Another update on Landon. Sounds like he is really improving. Hope to see him at home soon.
We are all back in the Windypig now. Mom and Landon arrived with the flight medical team around 4:30pm yesterday and Dad not to far behind at 7:30 pm. It's nice to be home. Landon is all set up at the Childrens Hospital and ready to make his last few steps on getting home. Landon still has a ventalator tube up his nose and in to his lungs which should be removed within a couple of days. We ask that he has no visitors until the tube is removed because when he is awake, he gags, coughs, yawns and cries which causes him a great deal of discomfort. Landon fights very hard not to fall asleep because he needs to know whatever is going on around him. The more he can sleep on his own , the more quickly he will recover. Thank you all for your prayers and concerns which really comforted us in our time of need.
On another note, some of you may know I process Payroll as my job. Well up here in Canada our deadline to get T4's tax slips is February 28th at midnight. Well at 4:50pm this afternoon I mailed the last of them (Ruth - yours is in the mail). It had been a stressful couple of weeks because we switched from Ceridian processing our payroll to me doing it myself part way through the year. This made it very complicated trying to make sure the T4's were all correct. Oh well, what can ya do? I will have to make a couple of changes once I receive my reports from Ceridian sometime this week and then next year everything will go MUCH smoother.
On a hockey note - my son Cody plays hockey for the Ste. Anne Aces - he plays left wing on the PeeWee team. They are currently playing in the playoffs. Our first round was against Pinawa. The first two games were in Pinawa and we won them both. Then we played them last night in Ste. Anne, if we won this one we would go on to play for the Championship. well we kicked some butt. We had a shut out - the final score was 5-0. Woohoo. Now I think we will end up playing against Springfield (they play out of Oakbank) as they are the top team in the league. We'll have to wait and see how their round went against Beausejour. I'll keep you all updated.
Take care.
Baby Landon update
Yesterday Landon received another x ray which showed that his lungs were a little bit wet. They gave him some meds that will help him get rid of the extra fluid. Landon has been fed every three hours and has been taking it well. His milk intake will increase as well as the extra protein he gets through I.V. Landon is responding like a real baby with movement, smiles and cries. This morning he was taken off the milrinone and his nitric oxide level reduced to on part per million. Landons oxygen input level was reduced to 34% and once down in the 20's he can be taken off the ventalator. Landon is making his own agenda and is planning to go back to Winnipeg early next week but will have a short visit at the Childrens Hospital before coming home. No one estimated that he would progress so quickly. All of your thoughts and prayers have helped a great deal. We could never show enough gratitude to everyone for your support. You all proved that there is nothing more powerful than love and faith. Thank you everyone.
Looks like he will be home soon. Woohoo.
Take care
Puerto Vallarta 2006 - Part 3
We had made arrangements before we left to go on a fishing boat. We paid $140 USD for 4 hours. We caught tons of fish - I'll post a picture or two but first, here is a picture of our captain and his helper. Awesome man. I would recommend him to anyone.
Here are some pictures of the fish we caught. I have never caught so many fish in my life in one morning. We would have two fish more often than only catching one fish. They were not very big, but there were lots of them.
Robin kept catching these little catfish. Yuck. We just threw them back.
Here are some Pelicans that decided they would try to steal some of our fish as we caught them. No such luck - our captain was a good protector. :o)
Here are some pictures I took of the Mountains from the Bay.
Here is a picture of all the fish we caught - we did pretty good I think.
This is a picture of what the maid had left us when we got back from our fishing trip. Pretty cool I thought.
We had decided earlier in the week that our last night in PV we would have Pizza Hut. This is how they deliver pizza's down there. Too funny.
And this is one of their water delivery trucks - needless to say they wouldn't last long in Manitoba. Some trucks are not covered at all. Robin thought that was insane.
Here is the beach on our last morning in PV. It's pretty rough water first thing in the morning.
And here is a final picture from the Buffet restaurant. 
Well that ends another trip to Puerto Vallarta - hopefully we will be able to return sooner rather than later.
Take care.
Puerto Vallarta 2006 - Part 2
Here is another picture of the plants and trees they have there. Wish I could get my yard to look like this.
Here are some Pelicans that were at the Los Muertos Pier on Friday. They were trying to steal fish as the guys were catching them.
Here is a picture of the sunset that night - it was cloudy a lot while we were there this time. But we got a couple of good pictures.
Here is a priceless picture. Robin had people trying to buy this shirt because it said "A fine imported Beer" which is funny to the Mexican people because it's not imported.
Here is one of the waiters from CyC's. He refused to let me take his picture while he looked at the camera. :o( Wonder if he's hiding from someone? lol
Here is a picture of some of the street vendors that have little shops set up. We took a couple of pictures and a little boy ran up to us to see it on my camera. He thought it was neat.
Here is a picture looking down the malecon. We decided to go to Hooters for supper on Saturday night.
Here are the famous Arches.
Here is the Hooters Puerto Vallarta sign:
Here is a picture of the front of Canto Del Sol. Doesn't look like a fany place - but no where have I found such good service.
Here is a local artist in the lobby. He makes these paintings with his fingers and the detail with his nail. Amazing. I bought 4 of them for $50 USD - well worth it I think.
I will start a Part 3 because I think I am running out of room. :o)
Puerto Vallarta 2006 - Part 1
Ok - here goes. Here is a picture of a couple we met on the plane - they are from Steinbach, Manitoba (close to us, like 15 km's)
Their names are Ike and Nancy Giesbrecht. They were also staying at Canto Del Sol. We spent a lot of time with them. :o)
Here is a picture I took as we unloaded some people at another resort.
