So long 2011

Pin It Now! I am a bad blogger.  Since returning to work full time it has just fallen off my radar.  I'm a bit sad about it becuase it is a great way to chronicle the everyday - but one of the challenges of being back to work is that I feel like I barely have time to catch my breath let alone pause for a few minutes and reflect.

In all honesty - being back at work and being a parent full time is not as bad as I was expecting.  I love seeing my friends again every day.  I love using my head and thinking, problem solving beyond domestic duties.  But it does come at a cost - I miss my little man.  We see eachother during the week for such a short period of time.  It's such sweet time, but it is short.  By the time we're back at home after work/daycare it's 5:30 and he's wiped from a long day so he's in bed most nights by 6:30.

We have been taking advantage of weekends together and had a lovely December full of fun.  Not that it will be chronicled in my December Daily layout because I have no idea when we did what - (going to save that for next year I guess!) but we had a fun month filled with horse rides with Santa, visits with friends, trips to the city and pancake breakfasts at a new spot close to home.

To say Jonah is thriving at daycare would be an understatement.  He is LOVING it - and absorbing like a little sponge.  He's learned lots of new tricks since he started including clapping his hands and going up and down stairs like a pro.

This past week we were all off together on vacation and savoured our time together.  We have one day left and then go back on Tuesday.  We have already packed away all of our Christmas stuff until next year - the biggest hit this year was our Elf on the Shelf (Clive Bigsby) - I kind of thought Jonah was too young to enjoy it and it would be more for Kirk and I but he LOVED him - would find him most mornings on his own and squeal with delight.

This year was a big one for our family.  As much as we became a family in 2010 I feel like we really earned the title in 2011.  We had to learn to work together, to lean on one another, to say sorry when we fell down, to pick ourselves back up, to be compassionate and kind, generous and selfless.  It was a wonderful year full of firsts.

I do miss scrapbooking regularly.  When I was off and on the Scrapping Turtle design team it was the perfect way to scrap a bit each week.  That has definitely fallen to the wayside a bit but I want to get back at it - and also start sharing more regularly on here with what projects I do have on the go.

 Here's one layout I did back in the fall when I went away for the weekend to scrap.

Look at this little guy - almost walking!  Still has "spaghetti legs" if we let go though - its cute!

December Daily 2011

Pin It Now! So I love the idea of an entire book devoted to documenting all of the holiday magic of December - check out Ali Edward's December Daily if you haven't already - but realistically with going back to work tomorrow (eek!) I just knew I wouldn't be able to commit to an entire album.

This month at The Scrapping Turtle we are working with Christmas papers - I got Bazzil Basics Holiday Style, I love the mix of bright colours with traditional Christmas colours - I also don't have a ton of Christmas photos and can't seem to find our Santa pic from last year - so I decided to do a December Daily two page layout instead - the hope is I'll have something to jot down each day - I left the weekend dates big circles because I'm sure that's where the bulk of the activity will take place.

I am already feeling so Christmasy! We have all of our decorations up inside and out and I have Christmas music streaming all the time.

Jingle Jangle!

One

Pin It Now! This is the eve of Jonah's birthday, tomorrow we've got a full day planned of fun things to do.  Last year at this time I was big as a house, knowing I'd be headed to the hospital early the next morning to be induced.

One year ago tomorrow we welcomed Jonah into our lives.

It's hard to know where to even start - to begin documenting this year in our lives.  How much Jonah has changed.  How much we've all changed.

Jonah is a bright and happy 1 year old.  He is all of the sudden super BUSY, all the time.  There were a few months between colic and now where he was content to just sit on the floor and entertain himself but it's like in the last few weeks he's discovered there's more to life - and wants to know what I've been hiding from him.  So he loves to be carried around. To point at things, to try to touch everything.  I think part of it is also that he's been going to daycare in prep for me going back to work so he's probably realizing that I'm not a permanent fixture, that breaks my heart a bit - I can't lie.  I know it's good in the long run but he still is just a baby after all.

