Food... Mmmmm

We love food! Face it, my heritage is Italian, French and Irish… all people who love food. I’m not the biggest fan of cooking, I do it, and I’m okay at it, but I love eating!
Mister M is a wonderful eater, loves to try new things, and even try things that he didn’t like before. He eats a much bigger variety of foods than I do, and loves them! I’m so glad. He also loves to help me cook and bake.

D-Man isn’t a “foodie”, he won’t eat, all he wants to do is nurse. I’ve made fruits, vegetables, cereals, meats you name it and he doesn’t like them. I’m at a loss of what to do, my Dr says that he’s fine (almost 20lbs of beautiful boy) and that he’ll eat with time, but I’m ready now lol.

The other day we went to have our pictures taken. D-Man for his 6 month old shots, and I wanted to get some good ones of us as a family, and maybe even one of Mister M. They look awesome, and like I’ve said in a previous post I should have them by the 29th so I’ll post them as soon as I can.
Now to get pictures taken it involves some team work. So I bribed my dad and my brother to come along to help get the boys smiling and such for the camera (and to use my dad’s van instead of a bus). It went well and we got a few nice shots! As part of the bribe I took us all out to lunch after. We went out for sushi, which we all like.
At the restaurant Mister M ordered a bowl of Miso soup, and couldn’t finish it. So I thought, what the hell, and gave D-Man some to see if he liked it……….. He loved it!!! Opened his mouth for more, and ate a whole teaspoon full at one go. It was awesome. Luckily I got some cute pictures.
Hopefully this is the start of something wonderful!

Oh and on the food note, I’ve lost 5lbs!!! And since I’m as bad at Weight Watchers as I am at blogging, baby booking, etcetera I’m pretty proud. It helps that its finally starting to get nice here, so we can get out of the house more too. Hopefully come Spring I’ll be able to get out for a few hours of exercise a day and really lose the pounds! Wish me luck.

Scrapbook!!!

As promised, here are some pictures of my current scrapbook pages. The names have been blocked for privacy, but you get the idea. Also the bath one is still being worked on, I just have to get my butt to the store to get the items I need to finish it. I'm pretty proud of them, the ultrasound one was my first attempt before I committed to purchasing a lot of stuff so it's pretty ghetto compared to the others but I still like it! I apologize for the quality of the photos, my sister "borrowed" my camera so I only had my blackberry to take the pictures with. But you can at least see what they look like!

♥My Boys♥

I've got some pretty great kids. They have their bad moments but for the most part they're awesome.
Mister M is so sweet, sensitive and caring. He loves with a passion, doesn't judge others, and makes friends where ever he goes. He's just a great kid, and he's one of the best big brothers I've ever seen.

He's got his "evil" side too. Loves to play with swords, and pretend to be magic. Dragons are one of his favourite things, and he loves his video games (Lego Batman, Star wars and Indiana Jones). He's learning how to read (he's stubborn so it's taking a bit longer than I thought it would) and he's getting better at typing, singing, writing and drawing. He's smart, witty, funny and quick, its so much fun to be around him and watch him grow. He's also quite a gentleman, holds doors open for ladies, waits at school with a friend of his so she won't be alone until her dad comes because "that's what gentlemans do Mama, they help girls out".
He's just such a good guy, and he's growing up into quite a nice boy. I'm so proud of him, and I try to let him know that as often as I can. I make sure to tell him I love him at least once a day, which my parents never did with me. And I give him hugs and kisses, even if he thinks he's too old for them.

D-Man is hilarious, he's ticklish and loves to snuggle. He's a real Mama's boy right now. Loves to watch other people as long as I'm holding him. Isn't really a huge smilier, would much rather look around and take everything in, but when he does it's gorgeous. He's growing so much, can sit on his own, scoot backwards across the room, roll over if he needs too. He's got into the habit of screaming like he's being tortured whenever he drops something he wants to play with, which is a little annoying but I know he'll grow out of it.
He loves his swimming lessons, kicks and splashes in the water like he was born there. He's got these amazing, huge brown eyes that would just melt any ones heart. Long beautiful eyelashes, chubby cheeks, super chunky thighs and curly hair.

