Well the time has almost come!!...
Only a few days left until my little girl is born! To be quite honest, I'm getting a little nervous. Not so much about the work involved and stuff like that. Deb and I learned a few things with Patrick and we are a lot less stressed this time around. I AM a little nervous though about making sure both my kids get the attention they deserve. I don't like the idea of giving less attention to Patrick and that has always kind of nagged at me. AND I wish I could give the same amount attention to Kathryn as I did to Patrick. I guess all parents feel like this though so that kind of helps... knowing that i'm not the only one. The funny thing is I wasn't worried at all about it until Deb brought it up last night. Then it hit me like a sack of oranges (No Bruises). Well, i'm just going to take it all in stride like I normally do. That seems to have worked out pretty good so far.
Oh... and Deb will be in the hospital for at least a few days but i'm expecting to get kicked out friday because of my horrible snoring. So I'll post an update here if your looking for one.
Wish us luck!
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Sunday, December 24, 2006
2 Down, 3 to go!
Well the Haasnoot and Fessenden Christmas's are now over. The Haasnoots' (My Mom's Side) was last Saturday and it was a great time. There was 26 of us, the weather was beautiful, the food was great, and everyone was in good spirits.
We also just celebrated the immediate Fessenden Christmas (Deb's Family) at Debs' parent's place. It was a great time also but seemed to go rather quickly. Deb, Patrick and I headed down there a couple days ago and spent the time semi-relaxing and visiting friends. We then celebrated Christmas yesterday (Saturday) afternoon. The girls (My 3 nieces) were particularly hyped up as only little kids can be. Patrick took it all in stride and spent most of the time watching baby einstien since he wasn't really interested in any gifts. That was kind of expected though so no big deal.
Deb, Patrick and I are now home (Christmas Eve) and are just relaxing. We may or may not go to church/my parents tonight for the Christmas Eve rituals. It depends on how tired we all are. Patrick seems to be going to sleep earlier and earlier so we have to play a lot of things by ear.
Tomorrow, Deb, Patrick and I will have our own little Christmas morning with some gift giving. It will be our first McLaren family Christmas morning to ourselves which we are looking forward to. Then my folks are coming over for breakfast then we'll relax for a few hours. Once Patrick has his nap, we'll head over to my mom and dad's for the McLaren Christmas gathering and supper. Should be a blast!
Lastly, there is a Fessenden Clan Christmas but that won't be until late January and will be at the Mandarin. We'll have Kathryn then so that should be fun.
Anyways, I pulled my neck some how this morning and am in quite a lot of pain so i'm going to go now!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!
Well the Haasnoot and Fessenden Christmas's are now over. The Haasnoots' (My Mom's Side) was last Saturday and it was a great time. There was 26 of us, the weather was beautiful, the food was great, and everyone was in good spirits.
We also just celebrated the immediate Fessenden Christmas (Deb's Family) at Debs' parent's place. It was a great time also but seemed to go rather quickly. Deb, Patrick and I headed down there a couple days ago and spent the time semi-relaxing and visiting friends. We then celebrated Christmas yesterday (Saturday) afternoon. The girls (My 3 nieces) were particularly hyped up as only little kids can be. Patrick took it all in stride and spent most of the time watching baby einstien since he wasn't really interested in any gifts. That was kind of expected though so no big deal.
Deb, Patrick and I are now home (Christmas Eve) and are just relaxing. We may or may not go to church/my parents tonight for the Christmas Eve rituals. It depends on how tired we all are. Patrick seems to be going to sleep earlier and earlier so we have to play a lot of things by ear.
Tomorrow, Deb, Patrick and I will have our own little Christmas morning with some gift giving. It will be our first McLaren family Christmas morning to ourselves which we are looking forward to. Then my folks are coming over for breakfast then we'll relax for a few hours. Once Patrick has his nap, we'll head over to my mom and dad's for the McLaren Christmas gathering and supper. Should be a blast!
Lastly, there is a Fessenden Clan Christmas but that won't be until late January and will be at the Mandarin. We'll have Kathryn then so that should be fun.
Anyways, I pulled my neck some how this morning and am in quite a lot of pain so i'm going to go now!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!
Monday, December 18, 2006
FIRST DAY OF HOLIDAYS!!!
That SHOULD make me jumping for joy... except I am fighting off a crummy cold that keeps me up in the night and generally makes me miserable. On the plus side though, it's a sinus cold but I don't have a headache which is a treat!
