There she blows !!!

Okay, it's day 2 of poo watch.

Russell was up at 5am this morning so I got him a bottle to eat while we changed his diaper. First verdict.. no poo.

tick tick tick... 5:50am: So poo watch continues. Breakfast and still no sign of the tell tale pushing the we've all become accustom to. (click here for a reminder) So i'm checking my watch. Registration for today's golf tournement is at 7:15 with tee off at 7:45. I figure I could leave at 6:30 to make the registration time, maybe as late as 6:45 to make the tee time.

tick tick tick... 6:15: no poo,

tick tick tick....6:30: no poo, (well some from daddy, but none from Russell as of yet)

tick tick tick... 6:45: no poo, oh well so much for golf. I call Louis to see if he's on his way and of course he's just leaving his house. We'll find out if he made it to the course tomorrow.

tick tick tick... 7:30: Julianne is now taking my car to work (with my golf clubs in the trunk) so I have her car with the car seat if we still end up going to daycare.

tick tick tick... 8:00: I'm playing with Russell's train that uncle Mike and auntie Sheryl gave him to lure him away from the back door. Russell approaches, following him is the waft of a stinky diaper. I'm thinking, well, time for a change, I should give him a few more minutes to make sure he's done. Just then, i notice a small brown chip on the rug... it must be Poo! Then a second later a baby sized 'log' is sitting right beside me on the hardwood! Whoa, no time to spare, the diaper must be overflowing and the poo is falling down his pant legs!!!

So I leave the poo on the floor, grab the little dude under the arms with one arm, and around the cuffs of his jeans with my other hand in an attempt to contain the poo. We get up to the change table and thankfully, there is towel on it so I'm not too concerned with the poo getting all over it. I get the diaper off and the poo is everywhere, up and down his legs as suspected, much too big a job for wipes, this is going to require a bath. I carefully haul Russell to the tub leaving the poo pants, poo onesie, and poo diaper on the now soiled change table. As I'm washing him off, naturally, Julianne phones at this very moment to see what's going on. (this is where an extra mutant arm would come in handy) I inform her that the bowels are now moving once again and she proceeds to remind me to see that he has adequate extra clothes for daycare, all the while, I'm balancing poo boy with my other hand.

The bath is over, Russell is clean again, so i take him back to his room, but I can't change him yet because the poo clothes are all over his change table. I put naked Russell in his crib a few moments while i dispose of the diaper and dirty clothes. No more than 10 secondly later, I've cleared the change table, turn to get Russell to notice he's standing over a wet spot in his crib. Great, so I slap a diaper on the little squirt and now i have to change his bedding. Jeez, that little guy really knows how to work Dad over.

Anyways, Russ is now napping. I have some stuff to put in the wash now as soon at the last load finishes. I'd like to say "I'd rather be golfing" but if I was, I would have missed Russell smiling and laughing at me once he was full dressed again.

At least now, I'll never forget it.

Thrusday should be perfect???

So today is Wednesday. Brian, Louis and I played Maples of Ballantrae on Sunday where I shot a round of 100 even after starting with a triple bogey on the 1st and taking a 10 on a later hole. I had a mediocre round at Maples which was a vast improvement over my previous round three weeks ago. I knew would be missing the next tournament in two weeks and i didn't want to wait 4 weeks till my next round after improving 13 strokes over my last one, (new driver helped) so i had a strong itch to get back out on the links again.

On another front, the project I am working on doesn't quite have enough budget to keep me through the end of next week so I figure I could take 1/2 day off this week and next to help the budget and get in a bit of golf.

This morning I checked out www.lastminutegolfer.com. I saw that I could play the same course I played on Sunday, for 1/2 the price and with a cart included. It's a 7:45 shotgun start, so I figure I could be back at the office for 1pm. Sounds perfect right?

It even gets better. Julianne's mom has agreed to stay over Thursday night so we were planing to go out for a quick dinner and see a movie. (maybe Ironman or Indiana Jones)

So now my plan is to leave the house around 6am, play golf, get to the office for 1pm and do a series of Release Management interviews, then come home, shower, leave for dinner and a movie with my sweetie. Sounds pretty good for a Thursday.

So I'm driving home with my prefect plans running though my head when I get a call from Julianne. She picked up Russell from daycare where she found that Russell has diarrhea, and he can't come back until his bowel movements firm up. So if Julie takes the day off, she has to arrange someone to take her patients AND loose a day's pay, versus, I skip my golf, forefit the fees, and I still have to get back to work for my workshops so I need to get someone to care for Russell after 1pm, until Julianne's mom arrives after work.

So my parents are now on call to watch Russell if needed, and my Thursday plans are all now hinging on Russell's next poop. Not only the texture of his excrement, but also the timing. I need him to drop a load by 6:15 at the latest to make it to the course on time.

Wish us luck. Oh, and feel free to wish Russell a happy 13th month birthday today.

It's my Party!!!

So we organized Russell's first birthday party for Saturday May 3rd. We knew it was going to be hectic day but really had no idea just how hectic.

On Tuesday, the day after Russell's actual birthday, Julie got a call from daycare informing her to pick him up as he had a fever. Julie had the day off, and was planning on visiting the new dental practice that she would be starting at on Thursday. I on the other hand, was out in San Francisco getting an preview of the next version of Siebel. (and watching the cable cars a bit)


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Julie picked up Russell and took him to the Doctor. She said to give him Tylenol and bring him back on Thursday.

So Thursday, I'm back in town, so I take him to the doctor so Julie can go to her first day of work. The doctor says that Russell has an ear infection and prescribes some antibiotics. The good thing is that his fever is fading by this point.

Friday night, Julie and I plan to get ready for the big day. I made all the hamburger patties that night and Julianne did some baking. The next morning, Julie was going to decorate the cake and tidy up. I was taking Russ to music class, getting beer, then going to Loblaws for chicken (for the beer can chicken)

After music class we change Russell and notice he has little spots all over his tummy. Some on his arms and legs too. Julie calls the doctor and leaves a message for her. We assumed it must be an allergic reaction to the antibiotics so we don't give him anymore, and I proceed to the grocery.

I know have beers in the car, I've just loaded 4 whole chickens into the grocery cart when I get a call from Julianne. She says the Doctor called her back and from our description of his rash, thinks he has Rosiola? (sp.) She proceeds to tell us that he's not contagious but he may have been when he had his fever earlier in the week and that his toys and stuff he's touched my still pass it on. So now, we're scrambling to figure out how much food we need and to see who is still coming. We called everyone with small children to give them an update and see if they're still coming. All this time I'm looking at the chickens... how many do I need now... 2? 3? or should i still buy 4 since they're on sale this week?

I come home and we're still scrambling to get ready. Julianne still needs to shower, I have to pre-cook the burgers and prepare the chicken when the guests start to arrive and on top of that, the rain starts to fall.

Of course, none of this seemed to bother Russell, who had a great time regardless. In fact, i think everyone had a great time, and Julie and I probably just scrambled for nothing. Hopefully we'll get better with practice.

Happy Birthday to Russell


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Russell's Cake


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Russell takes the lead in Rockband


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