You go in it, of course.
You go in, and you splash!
Even if you are wearing your expensive, leather Mary Janes.
And your expensive Mary Janes also happen to contain your pajama bottoms.
What else would you do?
I see no other option, really.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Spontaneous Spash (aka Split Second Parenting)
What do you do when there is a puddle THIS good in the back alley, and your feet are too small for galoshes?
You go in it, of course.
You go in, and you splash!
Even if you are wearing your expensive, leather Mary Janes.
And your expensive Mary Janes also happen to contain your pajama bottoms.
What else would you do?
I see no other option, really.
You go in it, of course.You go in, and you splash!
Even if you are wearing your expensive, leather Mary Janes.
And your expensive Mary Janes also happen to contain your pajama bottoms.
What else would you do?
I see no other option, really.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
BTW
Well, for some reason I can't add any images to this post, so I will try to put some pictures up, once that is working again.
Last weekend Kyle was off, and we were busy! We packed in: dinner at Kyle's preceptors, the Farmer's Market, Brynn's first canoe trip, the year end party for the resident program and family dinner with the Gooshers. On top of that we have been 'watching' a LOT of hockey in our house. The hockey came to a sad finish on Wednesday.
Brynn is cutting her 8th tooth and this one is going much slower than the rest of them. This is fine with me, as it does not seem to be bothering her in the night, which is also different from the rest of them. Hooray for sleeping is what I say!
Not really any big news lately. Brynn continues to be a ham, and cautiously takes more and more steps. I continue to prepare for going back to work, and Kyle continues to count down his days left as a trainee. Brynn and I are in the middle of a mother-daughter week/end, as Kyle is in Vancouver for 5 days finishing up residency requirements. So far we are doing well and staying busy ladies!
Photos to come soon I hope!
Last weekend Kyle was off, and we were busy! We packed in: dinner at Kyle's preceptors, the Farmer's Market, Brynn's first canoe trip, the year end party for the resident program and family dinner with the Gooshers. On top of that we have been 'watching' a LOT of hockey in our house. The hockey came to a sad finish on Wednesday.
Brynn is cutting her 8th tooth and this one is going much slower than the rest of them. This is fine with me, as it does not seem to be bothering her in the night, which is also different from the rest of them. Hooray for sleeping is what I say!
Not really any big news lately. Brynn continues to be a ham, and cautiously takes more and more steps. I continue to prepare for going back to work, and Kyle continues to count down his days left as a trainee. Brynn and I are in the middle of a mother-daughter week/end, as Kyle is in Vancouver for 5 days finishing up residency requirements. So far we are doing well and staying busy ladies!
Photos to come soon I hope!
Monday, May 30, 2011
BTW - 10 months!
Brynn is 10 months old! Holy doodle!
May has been a fun month, and an explosion of development for Brynn.
We started the month off with a trip to Vancouver for Kyle to write his licensing exam, and then left for 10 wonderful days in Hawaii with Cortney, Trish and Ben. The pictures are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/courtney.lc.collins/HawaiiForSharing?authkey=Gv1sRgCNH517Pm5Ze47QE
It was a really great vacation, and I am so glad we went. Even though it was more time away from home, it was so nice to be able to relax as a family, and to spend time with the Gooshers, who we missed so much this year. Brynn LOVED all the other kids, and the birds, swimming, fish and action in general.
Since we have been back in PG, we have been working to get the garden all in order and seeds and plants in the ground, and I have been slowly adjusting to the fact that I am going to have to go back to work in a month. There is still some adjusting to be done, but I am able to face the thought without crying every time, which is an improvement from where I started!
Brynn has started walking and talking! She can take about 10 steps or so, and seemingly all at once started signing for "more", repeating "oh-dah" for "all done" and spontaneously saying "ta-ta" when she is handed something she is after - mostly cheerios. She also says "mama" mostly while crying, and "dada" excitedly when Kyle enters the room.
We had a great visit from my mom last weekend. Kyle was on call, so he was in and out. Brynn loves spending time with Nana (I think the feeling is mutual), and so while they were playing, I got time to get a bunch of stuff done. It is amazing how I can get through a 'to do' list when I am uninterrupted.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Spring.
