What a busy couple of days! Monday was an absolute blast!!! But then when is visiting Grandma, Mike and Harley NOT??

We got off and out the door CLOSE to when we planned… the drive was thankfully uneventful and the weather rather nice. As soon as we got to town we dropped all 4 kids off with mom and Harley and ran over to the baby store… I am VERY pleased with the Sprinkles line of diapers. They are made locally and are amazingly thin and affordable. What I need to purchase is 3-4 covers (they suggest 4 since newborns tend to pee more) and around 20 liners. These are reusable and washable and can be used in the larger sized diapers. Though I need to check into the gusseted ones, since they are more fitted they may not be long enough in the back for the bigger sizes. The gusseted ones are maybe 40 cents more than the flat, so I was debating a mix. Both the liners AND covers come in colours and patterns. And then there is the disposable paper type things that can be washed up to 8 times as long as there is no poop involved. All in all… WONDERFUL. So in another month or so I am dragging Ken back to pick up what we need to start off with Baby #5.

Baby #5 in the making

Speaking of Baby #5. Monday was my prenatal appointment. Ken and I took Trinity and after a decent wait time got to see Dr. Val. Apparently I have lost some weight – down to 110.2 lbs. Not unusual for me. My blood pressure was low – which is common with pregnancy… and my general life. Now the heart-beat… well at 11/12 weeks it is harder to find anyway but she gave it a go. While pushing down with the monitor and all that though there was a definite SHOVE back! And with feeling… it was rather surreal for me as you don’t feel kicking until later on, but there is MY baby giving definitely I AM HERE vibes. Of course the doctor can’t give us a number of babies… even with heartbeats that are right there it can be tricky. And the due date is TENTATIVELY set at August 18th… all this waiting on the ultra sound on the 17th. Apparently the only reason we got that time was because I was given an emergency time slot. After all I am at risk to another set of twins.

I also had my bloodwork done – I forgot how big the needle is when you have to have 4 vials taken! OUCH. I so can’t watch the needle go in but it is hard NOT TO watch the blood filling up those little vials. Thank goodness the nurses are quick.

The boys, while we were gone, took Grandma and Harley on a walk. They left when we did for our appointment and were very proud of the fact that they each got a turn with the leash. Harley was a sneaky dog though and got her teeth on Trinity’s elephant. Thankfully she only got the one foot open and Grandma was able to do emergency surgery. Though we found out after the fact that the beanbag that was in the foot was forgotten! Oh well… good as new as far as Trinity is concerned.

Emanuel, Grandma and myself then headed out for a special shopping trip. At Walmart Grandma got him two BRAND NEW pairs of pj’s! Lightning McQueen no less! We also stopped at Liquidation World to pick up some more “doggy bubble” which of course led to much entertainment for puppy and children. Those darn bubbles last forever too! Floating around and sticking to things, so dog and kids were covered in residue.

Oh and Grandma had the honour of doing Miss Trinity’s very first braid! Talk about ADORABLE, though while braiding Trinity sat with the BIGGEST glare on her face! I am going to try it myself, though I am no where near as good at  that as my mom.

She also lucked out with dresses – a lovely pink one that should be just perfect for a May wedding. Thank goodness for Grandma’s thrifty ways! Another deal on this one.

Of course with Ken’s ability to do things from remote locations we took full advantage and slept the night. Ken actually came to bed WITH me and got over 7 hours of sleep! Lucky man, I woke up many times BUT it was nice to have someone to cuddle.

Our Tuesday morning was still spent at Grandma’s tidying up and having breaky with Grandma and Harley. On the way out of town we stopped at Grandma’s work for me to pick up a couple things I want to give a friend for their birthday, then posted my cousin’s finished commission and stopped at Nutters to pick up part of a gift for another family.

I have to say I was glad to get home… and then off for a long nap. Tuesday evening my Grandma gave us a call to say happy birthday to this week’s 3 Birthday Boys! What a treat. And that meant *I* got to have a nice long chat with my Grandma. She moved to Saskatchewan after the death of my Step-Grandfather last year so she is quite the ways away but keeping busy and by the sounds of it VERY upbeat. Sadly the card I sent her about Baby #5 never showed up even though we sent it registered! AND the letter I sent LAST week has yet to appear. I am VERY unimpressed with the post – I guess anything that goes to grandma goes TRACKED and INSURED!

I had someone ask about my stitching lately… well right now I am a bit stalled… though I have been working on the stocking for Baby #5. Without any commissions I am up to whatever *I* want to do, so now it is a question of determining a new design.

We also came home to mail and in that a PACKAGE! Bree, Quinn and Scott send Trinity some replacement binkies and me a lovely maternity shirt! Talk about a sweet present. I need to pick up a camisole to go under it as my bra is so high but it is in my favourite colour – BLUE which in turn matches the binkies (also in blue). I have the bestest friends.

Today was a bit of a rush for the kids – Emanuel turns 4 today so there is the excitement of phone calls and computer messages for him… plus the traditional BIRTHDAY CUPCAKE!

To start with Chinese New Year we printed out a mobile to hang up for the Year of the Tiger. Nothing fancy but I figure it can be added to our already existent Valentine’s Day ornaments. This will be our first year dealing with Chinese New Year so it should be interesting! We even have sitters this year! So after our party Ken and I will get to go out for dinner ALONE!!

Emanuel as the birthday  boy got to choose an activity, his choice – BUBBLES! I have a sneaking suspicion on the 5th Ken and the boys will be going sledding when Zander and Gavin have their say! I am still adjusting to the fact that my little boy is now FOUR… though if you ask HIM he is SEVEN!!

We read two books today – one on CNY and one Valentines. I absolutely LOVE libraries… they are such a life saver!

I know I have been less than consistent with my updates so I have a new plan to remedy that! For each day I DON’T update a full post I am going to post a picture… something from our past, from my family, the kids as babies… all that fun stuff! I figure it will push me to tidy up my photos as well as allow me to go through my old favourites. So be sure to check back!