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So it was my first official day back to work...I was feeling a little jittery, even though I had been back a few times already. I think it was the whole idea of being away from Gray all week. It wasn't just for a day. So this morning started out OK and went down hill from there... Here's the rundown.

I got ready while Mike was still home to watch Gray. Mike feed him his bottle and then he left for work. I got breakfast ready for the two of us, and we were halfway through when the phone rang. I answered it thinking it was a friend of mine (my morning phone buddy)..nope..it was the babysitter....yep, here it is...her child is sick...fever of 102, puking...shes calling all th moms to let them know that she is out of commission for the day. URGH...really?! She offered to take Gray for the day anyway, knowing that it was my first day back to work, which was nice. But do I take a chance and bring him? what if he gets sick too? then I have to deal with that all week? I had no plans on calling in sick on my first day back, plus I am pretty sure no one else can work. I could call Mike and tell him to come back home... but if he doesn't work today, he doesn't get paid for the holiday Monday. My other back up is Mikes parents...they live an hour away...and are leaving in two days to go on holidays...I know their busy...but I called  anyway. Yay!They will look after him...who could resist my charming boy? Seeing as it is 7:30 in the morning they had just woken up and they wanted to know if I could meet them halfway...ummm...I looked at the clock...thinking to myself that I have to take down the playpen, load that and the high chair-that I still had to wash from this mornings tornado of food, into the car. Plus, pack dishes, spoons,  toys, extra diapers (the babysitter already has all of this stuff)...ya, nope that wasn't happening. I guess I will take Gray to work and meet them there? OK, that's what we'll do. Phew...did I mention it was already 23 degrees and humid? I am sweating like a pig, so much for that nice shower this morning.

Well I made it. I got to work on time, switched cars around with Mikes parents...cause taking out and moving the car seat around is way to much work, and then sighed as I walked in to the air conditioned store. I could've cried, but I didn't....not yet anyway...

Oh, you thought it was over...


A couple hours passed, and I was just thinking that I should call and see how Gray was doing, but the bell on the door went, so I looked up and guess who is walking through the door?Nana!Shouldn't she be with my child? Ahh....well in all the commotion this morning, the garage door opener to their house is in the car...which is with me...at work...and that is how they get in the house...??? Problem...yes...so we got that all figured out and off they went again...You are probably thinking that this doesn't sound too bad, but you if you remember me mentioning before...they live an hour away. So, Gray has now been in the car for just over 2 hours...and he is hungry, probably has poop up his back and is hot and sweaty in his car seat.

Anyway, I called about a hundred times today and things are fine. I however am not, I feel awful...not that there was anything I could do to make the situation better...I just had to go with the flow. Oh, and he is now spending the night with Nana and Grandpa.

So, day 1 down...4 more to go.

Beautiful

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Beautiful day. Beautiful Couple. Beautiful Love.

Thank you for letting us be a part of your special day!

Special Moments

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Blowing kisses is Gray's favourite new thing and it just melts your heart...well he blew me a kiss and I blew one back, then he came in for a hug and then gave me a huge raspberry on my bare shoulder! Love!!Next thing you know both my shoulders are covered in drool and the kid is giggling like crazy!...all I could think of was that I didn't ever want this moment to be over!

Which brings me to the thought that next week I will be returning to work...kinda bittersweet. I really am looking forward to returning to a job that I really love, but it has been so nice to enjoy my year off with the best guy in the whole wide world. How can I leave him for 8 hours a day? Well, its not like its a new thing...Gray's been at the babysitters a few times, as I have been working a bit here and there already, and millions of other moms do it every day...

Weird, how a year ago I was wondering how I would adjust to staying at home and now I am wondering how I will adjust to going back to work. Or how I will juggle working, being a good mom, getting the house clean and have supper ready?...Just the many talents of a mom I suppose.

Yummy

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mmm...bananas and blueberries....and that's all I have to say.

In Touch

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and no, I don't have a fancy phone either

So before I was on mat. leave, on my days off, I would text or call my husband to say hello, and see how his day was going. Well, now that I am home most of the time, those random texts and calls have nearly quadrupled. Good thing he doesn't have an office job or he would probably be fired for taking too many personal calls!  Its not like my calls are emergency related either, really, they are usually about how my day is going with Gray or the weird thing that just happened on our street. Today though, it was about the most horrendous smell coming from my sons diaper...the 'knock you in the face when you come in the room' kind of smell, the worst! So I thought I would call and discuss my options with my husband, as if I really had any...I plugged my nose and took the plunge... I just wanted to share this info with him, aren't I nice? I couldn't possibly imagine what someone would think if they heard half of the conversations we have!

Now that Gray is sleeping, FINALLY, I will call and share the good news, as last night was a tough one, so Mike will understand my joy in the fact that I get a minute to breath! I'll also probably ask him if he's coming home for lunch, and he will either tell me to get my boyfriend out of the house, or that he can stay. Ya right, as if I have time to deal with a boyfriend on the side!

I wonder what people did without cell phones? Pretty boring...

Happy Birthday!

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Until your baby is one year old, you can celebrate monthly birthdays, right? Good! Cause today our lil' Gray is 11 months old. Although not so little anymore... probably because of his love for food! Proof is in the diaper...literally...I just found pieces of roast beef and peas rolled in the waist band of his pampers. How cute is that? Saving it for later were you, Gray?

Mmm, at 23.5 pounds, I think my arms should be a little less flabbier then they are...

Pretty Please

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So the Mr. is on holidays this week, which seems to be throwing me off my weekly routine. I feel lazier, its like the whole week is a weekend!The good news though; were going to Toronto for a little day trip! The Mr. has a tuxedo fitting for a wedding that hes in to go to, and I couldn't resist tagging along to doing a bit of shopping...

