Wordless Wednesday - Poor lil' Edison has his first flu

Monday's Musings - 8 Months!

It's hard to believe that the babe turned 8 months old last week. It's so much fun watching him grow and figure things out. But at the same time, I wish time would slow down just a little because it's going by too fast. Even though I don't have to return to work until September, I can already feel it looming over me.

Edison is a very happy baby.... and a very active one. He's not really one for sitting still. He's always on the move, wanting to play, and still putting everything possible into his mouth. 

He loves to talk and can get very loud at times. He's a little bit shy when we're out somewhere new or around someone he doesn't really know. But it seems that once he's comfortable, the talking begins. You can click here if you haven't seen the video of him chatting away. 

I thought that by now I'd be able to report that he has started crawling....but alas, it hasn't quite happened yet. He is getting very good at pulling himself along the floor....and can go a fair distance like that. He's been going up onto his hands and knees more and more this past week and has even taken a couple of crawling strides on his knees, but he quickly falls back onto his tummy. He's also been going up on this hands and feet, with his bum up in the air....kinda like the downward dog yoga pose. It's really funny....I've yet to get a picture of him doing that, unfortunately. So I know that the actual crawling is just around the corner, and I'll bet that by the 9 month posting, he'll be crawling.

Edison still loves to stand. He spends a lot of time standing and holding onto things and will even take walking steps when you hold his hands. He still prefers standing and holding on to things, instead of being down on the floor. His balance is really good and frequently holds onto things with just one hand so that he can use his other hand to get a toy into his mouth.

He still hasn't shown any signs of teeth coming in yet. It's funny because we originally though he would teethe early...due to how hard he was chewing on anything and everything. However it seems he's actually in no hurry on the teething front. It doesn't stop him from eating lots of different foods though. He's now eating three meals a day and I'm starting to expand his finger food repertoire. He really likes cheerios, banana chunks, toast, pancakes, little pieces of meat....and he's hit and miss with cheese. The only thing he's had that he really didn't like was scrambled eggs...but I'll try again with eggs another day.

Here are a few pictures of his cute 8 month old self. 

Riding his car

He tries to climb everything

Fun with the Fishies

Jonathan, Edison, and I had an awesome day yesterday at the Vancouver Aquarium (along with about ten thousand other people...it was packed). We wanted to make sure we went out and did something fun as a family while Jonathan was on Spring Break. The weather as a little bit soggy so we thought the Aquarium was a good idea. Plus, Jonathan and I hadn't been there together for a few years.

Edison really liked being taken out of the stroller and held up to the tanks to see the fish up close. We spent a lot of time watching the dolphin show from underneath. We also went through the Amazon exhibit and we checked out the Belugas. Overall, a very fun day!

In the Amazon exhibit

This is Daisy, the Harbor Porpoise.....she came right up to check us out.

This Beluga insisted on swimming upside-down

Edison and I at the Beluga tank

More Fun at the Zoo

The weather was so nice (and warm) yesterday, so my mom, sister, Edison and I decided to visit our animal friends at the zoo. I was so excited about the Spring weather that I even broke out the flip flops for the first time this year.

We weren't the only ones enjoying the sun; most of the zoo animals were out soaking it all in as well. There were a lot of animals out that Jonathan and I hadn't seen outside yet (like the zebras and camels who were usually hiding in their enclosures). Spring has also brought the arrival of many little zoo animal babies which was very cute. A couple of the squirrel monkeys had tiny little babies sleeping on their backs. We also saw some pretty cute little piglets running around in the mud.

Very large rodents (Capybaras and Maras)

The capybara is the largest rodent in the world

 Black Swan

Caribbean Flamingo

Baby piglets....I think they are actually Boars

Arctic Fox

The Emu with the crazy hair

The Ostrich was smiling at me

Dromedary Camel

Bactrian Camel

Camel love

Zebra

Addax

This trip to the zoo was also the first time I had seen the Grizzly Bear....who was probably sleeping the winter away until recently. But she was out yesterday and having a jolly good time playing around. She had some brown paper that she was playing with and it was pretty entertaining. You can also check the video out to see her somersaults. Just a quick note about the video....the lady standing beside me was giving her kid the whole run-down about how this bear ended up at the Vancouver Zoo.

A Visit from Auntie Sara!

My sister Sara came to visit for a few days....from the far away land of Fort Mac Alberta. She arrived on Monday morning and left this morning (Thursday), so it was a quick visit but we were able to spend lots of time with her. She hadn't seen Edison since she was here for her wedding, when Edison was just two months old. So, needless to say...he's changed a bit since then. Edison really is growing so fast, so I was really glad she was able to come and see him. Next time she sees him he'll probably be running circles around her!

Our days were fairly action packed. We visited grandparents (Edison's great-grandparents) in Chilliwack and in Langley, we had some yummy family dinners, and we made a trip out to the zoo in the beautiful weather that we had yesterday. Unfortunately, Sara's husband Ryan wasn't able to join her this time around, but they will both be back in BC for a longer visit in June.

Here are a few pictures of Edison hanging out with his Auntie: