Motherhood makes me sappy

I'm listening to my blog playlist. I put songs on it that are related to the blog, to motherhood and my life in general. For example, PUSH was our first dance at our wedding. The others, well, they're songs that make me think of Aaron.

And I had forgotten I had put this particular song on it.

Click on Your Song by Garth Brooks.

Prepare to weep.

"It's Your Song"[written by Benita Hill, Pamela Wolf]

Standing in the spotlight

On such a perfect night

Knowing that your out there listening

I remember one time

When I was so afraid

Didn't think I had the courage

To stand up on this stage

Then you reached into my heart

And you found the melody

And if there ever was somebody

Who made me believe in me

It was you

It was you

It was your song that made me sing

It was your voice that gave me wings

And it was your light that shined

Guiding my heart to find

This place where I belong

It was your song

Every night I pray

Before the music starts to play

That I'll do my best and I won't let you down

And for all the times I've stood here

This feeling feels brand new

And any time I doubt myself I think of you

'Cause It was your song that made me sing

It was your voice that gave me wings

And it was your light that shined

Guiding my heart to find

This place where I belong

It was your song

Dreams can come true

With God's great angels like you

It was your song that made me sing

It was your voice that gave me wings

And it was your light that shined

Guiding my heart to find

This place where I belong

It was your song

It was your song

It's always been your song

First solo overnight flight

Ok, so not a flight. But A and I are on our own tonight and all day tomorrow.

He hasn't been sleeping well the last couple of nights. He's awaken at 3am and 2am the last 2 nights wanting food. I think it's a growth spurt.

I just pray he doesn't wake tonight. Mommy is tired.

We have our baptism preparation mass and meeting this week on Wednesday. Should be interesting to have him in church. Particularly because it starts at his bedtime. He should be a real peach. *eyeroll*

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Who knows. I might have to get up in 4 hours.

Play time fun!

We bought A an exersaucer this week. I've been eyeing one for weeks, but was waiting and waiting for it to go on sale. Success!! We got it for 40 bucks off last weekend. T assembled it... the first of many toy assemblies of toys with 100s of parts. LOL.





A is still a little small to sit in the chair without wobbling. So we put a blanket around him and he's able to sit up just fine in it. His head control is amazing for being a little over 3 months.

This is the first time in the exersaucer

Staring contest with the frog

Tummy time. Look how strong his neck is getting!


This pic was taken 2 minutes before he puked on me that resulted in vomit going down my shirt and into my bra. Ah. Gotta love being a mom!

My smiley boy

3 months old and a road trip!

Whew! A busy weekend is over.

First things first. My sweet baby boy is 3 months old today. He's starting to laugh and giggle, and he definitely recognizes his mommy and daddy. I just love walking into his room in the morning or after a nap and he kicks his legs and laughs when he sees us. Just melts my heart into a big ole puddle.

Here is his 3 month birthday picture. Or, as my brother so eloquently put it in an email today: his "quarter-year" birthday.


Road Trip

We wanted to go up to Ottawa to visit family with Aaron. T's grandmother is in a nursing home near Ottawa, I have two Aunts and and Uncle who live there too. Normally the trip takes us about 5.5 hours from here. I was quite anxious about how long this trip would be and how it would be in the car for that long with a 3 month old.

We left Saturday morning around 8:30. Stopped at 11:00 to feed and change Aaron. Stopped again around 2:00. Other than the stops, he was AWESOME in the car. He basically slept the entire way. One of us were in the backseat the whole time just in case of a major meltdown, but it never happened. We just brought lots of things for him to look at (when he was awake, which was not a whole lot).

We had good visits. We stayed at Uncle Brian and Aunt Lyn's house. They had a bassinet for him to sleep in, which was awesome. Even better was the central air. It was friggin' hot this weekend. Poor little guy is just melting in the heat. Anyway, when we arrived, Aaron had a special outfit on just for his great Uncle who is an avid Ottawa Senators fan, and Maple Leafs hater.

On Sunday we drove out to see T's grandmother and Aaron's only great grandparent. She seemed to be just thrilled to have visitors and to see Aaron.

This was a very special visit, even though he will never remember it. She's turning 90 years old next year and is in a nursing home. This moment really made me miss my own grandparents so so much this weekend. They all would have been just thrilled and so very excited to have met him.

After visiting Great Grandma, we headed out to see my Aunt Sue. She is ill and wasn't able to travel to our area after Aaron was born, so we went to see her instead! She's been a crazy shopper ever since she found out we were pregnant. Aaron is so lucky to have so many aunts and uncles who spoil him so much. :)

Sunday evening we headed back to Uncle Brian's house for dinner. Aaron hung out with his Tante Lyn (Tante is French for Aunt for those who don't know).

And.... what Uncle Brian was waiting for. The Sens outfit.

He also met his 2nd cousin Aidan and Andrew this weekend (Andrew's pic didn't turn out so well!).

To sum up, it was a great weekend with lots of new memories (and photos!) made.

Road trip weekend!

We're going on our first extended roadtrip with A this weekend. Oh boy, is this going to be interesting. We're going to Ottawa to visit family, my Aunts and Uncle, and T's grandmother. Normally, it's a 5.5 hour trip. It will be interesting to see how long it takes with the baby.

I am fully stocked with a bottle of wine, ready to be drank when we arrive at our destination! I have a feeling I'm gonna need it!

Napping with Dad

Hanging out with Uncle Daryl

Meeting Great Great Uncle Ron (doesn't he look impressed?)

New pics

I've been a delinquent blogger lately. My apologies.

To try and buy your forgiveness, here are the latest pics of Aaron.

Bathtime fun
Ready to go for a walk with Dad

Watching Baby Einstein

It's been a while!

So what? We've been busy! No new posts in almost a week. My deepest apologies!

This week promises to be very boring, which I'm glad of. We were all over hells half acre last week. Doctor's appointments, lunches, visiting with old friends. We need a week of routine.

Oh, did I mention Aaron slept through the night last night? We got home from my parents place around 9:30 and we put him right to bed. We didn't hear a peep from him until around 6:30. Holy crapola! That was fantastic. Of course, I was wide awake around 3am listening for noises on the monitor. Sigh.

And onto the good stuff.

My family at a wedding this past Saturday. (A was with his Grandma C)

Aaron's newest pasttime: Chewing his fingers

Playing is hard work.