Finlay is TEN MONTHS OLD.
10!
Finlay - 10 minutes old
Finlay - 10 hours old
Finlay - 10 days old
Finlay - 10 weeks old
Finlay - 10 months old
Sushi Night at Our Place
October 13, 2011
Sushi is one of those meals we make on the fly. It's quick, easy and healthy (we make simple sushi, nothing fancy!). Finlay is eating more and more of what we eat and we thought he would love sushi as it had some of his favourites; yam, avocado. carrot (shredded), and cucumber.
Sushi is one of those meals we make on the fly. It's quick, easy and healthy (we make simple sushi, nothing fancy!). Finlay is eating more and more of what we eat and we thought he would love sushi as it had some of his favourites; yam, avocado. carrot (shredded), and cucumber.
Finlay giving me some baby kisses. The sushi rice is cooling on the table behind us.
Just playing our hugs and kisses game but then we are distracted by the camera.
Back to the game - Mama is going in for more kisses and this is really funny.
Firsts tastes usually elicit this response.
"I'm supposed to eat this, right?"
Going back for more is a good sign.
And he likes it! No wasabi yet, but we'll get there!
Our First Thanksgiving Day
October 10, 2011
After a wonderful weekend away in Nanoose Bay we are back home. We celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a family with some family up island. The weather on Sunday was lovely but we wanted to wait until Monday to go back to Nanoose edibles and walk around the farm (our Thanksgiving tradition). Unfortunately, it poured rain and was really windy on Monday, so we stayed inside.
(Great) Auntie Chris and (Great) Uncle Mike were wonderful hosts. Dinner was delicious, the wine and beer were plentiful and the conversation was as interesting as the company (very).
Finlay ate before we did, as he had a bedtime to attend. He seemed to enjoy his dinner very much!
After a wonderful weekend away in Nanoose Bay we are back home. We celebrated our first Thanksgiving as a family with some family up island. The weather on Sunday was lovely but we wanted to wait until Monday to go back to Nanoose edibles and walk around the farm (our Thanksgiving tradition). Unfortunately, it poured rain and was really windy on Monday, so we stayed inside.
(Great) Auntie Chris and (Great) Uncle Mike were wonderful hosts. Dinner was delicious, the wine and beer were plentiful and the conversation was as interesting as the company (very).
Finlay ate before we did, as he had a bedtime to attend. He seemed to enjoy his dinner very much!
Fin had some yams, brussel sprouts, black beans, and a delicious rice stuffing I made for he and I. Our doctor has us trying a gluten-free diet for a while to see if it helps Fin with his digestion. The stuffing was really tasty but I did miss Tofurkey (which is mostly wheat) and pie. I made Fin and I a healthy raw dessert that was sugarless and gluten-free. As I'm writing this, it sounds disappointing and unappealing but it was actually pretty tasty with apples, cinnamon, apples, maple syrup, lemon, and cardamom.
Fin really pounded back everything on his plate. He really enjoyed every bite! Lately, when he doesn't like something, he tends to play with it more than eat it.
A glass of home-made hemp milk to wash it all down!
He went for the yams first. They were baked here but, later for the adults, Chris dressed them with some spices and they were sweet and very tasty.
Finlay sitting on dada's lap as he eats his Thanksgiving dinner.
Tyler and Christine at dinner.
Mikey at dinner.
Tyler and Lyndze at dinner.
As I was saying, it rained on Monday, so we spent the day inside and there was lots of fun to be had. Finlay loved to show off his standing with the assistance of the coffee table and he was crawling and interacting with all of the fun and new-ish people.
Most people say that Finlay looks just like his dad. But his Nans, Gramps, and my grandparents all see me in his sweet little face. Tyler and I have trouble seeing it because it is difficult to remember what I looked like as a baby when I am looking at my own baby all day. But, Auntie Chris brought out an album and the pictures of me look like Finlay with red hair. The expressions we share are uncannily. Finlay likes to look at pictures of himself and other babies. He was pretty interested in the pictures of his mama.
It was a very nice Thanksgiving for all of us!
VIDEO: "Finlay and a Pig"
Finlay is a Crawler!
October 1, 2011
It's official! Finlay is a crawler. As of yesterday, Fin decided to use he knees in combination with his hands and get moving! Tyler and I kept saying, we're in no rush for him to crawl, but he was so close for so long and we're glad that he is feeling like he can get to where he wants to go.
It's funny, many milestones sneak up on you. Suddenly, seemingly overnight, the baby can sit, giggle, babble, give hugs and kisses, clap... But crawling seemed to take a while. Well, it's a pretty big skill and requires a lot of strength and coordination - we were underestimating how much work crawling can be! Well, we have a crawling baby, so close to toddling and then.... sigh.... no more baby and we make way for the toddler!
But, let's observe the present. I got a video of the crawling today. It's a little out of focus because he came right at me with the crawling and I wasn't prepared! But, you get the idea. Enjoy!
Finlay is Crawling VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSV9ekR8XM
It's official! Finlay is a crawler. As of yesterday, Fin decided to use he knees in combination with his hands and get moving! Tyler and I kept saying, we're in no rush for him to crawl, but he was so close for so long and we're glad that he is feeling like he can get to where he wants to go.
It's funny, many milestones sneak up on you. Suddenly, seemingly overnight, the baby can sit, giggle, babble, give hugs and kisses, clap... But crawling seemed to take a while. Well, it's a pretty big skill and requires a lot of strength and coordination - we were underestimating how much work crawling can be! Well, we have a crawling baby, so close to toddling and then.... sigh.... no more baby and we make way for the toddler!
