Week 31

I'm totally exhausted (hence the late blogging) - this teething thing sucks. Liam is now working on tooth number two and is not happy about it. I feel like a limp noodle - all the energy is sucked out of me trying to keep keep up with the constant fussing and by the time Ian comes home at the end of the day I'm like a lifeless barbie doll. My whine meter is constantly on high - I'm amazed the poor guy hasn't run for the hills. The only saving grace is that since last Thurs Liam is sleeping through the night - he now goes to sleep at around 9pm and usually sleeps till about 6:30am. I would have gone off the deep end for sure if I wasn't sleeping in addition to the day-to-day challenges. Like I said before - you only get to sleep longer at night so you have more energy to deal with the day and trust me - you need it!

Coincidentally the sleeping through the night thing started when we switched to Johnson & Johnson Bedtime Bath with lavender - the bottle advertises "proven to help baby sleep better". Damn straight - knocks him right out - thanks Johnson & Johnson! In typical Lucy fashion I failed to read the instructions and did not realise that it was bubble bath and not baby wash. Couldn't understand why the stuff smelled so strong and made my skin all tingly. I had practically overdosed Liam in lavender - he looked like a minature bubble Santa. No wonder he slept so well! I need to start marketing my own brand of lavender product called "conk your baby out" so I can make my millions and realize my dream of becoming a country club elite.

Friday we had our Christmas portraits taken - went really well and we got some lovely shots. The place was a zoo with all the kids in the fancy outfits and stressed out moms chasing them around and trying to keep them clean - makes me grateful that my little man, although fussy at times, cannot move (yet). The photographers are obviously very used to doing these kinds of portraits and only took about 20 mins. She probably would have been done a lot quicker but I kept jumping in front of the camera making absurd gestures mid-air with fuzzy toys in an attempt to make Liam laugh. At least I wasn't walking around with a duck on my head like some of the other people I saw. After spending an absurd amount of money (what? all the pics were sooooo cute!) we met up with Grandma Marg and headed to the Empress to look at the Festival Of The Trees. There was a craft fair on at the same time so we browsed the various booths and picked up some goodies. Was sorely tempted to get the "Bitchy Babe" aromatherapy wand (for moody women - apparently Ian thought I really needed it) and fell in love with the wine jelly stand. Picked up a jar of cabernet sauvignon (toast for breakfast anyone?) and sampled the chardonnay. Just divine. We ended up scarfing half the jar with crackers and pear blue cheese the next night. Yummy!

Since the next few weeks are going to be pretty busy we decided to get into the Christmas spirit early and put up our tree and decorations. Liam just loves lights so we got multi-coloured twinkle lights (bye-bye Martha Stewart tree) which he spends a fair amount of time staring at. Also picked up a stocking for him with a penguin head which he spotted in a store and fell absolutely in love with. I tried to take the penguin stocking away from him and he screamed blue bloody murder. So I bought it (I'm weak I know). So our living room looks warm and festive now and I've pretty much finished wrapping all the gifts as well. Look at me - Ms. Organized! I mostly did it all earlier to avoid the stress later on. Time is precious when you're a parent so you shop when you have the chance and get it over with. Of course I'll take the title of super mom any day just as long as I can keep fooling everyone into thinking I've got it together!