the story of us: 6/1/11

Jun 29, 2011

our may trip

Near the middle of May, Benjamin and I were very lucky to have the chance for one more visit with my family before I returned to work. We spent two weeks away from home, which was very hard on everyone but was worth every minute we got to spend with my family. The trip was great, we did just enough to keep us busy, but also had plenty of time just hanging out. We went swimming, shopping, visited with family, card making, but the weekend before we left we went to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller. My nephew is Dinosaur crazy so it was so awesome to experience that with him. Since we were down that way we got to get in a great visit with my dad's side of the family. It was such a perfect visit we had a lot of fun. Here are a few of my favourite pictures from the two weeks.

Jun 20, 2011

I have a one year old...

that's right..Benjamin is now a toddler. even though he has been toddeling around now for quite some time, I didn't think of him as a toddler. I ofter wonder how it happened so fast..when did he really become a toddler? well either way, he is still my baby and always will be.

We celebrated his birthday yesterday along with Fathers day, we had a really great time, thank you all who came out to help us celebrate. I will post later after I finish all the clean up! lets just say we are all pretty exhausted today but I thought I should post a little something....

here are pictures I have taken every month of Benjamin,

1 month

two months

3 months

4 months

5 months

6 months

7 months

8 months

9 months

10 months

11 months

12 months

Jun 7, 2011

11 months

yes I am FAR behind..

as Benjamin's first birthday is fast approaching, I am reminded of more and more things that I wanted to get done on maternity leave. As of yesterday though I no longer have the luxury of time on my hands, I had my first shift back at work and it went relatively well. Both Ben and I made the separation with no tears, he stayed home with Daddy while I worked 3-12am. So needless to say a year went by WAY WAY WAY too fast!

So at 11 moths Benjamin
- I have no idea what his weight or height is..
- but he now has 9 teeth with the 10th trying to come through
- he crawls super fast
- he was taking steps at 10 months but truly now can walk
- actually seems to be running lol
- he can say "mama" "dada" and "nana" ( the last one is for banana's)
- he can imitate almost any noise you make clicking his tongue, fake laughing, coughing, lip smacking, tongue and lip blowing. he can also tell you what a sheep, monkey, lion, cow and owl can say.
- He still loves the water and swimming
- he can climb stairs open the cupboards and doors.
- he plays peekaboo with himself or others
- he gives tons of sloppy kisses.
- he dosn't sit still
- he waves hi. bye and points to things with his entire hand and says "ada"
- he has his own conversations with things and himself ( video to follow )
- he also shakes his head yes and no
- and makes the cutest little scrunch up nose face.. its a smile maker for sure!

If you can't tell by now, this by far is my favorite stage with him. He can make anyone smile and laugh with just one look.

Mother's Day

Mother's day was extra special this year, not only did I get a chance to celebrate with both my mother in law AND my own mother but I also got to celebrate it as a mother myself. The week before Mother's day I was able to get tickets for City Line. Theresa ( Josh's mom ) has mentioned a few times before that she would love to go. So Amy and I decided to call in to her work, book the day off for her and surprised her with a trip to Toronto to see the show and do a little shopping. It was such a fun day, we ended up on camera a lot, I even got to say a few words. If you want to check it out I got to explain what a woman can do to help their relationship..and if you know me I get really nervous speaking in public, so this was incredible nerve racking to me! you can watch the episode here.. http://video.citytv.com/video/detail/936318630001.000000/cityline-may-11-2011-family-day/

Across from the studio, downtown Toronto

CN tower

The three of us in the studio

Carmindy from TLC'S what not to wear

As for me I got to sleep in ( which is a HUGE deal because I have only got to sleep in about 5 times since Ben was born) and I got beautiful flowers and two really sweet cards one from both of my special guys!

To add on to that, I did get to take a trip to Alberta to spend some much needed time with my family. My sister and I took our mother for a little spa & shopping day, we had a wonderful time together!