Tuesday, March 30, 2004

-Let Sleeping Babies Lie-

It is 9am and Keir is still sleeping! He went to bed at 8pm last night. I think he woke up only twice. All the experts say that babies start to sleep for long periods right around this time. It is nice because Keir has a nice long sleep and we get some time to ourselves.

Here are some pictures from Sunday night. We went over to my parents for supper, Keir really enjoyed himself. We got to sit outside on their deck and enjoy the sun.

Take Care
Ewan

Monday, March 29, 2004

Sunday Beautiful Sunday...

Here in Ottawa Sunday was absolutely beautiful, I am not sure what the high temperature was but it was sunny all day. Jen, Keir and I took the opportunity to go for a nice long walk, Keir slept the whole time we were out.
Jen and I were talking on the walk about the number of people that were outside doing something. It is really amazing here in Canada, most people hide inside all winter and when that first nice warm day comes along it is like a signal to come outside.
The nice weather means that it is Barbeque season! Tonight we will have some hamburgers. Here is a trick for the next time you do hamburgers. Don't buy the minced meat, buy a nice cut of meat (I usually buy a Sirloin Tip) and throw it in your food processor and create your own minced meat. It is much better (and cheaper), and this way you know what is in your meat. You do want to choose a cut that has a little but of marbling because you need that for the BBQ.

Keir has started to drink water out of his "sippy" cup. He really wants to do it all by himself. He gets very excited when you put the cup down. He has his good sips and bad sips, but I guess he is just learning.
I will post pictures of the whole process soon. It is funny!

Take Care
Ewan

Sunday, March 28, 2004

Post what post....
I have not posted all week, I am not sure why. I was busy at work with several meeting and workshops throughout the week, but I guess that is no excuse.
So here is a round up off this past week.

  • Keir has been very good a sleeping. He now goes to sleep on his own in his crib without any fussing.

  • Keir sat up under his own power

  • Keir has out grown his baby tub and is now in the big boy bath tub


Here are a couple of photos from the past week.
Super Keir
Keir "Eating" at a High Chair
Keir and his cousin Holly

I rode my bike on the trainer for two hours yesterday morning and then in the afternoon i went for a swim. At the swim we did some intervals and half way throught the set I was dead. I think there is a reason why most people do their swimming in the morning. It really does take a lot out of you. So instead of doing 50m intervals we switched to 25m which I could keep up with. Things are warming up here nicely so I should be able to get outside on my bike real soon, and running has become a lot more enjoyable.

That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Monday, March 22, 2004

Bad Day Returns...

Well my Saturday "Bad Day" strikes again. On top of everything that happened on Staurday I also left my swim suit at the pool on Saturday, so when I got to the pool for my swim this morning guess what I was missing? Yep no swim suit! Kind of hard to swim without one, well without geting arrested!
Sunday was really nice, we went to a shower for Jen's cousin Cristopher and his wife Julie who are having a baby at the end of April. Keir was the hit of the party, smiling at everybody and generally just being cute. Keir's cousin Holly(who is 11 days younger than Keir) was also there and they got to spend some time together.
Keir even fell asleep at the shower, which impressed both Jen and I.

That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Sunday, March 21, 2004

Ever had one of those days?

I guess my day was not as bad as so people bad days but this past Saturday was “one of those days”.
The day started of pretty good I got up at 6am and went for a run (with Keir in his chariot carrier). I wanted to go for a “long” run. I wanted to go on the bike path (which is right near our house) but it was still a bit covered in snow. So I went to the area I have been running all winter. I ended up doing 16km and was out for 1hr and half. By the time I got back it was really snowing (yes it was technically the FIRST day of Spring).
I was supposed to meet my friend Mark at the University Pool at 3:30 but Jen wanted to take her cousins out into Ottawa also around that time. No problem I will just borrow my parents car, they are away for the weekend. I called my brother to make sure he did not need the car but I could not get a hold of him. SO I figure he does not need the car.
Jen’s mom and Uncle and Aunt are coming to the house at 4:30-4:45 but I think I can be back from I swim right around then. So I rush out to swim, meet my friend and go to the pool. On the way to the pool I get a call from Jen on my cell: “Where is the stroller for Keir?” she asks. “Oh I took it out of the car on Friday and forgot to put it back in” I said. “Well we got out to the shopping centre and didn’t have the stroller so we had to turn around and go home” “Oops sorry, I am an idiot!”. I felt really bad for not putting the stroller back to where it always is stored.
Inside the pool there are at least triple or quadruple the amount of people that are normally there (this weekend was then last weekend of Spring Break for kids). So trying to swim laps was very crowed. There were certain people that were forced into lanes that should not have been in those swimming lanes. Ok so I got held up and kicked a couple of times, not the end of the world.
So we shorten our swimming cause it was getting impossible. As I am going home I stop quickly into the grocery store to get some supplies for tonight’s supper. My phone rings, it is Jen “Where are you?” “I am just leaving the grocery store” “Well your brother is looking for the car!” “I will be home in five minutes”. I look at my phone and there are 9 missed calls, don’t have to look who those are from they must be from my brother.
Anyways I make it home, got to visit with Jen’s family for like 5 minutes, where my brother is waiting for the car.
Then to top everything of the Sens (our pro hockey team) blew a 2-1 lead and lost in Overtime!
It was like nothing was going right all day, but if I stop and think about it... if I considered that a bad day I am still doing all right!

