The bloopers

As many of you saw, this past week we found out we are having a baby girl in September! The news of course had to be shared by Bennett, so I ended up posting this picture to Facebook and Instagram....

I'm pretty sure it's as adorable as one can get BUT it took a few to get to this one....................

                  

                 

My first Mother's Day with Bennett :)

Sunday was my first Mother's Day. It's funny to think that last year I was pregnant with Bennett and this year he is here and I am pregnant with his bro or sis! Next year I will have two little blomps....except hopefully will not be pregnant. My body needs to rest for a while ;)

My day started with breakfast made by Ryan. Poor Bennett was so excited waiting for it {thinking he was going to get some}. I felt bad buuuut I ate it all anyways. This kid will eat anything I feed him, which is awesome but it also means he wants everything he sees haha.

  

So excited for the breakfast he didn't get to eat haha.

After breakfast we headed off to collect my pressie........our houses first tree! It's a Double Flowering Plum tree and it's lovely! It's currently covered in pink blooms and will be every year to mark the beginning of spring. Ryan was intending to get me a bird bath but apparently everyone in Calgary had the same idea as they were sold out! So the tree was a good second choice that I got to pick out.

Bennett's first "kiss".

As you can see from the last picture.....I am pretty sure Bennett gave me his first intentional "kiss". Well first grab my face on either side and pull it towards his drooly open mouth. I probably kiss him about 1000 times a day, so you think he would know how to kiss back by now! haha. Either way, it was sooo cute!! Luckily Ryan took a picture! 

I also got a cute card from the two of them and then finished my day with my sister at the play Mary Poppins downtown! It was such a cute day. I can't believe how much we love this little blob xxx

Half a year old!

Our baby is six months old {as of Saturday}! How much fun these last six months have been with our sweet, chubby little Bennett :)

Being such a good baby, the transition from two adults to two adults with a baby was easy! It amazes me at how natural it is to have Bennett around. We tend to do alot of what we did before, we just now have a babe in tow to entertain us as we do it. For example, we took him to see the Trailer Park Boys movie yesterday for my brother and brother in laws bday and he watched it!! Haha. Not that I really should be encouraging him to watch that kind of movie but he still doesn't know English yet...so we're good ;)

Anyways, here is his six month update with a few pictures.

Weight: 17.5 lbs

Routine: He sleeps through the night {still in our bedroom in his bassinet}. The dreadful day is approaching where we will have to move him over to his nursery. He is so big now, he looks like a little burrito in his bassinet {even though it is rated for up to 25lbs}. I just hate to think of him alone in a bedroom....even if we only have 5' between our doors haha. That's ok though because soon enough he will have a little baby bud to keep him company in their room.

Eating: Formula 5-6 times a day. Solids have been started! I did it completely backwards, they say to start with savory veggie purees and then move to fruit. That is so the baby accepts the veggies, which makes total sense. I, of course, have started him only on fruit. It was completely unintentional...it's just what I am attracted to when I buy the baby food. Let's hope he still likes the veggies but if he is anything like his Mum...he probably won't ;)

Sizes: 6-9 month clothing! 

Milestones: Alot more baby babble and he sitting up by himself for much longer periods of time!

P.S. We find out what baby #2 is tomorrow so I will post the results here on the bloggy xxx

                         

Bennett's first parcel!

Bennett received his first ever parcel from England on Monday! It was even addressed to him which was so cute and return sender was Granny Gill. He is at an age now where he get's quite excited for things, so it was extra sweet to see him trying to unsuccessfully open it.

Inside was two books from his current obsession, The Peppa Pig collection. She is an English Pig with a little brother named George and he absolutely loves the show. As you can see, he also loved his books! Thanks Granny :) xxx

                         

Easter 2014

I thought I would do a quick post on Bennett's first Easter. Easter to him was probably no different then any other day, mainly due to the fact that his little gummy toothless mouth could not enjoy any Easter treats. Either way it was still fun to see him get excited ;)

This year we headed to BC to see Ryan's family in Revelstoke. Bennett was ADORABLE for his five hour car ride. He slept all but 1.5 hours, which I just sat with him for and read him books. He enjoyed meeting everyone again and had a good time.

The only real glitch we encountered was  a "poo explosion" on Saturday. They happen to every baby but mine seems to always pick the day when I have not chosen to bring extra clothing and we tend to be in a small space. The small space that particular day was a cafe for lunch. If Bennett had not made it quite so evident with grunting and turning purple, I am sure no one would have actually believed the foul smell filling the cafe was indeed the little chubby smiling baby in the corner.

