Fun in the Sun

Today Daddy went golfing, so Matthew and I had a Mommy and Me day.
We had lots of fun! This morning, we had breakfast and Matthew showed me how well he can eat an entire container of yogurt all by himself!

He had a good nap and then we went to run a few errands. Matthew was such a good boy in the stroller while Mommy got some alterations done and did a bit of quick shopping! Matthew discovered at the dayhome this week that he loooovvvvess cheddar flavoured rice cakes.. so Mommy is keeping those on hand in the diaper bag for outings... after all, they're only like 20 calories right?? eat away and stay happy!!! :O)

Then we came home and napped again, although the afternoon nap seemed more like a 1 1/2 hour play session in the crib. Oh well, at least he stayed pretty quite the whole time. Mommy even got an hour nap in.

So for being such a good boy, Mommy packed up beach supplies into the wagon and Matthew and I headed down to our lake! This was our first official "lake trip" since Matthew was born! Last year, we didn't really hit the beach because he was a bit too small.

I could tell right away that this was going to be a favourite activity of Matthew's. I think it's been oh, say at least a good 15 years since I've tried to build a sand castle, but Matthew and I did a pretty good job of making sand hills with his pail and smashing them down!

....and he didn't even try to eat the sand!! (although, we did get sand into about every other imaginable place.. note to Mom's - sunscreen and sand don't mix...)

But the biggeset attraction of all was... you guessed it! The water!!!! Again, Matthew had that "I am sooo happy, but I don't want to seem too happy" smile on his face as soon as he realized that this was the biggest bathtub he's ever seen! I wish I could have caught it on camera, but because I was myself, I didn't think having the camera by the water and helping Matthew walk were a good mix.

The funny thing is, he didn't want to leave, of course! Every time I brought him back to the beach towel, he would try to walk back to the water. But, it's hard to walk on uneven sand when you're just learning to walk, so Matthew would get down like a little sea turtle and try to high tail it to the water before Mommy could catch him!

I can tell we're going to have lots of fun this summer!






Enjoying an afternoon snack....



Off I go.....



Aren't you coming Mom?



Exploring I will go, exploring I will go...

Where do I start?

... wow, it's been a while since I've blogged! I always seem to have so much to say and now, so little time to say it in!
I often think about blogging something on my way to work in the morning, but our work has any blog sites blocked, so that doesn't work and most nights I'm too exhausted to blog after putting Matthew to bed, cleaning the kitchen and getting things ready for the next day.

I think we're all adjusting to our new lives though! I know my body certainly hasn't taken too long to cope with less sleep! It hasn't forgotten what it was like a year ago and so I'm already finding that I'm not that tired through the day, even if I've been up several times through the night.

That said, Matthew is hopefully starting to sleep better again. We discovered he has an ear infection this week, so we're on antibiotics and he seems to be on the mend. He had a few rough weeks there with all of the mixed up schedules and birthdays and you name it.

We have switched him to a new dayhome. Our first one just wasn't working out for us. We needed something with a bit more structure for him. He is doing really well there... he seems much happier when he comes home in the evening and seems to have bonded really well with his new caregiver.

Matthew is on the go all the time now! I don't think I've seen him crawl at all in the past week or so. He has even learned to climb onto the chairs in our upstairs bonus room all by himself!! He is quite proud of himself when he does it and likes to sit and watch the big comfy couch from his own chair!

We've also said good-bye to the bottle. We didn't really force the issue, it just seemed to happen naturally. Matthew got a really great sippy cup for his birthday and it's easy to drink from and so he doesn't miss his bottle at all. Now, we've started a new tradition of eating some cereal or fruit out of a bowl, drinking milk from his sippy cup and reading a story before bedtime.

He is becoming more and more fun every day as we see his little personality develop! I look forward to sharing lots more stories with you very soon!

What a wet weekend!

Did we ever have an exciting day today! Despite the fact that it's miserable outside and raining, we managed to have some fun.

Matthew had a good, long 2 hour nap this morning, so we decided to go to Chinook mall for a while. The highlight of the afternoon for Matthew was his very first ride on a merry-go-round! Of course, we were planning to get a picture, but our silly camera decided to crap out on us just as we were about to use it. Oh well, next time I guess.

So, Daddy stayed on the sidelines and Mommy and Matthew went on! When we first got on, we had to wait a few minutes as everybody loaded. I sat Matthew on a horse and held him and he thought this was pretty fun. We petted the horse and held its rein and then Matthew decided that he would rather sit on the black horse next to it, so we had to switch. Luckily, he didn't want to switch back because some other little boy had already claimed the white horse.

And then.... we started to go!!! You should have seen his face when he realized that the horse was going to move! He had that famous little smile that I love where he wants to have the hugest grin, but he's not sure if he is supposed to be as happy as he wants to be and so it comes out like a little smirk!

So, Matthew had a blast! Mommy was completely dizzy after the two minute ride in circles... I figured it had only been about 25 years since I'd been on one. Daddy also was completely dizzy from standing right beside it trying to wave at Matthew each time he went by! But like I said, Matthew had fun :O)

Then, just as we got home, we saw these two husky dogs running down our main street. The animal lover I am, I immediately ordered Darren out into the rain to see what was going on. The poor little dogs.. they came right over to him and wanted him to take them home. They were soaking wet and one had a very sore paw that he couldn't walk on.

So, we brought them to the step and called the city. They had tags thankfully. But, I couldn't just leave them on the step until their owner came, so we set out old shower curtains in our front hall, blocked off the entrance with our laundry hampers and made a small doggie shelter for them while they waited for their owner.

At first the city didn't want to give us the owner's info and only wanted to send the pound out (which could take forever since the city is about to flood (but that's another story)... so they eventually gave in and 2 hours later the owner came and got them and they were safe and sound.

What poor doggies.. they're owner was out for 4 hours looking for them! Apparently they dug their way under the fence in Copperfield, crossed the highway, went through muddy fields and ended up in Auburn Bay...