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The time that has lapsed since the last blog post is clearly not a point of pride. However, we came to realize that we are in danger of forgetting many of things about the kids. In particular, elements of their personality, and stories that we must remember to embarrass them with when they are older.On the whole, the boys are quite different. Maybe that is to be expected, even though we swear

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Progress on our house is going well, looks like we will be moving on time on May 23rd. Ronan's devious smileGuess where Spencer likes to play? Under the computer desk. It is tough to keep him out some days. Our self family photo - as directed by Ronan Ronan slept in one day so Spencer and I went to wake him up. Playing on the carpetSpencer "everywhere I want to be, but I especially go exactly

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In addition to the update below I know that everyone prefers photos. Laughing at his brother, of course First haircut at 10 months - it was so long in the front that it was in his eyes Swimming lessons The construction worker kitty "I'm not smiling for this photo no matter how hard you try to make me laugh"Spencer just loves the Jumperoo Ronan's last day of Little Gym - Sports Skills class.Luke,

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Well Spencer's 9 months just flew by shortly after Christmas and so we made it to the Doctor for his appointment closer to the 10 month mark. He weighed 21 lbs 12 oz, was 29 1/2 inches long, with a head size of 46 cm (18 inches). He has generally been following just above the 50th percentile curve and continues to do so.He definately feels leaner to me these days but that is likely as he is

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Today I remembered that Ronan had an issue with a nutcracker (creepy soldier style) ornament last year. Consequently, I put it in the hutch. Well today I thought I would see if a year made much of a difference. I told Ronan I had something for him, and then produced the nutcracker. Ronan didn’t really react, except to say "That was disappointing". The nutcracker guy is now the disappointing guy.I

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Spencer had his first solid foods around the 6 month mark and ... it was promptlyspit out. But after 3 or 4 days he was onto it and now at 7 months he prefers solids. At 6 months we also said good-bye to the little car seat as he was much too long for it Spencer at 6 monthsWe took a trip to the local pumpkin patch and took a photo of Ronan's heightWe had fun choosing pumpkins to bring homeAnd

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We just returned from the Doctor and Spencer is doing very well. He weighed 18 lbs and is now 27.5 inches long. Surprisingly he is the same weight as Ronan at this age but 1 inch longer. I had thought he would be heavier than Ronan but I guess it's just the length that makes me feel that he is so big.Spencer is doing all the things he should at this age, sitting by himself, passing objects from

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I have posted a few photos from the rest of our summer along with a quick update at the end. A visit with Great Grandma Roth The Junker family lined up on the water slide Ronan went down the slide with anyone who was willing to take him. The next day Coby decided to take him down and at the end he started to cry. "What's wrong Ronan?" "You went too slow!" Spencer chillin' with Aunt Amanda We

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Mini Golf at the cottageRonan started the week at the cottage running away from the waves, but the end of the week he was doing front floats with his head under the waterRonan playing imaginary soccer with his dad The 1 nap that Ronan managed to take while at the cottage Spencers toes Ronan was so tired that he fell asleep mid snack Matching P.J's Spencer and Daddy enjoying some time at the

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Ice cream after a trip to the Elora GorgeSpencer at 2 months - just happy as can be! This bug mask came in his Chirp magazine and Ronan just loves to become "Mr. Bug" Sometimes he is a nice bug and ... sometimes he is a scary bug. Hanging out with our feet in the air Ronan had a blast at Larry and Lynda's cottage motoring around in this carGrandma came for a visit and helped us clean up the

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The photo above is Ronan at just over 1 month old. The photo below is Spencer today. Can you tell that they are brothers?Spencer at 1 month Ronan playing with his new "word whammer" Spencer was very worried about what was going on ... But Ronan has nothing but love for his brother. He is amazingly gentle and caring. 3 little monkeys in the bed 1 month update:It is hard to believe that 1 month

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Spencer was born on April 8th at 3:24 pm weighing 8 lbs. He had no desire to go anywhere and was born via a planned c-section as he was overdue. He is doing well at home now other than his long fingernails scratching his face up. Just minutes old Note the scratch mitts that never stay on Big brother Ronan is doing quite well and is full of kisses for Spencer. He gets very concerned when he

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Hi everyone. I can't believe it's been a few months since our last post. Now that I'm off work I intend to do a much better job and provide more regular updates. Ronan turned 3 on the 25th however as this was fairly close to the due date for Baby #2 we decided to hold his party a little earlier. We got him a climber/slide set and put it up in the basement for now for all the kids to play on. They

