Happy Halloween everyone!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
My very curious boy
Don't you wish you were this flexible? When something catches his eye, there's no holds barred to check it out.
This gives new meaning to "bending over backwards"!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A few firsts this week...
* Asher went on his first outing with his Papa to Future Shop. I have a feeling there will be many more of these to come.
* Today is Asher's first day as a 6-month old! How did that happen!? Here he is in all his 6-month old glory, wearing a t-shirt in anticipation of his first Halloween on Friday! Stay tuned for pictures of that!
* Asher got his first battle wound from a little friend. Asher was crying because he was getting tired after our lunch date with a bunch of moms from our Mother Goose class, so baby Elliot, who is just a few months older than Asher, came over to see what was wrong. Somehow in the midst of all this Elliot grabbed Asher's eye and left a little cut. You can see it there just above his right eye, on his eyelid. It's pretty minuscule, but let me tell you, it led to a lot more crying from Asher!
* Today is Asher's first day as a 6-month old! How did that happen!? Here he is in all his 6-month old glory, wearing a t-shirt in anticipation of his first Halloween on Friday! Stay tuned for pictures of that!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday's observations
*The mysterious bruises that I've been noticing on my thighs the last few weeks are exactly where Asher's heels land when I'm holding him. Interesting.
* Just because I cry a little when my son starts solid food, doesn't mean I'm going to be a crazy mom, right? I mean, right?
* It is really sucky to have to hold your son to stop him from crying his head off and push his stroller at the same time. This is especially sucky when you are on an hour long walk with a bunch of other moms and babies and the wind is blowing against you and the car is another 20 minutes away. It is moments like this that I really wish Asher took a soother.
* Speaking of other moms, I think it's so cool how motherhood brings women together, no matter what their background. This week alone I was hanging out with doctors, lawyers, stay-at-home moms, call center workers, folks in sales and a fork-lift operator. Such an awesome reminder that even though we are all so different, we are all so the same. When it comes to mothering, the struggles and triumphs are the same and I love sharing in that with other women.
* Maybe 28 isn't going to be such a great year after all... I bought Preparation H hemorrhoid cream for the first time (sorry if you didn't want to know that... I really wish I didn't know about it either).
* Coming home and eating chips after going to the gym sort of defeats the purpose, don't you think?
*You can learn a lot about people and the world by talking to a bunch of 5 and 6 year-olds at the local park as they push your son on the swing (gently push, of course). Like, for example, did you know that this one show on TV said that dinosaurs didn't become extinct, they just turned into birds instead? You don't even want to know what I learned about the local teachers and neighbors (note to self: really watch what you say in front of your kids if you don't want it to be repeated to total strangers at the park).
* You can pretty much convince your husband of anything if you just keep randomly saying it, especially if it's stuff he doesn't want to do (which, for my husband, is travel). There's a method though, a technique if you will. You start out by saying rather casually, "Hey the year we turn 30 (which, for the record, is still 2 years away) we should go on a big trip, wouldn't that be nice?" And then the next time you say it with a little more certainty, as if it's actually going to happen. And then you just keep gradually upping the certainty of the thing, and sometimes bring up the topic when your husband isn't really listening, and then before you know it you're saying "So you know that trip we're taking when we turn 30, what about Hawaii?" And then because the topic has been brought up so much, your husband can't really remember all the details, and he doesn't want to seem like a bad husband and admit he wasn't actually listening to you each and every time, and he pretty much has to go along with it. I just about have the tickets bought now for said trip. It's great and I'm totally sure Greg hasn't caught on at all :)
* You can really spend a lot of money at Pier 1 Imports on 2 decorative pillows without even trying. Of course I do not know this from experience, at all. I'm just completely guessing.
* Just because I cry a little when my son starts solid food, doesn't mean I'm going to be a crazy mom, right? I mean, right?
* It is really sucky to have to hold your son to stop him from crying his head off and push his stroller at the same time. This is especially sucky when you are on an hour long walk with a bunch of other moms and babies and the wind is blowing against you and the car is another 20 minutes away. It is moments like this that I really wish Asher took a soother.
* Speaking of other moms, I think it's so cool how motherhood brings women together, no matter what their background. This week alone I was hanging out with doctors, lawyers, stay-at-home moms, call center workers, folks in sales and a fork-lift operator. Such an awesome reminder that even though we are all so different, we are all so the same. When it comes to mothering, the struggles and triumphs are the same and I love sharing in that with other women.
* Maybe 28 isn't going to be such a great year after all... I bought Preparation H hemorrhoid cream for the first time (sorry if you didn't want to know that... I really wish I didn't know about it either).
* Coming home and eating chips after going to the gym sort of defeats the purpose, don't you think?
*You can learn a lot about people and the world by talking to a bunch of 5 and 6 year-olds at the local park as they push your son on the swing (gently push, of course). Like, for example, did you know that this one show on TV said that dinosaurs didn't become extinct, they just turned into birds instead? You don't even want to know what I learned about the local teachers and neighbors (note to self: really watch what you say in front of your kids if you don't want it to be repeated to total strangers at the park).
* You can pretty much convince your husband of anything if you just keep randomly saying it, especially if it's stuff he doesn't want to do (which, for my husband, is travel). There's a method though, a technique if you will. You start out by saying rather casually, "Hey the year we turn 30 (which, for the record, is still 2 years away) we should go on a big trip, wouldn't that be nice?" And then the next time you say it with a little more certainty, as if it's actually going to happen. And then you just keep gradually upping the certainty of the thing, and sometimes bring up the topic when your husband isn't really listening, and then before you know it you're saying "So you know that trip we're taking when we turn 30, what about Hawaii?" And then because the topic has been brought up so much, your husband can't really remember all the details, and he doesn't want to seem like a bad husband and admit he wasn't actually listening to you each and every time, and he pretty much has to go along with it. I just about have the tickets bought now for said trip. It's great and I'm totally sure Greg hasn't caught on at all :)
* You can really spend a lot of money at Pier 1 Imports on 2 decorative pillows without even trying. Of course I do not know this from experience, at all. I'm just completely guessing.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
thumbs up to organic brown rice cereal
Many of you guessed it right (it was fun to read your guesses, by the way), Asher started solid food this weekend! He will be 6 months old in a few days, and since the current recommendation by the Canadian Pediatric Society is to start solids at this age, we waited until now. On Saturday morning, and twice on Sunday, he had a serving of organic brown rice cereal. He was a little uncertain for the first 10 seconds or so, and then he was very eager to gobble it down! He would actually grab and lunge for the spoon. It was pretty funny! Here are some pictures from the experience...
Thursday, October 23, 2008
This is sort of a big deal...
We have a major event occuring in our life this Saturday and I'm really feeling anxious about it. Can you guess what it is? Here's a hint...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
It may not be a terabyte, but he does have a memory!
Many of you know we've been going to this circle time/nursery rhyme group called Mother Goose for a few weeks now. Asher is really loving all the new songs and rhymes we're learning and it's very fun to see him get excited when he recognizes one that I'm singing. One of his favorites is this one, called Jeremiah, where I actually blow on his face at 2 points during the song. I know that Asher remembers it because, if you watch closely, the split second before I blow on his face the second time, he blinks and closes his eyes in anticipation of that second blow.
Pretty cool, huh?
P.S. - Please excuse that the song is actually about a pyromaniac kid and that it's teaching about how to get a fire going. I swear they taught this song to a large group of infants who, as they insist at our class, are beginning to understand language. I think I'll stop singing this one before it gets permanently stored in Asher's brain.
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