But, let's observe the present. I got a video of the crawling today. It's a little out of focus because he came right at me with the crawling and I wasn't prepared! But, you get the idea. Enjoy!
Finlay is Crawling VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSV9ekR8XM
Baby Fair and other ninth month events...
September 28, 2011
Well the 9th month sure has been an interesting one. Finlay is now on the move any chance he gets which means we are getting a lot more use out of our pack and play (aka baby jail) so we can make a snack, make some tea or use the bathroom. As you will soon see in the videos below Finlay's new favorite activity is to try and stand up using whatever means available to him. He will just stand on the couch holding on to the back for as long as you we will sit there with him. He loves to practice by doing squats and sitting down and then starting all over again.
This past weekend was the Vancouver Island Baby Fair. It is pretty well a large baby trade show stocked with the newest clothes, toys, food supplies, maternity wear and just about anything else you can imagine may have to do with babies. There were even baby races. We watched a few of them and decided that, had we been there on time to sign Fin up for the races, he would have kicked some serious baby butt. We even thought about going back on Sunday for the second day of races to enter Fin. But we decided that Fin was still pretty new at crawling and there was no need for any extra pressure. We picked up some great new clothes for Finlay at the baby fair as well as getting as many discounts for a friend of ours who is newly pregnant but was unable to make it to the fair.
Walking around and seeing all the excited newly pregnant couples certainly added a little dose of nostalgia to the event and we reminisced about the past 18 months. It has flown by too quickly in some respects and feels like a lifetime ago in others. It is also a year since we moved into our new apartment. We remember sitting at the kitchen table in late September of last year in a house full of boxes looking at the bare walls thinking about how we could make this empty apartment feel like home. Well, after a year including nine of the craziest and most exciting months of our lives, we are certainly feeling at home. We talk about how we miss living in Sooke when the fall weather descends and the leaves begin to turn but we really have fallen in love with our little home with our little family.
Well that brings us to our first video of this blog entry. The first video is of Lyndze and Fin at lunch. Finlay loves to feed himself whenever possible. However, once he has the spoon in his hand he is often reluctant to let it go so Lyndze has developed a fun game to get it back.
The second video is of Fin playing his new favorite game. He loves to use his piano to play but it has also become one of his favorite tools to practice standing up. You will notice some very cute pants that we just got for Fin at the baby fair. They are called "monkey pants"and they come in lots of cute patterns. We liked these ones the best.
Finlay Signs Fan
September 22, 2011
Just a quick entry with a couple pictures and a video from lunch today. I know, I know, there was an entry yesterday! But Finlay is just doing so many fantastic things that I had to document it/brag.
Just a quick entry with a couple pictures and a video from lunch today. I know, I know, there was an entry yesterday! But Finlay is just doing so many fantastic things that I had to document it/brag.
Fin had some shredded carrot, greens, hummous and flatbread for lunch (same as me but mine was in wrap form. He just loves feeding himself!
Feeding himself means lots of food on him, me, the highchair, the floor, the buffet, wall etc... But he loves it!
In the video, you can see Fin watching me make the sign for "fan," then he plays in his food and looks up at the fan and does his baby-version of the sign.
VIDEO:
Finlay on the Move!
September 21, 2011
Well, after two months of pushing himself backwards and sideways, Finlay finally propelled himself forward!
As we have mentioned before, Tyler and I are in no hurry for the baby to crawl or walk, but we were really excited and relieved for Fin. He was getting pretty frustrated as he constantly found himself wedged under furniture. Also, he would really want something and stretch and reach for it and then, unintentionally, push himself backwards and further away from said item... It was heartbreaking!
But today he just got it and it changed everything.
I couldn't turn my back for a second or he was into something he should be. I spent the day trailing him and rearranging shelves and making mental notes about baby-proofing. But the most interesting thing was that he spent most of his time making his way to me, climbing up to standing, wrapping his arms around my neck and kissing me. He just wanted to hug and kiss and talk and cuddle all day. It was so sweet but man am I exhausted. I couldn't fill up my water glass or answer the phone without Finlay losing it.
I have uploaded a video of Finlay on the move. He was coming toward me but then something else caught his attention. He went to the bookshelf and took an Alice Munro book off of the shelf. He looked really pleased with himself. I guess we have the same taste in literature!
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ1nlkD-Xk
Well, after two months of pushing himself backwards and sideways, Finlay finally propelled himself forward!
As we have mentioned before, Tyler and I are in no hurry for the baby to crawl or walk, but we were really excited and relieved for Fin. He was getting pretty frustrated as he constantly found himself wedged under furniture. Also, he would really want something and stretch and reach for it and then, unintentionally, push himself backwards and further away from said item... It was heartbreaking!
But today he just got it and it changed everything.
I couldn't turn my back for a second or he was into something he should be. I spent the day trailing him and rearranging shelves and making mental notes about baby-proofing. But the most interesting thing was that he spent most of his time making his way to me, climbing up to standing, wrapping his arms around my neck and kissing me. He just wanted to hug and kiss and talk and cuddle all day. It was so sweet but man am I exhausted. I couldn't fill up my water glass or answer the phone without Finlay losing it.
I have uploaded a video of Finlay on the move. He was coming toward me but then something else caught his attention. He went to the bookshelf and took an Alice Munro book off of the shelf. He looked really pleased with himself. I guess we have the same taste in literature!
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ1nlkD-Xk
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)