And so at ONE year Jonah....

Has gotten to be a pickier eater but mostly in the sense that he wants to self feed, and to also feed me.  I would say he's gotten pickier but whenever I take him places people comment what a good eater he is so I think for him he's gotten a bit pickier but still overall good.  Yesterday I was birdie feeding him at the mall (chewing up some food for him - ;)) - and the man beside me commented on what a great eater he was.  I sort of wanted to apologize for what he may have seen but I was trying to be discreet so just let it slide and acted like it was totally normal to chew up food and spit it out and feed it to your child at the mall.

LOVES to search for our elf on the shelf every morning.  When he finds him (Clive Bigsby) he will shriek and try to grab him and wave frantically at him.  He tends to find him a LOT sooner than I would expect.

Has 10 teeth and more poking through, including 2 molars.  Poor lamb - I think that's contributed to some of the fussiness of late.  That and his sleep schedule seems to be shifting....I think he's outgrowing two long naps but one just doesn't seem to be enough - still finding our groove there.

Still doesn't seem too interested in walking - will use the walker for a bit but is such a speedy crawler I think he just prefers that for now.

Weighs 23lbs, about the same as he did at 10 months.  I think it's just because he's on the GO all the time now so he's just moving a lot more.

Is a real babbler - has his own little language and will just chatter away with me all day.  I just answer like I know what he's saying.

Loved Halloween and I think he will love Christmas too - we decorated this past weekend and he's enamored by the tree.

Loves to be pulled around in a plastic toy box with a frisbee as a steering wheel and play "car" with me.

Is our darling little big grinned sweetie pie.

We love you so much little man xoxo

11 months

Pin It Now! Jonah turned 11 months last week - this has been an amazing month with our little guy.

He offically said his first word - "again" - he says it mostly when he wants his dog Scout to sing another song...sounds more like "a-ga"...took me a while to realize that he was saying and meaning it but it is pretty consistent now and so cute.  The other words he says pretty regularly are: Baba, Mama and Dada but he uses those pretty interchangeably - "again" seems to be the first one he's using in the correct context all the time.

He is a mean crawler - can cross a room in the blink of an eye, literally.

He pulls up and will walk with the walker for a bit but not overly interested in that part.  More interested in the toys on the walker.

Has started getting into everything this month.  Figured out somehow how to open the baby gate (what the heck?!!?? - it MUST not have been closed properly...but still!), also got into his first real "mess" - knocked over a candle in a jar and it shattered EVERYWHERE....my fault for leaving it where he could reach, thankfully nobody was hurt.

Started eating a bit more solids, seems back on track after being sick earlier this month - likes to feed himself peas and pancakes.

Got a nasty cold that lasted the better part of a few weeks, but was such a little toughie, would barely complain except for doing this little pitiful cry.  Aw, poor dude.

Had a good first "real test" at daycare, was happy as a clam there with the other kiddies and he loves his daycare provider.  She makes homemade soup and I was nervous he wouldn't eat it so packed his own lunch but he gobbled it all up. Good boy.

Almost ready for a second haircut!

Headed to my in-laws this weekend with Kirk while I get my scrap on with some girlfriends.

Got SKINNY on us - I think being sick had something to do with it but all of the sudden the 12 month pants that I thought I was going to have to pack away fit.  Still has those chubbo litttle cheeks though.  Love them and love him.

A little news

Pin It Now! We're on our way to crazy town - expecting a new baby April 5th.  We are thrilled obviously, blessed beyond belief.  But if I'm being honest....nervous too!  Two kids under a year and a half? Ha! That will be nuts.  In a good way nuts but nuts none the less.  

If any of you have kids close in age any advice is welcome ;) - I know it will be great to have them so close in age but it's the logistics that are making me scratch my head.  I guess I'll just live it and see right?  

