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Swimsuits ready and tickets in hand, we are off to Jamaica on Friday. See you next week.

This Week In Pics

My two favorite boys

Wardrobe ready for a Bancroft visit

Just in case you were wondering, it's not always all smiles

I really need to to a separate post on eating

Lounging on the sofa

The weather has been quite nice lately so going for walks has been fun

Hot Date

Oma came to visit Thursday night for a sleepover so Rob and I could get out for a bit. We gave Owen a kiss goodnight and went out.

Oma working her magic on Owen

Realizing on our walk up Bathurst St. that it's a Thursday night and most bars and restaurants in the neighborhood will be packed so we started to wander along King St. We ended up at Alimento, a great Italian spot that is a restaurant on one side and a market on the other. This is a very basic description but trust me, this place is wonderful.

We started with a cheese and cured meat platter, that white mound at the top of the board was a large chunk of fresh mozzarella

 Thanks Mom for looking after Owen and allowing us a wonderful night out. 

Margaret and Andrew, you're next!!

This Week In Pics

Owen likes to explore everything

Preferred position while grocery shopping

This may not be a great picture but it's the view from the nail salon, where Rob sent me earlier in the week. Fantastic.

Dinner as of late

Early sun sets

Looking a lot like Fall

Mmmmm, banana

This Week In Pics

Cucumbers providing great entertainment and teething relief

First Starbucks

Sharing some laughs with my Aunt Margaret

Messy and fun mealtime with Dad

Play time

Story time is always a good time

What a saucy fellow

Seven Months

Seven months, just seven short months!

Owen finally decided to roll over for the first time yesterday, on the change table of course, and has been happily doing it whenever he's now given the chance. Now the question remains, will he crawl or walk first? I still think it will be walking. Well shall see.

In regards to food, I have given Owen broccoli, carrots, green beans, apple and cucumber with great success. Turns out the cucumber is great as a teething treat, it's cool and great to chew on with his two bottom teeth. The top two have been giving lots of grief for the month and are slowly moving to the surface, these two appear to be more troublesome than the first two.

The biggest thing this month is sleep or I should say lack of. He used to be able to sleep five or more hours straight a night but something has changed and now it's averaging two and a half hour intervals and unable to fall asleep again without nursing. So, Owen and I have been spending a lot of time together and Rob has been sleeping on the sofa. Needless to say it has been tough but this temporary set up is at least enabling us to sleep a bit. I am getting desperate so my spare moments are now going to be spent on reading the book "The No Cry Sleep Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley and reteaching Owen how to fall asleep on his own, without the need to nurse. We tried to let him cry it out but after a particularly tough two hour session of crying I finally caved and nursed him to sleep. A soother is just something else for him to play with and there seems to be no interest in his thumb. So off I go to read and start to road to a baby who can hopefully sooth himself back to sleep.

Any suggestions or tips are welcomed with sleepy eyes and open arms.

Spontaneity Pays Off

Looks like my impulse decision to make Owen a haloween costume paid off. I had entered his pic last month to an on-line shop we purchased our high chair and crib from called Babybot. They do a monthly contest from their facebook page for the best bot-fan of the month and October was for bot-fans in costume (obviously). Click Here for the link to the winning entry in all it's glory.

This Week In Pics

Mmmm, coffee and canoli

Going preppy styles for the day

This is what teething looks like

That smiley face still intrigues him, it's kinda funny

Taking advantage of the 17 degree temp, Owen was not impressed with the fuzzy beret though.

Trying to catch some zzz's in the morning

Morning cuddles with Dad, the best

The harbor slowly closing up for the winter

In Other Exciting News

I have had this coffee plant for around thirteen years now, nothing exciting, just a very lush green plant that has had it's ups and downs. 

Well, for the first time ever this spring it flowered and I was so excited. Then a few months later berries formed where each flower was (just four of them) and to my complete amazement they have matured and turned red! I have not done anything different so not to sure what prompted the growth but I must say that it's pretty exciting. I guess in another ten years I'll have enough beans to roast for my espresso.

Oh Dear!

Thank goodness his new crib shipped today! 

This Week In Pics

Learning to feed himself, good times

Dad teaching Owen some important skills

Serious love for my latte

One more pic of the costume just because!

Meet up with a group of ladies who we all met on Facebook

Owen really likes his new high chair, and so do we

Making some noise at the play group