Random stuff

Hi So tomorrow I go see Dr.  Chaudry and the twins have physio . I'll let you know how that goes as soon as I can get to a computer with internet after . (might be a day or two ) we're having serious issues with interenet and thinking of getting a new provider . I'm hoping to get an ultrasound appointment tomorrow . Cross your fingers !! with this pregnancy everything seems uncomfortable and I feel like I'm about to explode right now . My body has gone crazy since getting sick and I officially can only do so much .
Which isn't a good thing with 4 kids and our crazy life . I feel like this baby has taken up as much room as it's going to be able to seriously and according to my last ultrasound I'm ONLY 30 WEEKS!!   I want to meet this baby now .. I'm a waddling mess.

I'm hoping this is one of the twins last physio appointments and that Speech thearopy calls me or my mothers back soon!! The twins are close to walking esspecially Dan

Sorry for going MIA and the Craziness of Easter weekend

Hi sorry I disappeared for a while it's been an uneventful yet eventful few weeks .Mom ended up having a diabetic reaction  and fell out of bed once they finally finished moving my Aunt .After all which took most of the week before Easter .

Easter weekend I got sick then my sister mom and Dan all got sick. And now Raiden and Avianna are sick. We did manage to at least have an Easter egg hunt and things at moms though. Which was fun minus myself being sick .I'm finally functioning normally again .

Oh and mom fell and ended up going to the hospital Easter weekend as well. Nothings broken she just screwed her back up . Which is still just as bad . Today (April 28th) Raiden didn't go to school thanks to this gross bug going around . So he's kind of been a snuggle bug all day and just blah.

This week is filled with appointments. Our first was today with Roxanne we discussed goals and she helped us figure out recreational activity type things for the kids. We're thinking of putting Raiden in soccer and Avianna in Gymnastics. The twins we're hoping to get into swim lessons .Actually I want all the kids in swim lessons for safety reasons and well because generally Dan and I are out numbered .

So hopefully wee can do all of this during the summer and we'll all be kept busy because with school and everything now . We kind of have this unwritten unspoken routine and I'd like to replace it with something during the summer. Well  at least the school part has to be replaced lol

Rainy weather ,moving, Autism and speech services .

Hi sorry I've been MIA for a few days I've been having issues with my internet and I've been an emotional wreck this pregnancy is getting to me .

So in the last week you haven't missed much just my crazy pregnant emotions. Oh and Dan's been helping my mom with some stuff and is helping my aunt move today .

We spent a few days at moms off and on the one night Dan made dinner or my weeks are mixing together I'm not sure . lol Raiden came home with a bruised lip the one day because in Raidens words " A kid threw a car at him and it was an accident " We've had some nice days this past week so we've been enjoying them and they've been draining most my energy .

I called speech services today in order to get Raiden reassessed . Apparently we have to switch our speech therapists because we moved I wasn't aware of this . The twins next Physio appt. is on the twenty-ninth.
Apparently she just wants to see how their doing around a year . So she made another appointment . Speaking of the twins my dad brought up Zoiee and looking into her being autistic I don't know if he's just been over educated because it's Autism Awareness Month or what ,but it's something they do at 18 months regardless and if for whatever reason we don't have a doctor by that point ( which we should ) I will figure out how to get them assessed. I'm actually thinking of bringing it up next time I see our home visitor . I don't know there's been certain things that have concerned me and I've been wanting to ask them a few questions about it any ways .

It's raining like crazy out today .Not the best day to move hopefully their done soon . I feel like todays post is all over the place today . Sorry guys . For now I have to go get everyone ready and pick him up and get back here before we're all drenched lol .

Brain development and attachment, dinner at mom's and Discipline .

