SO tired...

Just when I was beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, Marley is back to waking every 2 hrs! I had a brief (very brief) stint of getting 5 luxurious hrs before she would wake up however that seems to have disappeared and we're back to the 2 hr wake up call every night. I'm so exhausted, it feels like she's reverting! Maybe its teething, maybe its a growth spurt, but what I know for sure is that I will surely lose my mind if this keeps up. I'm closer and closer each day to attempting the 'cry it out' but I know I have to have just as much strength to be able to commit to that as well so for now, I have my fingers crossed that 'this' will be the night things change...

Trapped

Mother's Day - Part 2

Today I woke up to flowers and cards from both my husband and daughter. Surprising that Marley was not only able to pick out a card but write in it too! What can I say, my daughter is advanced!! After cards we all got ready and headed to the beach for a picnic with a quick pitstop at McDonald's. Originally we were going to bbq and take a basket to the beach but we forgot to defrost our goodies and McD's is just so much faster!

It was a gorgeous day and Ms. Marley enjoyed her first time at the beach, even if it was a tad chilly. After lunch, we walked along Queen East and stopped at the park to watch a juggler on stilts and grab a frappucino at Starbucks. What a long and exciting day! Now we've ordered in some Thai and are ready to settle in for a little Amazing Race and vegging out. My first official Mother's Day was officially a great success! Thanks to Gerwyn and Marley for making it happen.

Happy Mother's Day - Part 1

Its Mother's Day weekend! Today I started the day by meeting Sally and Jacen at Eggspectation at the Eaton Centre and then introduced her to Prairie Girl cupcakes. She left with a dozen and as hard as it was for me, I left empty handed. I was off to all you can eat buffet at the Mandarin and just couldn't justify buying cupcakes when I knew I would be gorging shortly. Although we weren't exactly celebrating Mother's Day, it was still nice to see my pally Sally and take advantage of this great weather. After breakfast I headed to Scarborough with my sister to take my mom out for lunch. We met my brother's family there and everyone pigged out. I was sorely disappointed to find out crab fest only applied to the evening service but still managed to find enough to eat without my king crab legs. Now I am back at my mom's and waiting for Ms. Marley to wake up from her nap. She's had a rather eventful day and definitely needed this nap but when there is no monitor I'm a bit nervous to leave her in the bed alone and so I sit waiting for my sleeping beauty to wake.
Gerwyn had to work today so unfortunately he missed out on the festivities but tomorrow we're hoping to have our own Mother's Day celebration with a picnic at the beaches. Hopefully this nice weather holds up for us!

Wednesday Moms Class

Every Wednesday for the last 6 weeks Marley and I have been going to a moms class run by the city. Its a great program run by a public health nurse where you get to meet other moms in your neighbourhood and discuss a variety of baby related subjects. Today was our last class and so we had a little "party" with snacks, did baby footprints (Marley was asleep so missed those,) and got our certificate of completion. I enjoyed meeting the other moms (some of whom live right down the street) and we will continue to get together every week at a different place in our area. Surprisingly I was the only Asian mom however today I found out that there was another half Filipino baby in our class. (This whole entire time I had no idea as the mom is Caucasian.) See if you can spot the baby, I'll give you a hint, its a boy. Marley missed our baby group shot as she was fast asleep in the carrier (see mom group shot above.) I'm looking forward to seeing the ladies on a regular basis and catching up on our daily baby progress!

A new cupcake in town...

Today Mel introduced me to a new cupcake, Prairie Girl Cupcakes is a bakery on Victoria just north of King. They sell only cupcakes but both mini and regular sizes and boy were they deeleecious! I have to say these are the best cupcakes from a bakery I've ever had. I got to try the cafe au lait, lemon, peanut butter banana, and chocolat and vanilla with real strawberry icing. You could actually see the chunks of berries! They were amazing and I definitely plan on going back as soon as possible. They only sell what they bake that morning so often they are sold out. If they have any left at the end of the day they donate them to the local food bank which means no day old cupcakes. This place is definitely a must try for any cupcake connoisseur!

Jenny's birthday party!

Friday Gerwyn and I hosted most of my cousins for my cousin Jenny's 25th birthday. I made lasagnas and chocolate pavlova and everyone pigged out. We don't often get to celebrate our birthdays together and seeing as how this one was a big milestone, everyone enjoyed the opportunity to get together. The best part of the night was when Samara, my 3 year old niece in the picture said "Jenny Komo?" (Jenny says "yes?") then Samara yells "Shots Shots Shots!" and pumps her fists up and down. We had moments before convinced Jenny to do a birthday shot and clearly Samara wanted to get in on the action. I see a party girl in the making...

7 month weigh in

We just went for Marley's weigh in today and turns out she is in fact growing, woo hoo! She gained a full pound since our last check up, she's now 16.2 pounds. The nurse said she's on the lower end of the scale (at the 26th percentile) but since she's gaining there's no need to worry. She's also pretty well mastered the art of crawling/sliding around so I suspect she'll become more svelte with all this additional exercise.

Happy Easter

This weekend we celebrated Easter with a variety of activities. Thursday I met my brother and mom at Grams, Friday I met all of my cousins for lunch at Wah Sing followed by an Easter egg hunt and games at Sooky's place afterwards. Saturday I visited Grams again and then went to my mom's for lunch. The collage is a bunch of different photos from the weekend. Most of the pics are blurry, apparently I'm a terrible photographer! It was great to see the kids interact. My nephew Elijah is just starting to walk (or thump) around and he and Marley are hilarious together. They basically take turns hitting and scratching and pushing each others hands away from the toys. Wait til they are old enough to chase each other around! I definitely had my share of treats. Indulged in 3 of Carol's white chocolate lemon cupcakes and pigged out on chocolate (not to mention all the Chinese food from Wah Sing!) Today is chore day, so much to catch up on with all the busy activities of the weekend. Hope everyone else had a great Easter!

PrOOnes

Bathing a baby alone is definitely an artform. With iron fortified cereal comes constipation and the solution is Prunes. But PrOOnes = poo, and large amounts of it. I was going to take a photo of my bathroom to show you all the aftermath but I figured there might be people eating while reading and I wouldn't want to do that to you. Let's just say its bad news. The poonami goes up the back and out the neck and unfortunately its become a regular occurance. Combine that with a super squirmy baby and I have no idea how you are supposed to get the bath done in one piece. I wish there was a manual. Maybe some of you can give me tips? Between taking off her clothes and trying not to get poo all over myself or the bathroom, plus turning on the water so its warm when she gets in and then figuring out how to bathe her slippery body and get her in a towel, the logistics are just too much for me! I'm glad the prunes can relieve the constipation but I'm not so happy with the crime scene that's left afterwards...