Foot First

What we potted on our back deck today.
We wandered to the store to pick up more potting soil and Oria asked if she could get the pink flowers, and I decided to pick up a couple more herbs (cilantro and rosemary). So I repotted my lavendula that I was given as a Mother’s Day gift, and the parsley Oria picked out for me the other day.
We’ll probably pot our peas this weekend when we have a bit of compost to add to the soil.
Oria absolutely loves playing in the dirt, planting and watering the plants. She’ll hopefully end up with more of a green thumb than me.

My Mother’s Day. Well I had a sick little two year old since Friday evening. She had a fever all weekend and was in and out of happiness. She also cut both her top second year molars over the weekend…there were lots of cuddles and good food. Gemma came for the weekend and helped out with sharing on Oria cuddles. The extra hands were nice. And a most beautiful pink sky after a day of clouds and rain finished off our evening.
And today it appears we’re on the mend.

What a strange afternoon.
Oria woke from a long nap happy and refreshed. We hung outside with watermelon and the animals for a bit. Then out of nowhere she says the back of her head hurts and starts screaming. Non stop. For what felt like forever. I held her and rested her head on my belly and skin to skin could feel her burning up.
It freaked me out, I’ll admit I started crying. Of course worst case anything pops into my head.
I called the nurses hot line and with a temperature of 101 F, the nurse went through a series of questions.
By the end, Oria said her head no longer hurt and she felt fine. WTF?! I gave her some Advil for the fever and within minutes she was starving and ready to “go to the park”
We went for a lovely date. We ate Toshi sushi and had pink gelato and sat outside in the evening sun.
Fever seems to have disappeared. Mood seems to be back to happy. Lets hope that was just a bad headache that is gone for good. Poor little lady.

A little of what we got up to today. Uncle Derrick was visiting, so we took the pups to low tide at Spanish Banks. Everyone was having a great time, until Oria got knocked face first into the ocean by Chester and got soaked and a face full of salt water and sand. At that point she declared “we have to go home”
After lots of crying and shivering all the way back to the car, she got cleaned up and warmed up and admitted she actually had fun.
We took uncle Derrick to Granville Island for an adventure.
Oria climbed a rock wall today for the first time, like a natural. She also dragged Derrick and I up “the mountain” several times.
Thankfully I squeezed in a much needed mommy break for my chiro appointment. I enjoyed a stroll through Yaletown and enjoyed iced tea and sunshine, all, by, myself!!
Another day well lived.

What a day for my little Oria. We had a family morning trip to the dentist. Oria was quite pumped about going but once in the chair wanted nothin to do with that adventure. While daddy had his teeth cleaned little and I went to the park.
When we got home we noticed a blistering rash on her arm that we felt needed a professional opinion. So off to the doctor we went. Not overly helpful, as we won’t have results for 10 days. The doctor thought hand, foot and mouth or possibly chicken pox. The kid is no worse for wear though, so we bandaged that rash up and hit up poodle park for some “mountain” climbing.

A little bit of our morning. What a beautiful sunshiny day to be outside and play!

Watering.

31 Week Baby Belly

I had another chiro appointment today and my pelvis is feeling really good. I won’t know for certain baby’s position until our midwife appointment next Wednesday, so until position is determined, my future chiropractic needs can’t be determined. To date, this baby is in a new position every couple of hours, so there must still be room to play.
I’m slowing down. I have heartburn most of the time. I’ve gained 21 pounds. With all the negative stuff aside, I’m still feeling pretty good. I’m up for at least one walk or outing a day, it just means I need a nap and an early bedtime:)

Bubbles! Park time fun. As I start to slow down our adventures are becoming a whole bunch closer to home.
The nice thing about toddlers is that they are just as happy to get out of the house.
We’ve got the best park a short walk from home that has a huge cherry blossom tree and a large grassy area as well as the children’s playground. I see picnics in our near future.