Tulip Festival

Monday Holden and I went for a fabulous walk around the Tulip Festival with our playgroup. Here are some pics from it.

Weekend visit

My old friend Miko and her new husband Michael came for a little visit over the weekend. They are from Toronto and came to Ottawa to visit family and dropped by to meet Holden for the first time. Holden really liked them, he loves being the center of attention!!

Playdate

We went to an awesome playdate today. I got to hang out with lots of friends and all the babies were cute and happy. Holden saw his usual friends as well, and met some new friends too. Here are some pics.

Quel beau weekend!

What a great weekend. My mom and my aunt came to visit, and we had a fabulous time. Holden LOVES his grandmaman and he LOVES my aunt. He was showing off, smiling and flirting all weekend. On top of that, he slept 10 hours STRAIGHT Saturday night!!!

The weather was fabulous so we went for a couple of walks. Holden was born in November, so I'm used to always dressing him warmly before leaving the house. It's a very odd feeling to go outside without bundling him up! These pictures were taken after the morning walk, when it was still a bit chilly, but the afternoons have been crazy hot the last couple of days! We've gone from putting winter jackets on him to needing a sun hat in the course of 2 weeks! This country is so weird.

John wasn't here for the weekend, he was in Montreal at the UFC event. George St-Pierre won in his hometown! Wooohooo!! He was very excited to be there.

Photos from the weekend:

Holden has a giggle with daddy

Holden sleeps!!! Really well!!

Last week we decided to stop co-sleeping and move Holden from our bed to his own crib. The decision was a sad one, but I was just not getting any sleep. Holden was constantly comfort feeding all night long; often every hour and sometimes even more; and he was very fidgety, which left me exhausted most days. We thought it would be a really tough and long transition, and we braced ourselves for a long couple of weeks of slow transition (we're against letting him cry it out). Turns out it was a piece of cake!! The first night he woke up only 2 or 3 times, and ever since then he's only been waking up once or twice!! He usually gives us at least one 5-hr stretch! I'm sleeping again, and Holden is also having more restful nights.

Here are 2 pics of him from last weekend (we really love thsi outfit, as you can tell!)

The thinker (or the couch potato):



Holden got an Easter present from his cousin Cole:


And it was Keira's birthday! Happy 2nd b-day!!!!

Holden rolls over!

Yesterday (March 20) Holden and I went to a baby playdate. It was lots of fun, all the babies were about the same age (there were 7 babies and 7 moms!). In the middle of it all, Holden was on a blanket on the floor and rolled onto his side, a somewhat normal occurrence. One of the moms asked if he's rolled over yet, "not yet!". Then I started dangling a toy just out of his reach, and what did Holden do??? He rolled over!! He got a huge round of applause from all the ladies, and lots of kisses from mom. He has yet to repeat this magical moment though :)

Here are some pics from the playdate: