Happy New Years!

Hi All!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their families and friends! All the recent posts are great, especially the ones with the pictures! I love pictures!!
In my world - Christmas went well but was busy - way too many people to see. It wasan interesting experience though, as Lee met almost all my family on my Mom's side......they all love him. What else, Aerosmith & Motley Crue concert was freaking amazing!! I actually cried when I heard Steven Tyler sing Crazy (it's my all time fav song by them and overall) - I didn't sit down the whole concert it seriously went into my imaginary book of all time favourite past-times. On a serious note I finally started corrective measures for my injury and had my first physio appointment yesterday it went well - but from now til who knows I have to go twice a week (at $45 a visit!!!!) I'm hoping it helps me....we also discovered that I have beginning signs of CTS (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) in my left wrist, this probably was a factor from my arm/shoulder/back injury and also working at a desk all day....thank gosh we found it early. So I'm on the road to recovery - it only took since August!
As for New Years - Lee and I are taking it easy and hanging out with some of his friends - maybe going 4x4ing or something....gosh I feel old!! haha!

Hope everyone is well - keep in touch and All the Best in 2007!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Happy first christmas to both of those little cuties!!!

Well just thought I would get on here and wish you all a great christmas and happy new years seeing it is coming soon and I probably wont get time to write again before then.

We have been great...but really busy... busy at work like usual, a lot of people get depressed during the holidays and then well, there is the snow and the back log in the E.R's..... YEah.... so we park our patients in the hall ways ( AKA- Gordon Campbell wings) and wait... and wait...

things are still chugging along great with the wedding....can't believe how time is flying... only 61/2 more months. WOW!

well happy holidays guy's!!! get drunk on egg nog and rum and have a blast.... I'll be thinking of you!

Ang

4 days till family!

Well not a lot of news here. I talked to Keira for the first time in ages and made a date to see her for the first time since she was 7 months pregnant. I’ll be coming back to the mainland on Friday!! I’m so excited. I hope the roads will be good enough to drive on. That would just ruin Christmas for Drew and I. We are looking forward to introducing our newest baby Huckleberry to our families.
Drew and I are going to be buying a new car this spring. We are looking at a Subaru outback, or some sort of Toyota. We like the reddish color that isn’t red but isn’t orange.. yeah… dad has a couple used on his lot.
Our friends Pam and Joe from Manitoba are moving to the Okanagan this summer and they have gotten engaged! (key you met them at our wedding)
But yeah. I’m so excited about Christmas this year. We actually have not opened our gifts early! (we have opened them early every year we have been together) So we have a tree full of gifts!
That’s about it.
Key see you on the 26th bright and early!
K

1 Week Till Santa's Here...

Hello Everyone, hope all is well....i just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years....also here are some recent pictures of kaidyn.....she now gives kisses, stands on her own and waves bye bye.....goodness they grow up sooo fast!!!







Cheers!!!
Aunty Erin

'Tis The Season to be Witty

I was out with Angelina today and a reporter from Vancouver asked me about the conjoined twins. She caught me off guard and I think everything I said was pretty dumb. She took down my name though; I hope she's not going to put me in the paper. I said something along the lines that it makes mothers feel thankful for their childrens'health, news is more impactful when it's close to home, and that Vernon is in the news again only this time for a miracle and not a crime. I wasn't very eloquent though, becuase I was trying so hard not to say something offensive like "thank God it wasn't my baby, she must be worried that they will die".

Of course immediately after, I thought of all the insightful and interesting things that I could have said. That's how it always goes. Like when someone is really mean to you and you sulk away, then the rest of the day you stand up for yourself over and over again in your head. That's not just me, right?

Hi, I'm Tom Hanks

Did you ever have a moment of sinking, terrible realization? That's the kind of moment I had at the Kelowna airport the other day when I realized that the keys to my car and my house were making their way to Ontario in Matt's pocket and I had no way to get home. Anyway fortunately I got some help. I am so lucky that:

1)My mom hadn't left for work yet, so she could pick up Bill on her way to work
2)My sister had got her licence just days before, so she could drop my mom off at work and take her car
3)My sister had a spare key to my house that I didn't even know about
4)I had a spare car key by the door in the house, so my sister could get it for me
5)Although my sister goes to school, she didn't have a class that day until the afternoon, and it was early morning

So Bill executed that complicated plan for me and I was only at the airport for 3 hours. I'm also lucky that although Angelina's diaper bag was locked in the car, I did have some food and a toy with me.

It's funny; I have been to the airport three times this year and been stranded there all three times! The other times were due to flight delays. I feel like Tom Hanks in that movie where he lives at the airport!

16 More Sleeps...

...till the merriest Christmas ever, now that we have our little munchkin.

Matt wrote his exam on Tuesday... his final, last-ever CGA exam! All done! No more school! For the first time ever, we will have weekends together. Except for this weekend, 'cause he's at work, and next weekend, 'cause he's in Ontario for work...Well, starting at Christmas we'll have weekends together. Free time; what a strange and wonderful experience that will be!

What's so great about this MAC makeup? I'm not criticizing, I just have no idea. Is it long-wearing?