    Hi  so today I slept most the morning away ,while Dan brought Raiden to the bus and the other three didn't wake up till he got back . I don't know why but I've been really off today .Once I did wake up in the afternoon sometime ( thank you Dan ) We  cleaned and had an appointment with our home visitor. While she was here we did a little quiz thing about babies/children and attachment.  She also told us about this study they did in Romania involving children in orphanages and brain development. It's actually really sad .Here is an article on it . But basically they found that these children had smaller brains and less gray matter then a child who wasn't "institutionalized" and that  the y are actually more likely to have disabilities because of these things. I found it interesting so I thought I'd share.

After that Dan picked Raiden up and I met them with Avianna and the twins at my mom's where we had dinner and dessert and hung out with my younger nieces. Most of us ended up with a head ache because of all the noise the kids made but it was fun.

  Raiden got in trouble again for physical contact at school . I don't really know what to do about it anymore everything we try seems to be in one ear and out the other . I'm going to try discussing a few things with his teachers maybe and see if we can work together to get this stuff all figured out . Heres to finding something that works in the discipline department and soon .

RANT WARNING !!! STOP NOW IF YOUR JUST GOING TO GET ANNOYED

Hi I have a few things that have been annoying me recently and just wanted to get them off my chest


 RANT ONE:

                                                      

PLAY DATE MANNERS

So I have this "friend"  who I just recently started talking to again more so because our children are friends and Raiden has a hard enough time making friends . 

We had plans and she ditched . I say ditched because not only did she not call to reschedule . but she then either made up an excuse or was seriously considering bringing a sick child over to my house .I'm talking flu sick.  

My issue with this is well because of custody and visitation things she only sees her son on weekends and what not ,and she ONLY has a son . Where I have 4 children and I'm currently pregnant .Who in their right mind brings over a child with the flu over to someones house ??Especially when their pregnant ?? 

By the way this was all planned that weekend too so it wasn't a oh crap Joey has a cold going to have to cancel . This was a well known thing before she actually made plans 

Lets go through the thought process here shall we:

-Oh "Joey"  seems to have the flu . 

-Look liz is on line . I want to get the boys together lets see if she wants to have a play date ...

-Oh wait" Joey" has  the flu ..oh well 

K: hey liz hows it going what you doing this weekend

Me: nothing

K:want to get the kids together

Me:sure

Day shows up ...

No one comes over ,No phone calls no FB messages

like 3 days later

Oh hey "joey " gave me the flu sorry


Anyone else see the problem here ??


RANT 2:

NEW TIM HORTONS EMPLOYEES

 It was raining and we needed milk and a few other things but milk was a priority  .So out Dan went to grab some milk till morning when we could go out and get the rest of the list . 

While out he decided to grab himself a hot chocolate and a bagel  and he meant to get me a croissant warmed up  and a tea. His order was right and we've never had issues before so off he went back home, with what he thought was the right order .

Well he brings it up to me and I thank him and start opening up the bag with my croissant. What I find is not a warmed croissant ,it wasn't even toasted , it was BURNT!!At this point I figured it was a new guy and he was just tired from working all night .   Mostly because I still had my tea or so I thought . There wasn't a bag in it but after getting a burnt croissant I figured they just made a steeped tea instead. WRONG I didn't even have to take a sip and I could smell coffee and so thinking Dan might have gotten me something else ( he does sometimes especially when theres new items on the menu . I asked what you get me ..He said "a tea?" 

Now I was annoyed not only did they not warm up my croissant  wrong they didn't even get the order right ??  I called and talked to this girl, she told me to bring it in so I did she remade my order .

But while she was doing so the guy who originally served Dan decided to put his to cents in . 

So as the lady was fixing his mistake . He's sitting at the back cleaning or something and decides to inform me that not only did Dan sit their and "watch" him make my croissant but you apparently have to INFORM THEM how you want your croissant WARMED !! Really last time I checked warmed and toasted/burnt are two different things ?? And I'm pretty sure I've NEVER had to ask before because most people know the difference. 

