Mother's Day

Happy Belated Mother's Day!


We had a great Mother's Day weekend. We started on Friday night with 'Friday Night Feast' take-out dinner from Sunterra Market. Halibut.... yummm! On Saturday Maya and I went to baby Ella's baby shower. It was so nice to see all my friends again and there were so many babies to visit with. Ella is so cute and sweet. Andrew worked hard on Saturday, planting 4 trees in the backyard. On Sunday we went to a Mother's Day brunch at the Hideib's house. Baby Gabriel is growing so quickly and Maya loved checking him out.

Facebook

A bunch of my friends were telling me how great and addictive Facebook is. But would I believe them? No, I had to check it out for myself. It's true... it is great and very addictive. I haven't had the guts to try to connect to anyone that I haven't talked to in a long time, but I'm sure that I will soon.

10 on Tuesday

1. Maya slept right through the night again last night. Lately she's been waking up once during the night, but not last night. It could be because she had a bottle last night and drank over 7 ounces!

2. Today we have Gymboree. I always look forward to Gymboree, Maya really loves it now.

3. Last night I went to my book club meeting. We had a great discussion on The Memory Keeper's Daughter and will be reading The Post-Birthday World this month.

4. The Flames are out of the playoffs. This is a picture from a week ago when they were still in it and we went to watch a game at our friends, Lori and Mark. This was the first time we met their daughter, Madison.


5. My sister's computer is broken. I haven't been updating my blog because I figured she was the only one coming to check it out.

6. I don't want to say spring is finally here (because then it'll probably snow again), but it does look like it'll be nice this week.

7. Gilmore Girls is new tonight! I can't wait!

8. Income tax is due on April 30th. I must work on mine this week!

9. I have scrapbooked a little bit lately. Check it out on Two Peas.

10. I think Maya is waking up from her nap now and I haven't gotten anything done. Oh well!

Happy Easter!

OK, so I'm a day late... we've been busy around here.

We had a great Easter and not too many treats. We got up and went to church in the morning. It was packed and very hot and Maya missed her naptime while we were there.

We then took grouchy Maya to our friend's (Dorgam and Giselle) place for Easter lunch. Giselle is almost 38 weeks pregnant, so just about ready to pop. Friends from Vancouver were also in town with their little boy, Shore. Shore is just a few months older than Maya and he really wanted to grab ahold of her every chance he got. While we were there, Maya missed yet another nap.

When we got home, we somehow managed to take some pictures of Maya in her cutsie Easter dress. You would never guess that this is a baby who hasn't napped all day.

Ten on Tuesday

1. We got back late last night from a wonderful visit in Regina. Maya got to spend time with her grandma and grandpa, a couple of uncles, a sweet aunt, and two crazy cousins.

2. I am amazed at how a 31/2 year old boy and a 2 year old boy can be so in love with a 3 month old baby girl.

3. Maya is enjoying trying out her new wardrobe handed down from above mentioned crazy cousins. (sorry no picture available at time of printing)

4. Maya stayed awake and happy all through gymboree today. This is a first for us.

5. I got to scrapbook with my sister last Friday. Fun times!

6. Maya is asleep now and I hopefully (keep your fingers crossed) won't see her until the morning.

7. 4 more sleeps until we go to the cabin and then on to Spokane for a holiday (for me and Maya) and conference (for Andrew). We are staying in what looks like a swanky hotel. I hope Maya doesn't poo in their pool.

8. I really need to download some pictures off my camera.

9. More of my friends keep popping out babies. I think I've been invited to 3 baby showers and have heard of 2 more pregnancies this week!

10. I thought spring was here to stay and then we got a couple inches of snow today. Boo!

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day

We just got back from a wedding in Saskatchewan. Our friends Rob and Amber (yes, just like to reality TV couple) got married on Saturday. Because of Amber's Irish background and of course the date of the wedding, there was a St. Paddy's Day theme to the whole wedding. We had a great time and Maya was very well behaved and seemed to enjoy the party.


Maya is turning out to be an excellent traveller. This is great because we have so many places we would like to take her. On this trip, she spent 6 hours in the car each way and had to spend 2 nights in a hotel.

Project Playdate: Success

Well our first playdate is over and I think overall it was successful. In total we had 5 babies (4 boys + Maya) and 5 moms.

I brewed coffee (I felt very grownup!) and served muffins that my mommy made me (I felt a little bit like a kid again).

Lots of chat, lots of babies playing, lots of babies crying, and lots of babies eating.

I would have loved to have taken a picture of all the babies lined up on the couch, but it seemed as though all afternoon there was always 1 eating, crying, or sleeping. Next time I guess.

I Love Somebunny

And I think somebunny loves me too!

Ten on Tuesday

1. Sunday was +15 C, today I woke up to several inches of fresh snow... yuck!
2. I am hosting my first playdate on Thursday. So far I have 2 moms and 2 little boys coming over.
3. Today was Gymboree. Maya had her best ever at tummy time, she held her head up and stared at all the other babies.
4. Gilmore Girls is a repeat tonight, what'll I do now?
5. Walmart was all out of size 1 pampers, how does that happen?
6. Only 8 more sleeps until Maya and I visit Regina.
7. It's 3 pm and my dinner has been cooking in the crockpot since 9am. It smells delicious.
8. I bought some latex nipples today. Maybe now Maya will take a bottle.
9. Today Maya is wearing her Parade lounge set. It's organic and the tag says that it's sweatshop free, I really hope none of her clothes were made in a sweatshop!
10. This has been my first "10 on Tuesday". How'd I do?

I'm Back

After taking a long break from blogging, I've decided to give it another go. I won't try to catch up on everything that's happened since August, I will just jump in where I am now. I will give one highlight of the last 7 months.... our dear sweet Maya was born on December 31, 2006.

This is her at 2 months.