Colby is on the go every minute that he is awake! It's very fun to play with him, but also very tiring sometimes! Being pregnant doesn't help that either, I suppose! LOL! He amazes us with his vocabulary... he is beginning to imitate things that we say, so we'll need to begin to be more careful with our own speech. He is saying a lot these days... I love it! It's SO cute! He is curious about everything and continually asks, "dat?" "dis?" as he wonders what everything is. He has learned a few new words recently including "cookie" and "poopy". I asked him one day if he was poopy and he looked down at his diaper and said, "poopy" right after me!!
We are really looking forward to moving some toys down into the basement this weekend, as we get carpet down there this week! We will slowly continue to finish it up with trim, baseboards, etc., but it will be great to begin using it at this new stage of development! Gerry has been working really hard and has impressed me with his carpentry skills! He has built a beam around some pipes on the roof, as well as a box surrounding the electrical box. Very nice job! Who knew he was such a carpenter!?
After a couple of weeks in transition between child care, Colby is now settling into being with Auntie Leanne and Connor! Connor and Colby were at Becky's house together and play so well together, so I'm glad things are going well already for her too! We are still having our difficulties with sleeping. For a couple of weeks now, Colby has been waking up and it has been very difficult putting him back to sleep in the very early hours of the morning. It is often around 4 or 4:30 am that he wakes up crying. We were giving him milk to put him back to sleep, but this has turned into quite a bad habit. So now we are using the "cry it out" method to put himself back to sleep. Let me say, it has not been pleasant. I'd really like to get him back on his normal schedule of sleeping until 7:00ish. That would be great, as we're all losing sleep right now!!
School is going well... I can't believe there are only 10 weeks left until summer vacation! Then it's 14 months off for me!! :) This pregnancy is perfect timing with the school year! I'm feeling pretty well, but just having a hard time keeping up with school work, housework, being a mom, wife, etc.! It's all about finding a balance, I'm learning! I sure don't know how other teachers teach full-time and have more than one child! One is hard enough for me right now!! But it's all worth it!
Take care,
Lesley
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Happy Easter!
What a great weekend it was! We spent Friday and Saturday together doing some family things and doing a bit of shopping. We finally found a new spring coat for Colby... so difficult this time of year, as everything out right now is summer stuff!! Anyway, his other one was not going to make it through the spring/summer seasons, so this one will be much better. On Friday morning, Colby and I went to the Tri Leisure Centre and met Tracy and Blake for a playdate in the playgym. Emerson went for a walk with her grandma, but we were happy to see her for a short time too (even though she slept the whole time!!) It seems like we don't see the Edmonton Cameron's nearly often enough and I can't believe how quickly the kids are growing! Gerry stayed home and worked in the basement for a while until we came home. We get carpet next week, so there are a few projects he'd like to finish up before they come for the installation! Yippee!
Easter Sunday was a long (and tiring) day! It started bright and early (as always with Colby). It was fabulous to see the look on his face when he saw what the Easter Bunny had brought for him! He knew Colby loves the 'cars' at the playgym, so he got one of his very own!! It's a fire truck! Even better than a car! He enjoyed going through his Easter basket to see the other goodies he got. The best part of the morning was our Easter Egg Hunt! I wasn't sure how he would do with this, but he surprised us! He picked up his basket and went all over the living room picking up the eggs and putting them in his basket. SO cute!! I love holidays with little kids... priceless!! It was off to church and then to Auntie Colleen's house for dinner. Yum!! It was great to see some of their family from the Beller side, too! We stayed for the afternoon and early evening and had a great time. Colby would not take a nap, so he played outside for quite a long time while we waited for Landon to wake up for another Easter Egg Hunt. Again, so much fun! The boys got some new toys from the Easter Bunny at some more houses! Lucky little guys! The new golf clubs are a huge hit! It was such a beautiful day... we enjoyed sitting out on the patio furniture soaking up some sun! :)
It has been great spending 4 days with Colby this Easter break. However, I haven't done anything for school work this weekend... oh well! Will get to it tonight, I guess! :) He is growing and changing so quickly that I can't wait for the weekends to spend more time with him. I am really looking forward to the summer (and then all of next year too!) when we'll be home together! He is beginning to talk a lot more now (in his own language of course), but is also able to say about 10 words now. He comprehends everything we say, which is also really fun to see! He's one smart cookie! :)
Anyway, we hope everyone enjoyed a great Easter holiday with family and friends. Take care and enjoy the beautiful spring weather!!
