Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Shake, Shake, Shake it up!

Matthew and I have just taken it easy the past few days! We've basically just lounged around and played all day. Everyone needs to do that once in a while, right?

Matthew now officially has one tooth! It's sticking through quite nicely and is awfully sharp! Luckly he hasn't bitten me you know where yet.

Today, Matthew discovered how hilarious it is to look at Mommy upside down. Who would have thought this could entertain him for half an hour!

We also discovered (and this one will come back to haunt me), that it is really, really fun to shake our toys as loud as we can and laugh at the same time! Mommy was helping with the shaking part, but Matthew was laughing uncontrollably so I couldn't help it!

So we've had a few fun days! Not much else on our plate for the rest of the week.. oh yeah, Halloween is tomorrow! Matthew is too little to go trick or treating, but he will help us give out treats in his costume!

Monday, October 29, 2007

Happy Monday!

Hi Everyone! It's me, Matthew, blogging today.
Today, my Mommy is pooped so I have to do the blogging for her.

On Friday, my Grandpa Kalytuk came to visit from Nanaimo. I giggled a lot when I saw him. Mommy was happy that I was giggling and not crying, because sometimes I cry now when I get held by other people.

On Saturday, my Grandma and Grandpa Taylor also came to visit! They were all staying at my house... even Grandma and Grandpa's cat Yodi. But I didn't see him because he has to stay in the bedroom. My kitties Token and Tia don't like him very much. I don't know why though, he's a nice old kitty!

Yesterday was my baptism. That's why Mommy is pooped today. She had been shopping and cleaning our house and making food since last Monday! Today she is just going to play with me all day and maybe even watch some TV. (I guess that means I get to also, yay!!)

My baptism was pretty fun. I didn't cry at all when the minister put water on my head. He promised it wasn't going to be cold and it wasn't! Then, he took me for a walk up and down the aisle to see all the people in the church. I was a good boy, I didn't cry at all!

Afterwards, my Grandma and Grandpa Taylor, Grandpa Kalytuk, Nan and Uncle Mark and Auntie Bev came to my house for a party! I was so tired from all of the action though, that I had to have a nap. I did sit in my high chair and visit with everyone while they ate though. Everyone brought me presents! Mommy says she wasn't expecting eveyone to bring presents, but they were very thoughtful and we will have fun playing with all of them or looking at them on my wall!

Today, just my Grandpa Kalytuk is still here. Grandma and Grandpa had to go home today. I am looking forward to Halloween on Wednesday. Wait until you see my costume!

Love,
Matthew

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Little Angel

This is how I found Matthew sleeping during his nap this morning. Awwwww.....

I'm Gettin' a Tooth!

It won't be long now.... Matthew is getting his first tooth! Suprisingly, it's not been too tramatic as of yet. I don't think he's even noticed too much other than to run his tongue over it once and a while.

It might be because he's way too preoccupied with rolling over right now. Every single time you put him on his back, he has to roll over! But, it's only in one direction so far and when he does, he can't figure out how to get back. He even slept on his tummy during his nap yesterday. But, then, like I said, he wakes up and wants to roll back but can't so that usually ends the nap.

We'll keep you posted on the tooth.. shouldn't be long now!

Nursery Rhymes

It took me until I was singing nursery rhymes to my own child, to realize how messed up Mother Goose was! As children, we must not have comprehended the actual lyrics of the verse or we would all be in therapy right now!~ Case and point:

"...when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall...." ~ that's comforting!

"...don't say a word, mama's gonna buy you..." ~ uh huh... bribery.. good lesson..

"...jack fell down and broke his crown..." ~ no wonder kids freak out when they fall down

"...couldn't put Humpty together again..." ~ poor Humpty

"...London bridge is falling down..."

"...she cut off their tail with a carving knife..." ~ no wonder I always felt sorry for those mice at the farm.

"...kissed the girls and made them cry..." ~ well, maybe that's a good lesson for little boys (speaking from experience in grade 3)

"...and frightened Miss Muffet away..." ~ that's why I'm freaked out about spiders!

ahh.. and the list goes on! Who'd of thought?

Monday, October 22, 2007

Bye Bye

Before I had a baby, nobody told me that you have to watch out for how attached you get to their THINGS. Not, the baby himself, but his THINGS for crying out loud!

Matthew is on his way to 6 months. I'm getting the feeling that 6 months is a whole knew ball game. What I'm starting to see right now though, is how many of his THINGS he doesn't want/ need anymore.

The biggest one must be the cradle swing. I just can't bring myself to take it down! But, he's too big for it: It creaks when he swings, his feet hang over the edge and he can almost reach the mobile. Yeah, too big.