That's something that I was worried about, his biological father is Jamaican with nappy hair, and as you well know, I'm white with straight/wavyish hair. I do not know how to take care of the super tight curls, but so far they seem to just be curly not kinky, so I'm good with that. (To be completely honest I'm jealous, I always wanted curly hair and never had it, perms didn't even work when I was little).
He's such a great baby and I love watching him grow, and develop everyday!

I'm so lucky that I've got two adorable, healthy, funny, smart boys. I wouldn't change a thing♥

This and that

So not only am I a terrible baby booker, I'm a terrible blogger too.
I have tons of ideas, and I never take the time to type them up. Here's an update.
D-Man has his bottom teeth, he's developing quite a temper and also quite a happy personality. Mister M is going through a stubborn stage at the moment, he wants to push me to the limit all the time, not brushing his teeth when asked, no bedtime for him, stuff like that. He's a good kid most of the time, but I guess they have to assert their independence sometimes.
He keeps asking if we can get a dog. I know he'd love one, and take good care of one, I just don't think we have the time it takes for a dog. I'll be back in school full time come September, and I'll be working part time. Mister M will be in full day Grade 1, and D-Man will be in daycare. That would leave the dog alone all day long, and that just isn't fair. Also I don't know the first thing about training or caring for dogs. I've always had cats, we have one now, and she pretty much takes care of herself. Mister M loves her, and she loves him.
D-Man has started noticing her and wants to grab at her, she'll let him up to a point but when she's had enough she'll walk away. I think that's wonderful since she isn't de-clawed.
It's March break currently here, and we've been busy. D-Man and I started swimming lessons, Mister M has swimming twice a week, dance class, t-ball and art class. And we've gone out for lunch a few times, had a photo shoot (pictures to come at the end of the month) and did some fun toy shopping. I also turned 23 on the 8th. Mister M and my parents went together to get me some beautiful earrings that I love!
(Terrible picture, I'll take a nicer one once I can) Unfortunately they are studs, so I've taken them in to a local jeweller and I'm having them make them into hook back earrings, that was if D-Man yanks them they'll come out instead of ripping my ears, (and I hate studs, but don't tell anyone).
My scrapbooking is going really well!!!!! I've got two albums, with 20 pages each to do for the first year in each boys life. I've got 8 pages done in Mister M's, I haven't started D-Mans but I'll get to it after I'm done Mister M's. I still haven't taken pictures of them but I'll try to do that this week.

Newness!

I have decided to become a scrapbooker! I'm a complete and utter failure at keeping baby books updated with all the facts and dates. So after doing some research I think the best way for me to keep track of all the memories that matter most is to scrap them and journal them. I've just started getting my first couple of pages done. When I finish I'll post some pictures for sure!
In other news we've got teeth! Both Mister M and D-Man have been working on the bottom front two teeth, and I'm pleased to say they have come through! D-Man is still grouchy though so I'm thinking he's getting the top two teeth too, we'll see.

We're going to be pretty busy this spring. Mister M is taking two swimming lessons, an art class, a dance class and T-Ball, and D-Man and I are starting Mommy and me lessons every Saturday. It should be fun, the past couple of weeks while Mister M is in his lessons we've been getting close to the water to watch, and D-Man is loving it. He's a huge fan of splashing in the bath so this should be pretty fun for him.
While bathing suit shopping though I came to the realization that I need to get my butt in gear and drop the rest of the pregnancy pounds, and get into shape. So I've signed up for Weight Watchers Online (I'd never go to a meeting), I'm on day two and so far I've stuck to my points, only going 2 over (we had doughnuts...) but I made them up with cleaning my house and playing with my boys, so it's all good. Hopefully I'll be able to lose the weight fast enough that I don't get discouraged. I'd like to be able to buy new jeans that fit right and don't look like mom jeans lol. I'll keep updating on my progress as I go. Now just to get back into doing my workout... Wish me luck!

