Alright, smartasses...

I'm looking at you, 4 commenters...

My recap wasn't thorough enough for you? Alright fine, you asked for it.

Friday, June 17th I woke up in a tired haze. I can't remember that for a fact, but since I always do, it's a pretty good guess. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I then checked my phone messages and picked a wedgie.

At 9:00am Charlie and I ate breakfast. I believe it was... brown sugar and maple oatmeal.

We then watched the "Differences" episode of Yo Gabba Gabba.

NO WAIT! It was Apple and Cinnamon oatmeal. Shit. Let me start over.

Does that make you happier?

We're fighting now NicB, Dani, TJ and JMC. This is a call out.

::creeps back in sheepishly::

Oh, hey you guys. How's it been going for the past... 7 months or so? 7 MONTHS??? Wow. That's a long time. I could've gotten pregnant when I last posted and almost had a new baby by now.

I didn't, just to be clear. But I totally could've. If that was my thing.

So, just a quick catch up?

My kid turned 1

Christmas happened. Brobee was a hit!

Oh, and we got a cat.

That's Sprocket. We didn't think our house was chaotic enough as it was!

I'll try and be a LOT better about this whole blogging thing. But really, that would just entail me posting ... at all. So I'll do it! I swear.

I can't promise it'll be interesting though. I'm not a machine!

See you soon, whoever is reading this.

Charlie's got mad skillz, yo!

Angry, angry skills. That's right.

So, as you can see, I've been having fun with my iMovie! But I also wanted to show off my 9 month old's talents! That's right... I have a 9 month old. Which I can't really wrap my head around. In a couple of days he will have been outside as long as he was in my belly. MADNESS!

We haven't been too busy around here. Our kitchen renos have been put on hold as we've been waiting for the counter top to be cut. It's being installed next week and then the rest can proceed. Praise jebus. Living in the basement has been rough.

We haven't gone up to our cottage yet. We usually go every weekend in the summer, but I just haven't been able to work up the courage to pack up all the baby stuff, drive 1hr45min with the baby, and try and get him to sleep in a new place (with two other kids around). I know, grow some balls. I'm working on it.

But back to the video. Here he is, being all grown up and shizz. And adorable. Always adorable.

It's summertime!

In the past couple of days, it's become like a sauna outside. The humidity is intense, the sun is so strong - and I'm loving it. I don't understand Canadians that complain all winter about how AWFUL the snow and cold is and then complain about the heat. Will you EVERY BE HAPPY (faceless Canadians)??

Charlie's had a couple of firsts this week! He had his first "swim" in an outdoor pool!

"This is the best, you guys!"

He also had his first skinny dip! And then aired out in his stroller.

He wasn't too sure about this part.

Tomorrow is his first time to a movie theatre! We're going to a "Parents with babies" matinee of Bridesmaids tomorrow with my sister, my mom, and my mother in law. I'm so excited for him to see the big screen, although kind of worried about how he'll do. He's constantly wanting to be on the floor, crawling, and pulling himself up lately that I can't imagine him just sitting there.

I hope he laughs at all the appropriate moments. Nothing worse than a baby with no sense of humour.

And even though I've shown this to everyone and their mothers, I'm going to post this video on here because it's ri-gosh-darn-diculously funny. Seriously... he could be a youtube sensation. Next up: Ellen.

Ok so my NEW excuse...

... is that I was in New York!

Ok, so only for the weekend, which gives me no excuse for the weeks I haven't posted. But just cut me a break people! Why you gotta be on my back all the time. GEEZ!

Our trip was amazing. It was just what we needed. We got to have some adult time, which was perfect. Oh and we saw Seth Meyers (from Saturday Night Live)! And he waved at us. Look!

It's his car, I swear.

So my timing was a little off on that picture. But we did see him, for real.

We went to a Broadway show, saw some stand up comedy, toured Manhattan in a boat and went to a Yankees/Mets game!

I think we pretty much covered all of our bases (you see what I did there?)

The kitchen work is still going on, and I feel like it's never going to end. But we have half the cupboards in, so at least SOME progress has been made. Yay?

Oh and Charlie is like a different baby. Yes, I know we were only away for 4 days but it's like he's a toddler now. By next week he'll be married and have a mortgage.

Since I know everyone comes here for some Charlie, here's a video! Apparently paper ripping is hilarious (and yes, I totally stole the idea from youtube.) It's insanely out of focus, but the cute is quite clear with this one.

I have an excuse

I was told today that "I suck at blogging" (thanks KARA!). And, yeah. Totally guilty there.

But I DO have excuses. Starting last week our kitchen went from this

to this

That's some Mike Holmes shit - that's what that is. 

My suggestion for anyone out there? Do home renovations BEFORE having a baby. (Although since 100% of you reading this already have babies, that's a little late.) The whole caring for a baby thing + taking care of 2 dogs + having incessant banging/sawing/squeaking going on throughout the day? Not fun. And it's only been 7 days.

I am slowly going crazy 1-2-3-4-5-6 switch....

Luckily the weather's improving so we can get out of the house.

Look! Flowers!

I'll try my best to improve. (Just for you Kara!)

We have a word, people!

So, he hasn't quite figured out who his Mama is (he's considering asking Maury for help), but so far he's called me, Jimmy, the fridge and Oprah "mama".

I hope this doesn't lead to therapy later.

Here's one of his best!

He's off to university next week, at this rate.