Today she is 8 months old.
She's my little doll and I find it hard to put into words how special she is to our family.
A few picture to share.
She loves being tipped upside down!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
8 months! May 29
My baby gets less and less baby everyday!
Today she is 8 months old.
She's my little doll and I find it hard to put into words how special she is to our family.
A few picture to share.
Today she is 8 months old.
She's my little doll and I find it hard to put into words how special she is to our family.
A few picture to share.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Hops - May 27
We've had hops growing in our backyard for 4 years now. They grow so well in the location we had them in, literally like weeds. We put clear netting on our deck railing so they'd have something to grow on. It worked as a great privacy shade from our "kind of too close" neighbours dining room window.
If you haven't felt hops before, it's like very fine velcro. It sticks to everything and that's how it grows. It twists around itself and can grow 4-5 inches in a day.
It's crazy!
We had been talking about keeping it under control this year.
Usually we do well at keeping it controlled, then it rains for a few days and when we get outside again, it has taken over our pathway. It sticks to your clothes, scratches your skin (I'm allergic so it leaves marks for weeks on me and now Jude too) and hides BIG spiders! Once it's that big (mid July usually) I don't go anywhere near it. I'm afraid of spiders and it narrows the pathway too close for my liking.
We decided last night to just rip it out.
Easier said than done.
If you haven't felt hops before, it's like very fine velcro. It sticks to everything and that's how it grows. It twists around itself and can grow 4-5 inches in a day.
It's crazy!
We had been talking about keeping it under control this year.
Usually we do well at keeping it controlled, then it rains for a few days and when we get outside again, it has taken over our pathway. It sticks to your clothes, scratches your skin (I'm allergic so it leaves marks for weeks on me and now Jude too) and hides BIG spiders! Once it's that big (mid July usually) I don't go anywhere near it. I'm afraid of spiders and it narrows the pathway too close for my liking.
We decided last night to just rip it out.
Easier said than done.
There was NOTHING here before we left for 5 days to Canmore.
Not even a tiny bit of green, I checked. A little bit of rain, a bit of sun and BOOM. Hops explosion.
C digging them out for me.
The green is what was left above ground when we cut it down.
Look at those roots. It was like pulling out a tree by hand!
Amazing. No wonder they did so well.
Rainy Zoo day - May 24
I thought, looking at the forecast for the week before our trip, that our zoo trip was going to be rained out. Even the day before our zoo trip, the forecast was for rain, rain, rain in Calgary. We made alternate plans in the event of a rain out.
I checked the web the morning of, rain in Calgary... they had a "poor weather discount" coupon on the zoo's website. We printed it off and hoped for the best.
It was a GREAT day. No one was there and we didn't get rained on. Maybe 30 seconds of drizzle once, that was it.
There was no one there, we had the place to ourselves. J was able to run ahead and not get lost.
You can really see the difference in the animals behaviour with so few people. They were right up at the fences and glass, sleeping or just hanging out.
Such a treat.
I checked the web the morning of, rain in Calgary... they had a "poor weather discount" coupon on the zoo's website. We printed it off and hoped for the best.
It was a GREAT day. No one was there and we didn't get rained on. Maybe 30 seconds of drizzle once, that was it.
There was no one there, we had the place to ourselves. J was able to run ahead and not get lost.
You can really see the difference in the animals behaviour with so few people. They were right up at the fences and glass, sleeping or just hanging out.
Such a treat.
A little chilly so the doors were closed.
Bundled
Lions sleeping right inside the glass.
I can't imagine ever being so close to a zebra again.
All four elephants inside
Despite the worrying whether we'd get rained on, we really couldn't have asked for a better day.
Teeth! May 23
This little girl now has four teeth. Four, very sharp teeth!
While sleeping, her fourth front tooth came in.
I'm so impressed with how well she has done so far teething. I remember many more choppy nights sleep with J. And J didn't get any teeth until 9.5 months.
E has had a few nights where she'd rather stay up visiting than go to sleep but luckily (and while I knock on wood) no crying.
Not sure if it is the amber teething necklace we have tried with her. Maybe it's helping, maybe not but two of her four front teeth have been surprises and I had no idea they were even close to coming in.
If it's not actually helping, it was a pretty $20 necklace.
While sleeping, her fourth front tooth came in.
I'm so impressed with how well she has done so far teething. I remember many more choppy nights sleep with J. And J didn't get any teeth until 9.5 months.
E has had a few nights where she'd rather stay up visiting than go to sleep but luckily (and while I knock on wood) no crying.
Not sure if it is the amber teething necklace we have tried with her. Maybe it's helping, maybe not but two of her four front teeth have been surprises and I had no idea they were even close to coming in.
If it's not actually helping, it was a pretty $20 necklace.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
May Long weekend - May 22
Another unexpected beautiful day meant we spent the most of the day outside!
We had a great time on our walk to and from the park in Canmore, downtown near the river. 
J very excited to cross the river. I don't think he'd ever been across a bridge for more than just a stream.