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Lovin' my cameraOpening stockings Happy New Year with Emma & Leah (at 8:00) Relaxing day at homeA few weeks back we attended the Wal-Mart kid’s Christmas party. Ronan was not too pleased with Santa, as evidenced by the photograph. I recently showed him the photograph and asked, "What were you thinking"? Ronan responded "I didn’t want Santa".Ronan has been doing very well with his underwear. We

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Playing with GrandpaRonan was very lucky to get to ride in "Grandpa's Firetruck" in the Santa Claus Parade. He had a great time. Practicing for his teenage years I couldn't resist sharing this picture - Callie looks so silly with her tongue hanging out! Two sleepy heads The past few weeks have seen various bouts of cold/flu run through our house. Needless to say it has made for some challenges

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Ronan's face is painted like a butterfly, Coby thinks he looks like the Ultimate Warrior My boots still fit!Helping to carve the pumpkim, he wouldn't touch the goo, but with a spoon it was OK"Trick or Treat" I am not sure why we insist on writing about Ronan’s sleep. I am sure if I reviewed the previous posts, I would find a disproportionate amount of the blog space devoted to the issue of sleep.

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It has been awhile since the last post. Since that time, Ronan was home for a week with a stomach ailment. On day 4, Papa came for the day to stay with Ronan. By all accounts it was very successful. When I arrived home from work both Lamarches appeared well rested and in good spirits.On the developmental side, Ronan continues pick up new words and phrases almost daily. Tonight he explained that

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We are very excited to announce that our family is going to grow as we are expecting another baby. The due date is April 5, 2008 within a week of Ronan’s due date. Unless there was some very clever hiding going on during the ultrasound, there is only one heartbeat in there. Mom is feeling nauseous on and off for most of the day and of course tired but hopefully that will turn around soon.Very

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For the past few months we have been recording various Treehouse programs for Ronan (Bob the Builder, Backyardigans, Wonder Pets). Typically, we will watch an episode before bed. If we were running late, we would simply distract Ronan, fast-forward a good 15 minutes, and then let the show roll. For the last 3 weeks or so, Ronan has fed us dirty looks after we pulled the fast forward trick;

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It's hard to believe that Ronan is moving up to Preschool on Tuesday. He had a lot of fun in the Toddler room but the days he has visited Preschool he has had so much more to say and seems to be really ready for the move. Last weekend we visited my uncle Gary and Aunt Brenda's farm. Ronan had a great time looking at the horses, cows, cats, dogs, etc. on the farm. He even eventually warmed up to

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Ronan playing his pitch pipe with Papa (he calls it his noise)Practicing balancing in my Lightning Pull Up Underwear The "why are you still taking my photo" faceHis new friend "Snakey" We recently embarked on a sleeping fiasco with Ronan. Pretty much since we returned from vacation, bedtime has been a nightmare. In a nutshell, Ronan was getting out of bed and opening his door again, and again,

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The updates have fallen into arrears; but, if we can keep future slippage to just one week, I would be surprised.We had quite a memorable event early in the week. On Sunday Nana and Papa paid us a visit. My Mom commented that Ronan seemed to be limping. Sure enough, he was favoring his left foot. Closer inspection revealed that he had at least two slivers in his left big toe. So Nana and I

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Out for a rideMelanie had luck convincing Ronan to get his feet wet On the train watching it get ready to go Mmmm S'mores A cold day at the beach 2 monkeys taking in the view from the log in our backyardOn our way home (that's George with Ronan)

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Ronan loved the Hippo at the zoo Looking at giraffes with Grandma & Grandpa I just love this photo A big River Ronan enjoying the beachThese are just a few photos, I will post some more cute ones tomorrow.We got back from the cottage yesterday. We had spent the week with Mel, Jeff, Owen, and Evan, and all said, it was a very good trip and we all thoroughly enjoyed our vacation. The cottage was

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We just got back from two nights at Nana and Papa’s house. We spent Tuesday at the trailer near Lake Erie. More than the Lake or the beach, I think Ronan enjoyed going in the trailer and out of the trailer, perhaps about 1,000 times or so. Unfortunately, sleeping was a bit of an issue, with Ronan not really settling until about 10:00 both nights. Tonight has seemed to go a little bit better. We

