Watson Blogosphere

2007-03-23T09:04:00.000-04:00

Adventures in Solid Food

Stop taking pictures and give me the spoon!

Ha ha! The spoon is mine!

I help by scooping the food off with my fingers.

Who cares about the orange spoon, now I have the green spoon!

I like the way the Barley mush feels against my skin.
AKA why Mom later found Barley crud in my ear.

2007-03-06T10:27:00.000-05:00

Jake's First Time out of the Country

The Watsons just got back from the Dominican Republic. It was full of firsts for Jake. His first airplane ride (he was a superstar), his first swim, his first dip in the ocean, his first time somewhere warm, his first time outside without a coat or blanket, his first taste of solids (sand), his first time hanging out in just his diaper, his first time going barefoot for a whole week. He even rolled over for the first time when we were there.

2007-03-03T20:20:00.000-05:00

What better to do in the winter than head up north to the cottage?

There was a little bit of snow... and a LOT of wind...

5 kids under 5... Tacos all around!

Jake's first toboggan experience... It took longer to get him dressed and bundled than the time he actually spent outside. Did I mention it was windy?

2007-02-21T19:23:00.000-05:00

Poor Baby!

Sometimes life is just tough, but Jake knows how to do it in style. He has mastered the art of the pout. We would feel sorry for him if we could stop laughing.

2007-01-24T19:21:00.000-05:00

Party Animal!

It turns out that Jacob is one big party pants. Here are some pics of him in action...

2007-01-07T20:17:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays!

The Watsons are back from their holiday season travels. We started in Orangeville for the Hendrie family Christmas. Jacob met lots of new family, hung out with his Pop and GG and then had a nice nap with Nana when all the attention wore him out.

We were in Owen Sound for Christmas - here's Jacob helping to decorate Christmas cakes and admiring some of his new presents Christmas morning.

We then went to London for New Years - it was a major baby fest, but I didn't get many pictures. From London we drove to Ottawa and had Christmas with the Watson side of the family. Here's Jacob getting his first piano lesson from his Grandpa Watson.

Happy 2007!

2006-11-27T17:23:00.000-05:00

What a Popular Kid!

November has been a busy month so far with lots of new visitors. . .

Melissa - the fabulous woman who brought licorice and held Jacob so I could nap

Great Grandma - aka GG

Grandpa Watson - his visit was one big Jacob smilefest!

Tante Agnes - expert diaper changer and Jacob entertainer

Uncle Matt and Aunt Jess - The beer drinking, card cheating, hat wearing part of the family. They did do a lot of dishes though.

2006-10-31T18:13:00.000-05:00

Happy Halloween!

Like father, like son?

Jacob lounging with Pop.

Jacob cuddling with Nana.

Jacob the giant halloween caterpillar (right before puking all over his costume).

2006-10-23T20:12:00.000-04:00

Jacob is 3 weeks old today!

It has been a busy week at the Watson's. Jacob's nursery is on the verge of being finished, for real this time. One more coat of paint on the floor tomorrow, then we can move in. Carran (Gran) is here visiting and has been cooking up a storm. We're all gaining weight. We went to the clinic yesterday for a weight check. Jacob weighs a whopping 7 lbs 14 oz. That is up a pound and 2 oz in a little over week! Here are some pics of our hoover...

Jacob in a food coma.

Jacob and his Gran.

Jacob's favourite place to hang out and burp - in his Dad's lap.

Jacob loves his sling (Thanks Jacksons!)

2006-10-11T16:12:00.000-04:00

More Pictures...

Visiting Nana & Pop at Thanksgiving

2006-10-11T16:01:00.000-04:00

Right before leaving the Hospital.

Chillin with Dad

2006-10-03T16:16:00.000-04:00

IT'S A BOY!!!
Jacob Ian James Watson was born at 8:24 am at Stratford General Hospital. He weighed 6 lb 4 oz. He was 50 cm long with a head circumference of 33.5 cm.

Here are the details (if you're not interested, pic's follow the text). At about 10 pm Sunday night (Oct. 1), I had just got back from playing pickup hockey (we had only 12 guys out, incl. goalies... I was FREAKIN exhausted). Hil had been feeling some cramps. So, she mentioned to me that it may be nothing, but it may be labour. Thinking nothing of it, I went to bed.

In the meantime, the cramps turned into contractions. Hil called the Hospital at around midnight and they said to take a bath, and try to make sure things keep moving along, and when the contractions get longer and more frequent, call again (I was still asleep and totally oblivious at this point).

At around 2 am, The contractions were around 2-3 min apart with 20-50 s duration. So, Hil woke me up, told me she thought she was in labour and called the hospital while I, in my stupor of exhaustion, tried to comprehend what was going on. I don't think I'd of acted much different if she woke up and said the house was on fire.

So, we packed everything up and were on the road to Stratford by 2:45 am. The contractions continued at pretty much every 2 - 3 min throughout the 1 h car ride to the hospital. We got in at about 3:45 am, and saw a nurse in triage at about 4:15-4:30.

As SOON as we saw the nurse and got hooked up to the machine, the contractions stopped... they went down to every 7-10 min at much lower intensity. She checked Hil out and she was 1 cm. We weren't sure at this point whether or not they'd send us home.

We were told to go take a walk to try to move things along... so while Hil willed the contractions to come back, I psyched myself up for potentially another 2 hours of totally exhausted driving in the middle of the night.

But, thankfully, things started moving again. The little walk seemed to have had its desired effect. The contractions started right back up again. By 7:00am she was 4 cm. By 7:30 am she was 8 cm. At 8:05 she was fully dialated and started to push. The munchkin was apparently in a really great position, because after not even 20 minutes of pushing, there he was!!!!

Anyways, both mom and baby are fine. We're back home to our construction zone. Everyone's freakin exhausted, so I'm going to have a nap!

Enjoy the pic's!!!

2006-09-22T23:10:00.000-04:00

Hello intrepid webfiends with nothing better to do than live vicariously through the Watsons! Welcome to the Watson Blogosphere. Whether you're whittling away those last hours of "work", retired and have nothing better to do, or gainfully employed and have nothing better to do, the Watson Blogosphere will provide you with a mild distraction from whatever else it is you should be doing.

So, where we are today:

Hilary is 8.5 months pregnant with a wee one. No, we don't know the sex. Due date is October the 7th (this picture is from August).

That's me right before my triathlon... 1k swim, 45k bike, 10k run. With 6' swells, a broken bike, and below average running skills, I managed to finish in just over 3 1/2 hours... Just about enough time for the guy that won to do it twice.

The house reno: The nursery is about to get painted, and the family room has just taken its first coat of plaster.

I've just started back at school at the University of Waterloo finishing my Master's Degree.

We'll dutifully try to keep this thing up to date regularly!

Check back often! Who knows what crazy hijinks Hil and I will regail you with.