Too by Two

"God also instructed Noah to bring into the ark two of all living creatures..."

Two things in my mouth at once...

Two buttons on my new coat...

Two beautiful blue eyes....

Two peacocks... (and yes he picked those two out of the pile of animals all by himself, he is just that smart!)

New size Two soother...

Doing Two things at once... playing with toys and watching cars go by...

Two uses for a cardboard box... storing diapers and storing babies...

Too cute....

And Too funny!

Recap

Well this blog is a bit of a recap over the past couple of weeks since I have not been very disciplined in blogging lately. Firstly... Rupert's room is finally coming together. We've got a rug in his room which really warms it up and allows us to spend some time in there when the boy needs a change of scenery. This is actually one of his favorite spots for tummy time and trying to crawl time. I think he really likes the feeling of his new rug, he will just lay there scratching it. Also included a photo of him standing up so you can see the true girth of his thighs!

He is also a huge fan of the tub. Whenever he is cranky we can just throw him in the tub and he is instantly in a better mood. We just bought him some Thomas the train bath toys and he loves them! He isn't so sure about them when we squirt water at him though... he'll figure out that's it's funny one day! He has also figured out splashing! He did it by accident once and kind of looked at us for affirmation of whether it was a good thing or not and we started laughing so he continued splashing! We love our little water baby.

Another exciting event was heading over to our friend Courtney's house. She has two kittens named Michael J Fox and Annabelle. Rupert was a huge fan! Courtney warned me that the kittens had not had their claws clipped in a while, but I assured her that her kittens were probably in just as much danger as Rupert was. He could not wait to get his hands on them! They were a little more hesitant about him, but were very tolerant of his abuse. We sat Rupert on the carpet and let the kittens wander around, he did not take his eyes off of them. They began to fight with each other and Rupert watched giggling with glee. It was too cute... so sad that daddy is allergic and mommy doesn't like cat fur everywhere... oh well at least he can always go to Courtney's for his animal fix.

And the excitement kept coming! We had a wonderful visit from Aunty Megan and Uncle Steve! We have missed them very much since we moved to the Island and it was very nice to have them over. And although we missed seeing Halle and Maya, Rupert was very excited to have his Aunty all to himself and went right to her for cuddles! We had a delicious lunch of quiche, biscuits and fruit with yummy yogurt... of course all Island Farms products! (found the recipes on the Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog... very yummy things to be found!) We are very much looking forward to Christmas when we are all re-united once again!

Next was a trip to Grandma's house for our yearly trip to Moonlight Magic. In Courtenay every year Moonlight Magic kicks off the Christmas season. Back in the day... (I think I'm old enough to use that phrase)... 5th street used to close down, there were carolers in the streets, elves giving out chocolate and all the stores stayed open until 11pm with huge deals to be had... and my favorite... hot apple cider given out at the kitchen store. Sadly, some ruin it for the rest... and because of crazies who use this opportunity to cause a ruckus the street is no longer closed off, we didn't see any carolers, there was no free chocolate, the stores closed at 9 and there was no hot apple cider!!!!!! There were however good deals to be had but there were not too many people out and about sadly... but I did run into some people from back in the day :D We also used this opportunity to do a mini photo shoot with Rupert... this first one is of him in my old wicker chair... my grandparents bought all us kids one for our 1st birthdays.

Next is a pic of Rupert in a high chair that my grandma bought for 50 cents... back in the day... and used for all three of her girls. Then we decided to put Rupert in a basket with a singing teddy bear... a little cheesey but he makes up for the cheese by being incredibly cute! And lastly... something that occupied much of his attention while we there... a massive snow globe that plays music and spins snow all around. He was in love with it! Oh I almost forgot the other pic included is of Rupert on all fours trying to crawl. Colin also used to crawl like that... too funny!

And last but certainly not least mom and I's traditional non fat, half sweet, extra hot, peppermint white mocha's from Starbucks... and Rupe gets his own cup too :D

Bears, Grams and cleaning stones...

Well the first piece of exciting news for this week was that Rupert got some mail! A very special piece of mail! It came all the way from Calgary from his buddy Wyatt! Our wonderful friends Todd and Brianne and their little guy Wyatt went to the Calgary Stampede and Wyatt being the selfless little boy that he is decided not to get a huge bear with his own name on it, but to get two smaller bears one with his name and one with his buddy Rupert's name on it! We were absolutely thrilled to get his own little bear in the mail this week. Rupert was so excited that the first thing he did when we gave it to him was... puke on it... yah that's right! He then got even more excited as he played with his bear that he puked again all down his front. Needless to say, the Rupert bear was a hit!

