First Snowfall

And Brynna decided to sleep through her time out in it. I have to admit it was a rather pitiful snowfall to start with, so she didn't miss much. One snowflake did land on her cheek as she slept in the Ergo, and it made her cheek twitch. She's also mastered the art of the raspberry, and looks so darn cute while doing it that you can't be offended by it, even if you try.

Christmas Knitting

Is going rather well so far. I just finished one fingerless glove in rather short order and I've got the second one going(I'm already 10 rounds in on it). Granted, it took a week from the day I cast on until today when I finished, but that was just because I couldn't really get in to knitting it until yesterday(which had absolutely nothing to do with the pattern, it was all lack of energy on my part), and then it just flew. I think I see a number of pairs of these in the future for gifts rather than other items.

Another Milestone

Bites the dust! Brynna has just mastered rolling onto her tummy and then back onto her back, with the exception of those times when she gets both arms out to the side and then she just can't figure out that she needs to bring them back in to get herself back onto her back. This little girl is just growing up way too fast for my liking. She's also babbling away(saying "da da da", of course) and biting periodically. Christmas is going to be such fun.

The Latest from School

Seems as though Caleigh's teacher was talking to the behaviourist from the board when he visited the school today, and both he and the teacher think it would be good for us to have another meeting this year to see where things are at re Caleigh's progress in her behaviour while at school. Mrs Young has also informed me that she has put together another book this year to track/encourage Caleigh's behaviour/listening skills. Although this year it's written for Caleigh rather than for us, and I think that's a really good idea. There are going to be 2 categories, with 3 or 4 time periods to be tracked throughout the morning, so it's not all or nothing on getting a sticker or whatever. It's going to have things like: "am I where my friends are?" and "am I listening?". Mrs Young wants to show it to the principal to get her approval, but she's already got mine.

She's also informed me that Caleigh seems to have a more even mood throughout her mornings, and it also seems that Caleigh is having more good days than bad now.

Well that started a bit too soon

Brynna, at just over 4 months, has started biting :( and OUCH!! at the same time. I just had to give her a "3 strikes and you're off " treatment. She's been gumming for a while now, but only this evening has she actually closed her jaw down to the point where it's hurt me. Now I just hope that she's a quick study in consequences.

She's also just started making sounds, like Kevin's favourite: "da da da". I swear, if she says "daddy" or "dada" as her first word, I'm going to flip. Why can't I just have one that says "mama" first, just one? Is that too much to ask? Especially since she's the only brown-eyed baby of the bunch, and, barring any unforeseen accidents, the last.

Another Weekend Closer to Christmas

and I still don't have much done towards the gobs of knitting I have to do. It was a busy weekend, and for some reason I've been super tired and have very little motivation to do anything. It also doesn't help that my elbow and both my knees feel terrible. I have a hard time standing up from changing Brynna's diapers and I can't even bend my elbow fully w/o pain.

Kevin took the kids to St Laurent Shopping Centre on Saturday to check out the TVOKids DSS Tour show with Mark and Ryan. Caleigh weasled her way right up to the stage while Aidan apparently found it too loud so he stayed back near the back of the crowd with Kevin. Caleigh "met" Mark after the show(after apparently following both of the hosts for a bit before coming back to Kevin). Brynna and I had a nice quiet time together at home after our grocery run. Kevin even made dinner: Shepherd's Pie. Sunday I did another grocery store trip to get a few more things that will take us through until Wednesday and this time I took both Aidan and Brynna. Sunday evening we went to Kevin's parents to help celebrate Jess' birthday with Jess' version of... Shepherd's Pie, lol!!

This is a quick video that Kevin shot. You get bonus points if you can spot Caleigh(hint: she's in a pink shirt with no sleeves, near a kid with a green baseball cap on;-) )

Getting so Big

Brynna had her 4 month check up yesterday(which included 2 needles) and it went well. She now weighs 14lbs3oz and is 25.5 inches long. She did really well, only crying a bit for her first needle, but that second needle evoked a blood-curdling screech that just about broke my ear drums. Thankfully it only lasted for about 10 seconds.

Unfortunately, she didn't have such a great night, being up screaming and crying at 11:30 and 1:30. I couldn't get her settled until almost 2:30 this morning, so I'm a bit tired and bleary eyed today and am on my third cup of coffee and I'm not planning on going anywhere today and am going to cobble together dinner from what I have in the house, which means spaghetti, salad and if I get the energy up, home made rolls.