Empathy

I have a problem with empathy, there i said it. I have tons of it for animals but for the human sector and especially the ones that are closest to me i fall short. I'm sorry. I am learning how to be more understanding and in tuned to/with how how others feel. It's going to be a hard road but one that i want to do for Andrew's sake, and Christina's as well as Don's. Why am i sharing this here? Because i want Andrew to know that no one is perfect and we all have personal things that we have to work on to make us better people, within and throughout. I am learning compassion, understanding and patience. It's not going to come overnight, in fact in might take some time, but i will become a better person. To Don and Christina i just want to say that i'm sorry that i didn't do this a long time ago. BUT, i'm also grateful for realizing that i do have a problem, that's the first step along my journey to enlightenment.

Break Through

Andrew did not get sick throughout the night... YAYYYYYY... Hopefully he's broke through this virus..

Today i am bleaching EVERYTHING down...

Not So Happy Birthday for me :(

Well here we are, today is my birthday and Andrew's still getting sick. Not all of the time, just in the evenings. Every.single.evening since Tuesday. Too make matters worse I am still feeling VERY weak still. Tonight I was able to eat a roll for the first time since Thursday night. I called telehealth (reg nurses) about Andrew, i didn't know if i should take him to Emergency or not, and they said as long as he's not showing any signs of dehydration not to even bother. I just wish i could take all this sickness away. Don seems to be getting better a lot faster then all of us. Lucky him. Sooo, if Andrew vomits again tonight i will be taking him to see a Dr tomorrow for sure. My poor baby, i feel so helpless.

Too Much Sickness

We're all sick now :(
This is a HORRIBLE virus. And extremely painful. Andrew's still throwing up, if he's still like this tonight i'm going to take him up to the hospital.

Virus's

I HATE THEM... Poor Andrew is sick with yet another damn virus. We're guessing he must have caught it from the Science Center. He started vomiting Wed morning at 6am, about every 20 mins until about 11am. He woke up at 2pm, drank some water, played with his toys for a bit, watched Scooby, ate a bit of chicken noodle soup. All seemed to be ok. He fell asleep in my arms in the livingroom at about 10pm. Don lied him on the couch so that i could get up and do things. We were talking and Andrew woke up vomiting again. I cleaned him up, we went to bed, he had a low grade fever. He drank some water and vomited again. I gave him some liquid gravel and he slept until about 5am, woke up and wanted to nurse, after that i gave him some more gravel and he slept till 11am. Today there has been no vomiting thus far. He had some telly toast (peanut butter) when he woke up, wanted to eat later in the day, Don made him some chicken strips (andrew's request)but only had 2 bites. He didn't look so good at about 7pm, another low grade fever (see the pattern?), i gave him some gravel again, he fell asleep on my lap on the couch at 8pm. I really hope he doesn't get sick again tonight. If so i will take him to the ER, i hope it's not like the last time. Poor baby.... I hate this.

Family Day at the Science Center

Today in Canada is family day so we decided to take Andrew to the science center for a few hours. It was PACKED, it seems that everyone else thought it would be a great way to spend the day with their families as well.... They had an extra exhibit for the day run by K-Nex, the boys had a great time building things. Well, i should say especially Don. It was good that he finally got out of the house and outdoors, that hasn't been happening too often lately, but brrrrr was it ever cold out on the way home.

Here's their creation that they built together, Don called it "The Virus"...




He had a blast with this spiral lights that were being projected from the ceiling, whenever you stamp on them the spirals move. Not a very clear image because i couldn't use the flash.


And a few others that caught my eye!




Ok, Don really loved this one, it is really bizarre how he died tho, what it his fate? It's about a Muslim named Al-Jahiz, he lived from 776-868


Just outside of the building. (yes we did out his coat on right after these shots)

I like these pictures

Andrew is really into building things. He REALLY wants to make a robot. Everyday he wants to invent something. It won't be too supricing if he gets into the robitics field when he's older... Oh and he LOVES Teddy Bears, his fav one he names Lovey, he's takes him everywhere with him, it's aoooo cute.

Happy Valentines

Andrew, daddy and i love you so much, words could NEVER convey on how much. Just know that we will always love you and will always be there for you.

We all made heart shaped cupcakes today. And they were YUMMY :)

One Week

It's been a week now and Andrew still hasn't stuttered... Yayyy.

Sadly we did do not do anything this week, i was sick with a nasty flu. If it's not Andrew it's Don, if not him it's me. Thank goodness they didn't catch it (thus far)... So because of me being ill there isn't really much to report.

This weekend i am planning to take him to the Science Center...

That's about it for now :)

Soooo

Nothing really much to report. I just feel like i have to write something. Andrew's been stuttering for quite some time now. It has been getting worse this past month so i have been calling different speech therapy clinics throughout Toronto, one said that he's too old now. The other one at the hospital said that the waiting list is up to a year, i called another one and they said the waiting list would be up to 4 months, AND it would cost 5 to 6 hundred dollars :O .... I was starting to get really discouraged and then all of a sudden, yesterday he stopped stuttering, almost completely. Like magic!