Then there's the play mat. I need to take the bars to hold the hanging toys down because he wants to roll around so much now and he's getting tangled up in them.

He doesn't even want Wubbie anymore! He'll put it in his mouth for a brief second and then whips it across the crib. I think he figures that's more fun now than actually sucking on it.

Then the bouncy chair. No longer can it sit on the table (well, it wasn't really supposed to anyways, but I watched carefully). Now, he tries to get out by pulling himself forward and I'm afraid that's just not safe!

His Tummy Tub. We should try it again for old times sake. I wonder if he'd even fit in it?

See what I mean! I know there's so many new and exciting things on the horizon, but I just don't want to let go of all those really baby things!

Oh yeah, then there's the big one. I was telling my mom how I need to give Matthew a bottle most of the time now after he nurses because he's still hungry. What ever those health nurses say, I don't have enough for him all the time. My mom suggested maybe I should just put him on the bottle completely.... yeah. Don't go there. Let me put back the "little baby" stuff first. One step at a time.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Just Call me the Roll Over Baby!

Well! We had an exciting day yesterday!
First of all, Matthew's little friend Kate and her mom Andrea came over bright and early for the mommies to undertake a babyfood-making adventure! (or Hell's kitchen as Andrea called it!)

It was quite the adventure, alright! About every 5 minutes, one or more of the babies would want attention so one of us was always running over to the living room. Then, they both needed naps so we tried putting them both down in Matthew's room - Kate in the playpen and Matthew in his crib. It worked for a 1/2 hour or so but Kate woke up and then Matthew woke up, and that was the end of the naps! By then it was 11:00 and Matthew was hungry again... so, take a break and have a snack.

Oh, did I mention that inbetween, everytime we put the food processor on, the babies started crying? Yeah, tons of fun!

Actually, it wasn't that bad. For 3 solid hours of work, we have a freezer full of sweet potatoes, butternut squash, carrots and apples. It's a good start anyways.

Next time though.... we're doing this on a Saturday and the husbands are taking the kids.

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Yesterday, Matthew also decided that it was a great day to start rolling over, and over and over and over! I think he must have watched Kate do it at our house (because she is rolling over like crazy) and he wanted to do it to! Yesterday afternoon, every time I turned around, he was back on his tummy. Same thing in the crib. Give him 10 seconds and he's on his tummy.

The trouble is, he hasn't figured out how to get back to his back yet. And being on his tummy is only fun for so long. As I'm typing this, Matthew is supposed to be going down for his nap. I've gone in 9 times since I started this post to put him back on his back, because he rolls over and starts crying when he can't get back. Oh what fun! Luckily, I only had to rescue him once last night. I was afraid I'd might be going in over and over last night to flip him back!

Here's the cutie-patootie and all his friends: Susie, Puppy, Bear Bear and Snuggles.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

We're all clear!

Matthew had his 5 month check-up with the pediatrician he had been seeing. All is good, so this will be the last visit to him! (too bad, because I reaalllly like him and feel very comfortable talking to him, I wish Matthew could see him as his regular doctor!).

Anyhow, he said that Matthew's head shape is coming along nicely. I am just starting to notice it not being quite so flat on the right side, so I think it is improving too. He said that he definitely would not recommend needing a helmet and that he thought it would correct itself on its own over time!

We weighed him again today. 18lb 12oz! He gained a half a pound last week! I think I'd better start lifting weights or I'm not going to be able to carry him around all day!

Matthew now enjoys going out a lot more because he sits up like a big baby in his stroller. We don't even take the carseat out of the vehicle anymore (pretty much because it weighs 15 lb to start with, so you do the math!). He likes being able to see where we're going forwards, not backwards and likes it even more when I don't take him in the stroller and just carry him.

The other day, we went to Toys R Us. Matthew had a blast looking at all of the stuffed animals. They have some there that are 10 times the size of him! He thought they were hilarious! It was then that I realized that carrying him in one arm and trying to shop in the other is not going to be possible as my arm was nearly ready to fall off after only 10 minutes or so. Thank god for strollers!

Here's my baby. Still wanting to shove everything and anything (including what Mommy's trying to eat or drink now) into his own mouth. When there's nothing else around, his feet still suffice.



Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

My New Blog

Ok, so I'm stealing Matthew's blog for a second....

The other day, one of my friends sent me an e-mail to participate in a recipe exchange. That got me thinking about how many great recipes there must be out there.

As a new mom, I'm also game to find new, easy recipes to make when time is of the essence!

So, please take a peek and please send me your recipes!

www.recipes-for-moms.blogspot.com

Thanks!
Erin

Monday, October 15, 2007

What's new with us?

