Back Home!

Here is the last (or first, depending on your perspective) of many blogs tonight. I have put up several blogs in a row to make up for my lack of blogging over the last month. Moving with a 1 year old is not easy. Jamie really wasn't helpful and the move was not hassle free. We are still dealing with some things but we are mostly settled in to our new place and are getting into a routine. Here are some photos from around the house over the last few days.


Here is Jamie's room. We got these cute peel and stick wall decals. They are safari themed and they claim to be removable without taking paint with them. We will see in a couple of years if that is true. He giggled the whole time I was putting them up and now, when we go into his room, he runs over to the ones on the lower part--right of photo--and he pats them and smiles and laughs. He rubs the sun and pats the bird and the giraffe. He seems to think they are pretty neat. I may get some more or some different ones to fill in some other spaces in his room. They are pretty cute.

Here is Jamie sitting in one of our chairs. He can climb up into them and then he slouches down and and is chilling. He is very cool. Unfortunately, on Thursday, as we were leaving the house to go for a walk, he didn't wait for Mommy to help him down the concrete steps and he fell face first onto the concrete patio. He scuffed his nose and upper lip pretty badly. These photos were taken on Friday and his nose looked just awful. It already looks better today and it should heal completely. Poor little scuffed boy! This is what happens when you think you should be able to go down the stairs like a big boy!

A close up of the nose.

He likes to put the animals from his barn into the silo and watch them drop and then pick them out the bottom. It was pretty cute. He also likes to put the barn on my lap and press his face to the opening and look at me through it--this is hilarious, apparently. A BIG thank you Uncle Craig and Aunt Jocelyn for this birthday gift!! It is a new favourite.


I am a big boy in my chair!

We were having a friend for dinner and I just received a beautiful bunch of flowers for my birthday from my aunt and uncle. They were too pretty not to put up.

So, there are several more blogs below this that detail the last few weeks. I never stopped taking pictures, I just didn't have time to put them up. I will try to do better.

Fun in Saskatoon

Jeff, Jamie, and I drove to Saskatoon with my other sister, Heather, for our sister Susan's wedding. It was a long drive and we were pretty tired when we got in but we needed to stretch our legs so we went for a long walk. Here is most of the family.


Mom (Linda), Heather, Laurel (our aunt), Susan, Jamie, and Jeff. I am taking the picture--of course.

We went to the Museum of Antiquities at the University of Saskatchewan and Jamie liked the little boy playing with a goose.

Here is Jamie reading a book in his grandma's rocking chair. This was my mother's rocking chair and was, I think, her Christmas present when she was just a baby. There are pictures of her in it and pictures of me in it and now there are pictures of Jamie in it. He LOVED this chair. But, he is a daredevil and, more than once, he rocked so hard, he tipped it over on himself.

Reading his Night Cars book from Great-Auntie Jackie and Great-Uncle Gord.

Climbing in the chair--what a monkey!

Across from Mom's is a big park called Kinsmen Park. It has a little fair that is there year round but only operates in the summer. Again, it has been there since my mother was a kid and we all went to it when we were little. Since I was born in August, I had my first ride when I was only a few weeks old. James seemed to enjoy it more at his age. Here he is riding the merry-go-round with Great-Auntie Laurel.

Resting with Mommy and Auntie Laurel.

Yeah! This is his third and final ride and he finally gets it. He giggled and laughed and seemed to have lots of fun. We'll be back next summer for round 2!

The Big Day: Big Sister's Wedding!

We had a pretty busy summer. In addition to moving from Halifax to Calgary, we then drove to Saskatoon for my sister's wedding. Susan and James (coincidentally, Jamie's new uncle is also named James) got married on a very hot day in August. The wedding was really lovely and both Susan and James looked extremely happy.


The wedding and reception were in the same hall--in two parts--so this is everyone standing around before the wedding with the table in the foreground. The wedding was a summer-themed wedding so the flowers were bright yellow sunflowers and daisies. They were very pretty and summery.

Susie in her beautiful dress.

Walking down the aisle.

The happy couple as the officiant signed the certificate--as she pointed out, this was their last chance to back out. Neither seemed to want to do that!

James in his cute wedding outfit. It would look better without the hat but he refuses to take it off sometimes.

Our side of the family with the new bride and groom.

The three of us in our finery. We went with a pink theme.

Jamie and his big cousin, Oliver. James was very impressed with the big boys and their skateboard tricks.


James got tuckered out. It was a big day for him. We forgot his stroller so we made a nest of extra table clothes on the floor and he slept in a corner for about three hours. He can't sleep through the night at home but he can sleep at a wedding reception with loud music playing--go figure!

First Haircut

In preparation for my sister, Susan's, wedding in Saskatoon, we took James for his first haircut. Jeff and I were both getting our hair cut so Janie cut Jamie's hair too. He had this cute little curl on the back but it was quite long and silly so it had to go. No more baby hair, he's a big boy now!


Goodbye curl!

We are to get him used to a comb from this point on--he kept wanting to look behind him to see what she was doing. He's so suspicious.

Distractions!

Here is James taking his Buzzy Bee for a walk in our new complex. It is in pretty sad condition as he has loved it to death.

I am soooo strong--look at the big box I can carry. I am a helpful mover.

At The Zoo

This is the first of several posts. In the midst of packing, moving, and travelling, there wasn't a lot of time for blogging so I am making up for it now. I will try to be more regular in the coming months.

While waiting for our stuff to arrive from Halifax, we took James to the zoo. He seemed to have a good time looking at the animals--some more than others--but the best time was the playground at the zoo. He loves a good slide!