Introducing Pinky

It's only taken 4 months but I think I've finally figured out the secret to Hana falling asleep happily. The magic equation is the soother and rubbing Pinky in one hand. I think I'm going to have to pick up an extra back-up Pinky the next time I'm at Indigo.


Eli's Puppy is so worn out now and I've fixed his head about 3 times already. Half the stuffing is missing out of his head. Eli chews on the ears when he's falling asleep or needs comforting. Puppy goes to the dayhome with Eli on Fridays and we forgot him there once. She called us that night and we had to make an emergency pick up! Puppy is very well loved.



Aunty Lory has picked out both Pinky and Puppy for the kids. She has the magic touch when picking the favorite snuggly toys.

Baby bliss

For Hana one of her favorite things is standing on her feet with her fingers in her mouth. Pure baby bliss :)

Big bed

Tonight is Eli's first night in his bed. He was happy when he saw his new bed but more excited about the new lamp installed on the wall. Bed time went really smoothly and he was sleeping within 5 minutes of Brent leaving the room. If only it was always that easy!. Eli is officially a big kid now, potty trained and sleeping in a bed. I'm so proud of him!

Reading stories before bed with rosy cheeks (the tell tale sign that he's tired)

And 5 minutes later!

Nap time

Eli is still in a crib but I think he's showing signs of being ready for a bed. Lately, he wants to nap anywhere except his crib. Sometimes he'll sleep in our bed, but the last few days he has slept in his old baby tent. He used this when he was 5 months old when when went to Maui. He's way too long for it and has to sleep curled up in there. Today he wanted a blanket on top to make it extra fun. I picked him up a toddler bed from Kijiji last night and am going to set it up while he's at the dayhome tomorrow. I hope he's excited about it!

Snug as a bug in Mom and Dad's bed

Yesterday, in the tent

Today - tent with blanket on top

Testing Testing 123

 

Just testing out picnik photo editing. So fun!

Jumping beans

Hana tested out the jolly jumper for the first time today. She really got the hang of it quite fast. Eli also wanted to go in it so he improvised a little as you'll see in the video. Check out the bald spot on the back of Hana's head, poor girl's starting to look like George Costanza.

This video was posted for Brent since this is his first week back to work after 4 months of parental leave. I'm sure that he's feeling like he's missing out on the action at home. I myself am missing my afternoon nap.

Christmas clothes

My two dressed up for Christmas. Of course, the only picture I took like this and it's blurry. But, blurry is better than nothing!
We had a wonderful holiday and a low key New Years. We rang in the New Year in our hot tub with pina coladas and watched the neighbour's fire works show. We half enjoyed the fireworks and half worried that it would wake the kids up, but it didn't. Hope you all had a great holiday season. Bring on 2011.

Happy New Year to Jacqueline! She's in sunny Australia for the holidays this year. XOXO