I remembered this slide being huge...
Taxi driver
Touching the Bow River water.
Teething.
Dinner at the Flat Bread Company. So yummy! Pricey, but yummy!.
Park just down from the Grandparents house. E slept in the car, I played paparazzi from the car window.
I can't believe how fast he has taken to "big kid" swings.
Sometimes I wonder if Dad's think these types of life lessons totally through.
Phew! Busy day!!
Baby Hawk Mei Tai - May 22
The Monday before we left, I found E's first top tooth. I was playing with her, tipping her upside down, and there is was staring back at me. I almost dropped her I was so shocked. It's one of those big ones you don't realize is so big until it is coming out of someone's tiny baby mouth. She had been fussy and wanted to be held almost constantly (now it made sense!). I knew no trip to Canmore was going to be fun for me if I had to carry a baby around the entire time.
I loved my first Blue Celery baby carrier when E was born. She was so tiny, it made me feel good she could stay close and warm while I still had two arms free to wrangle J. Now she's getting bigger, my first baby carrier was starting to get a bit small for her.
I had already decided I wanted a Mei Tai style carrier next. According to YouTube, they seemed easy to put on and take off. I had very briefly considered making my own but realized that was pure insanity pretty quickly and set off to find one in the city.
I found a brand I loved (Baby Hawk) at a store just inside Edmonton (The Birth Source) and it wasn't even crazy expensive. I LOVE IT. LOVE!
It is simple to put on and E goes to sleep (on my front) almost immediately and can look around and still relax when she's on my back.
It was a life saver on our trip this weekend.
I was able to carry E most of the time when we were out and I even gave J an hour long ride through the Calgary zoo.
I loved my first Blue Celery baby carrier when E was born. She was so tiny, it made me feel good she could stay close and warm while I still had two arms free to wrangle J. Now she's getting bigger, my first baby carrier was starting to get a bit small for her.
I had already decided I wanted a Mei Tai style carrier next. According to YouTube, they seemed easy to put on and take off. I had very briefly considered making my own but realized that was pure insanity pretty quickly and set off to find one in the city.
I found a brand I loved (Baby Hawk) at a store just inside Edmonton (The Birth Source) and it wasn't even crazy expensive. I LOVE IT. LOVE!
It is simple to put on and E goes to sleep (on my front) almost immediately and can look around and still relax when she's on my back.
It was a life saver on our trip this weekend.
I was able to carry E most of the time when we were out and I even gave J an hour long ride through the Calgary zoo.
Both kids seem to really enjoy being carried in the wrap. E's a bit small to be able to see really well on my back but she doesn't have to crane her neck to see, she leans against one side and chews on the straps. J's taller so he's out of the body part and can see well. He's a bit heavy to have in it on a regular basis but it worked great on our trip.
May Long Weekend -May 20-25 May 21
We headed to Canmore to stay with Grandma and Grandpa 21 for the long weekend. Hubby C took an extra few days off work so we could make it an extra long weekend and take the kids to the Calgary zoo on a work day.
The last few times we had been to Canmore, we were plagued by sickness and lack of sleep for everyone, making us more sick and more tired.
We had plans to go for Easter and then J was very sick. We wanted to help make this an extra special trip for him especially. He was very sad to miss out at Easter.
We headed down Friday night after C was done work. This always seems like a good idea until we're on the road, planning on them sleeping the whole way and the kids won't go to sleep until it's actually dark outside. This trip that meant 10:30pm and Calgary! Just in time for them to get 90 minutes sleep before we arrive, wake them up, make beds and attempt to put them back to sleep quickly. I need to remember this!
Our first morning was beautiful. The kids woke up at their usual 8am time despite the late night. The weather had been forecasted to be chilly and wet the whole weekend so it was a pleasant surprise to awake to sun.
We headed to a park downtown we'd never been to before.
My camera batteries died, of course! Not before I got one picture of the playground.
Such a great morning to be outside.
The last few times we had been to Canmore, we were plagued by sickness and lack of sleep for everyone, making us more sick and more tired.
We had plans to go for Easter and then J was very sick. We wanted to help make this an extra special trip for him especially. He was very sad to miss out at Easter.
We headed down Friday night after C was done work. This always seems like a good idea until we're on the road, planning on them sleeping the whole way and the kids won't go to sleep until it's actually dark outside. This trip that meant 10:30pm and Calgary! Just in time for them to get 90 minutes sleep before we arrive, wake them up, make beds and attempt to put them back to sleep quickly. I need to remember this!
Our first morning was beautiful. The kids woke up at their usual 8am time despite the late night. The weather had been forecasted to be chilly and wet the whole weekend so it was a pleasant surprise to awake to sun.
We headed to a park downtown we'd never been to before.
My camera batteries died, of course! Not before I got one picture of the playground.
Such a great morning to be outside.
It turned out to be quite a big park. Grandpa 21 and Daddy were on the phone to each other, looking for each other, only to realize they were both in the correct location but at either side of the park!
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