January 6th, 2009

Return to Routine

Finally today my routine is getting back to normal. My DH was off of work all of the holiday break, in addition to my oldest being out of school, so life was definitely different around here for a while! That was good and bad – I had extra help around the house (well until he got sick, lol) and we could sleep in a bit, but DH hates to just sit at home when he’s off, which combined with holiday get togethers meant I was not at home anywhere near as often as usual. I was always able to get my client work completed, but my blogs suffered a little, I spent less time on Twitter and I felt a bit anxious most of the time!

Yesterday biggest boy went back to school and today DH went back to work. I breathed an instant sigh of relief. The younger two boys are easier to work around and today I’ve already posted about choosing a virtual assistant on my business blog and I still had plenty of time to get this post up! The baby just went down for nap #1 and I think I better go get some client work done now though, so bye until later this week! I’m going to be comparing mobile internet options as I hopefully find a solution to my need for wireless on the go!

September 24th, 2008

Day Out and Diaper Shopping

Yesterday was a nice day!  I got some work done in the morning and then decided it was time for a quick trip into the city to pick up some new diapers for baby Soy.  He’s outgrowing his medium stuff and I hate having to try and get the diapers washed and dried every day!

On the way in Soy fell asleep and I decided to put in a quick call to my BFF and yay!!! She was free for lunch so we decided to make a quick run to BP’s before I went to the store.  We hadn’t been in ages and it’s our favorite lunch spot!  Unfortunately we got to the restaurant and only the lounge side was open – they are in the middle of a two week reno!! Ugh.  Oh well, we got our usual order to go and ate in the Jeep.  Not even close to ideal, but manageable and filling!

After we finished lunch I dropped BFF back off at work and me and the little ones headed south.  Of course they both fell asleep on the way and of course we were on a timetable to get home in plenty of time to meet Izzy’s bus.  So I had to wake them up to go into my favorite local organic store (ok well one of two favorites, but the other one is mostly food!), Earth’s General Store, where I was able to pick up some more diapers.  We love the MotherEase Sandy’s made mostly from bamboo.  They are so soft and stretchy.  The small size still fits Soy at 22 pounds, but I bought him the large now.  I also grabbed him a new airflow cover and I was really excited to see a good sippy cup in stock – they were out the last few times we visited the shop!  Lots of money spent our shopping was done (well we did buy some organic chocolate too – yummy and I, um, needed dessert didn’t I?!)

Then we headed home and made it with half an hour to spare before the bus arrived – yay!!!

September 19th, 2008

Cyst Growing?

So back in June we saw a specialist for the lump on Soy’s forehead.  He had an ultrasound and the pediatric dermatologist was fairly confident that what he has is a dermoid cyst.  She said it could be removed but wasn’t urgent and in fact probably better to wait until he’s close to 3 years, since it would be removed under general anesthetic.

This week my sister saw Soy for the first time in a while and commented the cyst seems to be larger.  DH confirmed this today when he got back after a week away. I was under the impression that dermoid cysts were generally slow growing, so it concerns me (ok – freaks me totally out) to think it’s growing noticeably in only a few months.  Fortunately I was able to get into our family doctor for today and I will have him refer us to a surgeon.

The pediatric dermatologist had already sent the ultrasound results and the recommendation for referral to a surgeon to our family doctor so it shouldn’t be a problem – but we’ll see how long to get into a surgeon.  Another test of our Canadian health care system?  So far they’ve gotten the baby in quite quickly for this stuff – I guess infants are prioritized a little.  DH sure has had a long wait for his vasectomy procedure, but that’s okay, waiting for that is not exactly critical!

Wish us luck today!