sleeping. appreciation. and other random thoughts.

Both my boys are sleeping it's 9:10 in the AM. I should be cleaning my house, but for fear of waking them I will sit here and blog (well really I have been reading every one else's blogs since it seems to be my favourite past time these days).

I took Magoo and my nephew Hesston up to Calgary yesterday to go watch my baby sis play Rugby, low and behold her [not] stupid coach didn't even play her... but we got to play in the grass with the grandparents. One thing I Love about my dad is he will give his grandkids a bucking bronco ride ANYWHERE, even out in public around a bunch of sports crazy parents and their sporty kids.

It was a last minute decision trip and I forgot the sunscreen and Calgary was HOT and sunny, not a bad thing, unless there is a baby who you REALLY don't want to get a sunburn. Needless to say we made a make shift tent out of folding chairs and a blanket for him to play under, and when he wasn't under that he was wrapped in a blanket so those harmful rays couldn't get at him, and yet his arms were oh so slightly red last night.

A story. My Dad was telling my how my little sis gets kinda wound up at night and will come to pester my parents and 10 at night after they have crawled under their blankets and turned on the late night t.v. shows. Lots of the time they will play along with her, and give her all the attention she is longing for at that time. But the other night my mom told her to leave them alone.... apparently my sis was hurt. But one day when she is up with a crying baby late at night, or when said crying baby is actually asleep by 7:30 and she is sitting on a couch with her feet up reading a book or enjoying late night t.v. by 8 she will understand just wanting to be left alone, without children for like an hour before she goes to sleep, she will look back and not be hurt, but appreciate the time her parents spent having late night tickle fights. I know I do.

Also my hunk of burning love gave me a foot massage last night, just out of the blue. Love him!

Yesterday on our drive to Calgary my Mom called to ask what I wanted on my sandwich from Subway, and after I had told her and got back to driving I thought I should have told her to make my sandwich however she desired. Cause lets face it, my mom makes the BEST sandwiches.

And I am going on a date to night with my foot rubbing wonder, so excited. I texted him on Thursday while he was at work "I think I would really like it if we went on a date this weekend". That's when you know I'm having a good day with Magoo...

Another side note: Hesston is the best nephew, he was so helpful to me yesterday. This is how it came to be that he was with me yesterday. On Thursday I went over to make Jam with Karmyn (Hesston's mom) and as I was leaving Hesston asked if Magoo could come over another time for a play date. I said sure, he asked if it could be the next day...

I told him my house was a mess and I had to clean it. He said if he came over to our house he could help me by watching Magoo while I cleaned. I thought it was brilliant. He came over, but we went to Calgary instead of cleaning, which is another story all in its self.

East on Hwy 1...

We left on Thursday night, drove for a couple hours and stopped and set up our home-away-from-home. In the rain. But Magoo did pretty good all things considered.

It was pretty cold that night in the tent, so I tried to cover him well, can you spot him? Too bad he kept pushing his blankets off himself so by morning he was cold and had a runny nose...

So the next night we decided it would be better to have a little better shelter since it was calling for thundershowers. Magoo was so glad to have some room to roam around.

So where did we go? REGINA! Jared and I had both never been there before so we decided to go check it out. The drive wasn't too bad really, it went by pretty quickly. The city it's self is really beautiful with lots of pretty trees and greenery, which I love. Too bad it was raining pretty much the entire time we were there.

So we didn't go to Regina just cause we picked a random city to go visit... we went to scout out the city we will be calling HOME for the next few years. Yes, we are moving there in August! Why? For school, for change, to be adventurous.

I am nervous. I love Alberta and would love my children to have the same feelings for this province as I do, but perhaps I will fall in love with Saskatchewan, only time will tell. I think I will always feel "Alberta Bound".

I am sad. To be quite a bit further than family than I already am will be hard, but hopefully they will come visit lots *wink wink, nudge nudge* we would love visitors. I told Jared I feel like the last week or so I feel as though I have gone through a bit of a "grieving" process, just the thought of going and leaving and not knowing very many people in Regina. Luckily there is one family in Regina we know, and got to visit while we are there, hopefully we will find a place in the same area as them.

