Calum has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Yeah, so it's a pink car. What's it to ya?

Busy month

Well, as we reach the end of the fiscal year Don and I look to have a very, very busy month ahead. I'm wrapping up a project this month - one that we have been working on for about 3 years! I've got a lot to do before the end of the month and every moment not working makes me even more anxious about it. It will be nice to be finished but with spring break (and daycare off for the same week), archival staff vacation leaves, office renovations, other work issues, daily visits to the daycare to feed Calum, etc. I'll be lucky if I'm still standing at the end of it all. Wish us luck and we'll see you all when we get through.

There may be fewer posts over the next few weeks but once I'm done the project I'll probably have a bit of time off while I either look for more work on another project or just look for different work entirely. Contract work has been great this year, allowing me to work from home and spend time with Calum everyday but I really miss getting out of the house, working on a day-to-day basis with other people and taking on more challenging projects. Whatever I decide to do, it will likely mean that Calum won't have his mom come to visit him at lunch everyday. I guess we'll just worry about that when/if it becomes an issue.

Well, we hope you are all well. We are all mostly over our colds (still some sniffles and coughing but nothing serious).

Happy Birthday Desiree!

Today is Desiree's birthday. She had a party with her friends on the weekend and we will be having cake and celebrating next week for both her and Calum. It will be a big year for both of them - Desiree is 16 and Calum will be 1 (March 11)!

Playin at home

Calum at daycare

Calum's new teeter-totter

Mom

Momentary spring distraction

Dad

A quiet moment

Calum riding one his new toys

Calum meets Buddy (and wonders when he can get a puppy)

Standing for Auntie Carole

A visit from Grandpa and Grandma

Happy to see Uncle Grant

Happy Valentine's Day

My big Valentine is in Victoria for another couple of days but my little one gave me lots of hugs today. Don did leave a surprise for me though - some great books that I have had on my Chapters list for awhile and a Don Bain Exclusive CD. I gave him some DVDs last week, it was supposed to be a surprise but I ordered them using his account number at C&L and he got an email when they were shipped....Oh well. Guess Don and I are a big bunch of nerds.

Calum gave his sisters each a rose and a chocolate covered strawberry. I had to help this year but next year I'll bet we all get nice drawings or something with glitter and glue.

Happy Birthday Bonnie! Good luck with the exams and papers Larry and Tabs. I've got to pick up my little grumpy one soon so back to work.

Jen and Calum

Calum and Tabitha