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This week was a little bit hard with daycare drop-off. For whatever reason, Ronan was not in a hurry to see us go. Mercifully, this phase seemed to pass by Thursday.This morning we were getting ready to take Ronan for a haircut. He was waiting by the door and piped-up with "Hurry up. It’s very late guys". I am sure he has heard that more than once trying to get out the door in the morning. He may

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Ronan made a very cute card for Father’s day; although, he wasn’t quite into giving it to me. Eventually he handed it over complete with a "Happy Father’s Day". Ronan made Dad breakfast of a bagel with daddy’s peanut butter and banana. He was more interested in checking out our bedroom than sitting with Dad while he ate it though.Ronan has been watching the Letter Factory movie by Leapfrog. He

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Struggling to get away from me in the pool Ronan passed his Duck level on Saturday Petting Auntie Teri's dog Toby Chillin with Nana on the beachYesterday we spent the day at my Aunt Linda and Uncle Larry’s cottage. We had a great time. I think Ronan got plied with more treats yesterday than he has in the previous 2 months combined. The sugar consumption didn’t seem to have much of an adverse

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Our resolve to post this update was severely tested when Blogger lost a completed draft immediately prior to posting; however, I am willing to knuckle down and try again. We felt that this Blog should serve as a bit of journal for Ronan, before we forget all the things we swear we won’t. The current pact is to update each Friday.Ronan loves to play and cars are still the favorite. He will bring

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Ronan had a great 2nd birthday party. Thanks to everyone who came! Since I haven't managed the time to do a full update I thought I would post the photos and some quick blurbs. If you ask Ronan to look at you this is what he will do. It's pretty hard not to laugh when you are trying to discipline him that's for sure! By the end of the night the kids were all on the couch watching

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Hello everyone! I had to update the page with a few photos and let everyone know that Ronan peed in the potty on Sunday night. Since December we have been asking him to try to go before his bath and he would sit and read but nothing would happen. Last night it finally worked! However, most of the pee ended up all over the floor. I'm not quite sure how that happened but we're going to have to see

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Ronan's Christmas Pagent, he was "Elvis in a hula skirt" Ronan has been very interested in the tree this year, it has resulted in a few "time outs" Putting the star on top Ronan with Elmo at the Wal-Mart party Second best was Dora, Santa didn't even enter the equation. This is one of those photos that really makes me wonder what he was thinking. Christmas Eve, and Ronan konked out before we even

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"button" drawing a circle stacking - yes, those are tins of cat food. Blocks get boring sometimes. I'm not sure who is more worried about the donkey, Ronan or Dad Ready to head out for school One of the great photos from San Francisco Hard to believe it's time for hats and mitts again The cat isn't too sure about Ronan yet but will tolerate some petting when she is desperate. Ronan likes to

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18 Months and he is such a little man. We waited to do the update unit we had visited the doctor for the official measurements in order to have a complete update. He weighs about 27 lbs and is in the 75th percentile for weight. The height measurement was less than accurate as he was squirming the whole time, so it really wasn’t reportable. He wasn’t a fan of being at the doctor’s and kept

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I know we've been quite poor at posting updates. I hope that these photos give everyone an idea of the antics Ronan is up to. One item that photos can't get across is how much he is talking. Ronan has quite a bit to say, unfortunately I think I only understand half it. He is quite good at saying all of the sounds animals make, body parts, foods, and vehicles. He is quite the parrot and Coby

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Ronan starting taking some steps on his own just before he turned 16 months but we just captured it on video. He is much more brave at taking steps on his own in just a weeks time! He has gone from crawling all the time 2 weeks ago to prefering to be upright and will now plot a path to walk short distances from chair to table to ottoman to walk so he doesn't have to crawl.

