a few tough nights and one amazing day!

Look at this hairdo! The little guy sure does have some style going on and no, we do not use gel or mousse or pomade - zis look comes au naturel

Soooooo sleep has been a bit of an issue over the last week or so (let me rephrase: lack of sleep has been the issue); he was up no less than five times on Wednesday night - ugh. Was he just that excited about hitting the five-month mark? Or maybe he was gearing up for a royal wedding all-nighter... hm. It could have been the teeth, or the move back home, or maybe he misses his dad, or sheesh, I don't know. Anyways, last night was much better. He was down at a normal-ish time (9:00) and with the exception of a 10:30 scream-screech 10-minute awake time, he slept through the night - hurrrrrray. And no, I did not get up to watch any of the royal wedding, but yes, I did check it out as soon as I could this morning - post breakfast play time baby time. Kate looked amaaaaazing in her wedding dress (I love weddings! I love wedding dresses!) and when I feel like I have some time to waste (internet vortex time sucker) I'll look at some of the videos - VIP guests arriving, ceremony etc.

I feel like I had quite a bit to write about, but now that I'm here looking at this keyboard, I'm not so sure what it was. Hm. Anyways, even after a chopped up night of sleep, we had an amazing day yesterday! The morning was productive, and the afternoon was social. Hendrik and I visited Diane in the hospital, and she looked great; Hendrik gave her cuddles and smiles and ooooohs and coos which made everyone smile - yay. And then we met up with Carla - in town for a conference - and the two of us talked almost non-stop for 3 1/2 hours, from pick-up through dinner to drop-off... it was faaaabulous. So good to see a great friend and catch up and phew... it was awesome. Hendrik chimed in too - he was sooooo vocal, and I mean, I think I talk to him quite a bit, but (and maybe, as C-la said, it was the tone? adult talk?) he was piping in and making the cutest noises! I have to get this on video too, because over the past few days he's been laughing and giggling it up when I say BOOM! - man, is it ever cute. For dinner we tried to go the Chelsea Pub, but there was live music about to start - not so great with a wee babe, so we ate at Cafe Soup'Herbe, which I just now realized isn't Cafe Superbe, even though that's pretty much what it was. A quaint and quiet vegetarian/vegan cafe that is well worth a visit; I had a veggie version of Shepherd's Pie, and Carla had spanakopita... yumyumyum. And today, Hendrik and I are going to make our way down to the War Museum to volunteer for CN Cycle for CHEO; our shift is 12-8, so we'll see how it goes. Usually there are so many volunteers that they might not totally need us for eight hours, but yup, we'll see. And Steve is home soon - yay! Two more days. We get to pick him up on Sunday afternoon, and I wonder how much of a change he'll see in Hendrik. Here he is yesterday, being all cute on the change table... washing away the sleep-deprivation-frustration of the night before with cuteness - love!