I am going to go back to work this fall until the spring - Jonah will go to daycare and then stay there the first few months the new baby is here which I think will be good for everyone.  We'll find out the gender in about 6 weeks time....this time around I honestly don't have a gut feeling.  With J at first I thought girl but then was SURE boy.  

My brother and sister in law are expecting Jan 30th (a boy) so our kids will be SO close in age.  I love that.  My brother and I are 8 years apart and his kids are 7 and 4 so I just assumed they were done....so glad they went for a third.  

Can't believe we're gonna have another one of these around: 

Makes my heart hurt a little less to think that he's already almost a year old

Life is good. 

World's quickest layout

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Just a suuuuuuuuuper simple layout from last month's Turtle projects that I forgot to share on here -  this literally took me 10 mins max - just punched out a bunch of circles, used foam dots to pop the edges and voila!

My kind of page.

Hope you have a great day

xoxo

In This Family

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I had seen this quote on Pinterest and on a few scrapbooking layouts so for this month's Scrapping Turtle sketch challenge I just copied it directly - I love how it reflects imperfection and forgiveness - and I loved how printing out the photos in 8x12 made it so easy to quickly pull together this page. 

Working with Bo Bunny's Forever Fall line: 

Have a great Sunday
xoxo

10 Months

Pin It Now! Ok so this first sentence I just need to copy and paste and insert the month #:
Oh gosh - 10 months already?  I feel like I just did the 9 month post.
But it's true!

I guess that's life with a baby - always changing.

This month has for sure been one of the biggest in terms of changes - Jonah's personality just seems to grow every day and he's now such a little boy!

At 10 months Jonah:

-Crawls around like crazy, is into everything - exploring, touching, throwing.  I have turned our main floor into a total baby jail - blocked off the dining room and part of the living room which effectively cuts the main floor in half and helps to contain him and keep him safe as he toddles around

-We have a sunken front room which is blocked off most of the time...yesterday as I was bringing groceries in I put him in there thinking it would be like a little "pen" and contain him....only to come in and find he'd crawled out and was trying to get back down (eek!)

-Into textures these days - liking food a bit lumpier than last month, not into his purees as much unless they are a little lumpy or have some baby pasta stirred in.  Also loving minigo yogurts, has one with almost every meal.

-Plays with Ben so well, will throw the ball for him (pretty far for his age I think;)) and then will also put the ball right into Ben's mouth as well as his own.  I'm kind of over the fact that it's really germy.  I know it is but there's not a lot I can do to contain it and the vet said as long as we're giving Ben his heartworm medicine then it should be fine.

-Had his first real trial at daycare - I was gone for about 3 hours and when I got back he was out in the backyard sitting in a baby pool filled with animal figurines having a grand old time.

-Makes all kinds of noises and funny faces - almost like a pucker and kiss noise which we think either means "I'm hungry" or "let's kiss".  I swear sometimes he says Hi Dada when he sees Kirk but it's pretty sporadic

 -Is a great stander and will stand for a looooooong time.  Has pulled himself up on his own once but we're not really sure how it happened b/c when we looked over there he was just standing holding onto the railing.  He's doing "plank" a lot so I almost wonder if before he pulls up regularly he'll teach himself to stand up but we'll see.

 -Still a good sleeper/needs lots of sleep.  Goes down around 6:30-7 now and up between 6-7:30 with two naps of varying lengths depending on the day and what time he initially wakes up.  Sometimes still wakes up at night and I go in and give him his soother and he goes back to sleep.  Got his arm really caught in his crib once.  Was so sad - I had to YANK it out so hard.  Lil chubster.

-Went for his 10 month apt yesterday - he's 23lbs 4oz and 30 inches

-Loves watching YouTube Disney song videos during mealtime on the computer.
-Closes his eyes and opens his mouth when he's eating something he really likes.  Ha.  Cute.
-Got his first haircut today :) - I'll have to take some pics, I was worried he wouldn't look like a baby but he still does.

