2-3 Sleeps to go...

Until our Christmas holidays...and opening gifts from Santa! Can't wait to see Drayden's face even if he's though he's young and won't really understand. I think Christmas is more for the parents than anything else. I can just see myself get all emotional about it. I took pictures of our tree but keep forgetting my camera to post it. The best gift of all would be if Drayden could start walking. I mean he's almost there but not quite...Hopefully his new walking shoes will help a little. Poor kid; he's one of the tallest (for his age) in his daycare group and still not walking. Lazy little bugger.

Drayden with our Tree

It's going to be quite busy over the holidays (even if I have to work a few days in between) I work on the 24th...then go straight to my mom's for dinner and the next day we'll do our little family thing then we go to Derek's parents. The 26th is the Bouchard Family Reunion and a few more little visits from friends in between. So even with being busy and running a little late, I'm all ready to go...decorating, shopping, wrapping, baking etc. Santa here we come.

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!

Tanya

December...off to a great start???

It's finally December and there's barely any snow. Trust me I'm not complaining but the cold winds that we've had lately is absolutely insane. Terra and I worked an event last night and almost got blown away with our things by the vicious wind, not to mention the "almost" frost bite on our ears. All to find out that we parked Terra's car in an underground parking that closes at 9pm. It was 10:30 at night in the freezing cold, downtown Ottawa with event "gear" and no car. (I know your laughing...because it is funny but ...not at the time). So we called Derek to pick us up and had uncle Nick babysit Drayden. Poor us...Terra's stuff was in the car as well as some of mine like my make-up for the next day. GRRR...it was frustrating...but funny. It didn't stop there though...Terra was supposed to meet me at my place for 7am to car pool to work since her car was still in underground parking...And Nick's car overheated. LOL so she called me and asked me to pick her up and luckily I didn't need to in the end because they borrowed Nick's mom's van. All the while, Nick left the water running in the kitchen at their place and had a mess to clean when he fell slipping on water. Sorry Nicko-lai-lei but that's funny! It's obviously been a rough couple of days but makes for great stories. By the way...Derek got Terra's car from underground parking after work...since it was in the same building and it only cost 17$. WHAT a DEAL!!!

So the lesson in all of that is...READ the sign before you enter in a parking lot.

Have a great night.

Tanya

It's the final COUNTDOWN...till Christmas!!! 1 month BABY!

OK...so I usually don't get excited for the Holidays because I find it completely commercial and tacky in some cases (have you seen those ugly Xmas sweaters they sell in stores) but since Drayden's been born it's brought it to a different meaning. Up until I met Derek I didn't really have a Xmas tree (except for one year when my roommates decorated my tropical plant/tree with my ladybug knick-knacks) to really celebrate like at my mom's house. I always worked or did stuff for everyone else on Xmas; Derek would call me Scrooge because I was miserable although he'd still make it special for me/us . So a few years ago my friend Kim gave me her old tree and we bought ornaments to decorate it. It did us for a few years until 3 years ago I bought a PRE-LIT tree...OMG those are awesome; every year we buy a new ornament for our awesome tree (already bought 2 for this year...). 
Last year was our first family Christmas...and it was great. Especially since Drayden was home in time from the hospital. This year...he already "helped us" (watched) put up the outdoor lights and sneaking into mommy's Christmas gift stash looking at everything one by one.  I can't wait to see his face when the tree goes up this weekend and opening gifts now that he's able to all by himself. I'm sure our tree won't as nice as usual due to Drayden touching everything! We shall seeeeeeee...I'll keep you posted.

Tanya

Last HUNTING Weekend!!!

