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Ever since Violet was a new-born she’s had small feet. We’ve always had trouble finding shoes for her. Today Melissa picked up a pair of walking shoes for our little angel. They are a one or two sizes too big for her small feet, but they stay on and she can walk in them. I’m hoping my little girl likes her new walking shoes.
Tonight I needed to pickup a few things from Shoppers Drug Mart, so Jacob and I headed out for an evening walk. On the way I snapped a picture of Jacob climbing up a storefront ramp. Its something he does most time we walk past so it seemed a great moment to capture.
In honor of the Toronto Blue Jays opening the baseball season today, I pulled out Jacobs Kids Club Jersey and snapped this picture. It’s not the best picture but sometimes that doesn’t matter. Though Jacob didn’t really watch the game with me, he did seem interested in going to a game soon.
It’s strange in a year when the Jays winning as many as they lose would be considered a big success I’m quite excited by the start of the season. I think it’s because these players are the future, though this team might not compete for the playoffs in a few years a lot of these players (hopefully) will.
Today when I got home from work, I got the kids coats and shoes on and grabbed some meat from my freezer and headed outside. It was Violet’s first trip to the playground since she has begun feeling somewhat comfortable on her feet. She’s not really ready to go running with the other kids but she did her best to get into the fun. The only hard part about the trip to the playground was having to take her back with me every time I checked on the BBQ.
Violet is allergic to nuts, all nuts. We were pretty sure about peanuts yesterday; but today she had a visit to an allergists and we got confirmation. It seems so unfair. She’s such a little girl and to think she will never peanut butter or chocolate covered almonds. It’s also scary, the doctor gave us a prescription for 4 EpiPen so we can have one everywhere Violet goes regularly.
When I slipped into her room to check on her I could help but wonder how do I protect her from nuts. The doctor said that most of the rashes we’ve observed were probably caused by someone who’d been in contact with a nut that day. How do you protect against that?
It’s strange how a toy can be forgotten for weeks but when it makes an appearance again it becomes their it’s like it never left. Jacob DS has been put away for the last little while so I was interested to see his reaction when I pulled it out today. It was immediate and happy. While playing with it he found Mini games in his Mario 64 that I hadn’t seen before. Games that he can play better than the full game. Games that keep him interested. Of course we also got a glimpse of the future tonight, when I first brought it out, he was sitting in the living room and Violet was very interested in what he was doing. So after a few minutes of trying to play around her, he said ‘I’m going to play up in my room’ and off he went. I know it wont be the last time Jacob is off in his room playing video games.
Today was another day at home with the kids for me. During the day I capture this moment of Violet and Jacob sharing an apple. I really do enjoy my days with the kids, but sometimes it’s hard to get everything you want done. I can’t help but feel I had a better system when I used to stay home with Jacob. Now is that because I had got into routine with him or is it just wishful thinking. I’m hoping after a couple more weeks the 3 of us will find a way to make these days work better.
Tonight after the kids went to sleep I was vegging in front of the TV, watching Death Race. I enjoy watching things blow up when I don’t really want to think. It was a nice relaxing do nothing evening. Of course there are a ton of things that I should’ve been doing, but I just didn’t seem to have the drive to do them. Then while I was thinking about what I would use for my picture today I saw the Oxygen mask, that the firemen left last week when they were here for Jacob’s Asthma attack. It was just sitting there on a shelf. I’m not sure why we’ve kept it. But there it was. A reminder of that night. One of my toughest nights as a parent. So I spread it out on the table and snapped a picture.
I’ve been wanting to write about that night ever since it happened. I started to the night I spent at the hospital with Jacob. First with the few paragraphs I scribbled out that Melissa posted for me, Followed by a few more thoughts that I tried to scribble but were never clear enough to even type up. Looking at the mask tonight though it brought back some of the thoughts and feelings I had that night. Sitting in the Ambulance riding to the hospital. Jacob was screaming. He didn’t want to go to the hospital. The seatbelt on the stretch bothered him and he spent most of the riding crying, All I could do is it next to him and try to comfort him. It was a hard ride, the hardest part was feeling helpless. It’s a feeling that I felt the second time Jacob went to the NICU when he was just a couple of days old, and not one I wanted to relive. But there I was riding in the back of an ambulance feeling it again. It didn’t really leave the entire time he was in the hospital. Once we knew the treatment was working it was easier, but it took so long. Today Jacob seems almost 100%, he’s still on his puffers, but we’ve had no more real incidents and he seems to have his usual energy levels back. Here’s hoping that we can catch any future incidents before they need a stay in the hospital.
Today was a nice lazy day around the house. To pass the time Jacob asked if he could do puzzles. He did 5 or 6 different puzzles. He’s like puzzles for a long time, but lately he hasn’t been doing them. It was great to see that he could still put them together without help.
Continue reading “Project 365-058: Putting the Pieces together”
After a long week, tonight was family night. We shared a pizza and wings dinner with Nan, before Jacob and I disappeared upstairs to ‘Do Something Different with the Train set.’. It was a nice relaxing evening, it was Jacob’s choice to play with his train set. It was nice to have a night that was just the 2 of use playing in his room. It’s these moments that I really enjoy as a dad. Perhaps tomorrow will be the day to turn our freezer box into a fort.