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There is definitely a large gap between the last update (11 month) and this one. I have been using the interceding months to teach Ronan to cut the grass. If he can walk behind a push toy, why not a lawn mower? In fact, time just seems to be moving so quickly. We have tried to summarize the high points below.TEETHEight, six on top (including two molars) and three on the bottom. The teeth

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Congratulations Jessica! Graduating on the Dean's Honour list and Validictorian - we are so proud of you. Father's Day shirts Ronan loves to be up high

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Our baby has cut his first 2 molars. They are both on top and it seems like he has been working on them forever. So now he is up to 6 teeth on the top and 3 on the bottom. He looks kinda silly as he is lop-sided but I think the other front tooth is on it's way soon so it won't last long.Mom wants kisses, Ronan wants sunglasses He loves the swings. We can't walk past the park now without lots

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Cuddles for Dad My new favourite spot to stand Mom, I got some teeth coming and it hurts Too cute! Yay dinner Ronan's only smiling because they let him hold the remote Maybe if I try hard enough I can get right up on this table (luckily he hasn't figured that out yet, but he sure tries hard) Working hard on the construction site Not too sure what this face is about

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Last week was quite interesting. The daycare called on Tuesday to let us know they thought Ronan had pink eye. I left work to pick him up and visit a walk-in clinic. I abhor visiting the walk-in clinic in our area. It is small and cramped. I also came to learn that the front desk staff are heartless banshees extremely well versed in the rules of Ontario’s Health Care system. Ronan’s health

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Happy to see my blanket Look Dad, I got it! We think that this photo looks a bit like a cardboard body with Ronan's head stuck on top.

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I got it! Thought we'd try to re-create a few photos 1 year later. Ronan's a bit wigglier now Just one of his silly faces

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We are acutely aware that the Blog updates are not occurring with anywhere near the previous frequency. It was initially our intention to keep the updates rolling until Ronan’s first birthday; however, we have decided that we will update the Blog whenever we can.Since the last post, Ronan had his one-year medical check-up. He had hit all the key developmental targets with the exception of

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Happy Birthday Ronan!

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It has been a very busy couple of weeks. We have established somewhat of a routine as far as daycare is concerned. Ronan is managing much better so most of my days don't start with a soul-crushing-crying-bout.We had a birthday party for Ronan's first on Saturday. There were six kids in attendance, and I don't think anyone was wounded. I was very surprised at how well everyone played together.

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Hanging out with Uncle J Snuggling with Nana Olivia kicking back and relaxing Peek-a-boo!

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This past week was the first week with Carrie and I back to work full-time. It is certainly an adjustment. I suspect that Ronan is having an easier time with it than mom and dad. Ronan has had a cold for what feels like the last month. I guess that is part of the day care package as well. I liked the format Jen Holmes used in her most recent update, so I borrowed it.Teeth:Ronan has four

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Monday was a “daycare integration” day. The Monday drop-off proved much easier than the previous week. Ronan cried some, but did not point or further accuse me of poor parenting. While I was dropping Ronan off, I did have occasion to observe one infant knocking another on the head with a building block. This got me to thinking “what is an appropriate age to involve a child in combat sports?”

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Ronan and I had a very interesting week. I think each of the “interesting” components identified in the title deserves a section to itself.TEETHINGTo this point, Ronan has cut four teeth. He was a little grouchy when they first came in, but it was not a huge deal. Wednesday saw a much different story. Ronan was miserable and chewing on everything in sight. I couldn’t distract him with toys

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Well, the new sheriff rode into town today. He brought along a few new rules:1) It is best to go shirtless. If you have to wear a shirt, it better not have any sleeves;2) Your beer must come in a one-litre container. If you are too young to drink beer, your bottle should be as big as possible;3) Stare as blankly as you can when watching TV; and4) Make damn sure that you are not observing Rules

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Kissing face! Could you resist this face?

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Ronan is getting around quite well these days. He has mastered the commando crawl and is now pretty much as fast as his toy train. His favourite thing to crawl to is the fireplace (much to my chagrin), and so after saying 'no' about 100 times one day I finally moved the toy box in front of it. It makes a great sound when he runs his hands down the grill which makes it all the more attractive

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We got back from Ottawa to lots of snow. Luckily the drive back wasn't too bad but we couldn't believe how much snow there was here when we returned. After a 5-6 hour drive the last thing you want to do is dig out your driveway, however Coby and Cam tackled it while I got Ronan to bed. Ronan did quite well on our long drive and sleeping in a strange place. He woke up a few times but all in

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 I thought this photo was too cute to wait to post. This week Ronan has continued to improve but is still resisting eating any solid foods. Last night he managed some tofu and 2 peas. Hopefully he will continue to improve. Coby also fell ill on Monday and came home from work. I think that he was more of a baby about being sick than Ronan was, however Coby rebounded far faster and was back at

