Sunday, February 24, 2008

Ring Bearer

As some of you know, Sebastian was given the honour of being the ring bearer at his cousin's wedding yesterday. Considering his age he did pretty well, with a cute factor of 101 if I do say so myself! We all had a wonderful time and couldn't be happier for Terry and Erica as they embark on the next chapter of their lives together!

Unfortunately the video that I took of Sebastian's big walk, as you will see, didn't turn out too well. I initially had the camera the wrong way and then the photographer was in the way (technically speaking he wasn't in the way since he was only doing his job, but you know what I mean!). Sebastian walked quickly with open arms towards Terry and Terry walked down the aisle with Sebastian in his arms (I love how Sebastian is holding on to Terry!). To say that we're proud of our lil' man would be an understatement! After his big debut he remained in good spirits throughout the evening and we all had a great time partying it up.

Again, big hugs, love and congrats to Terry and Erica!!



Sebastian, Erica & Terry

The happy couple

The happy family (even though I'm the only one smiling!!)

Partying it up with Nonee

Sebastian calling it a night

Monday, February 18, 2008

Family Day


To celebrate the first ever "Family Day" we thought we'd spend the day at the zoo. However, Sebastian was yawning and rubbing his eyes by 9:30 this morning so we were weary of heading out, as we figured he'd just pass out in the car on the way there.

Instead we thought we'd wait until Sebastian had his nap and then head to the zoo. *Ha!* Sebastian must have been on to us and our grand ol' plan making as he decided that he didn't feel like napping this morning and it wasn't until after lunch that he settled down for a two hour nap. Once awoke we finally managed to get out of the house... we took a walk to Shoppers Drug Mart!

Can't say it was a fun-filled day packed with excitement but we shared it together as a family and really, that's all that matters... Because (and picture/insert Rick Mercer here taking his pause before he delivers his final line during his "Rant") every day is Family Day in our household and we don't need a holiday to remind us of such. =)

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Blast from the Past

Sebastian and I ventured out today to attend our play group at Gymboree. Initially I didn't want to go, seeing that it was calling for snow and it had been so cold out. But seeing that we spent all of yesterday cooped up in the house (I'm allergic to the cold) I knew I had to get Sebastian out today to not only get some fresh, albeit cold air, but to also get some interaction with others and to burn off some energy. So we braved the cold, which really wasn't all too bad, and went to our class. Besides having to drive in the beginning of the storm I'm glad we went. Sebastian's cabin fever dissipated with his ability to climb, explore and run around at Gymboree and after lunch he settled down for a nice long nap!

The rest of the day was somewhat quiet. We played ball and while playing I realized that Sebastian is going to be the ultimate throw-in person in soccer. I have no idea if there's an actual name for the person who throws the ball in from the sidelines during a soccer game, but that's what he's going to be good at. He basically puts the ball behind his head and with the count of 3 it goes flying ahead of him. He seriously looks like he's taking a throw-in! Unfortunately some thing is going to break one of these days... hopefully it won't be something of mine! *laugh*

We also spent some time looking at pictures of him on the computer. It's neat watching him realize that the picture he is looking at is himself. He gets this odd look in his eye and a look that makes it seem he wants to smile but he doesn't want to. Pride is the only word I can think of to explain it. While perusing the pics I figured I'd blog about it and share a few I took on his 8 month birthday. I'm shocked at how small he looks! Man he's such a cutie (yes, I'm one of those mamas!)! I made the pictures "small" so just click on them if you would like to see a larger version.

Cheers,
Kim

Monday, February 4, 2008

Cheese!



Things here have been continually busy. After our date night in Guelph Sebastian came down with a nasty cold, which resulted in him having a fever of 101 Fahrenheit. As a result, we took our first trek to the emergency department with him the one night because he screamed whenever he coughed and he just wouldn't stop crying (Why isn't there a handbook that tells parents exactly what's wrong with your baby/toddler?).

In typical Sebastian fashion the moment we entered into the emergency department he stopped crying. The triage nurse checked him out and suggested we stay to get the doctor's opinion (I was worried it could have been pneumonia or bronchitis). So we did and two hours later we were sent home with a little chatty boy who was in great spirits, seeing that it was 3 hours past his regular bedtime, and who had nothing more than a cold. Sebastian entertained us quite a bit though while waiting for the doctor. Whenever someone was paged over the loudspeaker Sebastian would stop what he was doing, look up to the speaker and say "Yup!". It didn't matter what was said, "Paging Dr. Duke" or "Clean up in triage" they would all get an enthusiastic "Yup!". It was interesting that he managed the wait time so much better than Baz & I!

Sebastian has also now started drawing regularly. Initially I thought that perhaps he was too young as I would give him the crayons and his marks were barely visible but then I tried the Crayola's. I hate to say it, but in this instance, the type of crayon did make the difference. Prior to that we were using the dollar store ones... They haven't been tossed as I'm sure I can find some use for them, but Crayola Crayons definitely work much better. And it's so nice to see that he's quite content sitting and drawing.



Sebastian's other favourite past time, which I mentioned in the last blog, is reading. It's so neat watching him recognize pictures and be able to point out various things to us. Even when we switch things up (i.e., "What goes baaa?" as opposed to "Where's the sheep?") he is able to point to the object! Now Sebastian will say "book", go and get a book and come to us to sit on our lap to read. Jamie and I both love reading with Sebastian as it's such a special quiet time shared. It's also wonderful that his books can occupy him for at least 1/2 an hour and that he will often just go and sit in his fuzzy blue chair with a book and peruse through it.

And last but not least, I added this video of Sebastian saying "Cheese". It speaks volumes to the amount of pictures I take of this kid who obviously was waiting for me to take the picture! It makes us chuckle and hopefully you'll find it comical too...