Happy Easter

Our best wishes for a wonderful Easter!

Last week I was travelling to Toronto for work and I took Joshua along and my mom and sister came up for a visit. I was very happy that Joshua got to spend time with them. We returned on Wednesday night and I took Thursday off so I had a really nice long weekend to spend with my favourite little man!

On Sunday we went and spent Easter with some family, we took Joshua out to see the horses and the donkeys. It had been a long time since Joshua had last seen the animals and we all loved watching his reaction to them. We were offering carrots to the animals, although Joshua seemed more interested in trying to eat the carrots himself.

Full Time Daycare

I retunred back to work on February 25th, the transition went reasonably smoothly due to all the preparation we did in February. Starting at the beginning of February we started taking Joshua to his dayhome for a few hours a day. Chris then took a week off when I went back to work and continued taking Joshua to his day home. When it came time for both of us to return to work the transition was so smooth. It does help that Joshua loves his dayhome. What amazes me is how much better he sleeps during the day while he is there, a one hour nap in the morning and a three hour nap in the afternoon. I wish I could have gotten those kinds of naps when I was off with him.

A Smashing Good Time!

We celebrated Joshua's first birthday on February 24th with family and friends. Joshua seemed to have a wonderful time and received many wonderful gifts. I was happy that we were able to share the day with so many wonderful people.

Joshua did seem over whelmed by all of the people but quickly settled in.

When it came to the cake Joshua was not sure what to do with it, he loved licking the homemade icing off of the top of the cake but never really got into smashing it!

A few more notable activities!

I few things I forgot to mention in the previous post.

Joshua claps for everything now, if he even thinks you are going to clap he will clap too! If you put your hand up and say "high five" he puts his hand on your hand and laughs!

He has started blowing kisses, if I blow him a kiss, he blows me one back too, although he more sucks his lips in than blowing the kisses out, but I know what he is trying to do and it puts a smile on my face everytime!

At mealtime I have started to put Joshua's food on his tray along with his drink in his sippy cup, previously he would eat his food but only take his cup if I offered it to him. Today I noticed that he will eat a bit of food and then pick up his sippy cup and have a drink, put it down, eat some more and go back for another drink.

Happy 1st Birthday to My Sweet Boy

The day has come, Joshua is now one! I thought I would be much more emotional about today than I am.

The last week has been rather rough since Joshua has had a bad cold, Chris hurt his back and then I got sick. Chris' back is much better than it was and now Joshua and I seem to be feeling much better, we need to be better by Sunday for his birthday party!



I took Joshua for his one year appointment with his new doctor and they said he is doing very well. He weights 21 lb 6 oz (exactly the same as 11 months) and he is 29 inches long. The doctor did comment that he had a big head, 18 inches, but that he wasn't concerned about it, kind of made me what how big is too big?

I have been trying to encourage Joshua to walk or at least stand on his own but he has no interest in it, why when he can get everywhere he wants to by crawling. I will stand him up and as soon as I try and release his fingers he sits down, doesn't fall he immediatly sits on his bum. He will walk if I hold his hands and he will walk along the walls and the furniture, he just won't let go.

He continues to sleep well, although not while he is sick, he averages about 12 - 13 hours a night, which the doctor said I should be openly bragging about, and he has one to two naps a day. He seems to nap very well at the dayhome in the afternoon, usually around two to three hours.

He loves to eat, and will eat just about everything that is put in front of him, especially if he gets to feed himself. His favourites are cheese, bananas, toast, steamed sweet potatoe fries, peaches and mandarine oranges. I have also given his grilled cheese sandwiches and he loves those.

O Canada

Today marks the last day of my Maternity Leave, I have really appreciated being a Canadian during this time, it has enabled me to be able to stay home and enjoy my time with Joshua for an entire year! Joshua starts full-time in daycare at the beginning of March, but we have been taking him for a few hours most days so that he can get used to it. The first few days were rough but now he is a champ and when I drop him off with Janice I pass him over, he gives me a grunt and I leave. When I pick him up he is so happy, arms flapping, legs wiggling, I love it!

I return to work on Monday, and I am trying to be as positive as I can, I love the adult interaction and the people I work with are amazing, I will miss those who have left while I have been gone though!

New and Wonderful Pictures?

I got a new camera (Canon Rebel XT) for my birthday along with a fabulous telephoto lens, I am so excited! Hopefully this will encourage me to get back to posting more pics since my "old" camera had a bit of accident so now the only way I get pictures off of it is by inserting the memory card into the computer and it was a bit of a hastle because I currently have my work computer set up so I had to do a lot of switching around just to post some pics!