Me: Where abouts in Toronto are we going today?
Mike: Dundas & 407, why?
Me: Is Yorkdale on the way?
Mike: No, but Sherway Gardens is nearby.
Me: Ohhh...that's good....mmm...hey, isn't IKEA near there too? ;)
Mike: (Rolling eyes) ya...
Me: (mouth hanging in disbelief-as if a simple 'ya' is the answer I wanted to hear ) Gray's never been to IKEA before!

Would I ever use my son to get what I want? OK, maybe I would...but just this once.

Milestones

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So in the last couple days Gray has decided that he will do everything that I have been trying to get him to do in the last couple months! I really was convinced that my efforts in educating our son were going down the toilet!

To start, my son has not said 'Dada', ever! 'Mum Mum', or mama', he would say...but when we said 'Dada' to him,  he would laugh at us! As if to say, 'I'm not gonna say that, are you crazy'? Well a couple days ago, I could have sworn he said 'daaa' and then this morning he said 'Daaayyyyy' when the Mr. came up the back stairs. This could be the beginning of something, and I know it would make Daddy very happy.

Second, the little dude has been waling all around the house on his musical walker and the chairs at the dining room table have never got so much action. They have been getting a good tour of the house, that's for sure. This morning, he let go of the couch and his feet took a few little shuffles to reach his grandpas hands!!! Where was the camera when I needed it!!! I was so proud!!!! I did manage to capture this video yesterday though...

 

Grays Walk @ Yahoo! Video

Third, about a month ago, he blew a kiss, and has not done it since, even when I pestered him 5 or 6 times a day to blow kisses. Then this morning, he was blowing them all around, to anything...the cat, to me, to Daddy, Grandpa, to the footstool...so cute!!! Again, where was the camera?

And fourth, on cue, he did patty cake!!!!! Now, he hasn't quite figured out how to clap his hands together every single time, but he makes a good effort!

So I wonder what took him so long, why this morning did it all come together? He was on good behaviour...must have heard talk about going to IKEA today... ;)

Being Mom

my beautiful necklace by Brag About It

Things that have changed since becoming a mom:

1. Pre-baby, the dishes could pile up forever, now I have to do them or else the little guy doesn't get a clean bottle.

2. I now make the bed in the morning...because once bedtime hits, I just want to crawl in, no fussing, and go to sleep.
3. I wash my hair every 2-3 days-it used to be everyday.
4. Never in a million years would I think that I would ever put my nose next to someones bum to smell whether or not they had pooped. Well, I do that about 5 times a day.
5. Sometimes the laundry sits in the washing machine all day...because I am too busy playing.
6. Since I've been at home this past year, I vacuum once a day.
7. The first month at home with Grayson, our PVR was overflowing with shows that we usually watched, I think we deleted most of them. Now we watch maybe 2 or 3 must see shows a week.
8. We used to eat out at restaurants at least once a week pre-baby, I think we've been out twice since I had him- and he is 11 months.
9. I used to eat my breakfast warm-now its usually cold.
10. I never thought I could possibly love another human being as much as I love my son.

I love being a mom.

Things that make you go hmmm...

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So I know this person...I will call them Bob- for privacy of course.This person makes me shake my head and wonder to myself...WTF? This person is not a bad person, I think that they truly mean the best, but they often (all the time) insult people without giving it a second thought. Its as if all your thoughts that you know you should keep to yourself, came spilling out, one after the other. I believe in constructive criticism and think that if you need to approach someone with something negative, whether in your personal life or in your professional life, there is always a nice way around things, while getting your point across. To top it all off, if someone was to mention this problem to 'Bob', I am positive they would be really upset at the fact that this is how people thought of them. So how would you deal with that?! Well, I do nothing, I listen, shrug it off, smile and go about my way. I can deal with bluntness, and someone who is loud and obnoxious, but when they are sweet, friendly and then throw a bunch of crap in your face, how else would you respond...? I f I responded by being mean and angry back, I would get no where, because 'Bob' is always right, no matter what. It's like arguing with a brick wall. My issue is that I think of the perfect come back several hours later, you know, after you have run through the whole scenario in your head a million different times, why couldn't I have thought of that at the time?!!In the moment!!This is the answer...because never in a million years would you ever think that someone would say the things that Bob does.

Smell-o-vision

I wish you guys had smell-o-vision, or rather smell-o-net? Something about the smell of lilacs in the air... just makes it more assuring that spring is really here. As I was uploading this picture, I swear I caught a scent of that sweet yummy fragrance. They really would look lovely in a vase on my table. Tonight I will go over and pick some, I have to wait till tonight cause its actually not my lilac bush, its my neighbours... although technically no one lives there, but I should still wait till dark... right? Or I could wait till my own lilac bush blooms... maybe thats a better idea, I don't want to promote picking other peoples flowers, seeing as I got mad a couple weeks back when some girls were picking my tulips. Not just the random yellow and red ones...but my really pretty one of a kind purple ones... I know!!!! Anyway, I am rambling now... wish you could smell them!!!

Magical Door

As if on cue, little hands and knees are pounding on the floor in a 'I can't go fast enough' kind of way. His breathing gets noisier and as he approaches the door, the squeals of delight get louder. That's right folks, my child loves this door. Or perhaps its whats behind the door...since the hall door shuts him out from the stairs and the bathroom. My little man has been climbing for about a month now. It started out as two or three stairs at a time, now he can get to the top, around the corner and back down them! Its just so cute how excited he gets though, when he realizes the door is open. No matter how sneaky or quiet we are with opening the door...the dude just knows!