february eleven

This morning Mack had his music class at the Y. It's a lot of fun to sing songs and see Mack enjoy it as well. He likes to bounce around in his sitting position, it's just too cute.

Again, today, with the fishie hat. The information on those hats, if anyone is curious, is that they're from Elope. (They're called Little Daydreamers, the line for kids).

This afternoon I went to go see a movie with my mom, Jenn, Maaike and our babies. We went to go see He's Just Not That Into You. What a cute movie. I really enjoyed it. Mack on the other hand was super cranky and couldn't get himself comfortable to sleep. He was definitely over tired and needed to sleep.

I picked up Sean early from daycare today, as it was gorgeous outside. I believe it was like plus 5 or 6 degrees. It was so nice. So I cracked open the box of our new umbrella double stroller and took them for a nice long walk. At one point, they were laughing with each other (or at each other, I'm not sure), and it was just too cute seeing them giggling together.

At the park across the street from us, someone built a snowman. It's just too cute. They did a fabulous job. I wonder who did it. It looks like they used food coloring for the details. Very creative!

This evening I went out with the West Island Knits group. It was great to get out of the house. We were a small group tonight, Amy, Eugenie, Ariella, Julie & myself. As usual, it was a good time had by all. I really like our little group. So diverse, yet, so great together. I just can't explain it. We just all get along so great, no matter what background, no matter what age you are, no matter how well you knit as well. I love it.

Don't forget that I'm having my 3$ pattern sale going on right now. It ends Valentine's Day weekend. Don't miss out.

february ten :: 34 weeks old

Mack is 34 weeks old today.

The little devil likes to stick out his tongue.

And is still crawling backwards under things. This time - the bed. Silly boy! He's going to end up getting stuck! And then when he can't go backwards any further, he cries. I'm excited for him to learn to crawl forward. Or maybe he'll walk and never crawl - who knows. He's certainly very stable on his legs, and likes to stand... Since he's skinny - he can carry his own weight - that's for sure.

We didn't go to swimming this morning, I avoided it because of my cold. Plus Mack still has a bit of a cough. Slight, though. It was for the best. Plus, I'm totally unmotivated to go into the pool this week. I think I'll end up missing out on my aqua class tomorrow. I want my cold to go away and not get worse, plus I do not want Mack's cough to get worse either.

Today I ran into the city in the afternoon to pick up a wholesale order. Since I was in the city I did a little bit of thrifting - which I don't do often, but secretly did enjoy. I have a few things on my "look out for" list - so I actually got a few things off that list. I'm super happy about that.

This evening I had to feed both boys before my mom got to my house, as she was watching them while I went to the Montreal Knitting Guild Meeting. Trying to feed two kids at the same time is rather interesting. And because I was feeding Mack, Sean wanted me to feed him too, and it was the only way I was able to get him to eat this evening, so there I was feeding spoonfuls of pasta to Sean while feeding "mush" (purée) to Mackenzie. I had to call it mush to Sean, who kept asking me to try it. I told him he wouldn't like "mush" because it was for babies, and he is a big boy now, who eats big boy food. It took a bit of convincing, but I finally got him to agree that he should eat his food. I just didn't have that time tonight to have it any other way.

My mother got there just as the boys were finishing their meal and I got my stuff organized and I got to the meeting. It was a really nice meeting tonight, one fo the members was showing us how to do a Moebius cast on, and it was really interesting. I worked on my step-mother-in-law's vest, and chatted with Christine & Maaike. It was a really good evening.

Though, since I had lack of sleep last night (was up all night working til the wee hours of the morning - stupid - I know... but I was on a roll... and well... I'm a night owl, what can I say?? I shouldn't do that again...!) I'm off to bed.

february nine

Holy moly I feel like crap today. I hate being sick. Dang cold. I hate winter. I only get sick like this in the winter (of course). This morning my mom came to watch the boys in the morning so that I could run an errand. I probably shouldn't have left the house. But I needed some groceries, as there was nothing in the house for dinner tonight, if I didn't go out. (Well, I could have put something together, from frozen, but that wasn't the plan for today).