Also pretty sure Tim Hortons head people aren't going to be too impressed with you considering they like consistency. And your attitude wasn't needed either thanks .  Oh and I'm pretty sure there would be a  worldwide notice if they decided there were two different ways to warm anything . And if anyone noticed I didn't mention anything about the fact that i had to walk back in the pouring rain .. thanks to this genius yup lets ignore that fact .  

Rant 3:

 Facebook and the Upsee

To everyone making Upsee meme's on facebook about the father who made this genius invention to help his son. PLEASE do some research . The truth is that a MOTHER named Debby Elnatan made this invention and while I think it's a great idea and it's awesome that she made these ect. I feel that she deserves the recognition not this random potentially made up guy . The company's name is firefly. 

Here is my proof from ABC news that this lady actually invented these wonderful things .

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Appointments .. appointments and more appointments

Today was alright ,Dan took Raiden to the bus stop. then came home we got everyone up and dressed. Just as our health nurse stopped by . That went well we discussed what we'd like and were working on because we've been transferred to our "home town" office.  After She left we called my mom and packed up to head out to our next appointment of the day.Which was more for Dan and I so the little ones went for a drive with my mom. We discussed a few things and set out our goals for the next few months. She gave us a few forms for various doctors and other people to fill out . After our meeting we all went to get Timmies. We were just gong to go through the drive through but it ended up being a mile long . So we parked and Dan went in and got us all lunch .

We ate in the parking lot. Then we headed back out to get the forms and things for the twins birth certificates. ( yes I realize they are going on 11 months ) Then we headed to bank and home, Where we were greeted by our Social worker. (who we completely forgot was coming today) We sat down and discussed how I'm pregnant and why it hadn't been brought up earlier. Along with a few things we had talked about with our health nurse like how we are going to be starting the Triple P  discipline program at home with our health nurse. It's usually done  at a public building but because  we'd have to find child care and things to do it that way we all agreed we'd just do it at home and that would make things a little easier .

Raiden acted up while our social worker was here.and was sent to his room for a while. We also discussed how we're going to be looking into a few things with doctors here . Like why Raidens so hyper active and what exactly is causing the red dye issues .  Dan's gone to get dinner Zoiee and Dj are sleeping and the big kids are (supposed to be ) watching TV down stairs . I'm going to go see how that's going

Laundry Machines, Dinner , and Makeup

So today Started out rough , I woke up with a head ache and some how Raiden seemed to wake up super early after going to bed at 11:30 ish ( which is normal and I should be used to this by now but I'm not ) After we woke up and I managed to get out of my grumpy pants . I started the normal daily stuff launrdy ,dress children ect. Then my mom called and needed help moving a washer (might have been a dryer I don't remember) Any way so she needed help moving a laundry machine of some sort and called Dan to help carry it .So off he went .

By now it was around lunch so I fed the kids put the children for a nap and quiet time ( for the none napper ) He still fell asleep .And then finished laundry and got everyone ready to go to Grandma's ( she had invited us to dinner when she picked Dan up ) which is normal for Sunday .

When Dan got home he brought Raiden ,Avianna and Zoiee out side to play while i got myself ready ( D.J . was still sleeping ) After I was ready and got everything together to go  I brought D.J. out with the rest of the monkey's. Raiden decided he wanted to ride his bike which wasn't a problem .So everyone grabbed their sweaters and or coats and we headed out the door . Then as usual  Avianna had to use the potty . So finally we start heading to grandma's . We got all most all the way there (we were literally at the corner of my mother's street ) and we get a phone call asking if we're coming .  lol

Dinner goes well except Raiden's tired from his bike ride . After dinner we spent some time as a family .Having tea, babbling,laughing at the babies and kids . then Avianna goes into Aunty Adriane's room and finds a mirror and Aunty gives her some old make up so she can play . This all gets transferred to the living room where Dan sits with her to try and encourage her to play makeup . at which point she decides she doesn't want to do her make up . She wants to do Daddy's makeup . So thats what happened . After she was done Daddy's make up she did her own . There were lots of laughs involved

                                The two of them after Avianna was done doing their makeup .
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