I'm hopeless with these blog titles. I am so not creative. I guess that's why I'm an accountant!
I am so sore and achy. Playing ball all day yesterday really took it out of me. I have sore muscles everywhere - even where I didn't know I had muscles! All in all, though, it was a really fun day! We played 3 games and won 2 - 10-0 and 17-0. The third game was all tied up into their last bat, and well, I won't get into it. We lost. That's that. And the sun even came out - I got a little sunburned!
We had Garth and Jill over last night - it sure was good to see them again! Ben tried his hardest to charm the pants off of them, as he usually does to any guests! So we chit-chatted the night away and had a really good visit. Charlie was a pain-in-the-butt, but they both like dogs, so they were very forgiving of her incessant pestering!
Today, I planted some flowers in the flowerbeds at the front of the house. Ben came out to help me and he really liked playing in the dirt! I might have to snag him some little garden tools of his own so he stops stealing mine and leaving them all over the yard! He did eat some dirt and put a couple of rocks in his mouth - what else is new? (I just don't get the rock thing - does he need iron or some other mineral?) He and I had a little spat about the fact that he kept climbing in the flowerbed and stepping all over the freshly-planted snapdragons, but after a hug or two, he wasn't mad at me anymore. Then he and I came in for a bath - I was dirtier than he was!
So that was our weekend. I'll sign off now and go to bed! Sweet dreams everyone!
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
Does Ben have special powers? ("Blog" - this is so not funny.)
For the past couple days, Gord's back has been really iffy. Spasm-y, tight, etc. etc. etc. So does Benjamin decide to take it easy on his daddy in the mornings? NO WAY JOSE! He doesn't want to get dressed, he doesn't want to have his shoes put on, nothin' doin'.
He can be pretty cranky in the mornings...remind you of anyone? (No, not me! Gord!)
On another note, this ball tournament I'm in tomorrow - it's supposed to rain. And the games happen, rain or shine. Unless it's like a torrential downpour, thunder, lightning, hail, etc. I'm prepared to get wet though...for the love of the game!
Carrie
He can be pretty cranky in the mornings...remind you of anyone? (No, not me! Gord!)
On another note, this ball tournament I'm in tomorrow - it's supposed to rain. And the games happen, rain or shine. Unless it's like a torrential downpour, thunder, lightning, hail, etc. I'm prepared to get wet though...for the love of the game!
Carrie
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
I bloggin' give up!
Sorry for the lack of blogs this past week! I could say that we've been terribly busy, but it would be a lie.
What's been happening? Let's see...
I went to a Goldeyes game last Wednesday - man was it boring. No scoring. At all. And since it was an exhibition game, if it's tied (even 0-0) at the end of 9 innings, we all go home. However, not to sound like a grump, it was a beautiful day out and there were some nice hits and good plays. And a free lunch. See, it was a work function - to "celebrate our success" - so it was all free. I'm not going to bite the hand that feeds me!
Ben stayed overnight at Grandma Susan's last Friday night. The whole night! The first time Ben has not spent a night with at least one of his parents there. This is a big step folks! He had a really good time destroying his grandma's apartment - pulling out books, chasing Sid (the cat), smearing banana on her TV screen - you know, the usual. We think Grandma was exhausted!
While Gord and I were "Ben-free", we painted our living room and part of the hallway. We chose a dark taupe and a chocolate brown. It is amazing what a coat of paint can do! The house looks so much warmer and lived in (I know, I know, how can it not look lived in when there are $300 worth of toys sitting all over the place. But now it looks homey!) I'll see about posting some pics tonight...
Sunday we drove out to Morden. Gord dragged Dad and I to see the new Star Wars movie. It was actually really good. Darth Vader good. Well, he's evil, but it's cool to see him transform.
Ben's sleeping this weekend left a lot to be desired. It was either short naps, naps at weird hours, or not enough sleep at night. Thankfully, Tuesday rolled around and things are back to normal. Mommy sure doesn't think she could go on 4 hours of sleep day after day!
Last night, Chris and his friend Barry came over to make a video of Chris acting like an idiot. They almost burned my house down and, more importantly, interrupted "Rob and Amber Get Married" by turning off every breaker in the house! The nerve! The TV box takes like 15 minutes to reboot itself when the power is interrupted. Who knew the world could be so cruel?
What's up for the rest of this week? Garth and Jill are coming in from Ottawa this Friday 'cause they are coming to see their new (and first) niece. Hopefully we'll be able to hook up with them at some point! Saturday, I'm playing in a MTS slo-pitch tournament, so that will be very interesting - I haven't played in almost two years! Bah, it's like riding a bike, right? (See pictures below!)
Liz is just days away from her due date. We talked to her last night, and she's doing great! Now that she's off work, she has lots of time to wait!
I was talking to my friend Michelle, whose son Bailey (5) is a Harry Potter fan (who isn't?). Well, Michelle was saying that she told him that my last name used to be Potter, and he finally caught on (we'd told him this before, but he didn't get it). He was apparently awestruck by this fact. Carrie Potter. Maybe I should have kept that name?
Take care everyone! Until next time...
c-pot
What's been happening? Let's see...
I went to a Goldeyes game last Wednesday - man was it boring. No scoring. At all. And since it was an exhibition game, if it's tied (even 0-0) at the end of 9 innings, we all go home. However, not to sound like a grump, it was a beautiful day out and there were some nice hits and good plays. And a free lunch. See, it was a work function - to "celebrate our success" - so it was all free. I'm not going to bite the hand that feeds me!
Ben stayed overnight at Grandma Susan's last Friday night. The whole night! The first time Ben has not spent a night with at least one of his parents there. This is a big step folks! He had a really good time destroying his grandma's apartment - pulling out books, chasing Sid (the cat), smearing banana on her TV screen - you know, the usual. We think Grandma was exhausted!
While Gord and I were "Ben-free", we painted our living room and part of the hallway. We chose a dark taupe and a chocolate brown. It is amazing what a coat of paint can do! The house looks so much warmer and lived in (I know, I know, how can it not look lived in when there are $300 worth of toys sitting all over the place. But now it looks homey!) I'll see about posting some pics tonight...