Have a great day xoxo

Blog your heart

Pin It Now! I read Stephanie's blog just about every day - she is an amazing scrapbooker and also a wonderful mom who blogs about the daily adventures with her family that includes 4 little girls.

Today she's challenging readers to blog their hearts - and really for me that's a big part of having my blog.  Just to kind of keep record of what's happening every day....although I don't blog as often as I'd like and most days I don't get too "deep" on here I do love looking back on where I've been and it definitely is a slice of real life.  I also like what she says about some blogs looking too "perfect" - obviously that's not reality because nobody is perfect but it's a good reminder not to compare yourself and to keep it real as far as blogging goes.

So here goes...

I often struggle with just how much to share on here.  I know a few of my "friends in real life" read this blog so it's a wonderful way to share info on our family.  I have also met some amazing online friends through the scrapbook world that I love to learn about through their blogs so I like to share back with them...but sometimes the openness of the internet scares me a bit.  I worry about putting too much personal details about our family online.  I wish I could just share more openly but I do have a bit of concern about the online world in general.  Even facebook sometimes is too much for me - I deleted it all together for a while and then when I rejoined just added my "actual" friends instead of the hundreds or so acquaintances I had prior.

I'm feeling more and more lately like life is too short for little worries.  For petty things.  I have a friend who I have just gotten to know in the last 5 years or so and when I met her girlfriends I was surprised a bit because they were all wonderful but so different from her...(not in a bad way just not what I would have expected....I think sometimes for me since I met the core group of my girlfriends at such a young age we kind of all look/act the same that I have trouble being open minded about new people off the bat) - anyway she said something to me that resonated - that she tries to surround herself with positive people.  That really stuck with me and it's something I'm making an effort to do to more of - and to be more positive myself.

In the last little while we've seen a few of our friends marriages break up - for us this is new within our friend group - obviously we know people that had split up but they were never really in our peer group.  It has hit home very hard for both of us.  We are not the perfect family - far from it, and marriage is definitely not easy but this is just a reminder to me to treat my marriage as a sacred union.

For the first time in my life I literally don't care what I look like.  It's liberating but at the same time kind of frightening when I catch my reflection when I'm out sometimes.....I don't want to scare away children or anything so while I don't have a desire to look good out of vanity anymore I do think that I'm starting to appreciate looking nice just for the sake of looking well put together.

I'm nervous about starting back to work in a few months for all of the logistical reasons - worried about how we'll fit in family time along with work time - but I'm also looking forward to it a bit.

Have a great day sweet friends

xoxo

10 years later

Pin It Now! Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11.  A day that will forever be etched into everyone who is old enough to remember's mind for the rest of their lives.

For me - I was in my second year away at University.  Living with friends, starting school again after a trip to Europe that was probably the most carefree time  of my life.

On Tuesday September 11th I was in class when my professor told us all to go home, to turn on the TV, that the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane.  Ironically at the time I had no clue what she was even talking about.  I had never been to New York - although it was a lifelong dream since reading the Babysitters Take Manhattan....(not even joking, I freaking loved those books!)

Obviously in the days that followed I became intimate with the story and joined what felt like a global outpouring of mourning and support.

Four days later I met Kirk.  We started dating right away.  Everything just all of the sudden seemed a bit more serious.  Not to be taken so lightly.

On our engagement night - Oct 2004 at Tavern On the Green

Ten years later we are married and have a baby.  I have been to New York City upwards of 20 times.  It has become such a special place to me (I always knew it would be!).  We got engaged there, honeymooned there and I travelled there numerous times on my own for work.  I would travel all over the US and Canada with my job at the time and I have to say there is nowhere that I felt more at home, safer than I did in Manhattan.  It has my heart.

