Our September

Back home after a very long time away. We had a wonderful summer back East. Looking back on photos, it makes me feel kind of homesick now. In fact, this was the first time that I felt maybe moving back to Ottawa might not be so bad. My closest friends there have children around the same ages as mine and now all of Colin's siblings are living there with their families and partners. Still it's a big decision and one that Colin and I are not ready to make yet. We really do love our lives here in Vancouver.

My Mum and Dad came out here 2 days after we left them in Ottawa. My Dad had a med school reunion here in town. It was nice to see some of their friends from Scotland. They stayed on for another week and let Colin and I go away for the weekend. It was our first weekend away alone since before Callum was born. We went to Darren Kiley's wedding at Swaneset Golf Course in Pitt Meadows and then off to Harrison Hot Springs Resort for the night. It was great. The hot springs were so nice and we think that the boys would love the kids pool. Mum and Dad did just fine with the boys.

I have weaned Lucas now (as of Sept. 12th) and he is happy taking a bottle and formula. He eating everything that we give to him, even lumpy food!

Lucas has his 2 bottom front teeth now and is still drooling like crazy. He is sitting up now and is able to get into the crawl position for a second and then flop onto his tummy. This morning I saw him use his feet and arms to pull himself forward on his tummy to get at a toy. Wonder how long it will take for him to start crawling. Just this past weekend he started babbling 'ba ba ba' over and over again. Almost the same timing as Callum with the 'ba ba's.

Callum is busy playing with his Thomas the Tank Engine train set. He loves to set up the track. He is also creating airplanes with the mini megablocks now. I was amazed at a plane he created the other day. It was balanced and colour coded. As well, he is showing interest in creating boats with his foam block set. Toilet training is ongoing. He is in underpants almost all the time now but still has lots of accidents.

Callum was given Gus's old balance bike to try out. He is doing really well so far. Maybe by next summer he will be riding a 2 wheeler!

The boys are still not sleeping in the same room. Lucas wakes up around 6 am and Callum can sleep 'til 8 am. Not sure how this is going to work out but I think we will put them together this coming weekend and see how it goes.

I am trying to get Lucas into a twice a day nap routine. Usually they happen in between 9-10 am and 1:30pm-2:30pm. They sometimes last 2 hours but most of the time it's only about 40 mins. By the time 7:15 pm comes, he is ready for his night sleep.

Mimi is visiting next week for a few days.