baby gavin continued

So, we made it to Tim and Carla's Wednesday night around 10:30 Saskatchewan time. About 10 minutes after we made it in the door Rhett managed to squish his finger in their brand new recliner chair! The result was a swollen finger tip and a purple fingernail. After our grand entrance things went a little smoother! Gavin didn't seem bothered by the extra noise and activity as he was passed around, and passed around and passed around again. The main items on the agenda, other than meeting Gavin, was to get a room ready for him and re-arrange the living room to accommodate the new furniture. I wasn't sure the bedroom project would happen, as it was a room full of other stuff! But it did happen, and turned out very well in my opinion - green and brown with blue accents. Was kind of nice to see the crib again! Now they have a dresser and some cloth baskets for the shelving unit ... so these photos are already outdated! The living room project was fun too - a major transformation there with a nice new couch and chair ... and a new glider since we were there. We were spoiled by Tim's mom and her provisions ... casserole, chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, brownies and snowman sugar cookies. She must have thought we were big eaters ... so we had to eat and eat! We also had a few photo shoots with the little man. on Sunday he was so adorable in his big boy clothes! Was fun to pass on a pile of baby clothes - and reminisce how small and cute my kids were at one time! Now we've almost been home a week, and Carla tells me he's grown already. I don't think the trip gets any shorter .. but until next time ... we love you baby Gavin!

baby gavin

I don't have time right now to post about the trip to see baby Gavin ... and his family. I will let this do for now, enjoy! Stay tuned for the rest of the story!

belated birthday blog

I guess before any more time slips away I should share a few photos of Grady's 3rd birthday party. I still can't believe my baby is 3! I sort of feel like I've missed out a bit on this fun time ... always being preoccupied with a younger baby when the other kids were this age, or maybe I'm just losing my memory! Grady is an entertainer ... but not always on purpose! He enjoys a good reaction. This is is latest favorite joke: "guess what?" supposed to respond "what" ... then he responds "nothing, tee hee". He thinks it is the funniest joke around and keeps it up for a long time ... which isn't always funny!
I almost forgot about the cake saga. The night before his party I made a lemon cake in the truck pan, because he wanted an orange truck cake. However, I forgot to tip it out of the pan after letting it cool. So in the morning I had a very stuck truck cake. It didn't resemble a truck after getting it out, so I ran to DQ at the last minute. Not much selection I'm afraid, but he picked it out so he was happy with it and it saved me the hassle of decorating! The lemon cake got used in a trifle, so the rest of the family suggested I wreck a cake again sometime!

a new nephew

It was a big surprise to hear about the arrival of Gavin Roy Shultz this morning. He wanted to get out I guess ... and he was probably running out of room to move! Gavin was born 3 weeks early and weighed 8lbs 3oz. I can't wait to see him, but in the meantime I'll have to survive looking at pictures such as these that mom and dad sent. Congrats to Mommy Carla and Daddy Tim!!

cutest skater in town

Grady has a great "I can do it myself" attitude and I think he'll be skating on his own sooner than later because he is DETERMINED! Maybe it would help if he could see!

holiday fever continued ...

... a continuation of the holiday events! I forgot to mention, sort of on purpose, that I had a birthday around this time! Anyway, my lovely sister-in-law made a fabulous pavlova for me - thank you (I did share it)! I don't mind the cake part of the birthday, but I do try and forget the # of years! I know it is not possible that the years go by more quickly as you age, but you are definitely more conscious of it. Auntie Alyson also supplied us with some tooth-brushing entertainment with Agent Blue (shows the plaque in blue - yuck). So, there you have it ... a picture of what the holiday was like for us. The pictures are mostly in reverse order, give or take a few! The side profile shot of Carla is for the benefit of those who haven't had the privilege of seeing my lovely sister in her pregnant state! Did I mention - only 1 more month to go and I can hardly wait!! Hope she starts a blog!

holiday fever

The 2 weeks off school were enjoyed by all and now we are one week back into the school routine. It has been an adjustment, but the kids didn't miss the bus once! The bus driver must have been running behind too! We loved every minute with our visitors - my whole family was together for 1 night!! We seriously do all get along!! Oh well, I'll take what I can get and I'm glad they came.

Before Christmas I took the kids to visit some friends and we went skating, made gingerbread houses and attempted to make snow globes. Don't believe everything you read on the craft site!! We had a few mishaps with glue not sticking, jars leaking and I can't remember what else went wrong! It was entertaining for sure and in the end most of them turned out!

We went swimming Christmas eve - lots of fun since we almost had the facility to ourselves! Mom helped me with the turkey (she brought it and cooked it!). So we stuffed ourselves for Saturday lunch and then didn't have to eat much for the rest of the day - just a few chocolates to slide in the cracks. Was nice to to see Carla's baby bump; so excited for the next few weeks!!! Mom and dad left for Red Deer to see grandma and Jarvis and Carla and families left Sunday :( One memorable game of the weekend was a FEW rounds of Apples to Apples. Next time I need to break open the expansion pack for you Alyson! Guess you had to be there, but we had more than a few laughs!

Sorry about the picture overload - will break it into 2 bites!