Sunday we drove out to Morden. Gord dragged Dad and I to see the new Star Wars movie. It was actually really good. Darth Vader good. Well, he's evil, but it's cool to see him transform.
Ben's sleeping this weekend left a lot to be desired. It was either short naps, naps at weird hours, or not enough sleep at night. Thankfully, Tuesday rolled around and things are back to normal. Mommy sure doesn't think she could go on 4 hours of sleep day after day!
Last night, Chris and his friend Barry came over to make a video of Chris acting like an idiot. They almost burned my house down and, more importantly, interrupted "Rob and Amber Get Married" by turning off every breaker in the house! The nerve! The TV box takes like 15 minutes to reboot itself when the power is interrupted. Who knew the world could be so cruel?
What's up for the rest of this week? Garth and Jill are coming in from Ottawa this Friday 'cause they are coming to see their new (and first) niece. Hopefully we'll be able to hook up with them at some point! Saturday, I'm playing in a MTS slo-pitch tournament, so that will be very interesting - I haven't played in almost two years! Bah, it's like riding a bike, right? (See pictures below!)
Liz is just days away from her due date. We talked to her last night, and she's doing great! Now that she's off work, she has lots of time to wait!
I was talking to my friend Michelle, whose son Bailey (5) is a Harry Potter fan (who isn't?). Well, Michelle was saying that she told him that my last name used to be Potter, and he finally caught on (we'd told him this before, but he didn't get it). He was apparently awestruck by this fact. Carrie Potter. Maybe I should have kept that name?
Take care everyone! Until next time...
c-pot
Monday, May 16, 2005
That woman doesn't know what she's blogging about.
Hello again! Thanks for the comments Garth and Liz (as just the most recent examples). We love reading them. (And Garth, as you can see I have not given up the blog just yet).
Well, what has happened since Thursday?
FRIDAY: We forgot already. (We may have had 'marital relations'. It's just not that memorable! :) )
SATURDAY: We were planning to go to Minneapolis next weekend to check out our potential new kitchen at IKEA. We decided, however, that it was a little extravagant to travel that far to just look at a kitchen that we could look at in Carrie's cousin's house in Fort Garry. SO, as a bit of a comprimise we went to Grand Forks for the day today.
We had a nice day, just shopping and wandering around. I got three computer games on the cheap (one for $5, and 2 for $1 each). We also got our hands on the Saturday Night Live Trivial Pursuit DVD edition for only $10! SCORE! (Now if we only knew anything about SNL...) We picked up some cute clothes for Ben, and a blanket that has a picture of a dog named 'Charlie' on it. I also bought some neproxin (sp? Is there a doctor in the blog?) for my back, but that was promptly confiscated at the border. Oh well. Speaking of the border, it was the first time that either Carrie or I had to pay tax in a long time! I didn't know you paid PST AND GST on the items you are bringing in. (I thought it was just GST). And, of course, all of Ben's clothes were made by children in some poor Asian country, so we had to pay duty on those too! We didn't mind too much though, it was a fun day anyway. Thanks to Grandma Susan for watching the dog so we could go!
SUNDAY: The highlight on Sunday was Ben's first bike ride! We went all the way to Canadian Tire and back. That is what the pictures above show. Mommy rode back home directly while I took a longer route so that she could grab a camera and catch a couple of pics. It was a big TV night last night with the season finale of the Simpsons (VERY funny), and the finale of Survivor 10. Big veg-out night. In other Sunday news, I tried Jambalaya for the first time and...actually...liked...it. A little hot, tho.
TODAY: Well, work. Then Ben's swimming lesson where he got all excited playing 'Motorboats'. This is something worth a video, but as I mentioned in a previous blog, videos aint allowed.
Well, I'll sign off. Continual good luck and love to Liz - you're in for the time of your life! (And I DO mean that in a good way!) Keep us all posted!
Gordo (and the wonder-family)
Well, what has happened since Thursday?
FRIDAY: We forgot already. (We may have had 'marital relations'. It's just not that memorable! :) )
SATURDAY: We were planning to go to Minneapolis next weekend to check out our potential new kitchen at IKEA. We decided, however, that it was a little extravagant to travel that far to just look at a kitchen that we could look at in Carrie's cousin's house in Fort Garry. SO, as a bit of a comprimise we went to Grand Forks for the day today.
We had a nice day, just shopping and wandering around. I got three computer games on the cheap (one for $5, and 2 for $1 each). We also got our hands on the Saturday Night Live Trivial Pursuit DVD edition for only $10! SCORE! (Now if we only knew anything about SNL...) We picked up some cute clothes for Ben, and a blanket that has a picture of a dog named 'Charlie' on it. I also bought some neproxin (sp? Is there a doctor in the blog?) for my back, but that was promptly confiscated at the border. Oh well. Speaking of the border, it was the first time that either Carrie or I had to pay tax in a long time! I didn't know you paid PST AND GST on the items you are bringing in. (I thought it was just GST). And, of course, all of Ben's clothes were made by children in some poor Asian country, so we had to pay duty on those too! We didn't mind too much though, it was a fun day anyway. Thanks to Grandma Susan for watching the dog so we could go!
SUNDAY: The highlight on Sunday was Ben's first bike ride! We went all the way to Canadian Tire and back. That is what the pictures above show. Mommy rode back home directly while I took a longer route so that she could grab a camera and catch a couple of pics. It was a big TV night last night with the season finale of the Simpsons (VERY funny), and the finale of Survivor 10. Big veg-out night. In other Sunday news, I tried Jambalaya for the first time and...actually...liked...it. A little hot, tho.
TODAY: Well, work. Then Ben's swimming lesson where he got all excited playing 'Motorboats'. This is something worth a video, but as I mentioned in a previous blog, videos aint allowed.
Well, I'll sign off. Continual good luck and love to Liz - you're in for the time of your life! (And I DO mean that in a good way!) Keep us all posted!
Gordo (and the wonder-family)
Thursday, May 12, 2005
That's it!
I'm making an executive decision as co-owner of this blog - no more "blog"s in the titles anymore! I'm not creative enough to keep this up for much longer! Soooooo...
