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Not houses but to a more accurately named blog, since we know have two smiling children. Please join us at jandagrowingup.blogspot.com.

The Attach of the GIANT Pink Bow

I have hands!

9/30

Abigail has found her hands and she sucks on them constantly!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

8/30

Wednesday was Chris' birthday, he had the day off so we spent some family time together and then had dinner with his mum and sister. It was a great day!



Joshua wanted to help blow out the cake, but since he tends to spit more than he blows we let him blow out a candle on his very own piece of cake!!

Mommy and Me

7/30

I realized that I don't have any photos of Abby and I since we were in the hospital, so I had Chris snap a few tonight!

Orange Mustang Car

6/30

Joshua loves cars, he can accurately point out, Dodge Chargers (Daddy's car), Toyota Matrixs (Grandma's Car), Pontiac Pursuits (my old car), Cheverolet Cavliers (Auntie Emma's car) and Nissan Frontier/Pathfinders (Opa and Nonas cars) but by far his favourite car is the mustang, and what better than an Orange Mustang. Today when we were out for a walk and we saw an Orange Mustang Car and he nearly leaped out of the stroller, the driver noticed his excitement and smiled at him and then stalled his car (oops).

A visit from Grandma

5/30

My mom came to visit the kids at the end of October, it was great to have her here and see her spend time with Joshua and Abigail. We did lots of things and it was great to have the extra set of hands around. We were all sad to see her go on Hallowe'en afternoon.

Our little Bubbler

4/30

We signed Joshua up for swimming lessons and our local YMCA, today was his second class and Chris said that he relaxed a bit more than last time. This is a Daddy and Son activity, but Mommy and Abby came along to snap a few pictures (before I got in trouble).

And Abby did what she does best!

Fun at Gymnastics

3/30

For the last few weeks I have been taking Joshua to gymnastics with his friends Summer and Tyler to take advantage of their "free gym" time.. Finally this week this week I remembered to take my camera.

Abby's stats

2/30

I just got back from Miss Abigail's two months shots. She now weighs 11 pounds 15 ounces and is 21 and 2/3 inches long. She was so happy when I was meeting with the nurse, all smalls and lots of giggles, which made both the nurse and I feel really bad about what was coming. She did really well with her shots though, she didn't cry for the first one just gave a annoyed look, then she cried really hard for the second one and cried a little less for the third. She is now happily sitting in her bouncy seat cooing.

Abigail is Two Months Old!

1/30

My sweet baby girl is two months old today. She is such a sweet baby, I love every minute with her. She smiles in response to my smile and will occassionally give us the most beautiful giggle I have ever heard. She makes noises in response to sounds I make, so if I make a throaty "goooo" sound, she makes it too, it is wonderful. She is really strong, she already perches herself up on my should when I carry her around and loooks around instead of just leaning against me and she can roll, she doesn't do it all the time but she can do it.

My only complaint at this point is sleep, she is getting better but it is a slow progress. I have moved her bedtime up so she goes to bed at the same time as Joshua goes to bed and it seems to be helping a little bit last night she went 4 hours between her bedtime feeding and her next feeding and after that it was about every three hours. I have been noticing that she only nurses for about 1 minute before falling asleep so I think she is just waking up for comfort sucking. She doesn't like the soother much, especially after she has eaten, she makes the worst gagging sound when I try and give it to her.

Joshua loves his little sister, he climbs up on the chair next to the change table when I change her and she smiles at him and I tell him he loves her so much and that makes him smile! He is still learning to be more gentle around her but has definitely improved.

She is wearing all 0/3 month clothing and has started wearing some of her 3/6 month clothes as well, she is a big girl. We go for her immunizations tomorrow so I will post her newest stats when we get back.

I will jump on the band wagon

I was checking in on a blog I like and they posted a challenge for themselves, a post a day for a month, so I thought ok lets do it. So brace yourselves a post a day for the next 30 days (since I am already late starting doing a full month).

Happy Halloween

Josh had a great time trick or treating this year with his Opa, Nona, Bogey and Kia, he definitely got into it more than he did last year, the neighbours seemed to love hearing him say "trick or treat" and "Happy Hallowe'en" as much as he loved saying it!

