See Mel

Told you - I never comb out her hair.... ;)

Summer Time!

Here are just a few pictures of our time in Canada. It was so great to see friends and family. At the same time, it was really frustrating because we did not get to see everyone we wanted to, and/or visit as much as we wanted. Ah well. Apologies to those that we missed...see you in the spring.

Our time in Ontario:

I love this shot because Neva was so excited to see her dad every time we came around.

Fun times
You can see her head of hair as she is pushing her cousin around on her favourite toy at Grandma and Grandpa's.

The toy.
Family. :)

Getting used to grass.
1st birthday!
Alberta:

Our hike in the mountains

Golf...sort of. This was a great weekend at Gull Lake.

Disc golf - this was one of my favourite evenings while we were home. Spectacular weather, mountain views (Fernie), great friends, OUTSIDE, and beer. Doesn't get much better.

More family.

First few steps...thanks to Auntie Mich.

There were so many wonderful events this summer. I am missing many, many, pictures.....

Blog Hiatus

I have a break from school for the month of August so I am going to try and free myself from the computer for a little while. I will start posting again in September....unless I am inspired one day.
Love to you all.

This One is For You

To Daddy, with love.

More comparisons. This time, the difference between a summer-time splash pool in Canada vs. A.D.

School x 10000000000000

What have I been doing? SCHOOL!

It has been an intense couple of weeks. I am really enjoying this program but it has taken up all of my time. 1 more week to go.

Meanwhile, Neva has been having a great time racing around. Her new favourite things to see and yell at are dogs, cats, and horses. Too cute. She is really enjoying spending time with Nanny and Opa, and can't wait to go and see the rest of the Laughlin clan (2 weeks)!

First time on a swing.

Good time had by all (Neva, Opa, Teague, Amara and Michie).

Spaghetti meal (followed by watermelon). She decided that she wanted to reach in to the bowl and feed herself...and put it in her hair, and then spike it on the floor. We could really borrow someone's dog to clean up after mealtimes.

p.s. if someone knows the trick to editing photos to fix the "orange" of fluorescent light, please send me an email.

Oh Canada

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

It is so wonderful to be spending this day IN CANADA (sorry Brucie).

My assignments are done and I have 5 days until I start the "face-to-face" portion of my classes.Yippee. 

Getting here was a bit grueling. It was a 20 hour travel day and I have to say that Neva was a super star. She wasn't so happy in the last 4 hour before we landed, but really, neither was I. The real excitement on the plane was the family of 6 (2 sets of twins) that were travelling in first class.  One or more of the kids would have a meltdown every 3 minutes or so, and this pattern lasted the entire 10 hour flight from Frankfurt. Needless to say there were some very unhappy people on that flight. 

It was all worth it. It is beautiful and green here. I was up at 5am (well someone woke me up at 5) and it was 4 degrees outside. I took a step outside and relished the feeling of being cool. 

Just as a reminder. This is what we came from - B. said it was 46 degrees and 85% humidity in AD. This is the view from outside of our villa. 

And now we are here. :) This is the view out the back deck. 

This one is for Grandma:

Just before we left, N. learned to pull herself up in her crib. She will happily talk away until I come in to get her...so darn cute.  

Curly Updates

Hi! Apologies for the lack of posts lately.  

Some updates:

- Neva is now crawling.  It is so adorable to see this little person cruising around the house. She has a bit of a tough time getting any traction on our tile (slippery marble like) floor so we can't wait to see her speed on carpet. 

- We had an exciting week when 3 of her top teeth were coming in at once. We had one pretty rough day but otherwise she is doing really well.  I'm still not sure if she is fighting a virus or dealing with teeth. Who knows with these little puzzles.  

-  She still LOVES to eat and will often cruise the floor looking for morsels. 

 

- Bruce and I are doing well. He is busy with work and I am busy with my courses. I have started up my masters program again after a year leave. I am taking an ethics course and an alliance course (counselling skills). They are quite interesting but I am finding it tough to get my rusty brain working. No comments from the peanut gallery please. :)

- We have had some great weekends away. Most recently we met our friends Anna and Brian at Atlantis to partake in the Aqua-adventure Park (waterslide type thing). We had a lot of fun and managed to keep both babies cool. 

Other stuff: 

We have had a lot of comments about Neva's hair. I thought I would post a few photos as an "Ode to the Curls." 

Here we have a picture just to show you how long her hair actually is (or was a month ago). 

Next we have a series of shots where I have combed out the curls. It is one of my favourite things to do...not really sure why. Perhaps I am curl envious. She really does get some great loft and yes she loves to eat blueberries. 

Here is a shot of her cruising around. She is not much into walking but likes to kick and stomp on things. 

I bought a cheap splash pool thinking we could enjoy a little time outside in the afternoons when we both need a change. The pool is fantastic and she loves it. There are rings that go on the these thingies on the side - she loves to rip them off and throw them around. Too bad I forgot about our lack of cold water in the summer.... 

Take care. 

Love the Laughlins