Kitsilano Blue Demons....10 year reunion....(already!)

There's nothing like a high school reunion to remind you of all the akward years of growing up. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the Kitsilano Grad '96 10 year high school reunion (Go Blue Demons!).....I would have really liked to see everybody and relive high school if only for one night.

Just reading the guest list brings back so many memories. There really isn't another period in your life where you have so many memories than those years where you're trying to figure everything out. Or maybe, it's only me. Maybe everybody else had everything figured out all along? Geez. Then I must have really stood out as the geeky awkward one. I sure did feel like one. I don't ever remember feeling as self-concious as I did when I was in Kits. It's also funny how there are different moments that flash into my memory about different people. I'll spare you all the details but there are certainly moments in high school that I dwell on for reasons unknown even to myself.

It's funny how we're now supposedly grown up but I really do feel like the same person I was when I was 16...we just now have more responsibilities. Mortgage, job, husband, kid....

What would you have done differently if you were to relive your high school years all over again?

Until October 15th is Done...

For all those who aren't in the tax world...it's busy season for us until October 15th so here's a quick blog and then I'm back to work...

The doctors still say that he's slightly underweight but we're resigning ourselves to know that he's never going to be a chubster....

Introducing...BRONWYN ELISE ADAMS

Here's the newest addition to the Sennet cousins...Bronwyn Elise Adams...

She was born on 9/14/06 at 9:19am by C-Section. She was 3lbs 15 ozs.

I'm sure that Eric and Kelly are so happily tired. Contragulations again!! We can't wait to meet her!

Look At That Face!!!

Look At These Beautiful Pictures Michelle Took...

Look at our Sweetie Pie...

Look at our sweetie pie.... his hair is just starting to curl a little and he still has a pretty big bald spot on the back of his head.

He's learning how to get what he wants and to get where he wants to go. At times you can actually see him trying to figure things out.

He's still going through a little separating anxiety and our daycare is working with him to get him through this tough phase.

Oh! And he got his first tooth yesterday!!! There'll be two teeth on the bottom soon (right now, the top of one has just broken through).

Since he can crawl to where he wants to go and pull himself up onto things, he's now starting to get into so many things and there will be little messes wherever he goes. He loves to rip up magazines and paper...and when he finds anything plastic he loves to carry it around with him wherever he goes.

And lastly,.....Congratulations to Eric & Kelly....they have a brand new baby girl born today....Bronlyn Elise (we're sorry if we've misspelled it!!)...details to follow...

The Starkey Family

The Starkey family will soon be welcoming a brand new baby girl into their lives...check out their new blog!

Auntie Michelle's Visit

This weekend was Auntie Michelle's weekend...we went shopping and shopping and then more shopping...one of our Caleb approved purchases was this walker which he LOVES. He hasn't used it for actual walking yet but he's pushed/crawled it around the living room. He seems to love the sounds and just playing with the steering wheel for many minutes at a time.

Caleb is going to be soooo sad when Auntie leaves tomorrow but they've had some good bonding time together. Auntie watched him all day today while I was at work and she flies out tomorrow morning back to good ol' Vancouver.

Auntie Michelle is coming to Visit!!!

I've been so busy with other things that I don't have a recent photo to publish. This one is from about 3 weeks ago. Isn't he sweet?

Auntie Michelle is coming to visit in 2 more sleeps! I'm soooo excited to see ma soeur!! Elle arrive le jeudi!!

Caleb is going to get his "Auntie Spoiled Me!" weekend and my sister will just eat him up. I'll have to get her to post a blog here during her visit.

Hopefully Hurricane Ernesto (tropical storm now?) won't affect her flight.

Doctor says that it's Separation Anxiety

We went to the doctors on Saturday because Caleb was still congested and I told her about Caleb's 'episodes' at daycare. She reassured me that this is normal and that it's the start of "Separation Anxiety" which varies from baby to baby.

She told me that it's a phase that will pass (although it may last a couple of months). I asked her why the other babies there aren't going through the same thing and she joked that Caleb may be smarter than them in this regard since he's starting to realize what's going on and who's who. Upon further reading onto this subject in my many reference books about babies & parenting, it says that this phase can start around 7-8 months although the majority of babies go through this at 12 months. Some babies are lucky enough to not go through this at all. I asked the Doctor how long this could last, and she laughed and said 'up to a couple of months'....in the meantime, she agreeing with the advice of my co-worker, Kathy....since I can't do anything about it, I should just stop calling daycare during the day since it stresses me out....:)

I also asked whether this could be a result of me spoiling him with too much attention in the evenings & weekends and she said "No". Besides, we are parents and we're supposed to shower our babies with attention when we're with them.