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trying to get out! Coming in from the rainYippee! However, it WASN'T any of the one's that we had seriously been working on with him (eat, drink, more, all done). It was FROG! When we change him sometimes we will sign frog while giving him the stuffed animal for distraction. On Saturday night I was getting him ready for bed and he had the frog on his change table. He dropped it (or threw it)

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Well our baby is more and more a little boy everyday. His looks are really changing now that the top 2 teeth are growing in more - boy did they take their time in emerging, there has been a point of them out for many weeks and just recently did I feel more of the tooth emerging. So he now officially has 4 teeth, and has not let up on the chewing of anything he can get his hands on. Now his

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Well Ronan recovered quite quickly from his ear infection and was not grumpy more than a couple days. I received some photos from New Year's Day at Aunt Doria and Uncle Wally's and have posted a few.Happy New Year Papa Carter, Liam, Arden, and Ronan Aaron, Uncle J, and Papa playing on New Year's Day As Ronan was feeling better we decided to start going to day care for a couple of hours. He went

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No blood today so hopefully he just scratched himself and nothing more.

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You feel just terrible! This morning I went into Ronan's room to wake him (yes, wake him. I've decided that 8:00 is late enough for him to sleep as it gets difficult to fit in 2 naps if he sleeps later and we also need to get him used to getting up earlier for when we go back to work.) Anyways, I go into his room and there is blood on his sheets. My heart just sank. I was hoping it was a

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! I'm sure like us everyone was extremely busy over the holidays and ate lots of great food. Ronan turned 9 months old on Christmas Day - hard to believe! He is getting around very well now by rolling, spinning, and moving backwards. Still no forward crawling but he certainly gets where he wants. He plays very well on his own and likes toys with

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Nana and Papa bought Ronan a new duck block as we lost his old one and he remembered right away how to make them spin! Ronan and Nana, Christmas 2005 Look how big Ronan looks now! Christmas morning at home, lots of fun ripping the paper (that was the best part of most of the gifts) Ronan, 9 months old on X-mas Day Aunt J and Ronan both got footballs from Aunt Amanda for Christmas. I think Ronan

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This quickly turned to ... This.As you can see our visit to Santa didn't disappoint. He was fine when he was looking at me, but a soon as he spotted that beard it was game over. But I swooped back in and picked him up before any major crying could start. No need to have crying over Santa that's for sure. We also finished off our shopping at the mall and now only have 1 gift left to buy.

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Lately it feels like that is almost all Ronan does as meals tend to take quite a bit of time these days. I don't mind though as it is so cute to watch him chase down bits of food. And you never know if it's going to make it into his mouth or not. The only part that isn't so fun is when he blows raspberries, although he thinks it's hilarious. Attached is a video of Ronan eating toast. Over

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Well we have tried numerous protein foods with Ronan and he is not liking many of them, but tofu seems to be the best so far. He won't pick it up (it is a bit squishy after all - our prince won't touch anything that squishes), but he'll eat it if I place it in his mouth. This is a far cry from the beef and chicken that were simply blown everywhere with a raspberry. He likes yogurt and marble

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Ronan with his G.Grandmas href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/187/4262/640/IMG_1325.jpg'>Godparents Jen&John Papa demonstrating how to use the puppets Grandpa tells great stories Wow a Tiger No matter how much cottage cheese you put in there I'm not going to eat it! This doesn't need any comment The kitty finally gets to relax with Mom at the end of the day.

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This past Sunday Ronan was baptized. We invited a few people back to our place afterwards for lunch as well. We had a great day and it went by too quickly. The past few weeks have been busy with lunch dates with Jill & Jordyn and Mel & Evan. Yesterday I even took him into the office. He was very good, but then again I did keep him filled with Baby Mum Mums. This past Wednesday was our last

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Hard to believe that our little man is 8 months old already. The last few months have certainly gone by fast. Ronan is getting around quite well by rolling, although he prefers to roll to the left, he will go to the right to get a good toy. He has started getting his bum up and will move forward an inch or two. Mostly he just takes advantage of whatever toy is within reach rather than moving

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This weekend we started giving Ronan some dairy products: yogurt and cottage cheese. The yogurt was a huge hit. This led Coby to ask "is yogurt good?" I can't believe that in his whole life Coby had never tried it. Well, actually I can, as this is the guy who didn't eat pizza until he was 16 years old or so and lived on chicken and bagels in University. Coby is a very picky eater and will