As for me, well i am happy to say that i will be going out for a whole night without the boys for the first time since i've had Andrew. I will be staying at the Sutton Hotel in Toronto for one night with my sisters Tammy, Judy, cousins Monica and Debbie and my good friend Sue. It's a girls night out,,, Thanks Monica for setting this up. I will report back after wards how it all went and how and if the boys survived without me :)

To be continued......

I DON'T CARE

I'm going to go out today with Andrew, i can't take it anymore. I shall bundle him up nice and warm and go for a short walk. If anyone out there is reading this, wish us luck.

Just Because

Just because i'm having cabin fever and other wise don't have nothing better to do i thought i'd upload some recent pictures of Andrew and some others that i like that have been taken in the past month. They haven't been cropped tho, that would take too much time...

This one was taken at my cousin Ricks place when we had my side of the families Christmas dinner.


He is so going to kill me for taking this pic when he's older... It was taken at my sister Judy's place...


My sister Tammy and her daughter Natyya at our cousins place.


My niece Stacey, her boyfriend Steve and Natyya


This is my cousins daughter Karen, she did the art work on that guitar, this girl is amazing.


My great nephew Austin


Christina and Ceaser (not a very clear pic but this dog LOVES her so much, this is what he does everytime he see's her)


Andrew, christmas morning, gotta love that hair!


Andrew with his sister Lisa


The dinner table, at my place... Note: i have to get better and more chairs.


Andrew's brother Alexander


Andrew giving his brother James his gift from him

Cabin Fever

Ok, I'm starting to go nuts... Help me. With Andrew being sick all last week we had to stay indoors. SOOO by Fri he was getting better and i thought it would be great to take him downtown and go skating but NOOOOOOOOOOO, mother nature had different plans, she decided to make this weekend one of the coldest ones of the year thus far, soooo we got to stay in AGAIN. I love Andrew's teddy bears, i really do, but it would be nice to have a real tea party (errr coffee party) in a real coffee house with real people, with real conversations every once in a while. And to add icing to the cake, i woke up with a sore throat.... grrrrrrr.....

Thanks for listening to me whine :)

44th President

President Barack Obama, the newly sworn in 44th President of the United States, happened on this day. Andrew even watched a bit of the Inaugural ceremony, not bad for a 4 yr old.

Sickness

So Andrew's got his first virus of the year! Fever, congestion, cough. Poor little guy. I was suppose to attend my Aunt Margaret funeral tomorrow in Kitchener (she passed away Sunday morning) but i won't be able to attend now. She was my moms eldest sibling, she lived to be 87 yrs. Rest In Peace Aunt Margaret, you will be missed. You were a great Aunt.

So it's a new year!

This is Andrew's 5th new years since he's been here. He growing up so fast these days. He's still loving Scooby Doo and the gang (i have a feeling he's never going to stop loving them). He is right into talking about making robots lately and he is also quite the story maker. He already has a few Scooby episodes that he wants to make. His best friend as present is his stuff bear, whom he named Lovey. It's quite cute to watch him interact with him. He's learning some sign language because that's Lovey's only way of communicating :) .. He loves being read too. He can recognize all of the letters to the alphabet and recognize his numbers from 1 to 10. He can do simple adding and subtracting. His favorite foods at the present are basically the same as if always has been, chicken, fries, ham and eggs. We go to the science center quite a bit. He really is a great joy to have around. I only wish childhood didn't have to go so fast.

Happy Birthday Grandpa S

Happy 83rd birthday Grandpa.
Andrew loves you very much.
xoxo

The Last Day of the Year

Goodbye 2008.. I will write more later on (maybe tomorrow?)about this year. Right now i have a nasty head cold so all i want to do is lye down for the time! This is just a holding spot!

Twas the Night Before Christmas

And just when i thought things were busy, it's going to be one hective day tomorrow. I'm going to have Don's side of the family over for a turkey dinner! Who will be here? Nannie, Grandpa, Aunt Lydia, Don's cousin Alex, Alexander, Vitalia, Lisa and James... Andrew is sooo excited he can hardly contain himself... I will be having dinner with my side of the family on Saturday, i can't wait. Tonight, besides getting prepared for the dinner event Andrew and i will be making peanut butter cookies for Santa, (Santa's request).

Here are a few pics we took when his grandparents came over! And some other ones taken from yesterday while we were at Sick Kids Hospital getting his ultrasound.













This is the way he smiles for the camera lately, what a little faker!

Busy Busy Busy

I haven't had the time to post much lately. Way too much to get done around here. Christmas shopping still not done. I do finally have all the decor up and it doesn't look too bad if i say so myself, I'm going to have to post some pictures later on. Were going to be having Christmas dinner here this year, Andrew's pretty excited about that. And talking of whom, he is so worked up about Sir Santa coming. I don't think i've ever seen a kid so excited about it in my life. He giggles when he talks about him. It's cute.
Talking of Santa, never tell your children to only ask for one gift from him when they go and sit on his lap. I did that with Andrew and he asked him for something that doesn't even exist. He asked him for a remote control car that digs into the earth, i told him that he and the elves may not be able to have enough time to do that this year, maybe he'll forget about it by next Christmas.
Lots of snow falling today, looks like it's going to be a very white Christmas after all.
Well gotta run, I will try and post pics up later of the Christmas decor and some snow pics as well.