I ran out to Sears really quickly the other day to try on bathing suits (there was a sale). You see my bathing suit from last year is a halter top and you can’t really breastfeed in a halter top unless you want to whip them both out at once, and so far Olivia’s only needed [...]
Today is a "mommy" day — a day when the kids need their mommy. Olivia got her first immunization this morning, and I’m pretty sure Luke now has an ear infection (Marc’s taking him to the walk-in clinic as we speak to find out). So, I know it’s a mommy day because when Marc came [...]
At 2:45pm, Saturday, April 28, 2007, I looked like this. And, yes, Randall, that is the picture you asked Marc to take of me when he was talking to you on the phone in the delivery room. And, just after 4:35pm on that same day, this is what emerged from that belly: Olivia Kate Vandersluys. And [...]
There are two shows on Treehouse which worry me: This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung. Why do these harmless children’s programs worry me? Because my children could never host them. Why? My kids are cute enough, smart enough, and doggonit, people like them… the problem is their last name. You see, you [...]
Trevor and Peggy brought Marc back a huge beer mug from the Hofbrauhaus when they were in Germany in April. It’s seriously huge – a bottle of beer doesn’t even fill up one-third of it. Last night I filled it about half full of lemonade because I was really thirsty. Except when I sat down to [...]
That nasty stomach bug from just 3 weeks ago (I can’t believe it’s only been 3 weeks since we moved into the house), has returned. I’ve been running to the bathroom every 20 minutes since I got out of bed this morning and my nose is running and I still have the headache from yesterday. [...]
We ran out of time to eat at a restaurant yesterday in between dropping off Marc’s folks and picking up my brother at the airport, so we ate Quizno’s in the parking lot of the strip mall by McNally Robinson while I fed Olivia, instead. We parked facing the CIBC. When Marc ran in to [...]
We have one more night on the air mattress in Olivia’s room. Marc’s parents fly back home to BC tomorrow. It’s been great having them here, but Marc and I, being Marc and I, feel really bad that this flooding had to happen and take away a lot of our visiting time. We were already [...]
So, here’s the latest update. Marc and I, and his mom, and my parents began moving stuff and vacuuming before 5am yesterday morning. (And I will never forget laying in bed, nursing Olivia, hearing footsteps on the stairs, thinking Marc’s mom was coming to get a drink of water and then hearing a knock at the [...]
After being in bed for 4 hours, with two brief wake-ups from Olivia in between, Marc’s mom came into our bedroom at 4:15am to say that the basement was flooded. So, we’ve been up since then trying to suck up as much as possible. Thank the Lord for Peggy & Trevor’s Shop-Vac. Oh well, at [...]