Lesley
Easter Sunday was a long (and tiring) day! It started bright and early (as always with Colby). It was fabulous to see the look on his face when he saw what the Easter Bunny had brought for him! He knew Colby loves the 'cars' at the playgym, so he got one of his very own!! It's a fire truck! Even better than a car! He enjoyed going through his Easter basket to see the other goodies he got. The best part of the morning was our Easter Egg Hunt! I wasn't sure how he would do with this, but he surprised us! He picked up his basket and went all over the living room picking up the eggs and putting them in his basket. SO cute!! I love holidays with little kids... priceless!! It was off to church and then to Auntie Colleen's house for dinner. Yum!! It was great to see some of their family from the Beller side, too! We stayed for the afternoon and early evening and had a great time. Colby would not take a nap, so he played outside for quite a long time while we waited for Landon to wake up for another Easter Egg Hunt. Again, so much fun! The boys got some new toys from the Easter Bunny at some more houses! Lucky little guys! The new golf clubs are a huge hit! It was such a beautiful day... we enjoyed sitting out on the patio furniture soaking up some sun! :)
It has been great spending 4 days with Colby this Easter break. However, I haven't done anything for school work this weekend... oh well! Will get to it tonight, I guess! :) He is growing and changing so quickly that I can't wait for the weekends to spend more time with him. I am really looking forward to the summer (and then all of next year too!) when we'll be home together! He is beginning to talk a lot more now (in his own language of course), but is also able to say about 10 words now. He comprehends everything we say, which is also really fun to see! He's one smart cookie! :)
Anyway, we hope everyone enjoyed a great Easter holiday with family and friends. Take care and enjoy the beautiful spring weather!!
Lesley
Monday, April 6, 2009
Back from California!
We had a very busy end of March leading up to a fabulous Spring Break! I had report cards due and Parent-Teacher Interviews, so sadly, it seemed like I wasn't home very much! I was really looking forward to leaving everything at school and not thinking about anything but family time on Spring Break!
We left for Sunny San Diego, California on Saturday, March 28th (at a very early 3:00 am). Colby surprised us and did very well flying on all four flights! He was great the first day we arrived at the hotel and did some walking and swimming... until about 8:30 that night. He began vomiting after dinner while he was asleep. What a mess! He has never really vomited a lot before, so it was quite scary for him! He was fine the rest of the night, but in the morning, we could tell he wasn't quite himself. He came around and seemed to enjoy Sea World, but was not at all interested in eating all day. Thankfully, he drank a lot to stay hydrated. No more vomiting on Sunday, but on Monday morning, he couldn't keep down water or dry toast. So off to the Rady Children's Hospital we went. Turns out he has an ear infection and a touch of a stomach virus. He began feeling much better after an anti-vomit tablet and his antibiotics. Thank goodness for health insurance!!
We absolutely loved Sea World! The Shamu show took the cake! The look on Colby's face during the Shamu show was priceless... worth every penny! The rest of the trip was great too. We enjoyed a day driving around San Diego, seeing the major sites like La Jolla (the "Beverly Hills of San Diego") and Coronado (a beautiful island connected to the mainland with the largest bridge I've ever seen!) We also took in the zoo and got quite a workout walking around there!! Whew! It was very neat to see animals we've never seen before.... like our favorites, the polar bears and panda bears! :) We did a lot of walking around our hotel, which was located right on Mission Bay. The weather was great... no snow and lots of palm trees! What else could you ask for!
We flew from San Diego to Denver on Wednesday afternoon. However, we left a few minutes late and then had to circle Denver for 45 minutes! So... we missed our connecting flight home to Edmonton. They were great at United... already had a hotel and shuttle booked for us and had us on the next flight home in the morning... in First Class no less!! It was wonderful! Gerry says, "I can't go back now... I can only fly First Class now!" LOL! It was nice to finally be home after many hours of airports, flying, etc. All in all, a wonderful holiday and although it went by way too quickly (as they all do!), it was so great to spend quality time with just the three of us!
We saw a t-shirt at the zoo that said "I am a monkey"... we definitely thought it was meant for him! He is climbing on anything and everything in sight these days! He can now climb from the kitchen chair onto the table and from the couch onto the arm of the couch! Scary... needless to say, he's not allowed to do that anymore! He thinks it's hilarious though, and giggles like crazy when he's up there!! It's amazing to me how much Colby comprehends. While he isn't saying a whole lot of words (that we can understand), he understands complete sentences from us, which is so neat! I love hearing him speak in his language... I think he picked up his love of talking from him Mommy!! With his big blue eyes, big grin, and his growing hair (including the many, many curls), he is the cutest kid around! (Well, I am a little biased!!) :)
I'm feeling pretty well... just about 15 weeks now. I'm at the awkward stage of regular clothes not fitting and maternity clothes being too large. Hopefully one day soon I'll actually 'look' pregnant and not just fat!!