Will we be back? Yes, would be MY answer, Jared doesn't really have a "plan", but he would move back eventually if thats what I wanted, such a good man. We "plan" to stay in R-town for at least 4 years, but we only have to stay for 2 if we really hate it...

On the way home Magoo passed the time by trying to get his foot in his mouth, and finally he succeeded, the 5-point harness definitely made it way more difficult than it normally would be.

He was so done with being in the car by about Medicine Hat (2hours from home).

He was so giddy to be out by the time we got home at about 10pm he was wired for a bit before he finally crashed.

So the next couple months will be packed with house hunting and packing, and hopefully visiting family, that's the plan.

Anyone want some couches? I think we are going to get rid of ours before the move...

Why?: Fashion

Found this at Gap Kids...

His size, his gender, and I just don't understand it's function... there isn't even a brim!

Here, lets burn your ears and your nose, and half your forehead.

Why, I ask, why?

Magoo on the Move

So Magoo started to really crawl a couple nights ago. Before he was just kind of army crawling and not very fast. He also can get from a laying down position onto his bum, hopefully I can catch a video of that sometime soon.

Carrots...

What, did I get some on my face?

solids, Solids, SOLIDS!

You're sure you wanna put this in my mouth?

Okay, but I want to help...

I LIKE IT!

And after a some good bites I let him play in it, cause what better way to learn?

Alright so I am one of those mom's who likes to follow "the rules" when it comes to my baby. Rules? you may ask... like no stuffed animals in cribs, no bumpers on cribs, try to do lots of tummy time you know those kind. Now I can't say I follow them all precisely but I like to. One I was very insistent on following was no solids till six months. I'm glad I did cause there poor boy seems to be having some bowel issues since starting the cereal and what not. Not like full on constipation (tmi? tough luck) but still, issues.

So anywho, we have been going on solids for about a week now, we started with a little rice cereal, which he loves. And things have been going relatively fine. Yesterday and Tuesday were frustrating to say the least, but today was much better. So far he has had baby rice and oat cereal, a little banana (he hated that so far) and carrots (first day of that was a bust, today was great). He has also started drinking water out of a cup.

I had heard lots of people mention that their baby's sleep way better once on solids, my mother tried to convince me to start him earlier on solids to get him to sleep longer. But honestly I haven't noticed that much of a difference in his sleeping habits. We still have good nights, and bad nights. And the napping in the day definitely hasn't changed. I also find him to be more clingy than ever, like doesn't even like to go to Jared. Kinda mostly frustrating, I love my boy, but sometimes my arms are seriously killing me, and I need a break.

I really have enjoyed the beginning of solids so far. I'm excited to introduce new foods and see his reaction, and see what his food preferences are. I am going to try to explore lots of veggies at first with a few fruits like banana's and pears. But I really want him to enjoy a variety of textures and flavours. I think the best way to do it is slowly, one thing at a time, even though really I want to like give him 3 different foods in one day. I will try to contain myself to maybe 3-4 different kinds every 2 weeks maybe. And have his cereal be a consistent meal, and then new and fun things every few days as add ons.

So far he seems to be enjoying solids, and the mess that comes with it.

6 Months

Mr. Magoo is 6 months old, can you believe it?

So currently Magoo is 17 pounds 1.7 ounces 50th percentile.

His head I think is 45cm (I could be wrong) but it definitely measures in the 95th percentile.

Length measured about 26 3/4 inches, which is about 75th percentile.

Things Magoo can do:

Sit up on his own, roll around, go in circles on his tummy, and kinda somewhat army crawl, he is very close to crawling he's just gotta figure out those arms. He loves peek-a-boo, and round and round the garden. He likes to go outside but touching the grass with anything other than his hands freaks him out.

He is an overall very happy baby, and we love him!

oh and we started him on solids this past Friday, pictures to come soon.