Random #3

My Grandpa owned an '84 Toyota Tercel. When he could no longer drive, my Uncle Jim took it. He lives in Vancouver and would only drive it a few times a month, to come to Abbotsford - so when we moved back to Canada and didn't have a car, he gave it to us. It's been pretty good actually for such an old car...but it's a little iffy - it could go at any time.

Well last week we were driving back from my Grandmas house and the car stalled and wouldn't start again, so we got it towed to the shop. It needed a new distributor (whatever that is). Anyways, we decided to get a quote and decide what to do: whether we should fix it, or just take it as a sign to give it up. Anyways, while we were deciding, someone at the shop went ahead and fixed it when they weren't supposed to!

So we decided that we would drive it for a bit longer, take it by some auto-wreckers and see what they would give us for it. Conor and I were going to go pick it up today, but then my mom called this morning. Apparently someone drove by the shop and saw the car and they have one like it, and want to BUY THE CAR! haha...so it looks like we'll sell it without having to do anything at all!

Anyways, how random is that?? The thing that adds to the randomness is that Conor owned a 1990 Toyota Tercel and when it broke down he had it sitting in the yard at his house. He hadn't gotten around to trying to sell it or anything, but one day Conor's mom was out in the yard and a truck drove by and the guy came up to her and asked her if the car was for sale because he would like to buy it!

Recent Pics

I hadn't really taken any pictures in awhile!! So here are some recent ones - all about 10 weeks old.

Enjoying a Timmies Iced Cap during play time :)
Contemplating life

I was going to try to do a "photoshoot" with no soother present...he wasn't having ANY of it!

Exercising those legs

Nap Time

Chubby legs!!!

New booties that Auntie Helen in Australia made!!

Smiling and Laughing

He's certainly having more happy moments these days (although he's still a grumpy pants most of the time!!)

After feeding him yesterday I had him on my lap on a pillow and I was going through my camera and watching other videos I had taken to see if any of them were good enough to post.

He must have heard my voice, or his own cooing or something, because then I looked down and he was smiling away!!



I had also taken a video of him standing with Conor, but I was dumb and had the camera turned on it's side, so then the video is sideways! How long before I remember to NOT do that?? Anyways, I try to take another one sometime.

But he LOVES standing these days. We obviously hold him up, but it's more for balance because his legs are pretty strong. He'll stand for awhile, and then get tired and bend his legs, and then he'll get some more strength and stand up again.



I'll post some new pics later today:)

Random #2

This story isn't really about me...but it ties into Random #1.



When I was in grade 7 we lived near Mouat High School. Mom and I had our rooms upstairs, and Dan and Kevin had their rooms downstairs (although, when these things were happening, I don't think Kevin was living there). At the top of the stairs there was a little nook that had a washing sink.



Anyways, one night I'm in bed, almost entering blissful sleep and I hear this earth shattering scream! I run out of my room to the stairs where Mom and Dan are laughing hysterically. IT had begun!



I don't know how often it occurred, but every so often, when I was almost asleep, I would hear either Dan or my mom scream really loud, and then both of them start laughing.



They liked to scare each other! One of them would stand by the sink at the top of the stairs, and when the other person passed they would scare them, in turn making them scream...and then they would both have a good laugh about it!



I don't understand why they enjoyed that so much, but it caused alot of bad sleeps for me!

Random #1

I lived in Northern Canada between the grades of 2.5-6. I can't remember when this story occurred but it was probably in the last year we lived there.



I went to the elementary school, and my brother was in high school. So sometimes I would get home from school first, and sometimes he would. One day I got home and I was the first one back. I got myself a snack and went downstairs to watch some after school programming. Eventually I went up to my room, I opened the closet and "BOOOOOOO!!!!!" Out jumped Dan!



I was terrified...I probably had a minor heart attack. I don't know if I already had an intense hate of being scared by someone before this, but if I didn't than this incident is what spawned it!



