crossing things off

I finally crossed off a few things from my 53 in 3 list.  I got a haircut last week, it had been a little over 6 months since my last one.  Drove out to my hairdressers house, she had her baby 5 months ago and isn't planning on returning to the salon she was at before.  Her daughter Molly was born with Prader-Willi syndrome so it is just simpler if she opens her own business at home.  The only downside is that she live about 1.5hrs from us.  Ollie had a great time playing with new toys and interacting with Molly.

The other thing I crossed off is keeping my e-mail accounts clean and tidy.  It has been a month and everything that I am keeping is in folders and everything else is trashed.  I decided to cross this one off and if I stray from it I will uncross it.

It feels nice to scratch things off.

What's on your to-do list?

we have one

It's official, we have ourselves a toddlby.  Not quite a toddler but no longer a baby.  I read about this stage over on Jamie's blog.  Frustration comes easily to Olli now, he wants something but can't get to it fast enough or he wants a snack and we don't understand him quickly enough.  Trying to decipher different screams is tiring on us and I am positive he get's fed up that we don't get it.  Cuddling has gone out the window, it's all about efficiency now.  Sometimes it seems that I can't shovel food fast enough at lunch, he get's angry then it becomes next to impossible to feed him quickly because he is flailing around.  Morning is the only quiet time we have now, he will sit in his chair and drink his bottle, usually while watching Elmo.  I can eat some breakfast, tidy up and check my e-mail.  After his bottle it's fruit and cereal time, less meds mean this can be done even faster.  Play time comes next, books, toys, piano, bears, they all get abused before nap time.  I better not dare get up to go to the bathroom though, he will let me know that he doesn't approve.  Electrical cords are the coolest thing ever, must get hands on them NOW.  He pulls himself up on his play table, still has a hard time accomplishing it with the couch or coffee table.  If you hold his hands he tries to walk.  The teeth are still trying to come out, this totally adds to the crankiness.  Fits in public are stressful on me, I'm never quite sure how to handle them, at the moment we try not to give in usually we try and distract him.  A volume control would be really really handy during this stage because he still doesn't understand his feelings.  Surviving a fun and frustrating stage where fluff off the floor tastes better then real food.  How did you handle this phase without ripping all our hair out or having it turn completely gray?

Birthday Weekend

I told you all I would eventually get to posting pictures of the birthday weekend.

I started to post them just as pictures but it was taking up so much room on the page so I decided to make a slide show for them instead.
Everyone arrived on the Saturday, we spent some time catching up and had a great supper.  On Sunday we started off with a breakfast of bacon & eggs.  I baked the cake and while it was cooling some of us went to the bookstore, french books are hard to get in Ontario.  We came back home with pizza for everyone.  While Ollie was napping we got things ready for his party.  For cleanliness factors we started with gifts, he was spoiled, again.  Louis' parents and sister got him some clothes for when he will be a bit bigger and a really cool tricycle that will grow with him.  My parents got him a ball popping toy, a book, some cool little animal cars and a sleigh.  Auntie Joanie got him some cute shirts and a hat from New Caledonia and we got him a couple books and some bath toys.  Ollie enjoyed his first ever cupcake, got to play with some of his new toys then it was time for a nap. We ate tacos for supper and then the adults got cake for dessert.  It was a great weekend, everyone had lots of fun.
(I made his birthday hat, it is impossible to find forrest themed birthday things)