our Valentine's day

I know Valentine's Day was a whole week ago, but I still thought I would like a little record of what we did for our first Valentine's Day with Cohen. Jon had the brilliant idea to go out to eat at around 3 pm, between the lunch and supper rushes. So we went to the fanciest restaurant in town (which really isn't saying much, since there is a whole section on "la poutine" in the menu, but still. They had white tablecloths and fabric napkins, so that is better than most places around here), and we were the only souls there. It was perfect. Cohen enjoyed playing with sugar packets (always more fun than the toys we bring from home), and munching on some mashed potatoes. Jon and I had steak and salmon, and just enjoyed being out with our easygoing little babe.

Recent pictures of Cohen

 (a little uncertain after we dipped his sweet little feet in quick cement)

(loving life with his blocks)

(looking maybe a little Who-like?)

(lunch break love from Dad)

(same)

(hummus and guac)

(helping mom with laundry, always)

Can't stop taking pictures of our little coconut. So sweet. Also, yesterday Danielle from Miss Verse featured Cohen and I on her blog feature about working moms. Check it out! When I saw my little story on her blog, I felt so honoured since I love that blog. I mostly just blog for family and friends to see how we are doing since we live so far from everyone, but I do think there are lots of working moms out there who might like to hear about what it's been like for me.

Cohen's February teaching day

(checking out his pupils)

Cohen met with his grade threes again today. Today was all about sleeping. I told the class about how Cohen sleeps every night with his teddy bear. Most of the kids in the class also had transitional objects. The teachers were pretty shocked to hear that Cohen sleeps from 7pm to 7am every night. It really is awesome, but we had to go through some rough sleep training to get here. 

Anyway, today Cohen was feeling pretty attached to me. He cried if I was more than a few feet away from him. So that was fine, I just sat him on my lap while the kids asked questions. The kids also each made Cohen a Valentine's card, and he got a little stuffed dog. So cute. Cohen enjoyed crumpling a few cards when we got home. He is such a sweet little dude. I can't even explain how proud I am to be his momma.

7 months old!

(sweet potatoes everywhere)

(looking sweet and chubby)

Cohen is 7 months old today! And I am very sick. Like, stayed home from work sick. We actually debated still getting the babysitter to come so I could stay in bed today, but I decided against that. Being sick as a mom is rough! I have been sleeping through his naps. And I set him up on the floor with all his toys and set up a little makeshift bed for myself beside him. He seemed cool with it. Anyway, he is 7 months old! This is what has been up lately:

- he is comfortably sitting all by himself. He loves to sit on his little blanket on the floor and play with his blocks. 

- he is far from mobile yet, but he has started scooting himself backwards a bit. jon put up the baby gate on the weekend just in case.

- he is eating more and more solids. his favourite way to eat is to shove his whole fist into the bowl of food, then shove the fist right into his mouth. he refuses to take food by a spoon from jon and i, but our sitter reports that she can feed him, no problem. he seems to like oatmeal the best. 

- lately he loves to grab the hair on either side of my head, and pull my head towards him. then he sort of tries to eat my forehead. it feels like he is basically saying "you are mine." really cute.

And that's all because I need to take advantage of this nap to get in a little more sleep!

on the weekend...

 (just starting to be able to sit up by himself)

(snowshoeing. always)

(he is so grabby with our food. here, a bagel)

(hanging out with dad. love those chubby little legs)

(sleeping in the entryway after a long walk. don't tell the physiotherapist)