Shopping!

I love shopping, the thrill of the hunt, the finding of awesome deals, the getting out of the house and interacting with other adults.
I'm not addicted or anything, but I do enjoy it. Even grocery shopping. I also hate shopping alone, I bring both the boys with me whenever possible, it makes it more fun for us all.

(The boys in the Nursing Room at our Mall)

Lately I've been doing a lot of online shopping, I have a credit card, a student one with a limit of $1000.00 CAD. It's perfect for me, I don't ever need to spend more than a grand at one time and even though my bank keeps pestering me to increase the limit I'm content where I am. I go to the usual online sites Chapters (to get things they don't have in stores, I love going to the store though), Toys and Babies R Us (the closest one is 40+ minutes away and I don't have my car yet) Cheeky Monkey (a super awesome site based in London Ontario http://www.cheekymonkey.ca/) and Mister M's online games, Lego Universe, Jumpstart and Wizard 101.

Then I discovered deal of the day sites (Babysteals, Kidsteals, Babyheist, Ecobabybuys and Mamabargans) let me just say, they're awesome! Deals on baby and kid stuff up to 80% less than retail price, and they usually have popular items. I got an ERGO baby carrier for less than $75 CAD including shipping, a JuJuBe mini clutch diaper bag for $12 CAD including shipping, and thats just starting out.
It's very exciting! I can't wait to see if I can find other items that I wouldn't dream of buying at full price, in my modest range. :)

Randomness

Well it's been quite a while since I've posted on here. I've got several things to talk about though so over the next few days I'll hopefully have a couple new blogs.

Today is all about the random stuff that's been happening in our lives. D-Man is 6 months old today!!! We're going to try solids for the first time at dinner and see how that goes. I'm excited, it'll be nice to be able to give him a baby mummum when he's fussing while we're out, instead of having to nurse right away. I'm still going to be breastfeeding though. I nursed Mister M for 19.5 months and I'm going to try to at least go to 18 months with D-Man.
Mister M has lost his two bottom teeth! It's exciting to see him so proud of his new grown-up teeth. He's been showing everyone he meets. D-Man is getting his first tooth too, it's finally broken through the gum, and now you can almost see it, you sure can feel it though.

Mister M went on a field trip the other day to Camp Kawartha, they did all kinds of outdoor activities, learned about the water cycle and pretended to be squirrels, he had a blast. I didn't go with him because I was at home with D-Man, but I feel bad, I never had my mom or dad with me on trips because they we're at home with my younger siblings or working (well just my dad, my mom was a SAHM until I was 13). I can remember wanting them there and I didn't have that, I'm hoping that next year I'll be able to do a couple of trips because D-Man will be in daycare and I'll be back in school so I won't be busy all day (and I'm totally willing to play hookie to go on a field trip lol).

Mister M's swimming lessons are going well, he's getting better each time, I'm thinking of putting him in two times a week starting next session (so early March) it'll cost me a bit more, but I think he'll really like it. I'm also signing D-Man and I up for baby and me swimming lessons. It'll be nice to get him used to the pool early and hopefully by the summer he'll be excited to have his own kiddy pool in the backyard. Now all I have to do is find a bathing suit that fits and, more importantly, doesn't make me look like I'm still pregnant.... eek.

I've been trying to lose weight, get in shape that kind of thing. So far I've lost 5lbs... which is okay, but since I've been sick (we all got the cold thats been going around) I haven't been doing my workouts, so I'm not progressing as well as I should be. But starting this week I'm going to get back into it, D-Man is starting to take a 30 min nap every morning, so I'm going to do the Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred during that time, because start to finish it's 30 minutes. Hopefully I'll see some results soon! Or win the lottery and screw working out, tummy tuck and lipo it all away lol.