Christmas was fantastic this year. The boys were given lots of presents for Christmas. Tyler is taking pictures with his camera that he got from Uncle Craig, the other picture with Mark and Loro building is a thing to make forts with, the boys really liked it and I know we are going to have lots of fun with it. Mark, Loro, Craig, Izabela, my mom, Rob and I all stayed after dinner and played games, it was a lot of fun and I hope we will be able to do it again in the near future. This is what Christmas is all about.

On Christmas morning Seth and Tyler opened the presents from us, we gave Tyler Chuck my talking truck. He loved it and knew exactly what it was...... he goes eeeeeehhhhh!! THANK YOU MOMMY, really loud, it was so adorable. We gave Seth a camera like the one Tyler is holding in the picture above, he opened it and I kept asking him what is it and he finally answered "Cheese", lol!! he knew it was a camera but when I have a camera in his face all he has associtaed with it is say cheese. It was a perfect day, except the turkey was dry and so was the ham. On the way home I was saying to Rob that I wish I could wake up tomorrow and it be this day all over again. I loved the reactions from my boys in the morning and I loved spending the day with my brothers, Loro and Izabel.

The boys and I went to the Olympic Oval today with my mom. They had caroling, coloring and cookie decorating. It was a lot of fun. This was the first time that Tyler has been skating. I was putting my skates on and was watching Tyler but I didn't anticipate that he would walk on the ice, it was so funny he stepped on the ice and immediately fell, I just laughed and he laughed too, but then he was scared to go on the ice after that. He would go if I held him up but that was hard on my back. Seth went on the ice once and then he wouldn't go again, he didn't fall so I am not sure why he didn't want to go again. We tried getting the boys to use the red metal things they have to hold them up but they weren't interested in that either. Then we went to Mcdonalds for supper and they played in the play place, it was the first time that I had seen Tyler play in the playplace, because I have never taken them to one that has one. My mom has taken them before though. We had a great time and it was really nice to get out of the house. This was the first outing that I didn't put Tyler in a diaper and he did so awesome he just peed his pants when we got home, lol!!, he peed in the potty when we were out 3 times.
The picture of Tyler on the truck and Seth in the wagon..... They pull each other around like that, but they had to hold on and Seth hurt his fingers and Tyler wasn't able to hold on so Rob went downstairs and got some zip ties so now they don't have to hold on, and it a great way for me to get them to clean up their toys because their is no room to ride around until they do.
And the last thing to say is Rob went for a test today because he is coughing a lot and his lungs hurt, but the test came back great and they said that he isn't having problems with his lungs and it is just the drug that is irritating them. So he has to deal with coughing especially in the middle of the night but at least he doesn't have to switch drugs or taking something else. This chemo treatment wasn't very good for Rob he took along time to recover he was a trooper though. He gets a three week break now though, and then back at it. Well Merry Christmas to all and or Seasons Greetings lol!! and if I don't post in the next week I will talk to you in the New Year

I don't even know if anyone reads this blog anymore but here goes. Craig, Izabel, Rob and I went to the Chili Thai Club House it is on 17th Ave SW and it is so cute, the silverware is so cool. It is fancy and tastes so good. We ordered this one spicy curry dish that was good to us except Rob. When we left there I asked him if the dish was just spicy or if he didn't like it. He said that it tasted like spicy soap, lol!!, I think it was the reaction from having chemo on Wednesday. The chemo leaves a rotten egg taste in his mouth, or sometimes a metallic taste. So I guess some things don't mix well with it, I was laughing really hard cause he said my soap eating days are over I was not going to eat that. Then we went and watched New Moon, it was not as good as I had hoped for, the book was WAY better. It felt like things were too rushed and an over reaction to get across the point that something was dangerous. Izabel made a good point it is hard to make romance an action.

On another note I was driving to my moms today and I had to slam on the brakes and I skidded a little cause someone decided to stop on a yield and no one was around, and Seth goes "uuuhhhh!! careful mommy", I thought it was so cute I just said awww! thanks Seth I will. So now I am having an issue of Seth not wanting to clean up the toys. We asked him to help Rob and Tyler clean up the bedroom, it was a disaster, and he said no, so he sat in the hall while Rob and Tyler cleaned up. Rob saved some of the toys and Seth had to go in there and clean up a little when Rob and Tyler were done, and Seth did clean them up but it was probably cause he didn't want to sit in the hall again. Then a couple of hours later it was time for supper and I asked them to clean up the mess they made and Seth again said no to us and Tyler cleaned up his toys. So Seth sat there and I told him he had to clean up his toys before he came for supper, I asked him if he wanted salad with his supper he loves salad and I was trying to bribe him and he said yes but still wouldn't clean up the toys, so we started eating I didn't even get one bite in and he quickly cleaned up all the toys and sat down and ate dinner with us. I couldn't believe that he did that twice in one day and I have no idea what to do about it, I am crossing my fingers that he doesn't do it again.

