Coasting

March 26, 2007

Simon Stats:

7 months
Almost nearly juuust about mobile
2 bottem teeth
Fussy eater
Says "mum" on occasion when he fusses
Fussy about who's holding him and why
Pulls out one large handful of my hair every day
Hugs and kisses us with all his might
Loves to quietly observe, named "the watcher"
Reminds me of Emily
Wears Thomas's clothes the minute Tom outgrows them. As in 12-18 mo.s. As in HUGE.

The sad news is this: Cheyenne's family is moving away and they've refused to let us keep her.

We've been promised visits and sleepovers and emails and pictures. But Powell River won't mean as much to me the moment they leave.

As for Emily, I hope she will give her other friends a chance to fill the space that having Cheyenne live 7 minutes and 30 seconds away has filled. It won't be easy.

We do wish you a happy journey Cheyenne and Monice and family! We've loved being a part of your lives and watching the love and friendship between our girls grow so deep.

March 25, 2007

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY EMILY OF BLUE COAST!

You are a ham, a nut, a baby-cake and a super-star.

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March 15, 2007

March 12, 2007

March 09, 2007

March 08, 2007

Our scanner's on the fritz so Emily's sketches never get the blog-time they deserve. I did manage to remember my camera when I picked her up the other day though. One of the teachers and I had a chuckle because the spunky cutie Emily with wings actually looks like her :)

March 06, 2007

No, Simon is not in pain.

Upon being greeted he will sometimes hold this ridiculously cute expression for up to 5 seconds!

February 22, 2007

The mellowing out of Mr. Thomas Plett...
He's just starting to "get it". A little restraint here, a little understanding there. A kind and sensitive soul is he. A recent honest gesture: offering his fresh booger to the hairdresser and nearly sticking it to her face as she bent over him.

February 21, 2007

Grade 2 Student Led Conference
Emily graciously:
-Quacked us up with silly face #324
-Gave us a revealing look at her carefully recorded weather patterns
-Pointed out the book report worm framing her classroom and heading out the door towards the library
-Gave us a viewing of her very own house and explaining how she was able to build it by saving her paycheques and how soon she'll have enough to buy a pet and plant a vegtable garden to save on grocery expenses.
I'm going to just have to change my blog name to "boasting" the way you're going Emily!

sparkly, curious, affectionate

a tender sweet lovey munchie baby moment

i want to:

suck on his nose

inhale his milky skin

throw him up to the tree-tops, gently catching him over and over

soaking him with 1000 kisses

February 20, 2007

To Victoria with Love...

Krystle and I have this in common: We like to laugh at ourselves and we like to talk and then we like to laugh at ourselves again followed by talking, more laughing, more talking, laughy, talky, goodnight. 3 days and 4 gloriously grown-uppy evenings of this together with our clan at her and Clint's new pad. They fed us, bed us, and cleaned up after us when our hands were full. There is nothing like hanging out with kid magnets when you have 3 of them. Krystle and Clint, you made it the best mini-family-holiday I can remember. This could be the start of a beautiful vacationship ;)

(Sorry for posting the pic krystle, it was the least horrible of the lot)

my favoritest little brother....ever.

The highlight of Emily's life so far came at Marm (Krys and Matt's momma aka Marmalade)and Doug's on the final evening. It wasn't the warm welcome and conversation, or the wonderful feast they set before us. It came in the form of a special little pet ferret named Walter to play with and snuggle for a few hours. And for the 96th time: No Emily, we cannot get a ferret, not yet anyway...