We watched a documentary last night of one of the fire crew's closest to the World Trade Centers.  There was a camera crew following a rookie firefighter and just by chance was there that day.  It is the only footage inside the towers.  It was haunting, terrifying and so powerful to watch.  Ten years later a lot of the crew was interviewed.  There are so many physical and emotional scars from that day but the one that stuck with me was how some of the guys just still feel guilty that they are still here.

I think in a way we can all identify with that.  You hear something horrible and I think it's a natural feeling.  And that's where I think we have a choice.   Not to ignore the sad feelings - but alongside that to not be ignorant of the blessings right in front of you that you do have.  To be thankful.  To be good.  To try hard.  To not get caught up on the little petty things in life.  To have a bit of perspective.  To love others.  To be kind.  My heart still breaks and always will for those who lost their lives, for those who lost loved ones, for the city that was rocked to it's core that day 10 years ago.

We are going back to New York this fall.  I know we'll visit the memorial and it will be a somber and emotional time for us but I think it's important to do - to honour those who were lost that day and to celebrate the city and nation that has prevailed.

xoxo

Quite the day

Pin It Now! I have had quite the day today - yesterday I went on a shopping trip with my girlfriend and her little girl - we had a blast but by the end of the day when we piled out of the car it was a scramble to get everything in the house.

I always lock the car doors - but last night I must have forgotten.

Our car got broken into and our ipod along with a few gift cards and my wallet was stolen - it took me forever to piece it all together...I looked for the ipod when I got in the car this morning but thought maybe Kirk had taken for his drive to work.  I just assumed my wallet was in my bag (which I had brought in the house last night).  When I got to Walmart I decided to get an iced coffee before I shopped - I realized after I ordered my wallet wasn't in my bag --- so I told the cashier and a nice lady behind my paid for my coffee.  She didn't know then the type of day I was having...heck I didn't even know..I just assumed my wallet was in my car - but when I got back to check - nope, not there.  Then I came home and thought maybe it was here somewhere and I just hadn't remembered to put it in my car but nope not here.  Then I started remembering how it was a bit of a scramble getting the kids out of the car yesterday, how we were hot and tired and excited about our shopping so I probably just forgot.  Luckily my diaper bag made it inside and that had our passports in it (which is going to come in handy for replacing everything!)

Moral of the story is...I am disappointed, more annoyed than anything about the stuff I have to replace...but I am so touched by that lady - a total stranger who bought me a coffee...she had no clue what I was going through but it really made a bad situation seem ok, hopeful even - and made me realize that the good outweighs the bad.


Here is most recent Turtle layout - we're using the Authentique line this month and I love it!

Layout 1 - hidden element challenge - I chose hidden journalling:

In other news baby Jonah turned 9 months old on Monday!  Eeeeee!!! How did this happen?

My days are now filled with a TON of movement...chasing more accurately. I think this month has been the biggest in terms of changes.

This month Jonah is:

-Crawling like it's his job - from room to room, he's a quick little crawler!
-Saying "babababa" to basically describe everything.  He'll do it back to you on occasion - it's such a cute little noise!  He alternates between that and almost a clearing of the throat noise - particularly when he wants someone to pay attention to him.  It's cute!
-Getting pickier about food - not as into purees at all but much more interested in self feeding.  There was a ton of food on the list before but now he mostly just seems interested in what we are eating.....which I know is good but a struggle when we're having typical summer food like salads etc.
-Major flirt - LOVES his ladies, yesterday he put on quite the show at Target for the cashiers
-Loves to stand....can't pull himself up quite yet but if I place him somewhere he'll just hang out there until he eventually falls on his bum
-Loves to play with cars and spin the wheels, can find wheels on anything (open dishwasher as an example)
-Loves to crawl over to the door stop and spring it so it makes a boing noise

Just woke up from his nap so got to run!

xoxo

Authentique Sharesies

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Just popping in with a little scrapbook share: 

This month at The Scrapping Turtle the Design Team is working with a fantastic new line called Authentique - I am using the Blissful line and I love it!  

We are getting back into the everyday groove over here after a week away with family - there's lots of crawling and babbling going on these days - so cute! 

