In 40 minutes it will officially be September 19th and my little boy will be turning one. Jamie keeps reminding me that Sebastian will not technically be one until 5:14 p.m... However, it's still Sept. 19 and he's still going to be one. Next year he's going to be two. And the year after that 3. You get my drift... I'm an overly emotional mom who is saddened by the fact that her baby will never be a baby again. Of course, he'll always be my baby, but that's a whole other topic!!

Considering the time though, this is going to be short. I just wanted to give a quick update on the wonderful birthday party Sebastian had with our friends at East Lynn Park (where the picture taken above is from). Although it was not exactly a warm day, our friends braved the chilly weather to spend time celebrating with us and we really appreciated their company. Sebastian is so lucky to have such wonderful people in his life!

And last but not least (and really the whole reason why I'm blogging...) I finished the birthday quilt!! Woo! Woo! My first quilt is done! Of course, I still should quilt all the letters of the alphabet but the squares and borders are done so technically it's done (even though the backing isn't on and the outside edge still needs to be done - but that's nonee's job!)!! And with only 40 minutes until Sebastian's birthday!!

Well, I am heading to bed. I hope everyone has a wonderful September 19th. I know we will!!

Kim

"WARNING: Some re-assembly of priorities and beliefs may be required."

I saw that quote while perusing through this month's Canadian Living. There is a picture of a baby and the quote is on their hospital bracelet and I couldn't help but think about how true and how fitting this quote is at the moment. I've been finding that as the days creep closer to Sept. 19th I've been doing a lot of thinking about how Sebastian's birth has changed my life. I'm not prepared to get too overly emotional or anything like that on this blog, but I am going to sit down and write him a note to go into his scrapbook/photo album that he can read when he gets older on this subject. The only word I can use at the moment to describe any of it is "raw". And it's not necessarily a bad thing, but it is very different from anything else that I have ever experienced... and it's weird how such a little being can have such a huge impact.

However, I actually wanted to blog again because I forgot to mention yesterday that Sebastian had his very first birthday party on the labour day weekend in Fort Erie. We went down on Saturday and stayed at Shari & Dave's where we were able to spend some time with the kids, whom we hadn't seen since they returned from Austria, and then on Sunday we went to nana's for dinner. The above picture is one I took of Sebastian having his very first piece of cake. I will be attempting to bake him another cake for this upcoming weekend when we will be having a birthday party for him with friends, followed by his actual birthday on the 19th. Nonee, Papa, Shari, Dave, Kassandra and Jeremy are also planning on coming in to celebrate the day with us on the 19th. It should be fun!

I had also forgot to mention that the picture of Sebastian in the spiffy red stroller in my last post is just one of the presents he got from his grandma and grandpa. It's the Quinny Zapp and it's a great little stroller for zipping around and very compact, and we've had tons of compliments on it. We still use our Peg Perego for our major outings though as the Zapp has no storage basket, but again, if you just want to get out for a walk it's absolutely amazing.

Well, I gotta run...time to get motoring to get to our Gymboree music class (and of course, Sebastian is currently napping!!) Hope everyone is having a good Monday!
Kim

Only 10 more days to go until Sebastian's first birthday!!

So, the countdown continues but I really wish it would slow down as I have a ton of stuff to get done before he can turn 1!

I've been working on my very first quilt that I am making for Sebastian for his birthday that will hopefully get done in time but I'm not counting on it. I find that most evenings after Sebastian is down for the night and we finally have dinner I just want to veg and working on a quilt is not vegging at the least! Oh well...it is my goal to have it done so I will be spending the next 9 nights quilting away!! Oh joy!! (it's actually not too bad once I get going...but it's a killer on my back).

I'm also trying to compile a scrapbook of my pregnancy as well as an album of Sebastian's first year, but these aren't going to be completed for his first birthday celebrations. I am going to wait until I get the pics from all his birthday parties (yes, I said all - the kid is having 4 separate parties!!) before I put the album together. Hopefully by Christmas these will be done.

I am also planning on taking Sebastian to try out our first Gymboree class on Monday. While I was pregnant I had planned on doing some of their music classes with Sebastian but it wasn't possible until now with his napping schedule. Of course, knowing my luck he'll nap for 2 hours in the morning on Monday and we'll miss class (he has a very uncanny knack for doing this!)

We also signed up again for swimming lessons through the City. Sebastian absolutely loves the water so Jamie & I will be alternating taking him in the water on Saturdays starting at the end of Sept. and continuing straight through until November. We're hoping his little friend Natalie will be joining us too. I actually find it interesting to reflect on all those things I wanted to do with Sebastian while I was pregnant and what we actually did. I never did take him to Movie for Mommies but that was mostly because I didn't care for the movies they were showing and he was never the type of baby that actually slept when I wanted him too! We also never did Strollercise and that was because I didn't want to pay to walk around a park when I get out a number of times a week with Sebastian. Of course, I don't do situps or anything like that when I'm with Sebastian but I'm okay with missing out on that!

Jamie's been working with Sebastian on beginning to walk but I don't think he's quite ready to start walking on his own quite yet. It's actually quite cute. Jamie will put a blanket around him like a harness and hold him to assist him in walking. Sebastian really enjoys it and has such a huge grin on his face. He's also reminding me daily of all the little things I need to do to baby-proof our house. I actually thought we had everything covered, but I was wrong (won't be the last time I'm sure!). Now he's using his toys to reach things on our entertainment unit, which made me realize that his next adventure will be climbing on the entertainment unit. So our t.v., which has yet to be wall mounted, is not going to be safe regardless of whether it's on the wall or not! I'm actually quite proud of him for figuring out all these little things but it would be nice if he could just slow down a bit!

Well I'm beat but since I mentioned the quilt I'm going to have to complete the last few squares before bed (I then just have to do the border and all 26 letters of the alphabet! It can be done in 9 days, I'm sure of it.)

Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Kim
p.s., Who am I kidding? Maybe the quilt will be done by Thanksgiving?
p.p.s, Okay...Jamie's birthday...it will be done for Jamie's birthday!!