Weekend Sleepover!

We had such a FUN (and LOUD...4 kids can make A LOT of noise!) weekend!!! Romy, Victor, Edouard, and my parents came for a visit. We went to the neighbourhood waterpark, BBQ'd some burgers, went for a walk, and most importantly...just hung out all together. Hudson LOVED it (to the point that he kept pointing to himself when they left, saying that he wanted to go too). My only complaint is that it was too short!

you know you're a mom when...

you've microwaved your cup of coffee three seperate times in one morning, in order to drink it hot.


anyway...I know I'm biased...but isn't he friggen cute?!? I have to bring him to get his haircut again...but I LOVE his hair long!

Hudson's Vocabulary

Hudson understands EVERYTHING! Seriously...everything. He recognizes all sorts of words, letters, shapes, colors, objects...etc. His speech? Ummmm...let's just say that he's learning. Slowly. Which I'm told is normal for boys (vs girls). But it's funny how the few words he does know (combined with some vigourous pointing and grunting) is all he needs to get his point across! He's one bossy dude.

P.S. He calls Bosco "Oof" (Woof).

P.P.S. "Bap" is Korean for "rice", and "Bang-goo" is Korean for "fart".

Hot summer days...

Totally don't feel like blogging lately...

so I'll just post some pictures of Hudson (which will make the grandparents happy!).

little stinker
little sweetie
little dude
seeing a butterfly close up

ohhhhhh!

Baby Sophia is here!!!

Sophia Isabella is here!!! She is one BIG and healthy baby, weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. She is so cute I want to nibble her. Seriously...those sweet cheeks look delicious! Take a look...check out Kaili's blog for pictures!

Rob's worst nightmare...

**UPDATE: That white frame was a whopping $2.00!!! I am debating whether to put a blackboard in the center, a corkboard, or pretty fabric and ribbon with pushpins. Thoughts?



I woke up early. Slathered Hudson with some sunscreen. Armed him with a sippy cup and some goldfish crackers. And headed out to scope out our neighbourhood garage sale.

I bought:

2 big black frames with cream mats

1 pretty white framed mirror (which is broken, but I plan to use the frame only anyway)

2 glass table lamps

1 crystal vase

1 spice rack (love the little drawers...don't think I'll really use it for spices though)

1 funky Christmas ornament (LOVE it)

1 dual condiment serving dish

4 children books (Robert Munsch, Sesame Street and Barney)

1 wooden puzzle (minus one piece, of course that Hudson keeps looking for...he can't let it go!)


And the grand total...


$19.50!!!


The only reason I stopped was because there wasn't anymore room in the stroller!




(seriously...this is Rob's worst nightmare. other people's junk is so NOT his treasures)

lunch date

One bite for me...

one bite for Bosco...



gotta work on the aim.

priorities

Me: "Hey Rob...don't eat anymore of the blackberries"
Rob" "Okay, how come?"
Me: "Because Hudson LOVES them"
Rob: "Okay"
Me: "Don't eat anymore of the strawberries either"

Good mama...not so good wife.

5 Randoms...

Today...



1. Hudson fell three seperate times. First, landing facefirst onto the corner of Bosco's wooden dogbed. Second, landing facefirst onto a plastic stepstool (you'd think plastic wouldn't do any damage, but it cut his eyebrow, cheek, and inside his mouth). And lastly, facefirst into the bathtub (empty, thank god), reaching for his rubber duckie. Yikes. Not his day.



2. I tried to make a healthy version of pancakes (using mainly cottage cheese and eggs, with just a smidgen of flour and sugar). They were gross. Healthy shemlthy. If it weren't for Rob, I would exist on anything fastfood, and Hudson would exist on Fruit Loops.



3. My parents left this morning after a quick visit. Hudson was so happy to see them. He brought them both their shoes (and the right ones too!) when it was time for them to go. They got a kick out of that!



4. The guy at Home Depot flirted with me. Funny how that doesn't happen when you have a toddler hanging off of you.



5. I missed my nieces' 5th Birthday Party...reminding me how much it sucks having family live in all different cities.

kinda settled...

Well...we've been in our new place in Ottawa for just over a week now...and we're almost all unpacked. It feels so good to be in our own place again. We're all mostly settled in. It took a little longer for Bosco (who kept trying to sleep in our bed with us...and yes...we let him), but even he's settled now. Yes it kinda sucks being in a rental again, after owning your own house...but it's a really nice rental. It's funny but last night we had a meat delivery (a farmer actually delivered some hormone and chemical-free-grass-fed beef right to our door), and he said something about seeing how the "other half" live (referring to our neighbourhood). We laughed out loud, telling him how far we are from being the "other half"!!! But, yes, we live in a nice, prestigious neighbourhood, right off of a golf and country club. I'll post some pictures as soon as our place looks a little neater.

yes...Hudson is actually sitting on Bosco. For real. He's getting to be quite the naughty toddler. Yesterday he kept screaming at the top of his lungs. So we kept saying "no screaming Hudson", only to have him scream in our face. When it was obvious that saying "no" wasn't working, every time he'd scream, we gave him a "time-out", making him stand in the corner. Then can you believe he screamed again...and then walked staight to the corner ALL BY HIMSELF, to give himself a time out?!? WTF?!?

my little mummy!

This wasn't staged...I swear!!! We turned around when we heard Hudson fussing...and found this...










common guys...this isn't funny...

no more pictures, pul-ease!

recap of the week

Introducing Oscar! Caroline and Serge's new arrival!
Olivia's second birthday party
He's such a cutie pie!
You can't go wrong with Smarties on a cake!

