11 Months

 I can't believe there is only one more month till Mr. Magoo is ONE! And seriously each month seems to pass by so quickly.

We went to the park this afternoon and it was pretty chilly, I should have bundled him up better.

He is getting so good at walking, and chooses to do it more often with out us being right there. Tonight I swear he was trying to figure out how to stand up with out grabbing onto something for support. He was pretty frustrated, but it was kinda cute.

Also in the past week or so he has started dancing to music! I love it, he just grooves out. It's mostly just a bounce on his bum, knees or while standing. He has also found out how to use voice command on my phone and will often yell or babble at it, very amusing. I would say that he definitely has a favourite song, it's "You & Me" by Diamond Rings. The beginning of it is also my ring tone.

Height: 30 inches

Weight: 19.4 pounds

Head: 48 centimetres

He is still nursing (but not for long), he also loves banana's, rice crackers, meat (salmon, beef, chicken, turkey, ham), potatoes, bread, yogurt, grapes, freezes (good for crazy teething days), corn, cheerios, he really fights me on veggies lately (so frustrating) but I still sneak'em in. His all time favourite food right now... ice-cream. Bad I know, but I try not to give it to him too often. He is also very good at taking medicine, I would say he even likes it. And he got his first ever ear infection this past week. He also loves to help me with Everything, he's like my little shadow, and if I'm not including him he lets me know.  He loves playing peek-a-boo, and has recently started throwing things over his head to hide, like, shirts and blankets.  Or he will go in a room and shut a door to hide, he'll actually wait with it closed for quite a while.

I totally love my little man, and sometimes it is hard cause it's just me and him for the majority of our time.  Now that he's almost one and I can see the beginning of being able to give him cows milk, the next big milestone for me I think will be good communication, less whining. 

Signs he knows: milk, brush teeth, food, blow kisses, book, wave goodbye. And recently he loves to point places he wants to go, which I have found to be great. 

Also while we were out today Magoo saw a hot air ballon for the first time ever. It was so cute, he just wanted me to follow it and had his hand up reaching for it trying to grab it. He was so intrigued and making so much noise, whooting and grunting in excitement.

Also a little shout out to Karmyn tonight. My brother texted me tonight "It's baby It's baby time!!!" Her due date is November 1, but it looks like their little baby (girl most likely) is going to come sooner than that! Good luck, I so wish I was there right now to watch your other kiddies for you and come help you when you bring that new babe home. I seriously love all ya'll so much!

Thoughts on Thursday

- Mr. Magoo has been sick the past week. I thought it was just teething but it turns out it was also an ear infection

- I have 2 more weeks until I get to visit my family in Ardrossan, I am pretty excited.

- While at my parents house we are having an early birthday party for Magoo, it is going to be so fun!

- Tomorrow is the 11 month mark. So watch for a post with fun random facts about the little man.

- My teeth hurt lately, but I really don't want to go see a dentist. I'm kinda hoping it will just go away.

- I have a really hard time picturing Riley in Madagascar even though he is there, now, serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

- I need to go make my hubby a lunch...

The End.

He is sooooo cuddly when he's not feeling well.

I bet you can't keep a straight face...

Okay so I have had a really miserable little boy for the last couple days. This morning I found out that he has an ear infection on top of the fact that little bones are currently cutting their way through his gums... fun. But luckily even though he hasn't been feeling top notch he is so resilient and for a short bit yesterday he was so giggly and I caught a bit if it on camera. 

So if you are wondering what I am doing to make him laugh. There was a package from some crackers and I was blowing it across the kitchen, it was good fun, it seriously had him laughing for a good 15 minutes and this video is in the last 5 minutes or so.

Now we're talking: Walking!

So just about a week after Mr. Magoo turned 10 months he took his first steps! And I still think it's funny how excited I feel about it, and every time he takes a step we still cheer and think it's the coolest thing.

I had been trying to get a good video of it since he started but at first, as soon as the camera came out then his mind was set on getting the camera, and since crawling is still faster for him, I never got a good video. And now that he is getting better and better I am just never satisfied. He can make it right across our tv area of our living room, which I think is pretty good. My parents and a couple siblings were visiting this weekend so we had all camera's going, so even though we missed the really long walk I compiled a few shorter ones together. 

Enjoy!

GrateFall...

Alright so I have had a request for a new post, and so I will use that as an excuse to share my latest pictures. 

Fall has arrived here in Regina and I am loving it. Seriously I love all the colours (who doesn't) and I love leaves falling and trees becoming bare. And as the weather has cooled down we have taken lots of time to go outside and enjoy it.

Mr.Magoo has really taken to the leaves, and I have to really watch that non end up in his little chompers. Also I find a lot of Ladybugs rights outside out apartment, he really likes those too and doesn't mind me putting them on him and letting them crawl around, although I do have to make sure he doesn't pinch them to death... maybe he just wants it to hold still long enough for him to get it in his mouth... haha. 

Also we love having the missionaries over and try to have them at least twice a month and they already have Mr. Magoo looking like an Elder.

