Tell it like it is Tuesday

Mason and Alex for the most part don’t play much together.  Occasionally you will find Alex throwing Mason one of his toys, or you will find him feeding Mason some of his treats.  But yesterday, this is what I found and thought it was just priceless. 

Oh boy… Mason you don’t know what you are in for!!

18 months and 20 days old

It has been pretty hectic around here.  I honestly do not know where the last month has gone.  I’m blaming that on being sick the past 4 weeks (which is still ongoing – grrr!!!).  The last few days have been very busy too – Stone Temple Pilots concert, the craft show I participated in, New Moon movie with the girls, work (I had to go home after 4 hours because I couldn’t breathe), and Matt’s Mom’s birthday today.  Very busy.  And the doctor says I need to rest… maybe this coming week I’ll find a few hours to do that.

I was thinking today that it has been a long time since I’ve done an Alex update - I really don’t know where to start since each day things change.  I think I’ll break it down into categories:

Food & Drink
Alex is still eating like as well as always – and it is still a very messy endeavour.    He is pretty good at getting his bites into his mouth using a spoon or a fork and doesn’t make that much of a mess on his face – it is more because Alex likes to throw the food he doesn’t want on the floor – thank goodness for Mason!  We feed him pretty much what we are eating – unless it is too spicy.  Alex now LOVES clementines and berries of all sorts.  The one thing Alex doesn’t care for that much is sandwiches.  I hope that changes.
Alex does stil have a bottle in the morning when he wakes up and one after dinner.  I’ve tried to switch to a sippy cup, but for now Alex isn’t ready.  As long as he is done by he is 2 years old I’ll be good.  Throughout the day Alex drinks mainly water from his sippy cup, sometimes milk at dinner in his cup.

Sleep
For the most part, Alex is still a wonderful sleeper.   He sleeps from 7:30 – 7:00 most nights – with the occasional earlier or later wakeup.  Alex does have napping issues though.  At the sitters we are lucky if he gets 1 hour of sleep – not because she isn’t trying – I think he is just too interested in what the other children are doing.  We are going to try to take over a humidifier for the room he is napping in to see if that helps (we have one going in his room at home).  Although on Friday he napped there for 2 hours…  It really is frustrating because he brings those habits home – for instance on Saturday he didn’t want to sleep more than 40 min!  But eventually I got him down for another 2 hours.  Another thing is that for some reason sometimes when he wakes up he is quite upset and it can take up to 30 min to calm him down.  I’m not sure if he isn’t quite ready to be woken up, if something is sore, or what, but it can be quite upsetting.

Size
I don’t know for sure what Alex weighs – I though the scale was reading 30lbs, but I think it was off and he closer to 27lbs.  He goes to the dr’s on Tuesday for this 18 month shots so we will find out for sure then.  All I know is that he feels heavier and larger every day!

Teeth
They are all though!  Except for his 2 year molars.  I hope they take their time…

Speech
Alex can make just about any sound out there – but not many words. You can tell they are on the verge of his tongue, but they just haven’t popped out yet.  Alex points or pulls on my arm for me to follow him in order to tell me what he wants and for the most part I can tell what he is after.  Other times though – very frustrating!  

Activity
Alex can be quite funny.  He loves to giggle, he loves to dance to his musical Christmas tree, he loves to ride his trike.   He is also very serious.  It can be hard to take a picture of him because he will look away from the camera as soon as you want him to look.  He is VERY fast – running everywhere, trying to climb up on all the furniture.  He also still loves to chew on tissues (clean of course) – I don’t know why.  He is also very attached to his puppy.  If puppy can’t be found… watch out. 

See – isn’t he silly?  Alex pulled out his old bathtub this morning, put his Winnie the Pooh in it, grabbed a book and had a read.

Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone had a safe and happy halloween! 

Yummy!

 

My frist pumpkin!

Hail to the King!

Trick or Treat!

Mmmmm I like treats!

Random Cuteness

Alex playing on his new slide - Thank you Grammy & Poppa!

Running from Daddy (yes, outside at night in his socks - it was a really warm night this week - but now we are back to the cold)

Hanging out in his robe.

Reading a book wearing his new jammies that we won from Little Seouls

Night Night

One Year Ago…

One year ago today, just after 9pm, Matt and I became parents – and to think, we almost didn’t answer the phone. 

This is the first picture we ever saw of our son – and couldn’t stop looking at until we had him in our arms in Seoul.

