It has been quite the year for E and I. We started off 2008 with the purchase of a house in the south end of Winnipeg to renovate and sell. I was still working full time and getting started on my thesis proposal at that time. Both the house and my thesis proposal were finished by the time my due date was (thank goodness!)
K was born on June 21st and what a huge change that brought to our lives! E took the first 8 weeks off with me. K is doing great and is quite a happy little guy much of the time.
We took a trip to BC to visit friends and family in September. We are still hoping to move out to the west coast within the next couple of years. Winter in Winnipeg seems to get colder and more miserable every year. Of course, being on maternity leave this winter means I'm not forced to go out there every day!
Now we are ending off our year with the purchase of another house to renovate (we're working on it with some friends of ours) and a trip to Winnipegosis to visit family. My thesis proposal has been approved and the ethics board has approved my research.
In January I'll start my research and I hope to be finished with collecting questionnaires and doing interviews before I go back to work in April. We also hope to be done our house renovation by that time. I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope your year will be filled with wonderful things!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
A very lovely surprise...
I found out today that I am not just getting 17 weeks of maternity leave payments, but another 17 weeks of parental leave payments as well. That makes 34 weeks of continuing to get my regular salary while staying home with little K.
I had been under the impression that I was only getting the first 17 weeks. So when I kept getting deposits from my place of work, I was concerned that at some point they would call me and ask for all that money back. But now that I've talked to our wonderful HR people, I'm quite pleased.
I had been under the impression that I was only getting the first 17 weeks. So when I kept getting deposits from my place of work, I was concerned that at some point they would call me and ask for all that money back. But now that I've talked to our wonderful HR people, I'm quite pleased.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Getting Out
E and I have some friends who never once left their baby with someone else during his first year. No date nights or dinners out without the little one. And it's not as if they don't have any nearby family members who could concievably babysat for them. That can't be healthy.
As of this weekend we have had all of 4 dates without baby in his 5 months of life. This still seems like a far too seldom occurance. My parents have babysat for each of these times out. It would be really nice to have a babysitter or two that we could leave little K with on a more regular basis. He's a really happy guy, it wouldn't be that much of a trial for anyone.
Sadly, most of the people we know already have their own kids or are far too busy to do any babysitting. It will probably be easier when he gets older and can actually play with other children. Then we can drop him off at a little friends house while we go out and play.
As of this weekend we have had all of 4 dates without baby in his 5 months of life. This still seems like a far too seldom occurance. My parents have babysat for each of these times out. It would be really nice to have a babysitter or two that we could leave little K with on a more regular basis. He's a really happy guy, it wouldn't be that much of a trial for anyone.
Sadly, most of the people we know already have their own kids or are far too busy to do any babysitting. It will probably be easier when he gets older and can actually play with other children. Then we can drop him off at a little friends house while we go out and play.
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