Break the silence

Phew, almost a week without a post! I'm finding that the problem with missing a few days is that so much changes- on a daily basis- that it's almost impossible to catch people up. I will try though!

So Olan is a man on the move. He's no longer happy with sitting and watching the world go by. He wants so badly to be mobile but he just doesn't have the skills yet. He's most happy if I walk around behind him on my knees and hold him under the armpits so that he can practice walking. He hasn't quite grasped how to bend and pick something up yet so when you approach something on the floor that he wants to look at he just leans, his whole body stiff as a board and tries to pick it up. Hilarious. He's also trying some kind of weird crawl, when you sit him down he sort of shuffles to the side and tries to assume the crawling position but then he slips down flat on his tummy and waves his little arms and legs around like a flipped turtle.

We've been trying to keep busy since Aly & Isabelle left, he was so bored for the first couple of days. Today we went to the market with Mom and then out for a farewell brunch with Kayla who is just finishing up Katimavik. We went to Cora's, the last time I was there I was in labour... weird! Anyways, it's the perfect place to go with Olan. As soon as the set up his highchair they brought him a little complimentary bowl of cheerios, how nice is that? Plus, it's so bustly and busy that nobody was bothered by him throwing his toys on the floor. I must say though, he's such a good kid. We were there for about and hour and a half and he was good as gold in the highchair the whole time. After saying our goodbyes we went home and quickly changed and then we were off to a friends baby shower. It was really fun and again Olan was a prince, especially considering he'd napped for a total of about 20 minutes all day. He had fun playing with the other kids and I got to pat a preggo belly :) Now we're home, he's tucked into bed and I'm full of a delicious hamburger and spinach salad.

Here are the long awaited pictures of Olan in his little black hoodie, compliments of Jared and Katie. Just when you though he couldn't get cuter! You'll notice that he's wearing the hoody in the package opening pictures... it's a reenactment people!

Coffee, kisses and pie

Fun, fun, fun is what we've been having here. How are we going to go back to normal life? These two little ones have gotten so used to having each other around that we're afraid that life is going to be awfully boring come Wednesday. Playing alone, or with boring old Mom and Dad will seem desperately lame.

Dad's birthday party was a blast. The meal, oh the meal! Arctic char stuffed with crab and shrimp, zucchini pancakes with basil cream, spring vegetable casserole (which was a thing of beauty as well as tasty), italian salady thing (bocconcini, avocado and tomato) and greek potatoes. And then of course it was followed by the yearly rhubarb strawberry pie. Oh lord we eat like kings at the hands of my mother!

I'm really too lazy to type much more but rest assured that all are well- the babies are both minutes away from cruising around. I'll keep you posted!

Dancing in the mirror

Reading together

Playing in the morning

Happy boy

Kisses

Birthday pie