Baby Blues

Bugaboo Bugayay!

This isn't exactly a review, because the Bugaboo Frog has been discontinued anyhow.  I took a floor model because it fit in the trunk of our 4Rider, and while I wasn't in love with it, it was going to do everything I needed it to. (I wrote about my gear junkie tendencies here)  Sure, it was great in the snow - but I don't ski, so who cares?

But... then we had a Very Snowy Day.  And I went completely stir crazy.  I had to get out, but many of our neighbours hadn't cleared the sidewalks, and our car had no snow tires.  I got to thinking.  I bundled Tabetha up in her warmest clothes, buckled her in, swathed her in blankets, and we set out.

I soon discovered that the smaller front wheels were as useless in snow as expected, though the were great on the icy pavement.  When we got bogged down in deeper stuff all I had to do was tip the stroller and the rear wheels were as great as advertised!

I didn't think to bring a camera, but I did get some shots yesterday downtown!

Getting ready to go back to work

Somehow, almost a year has passed since I waddled out of my office carrying the last of my desk decorations and headed home to get ready for Tabetha to be born.  A whole year stretched out in front of me, and it felt like it would be so long!  There were many things I wanted to do.  (some of them even got done!)

Now I'm in the throes of getting ready to go back.  So far, I have:

• arranged a meeting with Tabetha's daycare for next week to discuss her gradual entry the week after
• made a doctor's appointment to get a prescription renewal before I go back, and ask about a couple things
• got my work email password reset, and sorted through my inbox - all 42 pages of it!
• ordered the lightweight stroller for getting her there (hehehe ;o)

I still need to:

• make sure I have extra cloth diapering supplies, since I'll need a stash at home and a stash at work
• buy bras that don't unlatch for easy access
• make sure I have enough clothes to wear, since my old work clothes are three sizes too big (yay me!)
• try to rearrange my dentist appointment for a day that isn't my second day back at work
• fill the deep freeze with homemade meals to ease the transition to working mom
• notify Service Canada I'm going back
• get my bus pass reactivated
• teach Tabetha to use a sippy cup

What am I forgetting?  I'm sure there's something!

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Tabetha Wigglepants and the Very Snowy Day

Once upon a time there was a baby named Tabetha, who wondered what happened to her yard.

why is everything white?  Nox didn't know either.

Guess what?  Daddy is coming home early!

Guess what else?

We're going to go outside!

It was a lot of work getting dressed to go out.  Tabby wondered do I have to wear this?

Daddy said she did.

It was time to touch it!  Here we go...

Tabby still wasn't sure.  You want me to walk in that?

This is neat!

Standing in it was one thing.  Hey, this stuff is COLD!

I don't think I like this!

Phew, mommy makes it all better.

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Am I crazy?

I have a lot of other posts planned - Tabby's new desire for playtime in the middle of the night, reviews of my bugaboo and my babyhawk carrier, how to make your own broths for homemade soups if you don't already, more about cloth diapering, all kinds of stuff.

But I really only have one thing on my mind right now.  You see, a couple weeks ago I got it into my head that what we need to do is sell our current house and buy one with a suite we can rent out.  Why not let someone else build equity for us too, right?

So, we got our favourite Victoria realtor (Hi Bobby!) to set up one of those great listing things for us so we could get a sense of what our place might be worth, and what might be available in the price range we're looking at.  And we did some drive bys, went to a couple open houses... and then the other day one came up that I think is perfect.  PERFECT.

Now, we haven't even met with our mortgage person yet so very likely this house won't still be available by the time we're ready to think about buying, but it definitely motivated me to start seriously looking at what this place needs to get it listing-ready.

Because having a highly active 10 month old and getting ready to go back to work isn't enough on my plate, right?