Now this part probably only happened once or twice, but I feel like I did this every day after that. After that day I would come home from school and start the rounds. I would go through every room in the house, look in all the closets, and eventually make my way down to the basement laundry room, where I would sit on the dryer. For some reason I felt that sitting on the dryer was the only place that Dan couldn't sneak up on me.



To this day I HATE being startled by someone. Which Conor has learned by accident. He never means to scare me, but if I don't hear him and then I turn around and he's right there I get really mad! haha...so now he's learned to deliberately make noise so I know he's there.

Randomness

I googled "random" images, and this is the first thing to come up

On facebook right now there is a note going around called "25 random things". You list 25 random things about yourself, and then tag 25 people to do the same thing. I have been tagged 8 times, but I haven't done it...because I don't wanna follow the crowd :)

BUT I have really enjoyed reading other peoples random things, and in reading theirs have thought of some random things about myself. But I don't want to be constricted into only writting one sentance about my randomness. Also, some of my random stories have other little random stories inside them. So I've decided to start posting my random stories on here...enjoy....

Well rested

As far as the "schedule" goes...well, our schedule is pretty much nothing like it. Finn doesn't really like to take long naps during the day...just little cat naps. But I do have a bathtime routine for the most part. I give him a bath after dinner, but not right before bed, because he hates getting out of the bath and starts screaming...and gets too worked up to go to sleep right away.

Usually at night (at least for the past couple weeks) I give him his last feeding between 8-930pm. After that he goes to bed and usually sleeps until 1-230am. So sometimes up to 5 hours straight. After that he goes back to bed, but usually gets up then every 2 or 3 hours to feed, for the rest of the night.

Last night was pretty annoying, because after I fed him he would not go to sleep. He just cried and cried and cried...which he never does after that last feeding. Finally I got him to bed, but he kept fussing for another half hour, I had to keep going in to give him his soother. Then he eventually fell asleep.

I went to bed around 1030, and when I woke up to him making his little noises I couldn't understand why I was feeling sooo full. Until I looked at the clock and it was 5am!!! He slept though the night! I got at least 6 hours of straight sleep!

Amazing :)

Three posts in one day???

I'm sure every parent who reads this can relate.

Don't you just wish that your baby would have a dirty diaper every time you changed him...as opposed to holding it for 2 days and just exploding??

Note to self...if it's been over a day and a half since he had a dirty diaper, make sure he's in clothes that you don't mind getting VERY VERY dirty!!

I survived...

And so did Finnian!

Yesterday was Finnians 2 month birthday, which means the first of his immunization shots. For several reasons I had almost decided against getting these done at all, but because we are leaving the country and such, decided to go for it.

I almost cried!! I knew he would freak out and start crying...but his face went soooo red, and he couldn't catch his breath between the first two big cries and man, it was terrible!! But we survived. I'm surprised he doesn't hate me today!

Anyways, thank goodness it's been 24 hours and no adverse reactions yet...that's what I was most worried about. He was kinda fussy in the early evening yesterday, but I don't know if that was from the shots or not. And then he slept great during the night, and was very cheerful at breakfast this morning.

I'm just glad that's over with!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Husband!

Usually for a family birthday in the Sweeney household, we have Grannie and Papa and some others over for dinner and then have cake and presents afterwards. But for today, Conor's mom offered for us to leave the baby here, go out for dinner, and then come back for cake.

So, YAY, we get to go out for dinner just the two of us :)

** Change of plans...since we would need to be back for dessert, and don't really know when we'll leave for dinner (because it all depends on when Finn needs to eat) we're going to stay here for dinner, and then go out on a weekday instead :)

Two months old - Pics and Videos

Here are some recent pics. Enjoy!

His smushed lips!

