Ice storm

Our city and most of Eastern Canada was hit with a terrible ice storm on Saturday. We lost power for a few minutes, but got it back soon after. We didn't think anything of it until we started hearing that many people across the city had lost power and hydro Ontario was saying they might not get power back until after Christmas! Crazy… 

Well, soon after the storm that turned the whole city to ice this is what my neighbourhood looked like.

The whole street was a skating rink. Literally. There were some people that were skating across
their street because it was that icy.

All the trees were covered in ice and some older trees in the city had fallen down because of the
sheer weight of the ice. If you can see our car at the bottom of this photo, you can see that it
was just covered in ice. Daddy tried to scrape off the ice and it took him hours. And he wasn't even
able to clear it 100%. 

Another look at our street from our 2nd story window.

You were not feeling well so I've been carrying around the thermometer to keep reading your
temperature. You even grabbed it at some point and held it to your ear because that's how
I get the reading. So cute!

You look so cute here with your hair tucked behind your ears. This was just after your bath
so that's why your hair looks so neat. Usually it's one big, hot mess.

Not feeling your 100% self.

It's gone…

The pediatric dentist couldn't save your teeth…

I was a nervous wreck all morning because I knew there was little hope in saving your teeth. I know they are baby teeth and that your permanent teeth will eventually grow out, but what upsets me is that you won't be getting your permanent teeth for 3 years! People used to always say how handsome you are, but I feel it's all ruined now! Maybe I'm being punished for thinking so highly of your looks… Your picture day at school will now capture you with missing teeth and that's something you can't ever get back.

I took a video this morning of you showing me your damaged teeth :-(

We went to your pediatric dentist at 1:30pm and there was another girl getting her teeth pulled out. I think hers was due to rotten teeth because she ate too much candy, but I felt a little reassured that kids are kids and these things happen. 

Your dentist was super nice and she was so sympathetic to me. I even started crying at one point while talking to her, but she just listened and assured me that everything was going to be okay. When she examined you, she told me that the best was to remove your 2 front teeth. She said leaving it would cause infections. She asked me how you were with needles because she needed to freeze your gums, and I told her you were pretty good about it. And you were good! You flinched a little near the end, but all in all you were good. She said the pulling of the teeth was going to be uncomfortable for you because of the pressure so she told me to hold you down so you couldn't move. That was just painful to do. Yes, your gums were numb, but you still screamed a blood curdling scream because of the pressure. I just started tearing up again because you lost those beautiful teeth.

I decided to take you to the mall afterwards to get you a pair of really nice boots (with good grip) because I felt partly at fault for not noticing that your boots had worn out. On the way to the mall, I got a call from one of your daycare teachers asking how you were doing. I had calmed down a lot from the day before so I was really appreciative that she called me to check up on you. She told me that she couldn't sleep because she was so beside herself for what had happened. That really made me feel better. I told her it wasn't her fault and that it was just an unfortunate accident. 

At the mall, you kept checking your reflection on the mirror because I think you found it funny that you looked a little different with no front teeth. I felt so badly every time I saw you that I bought you a graphic shirt (Toy Story) and an Avengers lunch box. I even treated  you to vanilla ice cream- your favourite!

I had taken a few vacation days off leading up to the holidays where I had planned on getting my hair done and meeting friends, but now I'm not so sure. I don't feel comfortable putting you back in daycare after your accident. I'm still on edge. I think I will have to cancel all my plans and just have you at home until you heal.

You in the dentist chair before your teeth extraction. You were watching Toy Story.

And here are your tooth saver treasure chests that your dentist put your teeth in. They told
me to put it under your pillow for the tooth fairy, but knowing you, you'll probably want to keep
the teeth so I decided not to show you your teeth.

The 2 perfect teeth that sadly fell off…

Shock and heart break

It's been such an emotional roller coaster today.

It started off the way it usually starts on a Monday- hectic. I was trying to get you out of the house to drop you off at daycare and because I was running late and you were more clingy than usual, I was annoyed. I yelled at you right before I dropped you off at school.

I was at a photo shoot today for work and round 10:30am I got a call from your daycare. Anytime they call me, I get nervous. I guess it's because anytime they call me, it's to tell me that you got hurt. This time, they told me that you had fallen outside while at recess and your mouth was bleeding. Apparently you were going to your friend, Mateo, and I guess you tripped on the slide and smashed your face on the concrete. I asked the teacher that I was talking to on the phone to check your teeth to see if your teeth were okay. She told me that she didn't know because there was a lot of blood, but that you were okay and they were just icing your mouth. I just recall that the whole time that we were talking, the thing that struck me was just how calm the teacher was. I don't know if it's because she didn't know the extent of your injury or that she didn't want me to freak out. Because of how calm she was, I didn't know how badly injured you were. I told the teacher I would call back in an hour during my lunch break to check up on you again. When I called back, I asked them how you were doing and they said you were doing well and that you were eating eating (soup). I asked them to check your teeth again (I guess they didn't check it since I last spoke!) and they asked me, "Are Aidan's teeth crooked?" Immediately I said, "No!" I started panicking at this point because they were telling me that I might have to take you to the dentist. I told them I couldn't leave at that moment because I was in the middle of a shoot, but that I would come as soon as I could. Even then, I didn't hear a sense of worry from the teacher about your condition. Honestly, I didn't think your accident was that bad, judging from what they were telling me. When I was finally able to get away (around 3pm) I just rushed out of the shoot to go to you. It took me just over an hour to get to your daycare and when I ran in, you were sitting on a chair. The first thing I noticed was that you were talking with a lisp. I asked you to open your mouth and I was shocked! Your 2 front teeth were jammed in and one tooth was chipped. Tears started welling in my eyes and I just started dressing you right away to leave. I was so furious. The daycare teachers started surrounding me and saying that I had to take you to the dentist. And their voice sounded really concerned- totally different than what they were before. I just felt that they were judging me for coming so late. I mean, it was them that made the situation feel lighter than it actually was! Then one of the teacher started telling me that Aidan's boots were really worn out on the sole and that several times he was on the verge of falling. Why didn't they tell me this before??? I just felt that they were trying to direct the blame back onto me. I just wanted to get the hell out of there. When I got you into the car, I was frantically calling your pediatric dentist to see if they could see you ASAP, but they weren't picking up. I eventually called my dentist to see if he could see you. Luckily he was able to. When my dentist saw you, he said you were probably going to lose 2 of your front teeth, but he didn't want to pull it out in case your pediatric dentist could do something to possibly save the teeth. He got his receptionist to keep calling your pediatric dentist to get them to see you for tomorrow and eventually she was able to get through to them. We will be seeing your pediatric dentist tomorrow at 1:30pm. By the time you got home you were famished. My dentist told me to just give you soup and soft foods so I made a big pot of chicken noodle soup and you ate 3 servings! When daddy got home, he was so angry! I had wrapped the daycare teachers' presents the day before and he told me not to give it to them. 

