Some Recent Photos

Playing In The Snow - February 17th




Having Fun with Stickers - February 18th



Surrounded by Books - February 24th

Battling Babies

My daughter looks like she was in a fight and, well… she was. But the black under her left eye isn’t from being hit, she was actually bitten by another child at daycare yesterday during a scuffle over a toy. Yes, the other child was reprimanded by the staff and by her parent, she had a time out and apologized to Draya. I’m not super upset about it, toddlers bite they’re just learning. The other girl will probably never do it again and, hopefully, Draya has learned that it hurts and is wrong and she'll never do it to anyone else herself. Right now she looks like she’s a little bruiser - or just clumsy.
In other news: Draya can now count to ten and sometimes twelve. Last night she was counting the fish in her bathtub. She is also doing very well at singing her ABC’s.

Finally - New Draya Photos & Thoughts

Okay, so maybe Daddy's undies are a little big on me,
but they are very comfy!

So if I squish this into this... it's a work of art!

Who me? No I'm not sleepy at all!

There is so much toy potential in the recycling bin!
Where do I begin??

I'll just pour myself some milk...

Ah pretend milk - yummy!

Which button to I press to see King of Eight?

It looks so easy when Daddy does it!

Ohhh, a club! I'll take that!!

Playing away

Last night Draya & I has a lovely play-dough snack of pizza, peas and milk in our little play-dough cups & bowls. Turns out when you mix purple, pink and neon orange play-dough together, you get a nice light shade of red.
This afternoon Draya had fun walking around the block & playing in the snow with her shovel and bucket.
Draya has a paper bag filled with little valentines that she got at daycare. She likes to dump it out, look at all the little cards, and then put them back in the bag one by one.
The camera has be downloaded... there will be new photos here before the end of the long weekend!

Sesame Street Addict

Draya has some new favourite videos on line.
She OFTEN will point at the computer and request "eight", at which time we show her The King of Eight. And, after she has asked for that "again" so many times we're sick of it (it's cute but it gets into your head and never comes out!!) we show her Martian Cutie (Number 9) which she also really likes! Then we also usually watch The Pointer Sister's Pinball and C is for Cookie They sure do bring back the memories don't they!!

I never though I'd hear myself say... #2

Honey, please stop sticking Mrs. Potato Head's tongue in my ear.

An old/new habit at two & a music review

Draya found an old/new (not used) soother in one of the baskets in her bedroom. She spent a good chunk of the morning & early afternoon with it in her mouth. She's calling it her 'suckie'. I'm pretty sure this is because some of the kids at daycare have 'suckies' and she just wants one too. Now, Draya never has been one for soothers. She liked & used the one they gave her in the NICU but we never found one after that she would take. She is a thumb sucker. When she's tired or needs comfort her right thumb goes into her mouth and her left hand goes to her belly button. I doubt that this 'suckie' thing will become a 'necessity'. It's just interesting to see the things she's picked up while away from home.
She has also learned her ABC song without us. I just recently added it to our singing repertoire and she already new it. Other favourites we sing - often in the car - include '5 little monkeys', 'head & shoulders' (also fun in the bath) , the magic penny', 'the eansy, weensy spider', teddy bear's pic-nic', 'if your happy & you know it' and, of course, 'the wheel's on the bus'. And ours is not an ordinary bus, it often carries puppies that go "woof woof woof", kitties that go "meow meow meow" monkeys that go "eek eek eek" and numerous other animals after the mommies go "shh shh shh".

Nana Update & Stupid Blogger

Nana B's surgery went well. They got everyting out that they needed to and she is recovering nicely.
On a less positive note - I'm not sure when I'll be able to blog again. I seem to have accidentally tied my log in to Daddy's gmail thanks to these idiotic new blogger/google changes. So, if you don't hear from me for a while it's just becasue I hate the new system and I don't want a g-mail account of my own. I already have e-mails that I had to get for other reasons that I never use. Maybe I'm bitter. Or I might just try to fix it... we'll see. There are photos waiting on our camera that need to be downloaded & posted.

The wrong kind of exciting night

So Draya & I had a bit of excitement here last night, and we went on an unexpected outing. Daddy was working late. Draya & I were dancing to 'Happy Day'. I was holding her by her 2 hands and swinging her. There was a pop. Draya was crying and holding her right arm. I thought for sure I had sprained her wrist! I looked up sprain care in my first aid book and tried to put ice on it. She wasn't overly cooperative. I called health link for advise. She watched Treehouse. After 30-40 min on hold I spoke to a very nice nurse. When I tried to inspect Draya's arm for her Draya howled. There was no swelling or discolouration but she was obviously hurting. The nurse suggested that I take Draya to the Emergency Centre on 50 st and 140 ave. I didn't even know that there was one there. It 's a very nice facility. I bundled Draya into her snow suit, with her sore arm tucked inside, and off we went. All the way there she alternated back & forth between singing 'Wheels on the Bus' with me and whimpering. The staff at the medical centre saw us fairly quickly - there were only 4 people ahead of us. We were put in a little room and then they took us for an x-ray. While the technician & I were taking a wailing Draya out of her sweater and aligning on the equipment there was another pop. Next thing you know she has stopt cradling her arm and she's sucking her thumb as usual.
The doctor, who was also very nice, said it was a classic case if nursemaid's elbow. He showed me how to pop it back into place if it ever happens again and gave Draya juice.
It was 11 pm when we got home and went to bed. Daddy got home from work at 11:30.

Nana's Surgery re-scheduled

Nana B is still in Toronto but her surgery got bumped to 8 am on Thursday.
It will take 1.5 hours and the good news is that her LMS growth has NOT grown since December or spread.

Prayers for Nana

Draya's Nana B is having surgery in Toronto today to have an LMS cancer growth removed from her lung. Please keep her in your thought and prayers both today and during the next month while she recovers.
For information on LMS visit: http://www.bctonline.com/~dwhiting/lms/basic.htm

"Cookies" All Over

Mommy & Daddy have been initiated into a new stage of parenthood. The upset stomach – much cookie tossing included. Poor Draya, last night she was cranky at dinner - didn’t really want to eat - wanted Mommy. I wanted to eat dinner without a kid in my lap constantly so Draya had a tantrum and lay on the floor sniffling for a while. We though she was just tired. At about 7 pm she just stopped in the middle of the living room and tossed her cookies – twice. I gave her a speedy, standing up bath (she screamed) while Daddy cleaned the carpet. Then we cuddled her and sat her in front of Treehouse. She tossed her cookies about 5 or 6 more times, not that there was much left to toss and went through 4 more pairs of jammies (she didn’t always hit the bowl). There weren’t any other symptoms of illness, no fever, aches or other pains, she even got restless and bored of Treehouse eventually and wanted to play! She did eventually conk out on the couch at around 9:30 pm. We moved her up to our bed around 11 where she promptly tossed her cookies again, waking up at 2 am for a final tossing. I slept in with her this morning and when she got up at 8:30 she was totally fine. Drank milk and apple juice, nursed and ate oatmeal. Nothing came back up. I took her to daycare for 11am. But wow, toddler vomit is WAY different than baby blarg! We knew it would be but now we’ve experienced it!!