Aidan tidbits

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Gwen

It has been a little while since I have blogged about some of the cute and precocious things Aidan has been saying. The first couple are directly because Aidan got to finally see the baby in Mommy’s tummy. He likes to talk to his baby brother and will at various times during the day pull up my shirt to say “hi” to the baby.

After we got home from the ultrasound Aidan decided he wanted to have a talk with the baby in Mommy’s tummy. He said “hi” very softly and then proceeded to get a pickup truck dinky and parked it next to my stomach. He said “Mommy this pickup truck is for the baby.” He then decided he needed to show the the baby how his other trucks worked.

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Tammy was asking Aidan what he should name his baby brother and in true Aidan fashion he replied “Baby.”

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Anthony and I are always talking about how different Aidan’s life is than ours was. This little scene is case-in-point. When we were getting ready to go he was pulling out the computer chair downstairs. He got on the chair, pulled out the keyboard table and told me “I am reading my blogs Mommy. I have got to read my blogs.”

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Menu Plan Monday: Return From the Fray

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Gwen

It has been a long time since I have done any meal planning.  We are back from a month in Nova Scotia, and I really need to do some planning to keep this week going.  We will see on Friday how much weight I have gained in NS.  I know that it is not a big deal since before this I didn’t gain any weight this pregnancy, but I am thinking that I may need to be a little healthier in my eating for the next few months.  Maybe cut back on the sweets. 🙂  It is in this vein that I am  planning this weeks meals.

Monday: Steak, Baked potatoes, Corn and Cauliflower

Tuesday: Spaghetti, garlic bread, salad

Wednesday: Chicken Kabobs with Tandoori Marinade, Basmati rice

Thursday: Tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, salsa and sour cream

Friday: Baked Fish, mashed potatoes, Broccoli

Saturday: Girl Guide Year end BBQ

Sunday: OPEN

As we are back in Vancouver lunches will be simple with at least one trip out for sushi.  Yum! Snacks will be fruit, berries, and watermelon.

Have a great week everyone.

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Overheard

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Gwen

We are living at the in-laws while we are visiting Nova Scotia. It is nice to be in a huge house but it is funny what the boy gets out of it. We were bringing the laundry down the stairs and Aidan remarks “Are we going down to the dungeon?”

I guess that in a house with a laundry room in the basement may seem to someone used to a very small place like a dungeon. I am also wondering what the little pitchers have picked up. 🙂

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On the East Coast

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Gwen

We are now on the other coast for a month.  It has been an interesting few days full of many changes in routine, time and eating habits.  I always forget how long it takes me to adjust to the time and eating changes.  Add to this a toilet-training toddler, a second trimester pregnancy, later spring, allergies, a bigger house and a new big boy bed and you have a recipe for a bit of chaos.

My allergies in Vancouver this year have been really bad and I got a cold just before heading here to Nova Scotia.  Yesterday the cold seemed to have totally cleared up but the allergies are getting worse.  Added to that I am so mixed up in when I should be eating that I had my fist vomiting morning sickness ever.  I have always gotten the nausea but never to the point of actually throwing up.  It didn’t help that I was coughing up what was left of my lungs as well.

Aidan is adjusting to the changes really well.  The first night he was in the crib in the nursery and had a hard time with the new room and a new anxiety that his dad and I would go home without him.  This has since cleared up and he is now sleeping in the new big boy bed with the Thomas the Tank Engine sheet and comforter set.  He has never slept in a bed so big or so high.  In fact his first words when getting ready to sleep there were “This is a very big bed!”  I was a little nervous about how it would go but he did ask to sleep in the big bed so I figured what the hell, let’s try it.  He did pretty well the first night and last night he only cried out once and wasn’t actually awake.  Anthony and I are hoping that he will be fine going back into his toddler bed when we get home.  If not we will have to look into bunk beds.

The other really nice thing about being here is that the back yard is full fenced with a lot of room to run around. Well that and the sand box that grandma and grandpa bought him to play in.  With the trucks he already had here Aidan is having a ball playing outside by himself.  He has learned that if he wants to come in all he has to do is come up to the back door and knock.  We are watching out for him, and he is having a grand time playing “On the GRASS!”

We are keeping up the toilet-training here and sometime this week or weekend we are going to try the training in underwear.  He is getting a lot more consistent though a little distracted since we have been here.  The bribery still seems to be working and hopefully soon we can space the bribes out a bit.  I can’t keep up with the dinkies forever. 🙂

Other than a quick trip to Halifax for some expensive sushi (lunch with Nana) we have been pretty close to home, but we expect to expand that this weekend and I am hoping to have a few playdates next week with some friends. Hopefully Anthony and I will get some geocaching in and have a bit of time to take some nice pictures.

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