Sean's cough is getting better. Mack's coughing a bit though now too. (Dang!) We skipped Mack's class at the Y today because Sean is home from daycare sick. I also didn't go to playgroup today, and I really am upset that I didn't get to go today. It was at one of my friend's houses today, and I really wanted to go. Though, I shouldn't expose other kids to our germs, and Sean was home from daycare. Oh well, next week.

My nose officially looks like Rudolph the red nose reindeer... and it's raw and it's sore and it hurts. Oh, once agian, I really hate this time of the year. I want to fast forward to not being sick anymore. I should buy a share in kleenex - that's how many I'm going through! Chasing after Sean with kleenex too is fun. He hates having his nose wiped... and Mack is following in the same footsteps. Hates it too. But probably can breathe a lot better after I clean theris noses, so I'm trying to explain that to at least Sean, so that he won't complain in the future.

This afternoon my sister came for a bit, to watch the boys (well, watch the house as the boys were both sleeping) so that I could run one more errand. Again, I shouldn't have left the house, but I had to go to the Pharmacy. Thank you Amy for coming to watch the boys this afternoon. (She got to knit and watch tv at my house!)

This evening Sean took interest in the potty. He asks to use it, but then just sits on it. I'm not sure if he just thinks it's a toy, or if he actually realizes it's to "go" in. Because lately, whenever he's on it, he doesn't actually go to the bathroom. Oh well, we're trying, and he's asking, so we'll see where that takes us. I just think it's too cute that he asks for the newspaper to read while on the potty. Funny boy.

Mack is now taking interest in my camera and I'm going to have to be careful with my lens! this picture was taken just before he swatted his hand on my camera! Daring little boy!

Daring little boy with growing hair! Look at the mohawk. I love it.

Tonight we decided to turn off the Habs game while it was in the middle of the game, we ended up getting slaughtered by Calagary 6-2. I don't know what happened tonight, but I'm ashamed of the team tonight. Really. 6-2. WHAT THE HECK!!! It was nasty to watch. We did watch Heroes after the boys went to bed, and we're going to keep tonight's episode of 24 for the next chill night we have together.

Tomorrow I've got a busy day, but I think I'm going to skip Mack's 9 am swim class, because of my cold. It's going away, but it's still there and I also don't want Mack to get worse sick than he already is. It's too bad he's missing another swim lesson, but hey, I'd rather him get rid of his cough, and I don't want being almost na.ked in my bathing suit in cold water to make my cold worse. If I'm feeling better by Wednesday, I'll go to my aqua class, but that's if my cold is better.

Alright, I should get a good night's sleep. Well, try anyhow. I can't really breathe through my nose, so sleeping is rather difficult when you can't breathe and you need to keep blowing your dripping nose. Not fun!

february eight :: 110 weeks old

Sean is 110 weeks old today!

Today I actually got to sleep in (after an early morning feeding for Mack though) and feel still not-so-hot. I stayed in bed/on the couch for the most part of the day, until I went at 4pm to pick up my friend Robyn, her husband JJ, and her brother Mark at the metro station. They had mis-read the info for the train, so they ended up taking the metro to the closest stop to my house, and I went to pick them up.

It was really great to see Robyn today. The last time we saw each other was the weekend of my wedding. (She was a bridesmaid at my wedding). She's in town visiting family, and I'm glad that she took some time to come out to visit me. I had pre-arranged for her to go see her old house, which she grew up in. It's 5 houses down from the house I moved into in November 2007. I made friends with the mother of the house over trick-or-treating this past October (2008) and so I knew that she probably wouldn't mind, so a few days ago I called her up and asked if she wouldn't mind if I brought them over. Usually that would be an odd request from a stranger, so I guess it was in Robyn's favor that I knew the family. The owners of the house were super sweet and gave us the grand tour. A lot of changes have been made over the years in the house (Robyn and her family moved out of the house in the Spring of 1993). Going into that house brought back a LOT of memories. Sleepovers and birthday parties, and just hanging out.

