Mexico (7 months con't) November 15-27

Vacation destination: Ryan and Manon's casa in Chemuyil, a great little town between Playa del Carmen and Tulum. 

David and I will have to come back to this post to complete a write up that does justice to our wonderful trip.

In the meantime - and to satisfy the calls for Ambrose on the beach shots - here are some pictures of our Mexican getaway. Some of the photos were taken with Ryan or Gord's GoPro, a super cool sports cam. 

7 months

We were busy the first two weeks of November preparing for our trip to Mexico (next blog). But we managed to have some nice visits with friends and family, including my girlies, and particularly Miss T before she left.
At the beginning of the month, Ambrose weighed in at 22 pounds.
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Ambrose feeds himself mashed carrots

Hallowe'en weekend

Busy busy.
Nana Shirley and Papa Abby came in for a visit and they got some quality time with Ambrose.
Gord from Calgary dropped by for a visit.






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Weeks 28, 29 and 30 - Guess who's crawling?!!

This month has been a blur. We are so behind posting updates!

So here's what I recall happened for the rest of the month of October....

-Ambrose had his 6 month immunizations (he took the needles like a champ).
-He weighed in at 21 pounds 12.5 ounces, 29 inches tall and head circumference of 46.5 inches (which means he's a tall heavy baby with a large head!)

Pumpkin time with cousin Emma

-We went to a potluck last Saturday (Oct 23) and our little baby decided to pull out a party trick to entertain the crown: he crawled! We are now frantically trying to baby proof the house.
-Ambrose's new thing is to shake his head no. It's hilarious! We are trying to teach him to nod yes instead but to no avail.

Thanksgiving with cousin Jessie

-Babes and I have been busy attending our weekly classes: baby boot camp with Christy and Samuel (afterwards we enjoy breakfast with Michelle who joins us after her swim), starfish/duck swim lessons with Tomoko and Ren, and mom and me yoga.
-Ambie continues to be incredibly vocal. He still sings himself to sleep when he's in the car seat or stroller. He also 'talks' when playing with toys.

Luna and Ambrose sittin' in a tree

-'tinky loves loves loves to cruise around furniture and people, particularly me. He is very active, moving around sitting, scooting, crawling, climbing....
-He likes to stand and shake his bum-bum to music.
-We have observed early hand clapping.
-We enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving dinner outside at Auntie Brytt and Uncle Earl's house. Ambie had a nice visit with cousin Jessie who has been generously giving her baby cousin toys that she has outgrown. Thank you Miss Jessie!


-Fun visits with Collin, Natasha and Luna; Auntie Tamara; Uncle Gody and miss Emma; Nana, Papa and Auntie Brooke; Renee and Dan; Christoff; Auntie Wendy; neighbours; and skype dates with Auntie Des....
-My mom and I took Ambrose for professional photos  - can't wait to get them back!

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solid foods!

Once we arrived back from our trip I started feeding Ambrose solid foods on a more regular basis (1-2 times a day). He has eaten the following foods: bananas, rice cereal, carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, apple sauce, peaches, and green peas. He likes to feed himself and his pincer grip is improving daily. He enjoys feeding himself cheerios, quinoa, noodles, puffed wheats, puffed rice and baby mum mums.

Check out the picture gallery for some great shots of Ambrose enjoying (or not enjoying) some new taste sensations!

Weeks 25, 26, 27 - continuation of trip post

After we went to Dunham (Emile's parent's home), Dave and I headed to visit Moog (my cousin), Janine, and Jenna Claire. It was so much fun to just hang out with the babies! We spent two nights and had a lovely time. We snuck in a visit with Dave's friends Dan and Maggie and their adorable little baby girl Chloe. (ottawa pics, including bum bum shots!)

with Moog and Claire bear

with Eva

We then took a train from Ottawa (where Ambrose charmed an entire Japanese tour group, smiling and posing for multiple pictures) and headed to Toronto. Dave and I could not believe that we were only half way through our trip! We rented a car and headed to Sheryl, Derek and Eva's home.

After our nice visit in TO we took a road trip to Muskoka for some R and R at Alicia and Emad's absolutely amazing cottage! Great food, great company. (pics: TO and Muskoka)

on a walk with daddy

We then headed back and took the train home - in high style (we had the best room). Ambrose demonstrated that he loves to travel!