My First Santy Visit!

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The Little Elf

(Friday post) We had a visit from the little elf today! The little elf always visits good little girls and boys for advent! Once we got Dunning away from the parcel, Chippy opened up his present and found Christmas books and clothes!!! Yeah for for the little elf!

Babble babble...

(Thursday post) I came home from work on Thursday to a babbling baby! We have graduated from the bababa's to including da's, ga's, and ya's! I'll tell you about a recent conversation I had with my now babbling baby:

Baby: dada
Me: mama
Baby: da-dy
Me: mama
Baby: dada
Me: mama
Baby: da-dy
Argh.

Babysitting

(Monday's Post) I babysat my Uncle Peppers today. Even though it rained, I was still able to get him out for a walk and to the coffee shop. And boy, he sure likes to play! He loves lego, cameras (see picture) and reading books. We got along great as these are some of my favourite things, too! :)

Burgers & Fries

Uncle Peppers is down for the weekend, so we took him out for dinner to Five Guys Burgers & Fries. I was really good all through the big people dinner. I had my own dinner and bath prior to going out, waited until I got my taste of burger & fries, then went to sleep in my buggy. If anyone asks how I like my burger & fries, tell them I like it with 1,400 mg of salt and 85 grams of fat!

Flu Shot

Tonight we all went up to the doctor's office and got our flu shots! The boy didn't cry at all! When he got the shot he looked up in a, 'why the heck did you just do that?' sort of look. A quick play time together, then off to sleep.

Mommy and boy are doing well. Daddy is enjoying his boy time!

The Background Picture

So, as of tomorrow morning I need a Chippy picture for my background at work. Chippy and I waited at home until the sun was just setting and then we headed off to the park to take some pictures in the leaves. We were about 15 pictures in when a girl came over with her dog to see Dunning. Unfortunately, buy the time she finally left - the sun had set!! So, we have a hundred or so mediocre pictures, but nothing great. It didn't help that Chippy only wanted to watch the cars go by and wouldn't look at me!

This is it for the daily pictures; however, I'll continue to post whenever anything good comes up - or just because. :)

Storytime with Grammy

Grammy and Grampa came to visit me today. After taking me out for dinner they bathed me and read me lots of stories. I was soooo tired after my day that I went to sleep without so much as a peep!

A Good Night Sleep

Mommy accidentally put the baby monitor on the wrong frequency last night, so to us it appeared that Isaac slept through the night until 6am! Anyway, it worked because he was really happy today. At daycare he ate his snack AND his lunch. When I went in to get him he was playing with a box of railway tracks and hardly noticed that I came in. This afternoon he was walking everywhere in the house and starting up his babbling again.

Running Man

Our boy has taken to kicking in the bath. It used to be bouncing, but now he likes to have a good kick at the water before and after his bath.

Today we started on our walking again. He was playing by himself in the living room and he started walking between his toys. Very happy boy today! :)

What Did Mommy Do?

Mommy went to the store to get a replacement for Spot#2 which goes to daycare with Chippy. We figure the likelihood of him losing it at some point is fairly high. Well, mommy found a replacement, it just wasn't in the size she wanted... Pictured are Chippy, Spot #1 and what is now Spot #3. :)

Bright and Early!

Since Chippy doesn't yet understand the concept of 'time change', we're still running an hour ahead of the actual time... which means we're up bright and early in the morning! The good news is that Chippy and mommy can have a nap by 8:30!! :) Poor daddy who forgot to reset his alarm clock and was up at 5:40!

A Visiting We Go...

When Chippy heard that Uncle Tino was in town, we had to go visit! :) The Chipster opened his first birthday present, got bounces from Aunt Cindy (see photo), and caused surprisingly little damage at Nona and Nonu's (sp?) house! What a good little munchkin!

We also went to the Early Years Centre in the morning and had a walk uptown in the rain in the afternoon.

Dinner

Another day of not eating at daycare ... So, we experimented at dinner tonight:

1 - Zucchini bread - Check!
2 - Nutrio's - Somewhat ...
3 - Milk - Check!
4 - Steamed carrots ... No way
5 - Soy Sauce Tofu - Check!
6 - Wooster Sauce Tofu ... No way
7 - Chick Peas ... No way
8 - Coconut milk - Check! He loved it and even fed himself from a glass!
9 - Curried Chick Pea soup ... No way
10 - Ketchup - Check!
11 - Nacho chip - Check! (at least the salt was licked off)
12 - Pear - Check!
13 - Banana - Check!

At the end, he did okay. However, anything of substance that we prepared for him that wasn't fruit he didn't really want. The ketchup and flavoured tofu was really more of a joke, but we did learn that he likes flavour! Total time for dinner - 90 minutes!

Lucienne

Today Chippy welcomed the arrival of his cousin Lucy! If Chippy and Lucy are anything like their 'Bowers' parents, I'm sure they will get into mischief when they're together! Welcome Lucy!

GOAL!

By request, we are demonstrating our ability to react to 'goals' being scored either in soccer or football! Upon being told that a 'Gooooaaaalllll' has been made, Chippy will raise his hands in the air!

Daycare went okay today. They confirmed him as a picky eater. They said that they actually put food aside from previous days that they think he might like, just so they can find something he'll eat! :)

Happy Halloween!!