Apple Daze

Saturday was a mixture of weather, so we decided to hit up the MCC sale at Tradex in the morning and then in the afternoon when the sun came out we headed to Willowview farms in abbotsford to pick some apples, the petting zoo, hayride and play area. The girls had a blast and we had a great afternoon. Here are some pics of our day.

First day of Preschool

AHh preschool. We thought we would wait til Janae was four to start school but when i read in a local paper about a 1 day a week preschool class i thought this was a great idea or Janae. I signed her up and brought her to school on her first day to realize that the teacher was a drop out from the college i graduated from while doing my ece. She wasn't a licensed staff and her supervision of the children was rediculous. Needless to say i was totally disappointed and ticked off a little as i was never told it was an unlicensed center. I thought all preschools had to be but apparently not, should have done more research. Anyways after her first day at this preschool and I wanted her out of there as I really didn't feel safe leaving her there in their care. So i phoned around as I new Janae would be devasted if i she coulnd't go to school at all. Thankfully when i phone MEI they had just had a child drop out of the morning class, exactly what i needed. So i registered her and we went to see the teachers. Janae had gone to one class for an hour and half and then the next week we had hand foot and mouth disease here. This disease only shows systems 7 days after being infected. Camryn had it the worst. There were blisters throughout her mouth(more then 15) and her hands feet and bum were covered as well. The only treatment is tylenol with codeine. My sisters girl got it is as well. So Janae missed preschool last week and now with her broken arm she will miss this week as well and maybe next week as well. she is very sad about this as she LOVES school. She loves her teachers and loves that she gets to be on her own like a big girl. They just grow up way to fast.

First Trip to the OR

So these pics are of Janae had home sporting her new sling. Picture of me dressed up as a "nurse" to bring janae into the OR. Janae and me right before she went in for surgery and Janae in her big bed.




So as most of you know Janae broke her right arm this week and so i thought i would post a the few pics we took(John forgot to bring the camera) with John's phone and give you the detailed story of what happened that led to a trip to the ER and later the OR.

Monday morning I dropped of Josh(the boy I watch) off at school and went to walmart. Around 9 we were driving around and trying to figure out what we wanted to do. I just didn't want to go home and clean my house! So Janae asked to go to the Mill Lake park which i never take her too because i hate that park and think it is unsafe(I always have found this park not super safe, more for camryn then Janae). Anyways i figured there wouldn't be many kids there so i would go. Off we went.
Janae was running around on the play structure and had already slipped on the bridge part. I was talking a to friend and I had just finished telling her that i was going to maybe go for a walk cause i thought the play structure was to slippery. (it was covered in dew). Janae went to the corkscrew fire pole and put one foot and hand on to realize that it was too wet and attempted to go back on the play structure when her foot slipped and she fell down, all the way from the top of the structure. Her right arm was out and so she fell on it. She was screaming and i ran across the playgroung knowing that the way she was screaming that something was really wrong. I had to take her jacket off to see the arm and realize that around her elbow it was scrapped and swollen and lopsided looking. So off we went to the Emergency. Everything went pretty quick in emerge thankfully. She was screaming pretty good the entire time. She had x rays done and within 20 minutes the pedeatric ortho surgeon came to tell us that they would be operating on her arm at 3pm. she had fractured her arm and twisted it. I was bawling at this point trying to hold myself together for Janae but thoes of you who know me, i cry pretty quickly. They admitted Janae. John took camryn home for a nap and Janae and i waited in our room on the peds floor for her surgery. John came back to the hospital at 3 after my mom went to my house to watch camryn. Janae was taken to the OR at 3:30pm and I didn't take her to the operating table til 5:00pm. It was the worst feeling ever. John and i tried hard to keep ourselves together but both of us had tears flowing. I took janae and was there til she closed her eyes and was out. She was in recovery within an hour. They reset her arm and have put two pins in her arm. I didn't get a chance at the hosptial to find out details so i hope to get some more clear answers next week. She woke up and was pretty groggy and continued to open her eyes and then fall back asleep. She has a 3/4 cast on so it almost covers her whole are and starts at her wrist and goes up to her shoulder. She will be in this for three weeks. At 3 weeks she will have the pins removed while awake and then another cast for three weeks.
It was such a nice stay at the hospital. We had a private room and visitors were allowed to visit at anytime during the day or night. John was even allowed to stay if her wanted to!
We were discharged at 4pm on Tuesday. Janae was really afraid to use her arm at first or move period but after a few times moving and seeing that it doesn't hurt like it did the day before when it was broken she has gotten quite comforatble moving aroun.
Janae slept ok last night. today she was doing puzzels, writing with her left hand(maybe she will switch and become a lefty) and helped me bake apple pie.
She is super thankful for all of you who prayed for her during this time and for the many visitors. She is sad that she has to miss preschool and can't play at the park. The minute we arrived home from the hospital she asked to put on her princess play shoes!! are you kidding me.:)
These next 6 weeks will probably be torturouse for all of us. Janae was already asking today at dinner when we were going to get out of the house!! Oh dear she has turned into me:)
So that is the story. Our next doc appointment is with teh surgeon who operated on her DR.Wikkham where she will have more x rays done.

