2 Years Old

Future blog notice. Just want to give everyone a heads. I am passing the blog torch onto Simon. Between working full time, looking after Kai, dishes, laundry, supper, bathrooms, grocery shopping and maybe even a little bit of sleep once and a while, I have been neglecting the blog. Simon has agreed to carry on with the entries. He has about maybe 10 minutes more free time during the day than I do.

There has been a lot of new things happening around here since we last gave an update. We last said Kai was in love with Thomas. He still does to a degree, but it is more now towards fire trucks, Bob the builder, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, Monster Inc and Cars. He is becoming quite the little boy and talking more and more every day. So much, that next week Auntie Kerri has set up a meeting, possibly, with one of her fire fighter friend's so Kai can drive an real fire truck. I think I am more excited than he is. Should be a good father/son bonding experience.

This past weekend we had his second birthday and it was a success. Kai was spoiled to no end. He received quite a bit of clothing, some books, toys, tools(so he can help his daddy), remote control fire truck plus some hockey sticks. He actually had to go to sleep last night with one of his sticks.

Other than that not too much has been going on. We have uploaded all the new photos up to yesterday. Hope everyone is doing well. Take care.

Summer Fun

First off, we send our apologizes to everyone regarding the lack of new photos and blog entries. Things have been very busy around here. With both of us working full time, household things to take care of and a very active little boy, it is hard to find time to keep up with everything. We are suffering from very little space time.

Kai is now a little boy. He is no longer a baby. He is talking all the time and definitely knows what he likes and doesn't. His current love is Thomas the Tank Engine. He loves to watch Thomas, read Thomas books, sleep with his Thomas trains, dvd covers and bedding. Simon has recently been in the doghouse with Kai because Simon had the nerve to turn off Thomas to watch game seven of the Stanley Cup finals and the masters.

Kai's next love would be playing out side. He loves the backyard especially now that the deck is done. He could spend the whole day out there playing with bubbles and mowing the grass. Going for walks has become more difficult as Kai like to pull his wagon by himself. He maybe growing up but he still has little legs and stops constantly to point out buses and birds. And in case we were not 100% sure, he will also let us know that the wagon is his if we happen to touch it. We hear "mine" a lot.

We are in

The day has finally come and gone. We are in our first home. It has been a tough week so far getting everything organized, but it is coming along. Kai is adjusting well to him new surroundings, especially his bedroom. We have had a few rough nights so far but it is to be expected.

Kai is growing up more and more each day. He is becoming very independant and not wanting mommy and daddy to help out as much. He is quite content with doing his own thing when it comes to cleaning up,putting away his toys or having a meal with his new forks. Kai is still fascinated with vacuuming and tries to copy daddy. He enjoys it that much he tries to take the vacuum from dad to try and tackle the job himself. He does very well considering our vacuum probably weighs as much as he does. Well not too much else to add right now. We will try and be more diligent in the future with our entries. Hope everyone is doing well. Take care

Big News

We have bought a house. Simon and I bought a house this past week. We are so excited to finally have a place of our own. It close to a new school and big park. So perfect for our little man and for us.

Kai is having so much fun at daycare. He is growing up so fast. It is fun to see him discovering his world. He has started to help clean up and loves to put away groceries. Really, I think he just loves to play in the fridge. He is making lots of little friends at daycare and has even made his first craft.

February 2009

Our little man is going up so fast. Everyday he seems to be so much older. We are starting to see just how much he understands. He heads straight for the bathroom whenever the word bath is mentioned. He is now able to point out what he wants. It is so amazing to see how much he is changing.

Kai is going to be starting at a new daycare this month. I am excited. it will be so much more interesting for him. He was getting a bit bored at his day home. Now he will be playing with more kids and really able to learn so much more. He is going to the same daycare as his cousin Sophie which will be great. She is going to keep an eye for him I am sure of it.

We have had a few firsts this month. Kai has fallen in love. With vacuuming. He is always pushing around his little vacuum. He even inspects Simon's vacuuming jobs. Kai got his top two first year molars. They have finally poked through. Now he is working on getting them to come out completely and the bottom ones. Kai also got his first haircut. he was so good. He just sat there and let the girl cut away. Oh, our little boy is growing up.

Life has been very busy

The past month has been very busy for our little family. I have started back at work, Simon went away for two weeks, Kai started at a dayhome, and don't even get me started about Christmas.

I have gone back to work (damn you lottery) which means that Kai has started going to a dayhome. The family is lovely and they have a little boy who is about one week older that Kai. He seems to really enjoy going there. I am slowly getting back into the work groove. I was really hoping to win the lottery but no such luck. I feel about as exhausted as I did when Kai was just born. It is hard to be a working mom.

Simon got to go on a trip to Pennsylvania for work in the beginning of December. He really enjoyed himself even though he missed us terribly. He got to check out a hockey game and make to New York to visit some friends. Our little fella missed his dad a lot. He would go looking for him and sit by the door waiting for him to come home. Big thanks to our parents who help me out while Simon was gone. Again...damn you lottery.

December brought out with it the holiday parties.

Kai got to go to his first kid's Christmas party hosted by Grandpa's work. He had a lot of fun and got to see Santa again. He was great and did not cry. Santa gave Kai an old school telephone which he loves.

We had a great time celebrating St Nicholas Day with my family. Auntie Mich and Uncle Michael hosted the event. All the kids had fun and thanks to the chocolate fountain they had lots of energy. Kai got to spend time with his aunts, uncle, cousins and Opa.

We had the next family gathering at my parents house the Saturday before Christmas. It was a lot of fun and again very exciting for Kai. All the aunts and uncles were there as well as all his cousins. He did very well despite all the people.

We had a nice Christmas morning just the three of us. I was spoiled and so were my fellas. Kai was more interested in playing with the Tupperware then opening his gifts but what can you do. He has since noticed that there are new toys and loves pulling them all out. I think the current favs are the trains that he got. He is into Thomas the Tank Engine right now. We also got him a Fisher Price Little Peoples Train Set. Simon keeps threatening to take out the batteries because Kai loves to hear the two songs that it plays over and over and over and over again. We spend the afternoon of Christmas dad with Simon's family and we were all spoiled again. I am hoping that next year Kai will really get into opening his gifts. He really had no desire to rip the paper or anything.

New Years Eve found us at the Opalinsky's, which was a lot of fun. The Woodroffes were there as well. It was nice and low key which is perfect when you have kids. Kai and Hailey had a lot of fun playing with each other. Hailey was so great with Kai even though he kept taking the pink stroller she wanted to play with. Us adults rocked it out playing rock band which I totally suck at. It was awesome.

I must say that I am glad that the holiday season is over. We all need some sleep. All the partying has effected our little man's sleep. Well in all fairness, he is teething AGAIN.