My first 911 call!

Well to start out this post I'll tell you what happened to us last night. We got home around 745 and got the kids ready for bed and put them down. Taylor was out for the count but the boys were doing their usual reading in bed or coming down the stairs every 5 min asking for a hug or a glass of water. Anyway, I was in the basement watching tv and kept hearing this annoying beeping upstairs. I could tell it was the fire alarm upstairs but just thought it was a faulty beep because it wasn't constant. Anyway...so I start yelling upstairs for Sean to change the battery in the stupid alarm. He wasn't yelling back at me so I figured he was trying to take care of it. Well a few minutes later it's still beeping so again I yell upstairs and Sean yells back asking if I have a headache or feel sick. I didn't, at least not that I noticed. He then yells "It's carbon monoxide we need to get out now!" WHAT??? Now I feel sick! Literally I got sick to my stomach and light headed (I'm sure it was in my head). So I run upstairs and tell him to call 911 since that's the fire department. I think he was hesitant because how often do you call 911? You always thinks it's just for crazy emergencies that you'll never be in!
Anyway, so the fire department asked us to keep the windows all shut and get out of the house right away. So Sean runs upstairs and yanks Taylor out of her bed, I'm running around like a crazy person trying to decide if I should stop to put my bra on! ha ha Ah the first thing I think of in the emergency!
Luckily our nice neighbors Chad and Alyson just got home so they offered up their house while we waited. Long story short, the firemen did a complete check in all the corners of the house and gas appliances and everything was clear! phew! They thought maybe it is a faulty alarm not knowing how old it is or how cheap it is so they suggested we get a new one and also get a CO alarm on every level just to be safe. You don't mess around with that crap!

This morning we got up early to go to the Walk for Parkinson's down at Lake Ontario Park. My friend runs it every year and so we were kind of going to support her and help out but I'm glad we went. It was neat to go on the walk and explain to the kids why we were doing it and what a good cause it was to raise the money for a common disease. They had a lot of fun and won some door prizes including a couple of cd's and Drew won a free birthday party at Kingston Gymnastics Club! He's pretty stoked about that one! It has been beautiful here today...very humid (something I don't really notice anymore) and around 20-24 degrees! Perfect weather to be outside exercising!

So my last post was all about my stressful day on Friday...I'm happy to say that the baby shower turned out to be a riot and we had a great turn out! The veggie pizza worked out perfectly too once I started all over again. Come to find out it was a faulty recipe and I needed to tweak it a bit! Can I also say that Costco is my best friend for parties! They are always coming out with new finger foods and desserts and I'm in love! I have to admit that sometimes I take credit for the food but why not...I'm sure I could make it right?

Here is a pic of little Emma Fraser who stayed the night on Thursday because her Dad was sick in the hospital. He's home now and on the mend I think. Sweetest girl though, along with her little bro William (no pic).
Sam is on the far left after opening up all her gifts...so exhausting!Just a few of the ladies that came out!This was the sickest shower game but hilarious! You take 10 little newborn diapers and fill them with melted chocolate bar and people have to guess the type of chocolate bar in each diaper. I swear I have changed some of these puppies. Sean had taken the kids to the park during the shower and when they got back they were totally disgusted by what was on the counter...it didn't help matters when I came over and covered my finger with the mars bar and ate it in front of them! I don't think they'll ever be the same!

Now it's time to go downstairs and put together the guest room closet for mom as she arrives on Monday! Oh wait...I have to wake up my husband first...AH!