On Wednesday, Kadin's nanny and poppy (Tonia's parents) arrived. Within about 9 minutes, Kadin quietly forgot that he ever had parents as his grand-parents very efficiently stole him from us...haha.
He's been a bit of a terror in the last few days though, mostly because we have the Christmas tree in the middle of the livingroom. Last year, he was all of 2 months old and was just barely able to lift his head, much less move.
This year, he runs to the tree, yanks a decoration off, then runs and hides on the other side of it when we try and get him to stop. Someone's getting a big, fat, chunky bag of coal!
Kadin loves real milk! On Saturday we replaced one of his 4 oz formula bottles with milk (Homo, of the 3.25% variety) and he just sucked it back like it was nobodies business. After seeing that success repeated with the rest of his bottles that day, we decided to hell with the rest of his formula!
Life just got easier by a small but significant notch as we no longer have to worry about feeding his $45 dollar/month formula habit.
Earlier today we were at the mall and put Kadin on one of those mechanical rides. Some sort of plane with Woody Wood-Pecker in the back seat. Kadin had a great time, even though he insisted on standing for the most part.
When the ride was over there was a woman with her young son and another woman who appeared to be the grandmother standing nearby. All were quite friendly, and the grandmother started a quick conversation.
Basically, her grandson was Kadin's age but weighed 18 lbs (vs Kadin's nearly 27) and looked like he didn't quite have the strength to walk. When I made a move as to put Kadin down a few feet in front of the stroller, the poor boy looked like he was about to freak out...so Kadin stayed up in Abu's arms a bit longer!
Another weekend over now, and it's well past my bed-time.
Tonight was our last night to spend with Kadin's three Dadi's and my cousin Maleeha. Time was unfortunately limited as they were on a tight and quite hectic schedule, but we had a great time hanging out and snapping about an entire roll worth of film.
Oh, I also managed to polish off two slices of chocolate cheesecake and a plate of various cheeses. I do believe I'll be on the toilet for a week now, thank you very much.
Kadin was, as expected, the main event during our visit. This time though, he refrained from taking an enormous poo while in the hotel room. Not that anyone would have much minded even if he had.
That's all to report on the Kadin front tonight, good night!
Today Kadin met my cousin Maleeha and his Dadi's (Urdu word for grandmother, in this case used for great-aunt's) Popy, Chubbo & Roohi. It was an absolutely wonderful time! They just went nuts over him! Maleeha had her fair share of baby-madness as well, mind you.
Today Kadin met my cousin Maleeha and his Dadi's (Urdu word for grandmother, in this case used for great-aunt's) Popy, Chubbo & Roohi. It was an absolutely wonderful time! They just went nuts over him! Maleeha had her fair share of baby-madness as well, mind you.
Kadin made out with some excellent loot: Ceramic letters spelling his name, several great outfits (including a nice vest & his first tie!), an Ottawa Senators track suit (heh), a hand knitted blanket, a nicely framed picture of his Maham & Zahrah Phuppo (Urdu word for aunt) , and a generous contribution to his education fund.
Although Tonia & I spent a great afternoon just hanging out with them, it was clear Kadin was the star attraction. Hell, he even had his Dadi's fighting for the right to change his diaper!
The afternoon finished with Kadin taking a luxurious nap in a soft hotel bed. We'll be sure to be spending more time with his Maleeha Phuppo and assorted Dadi's before they leave on Monday.
So today we have Kadin dressed up like that guy from the Aerosmith "Crazy" video. You know, over-alls with no shirt on? Only, with a 6 week old baby the effect is decidedly different. Damn cute though.
So today we have Kadin dressed up like that guy from the Aerosmith "Crazy" video. You know, over-alls with no shirt on? Only, with a 6 week old baby the effect is decidedly different. Damn cute though.
He is getting extremely vocal now. Not just his crying or fake crying, but making a significant amount of coo-ing sounds. Even his poo grunts sound much more involved, like he's really trying to say something, ya know?
This is a very exciting week for all of us, since my cousin and three aunts are coming in to town to meet Kadin and Tonia for the first time (and they might say hi to me as well!).
Kadin's coming to the end of his short nap now, so I should take advantage of this free time to...oh I dunno, go to the bathroom?
Since the biblical flooding seems to have leveled off, we went on a shopping trip to spend money on baby things.
Since the biblical flooding seems to have leveled off, we went on a shopping trip to spend money on baby things. We're moving out of the 24/7 sleepers dress mode, and into the human clothes realm. With that in mind, we picked out some nice outfits for him today.
Being a day shy of 6 weeks, Kadin has still managed to burn past most of his newborn outfits and is well into the 3-6 month range.
In the first of many daring acts, we co-ordinated a meeting with Brad (who flew in from Edmonton the day before). What made this meeting oh-so daring was the fact that Brad flubbed his way from downtown Vancouver to Coquitlam, only to find that we had gone out to a mall in Surrey.
Brad was able to follow my broken directions, and we were able to spend a few hours with him. Even snapped a few photo's proving that he is in fact capable of holding an infant!