New pictures... and apology

Sorry we haven't posted in a while, we've gotten a few comments from friends and family about it! Time is short when you have a baby that only naps in half hour bursts!! At least he sleeps well at night (this is our new mantra)...

Here are some new photos:

With grandmaman:

Tummy time (sorta):

With Aunt Paula:

Bumbo!

A few pictures of Holden in his Bumbo chair!

We also have some pictures of Holden in his Senators jersey coming soon. Holden wore his Senators jersey for the key matchup against Montreal on Saturday - obviously it was effective since the Senators won 6-1 !

New photos!

From yesterday (baby toes!!)

From today:

"Playgroup"

I hosted my first playgroup today! 4 moms came with their babies, all of which were born in October or November (other than Lauren who is 3 yrs old). I met some of them online, and the other is my neighbor and she brought along a friend. Here are some pics from today's playgroup:

Amanda with Kurtis (our neighbors) with her friend Vanessa and Ella:

(from top) Holden, Evan, Aureane:

Lauren:

Aureane & Holden (born the same day!):

Shoveling & Winterlude!

Friday brought us a TON of snow, so John and I spent a couple of hours shoveling Saturday morning. We bundled up the baby and he slept soundly in his stroller while we got some exercise (that snow is heavy!!). It was really nice and mild out, so we didn't mind too much, plus John had a blast throwing me in the snowbanks a couple a times.

We had a fabulous Sunday here in the Nation's Capital! We went to Winterlude ice slides with the Churchill family, then back to Gerry & Lisa's house for a fabulous brunch. Here are some pics from our day:

Keira saying hello to a sleeping Holden:
The Churchills at the top of the slide... :


... the middle of the slide... :

... and the bottom of the slide! :

Keira looking adorable:

Cole looking slightly mischievous:


Back at Gerry & Lisa's, Holden finally wakes up and hangs out with his cousin Keira:

Welcome home Bo!!!

Holden's buddy Bo was released from CHEO on Thursday, so he could finally go home!!! He fought through a really tough case of croup, but now he's home and doing much better.

We're all really happy for Bo and his parents who have had a challenging first year.

We're all looking forward to seeing you soon.

BTW, Bo's blog is here - http://bohawley.blogspot.com/

Sleepless..... days?

So our nights are still fairly good. Holden goes down around 9 (we're working on getting it earlier!) and usually only wakes up to eat twice, occasionally we're really lucky and he'll only wake up once to eat! Then we're up at 7:30.

But our days have gone in the crapper!! My little buddy refuses to nap properly, and it turns him into a cranky pants by the end of the day. He'll sleep great as long as he's in our arms, but it's time to break that. I can't have him sleeping in my arms for two or three 2 hour naps a day, he's getting heavy! So now he's having about six 20 minute naps a day (it's horrible!!) instead of 3 nice 2 hour naps. I feel like I'm spending my entire day trying to get him to sleep!!

My objective is for him to have at least two naps a day that last 1.5 hours or more, and for him to fall asleep on his own and not in my arms.

We've got a new book "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" which I'll be putting to the test. I still have to finish it, and it'll be a couple of weeks of lots of repeat repeat repeat, but hopefully some of the tricks will work.

If any of you moms have any tricks out there, write them in the comments!!!!!

On a different note, we went for a nice winter hike on the weekend and brought Holden along in his sleigh. He's still a little small to put him in it directly, so we rigged up his carseat to fit in it. Here are some pics!