Bittersweet

Pin It Now! We locked down J's daycare for next year yesterday.  This is such great news as it's with a daycare we didn't initially think we'd be able to get him into and he'll be going with on of my friend's sons who is basically the same age as him...but now that my return to work date doesn't seem like some distant date in the future I'm already starting to panic slightly.

The thought of rushing through our days
getting ready
packing lunches
commuting
dinner
clean up
bedtime
do it all over the next day makes me nervous.  Right now our days are pretty structured and flow easily and because I'm home on mat leave I do meals, cleaning etc when J is napping.  I can't figure out how we'll do it once I'm back at work but I just keep reminding myself that millions of people make it work and really there is no point in trying to figure it out now because no matter how I think it will be it will inevitably be different so there's really no point in worrying about it now*.
*lesson above learned earlier this year when I thought I knew everything I needed to know about having a baby so skipped every birthing/parenting class and decided to just wing it ;)

So I am trying to instead focus on this summer.  On enjoying this special time that we have just Jonah and I.  On going for walks, swinging at the park, playing at the splash pad.

And when he's napping and I'm caught up on chores I scrap.  I will miss that a lot when I go back to work ;)

I'm finally getting caught up with my month by month posts:

I'm really loving these month by month pages - I'm proud that I've stuck to it this long.  I really wanted to do project 12 this year but only got as far as January so I'm pretty happy I've got 8 months of these done already....even though the thought of that makes me cringe a bit with the realization that my itty bitty baby is now 2/3rds of the way to 1 year old!

sometimes

Pin It Now! Sometimes i go through kind of a rut with scrapbooking.  I kind of lose my mojo a bit.

Or i do a page and i just don't feel like it really gels....

Then I look back at my books - at memories from a few years ago - read about how I was feeling then, what we were doing and I remember why I love scrapping so much and why I'll stick to it.  It's therapeutic for me to be able to create.

It is SO hard to describe why you scrapbook to someone who doesn't - this video by Shimelle puts it all pretty much into perfect perspective. I have totally run into people that just don't get why I do what I do.  I'm sure they think of scrapbooking as just slapping stickers and photos onto a page.  It's hard to describe that it's more than just pretty paper.  Even for myself sometimes I get sucked into that mentality of thinking that that's what it's all about.  That is a fun part of it - but that's not the important part to me.

If i were my friend Meaghan I probably wouldn't need to scrapbook as much - that girl really is a rolodex of dates - she just remembers everything (hi meag!)...but not me - I forget pretty much everything.

And so I'm glad that I scrapbook.

I'm glad i started scrapbooking before i had kids.
I have lots of pages to remind me who i am.

I'm glad that i've continued to scrap now that i have jonah.
I'm not sure if he'll grow to love his books but i know i'll love to look back and remember these early months with fondness.

I'm glad that I write down how I'm feeling at a given point.
I love to be able to appreciate the here and now - to focus on the good things.  To remember that although things may be stressful and busy the important things stay the same...that it really is all about the little things - and you can't blink or you'll miss them.

Wordless Wednesday: Beat the Heat edition

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I love having all four seasons - it baffles me that it can be SO cold and then SO hot all of the sudden.  Right now it is record breaking HOT!  We're doing what we can to stay cool

Swinging:

Sliding:

 Hanging out with pals:

 Getting ice cream:

 Going up north:

 Even the dogs are hot:

 This pic doesn't really have to do with staying cool but I just love it:

 Swimming! J's all time fave thing to do

 Ben's fave way to beat the heat is to sleep (look at his legs - ha!)

 and sleep some more:

and finally when it's too hot to go outside we just stay inside and play games like Baby Zoo (Ben was a penguin yesterday....today he may be a panda, we'll see ;)):

8 months

Pin It Now! Weighs 21lbs10oz
Measures 29inches
Lovingly called squishy, still so roly.