We had some cute trick or treaters this year, I would say we only got about 20 though. I always thought since we live in a very family oriented neighbourhood we would have lots of kids but that has never been the case. We don't let Josh have much in terms of candy but we decided to give him a couple of boxes of smarties on Saturday night while we handed out candy to the other kids and he was WIRED. Makes me glad we don't let him have it often, we have since hidden the rest of his candy. While reading through some of my favourite blogs, I found a post about the Great Pumpkin, http://mamaquierebeso.blogspot.com/2009/11/visit-from-great-pumpkin.html. Essentially you let your kids leave their candy outside for the Great Pumpkin and he will leave you a suprise for the next morning. I think we are going to do that next year so that I don't feel so guilty about "stealing his candy".

Happy Halloween from our favourite little Monkey and his favourite little banana!

Just a lazy Tuesday!

First Smiles...

... caught on camera!

One Month with Two Kids

I have been dealing with two kids for a month now, and to be perfectly honest I am exhausted. Last week we were all hit with bad colds, it started with Joshua, then spread to Chris and I and hit Abigail last. I won't lie it was hard having all of us sick and still getting up for nightly feedings/fussiness with Abigail and getting up with Joshua who was only waking because he wasn't feeling well.

I think Joshua is having a hard time adjusting to not being an only child and not being the centre of my attention. He is acting out by hitting, biting, kicking, and throwing things. I really need to get Joshua into an activity that is all for him, I have been considering gymnastics but I fear that I have missed the start of this session, hopefully another one starts shortly. I was considering preschool but I don't think he is ready yet, nor is he potty trained.

I am finding it really hard to get stuff done, from the mountains of laundry that two children make and keeping the house clean I just don't seem to get a break. I am also trying to give Chris as much time as possible to study since he is in school, which usually means getting out of the house, which again is another task that is difficult. While Abby is content to sleep where ever we go Joshua wants to run wild which means I am chasing after him. Thankfully my Mother In Law has been helping with these outings when she can on the weekends and thankfully Chris is almost done school, but then he is back at work and working long hours again!

Anyways, that is how my life is right now, I am sure it will improve soon!

One Month

Abigail is One Month old, time is going far too quickly!

Abby is doing wonderfully, she is starting to develop more consistent sleep/wakeful periods. Her night sleeping wasn't going well, she was waking frequently and the only time I could get any sleep was if she was tucked into our bed next to me. She would have a great sleep, I would not.

Abby is very strong, much stronger than we remember her brother ever being at this age. She has very good neck control and has already rolled over a number of times. The other day I had her propped up on her Boppy pillow and under her activity mat and I could see her looking at the toys hanging above her, and she swung her arms and hit them, I am pretty sure that was uncontrolled though!

A Comparison

I have been looking for Joshua's Immunization Card for about three weeks now and I finally found it today. He doesn't have any immunications coming up but I was curious for the sake of comparing how Abby is doing compared to her big brother.

Joshua
Birth - 6 lbs 13 ozs
5 days - 6lbs 7 ozs
1 week, 5 days - 7 lbs
2 weeks, 5 days - 7 lbs 6 ozs
3 weeks 5 days - 7 lbs 15 oz

Abigail
Birth - 7 lbs 3 oz
4 days - 6 lbs 14.5 oz
1 week, 4 days - 7 lbs 6.5 oz
2 weeks, 3 days - 8 lbs (at doctors office)
3 weeks 4 days - 8lbs 9.5 ozs

I think a common concern with most breast feeding mothers, including myself, is how much baby is actually getting and are they growing at a good rate. Looking at both of there numbers I don't think I have any cause for concern. I am shocked that Abigail is already weighing so much more than her big brother. She does have a touch of jaundice, but her brothers was worse so I suppose she is able to stay awake better to feed than he was so that is contributing to her extra growth!

Sibling Love!

First Bath

We gave Abigail her first bath at home, like her brother, she wasn't a huge fan of it but we all survived.