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:

OUCH!

I broke my foot. I stubbed my toe on A SHOE and broke my toe. I can't believe it. My toe has turned completely black and purple. It is gonna be a tough couple days.

Ian is doing good, he has mastered sitting up and we had to take the mobile off the crib today because he sat up in bed and was yanking at it. He has been trying to pull himself up on everything too, but so far only made it up in the tub.

We got some of his Christmas presents yesterday, a few toys, and sleepers and some stuff he needs. I totally can't wait till Christmas! I will take loads of pics.

Our anniversary went well, we had a babysitter and went to Harry Potter. It was pretty good, better than any of the others. But I wouldn't take a kid to it. It is really dark and scary! The one thing I missed was Harry's Muggle relatives being mean to him. That was always so satisfying. All in all pretty good show.

Not much else to say, so here are a couple pics taken only an hour and a half ago:

Happy Anniversary

To start off, thanks everybody for your comments! Especially from my squisters, its good to know you are keeping up with us here.

Secondly, I would like to wish myself a happy anniversary! 2 years down, 48 to go and then we can get some gold stuff for presents. Anyway, we have a babysitter and a fabulous date planned. Harry Potter here we come!

Thirdly, we got a camera cable finally. So I have a huge whack of pics to upload, please check the photo album for new pics. It also means I will be able to put NEW pics up daily, pics taken that day! So all you faithfull followers can see how Ian is doing today. Lucky you!

I also wanted to put in a pretty good review for you all. We rented War of the Worlds yesterday and the movie was surprisingly good. Tom Cruise starts off pretty unlikable, I kept saying "get back to your kids you dick!" but as the movie went on it became very powerful. Also it was less actiony and more scary than most alien movies. I was really scared at some points. But the best thing I found was the reaction of the people. You know in movies like Independance day, humankind bands together and overcomes everything; the invasion brings out the best in people. Well I found this much more indicitive of what people would do in the situation, looting, desperation, and violence. It was nice to see a movie with more than just special effects.

(by the way another movie that is more than just special effects is I Robot, but I don't need to go into that here, I have to get on with uploading my photos.)

In the mean time, my fave pic of all the new ones is this:

My Main Man

Mama got to go to a movie today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There just arent enough exclamation points to express my extreme excitement at that!

It was so fun. Travis came home today so he watched Ian and a friend and I went to see the Johnny Cash movie, Walk the Line with Joachim Phoenix as Johnny Cash. He did a pretty good job of it too. My friend thought he was hot. I thought he was pretty good looking as well. It was a good movie, not as good as Ray, though. It had a lot of the same story elements which leaves you feeling a little like you are watching another version of the same movie. All in all I would say it was worth seeing.

Of course, I was excited to see Travis as well...

Actually, I really was happy to see Travis, and he was pretty happy to see me as well. It was a regular family get together here. He traded in all his Norfolk money for real money and we went to dinner. It was our anniversary dinner, just a few days early, and we brought Ian. It was nice, Ian was good, and he was really popular with the staff.

Speaking of Ian, he did something amazing and wonderful today... He STOOD UP! Yep, you heard me, my 6 month old baby STOOD UP! And I don't mean I held him up either. He was in the tub and he turned sideways and put his hands on the side of the tub. Nothing unusual there. Then he got on his one knee and foot. Nothing unusual there, either. Then he just stood up! I swear my jaw hit the floor! It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I was so proud of him I wanted to run up and tell Travis right away but of course he was in the tub so I didn't. He sure got lots of kisses from Mommy, though.

My baby's becoming a man!

Trav said we can get a USB cable tomorrow so I will finally get some new pics up here. IN the meantime, here is one for today:

Pets and Parks

Well, we took off this afternoon to the Sir Sandford Fleming Park. Probably my favorite park in the whole city because it is so picturesque and because you can always see starfish and sea anemones and what not in the water. I put Ian in the swing and swung him, he really liked that. Did not take pics because camera batteries died today. So I guess batteries are on the shopping list along with USB cable. Then we went walking around and looked at stuff. It was pretty chilly but Ian had on his snow suit and I guess he was cozy enough because he fell asleep.

Also stopped in at the SPCA today. I wanted to see about doing some volunteer work. I filled out an application and likely should hear from them soon. As I may have mentioned to some people, I am thinking of taking a vet assistant course some time in the future and I think it would look good to have some volunteer work in that area. In addition, walking dogs is good exercise. Just think I can have all the benefits of having a dog without having to have a dog! But mostly I want to do volunteer work because this Christmas has really put me in the giving mood.

Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Here is my pic for today, in honour of pets:

***Probably a cat picture went missing here. Bastards***

I Don't Carrot You Say, I'm Not Eating That!

Gave Ian carrots today for the first time ever. Just about died, it was so funny. You should have seen the look on his face. He made a face like I gave him something rancid, then he tried to swallow but just gagged instead. I gave him about 4 bites altogether. He did manage to swallow it but he didn't look happy. We'll have a few more meals of carrots to test that out.

I took some pictures of Ian last night, he squirmed and wriggled and so I didn't have much luck. I did figure out the white balance on the camera though, so it wasn't a total loss.

Travis emailed me today, he will be home on Sunday. So we are very happy about that as it means we will be able to spend our anniversary together. We already have a babysitter and everything. I am pretty excited about it all.

In Celebrity News, Nick and Jessica finally dissolved their sham of a marriage. And you know what I have to say about that? Who cares??? Why is this on all the news and radio? Why does anybody care, Who is Nick Lashay anyway? Why can't Jessica Simpson sing anything good? And does this mean Newlyweds is cancelled, cuz that's like my favorite show!

Just kidding. I wouldn't watch that crap.

Here is today's Pic: