It all started with a VERY late airport trip with the kiddo to pick her up.

Waiting for Gammie (10pm-ish)

Of course we had to find some benches to sit on to give them time to catch up a bit, and make the kid stop bouncing.

They were dressed to match!

The next day consisted of a day-long trek through Heritage Park. We mostly rode rides, the kid LOVED the Ferris wheel, much to my heart attack. He declared he wanted to ride it 4 times… Yeah… he got two rides before we shuffled him along to something else.

The Carousel!

Gammie rode the rides with him!

After two years and 5 trips up here to visit, Gammie has FINALLY seen the infamous hot Alberta weather.

Cloudless Sky!

After many hours of  walking in the blazing sun, I walked away with a monster sunburn. My first one in over 5 years.

My Sunburn, go me?

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5th Birthday Photos!

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Its been five years since I welcomed my tiny peanut into the world.

Damn its gone by fast.

He went from this:

The tiny thing with a heart condition, jaundice and a host of other problems.

Into this happy, brilliant, wonderful light in my world.

He surprises me everyday with the things he is able to do and learn, and he currently has cake icing in his hair. He says it makes him feel pretty.

Yeah…

So, heres to you kiddo. For continuing to marvel everyone around you, including your very proud momma.

Happy Fifth Birthday dude!

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Miss Sophie Reinsch (Miss Piggie) has passed away today at 1:45 pm due to complications from a respiratory infection.

Miss Sophie

In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local Humane Society.

Sophie Reinsch
Born Dec 2009
Death, July 7, 2010

She was the best damn piggie, and will be greatly missed by all.

I invite you all to share in acknowledging the passing of the tiniest member of our family, Sophie. As a Guinea Pig, Sophie led a simple life, but one marked by good humor and love for those around her. Always quick to taunt the cat from behind her bars, or to call out for her fair share of the vegetables, Sophie showed us all a little place in our hearts that was still full of childlike wonder.
The staff of the Calgary North Veterinary Hospital went above and beyond in making her final moments in this life comfortable and even got her energetic enough for a last bit of a run before her tiny body gave out and released her enormous spirit to join her creators.
Sophie will be sorely missed by those who survive her. Any prayers or words of healing for us or to speed her on her way are graciously and thankfully accepted.

Filed under: Depression, LifestyleChange

Its been AGES since I have done a proper update, mostly dumping photos and such.

But…

I had good reasons for it… Sorta…

March was the Month of Appointments. And wasnt just a few throughout the month, oh no, there were 2-3 times per week that month. Plus a LOT of very early mornings for us not happy with dawn hours.

April was thankfully fairly calm. We had the kiddo focusing on his school stuff, and we working on just lowering our stress levels to something that didnt have me manic and sleep deprived.

May was sort of calm, at least for the first week. Then I began the Great House Cleaning to prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Mom. That coupled with my Burly classes AND eye appointments made me more stressed than I really needed to be.

On the eyeball front, I am sorta happy to report that surgery for either eye is not in my immediate future. I DO however have Coat’s Diease in my left eye, but its localized to the already damaged area, so as long as it doesnt spread, or cause me serious discomfort, we’re just going to leave it alone. The mystery mass under my right has been identified as a BENIGN fatty tumor, and again, no surgery needed at this point. I named it Mildread…

The THREE WEEK visit with Mom went as expected, lots of bonding with the kiddo. Which is the main reason for the visits, she and I have bonded as much as we are going to already lol. Plus we FINALLY got my Mom to meet and hang with Jelly Bean’s Mom and Step-Dad… I think they hit it off. I’m not sure.

June saw Jelly Bean and I at Calgary Tower to see Dr. Horrible live via Broadway West, which was spectacular and awesome. It was followed by dinner at Moxie’s, where we drank too much and had a lot of fun. We dont get to go out just us very much, so it was nice.

Mid-June had a week where everyday was SOMETHING. Eye test, blood work, Mom departing, our consult with the Fertility Clinic… Which made for a very tired Cupcake, who just wanted to sleep and eat a cookie.

So I have about two weeks currently that are hopefully going to be nice and relaxing, followed by mass insanity with the kiddo’s FIFTH birthday on the 18th, followed by two weeks of swimming lessons and a week of day camp.

And at some point my Sis-in-Law is going pop out another baby (my NINTH niece/nephew to date), and of course I must being corrupting it early on.

Oh, and my mother is returning at the end of Aug for another 2 weeks, courtesy of me. I might be a glutton for clutter or something. But hey, shes my mom. Its worth it.

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