Well it's back to work now after Spring Break and three more months to go until I'm off for quite a while! I am excited to spend the summer with Colby playing outside, which he loves to do and going for lots of walks! He gets mad when it's time to come inside! Thank goodness for his Diego rubber boots, which he loves! I'm not going back to work in the fall and will begin my maternity leave at the end of August (when all other teachers go back). So I'll get a nice 14 months off this time (with the way summers and my due date falls)! :)
Anyway, this has been quite the novel, so hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather... we certainly are! We're getting anxious for camping season to begin now!!
Take care,
Lesley
We left for Sunny San Diego, California on Saturday, March 28th (at a very early 3:00 am). Colby surprised us and did very well flying on all four flights! He was great the first day we arrived at the hotel and did some walking and swimming... until about 8:30 that night. He began vomiting after dinner while he was asleep. What a mess! He has never really vomited a lot before, so it was quite scary for him! He was fine the rest of the night, but in the morning, we could tell he wasn't quite himself. He came around and seemed to enjoy Sea World, but was not at all interested in eating all day. Thankfully, he drank a lot to stay hydrated. No more vomiting on Sunday, but on Monday morning, he couldn't keep down water or dry toast. So off to the Rady Children's Hospital we went. Turns out he has an ear infection and a touch of a stomach virus. He began feeling much better after an anti-vomit tablet and his antibiotics. Thank goodness for health insurance!!
We absolutely loved Sea World! The Shamu show took the cake! The look on Colby's face during the Shamu show was priceless... worth every penny! The rest of the trip was great too. We enjoyed a day driving around San Diego, seeing the major sites like La Jolla (the "Beverly Hills of San Diego") and Coronado (a beautiful island connected to the mainland with the largest bridge I've ever seen!) We also took in the zoo and got quite a workout walking around there!! Whew! It was very neat to see animals we've never seen before.... like our favorites, the polar bears and panda bears! :) We did a lot of walking around our hotel, which was located right on Mission Bay. The weather was great... no snow and lots of palm trees! What else could you ask for!
We flew from San Diego to Denver on Wednesday afternoon. However, we left a few minutes late and then had to circle Denver for 45 minutes! So... we missed our connecting flight home to Edmonton. They were great at United... already had a hotel and shuttle booked for us and had us on the next flight home in the morning... in First Class no less!! It was wonderful! Gerry says, "I can't go back now... I can only fly First Class now!" LOL! It was nice to finally be home after many hours of airports, flying, etc. All in all, a wonderful holiday and although it went by way too quickly (as they all do!), it was so great to spend quality time with just the three of us!
We saw a t-shirt at the zoo that said "I am a monkey"... we definitely thought it was meant for him! He is climbing on anything and everything in sight these days! He can now climb from the kitchen chair onto the table and from the couch onto the arm of the couch! Scary... needless to say, he's not allowed to do that anymore! He thinks it's hilarious though, and giggles like crazy when he's up there!! It's amazing to me how much Colby comprehends. While he isn't saying a whole lot of words (that we can understand), he understands complete sentences from us, which is so neat! I love hearing him speak in his language... I think he picked up his love of talking from him Mommy!! With his big blue eyes, big grin, and his growing hair (including the many, many curls), he is the cutest kid around! (Well, I am a little biased!!) :)
I'm feeling pretty well... just about 15 weeks now. I'm at the awkward stage of regular clothes not fitting and maternity clothes being too large. Hopefully one day soon I'll actually 'look' pregnant and not just fat!!
Well it's back to work now after Spring Break and three more months to go until I'm off for quite a while! I am excited to spend the summer with Colby playing outside, which he loves to do and going for lots of walks! He gets mad when it's time to come inside! Thank goodness for his Diego rubber boots, which he loves! I'm not going back to work in the fall and will begin my maternity leave at the end of August (when all other teachers go back). So I'll get a nice 14 months off this time (with the way summers and my due date falls)! :)
Anyway, this has been quite the novel, so hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather... we certainly are! We're getting anxious for camping season to begin now!!
Take care,
Lesley
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