Update on Me (Kathryn)

Just thought I'd do a quick update on my surgery.

On Friday morning, Adrian and I headed for the hospital around 6:30am. They quickly got me up to the ward I'd be hanging out on before and after my surgery. At 9am they came and gave me an IV, and then took me down to the lovely waiting area in the OR. Its a beautiful area with nice lounge chairs, warm cozy blankets, and really nice staff. It wasn't long before they came and got me and took me to the OR that my surgery was happening in. Everyone was great and I quickly fell asleep, walking up about 3 1/2 hours later in recovery with very little pain - thank you to who ever loaded me up with pain meds - your the best!! Friday night, Danielle came up to see me, and keep me company. While she was there, we had a little problem with some excessive bleeding. At one point I had a wee bit of blood coming out of my nose and in my mouth. Eventually the nurse called the on-call ENT and he came in and tried to stop the bleeding with pressure. Needless to say after he rewrapped my head, I didn't get a great night sleep. I got home Saturday morning. It was so nice to crawl into my nice warm cozy bed. The house was quiet - the girls were at my mom's. I had a great sleep and woke up at dinner, to the smiling faces of my girls. Sophia was sooo relieved to see me. She smiled and came over and needed a cuddle. She let out a wonderful sigh, just looking up at me smiling. Anika gave me a huge hug and said she missed me. Adrian had taken care of everything. He did the grocery shopping, laundry, chauffeuring, EVERYTHING. He really stepped up to the plate. My mom sent dinner home on Saturday when she brought the girls home.

I had been feeling pretty good Saturday night and even Sunday morning, only taking tylenol extra strength, then things took a turn and the pain became a little more unbareable. Seems like tylenol 3's only last about 3 hours.. by 4 hours its hard to get the pain back under control. Today has been the worst by far. Adrian went back to work today and since I am home alone with Sophia I can't drug myself like I would if Adrian was here. So while he is home, I've been keeping up with the T3's, and hopefully tonight will go ok.

I see my surgeon on Wednesday morning. At that appointment he'll take the packing out and hopefully the pain will have subsided. I really hate feeling this way - especially when I have to return to work on Monday. Not exactly the way I was hoping to spend my week with Sophia.

Will update a little more after Wednesday's appointment.
Thanks for all the well wishes and phone calls... it means a lot to know you all care!

House Reno's

Thought I'd post a pic of our exterior house reno's. We've changed our trim and garage door from a cream to a chocolate brown, along with a new roof, soffit and fascia.

Before...

After...

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SOPHIA!!!

A look back at Sophia's 1st year.....

Moments before her big arrival!

Oct 22, 2007

Hello World!!
My fist day!
Crap its cold out here!
1 Month Old!
2 Months Old
3 Months Old

4 Months Old 5 months old6 Months Old7 Months Old

9 Months Old10 Months Old11 Months Old12 Months Old

SOPHIA'S 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

On October 5th, we had Sophia's first birthday party! We couldn't have asked for a better day for her! She was spoiled rotten by her close family (grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins) and her friends - well boy friends (Liam & Jackson ;) and their families. She got lots of great gifts everything from toys, books and clothes.

As much as I try to make Sophia a girlie girl, there isn't a girlie girl bone in her body. It doesn't matter how many dresses, clips, skirts, ruffles etc I put her in, she's a tomboy at heart. One of her favorite toys she got for her birthday is a dump truck and little people car. From Gramma and Gramp she got twin babies, that came with a double stroller, double highchair and basinette. Anika asked if she could help put everything together so while Sophia napped, Anika and I got busy. Thinking Sophia would be excited and lovey dovey with her new babies, we were sadly mistaken... As soon as she came down from her nap, she walked right over to the stroller which held the precious little babies, and DUMPED it over and said 'ROAR'!!!!! Not quite the reaction we were looking for. Needless to say, the babies have been put away for the time being as she insists on stepping on them yelling ROAR whenever she sees them!! A few other favorites from her birthday are an animal puzzle and her new books - especially "I love you stinky face" from her Uncle Shaun, Auntie Shirley and her cousin Hailey ~ I think we read it 49x a day.. books are one of the only things that Sophia will sit still for!!

Here are a few pictures of her special day!

(thanks Auntie Jenn for designing Sophia's birthday invites!!)

~beautiful birthday cake homemade by Auntie Danielle ~ Thank You!!!~

~Grampa with Sophia and Hailey~
~ dinner time ~

~ Sophia having dinner ~

~ Sophia's buddy Liam ~

~ Sophia's buddy Jackson ~

~ The 'big' kid table.... Anika, Caden, Connor, Micah, Livia ~

~ Hailey ~~ Sacha ~

Happy Birthday Sophia!!!Mmmmmmm.... Sugar

~~~ I DON'T LIKE IT!! TAKE IT AWAY!!! ~~~

~ Hmmmmm - What are these??? ~~ I'm tired but I think these are for me??!! ~

~ Birthdays are tiring!! ~~ The day after... and I'm much happier!! ~

Guess who turned 11 months....

Can't believe Sophia is 11 months old!

She is still as busy as ever. She has managed to free herself from her stroller (had a lap belt on) and stood up in it while we were in line at Chapters - nearly gave me a heart attack, and stands up in her highchair daily when she's all done. I guess that is her new "sign" for 'all done'!! Today I went out and bought her an early birthday present - a new highchair with SHOULDER STRAPS.

She has a few new words "mama" (yay!!!!), and what we think is "mine". She's walking EVERYWHERE, and still looks like she is in a hurry. She has started sleeping about 7 hours at night which is great. One morning, Adrian and I woke up and it was just the two of us in our bed. No kids!! It was fantastic!

Congratulations....

PAUL AND NICOLE!!!

We are soooo happy that you guys FINALLY have Angelique with you guys. She is so lucky to have such wonderful parents! We can't wait to meet her!

WALKING VIDEO - SOPHIA 10 1/2 MONTHS...

FINALLY!!!!

Now she is normally a lot more steady than she is in this video but I finally got some footage of her walking. It was taken on September 8th at 9:30pm (ish). She was everywhere tonight, down the hall to the front living room, kitchen to the family room, dining room... her little legs put on lots of miles!!

CLICK HERE

Enjoy!!

Sophia learned today how to get off of her ride on car without tipping over... she was so proud!!

What's new with Sophia....

Sophia is doing great! It amazes me how much a baby will grow - not just physically but emotionally and mentally. Each day she does something new. She's walking about 10 steps at a time, and at times gets a little excited and it almost looks like she's trying to run. She gets very excited when the dogs come into her eye view and says "Pup Pup Pup", and when we correct her she says Pup-EEEEE. She also says "Up" when she wants you to pick her up and also when she wants to get down LOL. One of her favorites is Dahhhhhh Dah.... and a new one is Anka. She has yet to say Mama, Mom, or Mah ~ I know it will come one day and then that's all we'll hear. We have also been working on a couple basic baby signs, and she has mastered the "all done" sign. The next ones are going to be "Thank You", "More" and "Tired". She will wave "bye bye" and often will say "bye" when Adrian leaves for work.

She has started drinking from a bottle, sippy cup and today she got a hold of Anika's cup with a milkshake in it and actually sucked on a straw! Tonight she had some soup in a bowl that has a straw attached, and she was very surprised that something yummy came up the straw when she sucked on it.

Trying to get video of her walking has been a task in its self. Everytime I get the camera out she sits down and smiles. One day I will get it and when I do I'll get it posted up here.

Thats it for now... Will post more pictures in a few weeks!

Ciao!
K

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