I woke up this morning to a house covered in twigs, yarn and grass clippings.....just about everything possible to build a nest. It's metaphorical of course, but there was some serious midnight nesting happening in the kitchen last night...and I had no idea.
Hot mama was out most of the day scoping out the baby shops and had brought home some pretty good stuff to organize the little mans new room. That must have sparked something in the maternal cortex. Jess started gutting out some of the kitchen cupboards when she got home to eradicate the clutter that has accumulated since we have come to BC. Apparently when she mentioned that she was 'done for the night' at 9:30pm, it only ment for a few hours.
I woke up this morning and went downstairs to find that a flock of sparrows had besieged the kitchen and began some hardcore nocturnal nesting. Not a single nook or cranny remained untouched.
Nests everywhere.
Scary part was that it all happened in the middle of the night, and I was completely oblivious.
On second thought...this might be a very, very good thing. I'm going to put out some bird seed in the garage when I get home ... that place needs an overhaul.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Big boys will live in this house...
We had a regular maternity check up yesterday at our 31 week mark. Funny thing happened when the tape measure came out...mom's belly measured at the 34 week development mark!
Not a major surprise for us, as we've been told at every stage that 'mini me' was a quick grower, but it was crazy to put some math to it this time around. Three weeks bigger!
Forget the little eeny weeny 10lb oneseys for this guy! Might be on him for a day... if that!
Not a major surprise for us, as we've been told at every stage that 'mini me' was a quick grower, but it was crazy to put some math to it this time around. Three weeks bigger!
Forget the little eeny weeny 10lb oneseys for this guy! Might be on him for a day... if that!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The secret life of a circus stagehand
Big daddy joined toastmasters in January and has been plodding away writing and presenting speeches ever since. I wrote one for presentation tomorrow that Jessica really liked and wanted posted RIGHT AWAY!
So here you are...
The Secret Life of a Circus Stagehand
Project #2 – Competent Communication Manual
First Presented: April 19, 2010
Your efforts are often unseen and unsupervised; your orders are often changed at the last minute, you’ll be sent to the far reaches of the earth to find the perfect set piece, only to be ordered to take it back because it just didn’t have that right shade of blue.
But in the end you have come to know this; when it comes to show time, the effort you put into that set up will reap the biggest reward when the main act takes the stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, toastmasters of all ages….these are the lessons learned from my secret life as a circus stagehand.
I didn’t know it at the time, but I joined the circus about seven months ago. As I began to become aware of the flashing lights and larger than life costumes of the main performers I began to realize that I had in fact, been conscripted as a circus stagehand. Now for those of you that haven’t guessed already, I’m talking about the most anticipated and greatest show in the world, the birth of my first child. Just like the circus, it is exciting, it’s full of surprises and there just so happens to be a good deal of ‘behind the scenes’ work in preparation for the big event.
Now in my brief time as a stagehand, there are a few of the lessons I’ve gleaned so far…
Lesson #1 – Remain supportive.
The colors that are picked out for the baby’s room are going to change.
For those of you out there with the bobbing heads you know what I mean. The ringmaster will have rigid opinions on what colors she would like to have up in the room and will give you a timeline to complete these changes. I warn you of this however, due to the invention of HGTV and TLC television programming; the ringmaster’s rigid opinions of what colors are best will change. Probably more than once. Take your time in completing this task, and remain supportive each time you paint over the previously applied color.
Lesson #2 – Remain supportive
You will visit the same store to view the same things several times.
Once the base colors have been applied to the walls, the period of accessorizing the main stage will take you to a few specific stores repeatedly to inquire about things like changing pads, diaper bags and fitted crib sheets. Many of these places have display rocking chairs. Seek out these furniture displays to test the product and show your shopping support by taking notes on the brands and colors that you will be back to look at again next weekend.
Lesson #3 – Remain supportive
The layout of the furniture in your new baby’s room will need to be altered.
Having made it through the procurement of the little people furniture and the purchase of inspiring educational accessories like alphabet stencils and nursery rhyme CD’s, the layout of the room will begin to take shape, and then be requested to be flipped backwards and perhaps to have that picture moved just over there, no…I liked it over there. It’s no problem though; you have remained supportive by making those moves and throwing in your two cents, very very quietly, along the way.
These highly complicated and distinctly diverse lessons were learned through an extensive trial and error format. It’s a long and grinding road in the circus, but it is not without its rewards.
