I made it!

Dave got home Wednesday afternoon and I was so happy to have him back! Although I did keep myself busy those days, it was comforting to have Dave home again. Tuesday was amazing weather wise! It was summer out there. I even put Caleb into shorts!

This week has been good overall. I got a package from Lesya the other day, and it was so wonderful to hear from her. She may be relocating to Ontario for next year University, which would be nice to have her close again. (Well Ottawa isn't so close, but still!)

When my parents were here on Wednesday we went shopping. I found some adorable outfits for Caleb, one for Easter and one for his dedication. I need to invent designer bibs, because these outfits are so cute and dressy, but no one will see it beyond his gross looking bib! Oh well.

Tomorrow is the Maple Syrup Festival, I'm looking forward to getting apple fritters! I'm hoping the weather won't be so bad, my parents are coming along with Denise and Buddy, it should be lots of fun.

My eyes are getting heavy, I think it's time to crawl into bed!

On My Own

Dave is going to be in Toronto for the next 3 days. He left this evening after dinner, and I was of course, sad. It's hard not having him here. I get lonely, and now with Caleb here, my days will seem extra long I think. To resolve this feeling, I'm going to my parents for the whole day tomorrow. Then on Tuesday I'm getting together with friends in the morning, then I'm going to the in-laws for dinner, then to Adventure Club for their pajama party. Wednesday my parents are then coming here for the day. We are going to go shopping. I want to get myself a new outfit for Easter, and I also want to get Caleb a special outfit for Easter and for his Dedication. We are having him dedicated on April 15th.

I'm very dependent on my Dave, and I really find it difficult to see him go. But I know that Wednesday will come and he'll be home with us again.

This past weekend was good. Yesterday we were out for most of the morning and afternoon, one thing we did was register Caleb for "Starfish" lessons at the Waterloo Rec Centre. I can't wait for that, him and I will get to spend half an hour in a pool, I sure hope he will like it, I know I will! We will be going every Monday at 11:30am for 11 lessons. That starts next Monday. After that I had to find him some bathers, and we found a couple of cute ones in Zellers, and of course the swimmer diapers!

In the evening we had Steve, Christa and Cara come over. We watched Mission Impossible 3. It was alright. Then today I didn't go to church because Caleb totally slept in! He first woke up at 8am for a feed, and then went back to bed and slept until 11am! This afternoon all 3 of us went out for a nice long walk around Elmira. We even wandered through a couple of model homes, oh to dream!! Now I'm just waiting for Dave to call to let me know he made a safe arrival. I know it's only Toronto, and if I needed him that bad, he would be here, or I could go there, but still....

Tonight is a bath night, Caleb loves his baths!

Discusting and Disasterous

That's right, Caleb had his first disasterous diaper today. Gross! I knew he was poopy, but I had the bottle in the warmer, so I thought I would just wait until after he was fed. I should have known something was up when I was pulling his pants off and he had big smiles. Well he leaked out the side, on his pants and onesie of course. So I removed the socks and shoes and then tried to figure out how I was going to get the onesie off successfully without making a bigger mess. While I stood there thinking, Caleb decided to spew milk all down the front of him, down his neck to the back of his head. At this point I was just thinking BATH! But I knew that would make him tired and I want to go outside with him this afternoon. So I tried to remove the onesie and shirt in one quick motion, I got it off, then I wiped the back of his neck to clean off the milk. Then I removed the diaper, and man, it was all up is leg and foot! YUCK! Then again he spews more milk. So once his bottom end was clean I sat him on his bum and started to wipe his neck again! THEN I discovered I managed to get poo on his head by my "one quick motion" removal! The poor kid. All the while he was smiling at me, he was probably thinking "This is GREAT!!"

So now all that being said, I'm going to get him ready and go out for the second time around the block in his baby carrier. This morning he fell right asleep, so he didn't get to see the little ducks in the stream at the back. I hope this time he'll stay awake for a bit!

Breaking the Addiction

Spring has sprung! With the pooring rain, and dull light, today has been a very sluggish day in our household. The few crashes of thunder I heard early this morning was delightful!

I was reading Deb's blog, and I feel for her. But to be honest, I don't know what it is like for her. I have been blessed with a child who loves his sleep. Currently he sleeps more than he's awake in a day. He goes through the night, but not solidly. He breaks out of his swaddle every night now, and that wakes him up, so I have to go in and give him his blanket (he's attached to a very soft, cuddly blanket) and soother, and he's out, so I'm only up for the same length of time it would have taken me to go to the bathroom.

After becoming a mother, I have become a night person (Dave would laugh at this because I go to bed at 10:30-11pm and he still thinks that is early) We put Caleb to bed anytime after 9:30pm and he then wakes up anywhere from 6:30am-7am for a bottle and then he is back to sleep until 9:30-10am, this means I too go back to bed sleeping that late! Amy called this morning at 9:30am and I let the answering machine get it, because I was still in bed, and when I told her that, she laughingly called me a lazy mother! I love my mornings of sleeping in, I don't know what I'm going to do when the sun rises earlier!

