Costco

Today I was at Costco and saw these wonderful red CorningWare Creations dishes. There's these two, a lasagna dish and also 4 large ramekins. They were on sale and since I was at Costco, it meant that I was probably going to buy something I hadn't anticipated, therefore spending more than I anticipated so I bought them. I'm very pleased with them - now I have a good excuse to cook up a storm this weekend! They're such a happy color of red too. Michael wanted to buy me a hoodie and came up a couple choices of navy or black and I said I just wanted happy bright colors and he laughed at (with?) me, but it's true. Don't you feel happier when you have happy bright colors everywhere? Well, tastefully of course.

Aidan very much enjoyed his swimming lesson. His class has 6 kids and 2 teachers - 1 of his teachers was his teacher for Sea Turtle and remembered him. The little kids looked so cute jumping around in the water and splashing. Aidan looked like he was having a great time. Next time I'll have to sit a little closer to where the lesson is so I can maybe take a couple pictures.

Right in front of me was a class for what looked like 3-6 month olds and their parents. The instructor was singing and splashing and it was so funny because the babies really looked like they could care less. There was one couple, the mom and baby boy were in the pool and the dad sat on the side with his camera, zoom lens and video camera. Every once in awhile the mom would turn and pose for a picture - that guy must have taken at least one picture a minute for the length of the 40 minute lesson! Parents like that are funny to me. Most especially because they probably won't be that crazy with their second or third child.

I'm thinking of taking Aidan to see Charlotte's Web today, but I'm not sure because one of the main characters is a spider, and then I think she dies at the end.

The Cradle

Here are the pictures of the cradle that I got last week. Aidan's very favourite teddy, Blue Teddy, is sitting in it. When the due date gets closer I told Aidan that we'll go together and pick out a very special teddy for the new baby and he's excited about that.



Aidan's swimming lessons start today so I'll try to take some pictures of him in the pool if I'm allowed.

What a Happy Day

Today is so my day!! Well, it started yesterday and there are so many good things happening! I'm very excited.

First of all I saw on freecycle yesterday that someone was offering a wooden cradle, right close to where I live!!! I emailed right away, explaining that I was expecting and that I could pick it up today, hoping she would give it to me and she did!!! I was so thrilled, especially since she drove it over to my house in her minivan. It's kind of big, has a stand so it can rock and even comes with a mattress. It had sort of been in the back of my mind that I needed to figure out what I was going to do for sleeping arrangements for the baby and I'm so happy that now this is taken care of. I was thinking of maybe painting it because it is a tiny bit beat up, but I've never painted anything before and I don't want to wreck it!

Also yesterday all 6 of my maternity shirts arrived! I tried them on and they don't seem very long which is kind of sad, but maybe they will work out better than I think once my tummy is bigger. I'm still looking for long tank tops to layer under shirts and that's what these were supposed to be. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know! I have a couple long tank tops from Old Navy and these shirts are all Old Navy Maternity but not as long as I had hoped they would be. Michael just called and said that today my maternity jeans arrived (also Old Navy - can you tell what my favourite clothing store is??) and I hope they will fit well. Those I actually measured for so they should be good. Thankfully most of my pants still fit and should for a little while longer thanks to this cool little trick I learned from Nathania. I had seen this thing on eBay called The Button - basically it's a button with an elastic loop attached and you button it into your buttonhole on your pants and loop the elastic over your button and it gives you a little extra room. Nathania told me she had just taken a hair elastic and put it through the buttonhole and looped it around the button. It works so good!!

And, to top everything off, Aidan's swimming lesson time got changed. Finally, at long last, this Saturday he starts Salamander swimming lesons. Originally it was 10:40-11:20 but now it's 10-10:40 which is so much better because it's farther away from nap time and grumpy time! He's going to be so excited when he remembers he gets to go for swimming lessons. He has a little trouble saying Salamander though. It comes out 'hala-man' which is a pretty good effort.

Last night he was pretending he was a duck. He said 'You be mommy duck, I be baby duck. Mack mack. Mack mack' So cute. Except Michael thought he was asking for a smack, so I had to quickly correct him :) Then he decided he was going to be a cow, so he was walking around on hands and knees saying 'mooooo, moooooo'. It's so nice when we can all be together and be silly like that.

