Munchkin is a Fork Stealer

This weekend our Munchkin again showed us how awesome he is.......  While at brunch on Sunday he grabbed my fork, stabbed the scrambled eggs on his plate with it and stuffed them into his mouth.  He's never had a fork in his hand at mealtime before, but on his first try managed to eat with it.  He's not so great with stabbing the food, but he's good at inserting it into his mouth.

Getting closer to Running!

Our little Munchkin has been "walking" with our help and seems to really want to try and take off on his own. So we thought that tonight we would give the walker a try. He needs a little extra support for learning to walk. So after dinner tonight we got out the walker we got in anticipation of this moment and took it outside (there is no way we can use this thing inside our house). Click here to see how he did. He went up and down our street several times all happy as can be. We're in so much trouble when he really learns how to walk. He already wants to take off in the walker. We are so proud of him and can't wait until he really gets the hang of it.

First Art Project

Yesterday my Munchkin worked on his first art project.  The daycare gave it to us today so we could have the first one.  Apparently he had a great time mucking around with the paint.

I present to you Robbie's masterpiece!

Santa Claus Parade

Today we went to Robbie's first Santa Claus Parade.  It was pretty fun.  He slept through a lot of it.  In fact it was kind of funny....He slept through the air horns on the 18 wheelers and the sirens and horns on the police cars but woke up to one of the bands.  Go figure. 

He seemed to have fun.  It was more for us than him really.  You could see though that he was following the action .  We didn't stay for the whole parade as it was chilly out and his parents were cold.  We didn't dress as warmly as we dressed him. 

It was lots of fun though and hopefully the start of a tradition.

Cold

Well Munchkin had his first cold this weekend.  He woke up with it on Friday morning.  It's been a very mild cold which is good, but he's been a Mr. Grumpy pants on and off.  I think we got pretty lucky with this cold.

It's almost gone as far as I can tell and hopefully he will be back to normal soon.  He was pretty sleepy yesterday.

The Zoo!

Today Robbie and I went to the Toronto Zoo for the first time together.  It was quite the trek to get there.  We took the TTC and it took about an hour and a half to get there.  We met up with a friend of mine and her son and walked around the zoo for the afternoon.  We saw lots and lots of animals.

Munchkin is probably a bit small for really enjoying the zoo, but my favorite reaction was of the orangutans.  He was very interested in this animated stuffed toy.

I don't end up going to the zoo very often but I think that particular Orangutan hangs out right there just checking out the people all the time.  

Cheerios!

Today my little Munchkin ate his first Cheerio.  He seemed to like it.  We'll have to try it again tomorrow.

He also tried beets today for the first time.  I don't think he was terribly impressed.  He decided to give the spoon back.

Kisses

Today our Munchkin had his first kiss.  There is this little girl that he hangs out with when I go to my pilates class.  She's the one I think I've mentioned that he holds hands with every time.  Today I was sitting with the two of them on the blanket and watched as they wiggled and rolled and ended up face to face and smushed their lips together.  It was pretty darn adorable.

First Babysitter

Dear Robbie,

I want to remember this for when you are much older and don't want your uncool parents to stay home with you.

Tonight your Dad and I went out for the first time without you.  We left you with your Auntie Margie who was going to have a fun dance party with you.  Your Dad and I managed a whole hour and half before we got the text that you were going to be Mr. Inconsolable soon.  So I came home and you were just screaming your little head off.  Then you became Mr. Happy again once I was home and gave you some snuggles.  After that we hung out with your Aunty Margie and you were as happy as a clam to have two ladies hanging out with you on a Saturday night.

Next time we hope you'll last a little longer so Mom & Dad can have a date sometime.

Love

Mom

First Swim in the Lake

This past weekend we went up to my parents cottage for Canada Day.  It was a fun relaxing time with Robbie having another couple of his firsts.  One was his first swim in the lake.  It didn't last long as the lake is still a little chilly.

The other was that he got to go to his first Canada Day party @ his Aunt's house.  It was much fun as always and he was the life of the party.  

Driving the Backhoe!

This long weekend we were up at Grandma and Grandpa's cottage.  It was fun and it was Robbie's first time at the cottage.  We showed him lots of things, saw some friends and family and most importantly he got go in the Backhoe with Grandpa!

They didn't actually go anywhere in it, but it was fun to see him there.  And Grandpa promised that in about 15 years he would teach him how to drive it.  

