baby wearing

I really LOVE my Rockin' Baby ring sling. I love that Micah loves it just as much as I do and will calm down within minutes (usually falls asleep within 5 minutes too) I love having him close to me, but it also allows me to have my hands free to do other things ( like do laundry, take photos at my brother's wedding, stamp, be on the computer, eat, play games, etc) I always knew that I wanted to be a baby wearing mama but never realized how much I would love it!

 I love that with the sling Ronel (or anyone else) can also use it and wear Micah.

I also like that we can go for walks and not have to take the stroller. It is also a great workout - especially as Micah continues to get bigger!

Oh - and something wonderful about Rockin' Baby slings is that they have a special Mother to Mother movement and for every sling that is purchased, they give a sling to a mother in Haiti.

photos from my brother's wedding

October 1st, 2011 was my brother's wedding. 

The wedding was great and the reception was a new experience. The reception was a traditional Chinese reception held at a Chinese Seafood Restaurant. Each of the 10 dishes were chosen for their meaning and each was served one at a time. There were quite a few dishes that were very different for us. I tried to have a taste of everything but there were some items that I didn't/couldn't try. Marshalla & Curtis had 3 different outfits - the traditional North American outfits for the ceremony & the beginning of the reception, then they changed into traditional Chinese outfits and then later on changed again - her into a red evening gown and him into a red vest & tie. All 3 outfits looked great on both of them! The reception was long and we headed home just after midnight. We got home just before 1am - over 15 hours after we left home that morning!!

The Newlyweds!

The sisters and the 2 youngest nephews. This was the first time my older sister Tanya met Micah (She's holding Micah in this photo)

Micah did great - he spent all of the ceremony on me in the sling asleep. I had to wake him up after the ceremony to feed him. He did great at the reception as well, I fed him right when we arrived (we were early to help set out favours) and he was passed around the table to hang out with his aunties and then he went back into the sling when he got tired. I had a couple people mention that they were surprised how little noise they heard him make. He was a little upset that we put him in his carseat and drove home -- he woke up on the drive home and wanted to eat and he wasn't so happy that he had to wait till we got home! He ate and went right back to sleep as soon as we got home and slept straight through 9am when he woke us up.

The day was just great and we are happy that we got to celebrate in their special day! That was the last of my siblings to get married!

8 weeks

Micah is 8 weeks old!!Wow - where did the time go?

He has his 6 week checkup last week and was 12 lbs 1.5 oz  and 23 1/2 inches long. Feeding is going well and Micah has started cooing. He loves to be worn in the ring sling and very quickly falls asleep when he is being worn in the sling. Both Ronel & I can use the sling so it is great. Micah spends a lot of time in the sling as it allows me to have him close, he loves it and also have my hands free to do other things that need to get done. This past week Micah has also started sleeping 6-7 hours straight at night. He normally sleeps from 11 or 12 at night until 6 or 7 in the morning. This works out well for me because I get my second wind around 9 and don't want to go to bed until 11:30 or so anyway so it means I am awake for his last feeding before bed and then we both get a good chunk of sleep. Ronel leaves for work most days at 6am so it also means I am up to say goodbye to him.

This weekend my oldest sister will get to meet Micah as she is coming over from Vancouver Island for my brother's wedding. He will also get to meet some other relatives he has yet to meet.


It is currently 12:16 am and Micah is very much awake and alert! I am hoping he has plans to go to sleep soon and that he continues with the 7 hour sleep as tomorrow is a busy day and I won't get to have a nap!

Off to walk him around the house in his sling in an effort to help him fall asleep!
(there are photos but they need to wait till I have more than one hand free!!)

I just got this photo from my mom. It was taken while when she came to visit her newest grandson in the hospital. I was sad when I realized that we hadn't had any photos taken of the three of us after Micah was born. Thankfully someone else thought of it!!

This photo was taken about 7 hours after Micah was born. Those smiles on Ronel & I's faces are pure adrenaline and joy! This was 13 hours after I went into labour and after a long night with no sleep!

Micah's dimple

Micah has the cutest little dimples and I've been trying to capture them in a picture but hadn't had any luck. Tonight Micah was lying on the bed beside Ronel and I sat in front of him and asked him to smile for me and he kindly smiled for me and allowed me to capture his cute dimple for all to see! He also has a dimple on the other side. 

flashback...

I was playing around tonight with my picasa web albums and found some old photos of Ronel & I that I thought I didn't have any more (due to computers & external hard drives dying) and thought I would play around with them on picnik.com. These are the results.   

photos

hard to believe

I was going through photos and found this on Ronel's camera. This was taken only 5 days before Micah was born. Hard to believe there was a 9lb baby hiding in there.
  
That is also me 26lbs heavier than I am today. I am so amazed and blessed that I am healthier today than I was 11 months ago before I got pregnant. I currently weigh 37lbs less than I did when I got pregnant, without a huge change in my lifestyle, but smaller meals (mainly due to a much smaller appetite), less "junk" snacks and an increase in physical activity (mainly walking more). Ronel & I endeavoured to get out and be active more to help us both be in better shape for our son. It wasn't difficult as BC is beautiful and there are lots of gorgeous places to go for walk. Even just walking around the block gets you up & moving. I am so thankful for a relatively easy pregnancy that allowed me to keep active and also to keep working up until 39 weeks.

just for fun

milestones

Two years ago today Ronel & I landed on Canadian soil together. One more year till we can start the process of making him a Canadian citizen! 5 weeks ago today we welcomed our son into this world.