Monthly Archives: October 2013

Here is Nadia’s Commander Hadfield Calgary Stampede Grand Marshal costume! Along with a ‘Howdy!’ video. 🙂 http://youtu.be/LLxZQLQqAKs

Back in August Nadia gave a bone marrow biopsy, where they stuck a needle into her pelvis bone. They did this to determine if her bone marrow is capable of producing platelets properly, which would mean something in her body … Continue reading →

Below is the contents of an email we sent to friends and family on August 26. This is before Nadia had a diagnosis, and before we were told that they would prefer, if possible, to keep Nadia from having a … Continue reading →

On our second day pass we went to the Vancouver Aquarium with our good friends Cam and Suz. We did not realize that it was the weekend of the Stanley Park 125 birthday. Traffic in and out of the park … Continue reading →

On our first day pass we went to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum on UBC campus. It was awesome! I want to go back. We had to cut it short because Nadia had her fill. Daddy was being boring and reading … Continue reading →

Today Nadia turned 2. We had a small mommy-daddy-Nadia birthday party and ate cupcakes. On the weekend Tara’s mom was in town and we had a pre-birthday cake. We are having a post-birthday cake next weekend when my parents are … Continue reading →

Just Like Home Dog Care is amazing and Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to Kim and Neezar for being amazing and so accommodating, taking Einstein in on such short notice. We left Einstein with them once or twice when … Continue reading →

I don’t remember much about the drive to Children’s. I have a feeling we were pretty quiet and Nadia almost definitely watched Scooby Doo the whole way. We left Kelowna after 2pm sometime and ended up in Vancouver well after … Continue reading →

My only parenting advice (completely unsolicited) to my brother was, “it gets easier every day.” It is such an unpreparable experience having your first kid. The sleepless nights, extra chores, loss of personal time, sleep deprived decision making, ‘kids are … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, Nadia had a cold. Throughout the day her temperature was high, and went up a bit. Just high enough to be a fever. Our instructions are to take Nadia to the hospital if she has a fever, no … Continue reading →