Photos

I had to steal these photos and share a couple of them that my sister-in-law, Dana took over this last month....I super love them and I haven't posted any new Sterly pics as I have been busy moving and getting things ready in my new place. The first is of Josh (Sterls' cousin) and his cutie. Josh calls Sterling 'the cutie'. I love it! Wow they could be brothers, eh?
We called this 'baby row' at Thanksgiving dinner. This is all the boy cousins all born around the same time...Everette (21 months), Owen (26 months), Corbin (24 months) and Sterling (15 months). Chloe is also another cousin that is 21 months old but she lives in Saskatoon. Also Trevor's sister had a little guy a few months older than him, Tyler. What a lucky little guy to have so many cousins so close to him!

-Alauna

Quickie

Here is my quick post to let everyone know things....

First, the move went alright...I had a super bad sore throat and so it was pretty painful to do any hard labour that made my throat dry. Not to mention we picked the worst day to move ever. It pretty much was a super blizzard the first half of our move and then the second half was just tons of slush. Only in Calgary could it snow tons and tons and be super cold and then at noon instantly change to bright and sunny and 10 degree Celsius. Luckily, my husband who procrastinated calling someone to help us move got lucky. My brother and sister-in-law came to the rescue to help us move without being asked! So pretty much nothing is put away because I was sick until yesterday and my body was 'sick tired' and didn't want to move. What sucks is that I took Monday and Tuesday off to get unpacked and it never happened because I was sick. What a waste of days off....

Halloween is here and I have been a super procrastinator myself (After complaining to my husband for weeks about him doing the same thing). I bought everything to make Sterling's costume 2 months ago and I didn't even start it until last night. He is going to be a garden gnome complete with pointy hat, beard and watering can (to hold his candy when trick-or-treating). I finished the hat last night after I put Sterling to bed, so hopefully it fits his melon. Will post pictures when I get back to work on Monday. Turns out that we don't have Internet or tv or phone. I am waiting to hear back from the townhouse board about their take on satellite and can't get the others until I have that figured out...-Alauna

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One More DAY!!!

So pretty excited about the big move starting tomorrow! Here is a google map link of where the house is (If you don't touch it for a minute, it will show a street view of our place as well).

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Royal+Oak+Way+NW&daddr=51.153159,-114.213814&geocode=FSB6DAMdyzEx-Q%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&dirflg=w&sll=51.152452,-114.214425&sspn=0.002954,0.00515&ie=UTF8&ll=51.149417,-114.216614&spn=0,359.979401&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.149333,-114.216481&panoid=0jmoA8KrW6zKI0t6esAhIg&cbp=12,223.95,,1,-3.53

I am happy that it is finally here after all this packing. I still have a long night of packing after the flu made Sterling a very unhappy little boy. He was up all night three nights in a row and just cried all night long no matter what you did to calm him down. In the day he would nap on and off all day but he wanted you to hold him all the time. So I lost three days of packing because I was stuck holding the Midget (it was either that or listen to him cry non-stop). Must say that I am relieved that he is almost feeling completely better, minus he is still pretty clingy.

Took Sterls to his PT/OT a couple of days ago and it was pretty good news. They told me that he is above average for speech and hand/eye coordination and comprehension. They gave him a money jar with an opening just big enough to fit poker chips inside and he instantly started putting them into the little hole. Must say I was impressed! Anyways, this is good news because alot of people with Spina Bifida have learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD. These usually show from the time they are babies and it looks to all the hospital workers that this little guy is not going to have to deal with that on top of his physical one.

I will try and remember to take before and after pictures for everyone of the new abode...It might take a while because I have lots of plans and things to make but it will happen!

-Alauna

Yea!

My money has found it's way home today! I am so happy because it really sucks to have no fundage when you are trying to get ready to move. After much arguing with the bank about them not making an effort in returning my money they have learned from a investigation (after me telling them a million times that I wasn't where the money was taken from) that 'yes' it was a scam and 'no' I was not in Quebec last week (which was where the money was taken from). So I am a happy person.

Second week of Sterly beans being watched by my sister and sister-in-law. It is really nice to not have to worry about some stranger looking after your only son! Ang watches Sterling Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Dana watches him Tuesday and Thursday. I thought he was going to throw a huge fit about being left but it has come to my attention that he is too busy causing trouble (in the form of making huge messes) to miss me! Ang has a son that is 9 months older than Sterling and Dana has a son that is 6 months older than Sterling, so I think he has fun being a little hooligan with them!

So I have the pickiest son with food. He will not eat anything I offer to him, unless he decides that it is exactly perfect. He will only eat baby cereal, apple sauce, pudding, yogurt and anything that is a treat. He eats everything when he is being watched! I don't understand why I try to give him a million different things when he is home and NO WAY will he eat it. He was sitting in the playroom at Ang's house when a ladybug was crawling up him arm. He picks up the ladybug and eats it! Unbelievable...the kid will eat a ladybug and not even cringe but NO he won't eat any vegetables or rice or anything else. My little weirdy baby.

Went to Edmonton and visited with my brother and his family this weekend. We stayed at this hotel downtown and I have determined that I am a jinx in Edmonton. The last 3 times we have gone there for different reasons and every single time the hot tub is closed for renovation. This is at three completely different hotels. Not to mention the hotel claimed to be a 4-star hotel and the pictures of it looked amazing. Get into our hotel room and....it is done with rose pink 70's wallpaper, pink drapes, worn out pink chair, old pink blankets and even pink carpet. YUCK!!! One of the most hideous rooms that I have ever seen with midget, really uncomfortable double beds (I sleep on a King so it felt super tiny). Also, I asked about if they charged for parking and they tell me don't worry and just fill out your license plate so you don't get a ticket. When my bill comes in the morning I got charged $15 for parking. Lamecore!

Plus crazy people live in Edmonton. We are going out to dinner with Colin and Stacey and the parking lot is packed. The aisle is empty and we see someone pulling out, so we turn on our blinker and start going when they are out. This crazy little man comes whipping around the corner and jumps out of his car. He stands in front of our car and says 'this is my spot, i wait here long long time'. We are like 'no way little man, you weren't here a second ago'. He says 'You mess with the wrong person' and then proceeds to yell at us. We tell him to 'get out of the way so we can move spots' because obviously he wants this spot really bad and it isn't worth it to us but he won't move for 10 minutes. So Trevor finally just starts inching forward anyway and he finally moves because he doesn't want to get hit. But then he follows us around the parking lot while we look for another space. Why on earth would you yell at someone about a spot, not move when they say they will get a new spot and then not take it when they move for you? So I took down his license plate because I wasn't sure if he was going to kick our door in when we went to eat because he parked beside us. Yeah, weird.

Yup...That is my life...Moving in 2 1/2 weeks!!! Moving is at a standstill....I am not getting anything done. I swear I have the same amount of things packed as I did a week ago.

-Alauna