It's 2008! Wow - 2007 was such a blur and I'm sure 2008 will be too. I really need to get more sleep.
We spent New Years this year with our friends Gary & Kerry and their little girl Taya who is now 16 months old in Vancouver. Garry & Kerry usually host a party each year and this year it was an Around The World theme (baby friendly of course). Ian and I had the Americas and made gourmet mini burgers, chips, donuts and root beer floats with root beer schnapps - a HUGE hit!! Almost all the people at the party had babies so it was nice to be able to relax and not worry about being the only one. Liam went down at around 8pm but woke up about a minute before the clock struck 12am bawling his eyes out. While everyone else was kissing eachother and saying Happy New Years we were scrambling to trade off Mr. Fussy pants and forgot to do either. Happy New Years to us. I lasted to about 12:15am and then had to crawl into bed. I'm no good past 10pm you know. Was a fun night all in all.
Taya and Liam have become good buddies - Taya is very protective of Liam and calls him Li Li - would constantly hug him or put his soother back in his mouth if it dropped out. She also loved saying Lucy - probably because it's easy to say. Was cute hearing her calling me. The two of them would play together on Liam's mat and share toys and even had a bath together. Of course Kerry and I got extremely trigger happy and kept on trying to get the kids to look up at us at the same time - a completely impossible task. Eventually we had to give up but we did get some good shots. I'm sure those two will grow up to be good friends. Liam is sitting up beautifully now and does not need any type of support (although I still create a pillow fort around him so he can't launch himself backwards and hit his head) - he is happy to sit for hours and play with his toys - such a relief for the old back which is breaking under his constantly increasing weight. We have started the 8 month jars of baby foods that include turkey & risotto, spaghetti, veggies & beef, garden veggies & raisins and zuchinni with cinnamon. He loves it all but still has to have everything blended - chunks make him gag. The only thing he can handle in small pieces are his mum mums that I break up and then feed to him with sips of water from his sippy cup. We'll wait for more teeth and then try the chunky stuff.
My big New Year's news is that I'm starting a new job today. Yes, I have decided to return to work early, but for good reason. An opportunity came up in Nov that I just couldn't refuse. I accepted an evening reception position with a nearby rec centre (5 mins away to be exact) that has shifts from 3:30pm - 11:30pm and goes from Fri - Tues. The disadvantage is that I have to work weekends but the advantages far outway the disadvantages since I now can stay home with Liam during the day and Ian has him in the evenings. The only daycare we have to worry about is on Mon & Tues when we have an overlap of work schedules for 2 hours each day. Fortunately a friend of mine is a licensed early childhood educator and runs her own daycare out of her home and agreed to take Liam for me. Plus she lives only 5 mins away which a huge bonus. I like the fact that he'll have some interaction with other children too - my friend has a son a year older than Liam who he seems to get along with. This week we did a progression where I spent two morning at the daycare so Liam could get comfortable with his surroundings. The daycare is very cute and run out of her basement - there are tons of toys & books for Liam to play with so I'm sure he'll be very occupied for his 2 hours. Wed & Thurs are my days off and Fridays Ian gets off early and alternating Fridays he has off so it all works out perfectly. I'm sure it will take some adjusting to but these are the sacrifices you make! I think it will be good for me going back to work though - I need the adult interaction and to have something just for me where I get a "break" from being a mom. Plus Liam gets some good bonding time with daddy which Ian is looking forward to. We'll see how it all goes this upcoming week - wish me luck!
We spent New Years this year with our friends Gary & Kerry and their little girl Taya who is now 16 months old in Vancouver. Garry & Kerry usually host a party each year and this year it was an Around The World theme (baby friendly of course). Ian and I had the Americas and made gourmet mini burgers, chips, donuts and root beer floats with root beer schnapps - a HUGE hit!! Almost all the people at the party had babies so it was nice to be able to relax and not worry about being the only one. Liam went down at around 8pm but woke up about a minute before the clock struck 12am bawling his eyes out. While everyone else was kissing eachother and saying Happy New Years we were scrambling to trade off Mr. Fussy pants and forgot to do either. Happy New Years to us. I lasted to about 12:15am and then had to crawl into bed. I'm no good past 10pm you know. Was a fun night all in all.
Taya and Liam have become good buddies - Taya is very protective of Liam and calls him Li Li - would constantly hug him or put his soother back in his mouth if it dropped out. She also loved saying Lucy - probably because it's easy to say. Was cute hearing her calling me. The two of them would play together on Liam's mat and share toys and even had a bath together. Of course Kerry and I got extremely trigger happy and kept on trying to get the kids to look up at us at the same time - a completely impossible task. Eventually we had to give up but we did get some good shots. I'm sure those two will grow up to be good friends. Liam is sitting up beautifully now and does not need any type of support (although I still create a pillow fort around him so he can't launch himself backwards and hit his head) - he is happy to sit for hours and play with his toys - such a relief for the old back which is breaking under his constantly increasing weight. We have started the 8 month jars of baby foods that include turkey & risotto, spaghetti, veggies & beef, garden veggies & raisins and zuchinni with cinnamon. He loves it all but still has to have everything blended - chunks make him gag. The only thing he can handle in small pieces are his mum mums that I break up and then feed to him with sips of water from his sippy cup. We'll wait for more teeth and then try the chunky stuff.
My big New Year's news is that I'm starting a new job today. Yes, I have decided to return to work early, but for good reason. An opportunity came up in Nov that I just couldn't refuse. I accepted an evening reception position with a nearby rec centre (5 mins away to be exact) that has shifts from 3:30pm - 11:30pm and goes from Fri - Tues. The disadvantage is that I have to work weekends but the advantages far outway the disadvantages since I now can stay home with Liam during the day and Ian has him in the evenings. The only daycare we have to worry about is on Mon & Tues when we have an overlap of work schedules for 2 hours each day. Fortunately a friend of mine is a licensed early childhood educator and runs her own daycare out of her home and agreed to take Liam for me. Plus she lives only 5 mins away which a huge bonus. I like the fact that he'll have some interaction with other children too - my friend has a son a year older than Liam who he seems to get along with. This week we did a progression where I spent two morning at the daycare so Liam could get comfortable with his surroundings. The daycare is very cute and run out of her basement - there are tons of toys & books for Liam to play with so I'm sure he'll be very occupied for his 2 hours. Wed & Thurs are my days off and Fridays Ian gets off early and alternating Fridays he has off so it all works out perfectly. I'm sure it will take some adjusting to but these are the sacrifices you make! I think it will be good for me going back to work though - I need the adult interaction and to have something just for me where I get a "break" from being a mom. Plus Liam gets some good bonding time with daddy which Ian is looking forward to. We'll see how it all goes this upcoming week - wish me luck!
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