Wednesday, May 2, 2012

a moment to breathe...


Well that was a long pause... as most of you know we have had a very interesting couple of months. Christmas came and went (Grey had a particularly successful year and we started a new family tradition of choosing a local charity for Grey to make a Christmas contribution to).

January-We put our first family home on the market and it SOLD 5 days later... hence the reason for the massive pause in our baby updates.

February- was a big one for our BIG 1! Grey's first birthday was celebrated with lots of love + laughter at Servus place in St. Albert. There were balloons and cotton candy galore. Soft pink + butter yellow were the colours and a delicious red velvet cake from Fuss for the little lady.
February also meant momma went back to work so Grey and daddy have been spending some lovely one on one time :) He is such an awesome dad xoxo

March- Grey is now a full time runner! Why walk when you can run... an exciting time but also a time for full-on baby proofing...
We were homeless and living with Grandpa + Grandma for about 3 weeks... we are very fortunate to have such wonderful families who are literally willing to drop everything to give us a hand.

April- Grey is now rocking 11 teeth and #12 is well on its way!!!
We finally took possession of our new home and we are fully taking advantage of the trails and all that St. Albert has to offer (so excited for the farmer's market and children's festival this year!!)
Daddy turned 29 and Auntie Kiki turned 20... and Grey loves cake :)

Grey has quite the little vocabulary now (Hello, hi, mama, daddy, Ella, puppy, birdie, fishes, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, toes, head, walk, apple, banana, auntie, papa, pretty, kiss, hug, shoes, phone, puff, cookie, "good girl", her favourite word is BATH and i swear she says "I love you too") and she loooovvveessss to dance! Ellen DeGeneres eat your heart out... :)






























brushing those pearly whites...



Thursday, November 24, 2011

A month of firsts....

It has been quite awhile since our last post... but with good reason. We have been off experiencing many new first time experiences.

In the last month we have gone on Grey's first, second, third & fourth plane flight. To Saskatoon and Montreal for the first time (not a single tear). Grey met great grandma... finally. Due to a hectic summer we had to postpone our previously planned trip -but we finally made it out there... If anything I think the fact that Grey is now a little older made it more enjoyable for everyone... she is full of personality and is ridiculously interactive. Not to mention ridiculously cute!!!

First hockey game

Thanksgiving & Halloween have come and gone (Our little ladybug stole the show... )

The Christmas tree is up and the first snow fall has shown Grey why we love Canada... mostly from indoors. It's beautiful and frigid all at once...

Grey is now rocking 2 bottom teeth AND 2 top teeth... crawling is old news. Standing is so much cooler... Grey is starting to say "Hi" and wave on command and is clapping up a mad storm...

We have had a super busy but fantastically enjoyable month...  looking forward to updating more a little later on.


Montreal







Oilers in Montreal



Great Grandma




Thanksgiving




first Oilers game



Bug Love









Thursday, September 22, 2011

My world according to my iPhone...



30 Weeks + mobile baby = trouble


First attempt...

... Take 2


my favourite season!

pumpkin spice




Made an army of these bad boys for the Hubs...


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

my world... according to my iPhone










flowers from the Hubby

Ohhhh, Etsy.



Mmmmm


my Grandmother. Grey's Great-Grandmother.














and some bonus photos....



spilt milk??












Wednesday, August 10, 2011

New month... new adventures!

This past month has been a great month! Grey has experienced many firsts...

  • the Zoo with Auntie Kristi
  • Rolling over... both directions
  • Cereal
  • Carrots 
  • Bananas
  • Peas
  • Sweet potatoes (Grey is sweet potato CRAZY!!)
  • The farmer's market... several times 
  • Boat rides
and last but not least... our first vacation!!

Family time in Lake Louise for a gorgeous wedding and then to the Shuswap to see the Dixon clan...

Grey was:
A "perfect angel" from home to Lake Louise. 
A "sassy beast" (thanks Chels for the term) from Lake Louise to the Shuswap. 
A "tiny terrorist" on the way home... which led to a very unexpected stay over in Jasper. 

All in all it turned out to be a great week and to be honest, even with the tears on the way home (from both momma and baby)... I'd definitely do it again :)


Photos to follow.