The dusk outside is quickly becoming night. As it is at this moment, it is dark enough to see the crisp outline of the moon nearly full, and light enough to see that the soil covering the seeds we planted this afternoon is still moist. At once I am flooded with nostalgia, reflection, and anticipation.
Since she has been a part of our family, the cycle of the seasons as seemed so much more significant to me.
Last spring I stood looking out the same window at our newly planted, first-time vegetable garden and wondered if anything would grow from the tiny vulnerable seeds we placed in the ordinary dirt. Kyle and I were so excited to be creating a home and a family.
Last summer I stood looking out the same window at the bright moon becoming full and wondered if that night would be the one in which the tiny vulnerable life inside of me would begin to make it's way out. I trusted everything was growing as it should.
Tonight I look out the window at the newly planted garden with familiar anticipation and excitement for the seeds to grow and push through that ordinary soil. I look at the moon and reminisce about carrying that tiny life inside of me. Now that dear, sweet life fills ours right up. It isn't so tiny, rather it is prodigious - overflowing - crammed to the hilt inside the little body sleeping peacefully in the next room.
I smile through my tears. The year ahead is going to be a challenging one, but I remind myself that Spring always comes again.
Since she has been a part of our family, the cycle of the seasons as seemed so much more significant to me.
Last spring I stood looking out the same window at our newly planted, first-time vegetable garden and wondered if anything would grow from the tiny vulnerable seeds we placed in the ordinary dirt. Kyle and I were so excited to be creating a home and a family.
Last summer I stood looking out the same window at the bright moon becoming full and wondered if that night would be the one in which the tiny vulnerable life inside of me would begin to make it's way out. I trusted everything was growing as it should.
Tonight I look out the window at the newly planted garden with familiar anticipation and excitement for the seeds to grow and push through that ordinary soil. I look at the moon and reminisce about carrying that tiny life inside of me. Now that dear, sweet life fills ours right up. It isn't so tiny, rather it is prodigious - overflowing - crammed to the hilt inside the little body sleeping peacefully in the next room.
I smile through my tears. The year ahead is going to be a challenging one, but I remind myself that Spring always comes again.
Monday, April 18, 2011
BTW
We had a great weekend with Cortney visiting. Brynn was a little wary of the new guy in our house at first, but they were good buddies by the end. It is great to have an extra pair of hands for her to use as she walks all around. Actually, it is the extra back that is helpful!
Brynn has been sleeping well (right through), Kyle was off, the sun was out, and the snow is almost gone.
The weather was good on Sunday, so Kyle and I did some work in the garden. and then the three of us had our first picnic lunch on the table that Kyle built last year. Hooray!
Brynn is becoming braver and braver with cruising along furniture, and transferring from one item to another, which has resulted in a few bonks this week. None major. She even stood on her own for a few times (about 15 seconds a time)! She is proud as punch with her new skills.
She also found her tongue this week, and she keeps sticking it in and out with deep concentration! She is interested in mine as well - I think she is preparing to add some sounds to her repertoire. Did I mention that "mama" and "baba" are her current favourites?
This week Kyle gets to work a short week because of the Easter weekend. Brynn and I are heading down to Vancouver on Easter Sunday, and will be joined by Kyle on Wednesday. He is writing is final exams Thursday and Saturday, and then we are off to Maui! Another adventure!
Brynn has been sleeping well (right through), Kyle was off, the sun was out, and the snow is almost gone.
The weather was good on Sunday, so Kyle and I did some work in the garden. and then the three of us had our first picnic lunch on the table that Kyle built last year. Hooray!
Brynn is becoming braver and braver with cruising along furniture, and transferring from one item to another, which has resulted in a few bonks this week. None major. She even stood on her own for a few times (about 15 seconds a time)! She is proud as punch with her new skills.
She also found her tongue this week, and she keeps sticking it in and out with deep concentration! She is interested in mine as well - I think she is preparing to add some sounds to her repertoire. Did I mention that "mama" and "baba" are her current favourites?