It's been a while since we posted an entry here, hasn't it? Reason #1 - we're lazy. You all know it's true. Reason #2 - Ben got sick (fever, runny nose, vicious cough, etc.) and now we're sick. But instead of going to bed, I'm doing this.
Yeah, so Ben spiked a fever just over a week ago - kinda scary since he has never really had a fever like that before. It lasted almost two days and then tapered off, but it was the start of a cold. He has a very bad cough almost a week now. Poor little guy has coughing spasms...as a parent, your heart just breaks!
Other than a couple of days where he was very fussy and moody, he's doing fine. Here's a list of what Ben is up to these days:
- Dancing - it is so comical! He loves to dance to "Old MacDonald had a farm", and is now changing up his dance steps. Ben dances better than Gord does!
- Sign language - he knows to ask for "milk", "more" (usually he wants food), and "all done". This is helping a lot because his vocabulary is not the greatest yet!
- Hisses like a snake - we have a book which has a picture of a snake in it - when you ask him what the snake sounds like, he hisses!
- Train noises - after what seems like 2 weeks of saying, "Choo-choo" a million times, he's finally getting it!
- Cutting more molars - the first one popped through about 3 weeks ago. He has to be getting about 2 more (he was just up, crying inconsolably until I finally broke out the Anbesol - I've only ever used it once before).
Anyways, I should sign off. Sorry for the lame post. I'm tired and I want to go to bed. But "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is on. I'm a sucker for John Corbett (even with the long hair!).
Blah, blah, blah. Hope that you're all doing really well! Oh and Liz, good luck with impending labour and birth and all the good stuff that comes after it!
Carrie
It's been a while since we posted an entry here, hasn't it? Reason #1 - we're lazy. You all know it's true. Reason #2 - Ben got sick (fever, runny nose, vicious cough, etc.) and now we're sick. But instead of going to bed, I'm doing this.
Yeah, so Ben spiked a fever just over a week ago - kinda scary since he has never really had a fever like that before. It lasted almost two days and then tapered off, but it was the start of a cold. He has a very bad cough almost a week now. Poor little guy has coughing spasms...as a parent, your heart just breaks!
Other than a couple of days where he was very fussy and moody, he's doing fine. Here's a list of what Ben is up to these days:
- Dancing - it is so comical! He loves to dance to "Old MacDonald had a farm", and is now changing up his dance steps. Ben dances better than Gord does!
- Sign language - he knows to ask for "milk", "more" (usually he wants food), and "all done". This is helping a lot because his vocabulary is not the greatest yet!
- Hisses like a snake - we have a book which has a picture of a snake in it - when you ask him what the snake sounds like, he hisses!
- Train noises - after what seems like 2 weeks of saying, "Choo-choo" a million times, he's finally getting it!
- Cutting more molars - the first one popped through about 3 weeks ago. He has to be getting about 2 more (he was just up, crying inconsolably until I finally broke out the Anbesol - I've only ever used it once before).
Anyways, I should sign off. Sorry for the lame post. I'm tired and I want to go to bed. But "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is on. I'm a sucker for John Corbett (even with the long hair!).
Blah, blah, blah. Hope that you're all doing really well! Oh and Liz, good luck with impending labour and birth and all the good stuff that comes after it!
Carrie
Monday, May 02, 2005
Whew! What a weekend! What a blog!
As you may (or may not) know, it was Chris and Sheri's social on the weekend. We headed to Brandon on Friday after work so that we could get the most out of our weekend. When we arrived at Uncle Rick's and Aunt Simone's house that night, Dayna and Emma were there (Dayna is my cousin and Emma is her 16 month old daughter). So Ben and Emma sized each other up, showed each other a few tricks and stayed up until 11 or so.
Saturday, we met Chris, Sheri, Jason (best man), Heather (maid of honor) and one of Heather's friends for breakfast. Then we dropped Ben off with Aunt Simone (we put him down for a nap) and went to the hall to help decorate. Heather was very well organized and it all went down without a hitch.
There was also an unexpected visitor - Berkley, Sheri's brother, arrived all the way from Calgary. Just when she was about to start waxing my eyebrows. What timing he had! Sheri was very happy to see him, and it was nice to actually meet him before the wedding rolls around!
Ben and Emma were tucked away in bed by the time we left for the social, with the neighbor's daughter staying at the house to keep an ear out for them. But both babes slept and had no idea that we weren't there!
There is only one way to describe the social - awesome! There were tons of people, great prizes, great music - it was really, really fun! Although, it sure doesn't take much to entertain Gord and I these days (envision a baby with an ice-cream pail on his head!). The music man brought with him a "marriage simulator" - a wooden jail cell that you put people in - i.e. $10 to put someone in jail, but someone else has to pay $10 to get that person out. All proceeds to the bride and groom. Chris and Sheri made a killing on that alone - something like $600. It was very funny to see a bunch of people crammed in there. Jason's bail (at one point) was up to $135 - wow, eh?
The prizes were amazing - among them a DVD player, a $500 make-up basket from Holt Renfrew and a poker table (built by Dad) and a set of poker chips. Uncle Dennis made out like a bandit, winning three prizes - some t-shirts and glasses, the DVD player and the poker prize. Holy moly!
Gord's dream job for the night was to work behind the bar - and it came true! The bar was sooo busy that they needed the extra help! I worked the door for a while, selling tickets (entry, drink and prize) with Kristen, Jason's girlfriend. Even though we could dance or sip on a drink, we made our own fun!
Sunday, we had a nice breakfast and a good visit with Aunt Nancy, Uncle Doug and Grandma. Ben had two kisses for his g.g. We then went to Chris and Sheri's house to check out the renovations they'd done since we had seen it last. The house sure is coming together now - just a closet door to install and a bit of work in the bathroom, and the house will be ready to live in. We're sure looking forward to staying there when we visit Brandon!
Ben had swimming lessons today - we put life jackets on the kids. He looked so cute - like he was ready to go waterskiing or something! He didn't really like floating with it though, but that's fairly normal, his instructor said. They're a little bulky.
I think that's all folks! Take care!