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As promised I have uploaded a video of Ronan making the kissing noise. I'm not sure if it's mimicking kissing or the noise we make to call the cat over. He seems to do it all the time though so who knows. This week he has decided not to eat as much as before. Well, that is he won't take as much from the bottle. He is still interested in eating solid foods but will not lay back and take the

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This week was pretty quiet for us as I had a sore throat for most of the week and didn't want to risk contaminating anyone else with it so we stuck around the house. I was feeling better by Saturday so we kept our plans with Mike, Jill, and Jordyn for dinner. Seeing Jordyn at 11 weeks certainly took Coby and I for a trip down memory lane remembering Ronan at that age. Sunday we went to

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We discovered on Saturday that Ronan had in fact cut 1 or 2 of his bottom middle teeth. He was playing with his drum (a stainless steel bowl) and when he put it in his mouth there was a distinct clink. On further inspection I could see 2 slits on the bottom of his gums. So during the fussiness of his congenstion/cough he was also cutting 2 teeth! He is much better now though however Coby got

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As promised, video footage of Ronan prior to bedtime when he hasn't napped enough during the day. And yes, he's like this for diaper changes too.

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Yesterday Auntie Lor, Auntie Teri and Nana came for a visit. We had a great time catching up and there were certainly lots of laughs. Everyone was right down on the floor playing with Ronan. He was just loving all of the attention. Nana took a bunch more photos and I will post some of these soon.

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I hope everyone had a great time on Halloween. I bought 100 more chocolate bars this year than last and still had to shut the lights off at 5 after 7. I figure we gave candy to about 125 kids and likely could've had another 50. Next year I'm going to cheap out, only chocolate bars for the kids I know and suckers/sour candies for the rest. I think we have so many as our neighbor creates a

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Pat-a-CakeHaaaaaaaaaa!Serious faceJacob, Sareena, Sam, Ronan, Colin, and AidenRonan and JacobPutting the 'moves' on SareenaMe and my MomPumpkins everywhere!

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Hard to believe isn't it? This month he has learned to drink from a sippy cup, well he can when he really wants to. I just don't think that water is much inticement to drink for him. Perhaps we'll try some formula in there soon and see what happens. He is able to log roll, again, when the mood strikes him. He still prefers to complain when a toy is out of reach and expects someone to get it for

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Concentrating face

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Well Sunday night Ronan slept very well and woke at just before 5 am to eat. I went in and picked him up and set up to breastfeed him. He took one look at it and just started crying. I tried to settle him down to try again, but there was no way he was going to take it. Coby even poked his head in to see what was going on and I had him get a bottle warmed for him to eat. So, breastfeeding is

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The past week was very relaxed, we spent most of the time preparing for our weekend away. As it was raining most days we didn't get out for walks very often as well. Ronan went to Grandma & Grandpa's and we were in Montreal for Marc & Andreas wedding. I was worried about how well he would sleep, and although he didn't nap very well he slept well at night. So not entirely different than how he

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On Saturday I was preparing breakfast in the kitchen when Coby went to get Ronan up from his nap. "Cough, Cough, Gasp, Gasp" I heard over the monitor, followed by "It's time to get you potty trained!". Needless to say Ronan had a big poo and boy do they ever stink now that he is eating solids. As Ronan is quite regular and poos everyday just after his morning nap I knew that this was to be

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Ronan is certainly a big fan of fruit. He has gobbled up all of the pears, bananas, peaches and blueberries that we can offer. I also plan to give him apples later this week. I have started to feed him his solid food first then moving to the milk after half hour to an hour later. He doesn't drink as much but that is ok now that he is older. He is still guzzling (and I mean world record pace)

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Well Ronan was very good at the doctor's this morning. Two needles and all. Of course he was upset about being held down by all limbs and poked, but he gave the nurse a big smile before she left. He has been quite fussy since ... but hopefully he will have a big nap this afternoon. (I wish).The details ... weight was 18 lbs. 3 oz. putting him in the 75th percentile. He is in the 60th percentile

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We have our doctor's appointment tomorrow and I will add some additional details of Ronan's progress to the age of 6 months then. For now, enjoy the photos!Ronan watching a movieGreat Grandma sharing some time with RonanQuite happy in his new chairBananas, the first fruitA new face, we're still trying to figure out what it meansRonan - age 6 monthsPudgy little hand