This experience has been a total nightmare. I just feel sick to my stomach because I know if you were home with me, this would have never happened. I just feel guilty that I wasn't able to prevent this from happening and that I wasn't able to leave work to see you right away. I'm sorry I was mad at you this morning. I'm just so sorry. So sorry…

At my dentist waiting for the dentist to examine your injured teeth. Even through this whole ordeal,
you were a trooper. You didn't even cry and several times you asked me why I was crying.

You were so hungry when we got home from the dentist that you had 3 bowls of soup! You don't
normally have a huge appetite so this really saddened and shocked me.

Gotta make the best of the snow storm

Yesterday we had the biggest snow storm for 2013. We got about 15-20cm of snow. Daddy decided to take you sledding at a nearby school this morning. Gotta make the best of a bad situation, right? 

You were pretty excited to play in the snow.

Daddy pulling the sled to the school.

Message from Santa

Auntie Jane sent daddy a link to a message that she created for you, from Santa. I don't know how she did it, but it was so cool! She told us to show it to you to make sure you behaved yourself before Christmas.

Here is the link:

Message from Santa to Aidan

Presents under the tree

Your Vancouver grandma bought a ton of stuff for you and Kendall when I took her Black Friday shopping. She asked that I wrap all your presents and put it under the tree. We didn't wrap Kendall's because we thought she was still too young to understand what it meant to open presents and we wanted her to wear the clothes right away. You, on the other hand, totally know what Christmas is now so you kept asking why there weren't any presents under the tree. Well, it's been so hectic with work and also having your Vancouver grandma here so I didn't have time to wrap the presents until now. I'm actually a little bit sad because when I was on mat leave last year I was able to take care in wrapping the presents and even did the whole Advent Calendar with you. I feel like I didn't wrap the gifts as nicely this year and I really didn't do much to prepare for the holidays. We didn't even do our annual Christmas photoshoot :-(

The gifts under the tree. We will be putting more as it gets closer to Christmas.

Hello Noelle~

Meet your cousin, Noelle! She was born today. Isn't she so precious? Auntie Jess had such a hard time carrying her so it's a miracle that she was born healthy and almost full term. Praise God! I can't wait to meet her in person.

We had a mini fashion show today with Kendall. I love playing dress-up with her. Your Vancouver grandma brought clothes that her friend bought for Kendall so we wanted to take a few photos of Kendall wearing them. It's a little big for her, but doesn't she look so cute??

Your grandma has gone snap crazy ever since she got here. She's been taking hundreds of photos
of you and Kendall. 

Thanks for the memories

Well, the time has finally come to say goodbye to our small car- the Acura 1.6EL. It's been with daddy since 1999, before he met me. It's a little bittersweet saying goodbye to this car, but it was time. It was starting to give this year and I didn't feel safe driving this sometimes in the highway. 

We picked up our new car today- the 2013 Volkswagen Golf, the Wolfsburg Edition. It's so beautiful and I looooooove the colour. Daddy asked me if I wanted white or black and of course I had to say white. We drove it home today and it drove so smoothly. I think I'm in love~

Waiting at the airport

Today your Vancouver grandma came to Toronto to visit us. She's here for 3 weeks. I took you to the airport with me and I wasn't sure how friendly you would be, but you were pretty excited. We sent her Kakao Talk shots of your selfies while we waited for her to come out.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree

We decided to put the tree up before your Vancouver grandma comes tomorrow. You helped me put up the tree last year, but I don't think you remembered doing it. You were pretty excited being mommy's little helper.

Ready to pass the star topper.

Look at our beautiful Christmas tree!

Kendall doesn't seem too impressed seeing you flash your belly :-/

Now all we have to do is fill the bottom of the tree with Christmas presents. Oh brother…

Our complete Christmas tree- with the lights on and the lights off.

Daily reports

Since your daycare got bought out last year, they've been slowly making positive changes. One of the changes that they have implemented was to put all your progress reports online in live stream. That includes reports of when you eat, sleep, have a bowel movement. Today, they started including milestones/achievements with a quick snapshot. It's awesome! 

Look how adorable you are here.

Sorry this is cropped off.
I think they just wanted to indicate that you are walking, but you were walking ages ago.

Same with your fine motor- palmar grasp. This was achieved a long time ago.