Carrie and the Sheppard boyz
Saturday, we met Chris, Sheri, Jason (best man), Heather (maid of honor) and one of Heather's friends for breakfast. Then we dropped Ben off with Aunt Simone (we put him down for a nap) and went to the hall to help decorate. Heather was very well organized and it all went down without a hitch.
There was also an unexpected visitor - Berkley, Sheri's brother, arrived all the way from Calgary. Just when she was about to start waxing my eyebrows. What timing he had! Sheri was very happy to see him, and it was nice to actually meet him before the wedding rolls around!
Ben and Emma were tucked away in bed by the time we left for the social, with the neighbor's daughter staying at the house to keep an ear out for them. But both babes slept and had no idea that we weren't there!
There is only one way to describe the social - awesome! There were tons of people, great prizes, great music - it was really, really fun! Although, it sure doesn't take much to entertain Gord and I these days (envision a baby with an ice-cream pail on his head!). The music man brought with him a "marriage simulator" - a wooden jail cell that you put people in - i.e. $10 to put someone in jail, but someone else has to pay $10 to get that person out. All proceeds to the bride and groom. Chris and Sheri made a killing on that alone - something like $600. It was very funny to see a bunch of people crammed in there. Jason's bail (at one point) was up to $135 - wow, eh?
The prizes were amazing - among them a DVD player, a $500 make-up basket from Holt Renfrew and a poker table (built by Dad) and a set of poker chips. Uncle Dennis made out like a bandit, winning three prizes - some t-shirts and glasses, the DVD player and the poker prize. Holy moly!
Gord's dream job for the night was to work behind the bar - and it came true! The bar was sooo busy that they needed the extra help! I worked the door for a while, selling tickets (entry, drink and prize) with Kristen, Jason's girlfriend. Even though we could dance or sip on a drink, we made our own fun!
Sunday, we had a nice breakfast and a good visit with Aunt Nancy, Uncle Doug and Grandma. Ben had two kisses for his g.g. We then went to Chris and Sheri's house to check out the renovations they'd done since we had seen it last. The house sure is coming together now - just a closet door to install and a bit of work in the bathroom, and the house will be ready to live in. We're sure looking forward to staying there when we visit Brandon!
Ben had swimming lessons today - we put life jackets on the kids. He looked so cute - like he was ready to go waterskiing or something! He didn't really like floating with it though, but that's fairly normal, his instructor said. They're a little bulky.
I think that's all folks! Take care!
Carrie and the Sheppard boyz
Thursday, April 28, 2005
I like big blogs
Well, another week has whizzed by without any blogging by these bloggers. Not much to tell! Let's see - what can we talk about?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes out this weekend. After seeing the ads (and being a BIG fan of the books) I am afraid that I'm going to be dissapointed. I'll go see it anyway though!
Speaking of movies, Star Wars Episode III comes out May 19th. Let's hope it's better than episode II.
Speaking of OTHER movies, we finally put video of Ben that was on the computer on a DVD. We needed room to put more of our videos on the computer and clear off some tapes. It took just over 3 hours to compile and burn a 62 minute DVD (in high resolution though). We'll make some copies and send them along ASAP.
Ben's signing is coming along nicely. This morning he gave me the sign for 'All Done' when I said "All Done" when his toy stopped playing it's song. Ben was also trying to dance AND clap today - without much success. He was successul at being really cute though!
We are off to Brandon this weekend for Chris' social. Should be a good time - I'm hoping to win the poker table that Bill made for the occasion. (I've tried convincing people not to go so I have a better chance).
Not much more to tell. I have the sniffles - probably since I was wiping Ben's nose with my finger and then sharing his Cheerios. (This stuff really doesn't bother you when it's your own kid!) Hope I get better for the social!
Talk to you all later!
Gordo
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes out this weekend. After seeing the ads (and being a BIG fan of the books) I am afraid that I'm going to be dissapointed. I'll go see it anyway though!
Speaking of movies, Star Wars Episode III comes out May 19th. Let's hope it's better than episode II.
Speaking of OTHER movies, we finally put video of Ben that was on the computer on a DVD. We needed room to put more of our videos on the computer and clear off some tapes. It took just over 3 hours to compile and burn a 62 minute DVD (in high resolution though). We'll make some copies and send them along ASAP.
Ben's signing is coming along nicely. This morning he gave me the sign for 'All Done' when I said "All Done" when his toy stopped playing it's song. Ben was also trying to dance AND clap today - without much success. He was successul at being really cute though!
We are off to Brandon this weekend for Chris' social. Should be a good time - I'm hoping to win the poker table that Bill made for the occasion. (I've tried convincing people not to go so I have a better chance).
Not much more to tell. I have the sniffles - probably since I was wiping Ben's nose with my finger and then sharing his Cheerios. (This stuff really doesn't bother you when it's your own kid!) Hope I get better for the social!
Talk to you all later!
Gordo
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Bloggedy bloggedy blog blog
Sorry folks...it's been a little dry around the blog lately! Where shall I start? Let's see...
Ben is getting to be such a little boy! It is really fun to be around him right now. He is starting to imitate things we do, which can be really funny sometimes (but mostly adorable). Ben absolutely loves to go outside. We have to watch him pretty close though - he tends to stick rocks in his mouth. Gord is more concerned about the choking hazard than the germ/dirt thing, whereas I feel equally concerned on both counts. Ben likes to play pat-a-cake and even tries "rolling the dough"; however, I've decided that Grandma Joan can't play these games/songs with him - she doesn't remember them very well and I don't want her to be teaching him the crazy stuff she was doing! Our little bug also has learned to blow kisses (it's still in the early stages, but sweet nonetheless) and he loves to feed himself with a fork. Mommy/Daddy/whoever sits beside him at the table may have to jab the food with the fork sometimes, but he readily eats off of it. In fact, he tends to eat more of his supper if he can use a fork or a spoon. So independent... And he dances, which involves him stomping his feet, like he's running in place. God it makes your heart melt!
