All Aboard... My O-town Visit

Well, I've just returned from my trip to Ottawa to see my Nonno and Grandma and gosh do I feel relaxed and refreshed. The grandparents just hugged and cuddled me at all times. This suits me fine. I like to hug it out. It encourages deep sleep. I sleep best in someone's arms it seems.

The trip came about as my Dad had planned to go to NYC and thus, my mommy decided to go stay with my grandparents while he was gone. My dad didn't end up going to New York as the trip got canceled due to something he called the 'frigging idiots running the US economy" so he gave me a big hug and off to work he went. Bulls/Bears/High Finance. I don't know what he does. All I know is that he wears a funny uncomfortable looking thing around his neck and that he brings home da bacon.

So Mommy and I took the train to Ottawa and gosh do I like the train. I get really excited to be on the train and feel the subtle movement but, my absolute favourite is when another train comes whizzing by me and I can see the train moving in the window. That is soo cool. It makes me laugh and smile as I wonder where is that train going?. Are there any babies from Ottawa going to Toronto to visit their grandparents? Are their grandparents really excited to see him like mine are? Sure I'm only 6 weeks old but, these are questions I ponder...

Once in Ottawa I saw Grandma and Nonno and boy did they miss me. They haven't see me since I was born and now they can't believe how big Ive gotten . The doctor say's I'm 12.4 pds. I do feel like Ive put on a bit of weight lately but, if the kitchen's open whom am I not to eat?? That's just rude .. And I don't believe in rudeness.

I was looking at Nonno's cheeks for a while and Ive concluded that he and I have the same type of cheeks. Good for pinching. Oh yeah Aunty Lily was also in Ottawa at my grandparents home and she hugged me quite a bit as well. The only person missing from the trip was my Aunty Naomi who was back in Toronto but, not to worry she called every day at 9:30Am like she does in Toronto to get her Evan-fix.

My Nonno also brought me to his bagelshop and food market to meet his employees and customers. Some real nice people were there. They seemed to know my Mommy from when she was my age! Boy who can picture my Mommy being my age. Not me. That's for sure. Then I got sleepy with all the commotion so, I took a little nap in the store while the adults ate and talked.

The next day the Montreal crew came down to visit. I met for the first time Nonno Nonno ( or as my Dad calls him Il Capo di Tutti Nonni) and my mom's Aunt Mary And Uncle Joe. Aunty Mary is my Nonno's sister. I really like them. They seem like a great group who know that the best way to a baby's heart is to give him tons of candy ( just putting it out there in case one of them reads this). I heard through the baby grapevine that I have a new cousin named Jessica who was born 2 weeks ago. I can't wait to meet her!

Unfortunately the trip had to come to and end so, Nonno drove Mommy and me to train station and back to Toronto we went. I was so tired from the trip that I went straight to bed when I got home. Its quite tiring being adored for 4 days straight.... though I do think I can get used to it!

Daddy and I chillin'

Me in my orange G diaper...good for da environment

What's Daddy doing? Silly Daddy!

What's this on my head?!! Auntie Lili, do you know?

And yes, I am wearing yellow gingam pants which Auntie Nomi thinks makes me look like a girl! I don't think so!!!

The Beast Awakens...

One thing that I do very well is sleep:) On Monday I slept all day, even through Mommy and Daddy's anniversary dinner date! I went to a restaurant for the first time even though I don't remember anything as I was asleep the entire time. That made Mommy and Daddy happy:) So they enjoyed they fancy Mezes meal at Lambros on the Danforth while I slept the whole time and dreamt about extra padded diapers and pacifiers full of breast milk! oh the joy!

However, sleep can be tricky for me at this thing called night time. I'm not a fan of night time...I can't see anything!! It's very weird, I can hear mommy and and can feel mommy but I can't see her so I don't like it at all. I let her know that I do not like it so she places me right next to her so at least I know that she is there...in a seated position of course! I like to sleep sitting up, it's very comfortable. I don't know why everybody doesn't want to do it!

So she places me next to her and I am all warm and snuggly and I slowly drift off to sleep...but then something changes...I am no longer sitting up! I am lying down on my back!! It is not snuggly on my back! It is cold and hard! Where's mommy? I can no longer feel her! Oh boy, I am not happy so I start to huff and puff and grunt to show my displeasure.

Sometimes I am so upset that I can't get to sleep...so what does Mommy do? She shoves a plastic thing in my mouth! What good does that do? I am not a fan of the plastic thing and I let her know about it, but she keeps it in my mouth...yuck! But then something happens...I start to suckle on the plastic thing...and then it hits me, like a drug...my eyes roll into my head...I suckle and suckle and instantaneously relaxation sweeps over me. Oh the bliss that is suckling!! Once I start, I can't stop and I fall fast asleep. I don't even notice that Mommy puts me in the bassinet, and that's where I stay for 4 hours, which pleases Mommy to no end for some reason.

It's Da Weekend!!

Well today's Friday and I can't speak for everyone else but, TGIF baby, TGIF. It's been a tough week for me. I'm looking forward to a little weekend R&R.

First, Mommy decided with my recent growth spurt to 9pds ( all muscle obviously...duh) that some of the outfits I have been wearing up to now we're getting a bit small. Well I like my baby blue one piece Egyptian cotton jumper. I feel good in it and more importantly I like the way the blue colour compliments my Mediterranean skin tone. But, since Mommy decided it's too small I no longer get to wear it. She has replaced it with this yellow one piece from H&M that I really don't care for.. Since when did the Swedes become fashion plates?? But, I'll let her think I'm fine and show my true feelings about my wardrobe change at 2AM tonight. That should teach her a lesson!!

