AHH!

Dear Guinness,

STOP EATING GARBAGE OFF THE FLOOR AND OUT OF THE DUSTPAN!! PLEASE!


In the last 2 days I removed from his mouth a coke zero lid, a pompom, the back of a sticker, a piece of kleenex he bit off, a piece of popcorn, and some unidentifiable substance that was sort of salty... GROSS!

Yes, we should have a cleaner house, hide the garbage, etc. But he fast! And I can only clean so fast, literally things get messy around here as soon as I am done cleaning it. There's no keeping up. I do not wish him to grow up faster but this stage is wearing me out :)

Baby Food

Baby food party tonight was a success! In 2 1/2 hours we made mashed potatoes with carrots and peas, chicken and broccoli, beef and spinich, and applesauce. I got 5 trays of the vegetable/meat ones and about 6 cups of applesauce yet to cube and freeze (no more ice cube trays). Plus we made supper. It's always more fun to work with someone else, and my friend Kristie who came over is very nice and sweet and we got a lot done between the two of us. Her son is 9 months old and her daughter will be three in February so our kids are pretty close. Our sons actually look a lot a like; same size, blond, blue eyes. It was cute to watch them interact because for both of them it was a first experience with a same aged 'friend'. The girls were well behaved, not sure how well they played together but there was no fighting at least.

The aftermath is all cleaned up, well ok not the floors but the dishes and the stove that I boiled over potatoes onto. Doh.

First Day at Work

The little man of the house went out for his first day of work today. He did about a dozen outfits; I didn't see it because I was at school but Ping and Gemma went. I was asking Gemma about how it went when I got home; did Guinness smile, was he cute, hat did he wear? And she answered to the last question, "He wore a funny hairband! With flowers right here (motioning to the side of her head, above her temple...)" Um, you guessed it. They couldn't find a girl baby the right size so Guinness did double duty today. Well, cute is cute and babies are babies... Can't wait to see THOSE pictures, though.

The things I am learning about advertising... Every time I look at a catalogue now I will be wondering, boy or girl?

New shoes!

Guinness got his first shoes today, thanks to Annabelle! They are very cute and soft, and he needs them since he is a walking machine now. He can get himself to standing from the floor with no support and he is picking up speed and gaining coordination. Of course the new shoes have thrown off his gait; he can't quite get them off the floor right and he looked like a drunk trying to walk in them tonight! It was really cute. I'm sure he'll get better once he practices a bit.

What do you do when...

...you are in a store and your baby barfs on the floor? We had no bag with us, so no wipes or blankets or anything like that. I just had the two kids and my wallet, because it was a just a 1/2 block trip to go get 1 thing. So I'm looking at the spit up, looking around. It was too big to leave it there, but I had no idea how to communicate my need for paper towel to the store keeper. So, since it was close to bath time and all, I just sat him down on it and wiped it up with the butt of his pants. Is that so gross?

talking is overrated

The last thing any harried mother needs is her kid to say in a completely desperate tone of voice, "mum mum mummm mum" when she leaves the room.

The "hi" and wave is super cute, though.

New stage...

Uh oh...

We are entering the Mommy stage. Daddy is pretty good, and Guinness loves his girlfriends Annanbelle and PIng, and his aunties, but when he wants mommy, he WANTS mommy. He is starting to cry when I leave for school. And in the evening if I go out. OH boy...