Busy couple of days

Our friends Karen and Tyler were up for the night on Sunday after driving up from Bracebridge. They hit the road earlier tonight just before I took off to work. They brought along their Daughter Mackenzie, and it was fun to see what is in store for us, and especially for Sophie; She was beat this afternoon and Lian mentioned that she looked bored with her tonight, I guess she should watch what she wishes for, soon there will be another small body in the house.

Speaking of small bodies, we are on schedule for 3 and a half weeks. Lian and I attended her appointment this morning and she is going to have a blood test tomorrow (Tuesday) at the hospital.

Physio for me at 8:45am, I will be cutting back to once a week and will continue with the stretching and basic trunk exercises. I have tried really hard to cut out bread, pasta, cheese and milk and have been really successful. I am now the King of Turkey Wraps, salads and Chocolate flavoured soy berverage...although we had a pizza from Greco's on Saturday night...a man does have weakness for a certain deluxe once in awhile.

Hope you liked the pictures, I hope to have more up soon.

Wallace out.

First off, no Buffalo or Ottawa fans allowed...lol...

Book Shelf with toys and clothes

The Baby's Crib

Lian's old dresser and a quilt from Carol Ashford

Lian's Glider

The Baby's Room

Hot Stuff...

Man is it hot out today, it's 27 degrees celcius...now it's not Las Vegas which currently sits at 34 degrees but that's considered a "dry heat"...I love that saying...Jenny who lives in Vegas and reads the posts almost everyday, there's a shoutout to her...lol..

The countdown is on, 4 weeks and counting to the official delivery date...Lian says that's all I ever talk about, but hey, I'm getting anxious also to welcome the new Wallace recruit.

In other news, it is Lian's brother Rob's birthday today. He has turned 28. "Robbie Joe" (I know that will get his attention) is working out in Vancouver at the Four Seasons Hotel.

And not to forget our first bundle of joy, Sophie has turned 2 today. I love this photo and had to show how small she was when we got her in September of 2002.




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it for today,

Wallace out

Wet Wet Wet, and I aint talking about the band...

Rain + Shadflys = Wet stinky piles of dead shadflys.......that's not good, but it seems to be tailing off and it appears this years infestation is done.

Lian had her appointment today with our OB, and the baby has a) Officially turned, b) Is still large and c) five weeks away from breaking out. That's good news all around.

The baby's room is 95% complete, I need to hang a couple of gift quilts that are way too nice to use. All the clothes are washed and sorted, and we are set to go.

Lian's Cousin Jodi, her fiance Brad and her Aunt Doris are coming up this weekend. So it should be a fun time. Can't wait to get them on the Heritage Railway and carousel. Gotta get a picture of Brad riding the miniature train.

Wallace out.

Yeah!!

Well, we just got back from my final (I hope) ultrasound and there is good news all around! The baby isn't breech! Yeah! I knew that before we went in I was just hoping they would confirm it. Peanut is still a big baby, and just so you know, it is a Wallace....short in the legs with a large upper body. Guess we will wait to see what the Dr. says on Thursday....If he/she has a big head...I might be wishing for a ceasaren!

Craig is still in tons of pain with his back. Although he always feels great after his physio appts. Tomorrow he sees Dr. Leckie again...don't know how that will turn out.

Sophie got her hair all cut off today. So she is now resting....pretty dramatic for her...hopefully she will start to eat now that she is a bit cooler...Thank God for the air conditioning...Sophie and I would be nasty women!

I think that is it. I should have more on Thursday. Then the waiting begins....As if I wasn't anxious already....

Cheers
Leelee

Slow days...

Work is dragging along the last two days, I can't walk 200 yards without pain, Lian wants to push the kid out now...time seems to be standing still, they call them "The dog days of Summer", but it's without the heat (which is a good thing).

Two physio appointments this week, some progress with the stretching, and range of motion is good. The pain is only happening when I walk, so it could be a pinched nerve or a narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis). I want to get a CT scan to rule out that and an MRI to see if tissue damage and/or nerve damage is happening. The first word from the x-rays are a grade I, almost grade II spondylolisthesis (nice little animation there)...but sitting and laying down are not a problem.

I have given up golf for the rest of the summer, and we'll see where the treatment and new prognosis is heading. As one friend said "It's got to hurt a lot if you've stopped golfing"...you're preaching to choir Brother.

On a better note, we have almost completed the baby's room. The crib is together, the dresser moved in, old books and stuff cleared out. We have sorted the clothes and the kid is set for sleepers for ever...they should make everyone wear these until they are 10 (it would really cut down on the costs...lol...).

As we don't know what we are having, it's hard to get outfits at this time so sleepers until we find out and I'm sure we will find clothes as time goes on.

That the update for Friday, have a great weekend. I have blinds to put up and Lian has baby clothes to wash.

Wallace out...

Busy Days...

So...the last 4 days have been extremely hectic and just tonight I have had the chance to sit down and relax. So I'll update what's happened so far.

We spent most of last week finishing up our running around for the golf tournament. It happened yesterday and we could not have imagined the success that we ended up with.

There were 63 golfers and another 25 for dinner, giving us a total of 88 people. Through the generous donations of prizes, hole sponsors and our auction items we will have over $6,000 to distribute to families with children that are suffering from Cancer.

Those costs may include money for hotel rooms for visits while on treatment, entertainment items like TV's or video games, or just a little to help with the struggle families have to make when they are fighting an uphill battle.

So thanks to all who supported the tournament, your kind contributions are known to all.

Wallace out...