Confirmed: I need a life.

I'm a bit hesitant to even post this because it's a little more than embarassing, but I generally don't give a hoot about what people think so why start now?
I've always admitted to being a bit of a gossip/blog whore. I have an entire favourites folder for my blogs. Most of them are celeb sites. And every now and then I feel compelled to comment on them.
One I check a couple times a day (because they are constantly updating) is Celebrity Baby Blog (CBB for those of us who are regulars). I commented on a post a few days back and it happens to be posted on the home page! I know it's a random thing and they didn't post it because it was smart, witty or even interesting...but I saw my name on the home page and felt a teeny-tiny-bit special. And my quote is right above Ellen Barkins so that's gotta make me a little bit famous right?!?!?

(See what I mean by the title of this post?)

I'm such a loser I even took pictures dammit.





Oh well...this is probably the closest I'll get to being a famous writer.

Eva found a poop

I was downstairs with Eva trying to clean the dry-erase marker artwork she had created on the walls. The Magic Eraser did the trick.
Just as I was finishing up I heard her say "Mom I found a poop."
I assumed she had filled her diaper. I look at her and she was holding up this:


I started laughing and told her "It's not poop!"
She said "It's Daddy's poop."
But it wasn't Daddy's poop.

It was Wendel Clarks moustache:


that Sean and Cam got from the Leaf game when they retired #17 up into the rafters at the ACC.

Another virus, another corner turned?

I said to Sean last week that I feel like I have seen Cuyler go from a 2 year old to a 3 year old in a matter of days.
And all he could say was "I know. I like this Handle shit."
I agree.

He seems to be less of a toddler lately. Which is good. Because he is 6.
And like as always happens - he was sick this weekend with a pretty high fever and lethargic. This morning he was miserable. Just fucking miserable. I really didn't know how I was going to manage the day with him. But he calmed down after eating pasta he should not have eaten.
And then he was fine. Better than fine. He seemed to grow a little more.
Chatty. He LOVED the pie-throwing task on the Amazing Race tonight and we all pretended to throw pie in each others faces. He laughed so hard he gave himself the hiccups.
He asked me to give him his massage (Handle activity) tonight as I tucked him. After his massage he said "Will you cuddle with me?"
Totally.
He asked me if school was closed tomorrow.
ME: "Nope. School is open. What do you want for lunch?"
CUYLER: "Umm. Let me think." As he tappes his chin. "Sausages!"
ME: "You want me to put sausages in your thermos?"
CUYLER: "Yes."

*He always wants chicken nuggets on Mondays. He has since the beginning of school and I was thrilled that he asked for something different.

He rolled around cuddling with me and then he asked me "Can I see Harman soon?"
ME: "Yep. You'll see him this week for reading buddies."
CUYLER: "Reading buddies is Wednesday. I can see him Wednesday."
ME: "That's great. You missed him. Are you feeling better?"
CUYLER: "Yes. I'm not sick anymore. I'm better."
ME: "I'm glad"
CUYLER: "I'm not barthing. And the yellow bucket is dirty."
ME: "Oh then I will clean it."
CUYLER: "Daddy can read me my Biscuit book. Can you get daddy?"
ME: "Of course I can."

I was blown away that I actually had a conversation with him. Small as it was it was one of those moments that will remain in my memory. Normally Cuyler is very static and won't initiate conversation. Doesn't offer many of his own thoughts. I know they are in there. In his head. He can form them but they don't come out very often.
And I can't help but wonder if his fever has anything to do with it. We are noticing that anytime he gets a fever, once he's over it he seems to be overall improved - language is better, attention is better, he doesn't feel the need to be alone all the time. He just seems more with us. And less autistic than he was before the fever.
And I can't help but wonder if his utter outright refusal to take any type of fever reducer has anything to do with it. Like he knows that his body will fight it and heal on it's own. I always wondered if he did take tylenol or advil if he would come out the the virus as improved.
We are taking him to a neurologist in March and that will be something I'd like to ask him about.

While I do hate when my kids get sick, especially with fevers, there is a part of us now that looks forward to what will emerg from Cuyler when he is well.

100 Truths

Another circulating list from Facebook. I'll do this one and use it as a blog post since it uploads to FB anyways.