I congratulate both Deb and Jay on their weight loss success, I too am working on getting back to where I was before, I have 9lbs to go. My goal is to have it gone before baseball season starts! It's not easy, I started at the beginning of March, and I gone without chocolate for 25 days now! This has been so very difficult! But I'm hanging in there, I promised myself to get to Easter, and I'm doing it!

3 Months Old, Time Sure Flies!

Here a few pictures taken of Caleb. He's my cutey! If I have a frustrating day with him, Dave comes home and when I finish telling him about my day, he just smiles at me and says "....ya, but he's just so darn cute though!"

My baby can perform

Well I was having a very trying day today. I'm blaming it on this foggy, dismil day outside. Caleb had me on edge all day. He was just cranky, and nothing I could do could make him happy today. And of all days, today was the day that Dave wanted me to take him into his work place to show him off. The whole way there I was worried, the last thing I wanted to happen was him to carry on crying in Dave's office. But to my pleasant surprise, he was his adorable self. He was giving smiles to all of Dave's co-workers, and talking to them. I was shocked!

One thing that made me feel good too was all of Dave's co-workers thinks Caleb looks like me! In the past everyone kept telling me that he was all Dave, "a total Snyder" but today all I heard was how cute he was and that he looked like me! Ahhhh.

Tonight Lost is on, ohhh I love that show so so much! Confession time, tonight I will also watch America's Next Top Model!! hahahaha, yes, I got hooked. It's totally a comedy for me!

Time Change

Well tonight the time "springs" ahead one hour. The only downside to this is I lose an hour of sleep! I put Caleb to bed at 9pm tonight to help him adjust, hopefully this will work! So far he hasn't complained!

Today we went to my parents for the day. And yes I think it's official that Caleb makes strange. My whole family was there today, and I think the crowd freaked him out. Especially when people got into his face. Other than that we had a fun day. Dave and I went to the Hockley store to look around. There wasn't anything special there really. They have made it into a little cafe too, so maybe in the summer we can ride our bikes there and have a treat!

Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day. We have church and then we are invited out to someone's for lunch. Should be a nice afternoon.

Whoa I'm feeling so so tired, I think I'm going to crawl into bed now too. Goodnight.

Feeling Pretty Tired

The sun is out shining bright, and I'm here, feeling really tired for some reason. Caleb is sleeping less and less as the days go by, I feel like the more awake he is, the more tired I feel! Oh well, maybe it will soon pass as the days get longer and spring is soon around the corner I hope. I had a busy Monday, in the terrible weather! I went out to IGA to get a few groceries because I was preparing a roast for Steve and Christa, it was my first roast I have ever done! After that I then went back out to McDonald's to meet the girls from work. Caleb cried the whole time. I know he's only 12 wks old (today) but I have a very funny feeling that he is making strange already. Then home again, I waited for Dave to come home and then once he was home we all went over to Steve and Christa's for dinner. The roast was a success which was good. After visiting them there for awhile we then went to Shannon's and visited with her for a bit. We got home around 8:30pm. I was tired! It was a bath night too! I guess it doesn't seem like much, but when I have Caleb to worry about, every chore and outing is tripled it seems!

I'm sad that Caleb seems to make strange, I really hope that it's not a stage that lasts long. But as soon as someone takes him from me, he gets a very huge pout (which is cute and makes me laugh) then turns it into a huge cry. Then I take him back and settle him, and I would then try it again, pass him to someone else, and boom the same thing happens. That in itself is exhausting, I mean I looked forward to people taking him from me, it means BREAK for me! But now I just worry and wait for the big tears.

He's watching his baby einstein dvd right now. He really likes it. I noticed on tv there is a new one comeing out about baby signs. I'm very curious about this one, because I was thinking of learning baby signs to teach Caleb, I've heard good things and bad things about this. I'll read more up on it and then see, in the meantime I may get the dvd and see if he likes it as much as the other 2 we have.

It's been awhile since I have posted anything, I'm sure there is lots more I could write about, like how Caleb got his first international package from Sally's family. They sent him an Emu and Platypus and Sally's sister knitted him a nice blue sweater. He's a spoiled little guy!

Maybe when Caleb goes for a nap, I might join him!

Smart Caleb

He's playing with the round thingy's on the exersaucer!

Oh Dear

I'm afraid that Caleb only likes to be at home. Last night Dave and I took him over to Steve and Christa's after his 6pm feed, and once we got there he cried and cried and cried. He didn't stop! I don't know what his problem was, he was fed, changed, burped, so I'm afraid that because we were in a strange place made him upset? I don't know, I really truly hope this isn't the issue.

Cara is cute. It was nice to hold a brand new baby again. Man what a difference to what Caleb was!

So they say we're in for another storm today. Hopefully it isn't as bad as they predict.

Yesterday I worked on Caleb's scrapbook. I finished two more pages. But there is still lots to do. I have 2 rolls of film to get developed and Dave told me last night there are 200 pictures on the digital that have to be developed as well! That is insane! hahaha, I'll be scrapbooking for a lifetime I think!