growing changes things

so i have now grown to the size of an average 6 year old or something excessive like that. I'm wearing clothes that used to fall off me, and i am giving away some clothes that i never actually wore before they got too small. my new car seat is pretty cool - real car interior upholstery, will convert to a front facer when i get a bit stronger, has a real 5 part harness like maverick in top gun, and comes with the essential vancouver accessory - a coffee cup holder - hoowah.

so erm, mom's doing a fabulous job in so many ways. i like her, she makes me chuckle when she goes whoosh whoosh. chuckling's fun, my latest trick.

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anyone for dinner?

after a week of green pesto interspersed with the occasional dose of spinach and ricotta we are very pleased (relieved?) to annouce the return of carrot souffle to the menu :)

sorry mom

so mom went to the dentist today for her post-natal check up, and i think i caused her a spot of bother.....a loose crown, 'leaking fillings', and some cracked teeth. not entirely sure how much is my fault, and how much is mom not eating enough ice cream and chocolate milk but it's not looking good in there right now. still don't know what she's worried about, she's doing better than me. i've not got any teeth at all. may be i need to up my chocolate milk intake?

My musical career begins

now, dad's kind of OK at the piano. i've been watching and listening quite patiently as you see. but in the end it was time to say "move over big guy ... maestro's coming through!"

so, time for the first movie moment at "i-blog-2u", the continuing adventures of Joel Alexander. i hope it works for you, this is my first musical performance. mom managed to catch it on video.

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actually dad really thinks i should be an electric guitarist. i've been showing the right moves to be a cellist over the weeks, and did a fabulous job at conducting some rachmaninov in my early days. you never know i may surprise everyone by becoming a baseball pro and leave music altogether. (dad spluttered into his coffee ... no pressure son, you do anything you want, but baseball ... baseball? not the most exciting sport in the world eh son? think very carefully)

MITTS

today was the inaugural meeting of "moms, infants and tiny tots" (MITTS). basically mom invited all my potential girlfriends around (with their moms) and i got to check them out. I was a bit put out that Noah came too, but he slept most of the afternoon - not so impressive to the girls :). later Finn came to add some real competition - he's about the same height as me, but a month older. the girls are all cute and petite and it was fun to hang out.

we had a lovely time with about a dozen babies and their moms. everyone was on their best behaviour so there wasn't any screaming from the moms and the babies didn't eat all the cookies. hurrah. we're getting somewhere near having our final room built too, which will add a little space and give the purple sofas a more appropriate setting.

dad kept a safe 3 blocks between us and him and did some "work" whatever that is?

was it you?

someone's given me a nasty tummy bug, and i want to know who it was. perhaps whoever's responsible would like to come and change my diapers? they're green and smelly and need changing every twenty minutes or so. mom's fed up already and it's only been 48 hours. i've given myself a sore throat by crying too much and now my voice sounds really strange - kind of squeaky.

i had quite a long sleep last night trying to get better which worried mom somewhat. it was only four hours that i was asleep for, but she was worried i might be getting dehydrated and i don't think my funny voice was all that reassuring.

so....if it's your bug, perhaps you'd like to come and take it back now?

ipod strolling

ipod strolling. the urban parent has many tools in their armory. a night-time stroll in the vancouver drizzle is sometimes the only one that works when i scream and shout and moan and groan and cry and generally express unhappiness. dad put the U2 collection on shuffle, and off we went. this morning i was fabulous kid whom everyone adored. i stared joyously and inquisitively, I sang the songs in church, I showed off my perfectly formed dimples in broad grins, I blew cute bubbles and dribbled on various people’s clothing. I enjoyed hanging out with the penas from mexico city. what a great sunday. tonight I’m not quite so fabulous, so after trying everything that ever calms me down, a stroll in the rain was quite simply the only way to give mom some peace. hopefully after a good feed I’ll enjoy the peace and tranquility of my wonderful cot, and sleep for a few hours at least.

for dad’s version of the stroll, read city of blinding lights :)