This past couple of weeks, we have been busy!
The tree is decorated, gifts are wrapped & stockings are hung!
We also ventured out to take some Christmas photos! :)
Next on the list is more Christmas baking! =D
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Christmas Family Fun!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Schmidt household! :) Christmas is by far my family's favorite time of year. It's the one time where we are all together, happy & just enjoying eachothers company and time spent together.
This past couple of weeks, we have been busy!
Mom & I set the tree up a couple of weeks ago now, most of the gifts have been wrapped for quite a while too! I've just been too busy *and sick* to blog about it!
We also ventured out to take some Christmas photos! :)
This past couple of weeks, we have been busy!
We also ventured out to take some Christmas photos! :)
Tuesday 13 December 2011
Ho-Ho-Whoa!
Last week I had some Christmas shopping to finish up in Red Deer and my best friend decided to join me. We made the decision to go get our picture taken with Santa, at Bower Mall..because we're cool and our Mothers thought we were nuts! :)
Our plan was to just stand beside Santa in the picture.. well apparently this Santa had another plan for us. We walked up and he grabbed us! Pulled us down onto his knee telling us "I have a knee for each of you!" Umm, okay. That was awkward, I don't enjoy sitting on an old mans lap. Now, as if being pulled down into a creepy Santa's lap wasn't bad enough, he had to make a comment about the picture. He tells us "If you don't smile big, I'll have to tickle you!" WHOA! That's just a tad bit too far there St. Nick! O.o
At least our picture turned out cute!
Our plan was to just stand beside Santa in the picture.. well apparently this Santa had another plan for us. We walked up and he grabbed us! Pulled us down onto his knee telling us "I have a knee for each of you!" Umm, okay. That was awkward, I don't enjoy sitting on an old mans lap. Now, as if being pulled down into a creepy Santa's lap wasn't bad enough, he had to make a comment about the picture. He tells us "If you don't smile big, I'll have to tickle you!" WHOA! That's just a tad bit too far there St. Nick! O.o
At least our picture turned out cute!
:) xox
Wednesday 30 November 2011
A Day With Nola
I spent today with the cutest two year old, my baby cousin Nola. I went over to the Macleod household around 8 o'clock this morning and watched Nola until 6 tonight. Kevin & Jen were off to Calgary for a fetal assesment.. (see previous post )
The appointment went pretty well for them, They got good news of the baby is surrounded by plenty of amniotic fluid although the heart rate is still quite low (in the bottom two chambers that is), they also learned they are having a baby.. GIRL! :) Another sweet, precious, adorbale baby girl! I'm so excited for them!
Nola & I spent the day hanging out watching Treehouse, doing puzzles, and playing with all her other fascinating toys in her brand new playroom :)
The appointment went pretty well for them, They got good news of the baby is surrounded by plenty of amniotic fluid although the heart rate is still quite low (in the bottom two chambers that is), they also learned they are having a baby.. GIRL! :) Another sweet, precious, adorbale baby girl! I'm so excited for them!
Nola & I spent the day hanging out watching Treehouse, doing puzzles, and playing with all her other fascinating toys in her brand new playroom :)
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| Being silly crashing into pillows. |
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| Crappy bathroom pics, cause we can :) |
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| She loves this horse! It was actually mine when I was her age, It's been well used in our family! |
Monday 28 November 2011
Thinking Positive
This past week has been very stressful, depressing and sleepless, however it's starting to look like light really is at the end of the tunnel.
Opa is recovering amazingly well from the mass heart-attack, pneumonia, bladder infection AND blood infection. All of his infections are gone and he's getting better each and every day now. He's still quite weak and is working at gaining his strength back. He's still struggling with walking, it's a huge effort for him to walk a few feet to the door of his hospital room and back to his bed. But, hopefully his strength will return with time and he will be able to come home soon. He's trying and that's what matters. He needs lots of rest and is getting the treatment he needs where he is. Opa has Alzheimer's and that is making it difficult for his doctors and nurses to treat him. He may say he is in pain one minute, and the next he says he isn't. Thankfully his nurses and doctors are so understanding and are really great working with him! Sadly, he doesn't remember when family has been up to the hospital to visit him and desperately calls his nurse and asks her where we are. It's heart-breaking to see him be as sick as he was, so weak and disoriented. I am SO thankful and amazed he's getting so much better and is recovering so wonderfully. I love him with all of my heart and cannot wait for him to be recovered enough to go home. ~~~I love you Opa, Stay strong. <3 ~~~
Although Opa is getting better and stronger, a new tiny un-born family member is facing some life-threatening medical issues. My cousin and her husband are just over 5 months pregnant with their second child. My cousin has a rare disease called Lupus, it effects all different parts of her body and can cause a lot of strange things to happen and is life-threatening if it isn't taken care of properly. Her last pregnancy was great! She felt pretty darn good and there was no issues with the lupus. However, this time it's a whole other story. Lupus can cause problems with pregnancy and the un-born child.