We didn't get to go for a swing on the swing set this weekend because a tree fell on it and the set had to be taken down temporarily to get the tree down.  Never fear though, this is one tough swing set.  It didn't suffer any damage.  Those good old Toronto Parks Swings last forever (they were purchased at an auction when I was a kid).

More pictures from the weekend will be coming soon.

Wallpaper Paste! Yummy!

So today was the day we gave Robbie his first little bit of Rice Cereal.  When we were at the doctor last week, they suggested that since he's starting to get teeth we should start giving him a little bit of rice cereal.

  He didn't seem to enjoy the wallpaper paste..  I don't think I got very much of it into him as most of it drooled right back out.  I of course also forgot to put a bib on him so there was an outfit change right afterwards.  I guess we'll be trying this every day until he decided to actually swallow some voluntarily.

I'm having a bit of difficulty posting the video so hopefully it should be up soon.

First Swim!

Today I took Robbie for his first ever swim in a pool.  We've signed up for Mommy and Baby swimming classes.

I think he enjoyed it.  He's always enjoyed swimming in the bathtub so this was a bigger bathtub.

The first half of the hour is a fitness component for the moms.  So the little ones get to float safely in a little raft while the moms do their thing.  It was kind of funny, Robbie seemed to want to join in a little with what the instructor was saying.  Every time she told us to kick harder he seemed to kick harder too. He pretty much spent the whole time kicking his little feet in the raft.

The second half of the class is playtime and lesson for the babies.  We sing songs and teach them a little about being comfortable in the water.  So there is dipping the sides of the head in the water and getting them used to getting their heads wet.  It was a lot of fun.  

The only thing was the little guy got a little cold near the end.  But he warmed up pretty quickly afterwards snuggled up in a towel and then had a nice nap in his carrier on the way home.

  I think I'm going to have to find one of these little rafts for the cottage this summer.  It was fantastic.  

More Rolling!

Bruce just told me that today while I was out on my bike ride (a mere 20 minutes today) our wee man managed to roll over from his tummy to his back twice!  I'm so proud of him.  I can't wait to see it myself.

Rolling Over

Yup our Robbie is changing every day.  Today we were playing on the playmat with Robbie and he was doing a lot of rolling around and trying to roll from his back onto his tummy.  He's been doing pretty well with getting onto his side, but then all of a sudden he managed to roll onto his tummy.  It was pretty cool.  Now all he has to do is figure out how to get back.  He's not so fond of being on his tummy.  We were so proud of him.

hmmmm.....teeth

A little while ago I was changing my wee man's outfit for the third time today and I noticed something on the interesting side.  He tends to laugh and make neat noises when I have him on the changing table so his mouth was wide open.  And what do I see on his bottom gums, but two little white bumps!  Looks like teeth are going to be here soon.

I was kind of hoping it would be much later than this, but apparently not.  I knew I was doomed with the amount of drool he's been producing this week.

Robbie starting to laugh

Our little Robbie is working on making a variety of sounds.  One of them is something that we think is him trying to laugh.  He just sounds like a teradactyl.  It is just far too cute as far as I'm concerned.   Right now he's  lying on a play mat while I type this hopefully tiring himself out to go to bed.  He is such a night owl.  


We'll have to try and get it on tape to have a record of it.  He's changing and growing so fast it's amazing and I have to stop and remind myself every day to cherish every moment of it.    

Shopping Adventures

Well that was kind of strange today.  I'm visiting my parents right now and it was decided they needed a new printer.  So my Dad and I went shopping for one.....without Robbie.  He stayed behind with his Grandma.  That was a really weird feeling.  I haven't really gone anywhere without him since he's come home (there was a trip to the drugstore but that wasn't very long). 

The whole trip felt kind of weird.  Every once in awhile I would pause with at "where's my baby?" kind of feeling.  Or I would feel I was forgetting something. 

And of course the wee guy decided to fuss and cry most of the time we were gone.  He's been having a fussy day though.  Hopefully he'll be tired so I can get some sleep today.

First Big Tub Bath

Today Rob had his first bath with me in the big tub.  He wasn't so sure about it at first, but then seemed to enjoy it. He got to float and wave his hands and feet around in the water.  He had a couple of surprised expressions, especially when he got his face wet on his own.

Yay we are home!!!!

I didn't want to post about it in case it didn't happen today, but as of about 5 minutes ago, our sweet Robbie is home.  We are so glad to have him here.  Well, maybe not the cats, they look terrified.  But we are super happy!

He was making great progress over the past few days, especially went I went to stay with him at St. Joseph's so we could work on eating.  It was such a long road to get here, but we are finally here and so happy!

And he does the cheer for being home!