That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Friday, March 19, 2004

Sleep Success....for now...

Jen and I are very happy this morning. We have been trying to get Keir to sleep in his crib all week with limited success. Last night however, we put Keir in his bed at around 8:30 and he only let out a couple of whimpers and after that we didn't hear a peep from him until 4am!!!!! Jen and I kept saying that this is to good to be true and kept going up to check on him.
We both know that we will probably have some bad night in the future but hopefully we have "turned over a new leaf" in the sleep department.
Keep your fingers crossed
Take care
Ewan

Thursday, March 18, 2004

Sleep Success...

Last night went better with Keir eventually falling asleep in his crib. He did cry for a while but he did fall asleep. It is very hard as a parent to listen to your child cry, espcially when he sounds like he has been shot! But both Jen and i know that Keir has to learn how to fall asleep in his own crib by himself. Talking to other parents around work they all say the same thing, it is very hard but it does not last that long and they do learn how to fall asleep themselves.
Jen's cousins Robin and Megan are coming up from Toronto to spend the night atr our place on Friday night, so hopefully Keir will be a little but better by then.

That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

New Look and No Sleep...

In case you don't know i changed the look of the site around a little bit, I hope you like it.

We tried to get Keir to sleep in his crib last night, he used to sleep in his crib but the last month he has been sleep in bed with mommy. It did not go over so well. keir cried and cried and cried some more. He was NOT happy! The books say to let the babies cry themselves to sleep, but after 10mins of crying we could not take it any more and took him out of the crib.
We are going to try again tonight I hope it goes better tonight.

Take care
Ewan

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Ouchy Needles and a Happy Birthday to you...

Well Keir had his 4 month checkup yesterday (Monday). Everything went well; here are the stats from the Doctors visit; Weight 16lbs, Length 26.5 inches, and one needle in the leg. Jen said Keir was very good and he only cried for a little bit when he got the needle (who can blame him, those things hurt! Especially for a little guy). According to the doctors chart Keir is in the 97th percentile for Height and 90th percentile for weight! Ok so he is going to be a big boy! Once Keir and Jen got Keir had a nice long nap, something he usually doesn't do, but he must have been tired for the morning’s activities. After his nap Keir then proceeded to help his mom fold HIS laundry . After that Keir slept some more in his Chariot when I took him out for a run. Those Chariot strollers are the greatest thing for active people with young children. They are well worth the money.
Today Keir is officially 4 months old! It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home. It is amazing to stop and think about the changes that have taken place with Keir in the last four months. He has always had a very strong personality but in the last month he has really been able to start to show his emotions. He laughs a LOT. He smiles at people he recognizes (that is the highlight of my day when I get home from work and I see Keir for the first time he is always happy to see me). He is very determined to sit up on of these days.

That is all for now
Happy Birthday Keir

Take care

Ewan

Monday, March 15, 2004

Keir and Kaylee...

Keir is into grabbing things these days. He likes to pick up things and then shake them about for a little while and the drop them on to the ground. He thinks it is pretty funny to watch his parents pick things up when he drops them. It is a pretty funny exercise. He is also enjoying putting things in his mouth. Peoples hands, his toys, basically anything he touches!
On Sunday we went out to our friends Ron and Tina. They just had a baby on Monday March 8th. They had a beautiful baby girl named Kaylee. We brought them a nice home cooked meal (lasagna, a nice bottle of wine, brownies and ice cream). Jen thought it would be nice to give them a meal, there was enough there for a couple of meals. The first week Keir was home my mom took care of the meals for us. It is just one last thing worry about.
Jen is looking forward to spending some time with Tina. It will be really good for Jen and Tina to have each other throughout the next year. The running joke was that Keir and Kaylee are boyfriend and girlfriend!
Today Keir has his 4 month doctor appointment; Keir has been very good on his last two visits so keep your fingers crossed.

Take Care
Ewan

Thursday, March 04, 2004

Happy Feet...
While Keir was in his Jolly Jumper last night, I did some fooling around with our camera and here is the result:

Keir has really gotten good in the Jumper.
That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan

Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Crawling around....
Well I was supposed to go swimming this morning but Keir was up at 6:30 and I ended up playing with him until 7:30 so I missed my opportunity to go swimming. That is ok because it was really fun playing with Keir in the morning. He definitely is a morning person, unlike his mommy ;-) Keir was trying to crawl with some success on the bed this morning. He had the leg motion down, but could not figure out what to do with his arms. He probably moved 10cm in total, not much but it is a start. I don’t think it will be long until he starts crawling for real and then we will be in trouble!

The weekend was real nice; Jen’s mom was up and stayed the night on Saturday night and stayed all of Sunday as well, Jen, Keir, and her mom went out on Sunday morning so I got to go for I nice semi-long (13km) run with nice weather.

That is all for now
Take Care
Ewan