More shoes?!
Posted by kasper on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 15:55 under General
So once again I am plagued by the “I let real life get in the way of my blog” guilt. The title of my website pretty much says it all. I really don’t know where my time goes. I haven’t uploaded photos to Flickr in I don’t know how long, mainly because of the daunting task of removing the red eye from the majority of shots. Why when I use the red-eye setting do I still have this issue? grr
Let’s see, what’s been up lately? Well, on Sunday we went to the Mama’s and Chicks Spring Show. I managed to get a free ticket from the woman in front of me who had an extra one. Hubby went in ahead of me while I stayed behind to fill out ballots for the prizes, but when I joined him I thought it was funny that he said ‘everyone’s trying to sell me stuff’. Well duh. That’s sort of the point of the show. I really wanted to get a wrap to carry baby D around, but was told numerous times ‘absolutely not!’. I have gone the sling route before and been totally unsatisfied with them. While I was still pregnant I got a ring sling, which I found fairly complicated to use and just didn’t feel confident enough to be hands free. So then I got a snuggly type of carrier which was seemed too small even though baby D is on the small size for his age, so that was out. Finally I saw a hip carrier at Walmart on the cheap so I tried that one and found that the strap was cutting into my neck so I returned it. The wrap at the show was a ‘Cuddly Wrap’ and hubby was not about to shell out $65 for a long piece of fabric. We did however manage to pick up a couple of things: a ‘Gertie ball’ the ones with the nubbies all over, a travel placemat, and a pair of SqueakyFeet. I love these shoes, as I am slightly baby shoe obsessed.
They have little squeakers in the heel so that with every step you know where your child is (or at least have a rough idea). The squeakers can also be taken out if/when I get sick of hearing that much squeaking.
Monday we all (our little family of 3, plus my Dad and my brother and his wife) went out for dinner before my Dad left for Germany. I’m not much for Greek food, but since my Dad likes it that’s what where we went. It was actually very yummy. I wasn’t overly impressed with my brother and his wife. But then I rarely am. They just seemed so distant. When my Dad tried to talk to them they didn’t seem interested.
Yesterday morning I got a call from my friend Nancy to meet her to go shopping. I didn’t have very long since my Dad needed the car to go out for his weekly lunch date with the guys but I did manage to meet her for an hour. I really wanted to get those foam puzzle mats for the deck since it’s pretty old and I don’t want baby D crawling around and undoubtedly getting a splinter. I had in my mind that they would be multi-coloured, but the store only had 1 set of blue. Nancy mentioned that she has a set of mats with the letters on them and would bring them to our parenting group on Thursday.
As for now, I’ve just gone over everything that needs to be done around the house with my Dad. He (mr. generous) is actually giving us $80 to buy plants for the garden! So we are just about to take my Dad to the airport where he’ll be flying to Germany and staying for 5 weeks. It’s so weird every time he goes though. We get really close just before he leaves. Like we’ve been doing dinner together (our 3, plus Dad) for the last 4 nights. Then over the 5 weeks he’ll be gone, we get into our own routine. Like free car for me - yahoo! And when he finally gets back, the relationship is a bit strained. Hope we can plow through that this time around. Anyway, off to the airport…
You have reached the blog of kasper. I live outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
and have been blogging since 1999. I am newly married, though have been with the same guy for nearly 13 years.
We have a son (baby D) born April 13th, 2007 and have all moved into our first home. Though I don't tend
to stick to one thing, I've been known to enjoy the Sims2, knitting, webdesign, reading, music and movies.
May 1st, 2008 at 23:01 pm
The best sling I used was a hotsling (hotslings.com). I loved it! You can see it in action here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiss-my-kitty/2457349214/
I had a ring sling when Alyssa was a baby, but I never could get the hang of adjusting it, and it never really was that comfortable, so I gave up and just hauled her around in her seat, and later in her stroller.
Those squeaker shoes are innovative in terms of keeping tabs on the whereabouts of your child at all times, but I definitely see the squeakers becoming annoying. Thank goodness they are removable!
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