This week Kyle gets to work a short week because of the Easter weekend. Brynn and I are heading down to Vancouver on Easter Sunday, and will be joined by Kyle on Wednesday. He is writing is final exams Thursday and Saturday, and then we are off to Maui! Another adventure!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Peaceful Mornings.
It is interesting how we fall into a rhythm of things, and the ebbs and flows of how that rhythm goes.
I would have said a few weeks ago, that the morning time was my most challenging time of day. I felt like by the time we got up and fed Brynn a breakfast of breastmilk, and then one of solids, ate breakfast myself, and changed anywhere from 1-3 diapers, I could have been in the last half of a marathon. It was usually somewhere in the hour of 7am. What would we do with ourselves until nap time? Two or three hours can feel like a long time when it is composed of 2 minute activities!
But this week I think that the morning has been my favourite. Brynn and I get our breakfast in, and then do some chores interspersed with play. Then we sit on the floor, and Brynn will play for a few minutes, while I knit for a few minutes, and then we will read a story, then play and knit and read another story or sing a song, and repeat. When we are tired of that we will head to all the windows to check for birds, or garbage trucks or, Brynn's favourite: dog walkers. Sometimes a quick, "hello" to someone on Skype and before we know it, we are singing the pre-nap song.
Lovely, peaceful mornings.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Brynn this Week (BTW).
This was the view out our front door at the beginning of last week:
It melted quickly, but still, c'mon April!
It seems like it has been a big week for Brynn. Sometimes it feels like she stays the same for several weeks, and the all of a sudden, she grows up a bunch in a couple of days.
This week:
We gave up the dream feed. For the first time in 7 months, she went without a bottle of milk in the early nighttime. We had been slowly tapering it for several weeks, and she has not seemed to notice that it is gone. (Doesn't mean that she is sleeping straight through, but she isn't doing anything different without the milk). This means I don't have to pump every morning to make the bottle! Although I am still doing it, out of habit I guess. We are just stock-piling a bunch in the freezer at the moment.
Brynn started cruising around on the furniture. Now she is even going from the coffee table to the couch and back. Still no signs of crawling whatsoever, but she is obsessed with walking around holding onto hands. I swear she is going to go straight to walking.
We went out for dinner to Red Robin on Friday night! Brynn sat in the high chair like a star, and loved all the action, especially the "Happy Birthday" song entertainment.
Our friend Jess came to take Brynn for a walk on Sunday afternoon, so that I could be free to get some stuff done. Kyle has been pretty busy between working, and research and studying for his exam, and while I am getting more done during the day now than ever, the list is still always longer that what a couple of naps and some exersaucer time gets me. I went to the store with a cart and a huge list - it was great!
I finished knitting Brynn's spring cardigan. Now it just has to be blocked and buttons added.
This week we are looking forward to Cortney coming to visit on the weekend!
It melted quickly, but still, c'mon April!
It seems like it has been a big week for Brynn. Sometimes it feels like she stays the same for several weeks, and the all of a sudden, she grows up a bunch in a couple of days.
This week:
We gave up the dream feed. For the first time in 7 months, she went without a bottle of milk in the early nighttime. We had been slowly tapering it for several weeks, and she has not seemed to notice that it is gone. (Doesn't mean that she is sleeping straight through, but she isn't doing anything different without the milk). This means I don't have to pump every morning to make the bottle! Although I am still doing it, out of habit I guess. We are just stock-piling a bunch in the freezer at the moment.
Brynn started cruising around on the furniture. Now she is even going from the coffee table to the couch and back. Still no signs of crawling whatsoever, but she is obsessed with walking around holding onto hands. I swear she is going to go straight to walking.
We went out for dinner to Red Robin on Friday night! Brynn sat in the high chair like a star, and loved all the action, especially the "Happy Birthday" song entertainment.
Our friend Jess came to take Brynn for a walk on Sunday afternoon, so that I could be free to get some stuff done. Kyle has been pretty busy between working, and research and studying for his exam, and while I am getting more done during the day now than ever, the list is still always longer that what a couple of naps and some exersaucer time gets me. I went to the store with a cart and a huge list - it was great!
I finished knitting Brynn's spring cardigan. Now it just has to be blocked and buttons added.
This week we are looking forward to Cortney coming to visit on the weekend!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
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