I did take some pictures of the cradle last night, but I didn't have the memory card in the camera, so I'll have to upload them tonight. Currently Aidan's teddy bears are all sleeping in the cradle to try it out before the baby comes :)

Amazing Pictures

Michael and I were watching Heroes on Monday and after the show ended, there was the news on Global and we were talking, not really paying attention until this one story came up. I think the point behind the story was Vanishing Twin Syndrome, but to illustrate it they had these super cool lifelike images of babies in the womb. They took a 4-D ultrasound of a baby and then with computers, sort of colored it in and made it lifelike. It's kind of hard to explain but looked very cool -but also a little creepy because the babies weren't fully developed and didn't look like a 'normal' baby. You can check out the news story as well as video here.

Apparently Vanishing Twin Syndrome occurs in up to 1 in 8 pregnancies. It's where there will be 2 little babies and then the one dies for whatever reason and is absorbed back into the womb. That's just kind of weird. They also say that this may explain why some people feel lonely - because they are missing the twin they were in the womb with. Now that cracks me up. It's always someone else's fault - and who better to blame than the vanishing twin?

Anyways. I think Aidan is doing a little better but we'll see tonight. I sent him to Darlene's with chicken noodle soup and bananas and ginger ale and he said she gave it to him for lunch. Michael made him tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner and there we ran into some problems. We were trying to get him to eat just half the sandwich and he threw up on the last bite. Then not more than 5 min later he ran to the bathroom - I'm sure that kid went to bed with a thoroughly empty stomach! I'm sure he's getting tired of chicken noodle soup - I sent it with him again today - but I'm not sure what else to feed him! We're having tacos tonight so maybe I'll make him a mini one.

Yesterday was the Value Village 50% off sale and Michael said he would pick Aidan up and make him dinner while I went shopping. So nice of him! There weren't any carts when I went in and I figured that I wouldn't need one - I wasn't going to be long and I wasn't going to get much. By the time I was done I was flushed and breathing a little heavier than usual - from carrying around some books and some clothes. You know you're out of shape when....I found Aidan some cute little books including Night Night Bunny. I read it to him when we got home and in the book Bunny wakes up in the night and is scared of the dark, of the wind and of a spider. Aidan could totally relate to what Bunny was going through because whenever he sees a spider, it is an EVENT. I also found him a pair of Hot Wheels sweat pants which will go well with his Hot Wheels shirt, and a pair of rollerblades! They're still a couple sizes too big, but they were $3 and I couldn't pass them up! He was pretty impressed and we tried them out after dinner in the kitchen. I also got some cute little baby things, but not too many because I'm not sure what I'm having. I have an ultrasound booked on March 6 though and then I will find out. I'm very excited! I don't know how you could stand to wait until you actually have the baby, I can barely wait the 2 weeks until the next ultrasound!

Well, I guess I should get back to work. Thanks for all your comments wishing Aidan better :)

Sick

Poor little Aidan is sick today. Last night he woke me up with wet pants, so we changed that, and then a couple hours later he woke me up to tell me that his tummy hurt. I thought he was just hungry, it didn't even occur to me that he might be sick. Then about 6:30 we heard him crying, so Michael called him into our room and he came to sleep with us. I woke up again at 8:15 and got up - I really hadn't meant to sleep in that late! and then Aidan stumbled out around 8:45 and said that he was still tired and was going to sleep some more. I thought for sure I had heard wrong so I said 'What?' and as he turned around to repeat what he had said (while standing in the door of his room) he threw up. Poor little guy. He lay on the couch and watched some shows and sipped some grapefruit pop (closest I could come to ginger ale) with a pail close by. Unfortunately after awhile he threw up his breakfast as well, so then we had toast and chicken noodle soup for lunch and he's been able to keep that down. He still wanted to go out to the Storm game, so we went out and brought the pail, a change of clothes and a plastic bag with us. He did very well and now he's home, back on the couch. I'm so glad I could be home with him today and that he didn't have this happen at Darlene's house - even though I'm sure she would have been wonderful with him. So tomorrow he's going off to her house with bananas, ginger ale, chicken noodle soup and toast because I want his tummy to calm down but I don't want her to have to make stuff only for him. Hopefully this passes soon and he's not sick for too long!