After the tour, I dropped the kids off at my parents house, and Jamie & I went out for dinner with Robyn, her husband, and her brother. We had dinner at St. Hubert Chicken - which was Robyn's request. She loves her chicken. (Something about the skin of the chicken!)

After dinner I picked up the kids, put them to bed, and hung out with Robyn & gang until I ended up driving them home around 10 pm, to where they were staying. Robyn's grandfather lives in the city, about 25 minutes away from my house.

I am really glad that I got to see her. And I hope it's not 3 and a half years before I see her again. She thinks she may be coming back out to Montreal for a family reunion in the summer, so that would be nice to see her. I don't know how soon I can get to Arizona, but Robyn's got guest bedrooms, and invited us out. It's super hard traveling with 2 young kids, so we'll see about that. It's also super hard to organize to leave the kids back in Montreal (with family) for more than a day, so we'll see if that could happen. Maybe next year. It's definitely a possibility.

I'm not feeling too good. I'm off to bed. All my plans for tomorrow are cancelled because I need 1 more day to re-coup. I'm sure Sean won't be going to daycare tomorrow, I think I'll keep him home one more day. He was still coughing tonight. Damn, I hate this time of the year. I should go get some sleep.

february seven

We all pretty much stayed in today, except Jamie, who had to go to work for a bit. Because I wasn't feeling too hot today, my mother and father came for lunch and then my dad left and my mother stayed to hang out for a bit, and help me with the kids. Sean's still got a cough, that sounds worse than yesterday, and I've got a nasty cold/cough. Mack's so far ok.

He's definitely all smiles today.

And with big laughs!

But, I wasn't sure where he was trying to go - strapped in and all.

He certainly had motivation to try to get out of the thing. He was put into it properly, and then went under the bar of toys, and ended up like this. Still strapped in.... no where to go. But he certainly tried. He had us laughing for a bit. Not at him, of course, with him! He was all smiles trying to figure out how to escape! He wasn't too sure what was holding him back.

But when he did get out of his chair, he crawled... backwards. Yep... backwards under the ottoman. Funny boy, likes to crawl backwards under things. Crawling forward? Naw.... not yet.

This afternoon both boys gave me a nice peaceful afternoon, so I sat on the couch and knit and caught up on some of my tv shows from this week. Jamie got home just before dinner time, and we had a nice family dinner together, and then he went off to play hockey and I sat on the couch and did some more knitting and some more tv watching. I really wasn't feeling too well today/tonight, so that seemed like a good plan. Just getting some rest. Tomorrow, providing I'm feeling better, I'm going to be seeing my best-friend-since-kindergarten, and I am totally looking forward to that. She's in town for 4 days and I'm pretty much the only person she's seeing while out here, besides family (to my knowledge anyhow). I just need to wait for her call so that I can go pick her (and her husband - whom I've not met yet) at the train station.

Today I'm Loving:
- This Scrabble keyboard that someone made. (Thanks for the link Ariella!)
- These scrabble coasters - neat idea!
- These dryer balls which I'm totally thinking of making.

Don't forget to snatch your spot in my March Sock Club. Only a few spots left!

february six

This morning I decided to keep Sean home from daycare. He started with a cough last night, and it was still there this morning, so since Mack had a 10:45 am doctor's appointment this morning, I decided to take Sean with to get his lungs listened to as well.

I had one errand to do before I took the boys to the doctor, so my mother came over to watch both boys so I could go take care of my errand. I'm glad my parents live 5 streets away, it makes it so much easier for them to help me out with the boys.

