Despite his cold

Carson and I got bundled up yesterday and went to the park. We had a great time (until I forced him to put his mittens back on, and then he lost it. Jeff went outside to see if he could see us and heard Carson screaming so got in the car to come find us in case I needed help).

Carson's sick with a cold now, he slept in till 7:30 this morning (and this kid does NOT sleep in) and I think today there's going to be a lot of cuddling and giving into his every need.

I took the day off tomorrow, we are spending the day together on his birthday. Can you BELIEVE he's going to be TWO tomorrow? I think I'm still in shock/denial.

Last night he wolfed down asparagus, he's really coming around with his veggies. He wasn't so in love with the fish (he normally loves fish) but he ate lots of his asparagus (again, thanks to Jeff) and he's eating clementines like there is no tomorrow. So as much as I love to complain about my son, the one who doesn't like to eat, I figure things could be worse then him eating fish, asparagus and oranges for dinner.

Go Carson Go!

Last night.... Carson ate.... (drumroll please).... broccoli!

And I didn't have to disguise it, puree it, blend it in pasta... he knew it was brocolli, called it broccoli and was convinced by his Daddy to eat it!

We had beef and broccoli stirfry and as always, Carson only wanted the beef part of it (meat Mommy meat). But Jeff convinced him to try the broccoli and he did. A couple of times!

Very very proud parents (sure, it may not seem like much to be proud of, but if you saw the way Carson ate, you would be ecstatic too!)

Happy Birthday Nono

I must say, I LOVE having my family here in Ottawa. Let me correct that, I love having a lot of my family here in Ottawa. I wish my Dad, Arlene and Sam lived here. I wish Jeff's parents lived here (really, who can actually say they wished their inlaws lived in the same city, don't most people wish their inlaws lived elsewhere?), I wish my goddaughter (err and of course, her parents!) and my nieces and nephews lived here. With me, it's the more the merrier. I would even house a family dinner every weekend.


But I digress.


I love that Carson is growing up with cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents. He's a little shy at first (except with Grandma, she sometimes comes before me!) but then he gets right into it, chasing everyone around, playing with the cars (my sweet nephew Grant knows how much Carson loves cars and always takes out all his cars for him to play with), yelling, running, dancing and laughing with them all.


We all went over to Dino and Alexis' last night for a surprise birthday party for Nono. We had a great time. Carson was up past his bedtime and it was so worth it to not have to rush out of a party and he got so insanely funny it freaking hilarious. I was laughing at him, and then some, last night.


Anyways, here are a few pictures.

Super cute cousins!

Nadia just sent me some pictures from a sleepover this summer and the last one is from a few weekends ago and I think I have to get it printed.

And thank you ladies for your re-assuring words that it's a phase and all kids go through it!

Definitely not used to this!

Really, Carson's been quite the dream child. Except for maybe his eating habits (as in, he doesn't like to eat) he's pretty easy going. He always does what we told him (except eat), he's happy go lucky and I know what to expect from him.

Until this week.

He doesn't want to leave the house. It's a fight to get on his jacket and shoes. Then he doesn't want to come home. Picking him up from daycare is a nightmare. He screams, kicks his feet, lies on the ground and does NOT want to get ready to come home. When we're at home and trying to get him to go somewhere, we can take more time and convince him - reason with him - talk him into it. But leaving daycare, we kinda gotta get the show on the road quickly.

Everything you ask him, the answer is no. Before you even finish your question.

Going to bed takes longer (we've been quite spoiled, it used to be 10ish minutes of reading books and then into bed with a wave and a "see you in the morning") and now it takes about 20-30 minutes and he keeps trying to convince you of one more book, to sit in the chair while he's in his crib, and then after you leave he keeps calling you back. All new to us.

Besides all this, of course, he's the cutest thing in the world. And I forever want to squeeze him so tight cause I just can't stand it!! He wants to count and do the alphabet all the time. His number counting is hilarious, he gets stuck on a few numbers every couple of days. Today it was 11, 13 and 18. If you start at 1 he says no, and immediately starts at 11. The alphabet... he has after "o" pretty down pat. The beginning of the alphabet isn't as good and he just keeps saying f g f g f g - I suppose his favourite letters.

We've started the switch to cloth diapers, all thanks to a good friend of mine who's daughter grew out of the ones that fit Carson perfectly. It's all new to us, but I really like it and it's not harder than disposables. I don't know if Jeff is convinced yet though... it may take him a while.

