August 1, 2012 - Ten Months Old

So today marks the Baby's ten month birthday. He has done so much in the last month. First of all he is eating better, and sleeping better. It is really nice to get 6 hours of sleep. When I get up in the morning I feel like I have slept!!

He is also working on climbing. He climbs on the fireplace and stand on the concrete pad. Then he turns around and smiles at us! He is still very happy and smiles at everyone we meet.  He has this very cute smirky smile, and everytime he shows it to us, we have to smile back!

He love it when we hum to him. When he is sleepy we hum a song or a lullaby to him and he eventually goes to sleep.

I can't believe the summer is half over and the kids go back to school in a month. We have so many things to do one our bucket list, I feel like if we don't do most of them the kids will be disapointed! 
Yesterday we noticed that he is starting to 'accidentally' let go of things. At the Boys baseball game he let go of the stroller and was standing for a brief moment. This is how walking will begin. If I could make a prediction, I would say that he will be walking by 11 months old.

This morning while the Boy was feeding his remaining two Triops with the pipette, he accidentally sucked one of them back up into the pipette.  It was a horrible accident and he felt awful.  So now only one Triop remains.  But on the positive side, he fed it the adult food now, so he only needs to feed it twice a day and soon he'll be able to move it to the other dish

Tonight we went for a walk after dinner, the Boy wanted to try to ride his bike without training wheels.  He did better than I thought he would, he was even able to ride without our help for a few seconds.

After the walk the Boy's tooth fell out!  He'd been working on the tooth for weeks and it was really loose.  I kept telling him to wiggle it and twist it, but he wouldn't do it.  Finally when he was brushing his teeth it just fell out.  Yeah!  One more tooth we didn't have to have pulled by the dentist.  Now it's Dentist 6, the Boy 2.

July 31, 2012 - Check up

He already wants to play with
Daddy's iPad!

Today the Baby had a checkup at the breastfeeding clinic. He weighs 19 lbs and 5 oz and is 73cm tall. According to the growth charts he is in the 50th percentile for both height and weight.  He is absolutely normal!

Today we also had our 'new to us' gas stove hooked up. It was a bit of an upfront investment, but it is just one less thing to do in 5 years when we redo the entire kitchen! I cooked my first meal on it tonight. I think I'm going to need to adjust my cooking times, because both of my side dishes were done well before the BBQ chicken. The water boils so much faster and the frying pan heats up quick too because I don't need to wait for the element to warm up.

July 30, 2012 - Priceless Playground

This afternoon we decided to try another one of the priceless playgrounds. This time we went to Mount Pleasant Village Park. It is in the far west part of the city. The community is cute, it looks like the city planners were trying to create a quaint small town feel in the area of the city. At the centre of it all was a large reflecting pool with fountains and next to it was a playground and a grassy field. The playground did not have swings and a slide like all the others, instead it has climbing apparatus which the kids seemed to enjoy. I taught the Girl how to hang from the monkey bars and flip her legs over her head. At first she was adamant that she wouldn't be able to do it, but with a little practice she managed to flip over.

Tonight the Baby climbed the stairs on his own. It doesn't take long to learn these skills.  I know soon he'll be running around and up and down the stairs.  Although I am excited by each new skill he learns, I am sad because I know he is my last baby and we will never have these 'firsts' again.