Some Things I Didn't Know Before Becoming a Mama

I would be a big fat liar if I didn't say that life with a new baby is a huge adjustment. We are the last of our friends to have babies so we heard a lot of stories and were given lots of information... BUT, there's nothing like a baby of your own for reality to set in of life with baby. Here are some of the things that I have realized since our Logan has arrived:

1) That I would be so obsessed with my baby farting and pooping. Seriously. There is so much discomfort caused by gas pain that seems to be all day long. Every fart and poop is a success.
2) How many things I can accomplish one-handedly: laundry, emptying the dishwasher, household tidying and so many other things!
3) How friggin nice everyone would be when we're out in public... at the mall, in the grocery store, on hikes... so many people stop to admire little Logan!
4) That doing things around the house would become impossible. I thought being home all day would allow me to keep the house in tip top shape, bake treats everyday, and prepare supper... fancy supper. But... I can't even shower during the day and my baby requires to be held for about 8 of the 10 hours that Aleksy's at work, which seriously limits productivity. Its a good day when I can get my make up done before noon!
5) That third person conversations would occur more often than regular conversations somedays. Aleksy and I talk to each other through Logan. Like, "Mommy has to go to the washroom and Daddy's gonna hold you now".
6) That I would be part of a Moms group... and like it! I have been getting together with a few ladies weekly who I went to prenatal yoga with. It's really nice to share stories, information and relate to one another!
7) That following Logan's birth all our family and friends would be way too nice with making time to visit, bringing food/coffee, and gifts for Logan! Our friends Al and Steph even made us 3 pre-prepared crock pots meals.
8) That I would have read all the books we own for Logan so many times within the first 3 weeks that I can recite parts of the books... especially my prsonal favourites: the little engine that could and I love you forever. I am already pretty bored of the 25 or so books we have!
9) That life would fully revolve around the bottle. Logan must eat every 3 hours so every shopping trip and outing includes timing out what works best for his bottle and planning if we need to bring a bottle with us then pepping how to warm it...
10) That I would be one of "those Moms"... the ones that are hypersensitive to every squawk baby makes, be obsessed with my babies comfort... even the little things, and have a hard time leaving my baby's side. But... we have had our first evening away from Logan when he went to Nana's one evening after Aleksy's work and we went out for sushi and beer (the things I missed while pregnant!).

Well those are 10 things anyways... there are lots more but those are the first 10 that come to mind!

And this little guy turned 1 month on the 16th!

Our Thanksgiving

We had some pretty nice thanksgiving day weather! This Thanksgiving weekend we had thanksgiving suppers on Saturday and Monday. Saturday was my Mom's supper and Monday was Aleksy's parents. Saturday morning I spent making chocolate chip cookies and apple cake then we headed to Masonville for a quick shopping trip before heading to my Mom's. Logan's first thanksgiving supper! We had turkey supper both at my Mom's and Aleksy's parents. After dinner on Monday we went for a family walk around Lambeth! Digesting all that food... even though there were 5 of us eating, there was enough food for 15 people!

In other exciting events this weekenday,  we picked up Aleksy's brand new car on Friday! We are loving the luxury feel of the new murano! And it's so nice to have 2 cars now we can take since Logan did not fit in the jeep with his car seat and stroller. So long, farewell jeep,

And Sunday was our own little family thanksgiving day!

On Sunday afternoon, we stopped by the pumpkin stand by Sarnia and Hyde park. We got this family picture and a pumpkin to be carved later for Halloween!

 After we picked out our pumpkin, we went to sifton bog for a little hike. It was such a nice day and the hike was nice but super short!

Most of the hike was along this boardwalk. It was a bit narrow for a stroller but we were in no hurry so we just let everyone pass.

It was a nice hike but we probably won't go back because it's so short! Maybe 10 min to the bog and 10 min back...

After our pumpkin picking and hike, we headed home for our Thanksgiving tacos. Maybe not so tradition... but delicious.

On the First Weekend of October...

We had a really great family weekend the first weekend of October! We went full swing into fall mode and (by tradition) went to the Ilderton Fair and went apple picking with my sister, brother in law and niece.

We have gone to the Ilderton fair a couple times now and really wanted to go again this year. We had our first fair family outing on Staurday the 3rd. It was freezing! Well not actually.. it was about 10 degrees but it felt so cold with the wind and rain. I felt bad for Logan who had a winter sack, warm blanket and was covered by the stroller cover for wind... my crazy Mom side needed to get him home to the warm ASAP. So it was a shorter trip to the fair!

Here's Aleksy and Logan in front of the tent that shows off the best vegetable displays! We love looking at all the competition entries! It's always such a shame to look at the delicious baking entries that have a tiny sliver taken from it and the rest gone to waste...









We've gone to the Ilderton fair a couple times before and the first time we got some awesome smoked turkey legs, and the second time they were all sold out. So luckily this year, since there were not as many people at the fair because of the rain and wind we got a couple of our delicious, meaty turkey legs! Contrary to the turkey legs we got at Disney for over $20, these were $6. We took our traditional turkey leg picture (its the third of its kind):

We had to make lots of indoor stops when we were at the fair so we could warm up! They had lots of animals to check out, and also a bunch of kiosks selling things... one of which was selling homemade butter tarts so we got a couple for dessert (for after the turkey legs... our wholesome lunch). Because we left after a short while, we ended up bringing them home with us, and when we got home we paired them with the amazing apple cider that we also got from the fair! It just tastes like fall...

And Saturday evening was a pretty special evening... I had my first drink since January 6th!!! Why yes, I do know the date exactly... I even know that it was a Tuesday and I had a glass of white wine while watching the bachelor.

On Saturday, Aleksy and I popped the bottle of champagne that Nikki and Jon Jon got us to celebrate our new baby! I had to take it easy since it went to my head quickly... I could only do a couple glasses!
I also had a beer the next day... it was just delicious. Like a delicacy.

And on Sunday, we went apple picking with my adorable niece. She was a pretty popular girl on the weekend and squeezed in the apple picking to her busy weekend schedule of 2 birthday parties. Logan thought apple picking was pretty boring and slept the whole time. I guess Logan thinks a lot of the activities we do are boring... he hits the car seat and zonks out!

Here's Logan with cousin Rachel who picked out a Logan sized pumpkin for him from the patch.

Last year, we went to Appleland for apple picking (we actually went twice last year... once with my sister and brother in law and once with our friends Al and Steph!). We learned our lesson last year that Appleland is ridiculously expensive so we found another orchard to pick our own in London! Appleland charges $6 per person admission plus apples. We went to Dwarf tree orchard in Byron and picked our own apples and pumpkins and didn't have to pay admission! We just paid $16 for a massive bag of apples! We win!

Our apple picking family pic :) (we are very excited to have our own little family)

And with all the apples, there will be lots of apple baking in the next couple weeks! I made this delicious apple bread with the apples and it was amazing! I was looking to try baking something new with the apples (Pinterest is very helpful for that!). But I will def be making apple crisp too!