Total routine baby. As witnessed by last weeks 8 month dr apt where his beloved 2nd nap was missed. Poor thing had an absolute fit @ the drs office -he got to play w the germ toys and we ended up leaving the office in just a diaper (and a dirty one at that) - also reflects where I've gotten to as a mom that I'd travel so light. But note to self - bring at least one diaper and some wipes.  His whole weekend was thrown off by that one missed nap - we were away for the weekend and he just did not sleep well.  For him (and I am guessing for most babies) tired = not fun.  Thankfully he adjusted right back once we were home.  

He's sleeping 10-12 hrs a night plus two solid or 3 naps a day if the first two are shorter.  Insert hallelujah chorus.  We've got a simple plan- when J is cranky I put him down. He just seems to fare better this way. He'll still cry at naps but just for a few mins and then always wakes up happy. Gone are the days where we can go anywhere during naptime unless its an environment equipped for napping - but its worth it.

Loves loves loves his food. Sweet potato, squash, broccoli, chicken, chickpea, avocado, cereals. Not crazy about bottles - stopped nursing completely.  Our dr said this is normal and nothing to worry about.
Always moving. Even when he's falling asleep he's rolling around or moving one of his legs or arms.

Really good at crawling position, can turn on a dime. Hasn't mastered motoring yet.

Loves people. Loves to smile and just watch.

Good little babbler.

Still gets stuck sometimes on his stomach at night and naps and needs help tipping back over and getting re-set (thanks for that term Linds!) with his soother and bunny.

Wearing mostly 12-18 month clothes but buying 1year or 2t when I do shop for him. He's so round that it works and I figure better to have something for longer vs something he'll grow out of quicker.

Loves cruising in the Baby Ergo. We do most of our errands this way as he's graduated out of the bucket seat.

So responsive to music. I play it for him  almost all day when he's awake. The other day he was fussing a bit and I turned on Taylor Swift's 15 on itunes - after the first few guitar chords and he was smiling away. We listen to iTunes genius mixes almost all day.  

Was not a yoga baby. We signed up for classes and got through one. He hated it. The silence, the lack of movement. Wasn't for him. We're now doing a bootcamp class (I workout and he plays) and its much better.

Obsessed with water. Such a water baby. Loves swimming - pool, lake, bath - doesn't matter. We also go to the splash pad almost every day and into our kiddie pool in the back yard. Its his favourite hobby.  He squeals when he realizes we're at the splash pad. So cute.

Starting to like to feed himself with a spoon if I load it up for him and put it in front of him. I'm working on not worrying about the mess this creates :).

Can now feed himself a baby mum-mum.

Likes to take Ben's cuz and put it in his mouth. This is his second favourite hobby and why I need hawk eyes because as much as I'm fine with the french dog kisses dog toy in mouth is where I have to (attempt to) draw the line.

Things we're calling him these days - sweet boy, pet, puppy.

Happy 8 month birthday my sweet pet!


In other news good thing I am keeping this record on here - I thought I had my monthly pages up to date and just realized I have only done up to month 5!  

Scrappy Saturday and some links to share

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I found this site a few weeks ago via this blog and bookmarked it then - I was excited to see this article on The Star.com this morning stating that it's a site from Toronto (from the TTC pic in one of the photos I had a feeling it was - so neat!)   

I'm already thinking about J's first birthday - I want to make to make these amazing Sesame Street cake pops...except this morning I tried to make just regular ones and had a few challenges....so I think I need to practice a few times!  

Here's a recent layout using lots of Making Memories Vintage Findings - love this line!  I know that pink is not typically a "boy" colour but I love it and I think this page is babyish enough that it's just fine.  

Winding down from a busy week and gearing up for another one full of fun and visits...can't wait to see two of my fave girls and these two babe's next week...they'll definitely be bigger than at our last visit

Finally I swore I posted this layout already but I guess not...documenting some of our fave reads of late

Have a happy Saturday!