Cindy Loo Who

What a crazy few days! My mom's birthday, grandma F in from Calgary (two trips to the airport and lots of visits), a job interview, Sam and Lee over for the weekend, Matt working on the weekend, a trip to Kelowna, Matt's dad's birthday, visiting grandma K in the hospital, and Lindsay and baby Riley in town! It's been really fun though. It's nice to see everybody, even if it is all at once. And we finally got to meet Lee, who is hopefully my future cuz-in-law, and Riley, Angelina's long-distance best friend.

Cindy Loo Who?

Broccoli is my favourite!

Peekaboo!

I like to do grownup things. Me and daddy read the paper and...

I forget mama, is this a toothbrush or a hair brush?

moving...... again

hey everyone. well lots of new stuff is going on. I finally got my puppy. And omg she is the sweetest, cutest, cuddliest little thing ever. She weighs 2.5 pounds now. My camera isn't letting me download pics so I'm not able to show you how great she is, so I"ll do that next time.
We are moving June 1st to Strathcona (Vancouver). We are going to be renting a very cute 2 bedroom bottom floor of a house that is very close to downtown yet away from the hustle and bustle. Sadly we have to get a scooter for Drew. Both of us work in North Van plus he will be going to UBC so he needs a means of travel. But yeah... It has a great little yard and a gas stove and a fireplace. Its small (900sq) but it will be sooo nice to have a guest room. I'm not to sure how we are going to like living under people though... we haven't lived in a basement suite since we have met. It may be horrible it may be great. The women that own the house is a single mom and a teacher and she will be living above us. Hopefully she is responsible.
Hmmmm. Greg and Maureen came up for the weekend. They bought a little red smooth Doxie from the same breeder that Lola came from.

Peekaboo, Curly Sue

Let's play a game
Where's Angelina?

There she is!

Hee hee!
Me and mama love to play!

I did have a great birthday, thank you! Delicious food, lots of fun, and good company. Kirsten your dog is cute aside from those outfits. Do people actually buy those calendars? Woof.

When we go to Van will depend on Matt's work, but Matt's mom lives in Surrey now (part-time) so we won't need to impose on you Sam. It might be soon; I'll get back about that.

Happy Birthday Keira...

Hey ther Cuz...hope you have a great day! the big 25....qurter of a century...gawd we are getting old!!!

Take Care!!!

Erin

There's snow on my lawn AGAIN!!

Hello All!

I haven't blogged in awhile so I wanted to come on, check in and catch everyone up on some things in my world but first....HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY KEY!!!! I won't be able to log on tomorrow so you get early wishes from me....Love you & Miss you lots! Hope you have a great bday with that adorable little girl of yours and Matt. Can you believe we're a quarter of a century this year how times flies! I remember us just entering our teenage years.

Kirsten - Very cute puppy - minus the crazy outfits....I really like the name Lola, seems to suit her. My only other suggestion would be naming her after yours & Drews favourite something....fav band, singer, movie character, city etc.

Key - Do you have any idea when you, Matt and Gina are coming down to Vancouver?? I told you when I'm up there right?? Most likely May Long Weekend and then for sure August 3 - 12.

So this afternoon I kept on hearing that is was snowing in Vancouver..but at work all I saw was rain, until I got home...I seriously have an inch of snow on my front lawn and since it's so cold tonight it's not melting - what the darn!! I totally thought I heard that the groundhog predicted spring coming - didn't he??? What else - Lee and I went to the Giants Hockey game last night we beat Kamloops 6-1 it was great!! We sat 4th row right behind one of the nets so much fun and the best part we got the tickets for free!! Sweeet! Above is a dorky picture I took of Lee and I....we both look awful but in some creepy way I like it - LOL!! We hit the 8 month mark on Saturday....and realized that we will be in Whistler for our 9 months - we rented a 2 bedroom lodge for 3 days/2 nights - we needed a weekend away just by ourselves and the outdoors, hopefully the weather co-operates so we can get some hiking in.

Lola

LOL yes I know you know how I feel about poop. LOL. But I just don't think that poopsie is a name for a cute little pup.. I have been calling her Lola to myself. Drew has been calling her Maisie. Like maise (corn) then ie.. I still like Lola though. And we still have 2 weeks until we pick her up. So throw more ideas out there for me.
As I promised here are some pics of her.. Sorry about ther having to be dressed up. The women that has the pups also does calendars and so dresses all her pups up. So the only pic with out clothing on her is with me and Drew. Please don't mind the double chin on me.. I didnt realise that I gained so much weight... I swear I haven't gained weight in my stomach or legs it seems to have gone straight to my double chin. Oh well Shit happens.
Ok well thats all that has hap pend since yesterday
lates
Kirsten

Poopsie

I would name her Poopsie, since it seems like a fitting runt-weinerdog name and I think it's cute. And I know how you feel about poop.

