I'll try to keep it brief with just the major highlights of our lives since February. Forgive me if I jump around a bit in this entry. I'll also post a bunch of pictures from the past few months in a new photo album.
Let's see... big news in our household.
Alex turned four on June 11. His party was tons of fun, with a few kids from his daycare plus some of his other friends all over for a backyard party. My niece, Jennifer, and her friend were hired as party planners and they did an amazing job of organizing some games and activities, plus they decorated the backyard and did up the loot bags for the kids. We also had a lovely Korean lunch with family in Toronto in honour of Alex's birthday.
We also had a wonderful birthday party for Alex in London with Chris' sister and her family. A great meal and a wonderful time for all of us.
One of the big surprises Alex got for his birthday was a big inflatable climber/obstacle course from Grandma and Grandpa. We’d come across an amazing deal on these at some Wal-Marts (usually they sell for $500-600 but they were on clearance for $99!!!), so it was a great present for Alex and such a good deal that we bought the climbing mountain version as well as they’ll be great backyard toys for years to come.
Alex just finished daycare last week until he starts school (JK) in the fall. He's been going a couple of days a week to the same daycare since he was younger, so it was sad to have his last day last week. His new school is just at the end of our street, so he'll be in JK in the mornings, and then for two afternoons a week, he'll go to the daycare program at the same school so that I have two full days to work.
Chris' job situation is still somewhat in limbo. His company was bought out over 18 months ago in a huge buyout by another pharmaceutical company. As the purchase was really complex, it's taken a long time for the companies to get things sorted out, but we're hoping to hear exactly what's going on with Chris' job within the next few weeks. While we weren't too concerned about Chris losing his job, it was still a possibility that might happen, so we've been trying not to fret too much about things. We have no idea if he'll be doing the same thing, or if he'll move into a new role or if we might have to move, but at least we won't have to wait much longer to find out.
Another big thing was that we bought a new tent trailer for camping. I'm not a huge lover of camping, but Chris loves it and I know it's a wonderful experience for Alex. We'd always camped in tents before this, but last summer we rented a tent trailer and we really liked the experience, so we started looking at older used models and eventually ended up buying a new 2009 Jayco tent trailer. We've been out with it twice so far and we are really enjoying it. It's a lot to learn, but it does make the entire camping experience much more comfortable for all involved.
Our first trip was to a Provincial Park near Peterborough that we’d been to many times before. We loved our time there, even though Alex got sick with a bronchial infection the first night and ended up on antibiotics. We just got back yesterday from our second outing with the camper and we’d tried a private park this time as it had lots of things to offer for young kids. Everyone was very friendly, but this was more of a trailer park with people there for the whole summer with permanent trailers and big RVs versus campers like us. It was a nice experience, but not much in the way of privacy or nature, but we did have fun at the splash pad and swimming in the lake.
Another fun thing we did since my last journal entry was to go to see Walking with Dinosaurs in Toronto. This is a great show if you get a chance to see it - Alex loved it. We had planned to have Grandma and Grandpa come with us, but they were both sick with a chest cold they caught from Alex (or Chris), so a friend of ours and her son came instead.
Jumping backwards a bit here - the winter was pretty tough overall. The snow here was just crazy and I actually got snowed in once when Chris was away on a business trip. I found someone to come out and clear the driveway and walkway, but there was about 36 hours where I couldn’t even get the front door open because of all of the snow.
Health wise, things have been good for me. No major flus or bugs over the winter, but Chris had a really rough go with migraines that just seemed to get worse and worse even though he was on new stronger meds. Eventually he was able to see a neurologist who specializes in migraines and she switched his meds as she thought some of the headaches were a reaction to the meds he was taking to deal with the pain, and overall the improvement has been amazing. Now instead of migraines 90% of the time, he can go weeks without a headache.
Alex had a small cough/cold about six weeks ago and managed to pass it onto both Chris and my Mom, but both of them got REALLY sick with it even though Alex just had a slightly runny nose and a bit of a cough. Chris had to have two different rounds of antibiotics to get rid of the infection in his chest and my mom was wiped out for a couple of weeks as well. I have no idea how I didn’t catch it, but thankfully I managed to stay healthy (a bit of a surprise lol).
The summer’s been great so far - lots to do with the new camper and we’ve been seeing our family in London and Toronto when we can as well. We have another camping trip planned this weekend in Niagara Falls for the long weekend and then we’ll be going to North Carolina with my whole family for a week near the end of August. With stays overnight in Buffalo and Virginia Beach while enroute, we’ll be away for about 10 days.
I’m thinking of moving this site to a more traditional “blog” website so I don’t have to pay for the storage. If I do move it, I’ll be sure to let you know.
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