So Finn doesn't really have that big of a wardrobe (which is fine by me...why spend all that money on something he'll only wear for a couple months tops!), and most of his clothes are sleepers. I LOVE sleepers...for the most part I think babies are the cutest when they are just in sleepers. But I still wanted a couple things that Finn could wear that weren't sleepers. So on top of the two or three outfits that were given to me, I went to Value Village and found these overalls for $2! I had a few long sleeved onesies that he didn't really ever wear because he always wore sleepers...so now he can wear them with his overalls!

I also got him a pair of jeans, but they were too small. He was given a pair for 3-6 months, so he'll just have to wait until those fit him!

Oh, and Value Village is having a 50% off sale next Monday, so I'm going to go and pick up some more cheap stuff...I just can't justify spending $20 on something new that I can get from Value Village for a couple of dollars. And with baby stuff, unless they were previously used on 10 kids, or have stains on them, all this used stuff is basically new anyways.

My mother-in-law got this little bear suit for Finn from Value Village...it's too big for him, but it's great to just zip him up in it when I go out in the stroller...instead of having to pile a whole bunch of blankets on him. It's so cute...when he's not in it, I put it on his little rocking chair and so that he has a more comfy seat.


I bought this little bath thing for Finn off Craigs list. He was getting too big for the baby bath, but it was hurting my back to hold him in the big bath. He loves it

A few people have asked me when I will be getting professional photos done of Finn. I have nothing against other people doing it, but at this moment for me there are two things holding me back. 1) cost and 2) stress. I would get really stressed it Finn was fussy and someone was trying to take pics and stuff. So I think I'll just stick to my own "photoshoots" or just do candid shots...I like those best anyways!

I know, I know...too many pictures with Binky (aka his soother)...I'll try better next time!!

Okay, this video isn't really the best. Whenever Finn is really happy, I never have the camera near me...but he's sort of happy here...and you can hear the beginnings of his "talking" near the end.

Two Months Old

My little man is now two months old! (tomorrow)

Time is funny somehow. Sometimes something can seem so short and so long at the same time. We lived in Melbourne for 2 years, and on the whole it seemed like it went by so fast. But when I would look back at certain events it seemed like they happened soooo long ago.

It's hard to imagine that two months ago Finnian wasn't born yet. It's gone by so quickly...but at the same time it feels like he's been around forever! haha...strange.

Here are some things that have excited me about his growth:

• He has eyebrows now...he had them all along, but they have gotten darker so you can really see them



• He has eyelashes! I don't know why, but I really like that fact that he now has eyelashes!



• His neck is so strong. When he's fussy, sometimes the only way to calm him to to hold him around the stomach (so that his back is against my stomach) and walk around. He lifts his head up and just takes in the scenery



• He has chubby thighs! I always thought that I would prefer a slim baby to a rolly-polly one, but I wouldn't change his rolls for anything!



• He can see! It's amazing how much he looks around now. And when you talk to him he turns his head towards you (although, to Conor's disappointment, he doesn't always look you in the eye!)



• Smile! That's right, we're getting real smiles now (not just gassy ones!) Wednesday morning was priceless. I got up with him after feeding him at 730am...I put him on his little play mat while I was on the computer and I heard him making weird breathing noises, the ones that usually accompany crying, so I turned around and he was smiling soooo big! He was kicking his legs around and looking at all the dangling things. Then I brought him upstairs so I could eat and Conor's dad was up and came to see the baby and Finn was smiling so big! and almost laughing even...it was so exciting to watch!



• "Talking" - I'm not hearing any of the typical goo's and gaa's yet...but he's starting to make separate little sounds. Sometimes after he's cried for a bit, and he's still upset...and sometimes when he's happy.

Then there are just funny little things that he does that I like. Like if he's fussing in his crib, but it's not feeding time, I try to give him his soother, and he brings his arms up to mine and holds them there until the soother is in. I also like watching him try to eat his fist when he's having "tummy" time...haha.

Well, that's alot of new things for him, and I'm looking forward to what the next two months bring!