2010 Greatest Hits

Really?
Is it almost over?
2010 ... I hardly knew yee. Blinked twice and you are just about gone.

My year felt odd -- with lots of starts and stops and long quiet moments and blurry days that zoomed without notice.

I think know parenthood has altered my perception of time and often it gets judged by when a nap is due.

So this year felt Big. So many small and daily changes in my boy have added up into him being a real person. They are great hits indeed -- and yet I feel compelled to cough up a few that are not only about my child.  After all, my own personal year rocked in many ways.

2010 Greatest Hits

• cancer free FJF 
• Lewie giggles and kisses
• fit flops
• audiobooks
• finding my mothering feet
• smaller jeans
• longer patience
• baby friends becoming real friends
• having a work from home husband
• 12 months of Lewis growing from cute baby to lovely small person
• Cail Bruich on Great Western Road
• guideparents
• movies with wine and rhona
• employing a cleaner
• new Bosch washer and dryer
• cat burglar family
• sanity saving Saturdays off

Bring on 2011.  My aspiration list is long and my hopes big.

freeze frame-14 months minus 3 days

My boy is a boy ... no longer a baby. Whew!

Thank god for that. While it doesn't get easier, but different, I am so enjoying him at this moment in time.

• Favourite word still BA! But said in different tones along with pointed pointing to get his point across.
• Also knows Ba Ba (bye bye) -- often said along with a wave long after you are gone from the person you left, but still counts. 
• Eats lots but enjoys baby plum tomatoes, yogurt, peas and peanut butter toast more than anything.
• Made friends with the salad spinner but still wary of the hoover and the hand held blender
• Loves to stand on the window sill (with Mom holding him tight!) and look out at the world
• Almost exclusively walks with the occasional crawl when he wants to get somewhere fast
• Fascinated by wheels. Sigh. Hello gender stereo type.
• Adult used pots/pans/phones/remotes are by far best toys
• JUST started to like cuddly friends, which I LOVE
• Will give kisses - wet and sweet
• Much more hair than he had - wispy and light brown but still pretty much a baldy compared to his pals
• Blue eyes seems to be keepers -- which is a lovely gift from his paternal Gran
• Enjoys a bit of In the Night Garden on mom's lap
• Balls -- kicking/throwing/eating = all good
• Flirts shamelessly for smiles and coos with all people out in the world
• Has zillion dollar smile and gabillion dollar giggle
• Takes up almost all the real estate in his parent's bed and hearts