I also asked whether I could do anything to help this transition in any way and she said that there are many lessons during a baby's development where they need to learn how to deal with things on their own and this is one of them. We can't help them learn for them.

I'm starting to understand how hard it was on my parents when I was young....

How Could Our Sweetie Pie Be Bad??

How could this sweetie pie be bad at daycare? This week, he's won the 'bad baby award' which translates into him being the most fussy baby at daycare. (There's only 3 babies there so it's not hard to win this award) :)

When I'm there, he's fine. When we're home, he's fine. But while we're at work, he morphs into this demanding baby that doesn't want to play and when Florice is feeding one of the other babies, he crawls over there, pull himself up onto her knees and stands there whimpering until it's his turn.

He was doing so well for the past few weeks! Now he's regressed to his little ol' demanding self.

Hopefully, this is just a phase and maybe it's attributable to him being a little congested and possibly teething. When I call in to check and when I pick him up I feel like I'm waiting to get a bad report card. What are we doing wrong at home?

Well, it's only been this week so far....anybody have any ideas?

The Godfather Visits....

This weekend, we had a visit from Caleb's Godfather 'Toon'. He's one of Jay's oldest friends from back in the Army days and even though we don't see him often, Jay has the best time when he hangs out with Toon and his wife Heather.

Now, if only my sister Michelle were here so that Godmother and Godfather could actually meet....

Hello??? Anybody There??

Hello??? Anybody there??

Caleb has a New Toy...Thanks to Nicki & Luis

Nicki and Luis were so kind to let Caleb have this toy that Gavin used to play with. Lucky for Caleb, Gabriela isn't as interested in this toy as he is so Nicki just let Caleb take it home with us.

He plays with it constantly now and it says "hello" in English, French, Spanish and Japanese.

Babies and Fathers

You think changin' diapers is easy?

Caleb's Crawling!

Daycare had reported that Caleb first started crawling last Friday but of course Caleb didn't really crawl for me until yesterday (officially). He's not completely steady but he's moving now. It's so much fun to watch him try to get places....but when he gets stuck he gets MAD.

On another note, we've noticed that Caleb LOVES to eat.....I wonder which side of the family he gets that from? He's open to trying all types of foods so we're mainly giving him those baby finger foods (biter biscuits, thick baby melba toast, puff grained cereal and those wagon wheel cracker things) and he loves to sample table food. So far is favorite is egg noodles cooked in chicken gravy with a touch of ketchup. There's something about ketchup and kids. Then again, Jay slathers his porkchops and steaks with ketchup too...

Playtime with Mommy

These pictures were just too cute not to post. He's so much fun now and we have a ball just playing around. Caleb's not crawling yet but he gets on all fours and rocks back and forth and somehow moves a little and then he gets back into sitting position. While I can't wait until I can see him crawling around, I AM a little glad that he's not that mobile yet (since then I'd be running after him yelling "NOO!!!! Don't eat the kitty litter!!!).

We met a new addition to Caleb's daycare (Hannah) and even though she was only 4 months old (Caleb's 7 now), she was a pound and a half bigger! She had the chubbiest cheeks and the cutest little sausage legs. :) I need to remember to take some photos of Caleb at his daycare so that you can see the other cutie pies there.

Next Time, We Go to WakeMed

Two days ago we went to see a pediatric cardiologist in the WakeMed Heart Center and both the EKG and the cardiac echo test results were fine. There were no problems with the origins of Caleb's left coronary artery and the only thing that the scan showed was a small pinprick in his upper two chambers of the heart which babies are normally born with a small opening which usually closes in the first couple months of life. Caleb still has a small pinprick so we're right on track.

The cardiologist said that we don't need to see him or anybody else for a follow up on Caleb's heart and everything is fine. So the next time we visit the pediatrician will be for Caleb's 9 month appointment.

Just to Keep Everybody Posted.....

Just to keep everybody posted on Caleb's Cardiac Echo test results.....the doctor called me last night and told me not to worry but that the pediatric cardiaologist wants to see Caleb for a follow up. Dr. Espina said that it could be a faulty test or due to the way Caleb was laying down but the Cardiac Echo showed an unusual left coronary artery.

Our appointment is next Monday the 17th at the WakeMed Heart Station with Dr. Cotton so we'll keep you posted.

As you can all see in the pic, he's sitting up, he's learning new things everyday and he's always smiling for the camer (except when we sent to Sears Portrait Studio for his 6 month portrait where he decided that he was going to pitch a fit during the entire session).

Michelle & Queenie's Visit

Here's a pic from Michelle & Queenie's visit from NYC. It's so nice to have visitors here.....so many people SAY that they're going to visit but never actually do.....so I was very pleasantly surprised that they actually came down here to HOT North Carolina....