Last week Jen and her husband went to their ultrasound appointment hoping to find out the gender of their baby, but all too quickly the gender didn't matter anymore... the tech said the baby's heart rate was 58, so a doctor checked it and heard 121 and told them not to panic. Over the next couple of days it was discovered that their baby has a heart issue caused by the lupus. Basically it killed the natural pacemaker in the bottom 2 chambers of the heart. So the tech heard the bottom two chambers and the doctor heard the top two. If the baby's bottom 2 chambers drop below 55 Jen may lose the baby. The doctors said it was a 1 in 4 million chance the baby would develop this condition, but it's happened. The baby will be delivered at 32 weeks by c-section and under-go surgery to have a pacemaker put in.
It's a long road ahead, but I know together, as a family we will all be there for eachother and help eachother out! Maybe they can't do it alone, but we as a family CAN and WILL get through this!
Opa is recovering amazingly well from the mass heart-attack, pneumonia, bladder infection AND blood infection. All of his infections are gone and he's getting better each and every day now. He's still quite weak and is working at gaining his strength back. He's still struggling with walking, it's a huge effort for him to walk a few feet to the door of his hospital room and back to his bed. But, hopefully his strength will return with time and he will be able to come home soon. He's trying and that's what matters. He needs lots of rest and is getting the treatment he needs where he is. Opa has Alzheimer's and that is making it difficult for his doctors and nurses to treat him. He may say he is in pain one minute, and the next he says he isn't. Thankfully his nurses and doctors are so understanding and are really great working with him! Sadly, he doesn't remember when family has been up to the hospital to visit him and desperately calls his nurse and asks her where we are. It's heart-breaking to see him be as sick as he was, so weak and disoriented. I am SO thankful and amazed he's getting so much better and is recovering so wonderfully. I love him with all of my heart and cannot wait for him to be recovered enough to go home. ~~~I love you Opa, Stay strong. <3 ~~~
Although Opa is getting better and stronger, a new tiny un-born family member is facing some life-threatening medical issues. My cousin and her husband are just over 5 months pregnant with their second child. My cousin has a rare disease called Lupus, it effects all different parts of her body and can cause a lot of strange things to happen and is life-threatening if it isn't taken care of properly. Her last pregnancy was great! She felt pretty darn good and there was no issues with the lupus. However, this time it's a whole other story. Lupus can cause problems with pregnancy and the un-born child.
Last week Jen and her husband went to their ultrasound appointment hoping to find out the gender of their baby, but all too quickly the gender didn't matter anymore... the tech said the baby's heart rate was 58, so a doctor checked it and heard 121 and told them not to panic. Over the next couple of days it was discovered that their baby has a heart issue caused by the lupus. Basically it killed the natural pacemaker in the bottom 2 chambers of the heart. So the tech heard the bottom two chambers and the doctor heard the top two. If the baby's bottom 2 chambers drop below 55 Jen may lose the baby. The doctors said it was a 1 in 4 million chance the baby would develop this condition, but it's happened. The baby will be delivered at 32 weeks by c-section and under-go surgery to have a pacemaker put in.
It's a long road ahead, but I know together, as a family we will all be there for eachother and help eachother out! Maybe they can't do it alone, but we as a family CAN and WILL get through this!
Wednesday 23 November 2011
This Can't Be Happening.
A few days back my Opa (Grandpa) took a fall while getting into bed, his senior home phoned the paramedics and they helped him get back into bed. Nothing was broken, he wasn't bleeding, or in any pain. All was well.. until thenext morning. He woke up like usual, but something was much different. He physically was not able to get out of bed. He could not move his legs. So the EMTS were called back.. and my stubborn Oma (Grandma) refused that they take him to the hospital as my Aunt would be there within the hour to take them to a doctors appointment. The doctor diagnosed him with having a severe bladder infection. We all found this quite odd as his fever was high, he physically could not walk and was very shaky. But okay, illnesses effect seniors in strange ways.
Well, as of yesterday (Tuesday) Opa was much worse. He had a very congested chest, watching him move was like watching something in slow motion. It literally took him two minutes to move his arm from his waist to his face, and he was still shaky, feverish and so weak the man could hardly hold his head up. So last night the ambulance was called again. This time the paramedics were terrible! They didn't want to take him and wanted to give everyone attitude about the long wait at the hospital, etc. Family demanded he be taken to the hospital.