In summary, this exhaustive list of lessons learned during my time as a circus stagehand has left me with some humble advice to share with you. On the lead up to show time, the effort you put in with the ringmaster will both grow the bond between you and infuse a positive energy into the center stage you have produced. It’s pretty good to have a couple front row seats to the greatest show on earth, buts it’s even better to be a circus stagehand along the way.
So here you are...
The Secret Life of a Circus Stagehand
Project #2 – Competent Communication Manual
First Presented: April 19, 2010
Your efforts are often unseen and unsupervised; your orders are often changed at the last minute, you’ll be sent to the far reaches of the earth to find the perfect set piece, only to be ordered to take it back because it just didn’t have that right shade of blue.
But in the end you have come to know this; when it comes to show time, the effort you put into that set up will reap the biggest reward when the main act takes the stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, toastmasters of all ages….these are the lessons learned from my secret life as a circus stagehand.
I didn’t know it at the time, but I joined the circus about seven months ago. As I began to become aware of the flashing lights and larger than life costumes of the main performers I began to realize that I had in fact, been conscripted as a circus stagehand. Now for those of you that haven’t guessed already, I’m talking about the most anticipated and greatest show in the world, the birth of my first child. Just like the circus, it is exciting, it’s full of surprises and there just so happens to be a good deal of ‘behind the scenes’ work in preparation for the big event.
Now in my brief time as a stagehand, there are a few of the lessons I’ve gleaned so far…
Lesson #1 – Remain supportive.
The colors that are picked out for the baby’s room are going to change.
For those of you out there with the bobbing heads you know what I mean. The ringmaster will have rigid opinions on what colors she would like to have up in the room and will give you a timeline to complete these changes. I warn you of this however, due to the invention of HGTV and TLC television programming; the ringmaster’s rigid opinions of what colors are best will change. Probably more than once. Take your time in completing this task, and remain supportive each time you paint over the previously applied color.
Lesson #2 – Remain supportive
You will visit the same store to view the same things several times.
Once the base colors have been applied to the walls, the period of accessorizing the main stage will take you to a few specific stores repeatedly to inquire about things like changing pads, diaper bags and fitted crib sheets. Many of these places have display rocking chairs. Seek out these furniture displays to test the product and show your shopping support by taking notes on the brands and colors that you will be back to look at again next weekend.
Lesson #3 – Remain supportive
The layout of the furniture in your new baby’s room will need to be altered.
Having made it through the procurement of the little people furniture and the purchase of inspiring educational accessories like alphabet stencils and nursery rhyme CD’s, the layout of the room will begin to take shape, and then be requested to be flipped backwards and perhaps to have that picture moved just over there, no…I liked it over there. It’s no problem though; you have remained supportive by making those moves and throwing in your two cents, very very quietly, along the way.
These highly complicated and distinctly diverse lessons were learned through an extensive trial and error format. It’s a long and grinding road in the circus, but it is not without its rewards.
In summary, this exhaustive list of lessons learned during my time as a circus stagehand has left me with some humble advice to share with you. On the lead up to show time, the effort you put in with the ringmaster will both grow the bond between you and infuse a positive energy into the center stage you have produced. It’s pretty good to have a couple front row seats to the greatest show on earth, buts it’s even better to be a circus stagehand along the way.
Friday, April 16, 2010
30 Weeks, 2 Days and 1 Re-confirmed Baby Boy
This morning we were in for a 30 week ultrasound to check on the location of the placenta and take a peek at the regular kick boxing practice that has been going on inside of mom. He was found to be growing at a regular pace and had his hands up near his face during the scan seemingly in preparation for his afternoon Tae-bo classes.
All was declared good upon examination with the magic wand ... and we had a reconfirmation that blue is the color of choice.
Our little man has himself settled in nicely and has assumed the 'standing on head' position of readiness...and in the perfect spot to be able to head butt mom regularly straight to the bladder.
Our baby furniture is set for delivery tomorrow so our house will soon be looking like someone else is moving in. Also started pre-natal classes this past week...good to be amongst others with wee ones on the way.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Hiding one big easter egg!
Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Hot Mama makes it to Mexico
Our trip to Mexico was a great time and even included a surprise concert by KISS. Let me tell you, our little man was dancing pretty hard to "Rock and Roll All Nite", and continued to party every day we were there.
It was excellent to have some down time with our friends Eric and Shelby not to mention 30 degree temps and zero stress....aside from the manic decisions we were forced to make on what to eat for dinner or how many drinks we could carry down the beach.
Re-adjustment back to work wasn't the greatest, but at least it was a short week.
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