I’m guilty. It’s totally my fault. The mom’s have been bugging me to write a new post for ages and ages, but they wouldn’t accept my excuse of not knowing how to type!
So, here I am, back again to fill you in on all of the going-on’s in my very busy life. I promise that from now on, these posts will happen in a far more timely manner – it’s too hard trying to remember everything that’s happened if I let it go too long.
We had little out of town adventure with all of the mom’s favourite ladies for one weekend. We drove so so so far and went to a place called Bancroft – we barely even had cell phone reception, which was a big big step for the mom’s. Most of the weekend was rainy, but there was a big big big fireplace and lots of boardgames and lazing around. And the best part was that there were so many doggies there too! Rachel brought my Charlie, who I hadn’t seen since Florida, but then our friend Toby also brought her dogs! And two of them are even famous! Ginger and Buddha were in the movie Snow Buddies! They played Buddha (obviously) and Rosebud! Buddha was fun and has a tail that likes to wag all over the place, but Ginger was my very favourite. She likes to snuggle up close and was so gentle and sweet and let me pet her for hours on end. She could be my new best friend.
This fall has been very adventure filled for our little family. I eventually learned what “escrow” meant. At first I was very excited because a new house sounded very cool but then I learned that what it really means is a LOT of work, especially when you’re trying to move in just 3 weeks! Mommy worked very very hard for those 3 weeks trying to get everything organized for us so that we didn’t go totally crazy. In the last week, I got to spend some time with Mrs. Auty (that’s my Steve’s mom – she keeps telling me to call her Fran, but for some reason I just can’t do it. It must be genetic), and then Gramma came and spent 3 whole days with me so that Mommy could actually be at the new house and not worry about me getting into trouble. It also meant that the mom’s dragged me all over the place – Home Depot for paint, Ikea for a whole bunch of new furniture! On our actual moving day we had a whole lot of help – not that I got to see most of them because I got to spend the day with MeMa.
Then, ass soon as we got moved in, ALL three of us got sick! Mommy had it first and then she gave it to Mama C, who then got even sicker and had to take medicine – she even had to wear a mask when she and I were hanging out. And we were hanging out a lot – especially at night. You see, I was sick too (mean mom’s!) and it was really hard for me to breathe in my bed, so I decided that it was just better to stay up as much as possible. I mean, I wanted to sleep but when I did, when I woke up I just felt so gross that I would just cry and scream and I didn’t want anything except to be held. I heard Mommy tell the doctors that she thinks I only really slept about 4 hours in a 48 period. I don’t know if that’s really true, but I decided to throw the mom’s a bone last night and I slept through the night. Now, if only Mama C would stop coughing and waking me up!
With all the busy-ness and the sickness, I’m especially sad that I haven’t had a chance to go and check out my new pool. Yup, you heard me, my new pool. Mama C works with swimming pools, which is a pretty cool gig, but even there people seem to love me more than they love her. These guys decided that Regent Park needed a brand new pool because it’s getting to be such a cool neighbourhood and part of the amazing new Regent Park Aquatic Centre is a tot pool with all of these really cool features – bubbles and spray features, and it’s always warm and shallow enough for little kids to play. And one of Mama’s C’s bosses decided that this new tot pool would be named after me! I’m not even kidding…I even have a sign! I’m super sad that I haven’t had a chance to go swimming there yet, but it’s my pool – I totally have time!
Sadly, being sick also meant that we had to cancel a bunch of physiotherapy appointments too. Which is a little sad because this fall I’ve started doing some really crazy amazing things! I decided that I was getting tired of just sitting around, so I’ve been working on scooting all around the house on my bum (which works a lot better on the floor at the new house), reaching for anything and everything that I can get my eyes and hands on, especially people’s faces, and the hardest thing has been learning how to stand up! I still can’t quite do it all by myself, but my legs are so so so much stronger than they ever have been and I’ve even started taking some steps with some help from either the mom’s or Kristin or Anne Marie. I still have some work but trust me people – I think I’ve decided that 2013 is going to be the year I start to walk!