So anyways, long story short, it was everywhere. Once discovering this, I had to leave the half dressed blob with Ryan at the cafe and run to the baby shop down the road to get something new for him to wear. I also had to clean him up in a bathroom with no baby changing station...so that was fun. Also, the line up to use the stinky bathroom was even funner to face when exiting ;)

Otherwise, we had a seamless weekend and another great drive home in which Bennett slept the entire time! {So much like his daddy!} xxx 

Hanging out with Great Uncle Les

Great Aunty Julie

Second Cousins!

Laughing with Great Aunty Eness and Charlee

Grandpas identical twin

With Daddy on Great Uncle Joes Bike

Easter Bunny!

This is what we came home to on Sunday night :) 

Shower time

Getting into the shower has become a task since Bennett was born. He just doesn't seem to think a shower is worth me leaving him alone for 10 minutes. I don't mind but I really hate when someone knocks at the door at lunch and I am still sans makeup in my dressing gown. I feel like saying "I swear I have had a productive morning!" haha. I used to be able to catch a shower while he was sleeping but he always woke up right in the middle crying. I would run out dripping wet in a panic that something was wrong. Of course it never was and then afterwards the bathroom looked like it had been flooded. So now I have abandoned the nap showers and have just resorted to leaving him to his own devices. The other day I got out the bathroom and saw him sitting on the bed with his toys waiting for me to be finished. It was such a sweet image that I grabbed my camera and snapped a picture. I SUPPOSE this sweet little face is worth struggling to have a shower for ;) xxx

P.S. There are no covers as I was changing over the sheets {domestic diva material} ;)

Sunday

Today was yet again another snowy Sunday. Have I mentioned how sick I am of snow? Mainly because I can never stay upright {even with grippy boots I fall about 3 times a week} but I am also seriously ready for some Vitamin D.

We had a nice lazy Sunday. I talked to my Mum for English Mothers day and then had an afternoon nap with Bennett. After that we headed to my sissys for dinner. She is right next door, so if she asks us to come over at 6:30...I start to get ready at 6:25. It's pretty awesome.

Since I am hoping this is the last snow fall before spring, I decided to take a picture of Bennett and us in the snow. Yes for the two seconds we spent outside today walking from our house to our next door neighbors {I'm so physically fit...I know}.

They turned out pretty cute though...

We then got to my sisters and her cats were dressed for the occasion. YES PEOPLE Ruby was literally in a dress and Zeplin in his hoodie. I almost died from cuteness. So naturally I ran back to my house to get my most well natured cat {Enzo} to have some play time with them. Not that we are crazy cat people or anything ;)

We started Sunday dinner tradition after Christmas this year and I am loving it. Every week we switch houses and it is so much fun. I love how Bennett and his Bro or Sis will grow up looking forward to Sunday dinners :) Anyways, talking of Bennett, I better go tend to the chubby little thing. Hope you had a good weekend! xxx

5 month update

Hiya everyone! Long time since I was last on here! Well we have been to England and are now back home. It was an amazing trip and I am proud to say my little Bennett didn't cry once the entire flight there or back. Am I a lucky Mummy or what? People actually thanked me when the flight was over for having such a well behaved little boy.

I also announced that we are expecting baby #2! WHAT A SURPRISE! We were not planning to have two babies so close together and when I first found out I was shocked. Now it has sunk in, I am very happy and know how lucky I will be to have two little blobs :) I've had so many people tell me how lovely it is to have two so close together {11 months apart if this baby is full term} and what good friends they will be. I am excited that this pregnancy is going so smooth so far too! I actually sometimes have to remind myself I am even pregnant!

So back to little Bennett! Here is his updated information for 5 months :)

Weight: 16 lbs
Routine: His routine is still good. He is sleeping through the night between about 9pm-7:30am and goes down for 2-3 naps during the day as well {depending on how long each of them are}.
Eating: Still on formula about 5-6 times a day. I have also now started to introduce some rice cereal. I think that he likes it....most of it ends up on what he's wearing though ;) 

Sizes: 3-6 month and 6 month clothing! 
Milestones: This baby is finally laughing! He also just learned how to roll {one way} and if we position him, he can sit up by himself for maybe a second. The other thing I have noticed is that he is much more verbal now. Of course it's all baby garble but its really sweet to hear his little voice!

Anyways, here are a couple pictures from his five month birthday. I also have so many lovely pictures from England that I will be adding to facebook hopefully sometime today! xxx