Walk for Autism

Hey, for thoes of you who do not know I take care of a 13 year old boy with Autism. He is a high functioning autistic child and is pretty independent. If you go to their website www.walknowforautism.org and click the donate button and search Joshua French or Fraser Falcons.I had him full time in August and now he is in school so i only have him for a bit before school and then for a couple of hours after school. He is such an amazing child, super polite, well mannered, amazing with little kids and affectionate. He is such a joy to have in my home. It is a little louder in my house these days but it's fun.

I want to post a link for the Walk for Autism that Josh is participating in at the end of the month. He is trying to raise $1000.00. If you feel like you want to donate and help children with autism you can donate your money by going to their website www.walknowforautism.org and click the donate button and search Joshua French or Fraser Falcons.

Thanks

For My DAD!

Daddy's Girl

When you were young, pony-tailed,
face full of playful freckles,
were you a daddy's girl?
I was. I still am.
Did you look to him for your security,
for love and attention,
for the understanding, and the patience you lacked
as a child?
My daddy was the center of my small world,
the focus of my affections,
the star that lit my life, shining bright.
Shining still in my heart.
The years have led me here,
weathered with maturity and responsibilities,
and I see more clearly now.
The hardships, burdens of love,
and all the small sacrifices he made for me,
for our family.
He created stability, a place to call home.
All the photographs I browse through
of a child long forgotten, scarcely remembered
smiling, so happy and so loved.
The mere thought of becoming that role model
is enough to send me cowering, afraid...
looking for guidance.
Turning to my father and my more for support,
advice, wise counsel, and for approval.
Grown up, I see differently now...
A new perspective of a man I have always known.
My heart is full, my emotions overpowering
just in the certainty of that bond.
He's been there for me through all the conflicts
helping me over the rough, ragged stones of growing up.
My respect for him is unending,
faith is unbound, and love is unquestioning.
Even in the midst of all my imperfections, he is lenient,
ignoring the pitfalls, the downfalls, the shortcomings,
he just accepted me as I was, as I am.
The sheer purity of it leaves me awe-struck
and it lifts me up, it holds my head a little higher,
it keeps me in balance,
harmonizing with the world around me
beautifully, like an inspired masterpiece from the soul
of an honest man.
I am honored to know him, to love him, to be of him.
He's my hero, and I am his daughter, his little girl.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DAD!! Happy Father's Day

I don't have a pic of my dad on this silly computer so i will have to download one a different time!

Happy Father's Day John

A Little Girl Needs Daddy poem A little girl needs Daddy For many, many things: Like holding her high off the ground Where the sunlight sings! Like being the deep music That tells her all is right When she awakens frantic with The terrors of the night. Like being the great mountain That rises in her heart And shows her how she might get home When all else falls apart. Like giving her the love That is her sea and air, So diving deep or soaring high She'll always find him there.

Happy 28th Birthday SIS!

The Woman I Call Sister

The woman I call sister
Is someone who is there
The woman I call sister
Is someone who always cares.

The woman I call sister
Can make me smile when times are blue
The woman I call sister
Is someone very true.

The woman I call sister
By choice, is my best of friend
The woman I call sister
Will be there till the end

The woman I call sister
Is the blessing from God above
The woman I call sister
Is the sister that I'll always love.

HAPPY 28th BIRTHDAY SONJA!! I Love you so much!