This One's For Myah

Myah's blog posted the cutest picture of one of her babies sleeping with her bum in the air. Never one to be outdone (you know my competitive spirit...haha), I had to post pictures of Matthew doing the same thing. They're pretty old, but Myah, rest assured he still sleeps the best when his bum's way up! I just figured I can't take anymore pictures of it, since he's already going to have a deep-seated fear of flashbulbs!

Matthew's First Haircut

Well, Rob finally got tired of Matthew's hockey hair, so we took him to get it cut on Friday. We went in with an '80's rockin' mullet and came out with a certificate of bravery, a million pictures and a cute little boy -- my "baby" no longer :(


We went to a special kids place with TVs at every station (Backyardigans was a good choice for us; Daniel Cook weirds me out) and a different "mode of transportation" as the seats. Matthew didn't blink an eye, except when they wanted to put the cape on him. He ripped that thing off like it was burning his neck. It took less than half and hour for the transfomation, but it will take a lifetime for Rob's mom to forgive us for not waiting to see if he got ringlets. Sorry Dee, we just didn't want to take the risk of rat tail formation instead!

They even spiked it with gel. Yep, that's right. Our kid's a stud.

Maybe when he makes it to the NHL he'll grow it out for playoffs and we'll see about those ringlets! (God forbid he should end up looking like Jaromir Jagr of '96!!)

Happy Halloween!

Here are the pictures of Matthew's first walking Halloween. Despite not feeling very well, he really took to going to neighbours houses and showing off how cute he looked. Well, we did anyway!

In this one, we're just leaving to go to the daycare party. It's early and Matthew's not feeling all that good, so that's why there's no smiling. Sorry.

This one's a little better. His little tongue is at the ready to get candy. Or just to drool on his costume ("Maybe then they'll take it off!")And this next one shows the family resemblance (for those of you who say Matthew looks more like Rob's side than mine!)So there you have it; Halloween was a success.

And for those of you hounding me on my deathbed (Anonymous, I know who you are!) are you happy now?

Babies' Halloween Party

Sorry it's taken this long to post...Matthew and I both have a touch of the flu. I wanted to e-mail those who posted and tell you to keep your pants on, but that may have been rude. So I posted it here for all to see.


The Halloween party for the babies that I wrote about earlier was a huge success. The hit of the party was our little car that Matthew loves so much. If you're wondering what to get a 1-year old for Christmas, this toy is it. As soon as one baby had her turn, she was all about protecting it...there was growling, screaming and crying over it. A true sign of a good toy. Near the end, we got them all dressed up in their Halloween costumes to take this picture:

As you can see, the zoo is well represented with 2 monkeys, a bunny, a lamb, a chicken, a ladybug and a pumpkin. Unfortunately, Mike Wazowski (Monster's Inc.) would not sit for the photo opportunity. Shortly after this shot was taken, all babies had meltdowns. I wonder why?

As well, a couple of weeks ago, the other "Monkey Mom" and I got together for this shot. "Hey Matthew. That's a nice banana."

Halloween is a lot of fun when your kids are too little to complain about their costumes or how silly they look in them!

Here are some pictures...finally!

So, here are some pictures, like I promised. We all know I don't ever buy clothes for myself, especially with changing seasons. But now, we have a kid and I can acutally say I LOVE shopping! For him. I still think a mall is like hell on earth.

This picture is one of his sporty winter hat:

This one, his vest (that we took a couple of pictures in and promptly returned for a better one):

And this one, everything together (in black and white for effect, a la Abercrombe & Fitch; note the action shot):

So, there are some pictures to tide you over. Just to keep you checking, we had a baby group reunion yesterday and all the babies (8 of them!) dressed up in their Halloween costumes. I can't post the pictures until Halloween, but they're worth waiting for! Let's just say the zoo was well represented!

Have a good week...thanks for stopping by, Matthew friends.

No, I haven't forgotten about this Blog!

As you can imagine, life has been pretty busy these days getting back into work mode. As a result, I don't have any pictures or updates for you...yet. Hopefully this week I'll post some pictures along with some witty reparte (does that work when you're not really talking to anyone?). Anyway, keep checking. Be sure you'll get a bunch of pictures for Halloween. Matthew has the cutest costume. Of course he does! He's the cutest kid. Too bad his bad mom doesn't have any pictures!

First Day of "School" :(

Well, it's official: my maternity leave is actually over. I keep saying it, but no one is answering: where did the last 13 months go?? As expected, Matthew did better than I did today. As I was a blubbering idiot at the daycare, he just looked at me as if to say "Okay mom, go. And fix your mascara; you look like a rodeo clown."

Indy, on the other hand, looked quite upset when we were getting ready to leave:

Hopefully she'll get through this without tearing the tail off one of the cats...or God forbid eating a turtle.

Well, wish us luck with the rest of the week...tomorrow I'll wear waterproof mascara!