Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

I am very excited for my very first Christmas. My mommy and daddy told me you would bring me presents if I am a good boy. Sometimes I do things my mommy tells me not too, I think it's funny, but I try to be good most of the time. They tell me you like milk and cookies, so I will make sure we leave plenty of snacks since I'm sure you will be hungry.

I made you a list Santa, that way you will know what I want for Christmas.
If you could bring me a few of these things I would be so happy!

Your friend,
MV

We passed!

MV had his final swim lesson as a Starfish today! I can't believe a month of lessons has gone by so quick! My little man is now ready to be a duck :)

We will take a month off, December is way too busy to commit to lessons and resume either January or February.

To celebrate the teacher turned on the fountain in the kiddie pool (we warm up and play in the kiddie pool at the end of each lesson). MV was frightened but his buddies R and N loved it!

I want a ball pitt, and trucks, and....

Today we braved the mall and took MV to see Santa for the first time :) I was soo nervous that MV would cry and we would shamefully be getting our money back after a failed attempt at a picture but all went well! No smiles but no crying or trying to escape from Santa's lap either.
And afterwards in the grocery store MV was smiling and pointing at the giant mug shots of Santa that were hanging from the ceiling :).

On a side note, I don't know how people do the black Friday shopping in the states, our mall was crazy packed today and I couldn't stand it. Most the stores around town and in the mall had sales to try and keep people shopping here instead of hoping the border. We actually got a great deal on a giant baby gate (one gate down only one more to go!) :)

Nap cuddles

There are dishes in the sink,
Toys all over the floor,
Laundry is ready for the dryer,
and crumbs on the floor.

So many things I should be doing right now but all I want to do is sit here and cherish this moment. <3 There are less and less of these moments these days.

I can't believe this little guy will be 9 months in a couple days :( this year is going by so fast.

Lefty?

I'm not sure at what age babies/children show hand dominance but I've been thinking for a while that MV might be a lefty.

We're sitting here enjoying some post dinner Cheerios and he's eaten all but one with his left hand. Now that he's doing finger foods I'm noticing more and more how frequent he uses his left. When he does use his right he is not nearly a coordinated.

Hubby and I are both right handed so we shall see :)

Oh and on a side note yesterday MV figured out how to master the 90 degree turn in our stair case and climbed all the way to the top!

I'm seriously in trouble now

Our first week

I've been meaning to post for a few days now, but I'm just so tired.

This may be a scattered and random post, it's 5am for some reason MV thinks its a good time to wake up.

So we survived our first week, just MV and I. In a few ways I think this was much more challenging now that he's older. That caught me a little by surprise.

I was not as productive as I had hoped but I did manage a few tasks off my list, my house however is a mess. Aside from the bed incident we survived bump free.

Hubby's mood is a little better now too, he is still a little worried about a lay off but they seem to like him enough to offer him overtime. He'll be working 6 days a week until Christmas which is 2 weeks pay per week :) we would be caught up and back on track in no time.

My mood still sucks, But I'm suspecting a certain someone may be finally making her return into my life, it's been a nice 18 months without her ;)

Oh and it's frustrating to be without a car again. I think it's making me a little stir crazy to not have the option to just get up and go. I plan on taking hubby to work today so I can get things done and get out.

And speaking of taking him to work, I hear hubby up and about so I guess it's time for me to get out of this rocking chair and start our day. I'm thinking a nap is on our agenda later, fingers crossed MV approves of that plan.

Hope everyone had a great week/ weekend :)

Horrible

Today MV fell head first off my bed.
My giant king sized sleigh bed.
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He seems to be fine, just a bump.
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I can't even put in words how I'm feeling today.
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