Cooing

This is a short video of Malcolm in his swing tonight. It might make you dizzy to watch it, but the noises he was making were so cute!

Coffee

A long time ago, like probably 10 or so years, I quit drinking coffee. I used to have coffee all day long. But it was hurting my little tummy, and what not. Also when I cut all caffiene out of my diet I lost like 10 pounds. Now since then I have gone through stages of having Tim Hortons french vanilla to stay awake during school. And then sometimes the odd Starbucks, especially at work. Since I got pregnant, I think I had Starbucks twice. I mostly drink tea, and it's been mostly decaf lately.
We don't even have a coffee maker.
Well since we have had Malcolm all that has changed. When I take Jeff to work, we stop at Tim Hortons to get him a large double double and muffin ($2.74), and then on the way home Malcolm and I stop at Starbucks to get mommy a Grande White Chocolate Mocha with Raspberry. This is costing us like $8 a day. And the days I sleep in and don't drive Jeff to work, I don't know what to do without my coffee.
So we decided it's time. I went out on Saturday, and called my sister from Starbucks. She used to work at a coffee shop and really is a bit of a coffee snob. I got all the info I needed over the phone, and bought a coffee grinder, coffee and a coffee press. My coffee this morning was WONDERFUL!! (P.S., I only drink it in the mornings, never after 11am. Don't want to be the reason Malcolm doesn't sleep at night)

Coffee grinder + whole coffee beans + Coffee press =
two happy parents.

Trying to catch the first smiles on camera

This is the closest I got to catching a smile in a still photo. In the video I caught just the end of a smile and then a lot of squirmyness.

Laundry

With a newborn it is a struggle to get household chores done. You have to schedule your chores around feeding's, and cuddles and diaper changes and fussy times. And then everyone thinks you should sleep every single time the baby does. And sometimes there just isn't any time.
So today my mom came by in between feeding's and I thought I would quickly get some work done. We went through all 5 of our 0-3 mo sleepers yesterday, so i really needed to get the baby laundry done first. And since we are on a tight schedule (get as much done before he starts screaming to eat again), I was rushing. I have a little pail in his room that I have water with washing soda nad borax in, and I throw any soiled clothes in it, and washcloths, so that the stains don't set. This is the first thing I take down, and I throw the whole thing in the washer and run a rinse cycle before washing it. So I'm rushing down the stairs, and I forget that the lid isn't water tight. And yes you guessed it, I spilled poop water all over me. YUCK!!!!!

Family

Just thought I would share a particularly cute picture of my boy.


This past week and a bit has been very busy. My sister and her two boys came into town last Friday, for my baby shower on Saturday. The Saturday shower was very fun, and busy. Lots of guests. I was so happy to see everyone and really appreciated getting to visit:) A big thanks to Auntie Heather for organizing the shower, and Nana Cher for helping out, and letting the shower be held at her house. We also got to visit with Uncle Cory and his kids on Saturday.
My brother also flew in Saturday morning, and thus started a week of hanging out with the three baby boys. Indiana, Aleksei and Malcolm.
For Mother's Day we went to St.James, then had lunch at my mom's, everyone took a nap after lunch, then Jeff, Malcolm and I went to the Robertson house to have supper with his mom, Aunt and cousin. After a walk, we then stopped in to see my step-mom before going home to bed.
Then each day Malcolm and I would head over either to my mom's or my dad's house and hang out with Tim, Gab and the boy's. Indiana got to spend lots of time with his "new cousin", and he loved telling everyone about it. Aleksei enjoyed many of my shower gifts that are too old for Malcolm, but just right for Aleksei.
Alex came the following Saturday, and we had supper at my dad's house. Then Sunday was church at Dad's church, and family pictures in the park. Then we went to mom's for supper and hung out.
And today Gab and Alex and the boys went home. Tim leaves tomorrow.
It's been so nice to have them here and to visit. And I wish they could all stay another week! And I think Malcolm has loved all the attention.

Happy Derby Day!!

I think Jeff and I will probably follow the Kentucky Derby forever now. The Kentucky in us comes out today. Jeff is out placing our bets right now. Tonight for dinner, Kentucky Burgoo and Derby Pie compliments of Jeff's mom. We would have mint juleps too, but I can't drink right now.