Home Five months...

Well, the summer breezed by and here we are in September...Gus had his first day of grade 2 this morning and was delighted to see all his little buddies... Big smiles all around. Hildy is growing! SHe has gained 6 pounds since we brought her home and grown almost 10 cm! She has hair now and is full of smiles, is trying desperately to walk and loves her big brother. Here are a few updated pictures...

Please donate to cancer research....

This year my family suffered an agonizing loss to cancer: my cousin. He was an amazing dad, husband, brother, cousin, nephew, firefighter, friend... I could go on. It has ripped a huge hole in our family and we need to raise money for research to stop this from happening again, again and again. Please consider donating to his brave daughter, who just graduated from grade 12. She is participating in a Reach for the Cure campaign in honour of her dad. Check out her website at http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR/Thirdpartyevent/IFE_AB_General_?px=3627804&pg=personal&fr_id=6750
It would mean a lot to my family... Thank you for your support. Please pass this website on to anyone you think would be interested in helping her on her journey.

Summer Has Arrived!

Ok, gorgeous day. Had dinner on the deck with Nana and Papa. Here are some pictures of the kids from the past couple of weeks....

Just hangin' around

Not much to report this week. Gus went to Tristan's birthday party last weekend and got to check out a real firetruck...very cool. Hildy has the sniffles so likes to be held all the time..seems like she is bonding well. She has mastered crawling and is now pulling herself up...has yet to take any steps... She is now 18 pounds... not sure how long she is but has grown out of her really small sleepers. Gus is winding things up in grade one... only a few more weeks until summer vacation and then on to grade 2. How did that happen?? Here are some pictures of the past two weeks...

Cuties at Home

If there were ever two pictures that capture the personalities of my kids, here they are...

First trip to Pender!

We went to Pender for the May Day celebrations this weekend. Hildy's first trip! She didn't seem to mind the ferry but was a little freaked out at not being in her own crib etc. She did ok but is a litle unsettled now that we are home... just going to hang out at home this week. It was great to see everyone!! Introduced Hildy to the "Thursday Girls"... Lisa, thank you so muich for the beautiful cake. Thank you all for the picnic and showering Hildy with goodies...You guys are the best and I miss you all so much. It was so great to all be together again. Gus went fishing with Papa and caught 17 fish!! A new record. A great weekend ...

Update from the weekend

We had a riviting movie night (see photo) on Friday night, had a fun day Saturday just hanging around and went to Kerri's for a baby welcoming on Sunday... Hildy got to hang out with Norah and meet lots of anuts and uncles and cousins! Lots of fun.