Jacob's First Christmas

Christmas was wonderful and it was nice to have everyone under one roof to celebrate. We had tons of fun on Christmas Eve. We played some Wii and Time's Up, which always leaves us in hysterics.

Saturday morning Richard's Dad started the cooking, stuffing and 26 lb bird prep... Everyone helped out this year, it made it super easy, and I wasn't pooped at the end of it all.

Jacob was the hit of Christmas dinner, he giggled the whole way through and made us all laugh along. He's really a charismatic boy!

xox

Sleepy Boy!

Jacob took a little snooze while we picked up a few things at the grocery store.

He loves shopping and is usually very stimulated by the millions of things to look at.

By the third aisle he couldn't keep his eyes open. He got many laughs while I waited on the bench for him to wake up...

How cute is he?!? So far six months is my favorite age!

Christmas Eve

Hope you are all enjoying a cozy Christmas Eve.

xox

Richard's family is arriving soon. We're looking forward to all of our new Christmas traditions!

Rock Band and Time's Up!

Solids!

I'm SO excited about cooking for Jacob! I'm having fun thinking up ideas and learning about all the best ways to prepare his food.

It's fun to to learn which foods are the best to introduce at different ages.

He has already had rice cereal and oats. Now for the fun stuff! Veggies!

I figured the best one to start with would be carrots. They just happen to be organic too :-)

So I cut and steamed away then pureed (Jacob cried when I used the blender :-()

Also prepared some beans...

Mixed a little water in with the carrots, not the steam water because apparently its too much nitrates for six months.

Froze them in the ice cube tray, then transfered the cubes to bags and containers.

He loved his first bite.

Wait a minute, this isn't cereal!!!

Needless to say, he wasn't crazy about it but he LOVED the beans a few days later. Who knew!

Next Avocados!

First Visit

Rich is home this weekend. I wanted to post a quick pic...

We went to St-Bruno Mall today to get a pic with all three boys. It was a long line up but well worth it. It was Jacob's second Santa visit this year (will scan and post his pic) but it was Zach and Josh's first time ever! Surprisingly Zach was the shy one and Josh was very excited to meet him.

What better way to end the day than to have a child barf in the car on the way home. Poor Josh got car sick. He made a real mess but at least it was a rental. hehe

He got most of it in the Tim Bits box. Josh felt better after we all told him our "barf in the car" stories too.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Uncle Bill

My Brother left a few weeks ago for South Korea. He packed everything up, even his video games. He settled into his apartment and is loving it so far. His place is new and very small. He's right next to the subway so he can just hop on and get to work in a flash. He hasn't started teaching yet but is observing. He is going to be teaching high school as oppose to elementary like he thought. Good luck!

Thank goodness for Skype!

He said he wished he knew a bit more Korean, would make ordering much easier...

Apparently they treat take out customers very well, he got his package wrapped in a big bow.

Good Luck Bill, we all miss you!