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are a huge hit!Of all of the foods we've tried green beans are the only one he has gobbled up the first morning he tried them. I never would have believed it as peas were so disliked and then green beans would be such a roaring success! Just goes to show that you never know. He now has also come to like squash, sweet potatoes as well as the carrots so this weekend we will likely start trying

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This morning Ronan woke up and decided that today would be the day that he would remember how to roll from his belly to his back. He did it on the bed with me before Coby even left for work for the day. He did it over and over again until it was time for his first nap. You may recall that he did roll this way fairly consistently when he was 2 months old and hated being on his belly, but ever

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This week Coby was back to work and we were quite busy visiting with my sisters, my mom and on Wednesday we took some dinner for Mike and Jill Terreberry as their daughter, Jordan was born on August 30th. It was great to have lots of people around as Ronan was used to getting a lot of attention and playing less on his own.We started Ronan on veggies on Saturday, and started with some homemade

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We had a great time on our vacation. The cottage was on a quiet small island and the property was right on the water. The big negative was that a construction site existed across the street from the cottage and every morning at 7:00 am the generator, nail gun, and saws would fire up. So needless to say we returned from vacation very tired and with a slightly grumpy little boy as he did not nap

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As promised in my last post a photo of Ronan 'spitting'. I swear I did not enhance this photo is any way! You can only imagine how many tries it took to catch a shot of this. Luckily it is his favourite thing to do right now so I had plenty of opportunities.Some 5 month shots of Ronan. Weight of 16 lbs 4 oz.This 5 month update is quite a bit more detailed than previous posts. This is because I

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This past week we celebrated my mom's birthday by taking her to the Royal Botanical gardens and then had a BBQ dinner and cake afterwards. It was a great day, not too hot for walking around and we even had some ice cream (the most rich I've ever tasted) as well. Aunt J promised to forward some photos from the day for me to post.Ronan and I visited Mike and Jill Terreberry's beautiful new place

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This past week we were busy visiting and had a few lunch dates. On Tuesday Melanie came over on her lunch break for a visit. She is looking very good for being 7 months pregnant. We are all getting excited to see the new little Pastorius boy or girl but will need to wait until the end of October. On Wednesday we went to Missy and Olivia's for a visit. I think seeing Olivia rolling around

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Look at that cute bum!

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This weekend we were happy to welcome Marcel and Amanda back to Canada and we helped them to move into their new apt. in Hamilton. For those of you who don't know, Marcel will be starting Med School at the end of the month at MacMaster and Amanda is in the process of finding a new job. Moving went fairly smoothly and Ronan did very well at entertaining himself on the floor while we unpacked. He

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I know that there are a ton of photos included in this post, but it's been a busy week for us. Ronan had his first camping day, found his feet, and started eating rice cereal. My days have been busy with lots of pumping to try to increase my supply. So far not a whole lot of luck and he has been getting formula at bedtime every other day. At this point I'm just happy he's getting some breast milk

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Today we went to the doctor for Ronan's 4 month check up. You may have noticed that my previous update was lacking in a few of the details. Ronan is now 25 inches tall and weighs 14 lbs. 12 oz. He is still following the 50% curve for his weight gain but has jumped up to the 70% curve for height. The nurse felt that he is going to be quite tall ... We're not sure where that comes from but it must

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Well the past month has certainly gone by quickly. Ronan has been changing so quickly even I am amazed.On the developmental side he now able to hold his head steady when pulled to a sitting position, he reaches out and grasps objects, moves objects from hand to hand, and will look from one toy to another. He has mastered pulling his legs up and using the momentum to flip onto his side. He has

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Papa singing to RonanPat-a-CakeRonan's second fav toy, the horseLet's get going!Asleep (finally)

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The last week has been up and down with respect to how well Ronan is sleeping. There are nights when he gets up once and nights when he gets up every hour. The good news is that he is able to fall asleep on his own more often and we are getting better at putting him down at the right time. Hopefully we can get back on track and start having more good nights. Ronan has also started to nap a

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I'm never going to tell anyone that Ronan is sleeping well as it just has come back to get me. For two weeks Ronan was going to sleep around 8:30 - 9:00 at night and waking up between 3:30 and 4:30 am to eat and right back to sleep until 6:30 or so. Perfect, I was feeling better, he was less crabby, things were going much better. Well he must of heard me or something because for the last 3

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