I'm behind on my pictures. The last batch I took turned out fuzzy; I must hace accidentaly fucked up the settings. Anyway I will take some when Angelina's up from her nap. She has the most beautiful little curl on the top of her head now, like a little Hershey's kiss.

i'm going to hell

as the title says... I'm going to hell. Today Drew and I went looking at puppies in Langly and we decided to get one. TEEHEEE...we are getting a mini dachshund! We put the deposit on her today and will pick her up in 2 weeks when she is ready to come home. She is beautiful! She is black and tan and has long hair and is also the runt.We picked her because she had the best temperament as I will be taking her to work with me everyday. I can't have a squirmy puppy jumping out of clients arms and off wheel chairs and stuff. It would break her little legs.
OOooooh we got a new full sized dishwasher yesterday! its fancy with nice buttons and its on wheels to wheel it to the sink. but yeah I have to run off to work.
I'll post pics soon of little pup..
Ooooh any good names for her?
Kirsten

V-Town

That's funny, I didn't have any trouble switching to the new blogger. I just signed in and there was a button to click on. I just had to sign in with my gmail name and password and now that's what I use to sign in every time.

Angelina has had a massive growth spurt in the last month. She is now in the 25th percentile for weight, so I guess she would have been off-the-charts small a few weeks ago. The doctor said it's just fine, she's just destined to be small. And... she crawls! She just started so she only goes a few feet, but soon she'll be motoring around like a little pro.

That Chinese parade looks so interesting! Oh, I wish we lived in a big city so we could do cool stuff like that. I would take Angelina to museums and the science centre and the zoo. I take her to pet stores here, one per week. She really likes looking at the critters. This spring we'll be going to Van and doing some of that fun big-city stuff like the aquarium. We'll also be introducing Angelina to Dave and to Lisa, and hopefully catching up with Sam and Lee, Kirsten and Drew, and Jess and Jonas.

fire pig!

hello,
well this new blogger isn't' that easy. It took me a long time to log on. plus I had to make a new blog and stuff for myself before I could log on to Keira's.
Well this is the year of the fire pig! Drew, my mom and I went to the Chinese new years parade on Sunday and it was AWESOME! I honestly have never seen anything like it before. it was sooo cool. The parade was pretty long (about an hour and a half) and had a lot of different "tongs". Tongs are different families. Each family has a dragon and a bunch of people holding flags. after the parade each tong or dragon take a different street and takes a offering (head of lettuce) from each business(its hung in the doorway). it is supposed to bring good luck and fortune to each business. when the dragon jumps up and takes the offering, the store owner lights some fire crackers and drops them on the ground around the dragons feet.
I learned a lot at the parade.
I took some pictures
enjoy

Tid Bits

Look at me, I'm a kitty cat!

This is from when she still had a cold and got a cheerio stuck in her snot!

Do I have something in my teeth?

Me and Angelina have been preparing very hard for me to go back to work! Angelina is weaned, is sleeping like a dream both at night and for naps, and is a happy, healthy, more indepedent little girl now.

I have put some resumés out there and have a few possibilities lined up for childcare. Not daycare, but stay-at-home moms with little ones of their own.

Angelina can say mama, make a cork-popping sound with my mouth, and turn the light switch on and off. She can also feed herself with a spoon!

Matt's sister Leia is pregnant again!

Angelina Update

Look how sweet I am mama. Let's go buy me things.

Mama says I am her gift from heaven

Me and Daddy are best buddies!

Look at me, I'm a gymnast!

Look, I have hair now!

Angelina has learned so much new stuff so fast!

• She stands with no hands, just resting her belly against the couch
• She says "baba" and I'm quite sure she's referring to me (she can't say "m" yet)
• She slides backwards around the house.
• She loves to share, i.e. put things in my mouth: she has fed me her bottle and cheerios, and loves to suck on her finger and then give it to me to suck on.
• She can play peekaboo! She covers her face and I say, "where's Angelina?" then she uncovers and laughs!
• She loves to cuddle! When we're holding her she will pinch or stroke our necks and she'll dig under our shirts to snuggle our skin

She is so much fun. Me and Matt are so in love with her that it's hard to bear! We didn't know what happiness was until we had our little family.

Wasabi

Matt got his mark back from his very last CGA exam (that he took in early December) and he passed with Honours. Congratulations Sugarbear!