After my errand I went with both boys to Mack's doctor's appointment. She listened to Sean's lungs and said everything was clear, it was just a common cold/cough. Nothing to be worried about. She listened to my lungs as well, and as well said my lungs sounded clear (I was also starting to cough a bit). Mack's appointment was for his weight. She'd wanted to see him to see if he was growing back onto the growth curve. He was born in the 10th percentile, and was in the 25th percentile by his 4 month check up and at his 6 month check up he was back in the 10th percentile. As of today, at 7 and a half months old, he's now in between the 10th and 25th percentile, so he's growing again, but not quite there. He now weighs 16 lbs 11.5 oz. (So just over 16 and a half pounds). Getting there. At least now he's starting to eat more solid foods (puree), not like before when he wasn't interested in any solids. So happy he's getting back on track. But he's still my little pisher!

I ran some errands for Robyn's Nest after the appointment, and got that all accomplished. I also went over to my old babysitter's house, to pick up the item off Craigslist that I emailed her about. Instead of payment for the item (she didn't want a payment from me), I made her my Scrabble Letter Earrings, in her name initial. She loved them!

I then met up with Madeleine & Michelle for lunch at one of my fave pizza joints in the city. Lunch was delicious, but a handful with both boys. Now I know why I rarely go out to restaurants with both boys without at least Jamie to help me out. (Or anyone else in my immediate family). It's hard with 2 young kids! I ended up running into a few other people at the restaurant that I knew (my parent's next door neighbor, my ex-boss from when I worked at a video store before I got married & my dad's electrician). I always run into people I know at that restaurant. Without fail.

After lunch we headed straight home as both boys needed a nap. I got a few hours in the afternoon to take care of some chores around the house, and fold some laundry that didn't get folded yesterday. (3 of the 5 baskets got folded yesterday, the rest got done this afternoon).

This evening my in-laws came over and we went out for dinner. Sean actually behaved quite well for having been in 2 restaurants in one day to eat! It was just one of those days, with lots of plans!

I feel like I'm coming down with something. Sucks to be sick, but I'm probably catching whatever it is Sean has... and even though Dr. F listened to my lungs, and said everything is clear, I feel a little bit worse tonight than I did this morning when I saw her. Hopefully it's just the common cold, if anything, and it'll pass quickly. I've got nothing going on Saturday really, so I'll stay in an recoup, but Sunday, I have plans with my best friend since Kindergarten, Robyn. (Yes we have the same first name and middle name spelled exactly the same way). She's flying in from Arizona tonight to Burlington, and then taking either the bus or train into Montreal tomorrow morning. Her grandmother's not doing so well, so she is coming in to see her. I've pre-arranged it so that Robyn can go see her old house that she grew up in. I happen to live 5 houses down from her childhood home, and made friends with the mother of the house over Halloween this past year. Robyn's really excited to go see her old house, and she'll finally get to meet my boys. The last time I saw her was the weekend of my wedding, as she was a bridesmaid at my wedding. It's amazing with some people, you can go months without talking to them, but then when you finally do catch up, it's as if nothing has ever changed. I am also finally going to meet her husband, someone she's been dating for over 10 years. The only time I was in Arizona to visit her was in 1994, and she hadn't met him yet. Wow, I can't believe that was 15 years ago that I was in Arizona. I've seen her a couple of times since (1998, 2005, and I'm sure there have been other visits in between 1998 and 2005, I just can't think of the dates now, but I can recall her visiting). I just can't believe it's been almost 4 years since she was last in Montreal. I was supposed to go down in November of 2006, but was VERY pregnant with Sean (who was born December 2006), so I didn't go to her wedding (though we did have a falling out for about a year around that time, but that's another story). It'll be good to see her again, that's for sure.

