It's about time...

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I honestly don't know what I'm going to be typing about. Nothing exciting has happened, going to happen, that I know about anyways, but here I go....
The big and best news is that Colin is home tomorrow morning at 5:45 A.M. - that's right A.M.!!! Why anyone would book a flight that lands before the sun comes up is beyond me!? Guess who's picking him up? I love him, what can I say, I can't wait to see him...
The leaves are falling, little one is rolling in them. Yup, she loves them, I rake them but it's not a bad job, or at least not yet. Maybe next week after a few more trips to the yard will I be fed up with them.. I tell ya, mom and dad have ALOT of trees, the kind of trees that drop ALOT of leaves.... Maple, Oak, Elm and more... But they look pretty at this time of year. I wonder how many leaves I'll rake up this year? 1000's!!!!
Isla loves the yard and she loves to come out with me while I rake. If it wasn't for the unkid-friendly dog that patrols the yard it would be the perfect yard for her. The cats also get outside too and they always manage to find Isla and I...
Pearl and Isla playing on the gazebo floor (minus the gazebo obviously). Colin thought Pearl was about to attack but believe it or not, she's in the rolling motion, she loved it too. I think it's safe to say the cats and Isla are FINALLY mutual friends (as long as there is limited poking)...
Our beautiful girl! She's been eating like a horse lately and I've got a feeling Colin is going to see a "big" change in her. My guess is that she's gained about a pound since he left but I think it could've been two pounds if she wasn't so wiggly-piggly... Check this pose out...
Classic Isla! Perhaps a future yoga instructor? The girl doesn't stop moving....
One of her new hobbies is to help around the house. She loves to follow my mom around with a feather duster and "clean". She loves it and it makes her smile because she's a big "helper". I just hope she doesn't lose her desire to clean!!!
The broom is hot too - if you put it down, she'll grab it...
Like I said Colin is coming home tomorrow morning. Once we get home, I'll give him time to get reacquainted with his daughter and a cup of coffee but boy, we have loads to do. I've been itching to get the van registered in Ontario but since he's co-owner I can't do it without him so I've had to wait, something I'm not particularly good at but I didn't have a choice this time. Also, we're applying for the Canadian Child Tax credit and his visa application which he needs to sign. He is having a medical on Wednesday night and then we have to go to a special lab for a chest x-ray and blood work to make sure he doesn't have TB and other diseases. He's had his police check done and I'm happy to report he hasn't been lying to me, he's clean... He's living in Canada on a one-year visitor visa with the intention to apply for residency so I think he qualifies for a SIN as well but we need to look into that further too... There are a few other odds and ends we need to look into...
I think we're visa experts by now... This is the third country we're applying too - I applied in the UK, both of us in the USA and now he is in Canada... Maybe I could open up an immigration consultant agency???? LOL
While he was away I was able to arrange OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance) for Isla and I. We have to wait three months which means we won't qualify until December while Colin will qualify 90 days after the issuance of his visa (he has emergency medical insurance). It still burns me that refugee claimants qualify immediately and as a Canadian, I have to wait. It doesn't seem fair. I understand that the refugees are coming from countries that are obviously troubled and they probably don't have a lot of money but why do I have to wait after paying into income tax since I was 14 years old!? What's wrong with this picture? I said enough...
I leave you with a funny story - in May Colin and I bought Isla a pack of 8 new bibs from Burlington Coat Factory in Denver. Any parent of toddlers knows how many of those things you go through and how they get destroyed. We've been using them ever since on a rotation basis. Today I noticed that the bib I thought said "Diva in Training" actually says "Diva in Traning"... How did we miss that?