hello little monkey.

Hello little monkey!

You are 11 days old today. It's been awesome having you here. Thank you for coming a million times faster than your sister did and waiting until we were at the hospital to make your grand entrance. I think Daddy was worried for a bit that I might break his wrist in the car ride to the hospital.

Friends with multiple kids tell me that the second baby is usually easier and so far I think they are right. Not sure if it's because we have more confidence as parents, if we're distracted by your older sister to worry as much or if you are actually an easier baby. Either way, we are glad that you are a pro eater and are putting on the pounds quickly. You are starting to figure out that you should be awake during the day and sleeping more at night but you still get confused with that one and want to eat all the time at night. I'm glad at least you go to sleep right away after your tummy is full and I don't have to soothe you to sleep. You have a much bigger appetite than your sister at this age. We call Natallie our little "Nallie bear" and we joke that you are no little bear, you are more like a giant panda! If you keep eating at this rate you'll be bigger than your sister in no time. You're just about 10 pounds now, your sister is 2 years older and only 15 pounds more than you are!

I'm so glad you are here, little monkey. I've been sitting in your room in the last weeks of being pregnant wondering what it would feel like to bring you back into your little jungle room. Hope you like lime green because we've decided it's your signature color. Your grandma quilted you the most adorable monkey quilt, it matches your room perfectly. And hope you like the monkey decals, I stayed up til midnight one night working on it.

You are a chubby little monkey, I love you so much already.  I know it's only been 11 days but thanks for making them awesome.

Love you to the moon and back!

XOXO
Mama

Dinosaur-sized bubbles.

Baby is due in 2 days and honestly, I really thought that I would of been in labour by now. But I'm not, so what do you do when you're waiting for baby? Make 10 foot gigantic bubbles of course. If you know Simon you know he is a creative guy and once he has an idea there is nothing stopping him. So with a trusty YouTube how-to video and a recipe from the internet, we set out to make dinosaur sized bubbles for Natallie. If you're wondering how to make the bubble solution it's just 3 simple ingredients: dish soap (we used Dawn), water and light corn syrup. Then Simon made his bubble blower contraption with 2 ski poles, cotton rope and a weight. The results were AMAZING! Unbelievably huge bubbles that Natallie LOVED!  Just a word of caution that the bubbles are really sticky and don't let the solution get in your eyes. If you are doing this with kids, you should have them wear sunglasses. We learned that the hard way with Natallie sobbing and now she says "bubbles, no eyes, no eyes!" But other than that, it was an spectacular! If you have kids (or not), you should totally try it:

And now some artsy, edited ones:

This is my favourite one:

 

 

 

So what do you think???  I know you are all waiting for me to blog about the new baby but since it hasn't happened yet, the next best thing is giant 10 foot bubbles right????