At this point tests are still being completed but he's been diagnosed with a blood stream infection and pneumonia. We're still waiting for heart tests and some other serious of tests to be completed before we'll be able to fully understand what is going on. He's still in emergency so no one other than his wife and children are allowed into the room to visit. He will likely stay in Emerg. until all of the tests are done. I hope he's able to be put into an actual room soon so I can go be with him.. even for a short while just to see how he is and be there for support.
It's been a very rough week and I hope it gets better soon. I need Opa to feel better and be able to come home from the hospital. It's so hard and stressful I don't even know what to do with myself. I'm angry at the first doctor for not testing far enough to find out what was really wrong. All in all... my heart hurts.
Well, as of yesterday (Tuesday) Opa was much worse. He had a very congested chest, watching him move was like watching something in slow motion. It literally took him two minutes to move his arm from his waist to his face, and he was still shaky, feverish and so weak the man could hardly hold his head up. So last night the ambulance was called again. This time the paramedics were terrible! They didn't want to take him and wanted to give everyone attitude about the long wait at the hospital, etc. Family demanded he be taken to the hospital.
At this point tests are still being completed but he's been diagnosed with a blood stream infection and pneumonia. We're still waiting for heart tests and some other serious of tests to be completed before we'll be able to fully understand what is going on. He's still in emergency so no one other than his wife and children are allowed into the room to visit. He will likely stay in Emerg. until all of the tests are done. I hope he's able to be put into an actual room soon so I can go be with him.. even for a short while just to see how he is and be there for support.
It's been a very rough week and I hope it gets better soon. I need Opa to feel better and be able to come home from the hospital. It's so hard and stressful I don't even know what to do with myself. I'm angry at the first doctor for not testing far enough to find out what was really wrong. All in all... my heart hurts.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Certificate of Excellence
Last week I sent one of my school instructors an e-mail about how my courses are going, what I'm liking and doing well at as well as what I'm struggling with. I completed a course almost two months ago and passed the final exam with an exceptionally high mark, the instructor told me I would be recieving a gold certification in Workplace Safety for doing so well in the course and on the final exam. That was about five weeks ago....
Then yesterday this showed up!
Took them long enough to send it, but I'm glad it's finally here! :) Success!
Then yesterday this showed up!
Took them long enough to send it, but I'm glad it's finally here! :) Success!
Monday 7 November 2011
Welcome Winter
Red Deer woke up to snow on Friday morning, for some people this is exciting and for others it's quite depressing. Of course those who are into winter sports don't genereally complain about the snow and cold, where as those who like the heat and being outside in shorts and a tank top aren't overly happy when the snow hits the ground and the furnace kicks in.
I don't enjoy winter much myself, I like the summer heat. I hate being cold and driving in poor weather conditions. Although I dislike winter so much, I choose to make the best of it. I think this is where a lot of people go wrong, they choose to be depressed and negative about the snow. Even though I can't go outside and soak up the sun I find things to do that make the winter more enjoyable. One of my favorite things to do is turn on the fire place and curl up with a good book and a cup of tea. It's relaxing and cozy, the perfect way to spend an evening after a long day at work or school. I also do quite a bit of baking in the winter - the warmth and fantastic smell of cookies baking in the oven is delightful! When it gets closer to christmas I keep myself busy making a bunch of crafts, decorating the house, setting up the tree, purchasing and wrapping gifts for loved ones.
I don't find winter to be that bad as long as I keep myself busy, it makes the day go by faster and keeps me happy! If I'm bored the days drag on and I find myself feeling depressed, I'd much rather prevent those feelings from happening. Negativity only brings us down and makes life harder, life is an adventure that should be appreciated and cherished each day, it's up to us to make the best of our adventure. :)
I don't enjoy winter much myself, I like the summer heat. I hate being cold and driving in poor weather conditions. Although I dislike winter so much, I choose to make the best of it. I think this is where a lot of people go wrong, they choose to be depressed and negative about the snow. Even though I can't go outside and soak up the sun I find things to do that make the winter more enjoyable. One of my favorite things to do is turn on the fire place and curl up with a good book and a cup of tea. It's relaxing and cozy, the perfect way to spend an evening after a long day at work or school. I also do quite a bit of baking in the winter - the warmth and fantastic smell of cookies baking in the oven is delightful! When it gets closer to christmas I keep myself busy making a bunch of crafts, decorating the house, setting up the tree, purchasing and wrapping gifts for loved ones.
I don't find winter to be that bad as long as I keep myself busy, it makes the day go by faster and keeps me happy! If I'm bored the days drag on and I find myself feeling depressed, I'd much rather prevent those feelings from happening. Negativity only brings us down and makes life harder, life is an adventure that should be appreciated and cherished each day, it's up to us to make the best of our adventure. :)
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