In Limbo

So I realize that I have not updated this for a while so here it goes. The place we moved into for June was horible and the landlords refused to quickly take care of problems without yelling at us and having us threaten to move. So rather than deal with it we moved out. We didn't really have anywhere to move so we are staying in Diana and Logan's basement. Once we moved here I stopped being nauseated and I believe that the other place made me sick. I am about 3 months along now and still feeling pretty good. We are more than likely going to move into a Co-op here in Lethbridge which has cheap rent compared to the rest of Lethbridge.
I did get another year older yesterday and the day went pretty well. The weather here is really weird. It has hailed about 3 times in the last 3 1/2 weeks which is more than we usually see in one summer.
We went on a day trip to Waterton and the wild flowers were gorgeous. Benjamin enjoyed the day as well.
We also took Ben swimming for the first time and he really liked it.
Kara

Move!

So Joe and I have moved. It was by far the worst move I hope to EVER incounter. First the place wasn't cleaned and I had to stress over the landlords getting someone in to clean it, then the truck wasn't where it was supposed to be so it came like an hour late, then we only had one person from our old Elder's quorum and one from our new Elder's quorum and one friend plus Joe to help move all of our stuff in. Once we did get in on Friday our fridge didn't work and wasn't replaced with a brand new fridge that also didn't work until Monday which wasn't replaced with another brand new fridge that worked Wednesday. We used a mini fridge that held two gallons of milk brought over by our landlords in the meantime. Then we went camping near Hanna with the Drumheller branch and it rained and hailed on us Saturday. When we got back to our house on Sunday about 7:30 - 8:00 the landlords had changed the locks because if the door was shut to hard the lock wouldn't open weird huh, anyways they rekeyed the new lock to the wrong key so we had to wait until the sent the locksmith from Magrath which is about 20 -30 min away to come in and rekey the lock. Oh and on Sat. May 31st Benjamin fell off the couch hit his head on our baby rocking chair and needed two stitches on his eyebrow. And when we were trying to switch over our telus phone to Vonage which should have been done on by the 30th it took until the 5th and no one could tell us anything helpful to why.

On the plus side since most people up here in Canada know I figured I would make an announcment to the Web that Joe and I are pregnant and expecting Jan 21st. This pregnancy so far is totally weird and I am have the non cravings where I am hungry and want to throw up but don't want to eat anything that I can think of. The only craving that I really do have is for Juice or pop or chocolate milk but not water.

Hello All!

So life is going pretty good here. This month is going to be crazy busy for us because Joe's sister is getting married on the 24th (which I still need to make a skirt for) and we are moving to the southside of Lethbridge on the 30th. The place we found is smaller but closer to the College which will hopefully cut down on Gas. Joe is taking 3 summer classes and working as well so we won't see each other much for like the next 6-8 weeks. Convergys where Joe works is closing down by August 31st and Joe will get his letter which informs him of his last day sometime this upcoming week. They are giving out bonuses to people if they stay until their last scheduled day. The bonuses start at $500 so Joe will probably stay til the end. I am excited and sad to leave the Westside seeing as I have lived over here for over 5 years. Work is going well for me. Of course their are good days and bad days but Wholesale might be putting in a discount system which I am excited about. Anyways hope all is well. Love Kara

Frustrating Dr.'s and Good Dr.'s

So Benjamin has been sick again. On Wednesday Joe took him into a walk-in clinic where the Dr. told him that he just had a bad cold. Well that night around 11 pm his temp. jumped to 104 F so I insisted that we take him to Emergency. Once we finally saw a Dr. he really didn't like how he was breathing, which was really hard so he had a chest x-ray taken. The contraption they put babies in for the x-ray reminds me a lot like torture. The x-ray came back and he had pneumonia. I am really quite shocked that the first Dr. didn't order an x-ray after seeing his breathing which was really very similar to how he was breathing when the 2nd Dr. saw him. I actually think that he probably had pneumonia the first time (about 2-3 weeks ago) he was sick and didn't really get over it and got sick again which just brought it back. The first time he was sick we went to the same walk-in clinic and the Dr. said once again just a bad cold. We took him to a different Dr. and he said he had inflamed tonsils and gave him antibiotics which probably help clear up the what I suspect now to be pneumonia (he was breathing very similar both times he was sick but the second time was way worse). I really have a lot of respect for ER Dr.'s now because they were willing to order more tests to actually figure out what is wrong and not just assume he had a bad cold. Benjamin is feeling a lot better now. He is taking like 3 naps a day for about 2 hours compared to when he isn't sick which is usually one sometimes two a day for about a total of two to three hours of sleep. Well gotta go. Kara

And now I am sick

So Joe and I have just spent days and nights worrying and caring for Ben and now I am sick. At least I can function still Ben is just begining to play and drink again. I hope my illness doesn't turn into whatever Ben has because I think he is still worse off than I am. By the way Ben turns one on Friday. YEAH we actually made it through a whole year without completely going crazy (I think).

Poor Benjamin!

So Friday morning 3 a.m. Benjamin woke up with a fever over 100F. So I took him in to see the Dr. and he said that it was only a really bad cold that is going around. Well I got home from work last night and his fever, which we were controlling with tylenol but he was asleep so we didn't want to wake him, had gone up to 102F. Joe being the wonderful father he is spent most of the night sleeping in the arm chair with Ben because anytime we moved Ben he would wake up. Just for the record though I did spend from like 4 a.m. yesterday sleeping in the arm chair with Ben. We decided to take him in to another walk in clinic because he is eating and sleeping less and getting a worse fever. The Dr. there thought his throat looked red and infected and prescribed antibiotics. Let's hope they work quickly.

Back To Work

So I started back at the Wholesale Club last week and all is going fairly well. I did have one customer come to me thinking he could pull the wool over my eyes because I "looked" new. He left 4 boxes of chicken fillets on his cart and put up a box of chicken burgers. The chicken burgers cost about $12 a box less than the chicken fillets. Well I caught it and I don't think he realized I caught it until he was checking over his receipt outside.
Joe and I went to Drumheller for Easter which was nice but Benjamin loves getting into all of Grandma's stuff and there is a lot of stuff he can get into. He especially loved dumping the dog's water all over the floor, twice. Daisy the dog really has no patience for babies and I think Ben made her mad the last time we visited by playing with her toys.
Grandma Puzey gave Benjamin a big Leopard printed looking bear which Ben really likes especially if you make it look like it is talking.
Best story ever------I was in the living room and Ben was playing in the kitchen. I heard a bang and than a lot of plasticky noises coming from where he was playing so I went to investigate. I found Ben on the floor with saltine crackers surrounding him and he was justing eating away. It was dinner time but his food wasn't ready yet. Apparently he decided to go find his own food. Have a great week everyone.