Angelina and I are both really really sick now. Angelina doesn't cry when I blow my nose anymore, but she sure gets pissed of when I try to wipe hers. Poor little muffin.

We couldn't go to our playgroup this week, but we went last week and Angelina had fun. For me it was fascinating to see all the other babies... there were about five babies all the exact same age as Angelina. I knew that Angelina was small, but I didn't realize just how small! The other 8 month-olds were twice her size. They were huge, with enormous pudgy faces and gigantic tree-trunk legs. Also their faces were dispropotionate, more baby-like I guess. Don't get me wrong, they were very cute, but very, very different than Angelina. They behaved differently too. During storytime, all the other babies cried or ate or went to sleep. Angelina was the only baby out of a dozen who sat still, completely engrossed by the storyteller.

Tara and Matt just had a baby boy! His name is Tyler James McInnes.

Comparison Photos IV

Coffee Baby (3 mos)

Snow Baby (8.5 mos)

Look how much more of the chair she fills up!

PICK ME

I still like the one I originally said. Tell us what you decide.

Baby Talk

I believe I have until Feb 5th to send the picture, but I'm planning to mail it tomorrow (I haven't decided which one). Here's one last option, and if I use this one I can email it:

What do you think? The winner goes on the cover of Parenting magazine but I'm just hoping they show the picture on the air, just for fun.

Things have been good and bad. I have a wretchedly bad cold (bad) but so far Angelina seems not to have caught it (good). I have to blow my nose about every 15 minutes, and Angelina completely freaks out and cries every single time (bad). We started going to a baby group, and Angelina loves it (good).

New stuff Angelina's starting to do: beeping my nose, covering my eyes and playing peekaboo, pointing at stuff, pulling up to stand, and sort-of waving. Also, recently I asked her for a kiss and she leaned in, mouth wide open, and gave me a big wet one. Nothing is more fun than a baby!

Where Do I Love Thee? Let me Count the Parts...

Munchable Cheeks

Downy Hair

Pearly Whites

Beautiful Eyes

Cute Button Nose

The Photographer in me....

Well i'd have to agree on the picture in the white hat, especially cause i took it! what a great smile she has! awe.......

so when's the deadline for ur picture keira?? how are things going??? so ur thinking of going back to work soon eh? what are you planning on doing? researched any daycares yet???

well things are going good here, got myself a gym membership at the YMCA here in kelowna...and i'm just lovin it.....tryin to go at least 3 times a week hopefully get that up to a bit more!!! i went 4 times this week!!! yey...i've given my notice at the bowling center just cant handle the two jobs anymore....i NEED my evenings as down time from the salon and i'd like to have somewhat of a normal life!! and the evenings are good gym times for me and rob so we can go together....we arn't quite the morning people who get up at 5:30am to work out! ONE DAY THO!!!!

n e ways i hope all is well with everyone......oh and Melissa has started a new blog of updated pictures of their family so check it out, there are some cute ones of kaidyn and all the latest stuff she's doing....SO FREAKIN CUTE.....and they grow up way tooo damn fast!!!

http://mattmelissakaidyn.blogspot.com/

Take care and keep on bloggin

Erin

Hey guys

Things have been hectic in my family life lately, so I have not been around to talk on here really. I REALLY like the last picture that was posted! Have you already entered the contest Keira? When are you supposed to send your picture in by? I think you could win! What will you win if Gina does?

Here are a few recent pictures of Hailey:

Isn't she getting big?!?!!

That's the one!!!

OMG she is soooo cute!!! I really like that one!!

This one, Right, Ang?

My Vote

Under the October archives.... the 9th picture down with her smiling, wearing the white hat!!! that is the cutest!!! too bad it cut off the little ears on the hat though... (sorry, station computer won't let me copy or paste with the right mouse button, or I would have posted the picture here). I think she should totally win the contest.... she's a cutie!!!!

I think Bryce and I are going to have little cuties too :) !!! I can't wait!

Hi All,

I switched to the new version of blogger, so I think when you go to make a post it will ask you to sign in to the new one. It only takes a sec and the blog will be better and more user-friendly, I think.

The Beautiful Baby contest is on Regis and Kelly. The five top pics get to be on the show and get a pro photo shoot, and the winner gets to be on the cover of Parenting magazine. There are thousands and thousands of pictures sent in and I'm not seriously planning to win this, although of course I think that my baby is the most beautiful creature on the face of this earth. But it's free to enter and they show some of the pictures on the show, so I thought it would be fun to send in a picture. I really like that one that Sam voted for too... I call it "Happy Happy Joy Joy". Is anyone else going to vote?