Hi all,

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. I seem to go in spurts and then sometimes just don't find the time or the energy to write! We got back from Saskatoon last Wednesday. We had a nice visit there. We even got to go outside for a little walk with an umbrella stroller that Mommy hastily purchased from Walmart and will hastily be returning because the wheels don't turn well! I knew going in though, that a $13 stroller wasn't going to be a superstar. It worked for the walk in Saskatoon though!

Matthew turned 5 months on Friday! He is now 27 1/2 inches long and weighs 18lb, 5 oz. We went to the healthcentre to be weighed. Let's just say he enjoyed the trip much more than the last time when we had to see the evil needle lady!

We have more pictures to post, but Daddy has been tinkering with the computer and left Mommy a note this morning that said not to upload any pictures until he was done with his tinkering. Hopefully, we'll have them up tonight for you!

This week, we have some follow up doctor appointments (the head flatness is getting better) and a baby shower to go to!

We'll try update as we go! Talk to you soon :O)

Monday, October 8, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I am spending Thanksgiving in Saskatoon with Grandma & Grandpa! We had to get up reaaalllllyyyy early on Saturday to come to Saskatoon! Mommy thought that by leaving in the car so early, I might sleep most of the way, but I fooled her! I was a good boy though. I didn't cry very much... just fussed a few times when I was hungry! Mommy had to feed me cereal in the car while we were moving because I just couldn't make it to Hanna, where Mommy and Daddy had planned to stop. That was an adventure!

So, here I am, all decked out in my Thanksgiving gear!


Then, here I am telling jokes to Uncle Mark and "Auntie" Bev...

This is me with my Great Grandpa Taylor...

Uncle Brian lifting me up soooo high!

This is my Nan playing with me....


I didn't nap the whole day... boy was I a tired baby last night! This morning, my Daddy left to go back to Calgary, but Mommy and I are staying until Wednesday. Today, Mommy and I had a big sleep on Mommy's bed. We slept for almost 2 hours! Both Mommy and I felt much better after that!

Tomorrow, we are going to hang out with Grandma all day! Maybe we will even go shopping. Then, I get to ride on the big airplane again! I'm not even 5 months old and I've ridden on the airplane 4 times already! Wow!

See you later!

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Oh where, oh where has my little baby gone?

my oh my... My little baby is not going to be a little baby much longer! Wow! It's amazing how many new things he does every day!

Let's see... well, our biggest adventure of the past week has been learning how to eat cereal. It really didn't take him much learning at all; he picked it up right away. It's very funny to watch him because I have been feeding him in his bouncy chair sitting on the kitchen table, and he gets so excited that he flails his arms and makes the chair bounce like crazy! He seems to think it's quite funny to do it just as mommy is bringing the spoon to him so that the spoon ends up feeding the chair instead of Matthew!

He's also been having a lot of fun playing on his tummy now. I'd say that actually even prefers it to playing on his back. He even complained once when I had flipped him from his tummy to his back and wanted to be back on his tummy! We have been playing the game where we put one of his toys just out of reach and he scoots over like a little seal to get it! I think that means he's going to want to crawl sooner than later... yikes!

I've made new use of the nursing pillow that cost me $75 and I used twice. Matthew now finds it quite relaxing just to hang out in, watch a bit of TV (even though, I still stress, he's not supposed to.... but there are a few times, when he won't nap and mommy just needs a few minutes to hang out), or play with his toys. Right now, he's reclining on his pillow while I type, amusing himself with a tupperware lid. He won't play with many of his toys for very long, but the lid seems to amuse him for a half an hour.

Oh, and did I mention my baby naps?!?! I'd better not jinx it by saying so, but yesterday morning he napped for 2 hours and this afternoon he napped for 2 1/2 hours! Mommy even got to have a little nap this afternoon which was a godsend! I'm thinking the napping maybe has something to do with the cereal he has in the morning, even though the needle nurses strongly suggest it does not... :O)

Well, Daddy's coming home soon and Matthew is asking for his late afternoon, pre-cereal milk snack, so I guess I'd better go.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Family Pics

Here are some of the latest family pics...

Family Pictures

Thanks to Uncle Clint for helping us with them. One of these times, we'll actually be able to get Matthew to look at the camera! :O)

By the way, yes, it's 4am. Matthew has been sleeping wonderfully since we started our cereal adventure 2 days ago! He's only gotten up once each night at around 3am... so I can handle that! So, tell me again, why am I wide awake right now!?!? ha ha, well at least it gives me time to update the blog and get my facebook fix ;o)