First of all, one of my two younger sisters, Kaitlyn (K) of Keeping it Kait, and her boyfriend, Chris (C), are moving up to Calgary on March 20th. Just like us, they are in search of work for C. Calgary seems to have a much more stable job market than Vancouver, and we are more than glad to have them move up here.
The one catch, though, is that they are going to be living with us. We're totally fine with having K and C staying with us, except for the fact that it is going to be a tight fit until our lease runs out at the end of April.
Yes, they are staying with us in our little two-bedroom apartment until the lease runs out.
Yes, it is going to be a very tight squeeze until the end of April.
No, I am not insane. They had me checked.
It is all going to pay off for all of us once we move into a larger rental house. Once we are all situated and K and C are both working, life is going to be much more comfortable for all of us, and we each will have a better opportunity to save up to buy either a house for all of us to live together in, or separate houses. I better start packing pretty soon, actually!
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| K and Me, on my wedding day 2 years ago |
Another big change is that Edgar is growing up too fast. At his doctor's appointment this afternoon, the doctor said that we should start him on solids. She also said that we could start supplementing with formula if we wanted so that I could start weaning off of pumping at 6 months with a very nice freezer stash. The plan is to switch his morning bottle from 6oz down to 4oz and give him his solids experience after that. Then, once we're sure that rice cereal is okay, we're going to switch that 4oz bottle from breastmilk to formula. The rest of his bottles for the foreseeable will be breastmilk. I'm hoping that this will give me the ability to store enough milk to give Edgar at least a bottle a day of my breastmilk until he's one year old.
While I'm excited to give Edgar solids, I am also nervous about the process and a little sad that he is growing up so fast. There are a lot of food sensitivities on my side of the family, so the doctor recommended starting with rice cereal and waiting a week between different foods. She said that she's never heard of any babies under her care ever having a reaction or sensitivity to it, so according to her, rice cereal is a good place for Edgar to start. I had originally wanted to start with veggies instead, but I think that her reasoning is sound and we'll follow her instructions.
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| My chunky boy! |
DH is also hoping to switch job positions (in the same company) fairly soon. I can't go too much into it, but it's another change that is in the works. He's pretty excited about that one.
All in all, the next few weeks are going to be interesting. I can hardly wait!
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