I've also started reading a book called "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers" - it's the first parenting book I've read. There's a quiz in it to determine what your toddler's personality is. So I did the quiz and I decided that Ben was an "angel baby" (wishful thinking?!). Gord and I redid the quiz today, and it turns out that Ben is more of a mix of "angel baby" and "textbook baby". It'll be interesting what else comes out of this reading material! I'm sure that it'll determine that Ben is a genius! Dontcha think?
Ben has finally cut his first molar. Oy-yoy-yoy. There's a lot of snot involved with this, in case you were wondering/forgot. Only three and half to go (only a bit of the first one has cut through). And he's got a cold too (we think - it's hard to tell between teething snot and cold snot). And my allergies are flaring up. Yuck.
Gord and I shipped the kiddo off to Grandma Susan's yesterday so that we could get some yardwork/housework done without interruption. We got a lot accomplished (as our garbagemen will see tomorrow!) and Ben had a fun day at Grandma's house. Then today, we took a drive to Morden to see Grandma & Grandpa Potter. Their house looks really good - paint, tiling - Dad's been really busy!
That's all I've really got to say for now. Hope this finds everyone well!
Carrie
Ben is getting to be such a little boy! It is really fun to be around him right now. He is starting to imitate things we do, which can be really funny sometimes (but mostly adorable). Ben absolutely loves to go outside. We have to watch him pretty close though - he tends to stick rocks in his mouth. Gord is more concerned about the choking hazard than the germ/dirt thing, whereas I feel equally concerned on both counts. Ben likes to play pat-a-cake and even tries "rolling the dough"; however, I've decided that Grandma Joan can't play these games/songs with him - she doesn't remember them very well and I don't want her to be teaching him the crazy stuff she was doing! Our little bug also has learned to blow kisses (it's still in the early stages, but sweet nonetheless) and he loves to feed himself with a fork. Mommy/Daddy/whoever sits beside him at the table may have to jab the food with the fork sometimes, but he readily eats off of it. In fact, he tends to eat more of his supper if he can use a fork or a spoon. So independent...
I've also started reading a book called "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers" - it's the first parenting book I've read. There's a quiz in it to determine what your toddler's personality is. So I did the quiz and I decided that Ben was an "angel baby" (wishful thinking?!). Gord and I redid the quiz today, and it turns out that Ben is more of a mix of "angel baby" and "textbook baby". It'll be interesting what else comes out of this reading material! I'm sure that it'll determine that Ben is a genius! Dontcha think?
Ben has finally cut his first molar. Oy-yoy-yoy. There's a lot of snot involved with this, in case you were wondering/forgot. Only three and half to go (only a bit of the first one has cut through). And he's got a cold too (we think - it's hard to tell between teething snot and cold snot). And my allergies are flaring up. Yuck.
Gord and I shipped the kiddo off to Grandma Susan's yesterday so that we could get some yardwork/housework done without interruption. We got a lot accomplished (as our garbagemen will see tomorrow!) and Ben had a fun day at Grandma's house. Then today, we took a drive to Morden to see Grandma & Grandpa Potter. Their house looks really good - paint, tiling - Dad's been really busy!
That's all I've really got to say for now. Hope this finds everyone well!
Carrie
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
A Blog from Ben Part II
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Long Time No Blog (Again)
Hello! Sorry for the delay. The days just seem to be flying by!
Well, Ben seems to be recovered nicely. He just has a small bruise on his *Ahem!*. We have yet to take the bandage covering his incision off, but we will probably just wait until it falls off by itself.
We are pretty sure that Ben is getting one or more new teeth. We (meaning Ben and I) had a bad night last night. Someone was VERY grumpy and hungry - but he wouldn't eat! He just kept shoving his hands in his mouth. Poor little guy. (And poor daddy - I was fairly grumpy too by the time Ben's bedtime rolled around!)
Mommy was out for dinner last night. She was out with her friend at Buccachino's. Yum yum. For those not in the know, Buccachino's (which I hope I'm spelling correctly) is a little family run Italian restaurant on Waverly. Good food at reasonable prices! (Apparently they have a '2 can dine for $21 deal on Wednesday so Carrie and I will have to get a babysitter and go try it out some night.)
I've got a movie recommendation for you - It's called 'Bubba Ho-Tep'. Just take my word for it. Freakin' hilarious. I don't even want to tell you about since I think it would be funnier coming into it 'blind'.
Not much more to say. Ben and Mommy are coming in from outside so I'd better wrap this up.
Until Next Time!
Us.
Well, Ben seems to be recovered nicely. He just has a small bruise on his *Ahem!*. We have yet to take the bandage covering his incision off, but we will probably just wait until it falls off by itself.
We are pretty sure that Ben is getting one or more new teeth. We (meaning Ben and I) had a bad night last night. Someone was VERY grumpy and hungry - but he wouldn't eat! He just kept shoving his hands in his mouth. Poor little guy. (And poor daddy - I was fairly grumpy too by the time Ben's bedtime rolled around!)
Mommy was out for dinner last night. She was out with her friend at Buccachino's. Yum yum. For those not in the know, Buccachino's (which I hope I'm spelling correctly) is a little family run Italian restaurant on Waverly. Good food at reasonable prices! (Apparently they have a '2 can dine for $21 deal on Wednesday so Carrie and I will have to get a babysitter and go try it out some night.)
I've got a movie recommendation for you - It's called 'Bubba Ho-Tep'. Just take my word for it. Freakin' hilarious. I don't even want to tell you about since I think it would be funnier coming into it 'blind'.
Not much more to say. Ben and Mommy are coming in from outside so I'd better wrap this up.
Until Next Time!
Us.
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Ben's got a blogburn!
I love hats. Any kind of hats. I try them on in stores all the time. Before I had Ben, I always said that any child of mine would be a hat wearer. You can see where this is going...