Tyler has an amazing vocabulary, he talks so much and it is really easy to understand him too. Tyler wakes up in the middle of the night crying at least once a night and sometimes up to 3 times a night. I am not sure if it is night mares or growing pains. Rob said he grew really quickly and remembers having them.

This post is all over the place so why not add another to it, I am excited about tomorrow well considering the time of this post I guess it would be tonight, I am some friends over for tacos, home made apple cheesecake and games, it is going to be a fun night.

I just had to post this now cause it is funny now and I am not sure if it will be in the morning. I went with Rob to hang out with the guys. Rob has been with them for 2 days and I was a little lonely so I decided to go.... We played 3 games of poker I won the first and Rob won the last.... we came out of there with 200 bucks. So the owner of the house Dave wasn't there for about the first hour or so. He shows up introduces himself to me and then proceeds to say to me that this is a bachelor house and that if I go to the washroom I have to put the toilet seat up...... Lol! I was so embarrassed and was laughing so hard thinking is this how it feels when a girl says that to a guy? also keep in mind there was about 13 guys in the house.... some were family. All in all it was a good night.

This post is for those people who read and shake their head at the work drama I have, and your probably thinking I knew she wouldn't last. I can talk about this because not many people know where I work. There was a new rule that went around the office in an e-mail stating that 2 people who smoke can not go out for a smoke together. I think that rule is unfair just because a person smokes means they can not go for a break with any one who does. So the people that I would want to go for a break with are the ones who smoke. Me and the other girl just ignored the rule and continued to go out. I was just disobeying the rule because I am not 12 and don't live with my parents, that is what parents are allowed to do come up with crazy rules and enforce them.I was approached today by one of the partners of the firm and she told me how she felt about it, I didn't argue and when she asked me my opinion I told her that no one should be able to go for a break together then. And I also said that me and the other girl would just go for a walk. There was a few other things said all along those lines. I said that there should be a new rule then that no junk food is allowed in the office cause I am trying to loose weight and it is not supporting me when people around me are allowed to eat junk food. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that is what this is all about. One person quit in the office so they are enforcing that no one is allowed to smoke together so that they are supporting the ONE who did quit. Which I respect but it's not like I was flaunting it or going out 10 times a day. I went 3 times a day. That was at about 11:00 this morning. So at 4:00 the one partner who does smoke and the one who I work for let me go saying that it was about what happened earlier, but really he didn't need to give me a reason cause I was still on probation. I was honest with them and at least I didn't go ok and not go for smoke breaks with other people until my 3 months was up and then just go out after the probation period cause then they wouldn't have been able to let me go for the smoking issue. I am not upset about it, I guess it wasn't meant to be.
What is it that lawyers do for a living? They fight for the principal of the matter, like in a custody case they fight that both parents get to see the kids, it is out of principal. That is what I was doing, fighting for the principal of the fact but I was disrespectful, they just realized that this was not a fight that they could win so just eliminate the problem.

My dad, Leslie, Rob and I went to Banff this weekend for country in the Rockies. We had a good time, we saw the band Hey Romeo on Saturday night and we went on the Gondola on Saturday. We did LOTS!! of shopping and just relaxed. The hot springs was closed which really sucked cause I was looking forward to going. They are doing renovations. All I have are these pics because I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!I am not impressed that I forgot it.
On Saturday I went shopping for a new outfit to wear to the concert and I came out of the dressing room and there was a 12 year old girl trying on the same thing as me lol, not just once but 3 times..... it was so funny. She stayed in my hotel and at the end of the night I saw her but she didn't choose the same one as me.

Rob is doing ok now. He had a cold during his last chemo treatment and so after he felt aweful and it made his cold worse. Normally when Rob gets a cold he has sniffles for 3 days and he is fine but this time he had aches and pains and a stuffy nose and coughed alot, so he was saying to me that he was in so much pain, and all I said back to him was welcome to the real world this is how most people feel when they get a cold.... he says back.... that sucks. Of course he only felt like crap for a day and a half. He has an amazing immune system, I hope the boys get it too.
I got a call last Thursday from a lawyers office and he was talking to me asking me questions on the phone and then asked when can I meet you and I told him I was available anytime Friday so he hired me and I started working there Friday, then on Wednesday I called in sick I didn't want to but I had all the symptoms of the H1N1 and I was scared, so when I had enough energy I went to the doctor and he said that I have Bronchitis possibly Bronchial Phenomia. I called my boss Thursday morning to tell him and he suggested that I take off until Monday and get better that way I am not pushing myself too much. He is very understanding. What a way to start a new job, take the first week off. This has taken so much out of me, my back hurts, I have a headache, all I do is sleep and I am still so tired.
On a side note if you go to www.oprah.com\payless there is a coupon for 50% off everything in the store until closing today. I wish I had enough energy to check it out.