february five

So, the home insurance story. Tuesday morning I was having an interesting coversation with my mom about home insurance. I couldn't figure out why I was paying more than double what she was paying monthly, and my parents home has more bedrooms than mine, as is worth more than mine, which affects your home insurance price. So, I decided Tuesday late morning to re-organize my filing cabinet (all statements and invoices that have come in over the last few months (since just before Mack's birth), have just been put in the front of the filing cabinet, and needed to be filed properly. So, I organized that, while looking for my house insurance contract. I found it (and now my filing cabinet is spick-n-span organized). I saw nothing out of the ordinary on my contract. Had my house address, and all the specs. Now, it was written out in French, so maybe there was something I was misisng? I read/understand French fluently (speaking French not so fluently as I'm shy to speak French). So I called the insurance company and told them I got a cheaper quote elsewhere for my house, and if there was anything they could do for me. I asked her to pull up the policy on my house, and upon pulling up my contract, this was the conversation:

Agent: For Which House?
Me: What do you mean which house?
Agent: We have two houses on your contract.
Me: What do you mean you have two houses on my contract?
Agent: Your policy is for your house and your duplex.
Me: My duplex? I don't live in a duplex? We moved out of the duplex in November of 2007.
Agent: Oh, we it here that you are paying for both residences.
Me: Well, that must be a mistake on your part, I called you guys up to do an address change as I was moving out of that duplex.
Agent: If you can fax me a copy of the deed of sale, we can most definitely look into this.
Me: Can I scan it and email it to you?
Agent: Sure, that won't be a problem, my email address is.....

I HAD A HEART ATTACK!

I can't believe that I've been paying to insure my old duplex since we moved out in November of 2007. 15 months ago! I should be paying around 84$ a month including taxes, and I've been paying $217.17 per month. And of course, there was a payment that went through on Monday for Feb 2nd - March 2nd. So I dug again through my filing cabinet and found my deed of sale as well as the adjustment sheet for the taxes, etc, and scanned them and emailed them right away to her.

Upon receiving my email, she told me she'd have to call me back on Wednesday, to let me know the final refund amount as the payment from Monday that had been withdrawn from my account hadn't been shown on their end yet. She also had to see if they'd refund the entire amount, or if they'd pay off the balance of my correct insurance until August 2nd (which covers until September 2nd - the last day of my 2 year contract) and give me the balance back.

On Wednesday, she called me back and told me that they'd paid off the balance of my contract (so no more monthly withdrawls out of my bank account) and gave me the amount that they were direct depositing in my account.

I am going to be shopping around for a new home insurance company. Even with my new amount for my new house, my mom is paying cheaper for her home insurance with another company on a 2 year contract. Maybe it's time to look into other companies.

As promised, here is my GO HABS GO socks on my sock blocker, so that you can see the progress. I'm LOVING the way they're coming out.

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I'm having a huge 3$ CAD (Approx. $2.45 USD) Pattern Valentine's Day Pattern Sale in my shop! Come on by and check it out! The sale will end midnight on Valentine's Day. All patterns have been reduced to 3$! Happy Knitting!

Happy Birthday to my friend Lauren! Linked to her name is her awesome Etsy shop - she's got some awesome necklaces for sale!

february four

Wednesdays are busy days. Starts off in the morning with our music class at the Y. It's a lot of fun, though I'm still finding the other moms in the class to be snobby and not people I'd be friends with. So Mackie & I enjoy the class to the best of our abilities, and let the snobby (jappy) mothers talk to each other about how their child is the best kid in the whole entire world, and how they are the best mother in the world and deserve a freakin' award. I don't even mind being the outcast... I don't need to put on my best outfit, throw on a ton of makeup and jewelery to attend a mom & tot class. Seriously! Who are these people? Ok, rant over.

After music, we headed to my aqua class. I love my aqua class. It's a super great workout - and I love how I feel after the class. I am friends with a few of the moms in the class, so it's nice to see them also enjoying this class too.

I wasn't interested in either of the 2 movies that were playing today for the mom & baby movie. Maybe next week. Next week they're playing Pink Panther (No interest) and He's Just Not That Into You, which I do want to see, but it is worth seeing in theaters, or only worth renting later on? Decisions, decisions.

