The End of a era (so to speak)

I wasn't sure if i was going to add this to the blog or not, but it's the end of an important phase in my life, so i might as well share with the people closest to us.

Dani's last nursing session was on Friday (nov 23rd) early morning. She was only nursing during the nihgt. I had weaned her of the day time feeds in October. I decided that her sleep had to improve, so i stopped nursing her at night (cold turkey) on friday night. It's been 4 nights, and last night she didn't even ask for it. we are already seeing slight improvements in her sleep. And it shows how little she was nursing for milk when i am showing very little engorgement even after 4 days.

So it's the end of my over 7 year stretch of being pregnant and/or nursing . It's a very bittersweet end.

Dani's new thing

OMG.. My wee little baby is growing up.


Yup this is her yesterday.. Proud as proud can
be of sitting on the potty.. on her own potty. She never keeps her diaper on anymore, and chances are, if she goes missing for very long, she will come back with no diaper on. And she will just slide her pants back on with no diaper. So the potty came up over the weekend.

As of this morning, no pees on the potty, but no accidents either. So no good but no bad. This morning though. Little munchkin did her first pee on the potty!! And boy oh boy was she happy about it!!! :) And having her two sisters cheer for her, and hugs and kisses and praise from mommy is the best thing in the world. Who knows what this means in the long run. Is she ready to potty train? Is she just playing around, and got it right by accident? Is she really growing up this quickly? Guess only time will tell.

In the meantime, potty stays put, free access to it, and we will follow her lead. Of course having her out of diapers and potty trained would be fantastic, but after Ellie's long potty training ordeal, i'm not holding my breath at all.


The big question, will she be out of diapers during the day before she is sleeping through the night??? LOL ;)

Meet "Storm Noel"

Hurricane Noel headed our direction last week. By the time it hit us, it was just "Storm" Noel. We got off lightly compared to other Maritimers with just wind and rain which around here is not out of the norm.

But on Saturday, we decided on a road trip, and headed for Middle Cove Beach to see what the ocean looks like in high winds. And Middle Cove apparently is deemed the gentle of beaches because of where it is.

It was quite the trip. When we got there the waves weren't too bad, but as we stayed, the tide got higher and higher. Places that we had stood were completely covered in water by the waves. We also witnessed the sadder side to a storm like that. Found a small crab whose shell was cracked in half. Found a second larger crab, who was barely hanging on for his life. Found a sea orchid (?) with a cracked shell in 2 places. And found a star fish who was still alive. I threw the sea orchid and the star fish back into the ocean to give them a fighting chance, but chances were pretty slim for them. It's sad to see stuff like that, but it's just part of nature.

The girls ('cept Dani) were quite thrilled to see the waves crashing. Dani was tired, and just wanted up the whole time. Plus the wind was high and pretty chilly.

here are some pics from our trip :

Storm Noel

Halloween (Part 2)

A little late.. But at the moment, i'm going to blame sicknesses entirely (which is what I'm blaming the lack of sense this blog may make by the end ;) )

Halloween night could not have gone more perfectly. Despite very tired kids by the end, i think they all had A LOT of fun trick or treating. :)

And since i'm currently lacking in the energy dept, you get to enjoy all the pics via a link. ;)

Halloween pics

And i will apologize for the lack of pics taken during Trick or Treating, but i got the joy of carrying a very heavy pumpkin to keep up with her sisters, and Kat and Ellie were going from house to house very quickly and eagerly, so no time to take pics.