Sunday, September 26, 2010

Big news in a little package

Our daughter, Hana Kathleen Nancy was born on September 13th. She weighed 7lbs 15 oz and was 20.5 inches long. She was born at 6:21 am. Everything went really well and she is perfect and healthy. I got to come home from the hospital the same day and have had a nice easy recovery. Having Brent home has been wonderful!

Eli is in love with his little sister and adjusting very well. He just loves to hold her and tickle her hands.

Hana will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and she has already outgrown her first sleeper. I find myself wishing time would just slow down. I know this newborn phase doesn't last very long so I'm trying to soak up every minute. She's a very easy baby so far and I *think* that some of my genes might actually show up in her features. I know newborns change a lot so I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I think there is a chance that she might at least resemble me a little bit!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Parental Leave


As of today, Brent is officially on parental leave until January 10th, 2011. Right now he's at Home Depot with Eli and then they are going to the bottle depot. I am laying in bed, relaxing! Hopefully I can get a little more R&R in before our newest addition arrives. I'm feeling a little bit like a ticking time bomb that could go off any minute. It's hard not to expect the delivery to go like it did last time. At this point in pregnancy with Eli, I had him in 4 days from now but I'm showing a lot less signs of impending labour this time around. I am still a week and a half away from my due date, so I'm trying to enjoy the last days of pregnancy as much as I can.

We are looking forward to the family time together. Our zoo passes will get lots of use! Eli and Brent are also signed up for gymnastics and a sports classt his Fall. Hopefully that keeps them a little bit busy as the weather turns colder. We are excited for Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas this year. Our only major project is cleaning out the garage. We still can't park 2 vehicles in it because it's full of stuff. Last time Brent was on parental leave he was renovating a basement and doing landscaping, so it will be nice for him to not have any big projects on the go this time.

On the vehicle front, we just bought a minivan. It will replace Brent's car. I can't believe it, but I'm actually looking forward to driving it. It will be nice for longer trips and fitting in all the stuff that goes along with 2 kids.

Hopefully my next post will be a baby announcement. Wish me luck!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Great find!

Brent got a package delivered in the mail the other day and opened it after Eli went to bed. He left it out and the next morning it took Eli about 3 seconds to discover the box. He had lots of fun playing in it with his "buckets". Being two must be so much fun!


I love the mischief face he gives me when he dumps the foam out of the box.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Getting ready

I've been pulling out all of our baby equipment over the last week. Trying to get it all cleaned and organized, all the batteries in things, making sure things work. Eli doesn't remember any of it so he's been having fun exploring everything. The other day I walked into the baby's room and there was Eli, swinging in the swing. He was pretty proud of himself that he got in there, too bad getting out wasn't as easy!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Sprained Ankle?

Eli has had a rough month. He had a hospital visit for a gash on his forehead, got his bottom two 2 year molars, had hand foot and mouth disease and now, today, he woke up complaining that his foot hurt. At first I thought that it was just asleep but he was still complaining 45 Min's later so I knew it had to be more serious than that. I took him to the Dr. and looks like he's sprained his ankle or foot somehow. He had an x-ray today so we'll hear from the radiologist tomorrow but the tech said she didn't see a break. Eli won't walk on it at all and is back to crawling which is funny to see since he's been walking since he was 10 months old! Needless to say he spent more than a few hours in front of the television today. With me being 32 weeks pregnant and him weighing 31 lbs and immobile it doesn't make for much activity.


Morning couch session

Mid morning couch vacuuming


Getting grumpy. Isn't it supposed to be nap time Mom? (his Dr. appointment fell right smack dab in the middle of nap time - of course!)


Getting a reacquainted with the floor

Monday, June 28, 2010

He's two!!

Eli turned 2 a few weeks ago. The past year has just flown by. He's gone from a baby to a little boy in the blink of an eye. We had a little party on the Thurs before his birthday at home, then a big family party to celebrate both Evelyn and Eli's birthdays at the Rex's.

Here are 10 things about Eli at age two:

1. He's becoming quite the performer. He loves to make people laugh and his current favorite is making funny faces to strangers in line behiend us in grocery lines.


2. Every little scrape needs a bandaid and not a small bandaid, but the biggest one possible.


3. If he could be naked all day he would be.


4. He loves to copy his Dad. If Brent says a word or makes a face during a meal, Eli says it. He pretends to do whatever he is doing. He dances like him, he laughs when he laughs even if he doesn't understand what is funny. He asks for him first thing in the morning and gets SO excited when Brent comes home from work.


5. He asks for more before he's even finished whatever he's eating or playing with.


6. Trucks, airplanes, motorcycles, diggers, dump trucks....you name it. If it has wheels, Eli will like it. He stops to watch the neighbors mow the lawn because of the lawnmower. He's got the boy truck obsession!

7. He loves the water. He's not scared at all of it. He loves waterslides, the bigger, the better. The waterpark and especially the big bucket at the southland leisure centre is his #1 favorite thing to do. Even just pouring water from one bucket to another in the back yard can entertain him for quite a while.

8. He loves having company over to our house. The more people to play with him - the better.

9. He can ride a tricycle all by himself.

10. He always pretends to be cooking Eggs. If he's into the pots in the cupboard, or using the play kitchen, if you asking him what he's cooking, it's either Eggs or "hot coffee".

Monday, June 7, 2010

Newest Etsy Find

We are decorating Eli's new room in an airplane theme which he just loves. My newest Etsy purchase is this world map for his room by Marley Ungaro. I just loved all the details on it and thought it would not only look great, but be educational as well. I ordered the biggest size possible. I can't wait to see how it looks in his room.