Ben is not a hat fan. We took him to the dog park this afternoon and I tried and tried to get his new hat on his head. I was finally successful, but in about two seconds, he had it off and had chucked it in the mud. He actually wore it for about three minutes (he was very distracted by some excited doggies!), but tore it off when he realized it was still perched on his bald (but beautiful) noggin. What will I do? I put some sunscreen on him today, but since he wouldn't keep his hat on, his head and face are a little bit pink (apparently I didn't use enough of the darn stuff). :(
Grandma and Grandpa Potter came in to see Ben yesterday and brought with them a bubble blowing lawn mower...a win-win combination! Ben loves to push things around and he also loves bubbles - what's not to like? There was also a wand in one of the bubble bottles, so we started blowing bubbles for Ben. It wasn't long before he was blowing bubbles himself. And it took even less time for him to stick the wand in his mouth to taste it for himself! Ben was also saying "bubb-bo" - how cute!
Ben has also started to "roll it" and "pat it" when we play pat-a-cake. He's getting into the copycat stage - whatever we do, he likes to try! This stage is so much fun...he seems to learn something new every day!
Otherwise, Ben is recuperating very well from his surgery. He never really seemed phased at all! I think it's a good sign!
Take care everybody! And happy belated birthdays to Stacy and Ravi!
Carrie
Ben is not a hat fan. We took him to the dog park this afternoon and I tried and tried to get his new hat on his head. I was finally successful, but in about two seconds, he had it off and had chucked it in the mud. He actually wore it for about three minutes (he was very distracted by some excited doggies!), but tore it off when he realized it was still perched on his bald (but beautiful) noggin. What will I do? I put some sunscreen on him today, but since he wouldn't keep his hat on, his head and face are a little bit pink (apparently I didn't use enough of the darn stuff). :(
Grandma and Grandpa Potter came in to see Ben yesterday and brought with them a bubble blowing lawn mower...a win-win combination! Ben loves to push things around and he also loves bubbles - what's not to like? There was also a wand in one of the bubble bottles, so we started blowing bubbles for Ben. It wasn't long before he was blowing bubbles himself. And it took even less time for him to stick the wand in his mouth to taste it for himself! Ben was also saying "bubb-bo" - how cute!
Ben has also started to "roll it" and "pat it" when we play pat-a-cake. He's getting into the copycat stage - whatever we do, he likes to try! This stage is so much fun...he seems to learn something new every day!
Otherwise, Ben is recuperating very well from his surgery. He never really seemed phased at all! I think it's a good sign!
Take care everybody! And happy belated birthdays to Stacy and Ravi!
Carrie
Friday, April 15, 2005
Walkin' Blog
Well, Carrie and I just watched a doozie of a movie - Walking Tall with good ol' Dwayne Johnson (THE Rock). Needless to say, it sucked. (Although he did break a guy's forearm with a 4x4 cedar post. That was pretty cool.)
Ben had a good day with Mommy today. Other than the occasional small complaint, he was as good as new. Playing, talking and just generally making a mess was the order of the day. And napping. He napped for 3.5 hours this afternoon. It's hard to see much scrotal difference, as there is bruising and swelling down there but it's pretty obvious there is a ball down there. If you didn't want to know this, disregard the last sentence.
Not much else to tell. We went for a walk tonight - much to Ben's delight. He just talks and talks and talks as he rides in his wagon.
Well, I'm off to open and close the screen door. TTYL!
Gordo (and the Bee-ay-ooo-tee-ful one is here too.)
Ben had a good day with Mommy today. Other than the occasional small complaint, he was as good as new. Playing, talking and just generally making a mess was the order of the day. And napping. He napped for 3.5 hours this afternoon. It's hard to see much scrotal difference, as there is bruising and swelling down there but it's pretty obvious there is a ball down there. If you didn't want to know this, disregard the last sentence.
Not much else to tell. We went for a walk tonight - much to Ben's delight. He just talks and talks and talks as he rides in his wagon.
Well, I'm off to open and close the screen door. TTYL!
Gordo (and the Bee-ay-ooo-tee-ful one is here too.)
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Our blog at the Hospital
Well, it's ten to six and we're back from the Hospital with a tired but healthy little man. The surgery went fine - although they were only able to bring down the left testicle. He now has an appointment for June 1 with two goals: An ultrasound to try to pinpoint the location of the right testicle and a checkup to make sure his left testicle is healthy and working properly.
Ben went into surgery at about 11:30 or so, and we went to the cafeteria to have some lunch and try not to worry too much. (By the way, I'm pretty sure I saw Kinny Lamba - but he seemed to be the center of attention of a bunch of doctors and I didn't want to wander over and interrupt.) The doctor came up at about 1:00 to tell us everything was O.K., and we were able to go see Ben in the recovery room at about 1:30. (He was perfectly happy until we got there, then he started crying. Go figure.) Anyways, only one parent was allowed to stay in there so Carrie got to rock Ben to sleep in her lap. We then moved him up to the normal ward where he slept for about another hour and then woke up - had a bottle of apple juice - and happily walked around pushing his own I.V. pole. (He was the hit of the ward). However, when we tried to change his diaper he FREAKED OUT and peed all over the bed! (It's good that he peed though. That's one of the things he had to do before he was allowed to leave.) We got him all bundled up and headed out - much to the delight of everybody else in the room, we're sure. (He was still freaking out). He was MUCH happier once we got to the car though - he was surrounded by familiar things.
We'll keep you posted as things progress - but everything is looking good so far. Ben is napping now and we're off to have dinner.
Talk to you all later, and thanks for all the good wishes.
Gord and Carrie
p.s. Go Liz Go! I want 10 lbs 4 oz in the pool (if there is one)!
Ben went into surgery at about 11:30 or so, and we went to the cafeteria to have some lunch and try not to worry too much. (By the way, I'm pretty sure I saw Kinny Lamba - but he seemed to be the center of attention of a bunch of doctors and I didn't want to wander over and interrupt.) The doctor came up at about 1:00 to tell us everything was O.K., and we were able to go see Ben in the recovery room at about 1:30. (He was perfectly happy until we got there, then he started crying. Go figure.) Anyways, only one parent was allowed to stay in there so Carrie got to rock Ben to sleep in her lap. We then moved him up to the normal ward where he slept for about another hour and then woke up - had a bottle of apple juice - and happily walked around pushing his own I.V. pole. (He was the hit of the ward). However, when we tried to change his diaper he FREAKED OUT and peed all over the bed! (It's good that he peed though. That's one of the things he had to do before he was allowed to leave.) We got him all bundled up and headed out - much to the delight of everybody else in the room, we're sure. (He was still freaking out). He was MUCH happier once we got to the car though - he was surrounded by familiar things.
