I love Easter weekend. It's so great to have the time to think and reflect about what the holiday is all about. It truly is amazing what was done for each of us.
I also like holiday weekends because that means Tyler gets some time off. He had Friday and today off, but I'm sure he would argue that. He has been on call and that phone has been ringing non stop all weekend. I'm sure he's been at work more then at home. That makes me sad because it's time that we don't get to spend together, or at least, our time spent together is always interrupted by going to work. It is a good thing though. With all the call backs, he's banking time so he can have some money coming in this summer. We are thinking we wont be totally broke this summer and can have a bit of fun.
I've really enjoyed this long weekend. Even though Tyler been back and forth to work and has been studying, it's nice to have him around. When I need to do something and all Ryan wants is to be held, I can hand him over to Tyler while I'm doing whatever it is I need do. During the week, if I have to go to the bathroom or start dinner or whatever, I have to put him down. Most of the time he likes being upright so when I do put him down, he starts to fuss and cry and make a big deal out of it. It makes me sad but with Tyler home, I can hand the little man over and quickly get back without him being upset.
We haven't done a whole lot this weekend, as Tyler's been busy. Even getting out for a walk has been challenging. The weather has been pretty great so we like to be outside but there is still a wind. Ryan has a bit of trouble breathing in the wind so our walks have to be somewhat short when it's really windy out there. But we've enjoyed the beautiful weather as much as we could. Today is overcast. Just one giant cloud hanging over our little village. I don't think it will rain but it's not hot and sunny and since there is no wind, I will be taking Ryan out for a nice long walk. Tyler probably wont join us as he has a lot of studying to do. Right now, Ryan is in bed sleeping, or at least we think he's sleeping. He's making grunting noises so we know he's about to wake up (which is why I'm typing as fast as I can right now). He set a new high bar for amount of sleep. Last night, we all slept for a total of 8 hours in a row. I don't think this will happen again tonight or any time in the near future as yesterday he was awake and kind of grumpy all day so we did expect a good nights sleep. It's almost shocking getting that much sleep. A nice Easter present from my baby.
We went over to our neighbors place last night for dinner. It's the first time we've been invited over there in the 2 years we've been here and it was a lot of fun. It's handy to just walk out your front door and basically step into your neighbors house with all the stuff we brought over. We were asked to bring chairs, and we brought over a chair for Ryan, dessert and a few other things I think. We met a new couple who has been here for a while and it was just so great to get out of the house. It's always nice going places because everyone always wants to hold Ryan. I actually got to eat my food hot last night because one of the girls offered to hold Ry for us. We all laughed a lot and it was just so fun to hang out with new people. Our friend Kendra was there too and it is always good to see her. I'm going to miss this atmosphere when we are gone this summer. It's nice having people all in the same boat to hang out with. We are all here working, experiencing the same ups and downs of the community. It's always great to get together with people.
We came home at around 10:30ish and Ryan was being a little stinker. He wouldn't settle down to eat and I was getting hit and kicked while he got more and more frustrated with whatever was going on with him. He was just grouchy. We decided to do his night time routine even though it was late. Tyler hopped in the shower with him and the warm water always helps him to relax. We bounced him afterwards and he finally settled down enough that he was able to eat. And he fell right asleep. We also headed off to bed and enjoyed 8 hours of sleep. It was amazing.
Right now, Tyler is doing his school work and I'm getting ready to get Ryan out of bed. He's making a lot of noise in his room but every time I go to check up on him, his eyes are closed and he's not moving so I leave him to rest some more. He's still as cute as ever. Man, we love him so so much. He is so much fun, even when he is being grumpy. I'm excited to get him closer to family so every one can enjoy him as much as we do.
We have finally been able to find a place that will rent to us. It's close to the U of A and it's in our price range so my mom and dad helped out by going to check the place out. Apparently it's pretty nice so that's our new home for the summer. It's not as close to the Grey Nun's as we wanted but it's nearly impossible to find a place that will let us rent. Of all the places we inquired about, this is the only place that was a family friendly building that would let us have Ryan. We aren't allowed to have Kitty there which breaks my heart. I already miss her so so much. I'm so sad that I'm not allowed to take care of my own kitty for 6 months out of this year. That is so ... sad.
I've been trying to get outside and walk a lot more with Ryan. I want him to love the outdoors as much as we do and the fresh air is good for us. I found a website that allows you to map a walk you went on. It tells you how far you've gone and it keeps track of a bunch of cool information like elevation, terrain and stuff like that. I started keeping track of my walks last week and I've already walked over 10 miles. I like keeping track of that and it actually motivates me to get out there more. I'm working on walking more and more each week and with us moving to the city, it should be easy to walk farther each day. I use to do a work out dvd but I found that Ryan is too unpredictable to maintain any routine with it. I like to work out at the same time each day but Ryan doesn't do the same thing every day. It was just frustrating me that he wouldn't sleep when I wanted to work out so I stopped working out. I would rather spend time with Ryan when he is awake then have him lay on the ground while I try to get the exercise completed. Walking is a far better work out because I get to do it with Ryan. And I'm loving being outside so much. It's so nice to breathe fresh air every day. And the scenery is not to shabby around here.
I'm slowly getting more and more of my cross stitching done. It's looking really awesome but I wish there was more time in the day to work on it. Or, I wish I had a few extra arms and hands so I could do more then one thing at a time. Oh well. I guess my 2 arms will have to suffice for now.
Yesterday, I read Ryan the Robert Munsch book, "I love you Forever". I remember growing up and laughing at my mom because every time that book was read or even mentioned, it seemed to make her cry. It was always so funny that it evoked that kind of emotion. I knew that the love of a parent was strong and all that, but I never fully understood why that silly book would make someone tear up all the time. But then I tried to read it to Ryan and man oh man, I was a mess. Every time I got to the main part of the book, "I love you forever, I like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be", I just got so choked up that I couldn't finish the sentence. Ryan just looked at me funnily, the same look I'm sure I've given my own mom many times. But you never understand until you go through the same thing. I love Ryan so much and I think I'm finally starting to fully understand my own parents love for me.
Sonja
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