Remembering Dad

I can't believe how much time flies..

It's been 4 years since my dad passed away.
Every May 2nd my family takes time to remember a great husband, father and grandfather.. Vern Yee.

I'll always remember the night of May 1st.. getting the call at work that my dad was in the hospital.. rushing out of my shift to drive to Stratford because that was the nearest hospital to him at the time.. seeing my mom, brothers and sisters in the waiting room with that 'look' on their face.. seeing my dad for the first time that day, so frail, so unusual on that hospital bed... and remembering the difficult decision of what to do next...

Oh.. it was awful.

I'm tearing up thinking about it all again. I always do.

Having someone SO close to you, especially a parent, pass away right in front of your eyes makes you think of the many things, past, present and future.
Things that he has missed.. things I miss about him.. remembering all the fond memories of being raised by him.

This post is just a reminder to cherish all the moments you have with family and people you care about. You just never know when they'll be taken away from you.

May 2nd is a day of remembrance for me and my family. My dad. He was loved and is missed dearly.

Here is something Norm wrote after my dad passed away. He is such a magician with his words. It touched me so much, I'll never forget it.
I always re-post it every anniversary on fb or whatever. This year, I have my blog to post it on too.  Thank-you Norm for such a beautiful note.

May 2nd 
Started with the end of a wonderful life. 

Then devastation. 

Realization. 

And raw emotion. 

Sadness. 

And discovered strength. 

May 2nd. 

The end of a wonderful life. 

The evolution of a family. 

Damaged. 

Never destroyed. 

I love you dad. Always.

The Yee's, Christmas 2007

Dad with his family <3

He's Here!!

Well, 6 weeks ago that is!

My little prince has arrived and it's taken me that long to update this blog! :s Can you tell life is a tad crazy and exhausting?

I've been meaning to write a post about the events that lead up to "Herm's" arrival....here's the story if you care.. or you can scroll down to all the cute photos of the chunky guy!

It started all started St. Patrick's Day, March 17th.. I was at work and it was the night London, Ontario was made famous again in the news--for the wrong reasons-- the rioting by party goers on Fleming Drive.

Plug & (baby) Bump

Holla!
So, I'm at week 36 of this pregnancy.. I must say, I'm feeling all the effects pregnancy running through my body... Exhaustion, soreness, uncomfortableness, and well, I could go on and on. I guess chasing a 2 year old doesn't help this ol' body of mine either.

BUT before I go on with a few pics of my baby bump.. I wanted to give a shout-out to my friend Jodi.

Please take a moment to visit her Uppercase Living - Jodi Lale Facebook page. If you're looking for lettering/decals for walls.. She's the person you want to talk to!  Here is an example of the what you can find thru Jodi at Uppercase Living.

AND Jodi makes FABULOUS clothing and accessories for babies and toddlers.  Visit SpARTa Boutique to check out her creations. She has made some wonderful clothing and accessories for Ericka over the years. Here are just a few pics of my daughter wearing SpARTa Boutique apparel! "Like" them on FB!

Kennedy and Ericka (5 months) wearing matching SpARTa Boutique outfits!

A halloween candy corn themed tutu and headband from SpARTa Boutique. There was also a shirt that matched the theme but Miss Ericka didn't want to put it on for a picture. 

Ericka donning a SpARTa Boutique headband for Christmas party

And now.... my week 36 baby bump photos.
What do you think? Baby lower/dropped since my last photo at 34 weeks?

36 weeks and LOVING it!! *a touch of sarcasm there*

At a recent OB appointment.. I got an ultrasound growth scan done. They measured "Herm" at 39 weeks and at about 8lbs 7oz. WOWIE!!!!! Now, the technician said measurements may be a tad exaggerated due to the position of baby and the fact his head IS down making it more difficult to get an accurate measurement.

If I make it to my full 40 weeks.. This will be one huge baby coming out of me! I might even surpass the lady in China for delivering a 13lb baby! Can you imagine?  I don't want to even think about that!  Anyways.. enjoy? Excuse my frumpy attire.

 

Last photo to share... of my little princess. She loves wearing her tiara and clip-on earrings. Goes with her princess-like drama queen attitude!! (Thanks auntie Celine & Cassius)

This photo makes me smile and laugh at the same time. Ericka, being Ericka.

I really need to do something with her hair... 

Catching up

It's been awhile since my last post.  I must say, 3rd trimester is seriously taking a toll on my energy level...not to mention I have a busy toddler who is still waking up in the middle of the night for attention. It's not every night, and it's not for a long period of time that she is up (it used to be 2-3 hrs of whining and screaming.. now it's 30-45 mins lol) but it takes a toll on this pregnant mama who has to get up to pee 2-3 times a night and then has trouble falling back to sleep.

There have been numerous times where I wanted to blog about my day or something fun.. but then the thought of laying in bed seemed a bit more appealing than sitting at the computer. I suppose I could type something on the iPad but thoughts seems to flow better when typing on an actual keyboard.

I guess to catch up and sum up life since my last post...

Birthday week for Ericka was a lot of fun. It took about an hour a day over a 2 day span for Ericka (and her parents) to open the gifts from the party.  She loved them all and wanted to play with every single item once opened. One of the reasons why it took so long.  On her actual birthday, we brought out the cake our good friend from the Bake-e-Ree made for us for her party! It was delicious!

We've been doing a lot of re-organizing and packing as we headed into a week of renos for Ericka's new room. We had to move everything out of the 'office' and find new places to hide our junk! Thank goodness hubby enjoys these sorts of tasks (well, he had no choice, I was too tired to help and it had to be done). The room was eventually emptied, and he even pulled the old carpet out ready for the new floors in the room! Seriously, he's my hero.

We painted her  soon-to-be-new room a fun purple-- hyacinth purple.
You can see shots of her current room colour here in an old blog post.. This will become "Herm's" room.
Here is a sneak peak of the colour and floor. Buh-bye stupid carpet.

Hyacinth purple + hardwood floors

Next item on the agenda is to get her furniture ordered and put together in her room.. then we can move Ericka from her current room to her new room and start this whole sleep/bedroom training all over again! FUN TIMES!!!!
The good thing is we purchased a video monitor to help us watch Ericka during this sleep re-training. It's definitely helped as we can watch and decide when to actually go in her room when she needs us. You know, when she starts taking her clothes off and then decides the diaper is the next thing to come off. Yeah, we don't want any of those kinds of mishaps!!

And finally, to update you curious readers how far along I really am with this pregnancy.. I'm at about 34.5 weeks (My EDD is March 29th) It's crazy to think it's almost baby time! I saw my mom this past Friday and she commented that she thinks I'll be going in about 2 weeks. Other family or friends say 3 weeks... Regardless, the general consensus if you see me in person is that I'm "ready to pop".  Thought I'd update you with a few pictures taken tonight. What do you think? Ready to go soon or baby "Herm" is going the distance?

My 34th week....

Is "Herm" ready to come sooner rather than later?

Birthday Week!

Ericka's 2nd birthday isn't until this Friday but we had her birthday party with family and friends this past Sunday!!  I'm working on a blog on it but this third trimester is really tuckering me out.

For now, I just have a few pics of the cake...

Thank-you Bake-e-Ree for the awesome cupcakes and cake!! 

...but my sister-in-law posted some pics from the party on her blog!! (Thank-you Brandi)  Visit Yee Wittle Things to see more.

Hopefully by Friday, I'll have more of a blog post and more pics as we'll open presents received at the party and of course what mommyee and daddyee got for her! Also, we're saving the lovely cake Mickey Mouse cake Melissa from the Bake-e-Ree made for her too! :)

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