We'll keep you posted as things progress - but everything is looking good so far. Ben is napping now and we're off to have dinner.
Talk to you all later, and thanks for all the good wishes.
Gord and Carrie
p.s. Go Liz Go! I want 10 lbs 4 oz in the pool (if there is one)!
Monday, April 11, 2005
A Change of Plans. (Blog)
Well, there is a change in the schedule. Ben is now going for his surgery on Thursday of this week. They phoned us this morning to let us know that there was an opening in the schedule. Carrie's bosses were very understanding so we are going to get it done sooner - less worrying to do.
Ben was swimming again tonight! A point of interest - there were more daddies in the class tonight than mommies! I still won't do it though - I WON'T.
Not much more to say. Yay Tiger! Yay Dave Nedohin!
Talk to you all later.
Gordo
Ben was swimming again tonight! A point of interest - there were more daddies in the class tonight than mommies! I still won't do it though - I WON'T.
Not much more to say. Yay Tiger! Yay Dave Nedohin!
Talk to you all later.
Gordo
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Fresh Air? Bloggin' good!
The weather has been great lately, save for a few splatterings of rain today. But they didn't last long, and sure didn't put a damper on our day!
We finally replaced our storm door today. And when I say we, I really mean my dad. Gord did his share, but he wouldn't have gotten far without Dad. Handy man, he is. It's such a pretty door! It's all glass, so now it looks like there's no door at all there. I've already had to clean it - darn kid keeps licking it!
Speaking of the kid, he sure had fun outside today! How do I know he had fun? Well, we went for a walk this evening, so when I pulled out his jacket, he didn't fight me one bit! He even held out his arms for me like a good little guy! This afternoon we took the infamous bubble machine (see previous post) outside and let the wind blow some bubbles around the yard. He had sticky bubble gunk all over his little bald head! And he didn't try to eat (as) many stones and leaves...progress is progress, ladies and gentlemen!
That's about all. In case you haven't figured it out, this blog has been brought to you by the letters C-A-R-R-I-E.
We finally replaced our storm door today. And when I say we, I really mean my dad. Gord did his share, but he wouldn't have gotten far without Dad. Handy man, he is. It's such a pretty door! It's all glass, so now it looks like there's no door at all there. I've already had to clean it - darn kid keeps licking it!
Speaking of the kid, he sure had fun outside today! How do I know he had fun? Well, we went for a walk this evening, so when I pulled out his jacket, he didn't fight me one bit! He even held out his arms for me like a good little guy! This afternoon we took the infamous bubble machine (see previous post) outside and let the wind blow some bubbles around the yard. He had sticky bubble gunk all over his little bald head! And he didn't try to eat (as) many stones and leaves...progress is progress, ladies and gentlemen!
That's about all. In case you haven't figured it out, this blog has been brought to you by the letters C-A-R-R-I-E.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Crazy Blogging Blog Host
Well, I tried to blog yesterday - but the part of the blog system that actually allows you to post was not working. So I'll paste in yesterday's post here, and today's post is after yesterday's post.
Yesterday's Post:
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Hello all! I just got crap from Mom for not blogging so I'd better get an entry in here. Yesterday was Ben's appointment with the urologist about his testicles. If you didn't know, Ben's testicles had not descended when he was born. This appointment was to see if they had descended by themselves (which we knew they hadn't) and what to do if they hadn't. The doctor was 98% sure she could feel the left testicle, and less sure that she could feel the right testicle as it is higher up in his abdomen. She said she could feel something, but she wasn't positive that it was a testicle.
Anywhoo, the long and the short of that is that Ben has to have surgery to pull down his little 'boys'. The first (and potentially the only) surgery is scheduled for April 25. The doctor will get the left one down, and if that goes extremely well she will get the right one. If it is a struggle to get the left one she will only do that one and see if it makes it (which takes about 6 weeks) before she goes after the right one. It'll be touch and go on the day. Needless to say we're a little bit nervous (although we both like the doctor and have all faith in her abilities) and a little bit upset. It's hard to think about much else (like Blogs). But everything should work out fine and it will be nice to see something in Ben's little sac.
Other than that not much is happening. Carrie's parents are coming in on Friday night and Carrie and I are going on a date! I'm going out with Marie while Carrie is going out with Thad. Just kidding! We are going to get to spend some quality time together for the first time in a few months. (Not that we need it - we love spending time with our Ben-Ben. It just seems like it's one of those things married parents are supposed to do! :) ) We aren't sure what we're doing yet - I guess we'll just play it by ear. I'm going to sign off. Thanks for the comments - we do read them! If you haven't seen it, check out Darren's comment on Ben's post (the jibberish one). Funny stuff!
Until next time, faithful readers!
Gordo (and the C is wit' me yo)
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Today's Post:
Hello! Well, no date tonight. Bill and Joan did not need to come into the city tonight so we will be seeing them tomorrow. We did have a romantic night however, as we went storm door shopping! We bought a nice door with a neat retracting screen that should work well with all of our animals and child.
I bought Ben a little plastic swing for the backyard. I'll install it on the hated crabapple tree this weekend and we'll send pics as soon as we have them!
Speaking of pics, the pic above this post is for Auntie Kathy! She bought Ben those sexy boots, and I think we are going to get LOTS of use out of them. Ben loves it outside - so as soon as he learns how to walk properly in the boots he'll be let loose in the messy backyard.
Not much more to post. Carrie got her stamps today and as I am typing this she is piddling in the kitchen and having fun.
Until next time!
Us.
Yesterday's Post:
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Hello all! I just got crap from Mom for not blogging so I'd better get an entry in here. Yesterday was Ben's appointment with the urologist about his testicles. If you didn't know, Ben's testicles had not descended when he was born. This appointment was to see if they had descended by themselves (which we knew they hadn't) and what to do if they hadn't. The doctor was 98% sure she could feel the left testicle, and less sure that she could feel the right testicle as it is higher up in his abdomen. She said she could feel something, but she wasn't positive that it was a testicle.