Macaroni and Cheese

Last night Michelle came over and we made macaroni and cheese for dinner from a recipe I found online. It was soooo good and sadly, just barely made enough for the three of us (including Aidan). I forgot to give her the recipe, so I thought I would post it on here - it's super easy and seriously soo good.

Creamy Macaroni and Cheese

2 tbsp butter/margarine

2 tbsp flour

Salt and Pepper

1 cup milk

3 oz cheese (I used light aged cheddar and havarti, about a cup in total)

8 oz pasta (I used 1 cup dry macaroni, I'm not sure how much that translates to cooked)

Melt the butter over medium heat and stir in the flour, making a roux. Add milk gradually using a whisk and continue cooking until thickened. Add salt and pepper, then cheese. Stir until cheese is completely melted, being careful not to burn it, then pour over hot pasta and serve.

This makes enough for 2 servings.

Michael taught Aidan how to say another phrase the other day. He picked him up on Friday from Darlene's house and asked him where he was going. Aidan was very excited and said 'Auntie Bev!' so Michael started teasing him saying 'No, we're going home to bed' Then he taught Aidan how to say 'Daddy, stop bustin my chops!' except when Aidan says it, chops sounds like chaps. So funny!

He also sings 'Eeny meeny miney mo, catch a tiger by the toe' I have no idea where he learned it but it always makes me laugh.

Here are some recent pictures:

Mango Mango Mango

I just had half a mango at 9:20. Couldn't wait for coffee at 10. It was really good. Aidan ate the other half this morning and was really excited about it and then afterwards complained that his tummy hurt because he had eaten too many different things this morning (banana, mini wheats and mango). I told him to suck it up.

Last night I got home with all my mashed potato supplies and steaks and Aidan came to open the door for me yelling 'Mommy's home! Yayyy!' That always makes me smile, it's so sweet. I showed him the little steak I had gotten for him and he grabbed it and ran into the living room to show Michael yelling 'Take! Yummmmmmy!' I came in the living room a couple minutes later to find the steak on the couch partially unwrapped - Aidan was planning to eat it raw and very upset to learn that it had to be cooked first.

He had a mini version of our dinner tonight. I cooked him 1 breadstick and 1 potato and then grilled the steak on our George Foreman grill. He was very excited about his little steak dinner, but only ate about half the steak. I had bought some strawberry dessert crepes for us and he got to have one of those too which he ate in like 3 minutes. We were sitting on the couch and I was helping him eat and I guess I missed putting a bite of the crepe in the second he was done chewing so he opens his mouth wide, points at it and grunts at me to get my attention.

On Valentines Day I told him it was also Hug Day and that he should give lots of hugs to everyone. He said he didn't really want to give Andrew a hug because Andrew hits and just wants to fight. So I told him to say 'Andrew, I'm a lover, not a fighter.' and then I got him to practice saying to me. I was trying to tell someone about it and I cracked up, it was the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. That and he told me that Brooklynn had said holy sh-t. I know it's bad for him to swear but it was hilarious when he said it. He sounded very disapproving and agreed with me when I said it was a bad word we shouldn't say.

It definitely feels like a Friday today, I'm very excited to be done work and it's only 10. Janet is taking me out to Barcelona's for their buffet lunch. I wore loose pants so I don't feel like a pig afterwards (but can still eat like one, just kidding). I've been helping her with binders so that we can impress Al. There are so many QC binders that need to be finished off and sent out and she was saying she felt a little lost because people aren't explaining too much stuff to her, so I thought the best idea would be to do something to show Al that she knows what she's doing and to impress him. So we're going to try to finish off 6 binders today and we're well on our way. Al is very impressed so my plan worked. Now she won't feel dumb for asking for more explanation for stuff and she'll have a little leverage if she needs to ask for a new filing cabinet or shelving or something. Plus, we'll get more money in once these stuipd binders are sent out. It's a win win situation!

Okay, coffee's over so I should get back to work. Have a great weekend everyone out there in blogland!