I took Magoo to school this morning (He's got a sinus thing going on as well so he's got lots of nose goblins), then came back and started helping Deb clean the floors in the house. They are pretty nasty since we haven't done them in awhile. I think Deb and I are both ready to collapse after this. My poor wife hasn't been able to get a decent sleep in weeks and to top it off, she's getting the cold that Patrick and I have. But don't let her know I sympathize... it'll go right to her head.
We've got a pretty busy week planned out. Tonight my folks and sister are coming over for my mom's birthday. Tomorrow I've got a chiro appt, Deb's got an OB appt, then I go vote on a new contract at work tomorrow night. Wednesday... well... I don't know what's going on wednesday but you can be damn sure it'll be exciting! Thursday, we drop Patrick off at school then pack up the van. When Magoo is done, we'll hit McDonalds then drive straight to Orangeville for the Fessy Christmas. We won't make it back until sometime Christmas Eve.
And Now Your Up To Date...
That SHOULD make me jumping for joy... except I am fighting off a crummy cold that keeps me up in the night and generally makes me miserable. On the plus side though, it's a sinus cold but I don't have a headache which is a treat!
I took Magoo to school this morning (He's got a sinus thing going on as well so he's got lots of nose goblins), then came back and started helping Deb clean the floors in the house. They are pretty nasty since we haven't done them in awhile. I think Deb and I are both ready to collapse after this. My poor wife hasn't been able to get a decent sleep in weeks and to top it off, she's getting the cold that Patrick and I have. But don't let her know I sympathize... it'll go right to her head.
We've got a pretty busy week planned out. Tonight my folks and sister are coming over for my mom's birthday. Tomorrow I've got a chiro appt, Deb's got an OB appt, then I go vote on a new contract at work tomorrow night. Wednesday... well... I don't know what's going on wednesday but you can be damn sure it'll be exciting! Thursday, we drop Patrick off at school then pack up the van. When Magoo is done, we'll hit McDonalds then drive straight to Orangeville for the Fessy Christmas. We won't make it back until sometime Christmas Eve.
And Now Your Up To Date...
Monday, December 11, 2006
Update Time...
Well as you can see it's been awhile since I last updated the blog. Once Deb got home, it got busy again with me having to work and just general stuff we had to do. The bright side is that I've got 3 more 8 hour days and 1 12 hour day left then I'm on holidays for 2 weeks! In't that souper!
So... to update you... hmmmm... updates... updates... Not a whole lot of updates. I got to use my new snowblower a few times which was great! I did have to make some minor modifications to it though so it could be all that it could be. hehehe
Other then that, just prepping for christmas. Deb and I got all the decorations up one day when Patrick was at school and the following day he was at school, we were able to put up the Christmas tree. The first thing Patrick did when he saw it was start yelling "Lights!!". It was pretty cute.
So yeah... that's about it. I probably forgot to mention a lot of things but that does happen to me on occasion.
I'll try to write soon again
Well as you can see it's been awhile since I last updated the blog. Once Deb got home, it got busy again with me having to work and just general stuff we had to do. The bright side is that I've got 3 more 8 hour days and 1 12 hour day left then I'm on holidays for 2 weeks! In't that souper!
So... to update you... hmmmm... updates... updates... Not a whole lot of updates. I got to use my new snowblower a few times which was great! I did have to make some minor modifications to it though so it could be all that it could be. hehehe
Other then that, just prepping for christmas. Deb and I got all the decorations up one day when Patrick was at school and the following day he was at school, we were able to put up the Christmas tree. The first thing Patrick did when he saw it was start yelling "Lights!!". It was pretty cute.
So yeah... that's about it. I probably forgot to mention a lot of things but that does happen to me on occasion.
I'll try to write soon again
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Day 7... Morning
Deb's coming home today!!! WOOHOO!!!
Patrick woke up about 8:10 this morning which was great since I still hadn't gotten much sleep. He was pretty happy and got changed with little fuss. We came downstairs and had breakfast. While Patrick was eating I whipped out the vaccuum and did the main floor and the upstairs. As soon as Magoo got out of his chair though, he spread all his toys all over the floor again. Go Figure!
He played pretty good for me which meant I could also get a little bit of cleaning done around the bathrooms and put the clean dishes away. He had his lunch and was super tired around 11:30 but when I put him in bed, he just complained for 40 mins. So I pulled him out, put on a simpsons, gave him some juice and he was quite content. 12:30 rolled around so I brought him back upstairs and he promptly passed out. I guess he had just a teeny bit more energy he had to get rid of.
I finished off the morning with vaccuuming and tidying up the basement. I still need to have a shower, collect the laundry and collect the garbage before Patrick wakes up and we have to go pick up Deb.
Deb's coming home today!!! WOOHOO!!!
