Seeing stars

Adrian Jones... you're too cute. I have a hard time getting him to wear a pair of sunglasses but he couldn't resist these ones. I leave them in the kitchen and I keep putting them one when he isn't looking and the turning around really fast to surprise him. It is always good for a laugh, and I'll do anything to hear his adorable little chuckle.

We're back!

Sorry for the super long blogging break... it was not by choice! Between the week in Cuba, many illnesses, 18 month shots and Jamie being out of town with his computer all last week there was no time! The good news is we have lots of pictures to share, and let's just say Adrian is only getting cuter.

Jamie and I had a good week in Cuba except for the fact that I was rather sick much of the time. And on top of bronchitis and the flu I had a really bad case of 'Missing-Adrian'! That was the roughest part. Our resort was nice and the weather was hot and sunny for the most part. I sure am glad to be home though. Leaving makes you realize how good you've got it sometimes.


Adrian had a great week, dividing his time between the grandparents. Jamie and I are are so lucky to have 2 sets of parents so willing to take the little tyke. From all accounts they all really enjoyed their time together. I swear he grew in the week while I was gone, even Jamie agreed with me. And he was saying lots of new words which I must say broke my heart a little.

We got home on Saturday and then on Monday poor Adrian had to go in for his shots. Just when he was perfectly healthy from a week without sharing germs at daycare! He always has reactions to the shots... this time it was a bad fever and a mild rash. Poor little thing. You can't tell from the picture because he looks far too happy, but he is eating a Popsicle for the fever! (Jamie also looks far too happy for Jamie, the vacation must have done him well.)

Coloring is all the rage at our house these days. I have to thank Lisa (Adrian's babysitter) for that. Watching Adrian colour makes my heart melt... it is such a 'big boy' thing to be doing. The actual coloring part holds his attention for about 1 minute and then it turns into him trying to do new and naughty things with the crayons like: eating them, sticking them in his ear, putting them in the heater, etc. It's amazing how many uses he can come up with for a box of crayons!

See you soon... I swear!

Shovel

Oh I just love this picture. Adrian looks so grown up and handsome... straight off the pages of the Sears catalogue. (-: He loves to shovel the deck and has been known to get quite upset if his 'shovelling' (which consists of pushing a shovel around the deck) is cut short. I am guessing his obsession probably stems from the fact that his Daddy has been seen with a shovel so often lately. This picture is what happens when you take the shovel away:

We went to visit the latest addition to the Boyle family at the hospital today. Mommy and baby Adam are both doing great. He sure is cute and I forgot that they came out that small (although to be fair Adrian was a 9 pounder and never that small). It sure put some perspective on how much my 'baby' has grown. Adrian wasn't too keen on me holding the baby.... uh oh... I hope this isn't a sign of what is to come. I have to admit that being in the hospital and holding that sweet little guy gave me a tinge of baby fever! What is it about us girls? Jamie claims he was unaffected by the whole visit but I left the hospital longing for a newborn!

Monkey See Monkey Do

Sorry for the blogging hiatus but Adrian has had a bad dose of the flu. Coupled with teething he requires a lot of TLC these days.

The funny thing I have noticed about Adrian lately is he is starting to try to copy everything Jamie and I do. (uh oh... we have to be on our best behaviour now!) I am going to enjoy the fact that he thinks Mommy is cool while it lasts!

Whenever I brush my teeth he has to as well. (All I hear is 'teehhh, teehh' until he gets his tooth brush)

He is obsessed with wearing our shoes.

I thought this was funny because we were eating breakfast and he saw me eating my eggs on my toast and now he insists on eating that way too. He is trying to get the egg to stay on his toast in this picture. (He also says cheese whenever I take a picture now... not sure where that came from!)

And household chores just seem like so much fun when you are one. Too bad the novelty wears off!

Future Olympian 2024

What a great weekend we had. Sunday nights always come far too quickly. The highlight of our weekend was that we finally made it to gymnastics at Kingswood. They have an open pre-school session on Saturday afternoons where the little tykes can just run and jump and play for a whole hour. It was great, made even better by the fact that Grammy Underhill came too.

Adrian was hesitant at first. The facility is huge, full of strange apparatus and very energetic kids, most of whom were older and faster than Adrian. At first he was rather timid and couldn’t be coaxed to play on anything for very long. But then he saw an older boy (and by older I mean 3) hanging from a bar and he went over to the boy’s Dad and said ‘Up, Up!’ So we got him up there and he actually hung on his own for a few seconds at a time. After that he was on fire and wanted to play with everything as quickly as possible. We only had about 15 minutes left at that point and he was very upset when Mommy had to pull him out of the foam pit to go. We will definitely be going back on another Saturday now that he has the hang of it.

The four of us got outside for a sled ride this afternoon. It is amazing how the fresh winter air tires out both Adrian and Barkley. When we got back Adrian went in the shed with Jamie to put his sled away and he didn’t want to leave. He just stood in there and looked around for the longest time. Looks like he is his father’s son in this regard!