Happy Easter!

We are looking forward to Blake's first Easter! The Easter Bunny has been busy preparing and can't wait to see him find his basket!! We are going to church Sunday morning and then heading to Mom and Dad's for dinner. The Easter Bunny is apparently visiting their house as well! We're also looking forward to Cal's 5 days off. Friday and Monday are stat. holidays for Cal and Monday was supposed to be his E.D.O. (earned day off) so he gets Tuesday instead! We have some things to do around the house but other than that and Sunday we don't have any plans. Just hangin' out! Hopefully the weather will be nice and we can go for a couple of walks. Blake, Heidi and I went for a walk today but the wind was a bit chilly. We hope everyone has a Happy Easter and a wonderful long weekend!

Love Cal, Tracy & Blake

Doing Better!!

So after numerous attempts Blake is now drinking formula from a bottle - straight up!! None of Mom's milk in the mix! When he first started taking it I was mixing 3 oz. of my milk with the formula, then I went down to 2 oz. and then none. I tried Enfamil and Good Start and in the end Good Start prevailed!! I'm still nursing him in the morning before breakfast. He takes a bottle at lunch and at supper time. If he has a snack he drinks water from his cup. I still struggle (inside!) with giving him formula but it's getting better and I know I have no choice! So anyways, there should be no issues for Grandma and Grandpa when we go on holidays April 6th! And therefore, I am now truly looking forward to our vacation! At certain points during the last few weeks, I've thought we should bring Blake with us. But it will only be 4 days, 3 nights and we'll all have a great time - Cal and I in San Francisco and Blake in Stony Plain! I'm very excited to get out of Alberta for a few days! And I can't wait for the shopping! Or the ball game, or Alcatraz, or the seafood, or possibly sleeping in?! My maternity leave is coming to an end. I proposed to my new job going back to work 2 days a week in April, then 4 days a week in May. They accepted and so I start on April 14th. I'll be working Mondays and Wednesdays until May 6th, when I will work Tuesday to Friday that week and then start Monday to Thursday the following week. I'm working Tuesday to Friday the one week so I can have May 5th (Blake's birthday) off! Cal is also off that day so it will be nice spend it together! I'm thinking we should go swimming or something. I'm not too worried about going back on April 14th because it is only 2 days a week. I'm actually looking forward to my new position and the new challenges that will come! I've been in the same job for almost 6 years so a change is welcome! But when I go back 4 days a week, I am a bit worried! I'm worried about how I will get everything done. We'll be pretty rushed after work. Blake goes to bed so early, that it will be come home, feed Blake supper, bath Blake, put Blake to bed and then Cal and I will likely crash on the couch!! At least it will still be early at that point! LOL! But I'm sure Blake's schedule will change, due to getting up earlier and napping at someone else's house, etc. We'll just wait and see how it changes! If worst comes to worst I'll hire a house keeper :) Right Cal!? Cal is off Good Friday, Easter Monday and Tuesday so Tuesday we are all going to the day home for a visit. Then on Thursday I am going to drop Blake off at the day home for a few hours, at which time I am going for a pedicure!! Yay! Then the following week I will drop him off for a few hours a couple of days and hopefully by the time April 14th rolls around he will be accustomed to being there. I was writing out our schedule for Karen (the "day home lady") last week and most weeks Blake will only be there 3 days, due to long weekends and Cal's Monday's off. I'm really happy about that! 3 days a week is what I'd like to optimally work!! Maybe after the next baby! And no it is not on it's way yet!!!!! Blake is motoring ALL over the place now. He even goes on all 4's but then flops down to his stomach and "army crawls". I think he figures it's faster - and boy can he be fast! Especially when he wants something, i.e. Heidi's toys! Speaking of Heidi - you should see Blake and Heidi play! It's awesome! She lays by him and he holds her rope out to her and she gingerly takes it from him and then he grabs it back (all while laughing hysterically), etc, etc, etc! It is so cute. I'm going to try and get some video of it this week. Some other things he enjoys doing are pulling the heat registers out of the floor, spilling water out of the bowl, pulling at snags in the carpet, picking up the smallest things from the floor and stuffing them into his mouth, and chasing after Jazz! Blake is also becoming very difficult to change. He doesn't sit still for long and it is almost a 2 person job! Oh the joys of a child on the move! It is awesome though because for awhile there he was getting frustrated with wanting to get something and not being able to move to it. Anyways, I need to go make myself some lunch! Take care everyone :)

Luv Tracy