Hudson tormenting the dog.

must be true love...

because for this guy...

i eat my dinner cold...

i drink my coffee cold...

i eat my icecream melted...

i pretend to be interested in bugs (and not scream like i really want to)...

i play with dirty rocks...

i watch the same Sesame Street and Barney videos over and over and over...

i wipe his boogers away with my sleeve...

unconditional love, i tell ya.

still here...

totally not in the mood to blog lately.
life is still unsettled...
and it makes me "moody" often.

can you believe it's already been 4 friggen months of living with our families?!? god, that sentence alone makes me want to cry.

anyway, i keep thinking about "American Idol - Idol Gives Back" and am kicked back into the reality that I really shouldn't feel sorry for myself. I mean...we drink fancy Starbucks coffee almost every day. My son is healthy. I have a husband who loves me. I have friends that I can count on. My family is so understanding.

I'm sure some people would even consider me lucky.

never ass-u-me...

never assume, because you make an "ass out of u and me"...
hardy har har.
but seriously...
when i decided to take a last minute trip to come and see my sister, I worried like crazy about taking Hudson on a plane all by myself. Would he cry? Would he freak out? What would I do with him, if I had to pee? Would the other passengers hate us? etc. etc. I NEVER worried about how he would be once we got to my sisters.

however...

the flight (layover and all) were perfect.
Hudson cried softly for maybe 2 minutes near the end of our flight. He slept for a little bit, and the rest of the time he watched his Barney and Sesame Street DVD's and snuggled me. He even got a compliment from a lady across the aisle about how "good" he was.

and...

his behavior here at my sisters house???

awful.
awful awful.

he's the crankiest he's ever been. he's the clingiest he's ever been. I've hit him in the head with the fridge door twice because of him being my "shadow". He's cried his eyes out because, heaven forbid, someone else was looking at his (really the girl's) fish tank. That fish tank is for Hudson's eyes only, okay? And that toy he was playing with 8 hours ago...that is also for Hudson only, okay? He's like a whole other kid. A miserable one.

What's up with that? Audrey mentioned that maybe he's missing his papa, and doesn't know how to express his feelings about it. If that IS the reason, it breaks my heart. One week down...23 more to go.

A day at the Park

We have run away from the 10 feet tall snow banks in Montreal...
we have run away from the reality of Rob being gone to train for his new career...
we have run away to the sunshine of spring...
and being surrounded by family...
and it's nice.

well...as nice as it can be, not having our hubby and papa.

(Rob...these pictures are for YOU! miss you Stinker)

minimod

What's this lady doing?

ummm...i don't think i like this
yup...definitely don't like this
stop! stop!! stop!!! I HATE this!

Even the fun "car" chair and cartoons didn't ease the trauma of Hudson's first hair cut in a Salon. He cried harder than we've ever heard him cry. To quote Rob: "Hudson went BESERK".

And the worst part of it...I don't really like the hair cut! There's nothing wrong it...I just like him better with his hippy waves and long bangs.

Just to even things up...

this is for Joyce's poo dream...

She's going to kill me...

Rob.

One of the boys

Ending the night playing some Nintendo DS...

Rob, his sister Faye, her husband Brent, and I were lounging on the beach. The bottom half of our bodies were sitting in the water, our top half in the sun. We were all smoking. Faye was trying to talk us out of adopting a three-legged dog. She heard that three-legged dogs fall down a lot. We're still not convinced. Rob says he has gone poo in his shorts.

I hear Hudson crying.

Ooohhhhh....I'm dreaming!

The craziest part of this crazy dream? It seemed sooooo real!

It's 4am. I tell my sleepy husband about my dream.

I think he wants me to go back to sleep.

I drift off, thinking that I will blog about it in the morning.

the start of something good...

Yesterday was a good day. A great day. After almost 2 years of a long long long application process, Rob got accepted for his "dream" job! As per his future employer's request, I can not post any details about it on my blog. I guess not everyone is a fan of sharing personal info with the Internet! He leaves for training in less than 2 weeks, so until then, we will spend every possible minute with each other. Last night at the mall we captured a happy family moment in the Photo Booth. I haven't been in one of those things in years. I forgot how much fun they are. Look at Hudson smiling at us kissing in that last picture. I love it.

Now the adventure of where our life takes us, begins...

kinda fun...

kinda petrifying...

** for those of you who know what "dream" job I am referring to, please don't mention it in any comments! **

that was just a "pop quiz"...

okay...the hand under the mouth to catch my kid's throw-up was just a "pop quiz"...

the real "final exam" occured last night...

when he spewed the entire contents of his stomach all over me in the food court of the mall. all. over. me.

not only did i not freak out. i agreed to go into the petshop with puke soaked clothes, because Hudson pointed so determinately toward it. and Rob (who is a BIG softie when it comes to pleasing his sick, miserable, son), turned toward me and asked "Can you just wait a minute, while I take him in?" note: his clothes were dry and clean, but whatever.

whew, i passed.

i officially passed the "mom" test.
my Hudson is so so sick with a bad cold.
coughing, runny nose, fever...feeling lousy all over.

and today, he coughed so much he puked.
and without hesitation...
i stuck my hand out under his mouth to catch it.
and i wasn't grossed out in the least.

i've officially passed the "mom" test.

i needed that!

check out Dooce's latest post re: Wiener poopie.
so funny.

seriously...you can't make this stuff up.