Glad to say that it's the last weekend of hunting. Honestly it gets a little long without Derek around, I have no one to pick on. LOL  My house is a mess because of all this hunting crap lying around; battery packs charging, dirty boots, coolers, gear, etc... I need my house back to "normal". I mean what's normal these days? Derek put Christmas lights up last night (they're not on yet for those who are wondering) and the storage bags are in the living room...But in all seriousness, once hunting is over it's full blown Christmas mode. Crazy... it's mid-November on Monday and I'm not even close to having my shopping done. I'm still working on my own wish list let alone figuring out what everyone else wants. But I told myself that this year we are sticking to our budget...we have a wedding to pay for in 9 months...9 MONTHS!!!

Other than Derek hunting this weekend and hoping for him to "catch" something..it should be a really nice relaxing weekend; maybe watch a movie, catch up on laundry and some cleaning too. Drayden and I are also going to the Church Bazaar; Nana is volunteering this year and needs a ride in so...while I'm there I'll get some nice homemade relishes. I might get some Christmas shopping done too.

Have a great weekend all...

Tanya

Mania-Mondays!!!

I tell you...Mondays at my house are crazy! Between rushing to get Drayden to daycare and setting him up for the week, forgetting your lunch due to only having 2 hands, working like a mad-man trying to get caught up from stuff that lands on your desk because you were off Friday (which is normal), forever waiting in line at the cafeteria for a stupid sandwich..(I absolutely hate that!!!), rushing back home in traffic to get Drayden "on time" to his swimming lessons to then do the bedtime thing with Boo-Boo and then sit down have dinner with my honey!!! Thank god Derek picks Drayden up from daycare and feeds him dinner!!! Lesson in all this...Not having classes on Mondays at 5:30pm ever again!!! It's just too stressful..but Drayden loves to swim so the stuff we deal with. Oh well...Part of parenthood I guess, it's all worth it...I wouldn't trade it for the world. I mean, look at this precious face...

Dradyen had his appointment with the cardiologist on Friday and his heart murmur is completely healed which is great news...Now all he needs to do is gain a few more pounds that he lost due to being sick in the last few weeks. He's 100% now...which is a nice change. Happy happy Dradyen!

PS>...Derek didn't "catch" anything last weekend...Maybe on the third weekend...Sure glad for him to be home though.

Tanya

Lil' Stinker!!!

Drayden; Our Skunker-roo!

Meet my famous skunk that's been hanging around my house lately...he sure is a lil' stinker! Poor little buddy was sick with a stomach flu this weekend so we didn't get to do much but he's feeling much better now. Thank you mom for your advise and Pedialyte for making him feel better!

For Drayden's second Halloween (his first was in the hospital) he helped mommy give out candies to all the Pirates, Zombies and scary Ghosts...he had so much fun taking the candies out of the box and looking at them one by one making a mess in the living room. I had him all dressed up, playing with his toys at the door until the bell rang; he sure thought it was a hoot seeing kids all dressed up. Thanks to those who visited with their costumes (Kim & the gang, Anna & the gang) and Terra who babysat while I gased up last night so we can get to work without walking. Too bad daddy missed it all due to hunting...maybe next time!

P.S. Daddy called last night ...so far they've got nothing...Derek said he saw 2 big does as well as a beautiful fox and Andre also saw a doe. Obviously there's activity so maybe they'll get lucky after all. Never know!


Tanya

Country Kick?

Lately I've been stuck on Country music...am I getting old or something? I mean it's still "new country" so I guess it's considered cool. Loving the Billy Currington, Kellie Pickler, Lady Antebellum and believe it or not Darius Rucker...So far the hardest part of my wedding planning is picking songs ...like the father-daughter one. There's just so much to choose from and I really want something that suits our relationship. Any ideas???

Not much on a Thursday...It's usually TV night  with some of our favorite shows like Vampires Diaries, American Chopper Sr. vs Jr. and not to forget...Jersey Shore; tonight it's the reunion show. Can't wait to see that!

I was also thinking that I should really get going on my Project 101, Mandy is kicking my ass! This weekend I start on crossing things off. I promise.

Shout out to Jackie!!! Thinking of you sweets!

Got get home...ttyl

Tanya