I’m watching the snow fall and fall hard. I am sad.....I want spring to arrive so badly. We were Calgary last weekend while Erick coached volleyball. I went to the mall and did some much needed shopping. The spring clothing has started to arrive in all the stores and I was aching to buy some new fun clothes that I could wear in the nice warm weather. It just seems so far away. Even my little accessory Kaia has so many cute spring/summer outfits. I should clarify though that my aching for the spring weather is not only to don the latest fashions it is also an ache to get out of this house and walk and play and enjoy leaving the house without layer and layer myself and Kaia. I can’t wait to start camping again. I feel that this year we will be able to get lots of camping in with Erick’s Monday to Friday schedule and my maternity leave schedule.
   Kaia is still a trooper when it comes travel our trip to Calgary was another travel success. We stayed with my cousin and her beau. I’m not overly fussy about packing up my whole house for Kaia when we travel. I was happy to make Kaia a little bed on the floor and she loved it all the same. She slept so well throughout the two nights that we were there. I don’t know what it was about staying in that condo but I too slept like a log. I just felt really relaxed and comfortable. I had some really great visiting time with Amanda and Andrew we had lots of great conversation and they were definitely a big help with lugging Kaia around the city. Kaia was a flames fan on Friday night we were given tickets to the game from Erick’s boss and we brought Kaia along for the adventure. She turned a lot of heads in her little flames jersey. It was a good night but exhausting. Man it was a lot of work. I really should write a letter to the scotia bank sattledome and complain about the lack of baby change tables in that facility. I had to change her on the counter top...gross! We went for dinner with some of Erick’s co-workers before hand and my little bundle of joy was a fuss pot for the entire duration of the dinner. When we pulled into the resteraunt we decided that it would be best if I fed Kaia right up in the car before going in and finding our table. Well the pre feeding didn’t seem to change her fussy little mood one bit. I have to say first that Erick is very supportive of me nursing Kaia and he supports and knows that I will whip it out anywhere to feed my child regardless of the feelings of those around me. If you don’t like it go away...that is how I feel about that. So about half way through the meal I say to Erick I think she is hungry again. His response was interesting and one that I hadn’t really experienced with him yet. He kind of just looked at me with this odd look on his face and all he said was “oh really....are you sure?” At this point Erick was sweating a bit from bouncing Kaia and trying to make conversation with his boss that happened to sit with us. But what I really seen in his face was this shear panic stricken fear...it was a look that said to me “for the love of god Tiffany please do not whip your boob out here at this table with my coworkers and particularly my boss....please god....don’t do it”. I know that Erick’s boss and his wife probably would not have been bothered by me nursing Kaia right then and there. They are parents and she is a baby lover that was asking to hold Kaia all night. But I thought ok Erick this time you win....I got up grabbed kaia and lugged her into the bathroom. I walked into the stall trying to plan my attack; I decided that standing was the best most sanitary option. I wasn’t going to sit on the toilet with my pants on and I was most certainly not going to nurse Kaia with my pants down and sitting on the toilet. So I stood in that stall and nursed Kaia while standing and staring at the tiles and gunk of a public washroom. Oh the joys.
  Erick’s diaper changing saga continues....I think that I have made it very clear how much I hate using disposable diapers. Every time I do Kaia needs a total outfit change from a blowout. We were at a restaurant eating lunch Erick was holding Kaia on his lap and Kaia let her rip. She ripped up her back all over her leg warmers...and all over Erick’s jeans. I laughed and laughed and oh boy that was the wrong reaction. He gave me the look of death as he lugged Kaia into the bathroom to clean himself and change Kaia. I enjoyed that moment so much I didn’t stop laughing after Erick expressed his disgust...it only fuelled my laughing fire even more. I love that Erick takes Kaia into the mens room and changes her he doesn’t hesitate to take part in that even when we are out. Don’t let your husband’s fool you ladies, there are baby change tables in men’s rooms. When Erick got over the sheer grossness of his ordeal he pushed his meal aside I guess he lost his appetite. He said that while he was in bathroom changing Kaia some guy came in there and asked Erick if he was going to be long. The change table was located in the one and only stall in the bathroom. Erick said the guy kind of looked like he was in distress like he had to go bad....Erick was also in distress covered in poop himself and a baby covered from head to toe. He just looked at the guy and said “I don’t what to tell you man, but I am going to be a while”. Haha oh I laughed some more when he told me that. I think Erick can laugh at it now but boy he was not in the mood to laugh at the time let me tell you.
   Kaia completed her first swimming lesson session on Tuesday. We had so much fun swimming I am excited to get her back into it again. I think she will be like her Tita Taylor a little fishy in the water. Thankfully the snow has not stopped us from swimming. Well I could go on but I suppose I should stop for today and get some house work done.