First Birthday!

Here is a video of what Reed did with the smash cake we bought him for his birthday. As you can see...he didn't eat much of it himself!

Walking!

Here are a couple of videos of Wonderbaby taking his first truly unaided steps.

Sick, Sick, Sick!

That's about the size of it. This was our first experience with all three of us suffering with a very, very bad cold or a mild flu. We're wavering more towards the flu only because colds don't usually cause fever and body ache and chills. However, it's likely it was just an exceptionally bad cold. Poor little Wonderbaby is still blocked up in his little nose. If it doesn't improve next week, we'll be off to the doctor to make sure this wasn't a bout of that dreaded swine flu that has turned out to not be all that dreadful. It's all over Canada now so we wouldn't be surprised if it was. But hopefully it was just a cold.

Meanwhile, here's an overload of videos of Wonderbaby that we've just not had a chance to post until now. The latest one is of Reed pushing his walker. He's cruising all along furniture and now, with the walker, he's really quite mobile.

Reed pushing his walker.


He really does love his new walker!


Matt reading a Beatrix Potter story to Reed before bed. Who knew Beatrix Potter could be so funny. (and violent!)


Reed at the petting zoo.


Reed and Smudge. Smudge didn't like Reed when she first met him, but they're quite good buddies now.

The Great Outdoors

Well, the weather has finally warmed up in chilly Canada. The last few days we've been happily enjoying temperature in the twenties. One day even reached the thirties! While it might not stay consistently this warm until June/July, it's sure been a nice change.

This warmer weather has meant Wonderbaby's been able to spend quite a few hours exploring the great outdoors. From wading in his pool, to chasing the dog, to eating grass, he's discovering the joy of life without four walls.

One of his favourite new pastimes is swinging. We took him to the local playground and introduced him to swings and slides. He wasn't too impressed with the slide. He frowned most of the way down. But the swing squeaked a smile from his worried little face. Which in Wonderbaby world means he LOVED it!

Here's a very short clip of Reed on one of the swings. You can hear the wind roaring around his little body. This just happened to be one of the colder days where the sun was out but the cool breeze lowered the temperature. Not that this dampened Reed's spirits. He was swinging!

That's all that really matters. :)

We've Been Very Neglectful...

...neglecting our blog, neglecting our health and neglecting our friends and family. Yep, sleep deprivation has swallowed The Lynch Mob whole and then very rudely spat us all back out!

It's all because our Wonderbaby is up to his old tricks again. He NEVER sleeps! Only this time he's out-doing even himself. He's waking every thirty minutes through-out the night and barely napping during the day. How he survives on so little sleep is actually quite amazing. The rest of us, dogs included, aren't doing quite as well.

Even our friendly pediatrician confirms he's in perfect health despite the lack of sleep. A bit skinnier than we would like but overall he's healthy. It seems teething is not just putting him off his sleep cycles but his food too. So we're attempting to fatten him up by feeding him as frequently as he will let us.

But, we're still alive and kicking. We're just a bit sleepier than usual and it turns out typing while tired is alot harder than expected. However we promise to update our blogs more regularly from now on.

In the meantime, if anyone has any sleeping tips (other than valium!) we're all ears.

Goofing Around

Here's a little clip guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.

Blogs, Boo Boos and Burns

It's been one of those days.

First, we're suffering from Blog Design Indecision. An affliction that causes sufferers to have serious commitment issues towards any one blog design. This means whenever we view our blog we feel the need to change it but as soon as we change it we feel the need to put it back!

Thankfully we also suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder so this affliction is almost ov....oooh....what's that shiny thing?

Next, Wonderbaby is in boo boo mode. He's hurting himself everywhere he turns. Now that he's mastered the art of pulling up he's testing out this new skill on anything and everything. If we don't reach him fast enough he pulls on top of himself whatever prop he's using to stand. His poor little head is covered in small red bumps.

We either need to bolt all our furniture to the floor or find Wonderbaby a crash helmet! You can see him try out this new trick in the clip below.

And lastly, our little guy had a more serious boo boo today - he burned his little hand. After a trip to the store for supplies it was time to wash hands with soap and warm water. (The swine flu has put us all in a pickle about picking up germs.) So the tap water was running and the soap was frothing but before the temperature was tested Wonderbaby flung his little pink hand underneath and yelped.

The water was boiling! In a panic his hand was retrieved and submerged quickly in a cup of cold water. The skin was red and puffy and his bottom lip pouted and quivered.

Our poor little Wonderbaby!

Thankfully, after cooling for half an hour, the pain disappeared. His little hand was wrapped in a bandage, he was given a dose of painkiller and he drifted off to sleep for a good two hours.

Of course he woke as though it never happened. The same can't be said for his mummy!

Does anyone know if its illegal to bubble-wrap a baby?