Patrick woke up about 8:10 this morning which was great since I still hadn't gotten much sleep. He was pretty happy and got changed with little fuss. We came downstairs and had breakfast. While Patrick was eating I whipped out the vaccuum and did the main floor and the upstairs. As soon as Magoo got out of his chair though, he spread all his toys all over the floor again. Go Figure!
He played pretty good for me which meant I could also get a little bit of cleaning done around the bathrooms and put the clean dishes away. He had his lunch and was super tired around 11:30 but when I put him in bed, he just complained for 40 mins. So I pulled him out, put on a simpsons, gave him some juice and he was quite content. 12:30 rolled around so I brought him back upstairs and he promptly passed out. I guess he had just a teeny bit more energy he had to get rid of.
I finished off the morning with vaccuuming and tidying up the basement. I still need to have a shower, collect the laundry and collect the garbage before Patrick wakes up and we have to go pick up Deb.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Day 6... Afternoon
The afternoon went well. Patrick woke up at about 2 so he had a good, long nap. We played for awhile then headed out to run some errands and pick up the mail. When we got back, Patrick decided that he wanted to go for a walk around the house rather then head inside even though it was pouring rain. I caught him around the corner but by then it was too late! He had already sat down in a puddle. Go figure. We came inside and I changed him, then he played some more when I made up supper. Unfortunatly, I had nuked up his carrots and on his second bite, he must have had a hot piece because he just started crying. Then I cried... then he laughed... he's such a little trooper!! I got pissed at the carrots for some reason then and tossed them out then gave Patrick his yogurt/cheese which is nice and cool on the mouth and made him a grilled cheese for supper. Hmmmm.. the boy sure likes cheese!
We then proceeded to bathe and come downstairs and have some milk. The poor guy was nearly passing out so I held him off until 7:15 and brought him to bed. As soon as he had his buppy in his mouth, his eyes rolled up and he was nearly out. Maybe he'll sleep in again tomorrow which would be nice!
I finished watching MI:3 and cleaned up the kitchen. About to have a shower then head to bed.
The afternoon went well. Patrick woke up at about 2 so he had a good, long nap. We played for awhile then headed out to run some errands and pick up the mail. When we got back, Patrick decided that he wanted to go for a walk around the house rather then head inside even though it was pouring rain. I caught him around the corner but by then it was too late! He had already sat down in a puddle. Go figure. We came inside and I changed him, then he played some more when I made up supper. Unfortunatly, I had nuked up his carrots and on his second bite, he must have had a hot piece because he just started crying. Then I cried... then he laughed... he's such a little trooper!! I got pissed at the carrots for some reason then and tossed them out then gave Patrick his yogurt/cheese which is nice and cool on the mouth and made him a grilled cheese for supper. Hmmmm.. the boy sure likes cheese!
We then proceeded to bathe and come downstairs and have some milk. The poor guy was nearly passing out so I held him off until 7:15 and brought him to bed. As soon as he had his buppy in his mouth, his eyes rolled up and he was nearly out. Maybe he'll sleep in again tomorrow which would be nice!
I finished watching MI:3 and cleaned up the kitchen. About to have a shower then head to bed.
Day 6... Morning
Patrick woke up at about 8:10 this morning which was fantastic!! I did catch a little more sleep last night even though I stayed up late to watch "Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels". It was a really good movie but I know Deb wouldn't have liked it. It was english so the accents were thick and the plot line didn't come together until the very end and she hates that.
Patrick and I took it easy again since we couldn't really go out and do anything since it's ice raining out. We've got about 2 inches of slush covering everything and they are calling for at least 10 cm of snow today. We did take the movies back though and I picked up MI:3 and Alien vs Predator. Another couple movies Deb probably won't want to watch so I should get them now! I'll probably watch one tonight as soon as I finish cleaning up the house. A lil reward for me I suppose. I relax a lot more when I can sit back and enjoy a movie.
Well, that's about it for the morning! Toodles!
Patrick woke up at about 8:10 this morning which was fantastic!! I did catch a little more sleep last night even though I stayed up late to watch "Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels". It was a really good movie but I know Deb wouldn't have liked it. It was english so the accents were thick and the plot line didn't come together until the very end and she hates that.
Patrick and I took it easy again since we couldn't really go out and do anything since it's ice raining out. We've got about 2 inches of slush covering everything and they are calling for at least 10 cm of snow today. We did take the movies back though and I picked up MI:3 and Alien vs Predator. Another couple movies Deb probably won't want to watch so I should get them now! I'll probably watch one tonight as soon as I finish cleaning up the house. A lil reward for me I suppose. I relax a lot more when I can sit back and enjoy a movie.
Well, that's about it for the morning! Toodles!
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