Swinging

Deb: My parents have a swing set up in a tree, and Caleb goes in that one. He loves it. We give him big swings and he laughs when he swings downwards. Plus Suzie was out with us and he thought she was funny too! Here are some pictures of our weekend!

Wonderful Weekend of Weather!

Man it's been so nice out. I don't know if I can remember everything that I did during the great weather. I know that on Thursday I went for a couple of walks, in the morning one with Christa and Cara and in the evening with Caleb to our baseball practise. Friday again I did two more walks. One to Shannon's and the post office and the other with Dave to his parents place. It's been wonderful.

Saturday we went to my parents place for the day. Dave and I got to sneak out for Super Burger for lunch. We took Caleb out for a short walk to the pond. Then took him back in and the 2 of us went back for a nice walk. Then we got our ball stuff out and I got to practise batting again with my brothers playing too.

Today we walked to church. It was so great! Dave played a little road hockey with the guys while I went to Shannon's and visited there for a short bit in the afternoon. I'm totally tired from all this fresh air, and because of the sun I got, I'm feeling kind of cold right now and I'm thinking a hot bath would feel so good. Maybe I should do that since our little guy is napping.

Not so sure how this week will go. Tomorrow is swimming. Tuesday I am taking Caleb to Adventure Club for the last night, Wednesday the guys have their small group and Thursday I have been asked to be apart of a discussion group to assess our Sunday Morning services. Then it's the weekend. We may be going away for the weekend, to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. But then we've been procrastinating about that, so we may not. Time will tell!

Get out there and enjoy!

4 month check-up

Went to Orangeville today to visit the Doctor. I was a bit nervous for the little guy because the last time we went he screamed the whole time, even before the needles came out! But he surprised me today. He was giving smiles to the nurse and the doctor. He now weighs an even 18lbs and is 27&1/4 inches long. He's in the 90th percentile on the growth chart, except his hieght was off the scale.

He didn't like his needles though. And the one that was more painful was terrible! Caleb cried a cry I have never heard before, so I picked him up to comfort him all the while I started to cry. Dave thought it was funny, I was embarassed when the nurse asked if I was alright! Ahhh, but he's fine now. After the appointment we went to Walmart quick for a few things and then met my parents at Montana's for lunch, it was nice.

Today we gave Caleb cereal for the first time. At first he didn't quite get it, but then by the end of his serving, he was looking for more. He's such a good little guy. He is currently sleeping in his swing, he didn't sleep much in his crib and when he woke up I thought he was done with the napping so I tried the swing and just realized now that he's out like a light!

Yesterday Dave came with us to swimming class. He wasn't looking forward to it at first, but once he was there and saw how much fun Caleb was having, he enjoyed it. It was neat to see that Caleb is becoming more interactive with me and the toys they play with, after 3 lessons. It's amazing.

Tonight we are having some company for dinner. Rob and Julie both work with Dave and their little guy Nathan are coming over. I made chili since it's easy to put in the slow cooker, and a cheesecake for dessert. They will be arriving shortly so I better get dressed!

A Great Day

Today we had Caleb dedicated at church. My whole family came to witness it, as well as Dave's family, and Jay made it extra special for coming too. It was a very special time. I was worried leading up to the event that Caleb would either cry through the whole thing or puke all over the pastor. But our little guy was essentially an angel! After we all went to the Crossroads for lunch. We had a great time.

Then my family came back to our place to celebrate Benji's birthday, he turned 27 today. Caleb is now doing so much better in a crowd. It was a great day. I've included some pictures of the day. As well, Caleb turned 4 months on Friday, so I have some pics of that too. I take way too many pictures!

After reading Jay's blog on Friday, I decided to "check out" facebook, and yikes! I'm stuck! It's totally cool, all the people on there, I've connected with friends and family on there. Very neat I must say!

Dave has the next 2 days off, so tomorrow he will be joining Caleb and I at the pool and then on Tuesday we're heading to O'ville for Caleb's 4mth appt. and then we may go out for lunch and leave the little guy with my parents. I'm really looking forward to having him with me these next few days.

Caleb Stomping

Here's Caleb again. He is just so funny in his jolly jumper. He really stamps his feet and it looks adorable. Please excuse the banana ending, as Dave thought he was being funny!!

99 Balloons

I wanted to share this video because it's so touching and heartbreaking and beautiful.

Easter

Today is Easter. And it was Caleb's first Easter. We got him Thumper from the Disney store, as well as a couple of books about Easter. And here are a few shots of him with his new Thumper. He really likes him!




Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Good Friday

We had a wonderful day today. The 3 of us went to my parents last night and spent the night. This morning we went to the Orangeville Baptist Church for the community service which I always love. I got to experience the nursery too! I saw a few that we knew, like Jay, Mr. Moore and Ian, and Amy's aunt Ruth. I loved the worship so much.

This afternoon my entire family was over. We had a good time, then we took a few "family photo's, which I will share. The one with the kids and my parents is absolutely hilarious, I totally love it! I should blow it up! hahahaha! Brooke is picking her nose, Caleb is crying and Krista is trying to fix my Dad's hair! It's so cute!

Swimming

Today's swimming was as I hoped, a lot of fun! Caleb really liked it (I think), he didn't complain, and he even had a few smiles to share. He definately was the youngest out of the bunch. All the others were splashing and more interactive than he was, but that's alright. The pool was warm too, I'm so glad that we did it. The only thing I don't like about it all is the silly change room, there is only one change table, which is crazy considering they offer so many baby swim programs! Plus you can't wear flip flops and so walking on the wet floors totally freak me out.

Tonight's bath was fun because Caleb was really full of smiles. Overall it was a great experience and I'm so glad we're doing it. I went to Christa and Cara's shower tonight, and she got so many clothes it was crazy! Christa does not have an excuse to go shopping for her daughter for a long time!
Here is a picture of Caleb in his swimmers, it's kind of blurry but you get to see the length of his shorts!

Weekends go Way Too Fast

I can't believe it's Sunday night already. Where does the time go? To the best of my recollection...Saturday my Parents along with Denise and Buddy came to our place and we conquered the Maple Syrup Festival. A festival where they expect 70,000 people. You are right, I was nuts to go! But we did. I wanted apple fritters, and for lunch I had back bacon on a bun. It was good. In the huge crowd I ran into Mary and Al Light, it was so good to see them, since I don't even know the last time I have seen them! The main street of Elmira was wall to wall people, we couldn't really stop to take things in, we had to continue with the flow of traffic. Caleb and Dave stayed home, because I couldn't imagine taking a stroller down there, although, I bet, there was atleast 1000 people who did bring kids in strollers!

Today we went to church. Then I really wanted chinese food, so we ordered take-out for lunch. After stuffing ourselves, we went into Waterloo, to pick up a few things. Tonight we watched The Pursuit of Happyness. It was good, I really liked it.

Tomorrow is the first day of swimming lessons for Caleb! I'm so excited, I just hope that he will enjoy it. The swimming trunks we bought him look like pants on him. I just can't stop giggling at him wearing them. So we'll see, maybe I will just do the diaper thing, I'll have to look and see what the other mothers dress their babies in. (Knowing my luck, all the other babies will be girls, and I won't have anything to compare too!)

Tomorrow night is the church shower for Christa and Cara. That will be fun, she will be spoiled. I got them the jolly jumper, I know Caleb just loves his, so I'm hoping Cara will like hers!

Did anyone get pranked on today?? It was April Fools, and I forgot about it!

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!