We saw Thank You for Not Smoking, and it was really good. We saw a preview for kinky boots awhile ago and wanted to see it, so thanks for the reminder Kirsten! Still open to suggestions!

On our way to Matt's work Christmas party
She loves my water bottle
That's aunty Bill's nose
Chillin' with aunty Bill

Tis the season...to be naughty.. I mean nice

Hello again,
Oh my gosh those are the cutest cats, awe! I want one so bad but not allowed at my place. Cute names too! Oh and I totally understand the love for MAC - isn't it the best? My friend works there so I get killer deals, has buying it off ebay been good, how do you know the quality you're going to get or if it's been used?? I never thought of buying makeup online.
Key - I love the comparison photographs - the pineapple one especially you can really see how much Gina has grown, she doesn't look like the same little girl I met in the summer. As for movies - I watched Thank you for not smoking and it was really good, could just be my weird taste is some movies though...oh and if any one is looking for a great Christmas music cd - I bought the Il Divo one today and I love it! Totally worth the buy. Anyone else have good recommendations for Christmas CD's?? I only have 2 and that won't last me very long.
I'm doing well, can't wait for the holiday season...and for the Doctors to figure out what's wrong with me. Here's a new pic of Lee and I from 2 weeks ago at a lounge downtown Vancouver.
21 more days!!

Kinky Boots

well I think that you should rent Kinky Boots for sure. Its pretty cute and funny, well at least we thought so.
Things have been going well here as usual. on Tuesday we have a meeting with a loan person to see if we can buy our own place. I"m so sick of renting and not being able to do the stuff I want to our house. just little things like crown molding.
I'm so excited about coming down for christmas even though it will only be a couple of days. None of my students still have parents so none will be going away for the holiday. Thus I go back to work on the 27th.
We bought The Village and are watching it now... so far so good... but we will see when it ends. it just started... but I have a crush on the Phoenix guy.. no idea what is first name is. but yeah. hes cute.. I'd do him.
Hmmm nothing eles really exciting or interesting going on. I'm addicted to buying MAC makeup on ebay and have 30 colors of eyeshadow.. hehehe.
Drew and I are done our Christmas shopping!!! we will likely do a we bit more shopping next weekend and that will be it.
here are some pics of our little ones. Huckleberry is the baby white one. then Stinkfoot and Igore are the other 2.
Peace out
ps I"m sooo looking forward to seeing you on the 26th Keira. I haven't seen you since you were pregnate with Gina.

The Da Vinci Code

We finally saw it last night.

I heard from a few people who had read the book that they did not like the movie. But that's always the case when you read a book and then see the movie! At first I hated Angela's Ashes and Great Expectations because I had read the books. Anyway, having never read the Da Vinci Code book, we liked the movie and we recommend it.

Between the baby (24 hrs) and Matt's overtime (nights) and CGA (weekends), we have hardly watched any movies in the last year. Serously, I can only think of a couple! But Matt finishes his CGA in December and Angelina goes to bed at 8:00 every night, so we are looking forward to getting caught up, 'cause we loooove movies. Can anyone recommend some good ones?

PS Thanks everybody for filling out and sending back that forward I sent awhile ago! They were fun to read.

Comparison Photos III

Dancing with Elmo, 5 mos


Dancing with Elmo, 6.5 mos


Pineapple Baby, 6 days old


Pineapple Baby, 6 months old

The More We Get Together..Together...Together

Congrats Robyn! Me and Angelina will definately come to the housewarming; unfortunately, Matt will be in Toronto.

Yes, I'm in town now and I would love to visit with any of you during the day! Just give me a day's notice so I can get the car if I need to.

Everyone call me. I will email my phone number right now.

Moving!

Hey guys!
Just wanting to let you know that I have been a little scarce and will be for the next little while because things are hectic in my life right now!

First off I had to write 10 essays this semester. Well 4 left. And I am in the process of packing. Me and Greg are moving into a townhouse on Middleton mountain :) I am SO excited about this because Vernon is a dump and we haven't been able to find any decent place for months and months. We are getting the keys to move in this weekend coming up! And I work the next two nights and then we're going to Just for Laughs Comedy night on Thursday! Plus, my exams are going to start in a few weeks and I have 7 of them!! I'm just not sure when all the stuff is going to get done! We are going to have a housewarming party probably on the 15th or 16th of December. Coming?

Where abouts are you living now, Keira? Do you want to get together soon? My gmail works now - robyngordon83@gmail.com. I don't know what was wrong with it before. It seems like everyone is moving nowadays!

Here is the newest pic of Hailey! The back of the couch is holding up her hat that does not fit! She is 4 months old now!





Talk to you all soon,
Robyn

Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells

Well that does it Sam. I am coming up in December to plan your wedding. How about a you get married in May like I did? Okay, I can wait a little longer. But I am very, very happy about this!
Mmm, butterflies.
Drinking the big bottle just like mama.
This is one of my all-time favourites! What a sweet little face! PS She is starting to look more like her daddy, do you think?
She is definately getting chubby. She looks more like a normal baby now!
The only picture of Angelina in the bath.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...