Secondly, Papoo came back from Greece yesterday and stopped by to see me for the first time. Daddy tells me I'm named after Papoo so, I was on my best behaviour for the old guy. Hey you need to treat the grandparent's well..you never know when they might slip you a new teddy bear. Me, I like the musical teddy bears that can take a pounding. I don't like those delicate teddy's that you can't throw against the wall. I want my teddy to be able to play Chopin perfectly regardless of the beating I put it through.

Anyways, Papoo stopped by and while I was quite happy to see him, he was talking to me in some language I couldn't understand. It didn't sound anything like the language I've grown accustomed to the adults talking. But, what do I know about languages; I'm 4 weeks old! It's all Greek to me.

Though, what really threw the week into disarray was the television show that is being shot across the street from our house. ( I say "our house" but, it's really my house. My Mommy and Daddy are slowly learning this fact.) They are shooting an episode of Selling Homes from the Home and Garden television channel and gosh are they disruptive.

They've taken over the whole neighbourhood and when Daddy takes me for a walk, he has to walk around these big trucks and cross the street to the other side to avoid all their equipment.
The thing is, I don't like walking on the other side of the street; no one on that side has any babies for me to chat with. At least on my side of the street there are a couple of my peeps and we like to check each other out when on walks.

And TV people get real loud in the afternoon while they're shooting ( you'd think they're Martin Scorsese by the amount of re shoots they do) and interrupt my prime nap time. In fact on Wednesday they were so loud that I woke up and started crying because I was unsure where I was... jeez it was so noisy I almost did not feel like eating. Key word almost. It takes quite a bit to make me not want to eat....

So I'm glad it's Friday and the work week grind and it's commotion is behind us. Personally, I have a pretty nice weekend planned ahead for me. I'll wake up, eat, sleep, wake up, eat, sleep and repeat. Sure it sounds a bit quiet and boring but, did you not just read about the busy week I had??


Au Revior,

Day 22

Today, I woke up quite refreshed. I slept well last night after a rough start to my evening sleep. Daddy made a boo boo last night and put me in the bassinet right away without allowing me to cuddle with Mommy and fall into a deep sleep.

But after that (at around 2:30AM) I settled in so, I thought I'd wake Mommy and Daddy up at 8AM by screaming.... I like to scream to signify that I'm now awake. Sure it may annoy my parents and piss off the neighbors but, hey that's just how I roll.

When I feel something I just state it; and LOUDLY. No need to hold things back and be subtle. I have something to say, I say it.

So Daddy came and got me from the bedroom and tried to comfort me. Jeez what's he doing home at 8AM? Doesn't he work? How is he going to buy me a Porsche for my 16th birthday if he's not out there working. To show my displeasure with Daddy's shiftlessness I screamed some more...I hope he gets the message..If I don't get a Porsche I will NOT be happy!!!

After that I settled down, had a bit to eat ( the kitchen's always open for me it seems) and took a nap. Mommy did likewise. Daddy must have got the hint and went off to get some work done.( Did I mention the Porsche??) I dreamt about a lot of things while I was sleeping but, for some reason I can't remember what I dreamt about. My memory isn't what it used to be now as I get older...Ah what you can do.

When I woke up, Mommy took me for a walk to Yonge and EG. Cool neighbourhood. I can fit right in there. Lots of happening people just like me. We went to a bookstore called Chapters where Mommy spent the better part of an hour sipping a chai latte and looking at books about babies. Hello?!? What do you need a book about babies for? I'm right here... just ask me anything you want to know.

Then Mommy ran into her friend Mary so, they both just decided to sit in Chapters drinking their fancy smancy drink's and chatting for another hour or so. All that time I kept thinking how does Chapters make money? Sure there were tons of people sitting there reading the books and just lounging but, I didn't see one person buying a book the whole time we were there. I know I'm only 3 weeks old but, aren't stores supposed to actually sell stuff? I'm gonna have to talk to Nonno about this as he owns a store. Surely he doesn't just let people loiter in HIS store.

Right now I'm just hanging out in my chair adjusting to my new diapers. Mommy feels as I'm now up to 8.6 pounds, the diapers I have been wearing are getting too small for me. She say's these new diapers are better for the environment but, really to me it's all about the comfort and style. No need to have my bum uncomfortable or looking like some of those babies I saw in the hospital with diapers that look like they came from the 70's.. No Sir..not me.

Well it's been an hour since I had a nap so, till next time.

3 weeks old!!

I am 3 weeks old tomorrow!! It has gone by very quickly. I have been practicing using my lungs and vocal cords recently...I can be very loud:) My Mom and Dad are very tired, but they still love me.

I have also been practicing lifting my head when I have tummy time. I can move it from side to side...I is very strong!

Yesterday Daddy and I went to Second Cup in the morning. We met Daddy's friend there. He has a son, Mason, who is 6 months old and is a lot bigger than me. Daddy tells me if I keep eating the way I do, I'll be as big as him in 3 months! Daddy and I, his friend and his son all then went for a walk. I didn't cry at all:)

Daddy and his friend talked the whole time about getting out of the rat race...I didn't get it so I asked Mason "what's this rat and why do the big people race them?" Mason didn't know about the so called rat race either.. so then Mason and I just slept while the daddies walked around pushing us.. Daddies are good at that!! I got hungry from listening to the adults talk so, I told Mason 'later man' and had Daddy take me home to see Mommy!


Mommy and I went for a walk in the rain today...I cried most of the time because I was hungry. It took mommy a while to figure that out...silly mommy:) She walked home very fast; it's the fastest she's moved in months!

Right now, I'm just hangin' out in Mommy's arms while she types this message...I like making grunting noises.

My First Blog Ever

Hello to all who read this (lili and wom)

I don't know what to write yet. I should give him a bath but he is fast asleep and I don't know if I should wake him. I'm still new at this mom thing:)