Diggers at our house!?!

Our little subdivision is getting a whole new water system so there is a multitude of construction vehicles around these days. That is always the big topic of conversation all evening in our house (at least while Adrian is awake). They made it almost to our house last night so Adrian can actually see them from the front window which is nice (for me because I don't have to sit and watch 'diggers' for an hour each night). The downside: we probably won't be able to use our driveway for a few days.

I was going to do a whole photo shoot with Adrian and the construction vehicles last night but we had a pretty bad accident. Adrian was jumping on his bed and crashed into the headboard sending two of his sharp teeth out of his bottom lip. There was a lot of blood and even more crying but we managed to get it under control with the help of a wet face cloth and the diggers as distraction. I thought for sure we would be headed into the hospital for a stitch or two but it seemed much better about 20 minutes after the incident.

So for now, all I have is a picture of Adrian reenacting some digger action in his sandbox from last week.... stay tuned.

Firetrucks galore

We were fortunate enough to have Grampy and Grammy Underhill come up for the weekend to give Jan a little break. Adrian and his grandparents sure play each other out. Adrian was in bed a whole hour early last night after they left. He could barely keep his eyes open for story time. I am sure Grampy and Grammy were in bed early too!

Sunday afternoon we were headed to the park and we noticed a big crowd at the fire station... they were having an open house! Both Adrian and Grampy are firetruck fans (Grampy helped build some of them) so we lucked out on discovering that. I am not sure what it was the Adrian liked about them as he would just climb from one to the other and sit for a few minutes and then be off to the next vehicle. He sure didn't want to leave. (They also had free timbits to sweeten the deal.) And then on the drive home we ran across free bouncy castles down in Officer's Square! Wow... it doesn't get any better than that for entertaining Adrian.

Drained

It has been a busy couple of weeks... especially for me as Jamie has been out of town a lot. Taking care of Adrian, working, being pregnant and having a cold on top of everything has really drained my energy levels. I'll be glad when Jamie gets back from Toronoto on Tuesday.

Adrian has been a busy boy lately and is very entertaining. He is just starting to play independently (which couldn't have come at a better time) and will draw at his desk, play with his sandbox or in the tub for a good 20 minutes with minimal supervision. I just have to be careful if it gets too quiet... that's when I know something's up!!!

FREX 2008

We weren't going to but we were bored Monday afternoon and decided to brave the FREX. I have to admit that in the almost 10 years that I have been here I have never taken in the FREX activities. I am really not into crowds these days but once we waited 20 minutes to get in it really wasn't that bad. It helped that Adrian didn't really want to go on any of the rides! We did get him in the bouncy castle (he LOVES it, even when there are scary big kids bouncing) and on the merry-go-round which he thought was okay but perhaps a little boring.

He loved the animals as predicted. He got to feed some at the petting zoo area and then see the massive livestock in the barns. I honestly didn't know that horses could get that big! Impressive. We got to watch a baby calf with his Mommy which was cute (and more my speed).

And perhaps the most exciting part of FREX 2008? The tractor display of course!!! Amazingly there weren't any lineups to see that. (-;

A great way to spend a cool but sunny September afternoon. We'll probably be back next year!

Big boy bed update

I have to mention that Adrian slept in his bed with no problems at all the past week! I was so very proud of him. I am sure it took some courage to move from the only sleeping arrangement he has ever known to a whole new room and bed! Our routine is pretty much exactly the same as it was with the crib, once I put him in bed that is where he stays. However for the last week I don't think he realized he could get out by himself but figured it out this morning. Hopefully that won't be a problem.