Mack's new thing is that he likes to crawl backwards under things. Like his bouncy chair (that he barely uses anymore, but sometimes still do, soon he'll be too big for it).

And under the bench in the den. Doesn't know how to crawl fowards, but backwards.... no problem!

I got this the other day as a loot bag for Mack from that birthday party we missed out on recently. Isn't it just too cute? I can't wait to put the duck in Mack's room. I've never seen a lootbag like this before!

I received some mail today, some rings I ordered online. Remember, I'd been looking for that square onyx ring? Well, I wanted a solid plain square onyx ring, still do, but found this one as well. I love it! It's gorgeous!

And from the same company, a black square crystal ring. Both them are nice, but still don't replace the one I am upset about breaking/losing half of. But they'll be nice to wear in the meantime, until I do find a suitable replacement. I also ordered a pair of wood earrings, I'll blog about those when I wear them.

So, today I get to show you my secret knitting from last month! My First Design of 2009!

The pattern is called Satellite Girl and the yarn is Unwind Yarn Shiraz in Jupiter.

I'm really happy the way it came out!
I'm loving designing patterns, it's a lot of fun.
Look out for more from me this year!

Tonight I went out knitting with the West Island Knits/Crochet group. I had a lot of fun with Madeleine, Melanie, Eugenie, Helene & Ariella. We were a small group again, but still had good conversation and along with the knitting, some jewelery making. Why not! I did work on my mother-in-law's vest. It's coming along. (Not as fast as I'd like... but getting there). I hope to get it done soon as I want to be able to cast on for my February Lady Sweater this month (in February!)

Things I'm loving today:
- Bella's Mittens pattern (free pattern!)
- Pow! Hooded Scarf pattern (which I need to get)
- Watching cartoons in the morning in my bed with Sean & Mack
- Sean's greeting in the afternoon when I pick him up from daycare! ("Mooooooommmmmy!")

Tomorrow I'll tell you the story about my house insurance. Tomorrow's a quiet day, so I'll write about that then... Oh boy, did I have a heart attack yesterday after a phone call I made to my home insurance company....! Stay tuned.

ps- since we're in February already, the March Sock Club Kits have been listed to the shop. There are a handful of spots available left - don't miss out!

february three :: 33 weeks old

Mack is 33 weeks old today.

This morning Mack had swimming lessons bright & early. 9 am, in the pool. Swimming lessons are fun, as we have friends in the class. One is a mom I went to high school with, her son is 2 months younger than Mack. The other wasn't there today.

After swimming, we dropped off my car at Acura, as it was going in for some work. My mom picked us up, and before she dropped us off at home, we did some groceries. It's always nice to have help doing groceries when you have the baby with you.

I got a lot accomplished at home (load of laundry after load of laundry) as well as packed a ton of Robyn's Nest orders for shipping, while stuck at home with no car. It was a productive afternoon, that's for sure.

I forgot to show you my rather cool ring display/holder that I got. I just love it. It's too cute.


Lately, I've been addicted to Green Tea. Any flavor. You name it, I'm collecting it (to drink of course!)
I picked up the other day this Bonnebell Lip Gloss, it's sooo awesome! It's mango flavor, and I just love the way it feels. I've been on this lipgloss kick too lately. Lip gloss/lip balm....

Did you know that Aquafina made lipgloss? I didn't! But now I do. It's pretty refreshing as well!

Tonight I went to the Habs game with Jamie. We won against the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4 to 2. It was a GREAT game, and we got to see Crosby & Malkin play, though our team played better tonight. I took the above photo after they won tonight! We had a good time!

I got a LOT of progress done on my habs socks. I will photograph them properly this week on a sock blocker to show you. (It's hard to tell in the above photo). Though, they're coming along nicely. I should have sock number 1 done at the next game I go to!) That's for sure. (Not sure when the next game is that I'm going to though... I have to check the schedule).