So this weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving, and I am so excited. Not just because it's a good time to reflect on our blessings but because we have our first visitors coming to visit us! Whoot, I am beyond excited for my Mom, Dad, and youngest 2 siblings to come visit.

I am so grateful for my family and the great support they are to us. I am especially grateful to my grandparents who have paved the way and shown all us young birds how its done. 

Also a little shout out to my Nan who I know is reading this. She is always so thoughtful and is a Woman who I look up to so much. That Grampi of mine is pretty cool too ( I mean when your married to a gal like Nanni I think it's impossible to not be cool.) xoxo's, one for each of your cheeks.

And lot of "o's " for the rest of you this weekend (cause "x's" to strangers is just weird).

Play day

So I am trying this app for my phone to post this entry so if it's different well you know why.

This past Monday we had a play date for an entire day, which made it a really fun day. I had a friend call me up and ask if I wouldn't mind watching her little guy as her usual daycare cancelled last minute. Of course I said yes. How could I pass up having someone for Magoo to play with all day!

We had fun watching some shows and going to the park. We read books and ate food and played in the grass. When we went to the park I put Magoo in the backpack carrier and B in the stroller. They both fell asleep on the walk home an slept for 2 1/2 hours! I liked it.

Call me anytime Tara you need a sub or an extra break, we had a great time!

Be Patient, For this is only Temporary.

On Saturday night I shared the thoughts of my current circumstances with some girls I didn't really know and I ended up being thanked by one of them as she feels that she was inspired by my attitude. So I thought I would share them with you.

Well you see we recently moved to Regina in hopes of finding a great school for Jared to finish up in. And so far we feel like we did. The University here is really great and Jared is doing well. But upon moving that meant that Jared would be moving away from a great job that he had for a couple years, they worked around Jared's schedule for school and understood when I needed him to take a weekend off. With the help of his last employer we have tried to get him a job at a car dealership here in R-town , no one was able to work with his school schedule. So off he went in search of a job, one that was hopefully within walking distance to our house.

It didn't take long for him to get an interview and then a job. It's at Sobey's in the produce department. It pays $11 an hour...
It's a job, and I am so grateful he was able to find one quickly, one that works with his schedule and gives him lots of hours.

For me. I am at home with little Mr.Magoo, and the work isn't hard physically, and most days I down right love it. But there are days when it is mentally taxing. Jared is at the school a lot and often works when he is not at school. In fact he works till 11 o'clock tonight, meaning I will probably not see him really at all today. Oh he was home for a couple hours. But we were busy doing "stuff" our own things that needed to get done. Perhaps I can look forward to the weekends you say? Well I trick myself to believe that all week and then once Friday comes I remember that my man will be working 8-6 for the next 2 days, and now with my new calling in my church as Relief Society Secretary it is hard not having my Hubby there to take my 20 lb drool king from me so I can full fill my calling with a little more ease.

For Jared. Not that he would ever complain about our situation, he really rarely complains. So this is from my point of view still. But the poor guy is never home, and when he is home Magoo is often asleep, and once in awhile I am already asleep. Plus he gets paid crap (as I see it) when with his skills and ability should be able to pull in a little more moola to ease the financial wonders of Student Loans, oh and diapers (okay so we don't actually pay for diapers at the moment thanks to a very generous gift, but you get the point).

Even though things sound like they are pretty rough financially for us right now I will tell you that we are able to pay rent, by food, and I look around my home and see many things that we have that others do not. New things even. And I am grateful. I also contribute it to the fact that we are being blessed by a loving Heavenly Father for keeping his commandments.

One day when I was feeling particularly down about how my life looked at the moment I realized that this is a temporary situation. This was not going to be my life long term and I needed to be grateful for the little things around me, the fact that we live a small apartment makes it easy to clean. When I have a bigger house to clean one day I might miss this little apartment. One day when Jared is home for dinner every night (hopefully) I might miss the days when I could get away with making popcorn for dinner, or a simple salmon and veggies. And one day when I have to many "things" to care for and worry about I might miss the simple things and a simpler way of living. There are many days when I wish I could hop a plane to go visit my family, to go to a wedding or an event of a close friend, however I am unable to, but I am so grateful for things like Skype and FaceTime, so so very grateful.

I came to this conclusion well before Saturday night, but as I sat listening to the General Relief Society Broadcast, Elder Uchtdorf could not reiterated my thoughts in a better way.

Forget not to be happy now:

Using an example from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, President Uchtdorf described how one of the characters, Willy Wonka, hid golden tickets within chocolate bars, promising to reveal wonders to five people who discovered the tickets.

“In their anxiousness, people began to forget the simple joy they used to find in a candy bar. The candy bar itself becomes an utter disappointment if it does not contain a golden ticket,” President Uchtdorf said. Whatever a “golden ticket” may represent to each person, President Uchtdorf warned Relief Society sisters to not put their happiness on hold as they wait for a future event, or golden ticket, to appear.

“The lesson here,” he said,” is that if we spend our days waiting for fabulous roses, we could miss the beauty and wonder of the tiny forget-me-nots that are all around us.”