will be returning to the previous job...I will just wait and see.
I can't even recall what happened in February really and it just passed! More of the same I am sure although we had more quiet evenings and weekends. The girls continue to grow and surprise us with their understanding of what goes on around them (not always a good thing) and they talk more and more (although most people can't understand them and even less people can understand the slight inflections the differentiate one word from another at times). They also continue to get stronger, I could swear Lucy does chin ups the bicep strength that little one has. They are in beds now for the most part rather than cribs due to Lucy's climbing antics. When they were small we thought Lucy would be more rough and tumble than Kate, as Kate seemed more laid back but I was proven wrong. Kate is just as rough and tumble if not more so and she has an even stronger stubborn streak...at least for now. We are currently having quite a bit of trouble with the 'violence' with both girls, especially Kate whose bullheadedness comes out when she hears no. They are just SOOO rough and don't quite understand yet that those kicks, slaps, bites, hairpulling etc. hurt...although I was quite surprised when they started lashing out at each other or us...or just throwing things when they don't get their way! We've been trying to really crack down on all those behaviours but I imagine it will take time.
March has been fun so far. My little sister Megan was able to come visit with Devlin for 2 weeks and those weeks really flew. We mostly stuck around home for her visit as it is not her first time visiting Vancouver although we did go to the aquarium with my friend Shannon which was a lot of fun with the kids. We all enjoyed it...and having the extra person there was great for help! :) Chris and I got ourselves a Wii for our birthdays them being so close together and we also spent a fair bit of time playing that. Let me tell you, the first few days after getting it Megan and I were so sore from all the sports we played! It's the first time I've ever really enjoyed video games. I still don't know if that is bad or good. :) Megan left a few days ago, and I am having a birthday get together in a few more days so March is a good month.
Now lets see what spring brings!
(P.S. to anyone who is reading this...it's posted without proof reading, please forgive mistakes)
Anyway, so for the update. I can't even remember November, December was a whirlwind before leaving for our 16 day visit with my (Liv) family in Moncton. That was fun, and far too short. The Christmas tree didn't end up having decorations past the middle, which was fine by me...my aunt Loney had the ingenious idea to fill up that bottom part with their toys which looked just right with three little kids running around every day. (My sister Megan's son Devlin being the 3 child at 8 months). We had lots of relaxing days, and lots of visiting with my cousin's Sarah and Ben which I'd been craving and one very fun and somewhat painful sledding excursion. :) I was also treated to several snow storms which I quite enjoyed not getting to partake in many out in Vancouver.
The flights with twins were interesting..not to bad on the way east but terrible (mostly) heading west. Either way we were very relieved when we touched ground. I can certainly understand why they don't allow more than one child per adult! (for kids under 2). I still can't decide if our delayed departure for Vancouver (due to the girls getting sick on departure day #1) was a good thing or not...regardless I am doing it again! I will be back in Moncton, for a month this time, in July.
January was very busy as well, catching up with friends and family kept us busy every weekend that entire month and many weeknights as well. I was temporarily laid off from my work until they got more work which allowed me to do some work for another archaeologist, who I am still working with. This time I get to work from home. I was initially apprehensive but have found it to actually be quite rewarding, although I still have babysitters! I don't know when or if I will be returning to the previous job...I will just wait and see.
I can't even recall what happened in February really and it just passed! More of the same I am sure although we had more quiet evenings and weekends. The girls continue to grow and surprise us with their understanding of what goes on around them (not always a good thing) and they talk more and more (although most people can't understand them and even less people can understand the slight inflections the differentiate one word from another at times). They also continue to get stronger, I could swear Lucy does chin ups the bicep strength that little one has. They are in beds now for the most part rather than cribs due to Lucy's climbing antics. When they were small we thought Lucy would be more rough and tumble than Kate, as Kate seemed more laid back but I was proven wrong. Kate is just as rough and tumble if not more so and she has an even stronger stubborn streak...at least for now. We are currently having quite a bit of trouble with the 'violence' with both girls, especially Kate whose bullheadedness comes out when she hears no. They are just SOOO rough and don't quite understand yet that those kicks, slaps, bites, hairpulling etc. hurt...although I was quite surprised when they started lashing out at each other or us...or just throwing things when they don't get their way! We've been trying to really crack down on all those behaviours but I imagine it will take time.
March has been fun so far. My little sister Megan was able to come visit with Devlin for 2 weeks and those weeks really flew. We mostly stuck around home for her visit as it is not her first time visiting Vancouver although we did go to the aquarium with my friend Shannon which was a lot of fun with the kids. We all enjoyed it...and having the extra person there was great for help! :) Chris and I got ourselves a Wii for our birthdays them being so close together and we also spent a fair bit of time playing that. Let me tell you, the first few days after getting it Megan and I were so sore from all the sports we played! It's the first time I've ever really enjoyed video games. I still don't know if that is bad or good. :) Megan left a few days ago, and I am having a birthday get together in a few more days so March is a good month.
Now lets see what spring brings!
(P.S. to anyone who is reading this...it's posted without proof reading, please forgive mistakes)
Friday, January 11, 2008
lots to say I suppose but not just yet...
Just a note to say that I've added a few photo's that were taken of Liv's family over the holidays...more to follow...and an update soon, I promise.
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