We never posted our referral pictures last year – we felt they were too personal.  But you have all stuck with us through the past year and now is the perfect opportunity to share.

I really can’t imagine our life without him.  Alex is our everything.

Poor little man…

Alex is still sick.  He came down with a doozy of a cold almost 3 weeks ago – runny nose and cough – but after a week he was left with only the cough.  And it has not gone away.  It was getting worse and worse, waking him up at night and in the morning, and actually sounding quite painful – however Alex didn’t seem to really notice.  On Tuesday Matt took Alex in to the dr’s who said he has a lot of congestion in his upper respiratory area due to the “environment”.  Turns out there are a lot of kids and adults with that right now.  The dr. prescribed a puffer and one of those masks for administering the meds – which surprisingly Alex doesn’t mind.  Luckily it is not infectious and Alex could continue going to the sitters.  But on Wednesday I ended up taking the afternoon off and went to get him from Megan’s – good old Mommy Guilt.  I want to be the one to care for him when he’s sick!  I know Megan is a good caregiver, but when Alex is being extra cuddly because of the cough, and from his eye teeth coming through, I want to be the one to comfort him, not someone else.  Some times I wish I could be a stay at home mom.  The cough seems to be getting better and Alex is sleeping more soundly at night which is a huge relief.

The week that was

The past week was a blur.

I just seem to work, play, crash, repeat.  I love – but it just leaves little time for one of the things I enjoy – blogging.  But I have a few minutes now so here’s what’s been going on.  Matt went away with some of the men in the neighbourhood – up to his family cottage for a fishing adventure.  Well – they didn’t catch many fish – but I hear that they had lots of fun.  So that left Alex and I for a mommy and son bonding weekend.  I had such great plans – mainly a pumpkin patch adventure!  However, it rained, and rained, and rained some more – so no outdoor adventures for us. 

Instead, one of my neighbours, whose hubby was up north with Matt, and I took our boys to Kidzone in Waterloo.  I had gone a few months ago when Alex was still pretty little and could hardly walk – so this was a whole new adventure.  Alex seemed to enjoy himself – but I think at times he was overwhelmed by all the action.  He just loved watching everyone else – and who could blame him – it was really busy.  He was much more mobile this time around – running, crawling, climbing – but of course because of his age, I had to be with him at all times (not that I would ever let him out of my sight).  But I paid for it later!  Crawling through those tubes, lifting, climbing… argh.  I was in pain that night!  But it was worth it knowing Alex was having fun.

That night I had a few of the girls whose hubbies were north with Matt over for a movie, munchies, and drinks – we had a great time. We watched Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and chatted until way too late.  Alex decided to wake up at 6am…….. not cool.  So only 4 hours of sleep for me.  I felt horrible all Sunday and even napped when he did – but it was only 1.5 hours, I needed more like 3.  So Sunday was rough – but we survived!

Over the weekend I even had a few crafty moments!  I worked on a cell phone case for the upcoming Christmas craft show I’m participating in this November.  I think it turned out really well – now I just need to make 10 more.

Today was momentous too – we had our first day with our cleaning lady!  Yes ladies, a cleaning lady.  How did I survive so long without one?  The house looks great - and it will just keep getting better! To celebrate we went out for dinner (didn’t want to mess up the clean kitchen!) – which turned out to be a big mistake. Alex didn’t nap much today at the sitters, and he just threw his food everywhere.  Not cool – especially since we were at a restaurant, not somewhere like McD’s.  Oh well – it’s all about experiences right?

Tomorrow we go to the lawyers to sign the final adoption papers (yeah!) and have them notarized. They then get sent to our local courts to get approved – Finally!

He Won!

I submitted Alex’s picture to the Little Seouls photo contest this past month – and guess what?!  He won!! 

http://littleseouls.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-baby-of-month-winner-is.html

He won a pair of the adorable pj sets available from the Little Seouls shop.  If you haven’t checked out their site before you really should – they have wonderful products for children – and especially Korean children. 

Yeah Alex!

New Toy

On Sunday we decided Alex “needed”  a new toy.  So we headed down to the W*llm*rt in K-W and bought Alex his first real car.   I tried to take an action shot – but the car is just too darn fast!

But of course, what is his favourite part of his new car?  The box.

Wordless Wednesday

guess who came to visit me at work today?

Doing a little browsing while waiting for storytime to begin...