LASTS:
1. last beverage? bottle of water
2. last phone call? Sean
3. last instant message? Laurie
4. last cd played? haven't played a CD in I don't know how long.
5. last time you cried? last week
6. last text message? Sean

SIX HAVE YOU EVER:
1. dated someone twice? Yes
2. been cheated on? Yes - the dude who cheated on me
3. kissed someone & regretted it? no
4. lost someone special? yes
5. been depressed? hell yes
6. been drunk and threw up? you betcha

LIST THREE FAVOIRITE COLOURS:
1. green
2. pink
3. brown

THIS MONTH HAVE YOU:
1. Made a new friend? not yet
2. Fallen out of love? no
3. Laughed until you cried? no
4. Met someone who changed your life? no
5. Found out who your true friends were? no
6. Is there something you want to tell someone? no.
7. Have you kissed anyone on your friend's list? yes
8. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life? tons
9. How many kids do you want to have? as many as I already have - 3
10. Do you have any pets? no
11. Do you want to change your name? I did when I was a kid. I wanted my name to be Nicole.
12. What did you do for your last birthday? ate ice cream cake with my fam
13. What time did you wake up today? 7:00am
14. What were you doing at midnight last night? sleeping
15. Name something you CANNOT wait for? a family vacay
16. Last time you saw your father? Monday
17. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life? that could cope better with some of our challenges.
18. What are you listening to right now? Sean talking about hockey.
19.. Who's getting on your nerves right now? nobody
20 . Most visited webpage? I visit them all the same: CBB, Dlisted, People and FB

001. Whats your real name: Christine Campbell Coleman
002. Nicknames? Irish (courtesy of Sean) and Squirt (courtesy my dad)
003. Status? married almost 10yrs
004. Zodiac sign? cancer
005. Male or female? female
006. Elementary? Birchbank PS
007. Middle School? Balmoral Dr Senior PS
008. Highschool? Bramalea Secondary
010. Hair colour? red
011. Long or short? long
015. Are you health freak? no. But now that I have a diagnosed heart condition maybe I should be...
016. Height? 5'2"
017. Do you have a crush on someone? no
018. Do you like yourself? usually
019. Piercings? ears
020. Tattoos? 3
021. Righty or lefty? right

FIRSTS :
022. First surgery? knock on wood never had surgery
023. First piercing? ears at around 6yrs old
024. First best friend? Melissa Greenwood
025. First award? dunno if I ever got an award
026. First sport you joined? is ballet a sport?
027. First pet? a budgie named Tweety
028. First vacation? Florida with my mom and sisters when I was 6
029. First concert? hmm...U2 maybe. can't remember the first.
030. First crush? ?

CURRENTLY :
049. Eating? nothing
050. Drinking? nothing but I want a bottle of water
052. I'm about to? type out the minutes from the parent council meeting.
053. Listening to? Sean watching Lost. I already answered this for #18
055. Waiting for? him to rub my feet

YOUR FUTURE :

058. Want kids? got all I want!
059. Want to get married? he's stuck with me.
060. Careers in mind? still working on that.

WHICH IS BETTER WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX? :
068. Lips or eyes? with Sean - definately lips!!
069. Hugs or kisses? hugs
070. Shorter or taller? taller
072. Romantic or spontaneous? both
073. Nice stomach or nice arms? I'll take both!
074. Sensitive or loud? sensitive
075. Hook-up or relationship? relationship
077. Trouble maker or hesitant? neither

HAVE YOU EVER :
078. Kissed a stranger? probably
079. Drank hard liquor? yessiree. see #6
080. Lost glasses/contacts? no
081. Ran away from home? no but wanted to
084. Broken someone's heart? probably not
085. Been arrested? no
086. Turned someone down? yes
087. Cried when someone died? yes (stupid question)
088. Liked a guy/girl friend? yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
089. Yourself? sometimes
090. Miracles? yes. his name is Cuyler.
091. Love at first sight? no
092. Heaven? hmm...kinda?
093. Santa Claus? no
095. Kissing on the first date? yes
096. Angels? yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY :
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now? yes and I am with him!
098. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? no
099. Do you believe in God? sure.
100. Posting this as 100 Truths? yes

*** Some of those questions were lame. I thought they'd be more like smutty Truth or Dare questions that you played at slumber parties. ****