Anywhoo, the long and the short of that is that Ben has to have surgery to pull down his little 'boys'. The first (and potentially the only) surgery is scheduled for April 25. The doctor will get the left one down, and if that goes extremely well she will get the right one. If it is a struggle to get the left one she will only do that one and see if it makes it (which takes about 6 weeks) before she goes after the right one. It'll be touch and go on the day. Needless to say we're a little bit nervous (although we both like the doctor and have all faith in her abilities) and a little bit upset. It's hard to think about much else (like Blogs). But everything should work out fine and it will be nice to see something in Ben's little sac.
Other than that not much is happening. Carrie's parents are coming in on Friday night and Carrie and I are going on a date! I'm going out with Marie while Carrie is going out with Thad. Just kidding! We are going to get to spend some quality time together for the first time in a few months. (Not that we need it - we love spending time with our Ben-Ben. It just seems like it's one of those things married parents are supposed to do! :) ) We aren't sure what we're doing yet - I guess we'll just play it by ear. I'm going to sign off. Thanks for the comments - we do read them! If you haven't seen it, check out Darren's comment on Ben's post (the jibberish one). Funny stuff!
Until next time, faithful readers!
Gordo (and the C is wit' me yo)
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Today's Post:
Hello! Well, no date tonight. Bill and Joan did not need to come into the city tonight so we will be seeing them tomorrow. We did have a romantic night however, as we went storm door shopping! We bought a nice door with a neat retracting screen that should work well with all of our animals and child.
I bought Ben a little plastic swing for the backyard. I'll install it on the hated crabapple tree this weekend and we'll send pics as soon as we have them!
Speaking of pics, the pic above this post is for Auntie Kathy! She bought Ben those sexy boots, and I think we are going to get LOTS of use out of them. Ben loves it outside - so as soon as he learns how to walk properly in the boots he'll be let loose in the messy backyard.
Not much more to post. Carrie got her stamps today and as I am typing this she is piddling in the kitchen and having fun.
Until next time!
Us.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Holy lack of posts, Blogman!
Sorry about the drought there folks! It's been a while, so I'll try to catch you up on what's happening.
We had a great weekend this weekend. We headed out to Brandon again on Saturday on the way to Deloraine to celebrate Carrie's Uncle Dennis' 60th birthday party (more on that later). On our way out of town we bought Ben a wagon from Toys 'R' Expensive. They had a $90 2 child wagon on sale for $50! We got there early and were in a large crowd of people snapping them up. (This is what I tell Carrie to justify running in the store and punching that old lady.)
After that we headed out to Brandon. We had a nice visit with the Teneys and Grandma Lil - Aunt Nancy gave Carrie her prized meatball recipe so that we would have a dish to bring to the potluck that night. We also found out that Mitchell placed 4th out of 96 players at one of the local poker tournaments. He's turning into a regular Phil Gordon (but way less geeky).
We then picked up Chris and headed out to Deloraine. It was a great party with TONS of good home-cooked food and lots of family and friends out to share the day with Dennis. The life of the party (in our opinion) had to be Ben - he ripped every balloon he could reach off the tables, ran amok with his Great-Grandfather's cane and gave each and every guest "The Eye". He also loved watching the other older kids play. He didn't eat much dinner, but he DID eat 2 pieces of cake and had some punch. He also learned to drink apple juice out of a juice box (and root beer out of a used glass). Needless to say for half of the ride back to Brandon he was quite wiggy in his car seat. He kept laughing hysterically whenever Carrie or Chris or I would chuckle. What a ham.
For the past two days Ben has gone for walks in his new wagon and he LOVES it. He talks, points, kicks his feet and has a great time as we walk around.
Tonight was Ben's first swimming lesson of his second class. He was able to participate quite a bit more this time as opposed to being dragged around the pool for half an hour. He also BLEW BUBBLES! Very, very cute. I would take pictures but people are not supposed to take pictures anymore at public pools (to avoid child porn). Isn't this a wonderful, happy world we live in?
I am back at school - feels like I was away for a long weekend. Oh well. My job still kicks butt.
I'll sign off - I'll try and blog more often!
Gordo
We had a great weekend this weekend. We headed out to Brandon again on Saturday on the way to Deloraine to celebrate Carrie's Uncle Dennis' 60th birthday party (more on that later). On our way out of town we bought Ben a wagon from Toys 'R' Expensive. They had a $90 2 child wagon on sale for $50! We got there early and were in a large crowd of people snapping them up. (This is what I tell Carrie to justify running in the store and punching that old lady.)
After that we headed out to Brandon. We had a nice visit with the Teneys and Grandma Lil - Aunt Nancy gave Carrie her prized meatball recipe so that we would have a dish to bring to the potluck that night. We also found out that Mitchell placed 4th out of 96 players at one of the local poker tournaments. He's turning into a regular Phil Gordon (but way less geeky).
We then picked up Chris and headed out to Deloraine. It was a great party with TONS of good home-cooked food and lots of family and friends out to share the day with Dennis. The life of the party (in our opinion) had to be Ben - he ripped every balloon he could reach off the tables, ran amok with his Great-Grandfather's cane and gave each and every guest "The Eye". He also loved watching the other older kids play. He didn't eat much dinner, but he DID eat 2 pieces of cake and had some punch. He also learned to drink apple juice out of a juice box (and root beer out of a used glass). Needless to say for half of the ride back to Brandon he was quite wiggy in his car seat. He kept laughing hysterically whenever Carrie or Chris or I would chuckle. What a ham.
For the past two days Ben has gone for walks in his new wagon and he LOVES it. He talks, points, kicks his feet and has a great time as we walk around.
Tonight was Ben's first swimming lesson of his second class. He was able to participate quite a bit more this time as opposed to being dragged around the pool for half an hour. He also BLEW BUBBLES! Very, very cute. I would take pictures but people are not supposed to take pictures anymore at public pools (to avoid child porn). Isn't this a wonderful, happy world we live in?
I am back at school - feels like I was away for a long weekend. Oh well. My job still kicks butt.
I'll sign off - I'll try and blog more often!
Gordo
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