Flashback: Toronto to Vancouver Road Trip

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I had almost forgotten about this old blog I started when Linds, Oscar and I drove from Toronto to Vancouver for our move out here in August 2006 (how time flies!).

Looking back at it now sure brings back great memories of the trip - I only wish I had blogged more on it as it appears I did not finish up the tail end of the blog. I can't even recall what name I signed up with on that blog, so I cannot go edit it or anything.

Anyways here is where the blog is, so that I don't forget what the blog was named!

http://torontotovancouver.blogspot.com

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The Connor Boogie Woogie

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Do you think I can make it on "So You Think You Can Dance Canada"?

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Connor eating rice porridge and giggling at UM...

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Connor has been eating "solids" - if you can call mush a solid - for about two weeks now. We started with a sample packet of Heinz rice cereal which we received free from Heinz. We also had a Nestle sample, which seemed sweeter than the Heinz, so I have since purchased a box of Heinz Organic Wheat cereal. This is non-sweetened so it was even better. Connor has also eaten brown rice porridge which I pureed the heck out of, and froze them "plop" method - spooned the porridge onto wax paper and froze them (read this in a book). Connor isn't a big fan of that one, as it's quite bland, so I mix it with apple sauce and he's OK with that. Connor has also tried pureed carrots and avocado - he wasn't that happy with those either.

Here's a video of Connor having some white rice porridge yesterday. He didn't seem to mind it that much. The porridge consistency was thicker but there were still chunks of rice in it, which he wasn't used to.

I decided to try posting the videos to YouTube now, and embed the video into the blog. The quality seems much better.

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Six months old update

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Wow, I just noticed that my last post was on January 10th! Boy I am so behind!

Connor is now more than 6 months old and has started solids! Such fun, such fun. Such messes!

I started him on rice cereal - some freebie packets I received from Heinz and Nestle. Ended up buying a box of Heinz because it was less sweet. I also made some brown rice porridge which I then pureed. Connor isn't liking that as much, probably because it is not sweet.

Today I tried giving him some pureed carrots. He seemed to like but I think he doesn't like the texture of it all that much. It will take some time, it seems, for him to get used less liquidy textures.

Here's a video of Connor eating...

Sleeping update - we've set up Connor's bed and I have been sleeping with him in his room. This has been working out good, he doesn't seem to know the difference as long as I'm there with him. One significant improvement to this setup so far is that for his daytime naps, he has been sleeping super well in that bed - for up to 2+ hours at a time! He does wake up and cry for some BF or a soother works sometimes too, but once pacified he just goes back to sleep.

Out like a light!

Here's how we have the bed set up. I bought a bed rail.
However I haven't been using it lately,
|since Connor doesn't roll around just yet.

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Happy Chinese New Year - Year of the Ox

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Gung Hay Fat Choy! We've had a busy Chinese New Year!

Grandma Kwok spent her first ever Chinese New Year in Canada. We had a pre-New Year's dinner last Friday. Then we all went to her place on New Year's (Monday Jan 26) for lunch and dinner. Then yesterday we went out for dinner again, because we had Uncle 4's family visiting.

In this pic here we were having dinner on Friday. We went to the Kirin at Starlight Casino.

Connor ended up with lots and lots of lucky lai see packets!

We are all exhausted though from all this eating out!

Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous 2009!

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