Isaac at 8 months

• is completely weaned from Mommy
• drinks 4 -6 oz bottles of milk a day, loves veggies, fruit, cheerios, mum mum crackers, yogurt, any kind of baby food that we give him
• has two naps a day 9am and 1pm
• still sleeps through the night, goes to bed around 7:30pm and sleeps until 7:30am
• loves having baths with his big brother Luke
• rolls over both ways and scoots around on the floor
• Often lays on his back and pushes himself across the floor until he hits the wall or a chair or the table etc.
• has the most beautiful eyes and the longest eyelashes ever
• smiles at everyone and anyone who glances his way
• has the best giggle when we tickle him
• babbles lots
• loves watching his brothers and can't wait to get in on the action
• loves going for walks in the bike cart
• sleeps on his back now and loves any soft blanket that he can get his hands on
• sits at the supper table with us as a family and takes in the chaos around him
• I'm not sure what he weighs but my guess is almost 25 pounds
• starting to develop his own personality
• is seeking independence already, he's starting to prop himself up on his arms and gets up on his knees, it won't be long and he will be crawling
• sits in the grocery cart and loves looking around
• loves going for wagon rides to the park
• loves going in the toddler swing on the playcenter and watching his brothers while they play in the sandbox
• is such a joy in our lives and is such an amazing good natured baby
• wears size 5 diapers, 18 month Costco sleepers, 24mth - Size 2 clothes. Luke wears size 3 and Isaac size 2...can't believe it.
• has two teeth and is constantly drooling these days and chews on everything

Playdate with Seth!

This post is for my bestest friend Tracy who is currently visiting her sisters in Australia for 3 weeks. Her darling mom came to stay at her house and take care of her three oldest boys while her and Baby Isaiah went on a holiday. Seth came for the afternoon so Tracy's mom could have a short break the other day. We had lots of fun playing in the sandbox and going for a wagon ride to meet Andrew at the bus stop. The boys are snacking on some rockets while waiting for the bus to come. We got lots of smiles, waves and attention plunked on the side of the road waiting. I thought Tracy might enjoy seeing some pics of Sethy having fun. I'm sure she is really missing the boys at this point. We are counting down the days Trac until you come back. Enjoy!

Thankfulness!

This Thanksgiving we were thankful for:

• Nana and Papa's visit
• Uncle Jamie coming for a sleepover
• turkey dinner prepared by Nana
• great weather
• Papa coming to Andrew's first hockey game
• Papa practicing hockey with Andrew in the front yard
• Nana reading lots and lots of books to the kids
• going for truck rides with Nana and Papa in Uncle Jamie's truck
• visiting the Just Fur Fun petting Zoo with Nana and Papa
• carving pumpkins with Nana and Papa
• lots of hugs and cuddles with Nana and Papa

The Littlest Titan!

Well the long awaited day arrived and Andrew started hockey. He has been anxiously waiting to start hockey for weeks/months. Ken took him hockey gear shopping in August and he was so excited to show his hockey stuff to anyone and everyone that came by. One day awhile ago I caught him trying his stuff on for the millionth time and he said he just wanted to make sure it still fit him. We had to laugh.

Ken went along with him on the ice to practice and Papa was here from NS to watch from the stands and take pictures for me.

It was good for Andrew to play with the big kids, so he could be humbled. He was quite confident in his abilities when he practiced street hockey with Papa earlier in the week.

So another milestone for us, our first son playing hockey. Hard to believe this is happening already, it seems like just yesterday he was a little baby being cuddled in our arms. I guess I am a hockey mom now and this is just the beginning...3 more boys to go.

Happy Fall Season!

Andrew's class at the Thanksgiving assembly at school today. He is wearing black with a beige hoody. He's the shorty part Nova Scotian amongst the tall dutch kids.
We made a scarecrow yesterday. The kids named him Spot, and they believe that we made him to scare the birds away. They don't want the birds to steal their pet worms they've been collecting these days.

Auntie Mel and Uncle Pete made an awesome tire swing so we had to check it out. We sure love going to Cousin Simone and Shawna's place to play in their huge sandbox, on their tire swing and in their tree fort and to play with the kittens and to moo at the cows.....etc.etc. Country living.

Helping Grandma in her garden. Notice Sam's firefighter hat.

Corn Maze Field Trip

Andrew and his great buddy Noah feeding a lama at the petting zoo.
Sam came with me to the class trip. He was so excited to be there with Andrew and his class.

Andrew actually volunteered himself to be dressed up like a cow while the owner of the cornmaze taught the kids about cows. He took this job pretty seriously as you can tell.

These are all of the boys in Andrews class together. They are a great bunch of really nice kids.

This is the whole class. Andrew is peeking over at the top.

Last week I tagged along on Andrew's first field trip. It was to a petting zoo and corn maze. The kids got to feed animals, go for a tractor and hay wagon ride, do a trivia test to get thru the maze and ride on a cow train. It was lots of fun and great weather.

Guess who is a Big Boy Now?

Guess what we've been busy with all week? Potty Training Luke and it's going pretty good. What a lot of patience this takes. You would think the third time around that I'd be a pro but I still second guess myself and re read parts of the book I follow. I had to take this picture of his underwear on the line...I thought it was so adorable. Ken's family and some friends helped me out a lot by watching the older boys throughout the week so we had less distractions. I must say it was great spending one on one time with Luke but I was certainly happy to have all 4 boys together again for the whole day Friday. I missed them. Luke has quite the cheering squad when he pees or poops on the potty with his brothers around and his mommy and daddy praising him so much. We also made a few phone calls to aunties and to grandparents so he could tell them what a big boy he is now. Thankfully the worst is over and we are onto only one boy with diapers now. Hooray for savings $$$$$.