Well, Jeff just came down from putting Carson to bed (he's way better at it then I am, I get suckered in to easily!) so I'm off to snuggle with my husband.

Here are a few pictures of Carson in the bath last night.

Tuckered out

You know some nights when you look forward to your children's bedtime? Tonight is definitely one of those nights. We've had a long, busy, activity-packed weekend. Carson was so tired, he went to bed with a good-bye and love you to Dad.

Saturday morning was rainy and cold so we went to an indoor playground - Carson had a blast and at the end was so tired he was falling asleep while talking to me.




Carson had a sleepover with Ethan and Isabelle, here we are reading books before bedtime:

Soooo tired

Can we say TWINS? Their same hands are in the same position!

The next morning in between making a cake and being crazy!

Cutest little spider ever

Carson had a great Halloween last night! I didn't think he would put on his costume at all, and I will admit I had to do a little convincing (if you put your spider on we'll go outside for a walk, he will do anythign to go outside) but he put it on and kept it on for the whole time. We went out and walked up and down the street, he said hi to everyone (I think he had chocolate-courage), went up to the scariest house on the street but shyed away when anyone tried to give him candy. He's in love with our neighbours cat, and he chased it all around the yard, even onto their porch. They're a really cute couple (with no kids of their own) so I think it made their night. They would call him over whenever the cat was brave enough to come back. He even helped Daddy hand out candy!

Happy (early) Hallowe'en!

Carson showing mommy all his artwork. He likes telling us what each one is. The other night he brought home the one Hallowe'en one and he wouldn't let it go all night.


He picked up a few new trains from his sleepover this past weekend, Ethan passed along Thomas' old trains. They just keep getting passed on through the cousins. Anyways, he just loves them. He's probably playing with/talking about/looking for these trains 90% of the time he's awake at home.

Here's Carson in his spider costume. He's the cutest little spider EVER.

Being passed on...

Kate and LJ found out they were having a boy (yippeee a lifetime friend for Carson) so I went through the boxes and boxes of baby clothes, toys and accessories and gave them to Kate over the weekend. I opened up a few of the boxes and looked at the little sleepers, the little outfits, the little undershirts. I can't even remember Carson being that tiny. I look at him now and he's so big, so tall, talking up a storm, wanting to do everything on his own... he's going to be TWO in just over a month.

I saw an old friend as I was out walking last night, him and his wife just had a baby boy and I wanted to pick him up, snuggle him and take him home with me.

I think it's fair to say I'm jonesing for another baby!

Long weekend

And despite being sick (Jeff passed his cold onto Carson and I), we're having a great long weekend. Yesterday we weren't sure what to do in the afternoon and then we remembered that The Paquette's were having an open house, so we went over there for the afternoon for some long overdue visiting. Carson met Jack for the second time and it took them a while, but then they warmed up to each other.








Then a quick stop off at Grandma and Nono's, where Carson fell in love with an apple sauce and wouldn't let go of it, even when it was time to go home. He carried it the whole way home, and only finally let go of it when it was time for bed.


First thing this morning, he asked for applesauce though. He's sick, so I'm only happy to give him whatever he wants.

Dinky cars Dinky cars

Are invading my life!

They are EVERYWHERE.

I opened my sock drawer this morning, found a dinky car
I walked downstairs to the basement, found two dinky cars on the stairs
I put my water bottle on the counter, it landed on top of a dinky car
I went to put my cell phone in the cupholder in my car, there were two dinky cars in there
Walking to work, I put my hands in my POCKETS, what was in there? You guessed it. Two dinky cars!

Ahhh such is the life of being a mom to a little boy!

Thank you S!

Our caregiver knew we were looking for a toybox/shelf and her sister had one she was looking to get rid of, so she passed it on our way.

It's way nicer than I was anticipating... and most importantly, Carson LOVES his new piece of furniture. All his cars are already lined up on one shelf... he spent 20 minutes putting them there, and then re-organizing them. I think it's a hit :)

Trip on the bus!

Yesterday Carson, Grandma and I took a trip downtown on the bus. Knowing Carson as well as I do, I knew he wasn't going to love it right away. He was a little unsure of the bus, with all the people on it, sitting on benches and moving. But, as we showed him the sites and what we were passing, he ended up loving it (which I also knew would happen).

We went to Rideau Center and he was having so much fun riding the escalators and running around that when the time came to leave, he threw his first temper tantrum with me (probably lasted 90 seconds) and was screaming and on the floor NOT wanting to put his sweater on. But as soon as it was on, he was fine and we went outside to get on the bus to come home.