Sunday's Seven and 365 Days of Pictures

Lots to be thankful for this week!

1. Simon slept through the night 7:00pm to 7:00am - only once but at least now we know it's possible.

2. We found a daycare provider who lives three houses down that is willing to do part-time care and we feel super comfortable about leaving Simon with her.

3. We had a great meal and some socializing with Sonja, Kevin and Jen.

4. We tried a bunch of new recipes this week and we have more on the list for next week.

5. Simon got to go to the pool and splash around - we haven't had him in lessons since November and he loves every opportunity to "swim".

6. Our cleaning lady came after a month's hiatus!

7. Matt has started to prepare the bathroom for painting.

High Five

The high five - Simon's latest skill. Almost as cute as clapping and Simon loves the cheers that he gets after doing it. He still needs a little prompting but in a week it should be a regular part of his repertoire.

Let it be known

Let it be known that Simon slept from 7:00pm on January 10th to 7:00am on January 11th. It's a miracle that we hope will be repeated!

Another Tooth

It seemed like the first two teeth took forever and it's been almost 3 months since the last one came through. I posted about his two top ones the other day and today I noticed that his bottom right one is through as well. No wonder we have had such a cranky baby on our hands lately.

Wordless Wednesday

I know it's wordless Wednesday but this picture totally needs a caption!

When is it my party!

More teeth

Simon is finally getting more teeth. The top, middle, right one is through and the one of the left looks like it will be following shortly. We're hoping the pain phase is over soon since he has been waking up very unhappy - Advil is very much a close friend these days.

Sunday's Seven and 365 Days of Pictures

A new year and a whole new list of things to be grateful for - my one hope is that Matt and I can add an uninterrupted night of sleep to this list sometime soon!

This week, we are thankful for:

1. Great company for New Year's Eve. We spent the evening out for dinner at Fratelli's with John, Maureen, Debbie, Eric, Ann and Leo. We laughed a lot about Eric's freakishly fat hands, talked about favourite movies and enjoyed some good food and lightening fast service.

2. Matt is thankful for a hockey filled New Year's Day with a Pittsburgh win at the outdoor NHL game. He spent most of the afternoon cuddled with Brutus downstairs to keep him away from the kids.

3. I am particularly thankful that Matt shovels 99.9% of the time. I shoveled this week for the first time in 2 years and I am not cut out for manual labour! Considering the amount of snow that we have gotten this year, I have a lot to be thankful for.

4. Another turkey dinner for Epiphany - I personally can never eat too much turkey so this is a great tradition!

5. Scalloped potatoes - need I say more!

6. My digital camera - I have been snapping away pictures of Simon to have 365 days in pictures. I missed New Year's Day but I figure since it's a leap year I can still make my goal. Here's the pictures to date.



7. Matt - he really is too good to me. I napped Saturday away and went shopping and he kept Simon entertained, fed and changed. He is the best Dad and husband.

8. And I had to add an eighth thing for this week - Simon clapping. It is so sweet and the excitement on his face makes each day brighter!

Trying out My Hair Dressing Skills

Simon woke up from his nap today looking a little shaggy so Matt and I decided to try out our new comb that cuts that we bought at Canadian Tire. This thing sounded like the bomb - you just comb and it cuts for you. No trying to maneuver scissors around a squirming baby, quick and easy, that is if it worked. Instead of even locks, Simon came out looking a little patchwork on one side (since that's all he would tolerate) and he has a bald spot at the back or a dimple as I, the hair dresser would like to call it. We'll have to take some photos tomorrow and post them and then look around for a hair styler that has a way with stubborn and fidgety babies so that she can fix my mistakes.

Clapping

After weeks of me desperately trying to get Simon to clap he finally did it today - and without any prompting from me. He was just sitting in front of me on the floor and the next thing I know, he's clapping away. It's so cute to watch a baby clap. Their hands only touch at the palms and it's soundless but the smile that they have when clapping is priceless.

Wordless Wednesday