Sean pushed a kid in the gym at daycare today. I spoke with him and told him that he has to be nice to his friends, and he has to not push them. I asked him if he would like to be pushed and he said no, so I told him then he shouldn't be pushing others. I'm not sure how much he understand, but I'm sure he does. He's only 2 though, and he's build like a sports player. So, he may be rougher than other kids, and not realize it. Though, I'm not sure how to handle this. It's the first time he's done this to another kid. Does anyone with boys have any advice? The hard part is that he's only just turned 2.... so I'm not sure how effectively this can be dealt with... you know?

february two

This morning we never made it to the class at the Y. By the time we actually got out of the door and got Sean to daycare, after a diaper change situation AFTER they were already in their snow suits (I HATE WINTER! IS IT OVER YET??!) there just wasn't enough time during the class to get to the class, get undressed out of Mack's snow suit, and enjoy the class. So I opted to not go instead. Which was fine. I'm okay with missing a class here and there, it's not the end of the world.

This afternoon though, we didn't miss out on playgroup at one of Mack's friends houses.

Mackie and one of his best friends, Jordan.

Lots of babies that don't want to sit still anymore for group photos! (Mack's almost on the go here too! Look at him trying to roll out of the picture (bottom row right hand side).

Today I did buy that painting that I saw last week at Second Cup on Knit Night. I fell in love with it, and Jamie had seen it before, and loved it too. We're going to make room for it in our den above the couches. It's 32x40 inches so it's huge! It's of Carey Price, #31, our Habs goalie. It's by an artist Reesa, who lives around the corner from me, and here's her website: Art By Reesa. She has some really nice paintings!

I love how small this world is. I emailed someone on Craigslist for something they have for sale. I got an email back, and it turns out it's my old babysitter from when I was a kid! I couldn't believe it. So she said that if I picked it up, as she lives in the city, she'll give it to me for free. That's super sweet of her. So I'm going to make her my Scrabble Letter Earrings, and give them to her in her name initial. They're selling like hot cakes! Woozah! (If you wanted a pair, let me know, they're still on sale!) (I think I will get around to updating the picture though, I make them with different loops now, so they look different than the picture in stock on my site) (Gotta remember to do that when there is still daylight out).

Tonight I hung out with Jamie and we hung out watching some TV. I got some knitting done. Though, I'm tired, so I'm going to head to bed early tonight.

february one :: 109 weeks old

Sean is 109 weeks old today. (And getting harder and harder to photograph!)

This morning we went to Sean's friend Noah's 2nd birthday party. I'd met Noah's mom in pre-natal Aqua when I was pregnant with Sean and we kept in touch.

Sean had fun playing with all the toys in the kitchen area.

Sean even wanted Mommy to come sit next to him on the tiny picnic bench. Not sure how I fit in there. Those things are so small for kids! Sean was very persistant on having me sit next to him.

Sean got to hang out with his girlfriend Shayna.

They are so cute together.

He also got a Tiger loot bag and loves it! That was nice of Noah!

This afternoon I went to the Habs game with my mom. They played the Boston Bruins. Unfortunately we lost 3-1. They wore a jersey from history, which looked rather goofy.


What do you think about this jersey? What was even worse, is that the leg warmers (or whatever manly name they call it) that go over their pads on their legs matched in stripes. Ew! Too distracting. Can't wait to see them in their regular uniform at the next game!

And there was knitting at the game! I've actually gotten more than this knit by the end of the game, on my Go Habs Go socks! Maybe I'll have a finished pair before the end of the season.

Actually, tonight, my socks matched their uniform perfectly!

This evening I went out with the boys and my parents and my sister as well for dinner. Jamie stayed in with a friend and watched the Super Bowl. Maybe if Jamie's fave team were playing (The Eagles) I'd have watched it with him. But because it was two teams that I just don't care about, and neither does Jamie really, I decided to go out for dinner instead.

Wow... It's February already? Where did January go?

Don't forget to snatch your spot in my February Sock Club! I believe there's only 2 spots left!