This is what happens when I leave Liam to play with his Mr. Potato head...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Baby Giggles
As babies go, Ada is quite different from Liam when he was a baby. Liam was one of those kids who kind of motored around contentedly - never quite fussy, but also never showing too much enthusiasm. Liam was an occasional chuckler (is that a word?); Ada on the other hand, squeals, giggles and guffaws at 3 months of age. Case in point:
One of my friends works as a nurse at the Stollery in Edmonton and says that baby laughs are the best because they are so pure and hearty. I have to agree!
Sorry the video is a bit dark. I love how she just gets so pooped at the end that she just has to pop her thumb into her mouth!
One of my friends works as a nurse at the Stollery in Edmonton and says that baby laughs are the best because they are so pure and hearty. I have to agree!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Pregnant?
If I didn't know better (and I hope I do), I'd swear I was pregnant. Even though Ada is 3 months old, I still feel like I'm in nesting mode. I'm obsessing over what we eat, clean with, how we spend our money and how clean my home is...it's really strange.
During my pregnancy with Ada, I obsessed over going 'greener and cleaner' in our house. I read articles and books on how harmful many of our common household items were and made a commitment to making my house and the products we use safer for us and my children to come into contact with. I realized that just because an item is on a store shelf doesn't guarantee that it is safe for you to use. Yeah, I was turning into a hippy.
But my hippy phase didn't end with Ada's arrival; instead, it just keeps going full steam ahead. Of course, discovering that my mozzarella cheese contains talc doesn't bring back my faith in food (I'm not making things up...it was right there in the ingredients) and learning that my mascara contains carcinogens doesn't help matters either.
Since Ada's arrival, I've also gone budget crazy. Everyday at 11am, my household shuts down and I turn on the TV to watch 'Til Debt Do Us Part'. I'm so completely and pathetically hooked on this show. I want Gail Vaz-Oxlade to come to my house and get us going on a better budget. I want to do her weekly challenges!
Even though Nialle and I usually live within our means, I'd like to live below our means so that we can put aside more money for savings, holidays or a new house. I've started reading Your Money or Your Life and it has me thinking about we can relate to money differently. It has me wondering how I can resist the urge to be such a consumer. It's an interesting time in history, what with the financial crisis in the States - everyone seems to be talking about budgeting now. What that means for me is that there's lots of inspiration and ideas online about how to cut costs at home. I'm hoping that in the next few months or so, we can start setting aside more money for retirement or even *fingers crossed* a trip to Europe!
I've also gone cleaning crazy. I started following flylady's zone cleaning and am working on decluttering and cleaning my home. I have a binder with the list of cleaning chores that I complete each week and where I now keep all of my household information such as ongoing grocery lists and other miscellaneous items I need. I'm so organized and so, so nerdy.
I'm a wee bit embarrassed at how nutty I've gone for all these things. Some of them even seem a to sit on the outside fringes of sanity. But, honestly, I hope I'm not going through a phase, because I'm actually having a good time trying all of these new things!
During my pregnancy with Ada, I obsessed over going 'greener and cleaner' in our house. I read articles and books on how harmful many of our common household items were and made a commitment to making my house and the products we use safer for us and my children to come into contact with. I realized that just because an item is on a store shelf doesn't guarantee that it is safe for you to use. Yeah, I was turning into a hippy.
But my hippy phase didn't end with Ada's arrival; instead, it just keeps going full steam ahead. Of course, discovering that my mozzarella cheese contains talc doesn't bring back my faith in food (I'm not making things up...it was right there in the ingredients) and learning that my mascara contains carcinogens doesn't help matters either.
Since Ada's arrival, I've also gone budget crazy. Everyday at 11am, my household shuts down and I turn on the TV to watch 'Til Debt Do Us Part'. I'm so completely and pathetically hooked on this show. I want Gail Vaz-Oxlade to come to my house and get us going on a better budget. I want to do her weekly challenges!
Even though Nialle and I usually live within our means, I'd like to live below our means so that we can put aside more money for savings, holidays or a new house. I've started reading Your Money or Your Life and it has me thinking about we can relate to money differently. It has me wondering how I can resist the urge to be such a consumer. It's an interesting time in history, what with the financial crisis in the States - everyone seems to be talking about budgeting now. What that means for me is that there's lots of inspiration and ideas online about how to cut costs at home. I'm hoping that in the next few months or so, we can start setting aside more money for retirement or even *fingers crossed* a trip to Europe!
I've also gone cleaning crazy. I started following flylady's zone cleaning and am working on decluttering and cleaning my home. I have a binder with the list of cleaning chores that I complete each week and where I now keep all of my household information such as ongoing grocery lists and other miscellaneous items I need. I'm so organized and so, so nerdy.
I'm a wee bit embarrassed at how nutty I've gone for all these things. Some of them even seem a to sit on the outside fringes of sanity. But, honestly, I hope I'm not going through a phase, because I'm actually having a good time trying all of these new things!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Girls' Day
Liam went to Grandma Town's this Thursday and boy, was everyone excited! Liam was at my bedside at 6:30 am yelling and jumping up and down, "I SEE UNCLE JOSH AND UNCLE WEDI TODAY!" I was just about ready to jump up and down with joy too because this whole having two kids thing has really been kicking my butt lately.
Ada and I made the most of the Liam-free time by having a genuine girls' day. We opted for the deluxe spa treatment:
We had a mani-pedi (I clipped my toe nails and Ada's fingernails. Glamorous)
I ate Krap Dinner from the pan (to save on dishes, you know). I even contemplated drinking milk from the milk jug too.
Because we both had so much time to make ourselves look so darn good, we even had our portraits taken.
Took a video of Ada too
Other than a load of laundry and tidying up the house, I didn't do any housework. And in a symbolic gesture to all the cleaning I could have been doing, I knit the middle finger on my latest pair of gloves. Thanks, Grandma Town!
Ada and I made the most of the Liam-free time by having a genuine girls' day. We opted for the deluxe spa treatment:
A soak in the spa bath. The 'jets' were even turned on at one point.
We had a mani-pedi (I clipped my toe nails and Ada's fingernails. Glamorous)
I ate Krap Dinner from the pan (to save on dishes, you know). I even contemplated drinking milk from the milk jug too.
Because we both had so much time to make ourselves look so darn good, we even had our portraits taken.
Took a video of Ada tooOther than a load of laundry and tidying up the house, I didn't do any housework. And in a symbolic gesture to all the cleaning I could have been doing, I knit the middle finger on my latest pair of gloves. Thanks, Grandma Town!
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