This was the view from our room this time - we loved it. We were 3 doors down from last year's room.
Here is a picture of the beach at the resort. It's kind of rocky once you get close to the water - but I didn't mind it. 
Then here is one of a parasailer that landed close to us on the beach. Never did get up the nerve to go up. I am way too big of a chicken. :o)
Then the second night we were there, there was a wedding on the beach - here is a picture.
Then right after the wedding - here is a picture of the amazing PV sunsets... WOW! Would have been perfect if the people in front of us had moved. Oh well.
Looks like I am out of space. I will have to start a Part 2.
Puerto Vallarta 2005 - Part 2
Ok - This was our view from our hotel room - not the best in the world - but it was OK. Our 2006 trip we had a much better view. Who cares - firstly, you are in paradise and secondly, how much time are you in your room anyways? This picture was taken at sunset so it is much nicer than the day time ones I took.
This one is of Robin and I on our quad tour. We had a blast and the guide was amazing. We went through MudRats Tour Co - they had all new machines, Peanuts (the guide) was hilarious and again - we loved it.
Here is a picture of a street in PV - it almost goes straight up into the mountain! I don't know how you drive up but I hope you have really good brakes for coming down.
Well I hope you enjoy my pictures - I took way more on our trip in 2006. I lost count around 350 or so. :o) I will try to get a couple of posts done today because uploading pictures from home takes forever on dial-up.
Take care for now.
Puerto Vallarta 2005 - Part 1
Hi everyone,
Here are some of my favourite pictures from Puerto Vallarta 2005. I will upload some of 2006 as well, but in another post.
We went to PV March 26-April 3 2005. We stayed at Canto Del Sol. Here is a picture I took from one of the restaurants there. I think it turned out wonderfully.
Here is one from the beach there.
Here is one of the Restaurant (and Owner) that we go to so that everyone back home and see us on the webcam.
And here is one of their absolutely amazing sunsets. The sun sets there are gone within 20 minutes if not less. But they are wonderful to watch!
And of course, here is one of my tattoo that I got while we were there. We stopped by Homies Tattoo and we each got one to remember PV. I am still kicking, so it must not have killed me. Although I am not impressed with how fast it lost some of it's color. I plan to get it touched up - once I am brave enough. :o)
Here is a picture of some plants at the resort - they are green and gorgeous all year round.
I think I may have gotten to my post maximum (if there is such a thing) because it's not showing some of the pictures I try to add. I will post this and then start a new one.
Baby Landon
Hi there,
Some of you may know an old friend of mine - Charlene Nault (now Kratavicius). Anyways, on Valentine's Day she gave birth to Landon by C-section because he was overdue and had a bowel movement while still in her tummy. He got a bunch in his lungs and they could not suction it all out. Not good. So they have flown him and Charlene and Tony to Edmonton in case they need to do a procedure to get the rest of it out of his lungs.
They have been there for 7 days and he is improving every day. This picture was taken by Mom and Dad - let me tell you - he looks way better than when I saw him in Winnipeg's Children's Hospital. Then he was on a ventilator, tons of tubes and wires. Not good.
They are weaning him off most of his medications and Charlene changed his diaper for the first time last night. I can't imagine not holding your newborn baby for more than 7 days. The night they all left to go to Edmonton, she figured they would be there for 3-4 weeks. With the progress he is making, I wonder if it will be sooner. We'll wait and see.
Charlene has never been a fan of spoiling kids, I'm betting that Landon will be very spoiled. After 29 years of never getting on a plane - Charlene didn't have much choice. Quite a start to baby Landon's life.
Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Owwwieeee
OK - so a little more than a week ago I hurt my back picking up my dog kennel. I went to the Dr and she said "Do some stretching exercises to get the kink out" - Well I have been stretching it and every morning when I wake up - IT HURTS still!!! Today I could barely walk for the first 45 minutes I was awake. This sucks! I have always had a bad back - ever since I had my son (at 15 yrs old) then followed by my girls. I think I will give it another week and if it's still sore, I'll head back to the Dr.
On another note, Misty (my female cocker spaniel) had puppies on Christmas Day - in the back of my truck no less. Anyhoo, I still have one left - a male, almost white in color with some sand mixed in. If you or someone you know is looking for a puppy, this one needs a new home. I have enough animals without keeping one more. Here is a of picture of him:
Isn't he cute? :o) I have both parents. You can email me at tandr2@mts.net
I am planning on making a post about our trip to Puerto Vallarta,Mexico and uploading some pictures sometime soon. Stay posted.
I'm kinda new at this...
Hey there,
My name is Tracy and I live in Ste. Anne, Manitoba with my boyfriend and 3 kids. They are Cody - 13, Tamara - 10 and Morgan - 8. We also have 4 dogs (skip - a cocker spaniel, misty - a cocker spaniel, tasha - a german shepherd and ranger - a german shepherd cross). We also have 2 cats (trouble and minou) and 3 sheep (they are not named).
I work in Niverville, Manitoba at Nutri-Health Group as a Payroll and Benefits Administrator and Robin (my boyfriend) works for Corpell's Water as a Country Supervisor and Driver. We have lived in Ste. Anne for almost 5 years and we finally bought a house 3 years ago. It's a 4 bedroom house on 3 acres 7 miles East of Ste. Anne. We only use about 2 acres of the land.
Here is a picture:
