So, March is here! Yea!!! SHAMROCK SHAKE TIME!!! Bill was in DC for the first weekend of March. He went there for a conference or seminar on science labs in schools or something like that. Exciting huh, I guess not. Their plane ended up leaving late because of deicing and then one guy's plane hit the deicing truck, yikes! They all got there in one piece though ;0) Canon and I stayed home and hung out. Aunt Beth & Uncle Conor came over and brought us Chinese food and some good wine. They played and cuddled with Canon and then we put him to bed and stayed up and visited. It was a really nice time and I've missed them a lot.
Saturday I got up and went to 2 mom2mom's with my friend Sam. Her husband Chris stayed home and watched the boys, Alex and Canon. He said Canon cried for 20 minutes when I left but then he pulled out the graham crackers and all was better. Brooke has been telling us that Canon is possessive with toys and Chris confirmed that. We really need to work on sharing, I hope it's just an age thing. Bill and I play with him and he takes away the toys we've been playing with too. Oh well it's something to acknowledge and improve upon. I found some toys and some clothes at the mom2moms. I took Canon home put him down for a nap and then we got up and went to Westborn and I got dinner and some other stuff. We went home and ate and played and that was it. It was a rough night, Canon was crying and wanted to be held so I didn't get much sleep but oh well.
Bill got home on Sunday and we decided to go to Somerset. The baby and kids sale was going on @ Gymboree and I had a coupon so I wanted to go. Bill & Canon went to Stride-Rite to get Canon measured for shoes and he went from a 4m in September to a 4.5w in March. That isn't too bad. After that we went to McD's and got shamrock shakes and went to Arbys to get Arbys melts and mozza sticks. Canon actually ate some roast beef and ham for dinner. This is a rarity because his diet consists of graham crackers, milk, yogurt, apple slices, bananas, and fruit cups. We were excited. It was a nice time.
Nothing much happened during the week just work and getting my clients back on their feet. Friday we went to Cost Plus World Market because they are going out of business and I wanted to look at tables. We have been thinking about replacing the dining room table with a round one. We found a table we liked but had the rental car so we couldn't fit it. We are thinking on it. The chairs that go with it are SO expensive so we are not for sure. We got some cool glasses and some other misc stuff.
Saturday morning I went to a mom2mom with Sam and got back a little later than I was supposed to. I got some great stuff this time, its a good thing Sam brought the truck ;0) Bill was not impressed since we had pictures and it was snowing and I was later than I should have been. However, Canon was still sleeping when I got back. He went down at 9 and didn't get up till 11:30. Our pictures were in Rochester Hills so we were a couple minutes late. We called and let the studio know though. We got there and we changed Canon into his first outfit. We went to this studio because a work friend referred me and they use real animals for Easter. They had 2 chicks, a lamb, and a bunny. Canon tried to kiss the bunny but wasn't sure about the chicks or the lamb. I think he did better with the pictures in the beginning. The photographer told us that with the braver kids sometimes we can get the chicks to sit on their shoulder. We thought that would be cute so we tried it. NOPE! The chick started flapping trying to fly off and then Canon was swatting at it trying to get it off. It was funny to us but he was upset and crying, poor little guy. He got his revenge though he starting beaming the chick on the head with the Easter egg that he had in his hand, poor chick. I think after that we decided we were done and it all took less than an hour. We should have the proofs back within 10 days to 2 weeks so we will have them for Easter. I CAN'T WAIT!
Sunday I stayed home and cleaned and tried to reorganize. We took our floor rug out of the dining room because it was getting food smashed into it and all kinds of other stuff. We now have just the hardwood in there and I think it'll be easier to clean! I did a ton of laundry and ran the dishwasher like 3 times, we just played catch up and it was nice. Bill went to Home Depot to look at basement stuff so he is ready to jump back into that - woo hoo! I am SO excited!
So speaking of dishwasher, Canon knows how to open it by pushing up the lever and does it everytime after I start it. He is a smart little tike! I just take him in the other room and distract him so my dishes will get clean ;0)
I was talking to Bill and telling him that at the mom2mom sale they had the motorized cars. They had a Jeep and a Big Jake construction one. I told him I liked Big Jake but Canon was a bit young for one yet so I decided not to get it for him. Bill then said that he wanted to get him a John Deere Gator so I was like oh, okay. I went to Craig's List for grins and typed in gator and lo and behold there was one for sale in Brighton. I emailed the seller and asked if they still had it and they said yes. We told them we could be out there that afternoon to pick it up so we got it. Bill & Mickey took the van and used the stow and go to go get it. When they got home we took Canon outside and sat him in it and pushed the pedal. I think it scared him but he is still little yet but he continued to sit in it and daddy showed him how to play with it and he laughed and smiled. It should be interesting when he is ready to drive it around, hopefully mommy and daddy will be able to keep up!
He is also walking all over now! We were not sure when it was going to happen but he's been walking more and more since the middle of February. It is the cutest thing. We love it! He is also testing us more with standing on chairs and not listening to us. He has his music chair taken away almost daily. I hope he catches on to this soon. He gives kisses and hugs and is just so much fun!