Angelina's been a busy little bee. She was sick recently for the first time, and that was unpleasant to say the least! She also says "dada" to Matt, which is unbearably sweet! And she is starting to "cruise"- standing up, she will move from one spot to another. There is no doubt in my mind now that she will walk first instead of crawl. Oh yeah, one more thing: she is afraid of the dark! It's amazing how much personality even the smallest babies have. Speaking of small, she is finally starting to grow into 6-month size clothes... she is 8 1/2 months. She's my tiny dancer.

Sam, you and Lee look great! We are planning on coming to Van sometime before the summer for a week. That's all I know; the timing depends on Matt's work. Oh shit... I plan to be working soon too. Okay, maybe just for a weekend after all. Bummer.

What is the taboo sex show, Kirsten, and how did you almost win a trip? I'm confused by that tree picture... those two gigantic circles are a tree trunk? If so, that is astounding!

Taboo sex show

well hello all.
Wow I think that everyone in the world needs to go to the taboo sex show. I know I will be going every year from now. Drew and I came in second to win a trip to mexico for a week.
We are going to Victoria the first weekend of Feb to see my ex Tim and his wife. They just had a new baby girl named Aubrey. She is adorable.. but not as cute as little Gina.
My vote is of the one that Sam posted. It is so cute. What is the beautiful baby thing? Is it like a pagent for babies or a contest of something?
Drew and I are getting so excited about having kids.. Still waiting though (not my choice).
We had an awesome christmas and loved our tip back home. We spent christmas eve at the Galloways and christmas with my parents. We saw Keira and Matt and my very first time meeting Gina on Boxing day.
Drew and I just bought all new living room furniture. We love it. Its all white with a red couch and we will be painting the wall brown next weekend.

Picture number 1 is of Drew, Greg and his gf maureen by one of the blown down trees in Stanley Park. Note: this is only one tree not two
Picture number 2 is of Stinkfoot and Igore sleeping on the chair
Picture number 3 is of our new living room.
Thats all.
Kirsten

Voting

Key - I vote for #2 the pineapple picture BUT really my favourite picture of Angelina isn't even a choice...it's one where she is all in pink and it's a shot of her upper body, she's laying down and is smiling with her hands up by her face....if you don't know the one..it's this one...
I love it!! Aww, what a doll. Lee agrees with Robyn and votes for #1 picture. What is the contest for?? In the paper??

my vote

Keira,
I vote for picture #1. It definitely outlines all of her best features. She's absolutely adorable. Especially her smile in it.

Robyn

Your Vote, Please!

Which picture should I send in to the Beautiful Baby show?



Sweetface


Pineapple Baby



Green Beans

Hello All! If any one has been watching the news or reading the papers you know that Vancouver is going thru hell right now with our weather and that our city is literally falling apart! the weird part is that I understand the whole lock freezing thing, the slippery roads, the everything - tonight is suppose to get down to -7 not including wind shield...umm hello!! This is Vancouver!! haha!

Key - Gina is growing up so fast - and she's so beautiful! I know when I am coming up to the cabin already this summer....but hopefully I can come up for a weekend sooner or you guys can come down here. Gosh, I miss you.....if you're not super busy one day and need a "mama" break - come on line so we can catch up.

Here's a new picture of Lee and I - It's from my annual cousin xmas that we have every year one my mom's side. One of the main activities we do during the night is crazy gingerbread house making - and in the picture is the turn out for this years mayhem....if you can believe it this years gb house is soo tame....normally it's a dirty (as in mind), crazy house...with candy santas with silver bullet candies in their heads, and yellow snow and paths that look like penis'. The only thing about this pic I don't like is you can tell I've gained weight and it wasn't even xmas yet (pic taken on Dec 23).

Anyways hope everyone is doing well and keep on blogging!

If you Thought I was Crazy...

...then you were wrong. The government is now banning the use of many chemicals which are found in our household products. You know if it's bad enough for the government to do something, it's bad.

Here's a quick CBC article about it: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2006/12/08/toxic-chemicals.html

And this one's about the shocking study that started it. They tested the levels of chemical polution in regular peoples' (including children's) blood and found chemicals that are known to cause cancer and reproductive failure:
http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/toxicnation/press/realeases/20060601.htm


Even if you are more into what the Liberal government represents, you can't deny that they didn't do much and that Harper is getting things done and making this country better. I'm not just refering to this chemical thing of course, it's just one of the most recent.

Lock, Stock and Barrel

Poor Robyn. My Mazda had a similar problem. The locks would refuse to open sometimes, but it was always much worse in the winter when it was cold. Maybe you need new locks?