Hello All: The picturs of Gina and Kaidyn are soo cute! Keep posting them!

Yes, Keira I am a crazy prepared person and I started Christmas shopping 2 weeks ago...I am done 5 people and started 2..... Yay!!

Other than that jusy busy with work and Lee...We're doing great - It's out 5 months next weekend...crazy eh?? He's been staying with me every weekend for the last month...and we've actual talked about moving in together, "rings", and kids...wow who would of thought...haha...Key don't get too excited!

Here's a pic of me, Lee and my friend Natasha at a Halloween party..we went as old-style mobsters...not the best picture but still cute...gotta love our drunken funny smiles.

Hope everyone is doing well! Miss you!

Make That Seven

Seven teeth now. My baby's a little tooth monster!

Green Beans

"Hey, what is this s#*t!?"





Actually, she liked them. She just always makes weird faces when she tries a new food!

Angelina started eating like a champ when she was 4.5 months old, but the last few weeks she has refused to eat a bite! I don't know what's going on but she is finally coming around. Good thing, becuase she needs more than milk at this point. Also, she has five teeth! Most babies her age seem to have no teeth or they're just getting the bottom two. My poor baby, they hurt her! Also now she has started grinding them together which makes me cringe.

With her eating and becoming more calm lately I am excited about going back to work. She's not ready just yet, but hopefully soon. I'm looking for something part-time, low stress for now.

We bought a really fantastic, huge dining room set. It's pub-style with high seats and dark wood. It's really classy and I love it!

I can't stop thinking about Christmas. Has anyone started shopping yet?

The DVD game....

Hey Everyone here are some recent pictures of Kaidyn!!! She liked to Pull all the Dvd's outta my holder and throw them on the ground!!!

Thanks

Thanks for posting the pics....i was hoping there would be some of Kaidyn and Angelina together.....oh well.....next time gadget!!! well ttfn going to go check out the new wing of the kelowna mall!!!

Erin

Halloween

Sorry for the delay Erin!

Robin Hood found this little kitten in Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood, Maid Marian and their little kitten-cat

Nobody is cuter than my baby kitten!

Angelina kept putting her head to the side like that. Awwww.

All Moved In

Yup, we're in the new place. I'll send out an email with the new phone number. I'll post the Halloween pics later, but for now here are some other cute ones.

ladies ladies ladies!!!

So....key and melissa, did u get some pictures of those two munchkins on halloween???? i'm sooo damn anxious to see those...so sendm over!!! here is me and sarah on halloween in slamin arm!!! n e ways hope all is well, and i hope the move went good for M&M and K&M.....sam...hows life treating ya????

gotta jet...keep in touch!!!

Erin~~~

where to start!?

well lots has happend within the last couple of days.. its kinda crazy. And very exciting and intimdating. I have a very good new job. my new title is Executive vocational trainer. I will be teaching a class of mentally disabled women life skill, for example. Computers, resumes, money management, canadina studdies and also will be helping the women start a small fundraising business to raise money for functions like camping and hiking and stuff like that.
So yeah its a well paying job and lets me have the afternoons off for classes. I start at 7am and go to 3 mon to fri.. I think this will be the first job that I have been able to have weekends off.
Also we have bought some new funiture! pretty sweet shit too. (for us) its retro 1950s.. but very funky and cool. the back of the couch pulls down to make a double bed.. its the weirdest thing I have ever seen. We also are buying a very old wraught iron bed frame... it even has lichen on it. (it has a clear coat over so I wont have weird shit falling on me while I sleep). but yeah... Ooooh and a full sized portable dishwasher... if you know anyone that wants to buy a countertop dishwasher in Vancouver let me know.. it comes with a sweet stand.. I have pics if you e-mail me. kirstenanddrew@gmail.com ( I know there are a couple of Keiras Friends or relitives that read this from Van.. so just throwing it out there.)
sor some reason blogspot wont let me delete anything here or spell check... so sorry everyone for my horrible spelling mistakes.. Oh and also Drew has gotten a new part time job working on the set of "Men in Trees" he hasn't started yet. but its pretty exciting!
but yeah.. so thats all the new stuff going on in my neck of the woods.
Kirsten

Yummy Yummy

Mama says books are good for me

Chain chain chain

Mmm, Tupperware

Mmm, cereal

I dont' know what it looks like in town, but this place is covered in snow. Good thing we are moving tomorrow!

I could not find a costume or even a hat for Hailey. Has she got one yet? The only thing I could suggest is little headband/wing/tail sets at Shoppers or Claire's.

Needles are my phobia too. That was one small part of the horrors of labour. The nurse fucked up my IV so many times that even she flipped out and had to leave the room. There was also a bloodtest, a freezing needle and a needle in my spine. That's a lot of needles all in a short time. Then more bloodtests the next day in the ER. Anyway I got kinda used to them so now I only slightly hyperventillate when I have to get one! What I'm trying to say is: to get over your fear of needles, have a baby. Just kidding.

(Great) Grandma's 80th Bday Celebration

Helloooo everyone here are a few cute kidlette pictures i took today! Enjoy