Addison

My sister & husband (Cindy & Mike) are doing well and baby Addison continues to grow!! That little girl is chubby for a little new born! She is soooo cute though with her pudgy lil thighs! I loved holding her! I cannot even believe my kids were THAT small and they were 2 lbs smaller!! I acted as though I had never held a baby before and Cindy was laughing at me and how cautious and gentle I was being undoing her sleeper when it was time for change!! LOL! How quickly you forget I guess??

I think Carsen will LOVE being a big sister and will eventually be mommy's lil' helper!

The "Baby" Has Arrived!

Our New Niece!

She Arrived May 19th, 2007

Carsen Grace's Little Sister!

Addison Lee

8 lbs 2 oz

Silly

Serious

Friends from New Zealand

We had company from NEW ZEALAND in mid May! You know we realize it is hard to get over to the island to visit, so imagine our excitement when we learned that our friends from New Zealand were planning on making the trek over here to see us! I met Mark & Faye Peacock approx. 13? years ago while I was in New Zealand. We hit it off and made a connection and have stayed in touch over the years. Having them here re-kindled the friendship for me and I wished they could have stayed longer!

Mark & Faye's travels did not start and end with us. No, after leaving the island they were meeting up with Mark's brother & wife and heading off on an Alaskan cruise!! And then a possible trip up to the Artic Circle? Wherever they ended up going, I know they will have had a wonderful, adventuresome time!!

While they were here we made a trip to Coombs, BC to the Country Market otherwise known as "Goats on the Roof". http://www.oldcountrymarket.com/ It was a Fun Afternoon!

The kids adored Faye! She just has a way............. :-)

We MISS YOU Mark & Faye!

Apr 30 -Puddle Jumpers (the pics tell the story!)

why? why? why?

Why do I have these big GAPS between my pics?? This question goes out to fellow bloggers!
Do you know??

curious and annoyed,
debbie

April 13th - A Trip to 100 Mile House

Mid April we took a trip to 100 Mile House to visit my family. It had been since Christmas since we had seen everyone and I really wanted to see my sister as she was nearing the end of her pregnancy with baby #2!. We = the kids and I (Andrew stayed home to work) were gone for a full week and I have to tell how proud I was of Ambrose and Maisie for traveling so well!!! I cannot thank them enough! I was a little nervous before we left home not knowing what to expect from them on such a long trip! They are such active 'lil folk now!

From our house it is an hour drive to the ferry in Nanaimo, then the ferry trip (& loading/unloading time) and then the drive from Vancouver to 100 Mile House + stops! which in total the trip took 9 1/2 hours. I suppose if I had blogged about this when I first got home I would have more to say, but being that it is now 2 months later it seems to be old news and boring! :-) I just have to say again how amazed I was at the kids for their excellent behaviour! I could not imagine being strapped to a seat for THAT many hours and not complaining about it!! The only "free" time they had was on the ferry in the kid zone play room for maybe 20 mins! Oh! Which reminds me! There was a memorable moment during our travels........................................ I lost Maisie on the ferry! It may have only been for less than a minute, but it felt like forever and it was all I could do to stay calm and keep a level head to try to find her! Maisie is a little bit of an adventure monkey and "takes off" and usually doesn't look back! I found her in short time and could not have done so without the help of a very generous and kind woman who watched Ambrose for me so I could RUN like MAD to track down mischief Maisie!

My visit with M & D was excellent! It was great to see my sister SO pregnant too!

Cindy Pregnant with Baby #2

Ambrose, Maisie enjoying their very 1st ice

cream cone with cousin Carsen

We had wonderful weather the whole time I was there except for about 12 hours ? when it snowed!!