breast pump rentals

cravings is an official MEDELA BREAST PUMP RENTAL STATION (and has been for a couple years). but the new news is that we have expanded our rental station. we currently have 4 hospital-grade breast pumps in-stock and available to rent (as of today, october 29th). with the mini baby boom that's going on in the city, i know it has been very difficult for people to find rental pumps - hopefully this will help!!

we won!!

still seems crazy that we actually won the ABEX award for service this past weekend in regina. i'm still not quite rested up - i'm much too old to stay up sooooo late!!

just wanted to send out a big congrats to ali, russ & big brother jamie on the arrival of another boy - charlie. he weighed a whopping 9lbs10oz!! what's with all these huge babies?!?!?!

ABEX award for SERVICE

WE WON!!!! i woke up this morning wondering if it was a dream! becca and i went to the ABEX awards gala in regina last night and we won the award for service! there were over 800 people who attended and the award finalists included business people from all over saskatchewan. what an honour to be recognized by the saskatoon and provincial business communities!!

aside from being on a high from winning, i feel like crap becuz we didn't get back to saskatoon until 2:30am! layla finally took to a bottle so both girls stayed with perry last night. i had to wake at 7am to feed layla this morning but went back to bed at 8am until she woke again at 10am. i'm feeling much better after that little nap, but am keeping my fingers crossed that perry will feel some compassion and will let me go back to bed!

j

lazy days

this was one of the laziest weekends i've had in years! although i feel gross (no shower today), it was a nice change from our usual chaos! my wonderful husband gave me break both saturday and sunday - i stayed in bed until after 10:30am both mornings, and i even took afternoon naps with the kids! i accomplished very little, which would normally frustrate me, but we definitely needed a couch-potato weekend!! with me working everyday and noah, my 5 year old, going to kindergarten every morning, it seems like we are always rushing around. i think most parents, especially mothers, find their lives flashing before their eyes. our kids are always busy with extracurricular activities and play dates, every minute from the time we wake up until bedtime seems to be scheduled! once in a while, it is great to stay in pjs all day and do nothing but hang out!
R.

sleeping beauty

good morning (er, afternoon!),

i am still in my pyjamas and am loving it! there is something to be said for sitting around all day and doing nothing! well, i guess i haven't done nothing. i made pancakes this morning, have done a few loads of laundry, emptied the dishwasher, etc, etc but i love the feel of this lazy day.

i am actually feeling quite refreshed after my "sleeping beauty" (nickname ryan gave layla) slept for 12 hours again last night!!! that's 4 nights in a row now! i was determined not to make the same mistakes that i did with ryan (rocking her to sleep and so on). i actually consulted a sleep specialist to help me with ryan and i used her techniques with layla from day one...and it looks like it's paid off! it's definitely not for everyone, but for those of you at your wits end that are feeling desperate for a good night's sleep, it is worth looking in to.

i am off to do some more "lazy day" activities. i really want to hang at least one picture today!!

have a good one,
j

foogo back in stock

foogo sippy cups and straw bottles are back in stock!

buying shows and babies don't mix

well, we just got back from edmonton last night. we purchased our maternity clothes for spring/summer 2009! there are SO MANY great pieces- especially the dresses! that took all of saturday. layla was with me in the morning so i got my workout....bouncing and walking around in circles for 3 1/2 hours. she does not sleep outside of her crib. it really makes things difficult. she does, however, nap really well in her crib which makes me very happy. after the trade show, we went to west edmonton mall. i went a little crazy. purchased up a storm at H & M. nicest surprise of all was the handbag that my hubby bought me! i kinda mentioned that i liked it a thousand times....just enough to persuade him that i should have it!! sunday, rebecca and i went to ikea and the big kids (all of them!) went back to the mall. now ikea was a gong show. both of our kids decided it was a good time to throw fits. layla was crying so hard from being overtired and was literally purple from crying. don't you just love it when every single person stares you down like you are purposefully torturing your kid. adam (rebecca's youngest) also decided he wasn't in the mood for shopping and was having a few fits of his own. i am SO GLAD no one knew us there! i am sure we aged 10 years in the 2 hours we were there! overall, the weekend went better than i thought it would and it was nice to get away!

just keep thinking of next year in vegas for the ABC Show with NO KIDS!!!

j
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