Rupert and Rupert just chillin...

And then our week got even better with an impromptu visit from Grams! It's so nice to live close enough for her to be able to come down for a day and spend some time with us! We did some Christmas shopping and spent some time just hanging out. It was quite wonderful. Rupert enjoyed playing with his Grams and giving her lots of cuddles!

We had a wonderful time together! Many of the things we purchased this weekend are secrets but something that I will share and am thrilled about is a new cleaner! I saw it on the show Steven and Chris and have been looking for it ever since... it's a totally biodegradable and organic product, which now that I have a baby around the house who puts everything in his mouth, is very important to me. It's called the Universal Stone. It's a clay type stone (in a container) and you wet a sponge and rub it on the stone till sudsy then you clean away! And it cleans absolutely everything you can imagine! Counters, floors, walls, wood, chrome, steel, bathtubs.... everything! And because it's full of natural products you don't even need to wear gloves! I am so excited to use it!

I will close with a couple of cute photos of our ever growing little boy!

Cute little teeth!

Forgot to post this photo of his cute little teeth!

Trains and things...

Grammie and Aunty Em came to visit us this weekend and we had a great time! It is so nice to have family close by, (we miss our family in Abbotsford though!) Colin and Em went out to see Where the Wild Things Are on Friday night and me, Grammie and Rupert went to Fabricland to look for some fabric for new curtains in Rupe's room. Found some adorable nautical stripes that will go nicely with his Beatrix Potter theme for now and will also be a jumping off point for his big boy room eventually.

Reeeeuuuuuupe! He loves giving kisses and hugs!

He also likes to pull hair :D

We bought an awesome electric train set off of a mom's shop and swap group on facebook. So we decided to set it up and try it! Grammie decided to make a little zoo inside of the tracks. Colin made a Big Ben tower and Aunty Em made an awesome tree out of lego! This was all done after Rupe went to bed...

Colin dubbed it, Rupert's Playland...

We sat Rupert down in front of it in the morning and turned the train on... there were a few tears but once he got used to it really enjoyed watching the train go around. Then he turned into a monster and destroyed all our hard work... oh Rupe!

I've mentioned it in previous posts, but our boy sure does love to play without his clothes on... such a happier boy!

Rupert's first bronco ride on grammie's leg... not too out of control, that will come in later years. Gave grammie's leg a real work out... our little 22 pounder!

Grammie teaching Rupert about stairs.

We had a great weekend with the Dyck ladies! Even got some Christmas shopping done! We are eagerly anticipating Christmas, had our first Starbucks drinks in red cups! I tried the new caramel brule latte... not a fan, I will stick to my white peppermint mocha thank you very much. Anyways, we had much fun, with great conversation, great shopping, great play time and great eats!

Curious?

Well our Halloween was nothing to write home about... we had a sick tired little monkey on our hands. Colin has had a flu/cold bug for the past week and we've been doing our best to keep it from Rupert. But Friday morning Rupert woke up with a fever. He did a lot of sleeping and was just not quite himself. However he did continue to eat so that was great! We tried butternut squash this week and he loved it. He would make a big gulping sound as the spoon got closer and then once it was in his mouth would say "mmmmmm..." Very cute! However produced some not so cute diapers!

Despite being a sick little monkey we took him outside for a couple of first Halloween pictures... some with his pumpkin and some in costume with daddy!

Our family of pumpkins...

A very sleepy little monkey

Friends of ours from church lent us a man in the yellow hat costume that they had made last year! We were super stoked! Ever since I found out I was pregnant we knew that our baby's first costume would be Curious George. Colin is a big fan!

Cute little monkey!

We didn't have very many trick or treaters which I was sad about as it was our first Halloween in a house where I could give out candy. I got super excited every time the door bell rang, but unfortunately that was not very many times. We took Rupert out for a little bit to show off how adorable he was in his costume... only three people in Walmart said he was cute... and that did not include the cashier... what????? Look at this kid... he is freakin' adorable! Oh well! :D

Well I guess we've got a whole year to think about what he will be for Halloween next year... any ideas????