Napping Away

Well Travis came home yesterday. He was quite impressed with Ian's crawling skills. We actually didn't do much, just hung out mostly. It is nice to know he is here for a good while now.

I am composing a detailed list for my christmas dinner shopping. We will be having 10 people here counting Ian. I am gonna bake cookies and butter tarts and for dinner I am making ham, perogies and potatoes. Other people are bringing dessert and veggies. I don't know where everybody is going to sit, though! I am really looking forward to Christmas this year. I will take tons of pics for everybody!

Well, like I said, not much going on here today. Ian is napping. Here he is napping on the couch:

Just Checkin In

I feel so lousy today. I am pretty sick and then all that shoveling didn't help. A couple we're friends with their power went out so they came and stayed with me. He helped shovel the snow which was nice. But I am still pretty tired. It's pouring rain today so maybe what didn't get shovelled will be rinsed away. I don't have much to say today. Travis is coming home early, he will be here tomorrow afternoon. So tomorrow night I will write a great big post with lots of pictures. Until then, Have a Great Day!

Let it Snow!

Snowing like mad here tonight. The weather channel kept saying 3-5 cm of snow and as of right now I have about 6 inches! And stupid head Travis had to be gone. He keeps getting out of snow shoveling. I had friends over for dinner and they left early because the snow was making for unsafe driving.

Today this creepy old guy shows up at my house wanting me to call a cab for him. He said he just moved in across the street and has no phone. Then he says to tell it to go to #45! Well my friend across the street (the one who gives me stuff, ha ha) HAS a phone and HAS NOT just moved in. Then the guy goes across the street and walks behind her house. So she is usually gone on Friday mornings with her kids, so she wasn't home at the time. So the cab comes and takes the guy away. Which is good because I am watching her house like a hawk in case she comes home to find some murderer slash child molester hiding in her house. I think, "well he's gone but maybe he robbed them!" so I continue watching the house to see when she gets home.

So finally she gets home and I grab Ian and go dashing across the road to let her know of the intruder. Turns out it is a boarder she has! He stays in the basement and can only get in from the back! And he hasn't hooked himself up a phone yet! And he is gone lots that's why I never saw him before! And she laughed her butt off at me!

She did say thanks though, for my vigilance, and invited me in for pineapple. So it wasn't a total loss.

Here's the snow on my back deck:

EW

Here is my conversation with Ian today when I undressed him for his bath:

"Here honey, I'm gonna give you a bath. Whew, you stink! Let's see what you got there. Ew, it's all over...NO! don't grab that! ew, now I need to wipe your hands where are the wipes, OH NO DON'T RUB YOUR EYES? NO BABY DON'T CRY! I know it's in your eye but WAIT DON'T SUCK YOUR THUMB THAT'S SO GROSS!"

Well, that was fun.

In other news, I went on a cleaning rampage today. As I believe I mentioned, I had a leaky pipe the other day so everything was pulled out from under the stairs. I wanted to put it back but even though the water was gone the floor was pretty gross. And the water from the floor was still in the mop pail. So I dumped that out. Then I had to wash the pail and the mop because the kitty litter is under there and it was all mixed in with the water and since I use that mop in the kitchen where Ian frequently eats toast off the floor, I figured I better wash it. Then I figured I better scoop the cat box while I was in there anyway. But you know, I don't remember the last time I actually cleaned the cat box, and the tub was dirty already from cleaning the bucket so after I emptied the cat box I took it and cleaned it out really good in the tub. And then I let it dry and took out the kitty litter. Well it's pretty cold out so I figured I might as well get it all done at once so I took out all the garbages in the house. And the green bin too, which needed cleaning so I cleaned that.

Then I went back downstairs, and well it was kinda sticky under the cat box so I wiped that up with paper towel and then refilled the cat box. But I needed the floor to dry so I could sweep up the loose cat litter and then give the floor a good mopping before I could put all the stuff back in there. So while I waited I figured I better clean the tub since it was gross from cat litter. So I cleaned the tub. And if I cleaned the tub, I might as well do the whole bathroom. And if I do that bathroom I might as well do the other one too. And well, I cleaned the mirrors so I might as well continue on and do the windows.

By now I was worried about Ian waking up and I didn't want to touch him after handling the kitty litter, so I took a shower. Then I had lunch. Then I was going to mop but well no point in making the mop gross again without getting something out of it so I went upstairs and vacumed and mopped the kitchen, and the bathroom, then I did the landing, then the downstairs bathroom and laundry room THEN I finally got around to the storage room. I put the mop away and well I was so tired I never did put the stuff back under the stairs!

Now that I have finished writing such a long and boring story, here is a picture. Not Ian, We've all seen enough of Ian. Here's a picture of me. I already sent it to Jenni who assures me I look like a dork. Yay! A dream come true!

Have a Beer

I hope everybody likes the new tunes today. I was ready for something different. Plus I did figure out how to put a video on here but I can only do it if I take away the music so I will have to wait a while for that. Maybe for the new year.

I cooked squash today. I had to look it up on the internet to see how to do it because i cooked it for Ian. The only way I knew how to do it wasn't good for baby food. Anyway, he really liked it, he gobbled it all up. Of course there is lots of leftovers so I placed some in ice cube trays and when it is frozen I will put it in a ziploc bag for easy access. I think I am gonna try something different with the carrots too... I had pureed them in my mini food processor and I think that was the problem with the texture. I am gonna try again tomorrow using the big food processor, maybe it has more power or something and will make a texture that is more appealing to the baby-o.

Here are a few pics from yesterday and today. I took the picture of him sleeping just now in the pitch dark and luckily the flash didn't wake him up!

Baby on the Move

Ian learned some very exciting things today. First off, he learned to crawl. He couldn't crawl yesterday, but he sure can go today! It was very exciting. I took a video with my camera but of course I can't post it here. So I emailed it out to several people. If you did not get that email and would like to, please leave a comment on this post with your email address and I will be sure to send it along.

Ian also learned to kiss me today. I just say, "give mama a kiss" and he turns to me with his mouth wide open and plants one right on me. Then he tries to slip me the tongue. (I never said he was a gentleman!)

I don't really have a new picture for today but I may add one later on tonight if anything happens.

Marshmallow World

It finally snowed! Yay! So I bundled Ian up and took him outside and I shoveled the deck and front step. Ian wasn't a big fan of winter time. He fell on his face. He cried. I picked him up and cuddled him and wiped the snow off his face. Then when he was calm I put him back down and took pictures of him in the snow.

It's garbage day here tomorrow, and I have to take the garbage out before I go to bed. It's Travis's job usually. It's times like this I really miss him!

I think I might take Ian to the pool tomorrow. I will see if I can get the lifeguard to take a picture of us but I don't want to guarantee anything. Until then, Here's Ian in the snow: