A true New Brunswicker

Please don't ask how Adrian ended up in just his diaper and his winter boots. And the worst part is that after these pictures were taken he ended up in his birthday suit and his winter boots as he finally ripped his diaper off.

The good news is that we found winter boots to fit his fat little feet. And obviously he likes them because I will catch him clumsily trying to put them on himself. I think he really likes the clop-clop sound they make when he walks.

I don't know why but seeing a guy in his underpants and winter boots makes me think 'New Brunswick'.

Evel Knievel

Adrian has been upgraded from our little monkey to our little Evel Knievel. All of the sudden he wants to be standing on everything. He tries to stand on his toys, even the balls. I am forever pulling him off the fireplace ledge. And last night Jamie was playing with him on the floor and he decided to try to stand on his bike!!! He would get his feet on the seat and balance himself while holding onto the handle bars, then ever so slowly stand completely up. It was really something to watch and because it was so entertaining we let him do it (with some careful spotting by Jamie). He was quite proud of himself whenever he made it all the way up. The only problem is now all he wants to do is stand on the bike so we had to put it in the closet for now. Hopefully a few days will get him out of this stage!! It's one that is sure to see us in the Emergency Room some night.

Monkeying around on Halloween.

Happy Halloween everyone! Halloween was so much fun this year. Having a child is especially fun on the holidays.

Adrian had many festivities to enjoy this year. On Friday afternoon we attended a children's party at the Department of Health (where I am currently working). Adrian did some cubicle trick-or-treating, followed by some cookie eating and some gourd bowling. A full afternoon! We loaded everything up in the stroller and went to an adult party at my AdvansysTMC office. Adrian was the life of the party and was really in an entertaining mood. Everytime a group of people laughed he would launch into a loud, fake laugh with his eyes closed and his hand up in the air just like an adult. How can you not laugh at a little laughing monkey? We loaded the stroller up again and made our way to my car. I have never had such an exhausting afternoon at the office! I think Adrian tired to stick his fingers in every electrical socket and network plugin in the entire office. Not to mention opening every filing cabinent within 3 feet of the floor.

On Halloween day Adrian had a party at Lisa's. He wore his monkey costume and I was really surprised when Lisa told me that he was one of the only kids that would keep his costume on. They made Halloween sugar cookies, colored some Halloween pictures and ran around in their costumes (or not). Tonight I took Adrian around the neighbourhood in his wagon dressed in his monkey suit. He enjoyed the ride and the stops along the way. I let him open a box of Smarties when we got home and he would put one in his mouth, make an awful face, spit it out in my hand and then put another new one in. I let him give a KitKat a try and he left that in his mouth for a few minutes and then spit it out. He doesn't seem to like chocolate at all. If I wasn't there when he came out I might question whether or not he was my child... haha.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween this year. We sure did. Now I am going to go eat some of Adrian's treats!! (It's not like he can eat Doritos or Oh Henry bars, so I don't need to feel guilty, right?).

Here Kitty Kitty

We had the pleasure of visiting with Sara, Ian and Emily this weekend. It was very exciting for Adrian to be out and about, especially since they just got a new adorable kitten named Ruthie. Adrian seems to really love animals but this was the first one that was actually his size (compared to our 70lb shepard and the horses at the Country Pumpkin) that he got to make contact with so he especially love her. He figured out early that Ruthie seemed drawn to the string so he wanted to have that in hand at all times.

Sara also captured the photo below which cracks me up because it looks like a male model on the beach shot. Mark my words... he'll be in a calendar someday!

More, please!

I am not sure what has gotten into Adrian's appetite the last couple of days but he has been eating non-stop. He used to eat like this when he was much younger but his appetite had slowed considerably until now. He will eat whatever I give him for supper with gusto (even if it is a plateful of veggies, he even devoured a 2 egg omelet full of broccoli and mushrooms last night), and then be looking to our plates for more. Daddy had a late supper last night and Adrian had to have a few bites of spaghetti on his way to bed. I wasn't too happy about the mess it involved but a boy has to eat! He just stood beside Jamie with his hands up in the air indicating that he wanted a piece of the action. He found 'slurping' spaghetti very silly and therefore a lot of fun!

Do you think this phenomenon could be related to the fact that all of his 12 month pants stopped fitting this week?