sad goodbyes to grammy & grampa

at the airport


diedre spots another kitten (we are standing near a flower shop with these cute kittens on display)


diedre is filling her arms with kittens


big hugs to the kittens


one last kiss...and grammy couldn't resist buying her a kitten. she really likes it too. its orange striped.


beautiful bouquet from the flower shop. i thought the flower that is near the bottom of this bouquet was so cool, how its stacked. its called ginger, a type of lily.

grandparents & family time

diedre also got a rocking cow from her third cousin alex. she wanted diedre to have this toy so grammy & grampa had it shipped out to arrive while they were here. she loves it--thank you!


grammy, diedre, two ponies and a dolly


grampa & diedre

shoes

this girl loves her shoes

More Birthday pics below!

The day after Diedre's birthday, my harddrive was wiped clean and i lost all my pictures. my brother did some great work and managed to retrieve most of them. there are still many missing/gone of her opening presents and of the guests at the party :( but i have posted a few extra pictures below.

i am very thankful that i was able to post some on the blog right away, because those ones were not recovered by my brother.

Heather & Danielle (and anyone else who may have taken pictures there), can you please email me what you have so i can possibly fill in the blanks?

thank you!

amanda

hard at work

grampa & derek hard at work in the suite. they got so much done while they were together. fixing a closet door, ventilating the furnace room, painting, drywalling a patch by the electrical panel, general maintenance and we all pitched in with cleaning. grammy was in there doing the final scrub job on the oven too!

the suite looks much better and we got tenants for march 1st!

diedre didn't help, but she sure looked cute!


she really likes this My Little Pony bag

Happy First Birthday Party, Diedre!

diedre's butterfly birthday cake & cupcakes


balloon flower & butterfly decorations (there were three bunches of these)


some of the kids playing with the kitchen accessories


family shot on her birthday


a little shocked about me blowing out the candle for her


mommy helping with the cake


daddy feeding diedre cake & ice cream

Mother Goose

opening her gift from Grandpoppa & Grandma Mellenger. they left it here with us over Christmas just in case they were not able to make it out.

isn't she sweet in her sunday morning outfit? grammy salmon really wanted to try putting her hair up and i was game. i have never really experimented with her hairstyles since it is too short for two piggies, but i think she looks so sweet :)

Peanut Butter

derek said it was time for her to try peanut butter. he spread some on a Baby Mum Mum. she really liked it.


feeding a little chipmunk

Coolest Kitchen Ever

Happy Birthday from mommy & daddy and grandma jen & grandpa richard.

she loved the kitchen.


grampa salmon teaching diedre to "scramble eggs"


diedre really enjoying "scrambling eggs"

thanks mom & richard!!! xoxo

Let the Birthday Fun Begin!

opening gifts from auntie M (derek's sister Marsha). Thanks auntie M, the gifts are great and she loved the card too! xoxo

diedre opened up some gifts from family members who would not be making it to the party.

This baby will be ONE tomorrow!

she still gets REALLY excited to nurse

2 days til our baby turns ONE!!!

reading a good book with grampa


pajama time

salmon grandparents have arrived!

we're not sure how this happened, she must have laughed her sleeper off...


that didn't take long at all! she warmed up quickly to her grandparents (she hasn't seen them since she was 5.5 months old).

Here are two really cute videos of diedre enjoying some family time:

Hi...squeal

Ei ei ei

wearing daddy's sweater

photo shoot

hey you!


i'm coming to get you mommy


escapee


my new robe is so comfy, great for lounging


ok, my coach is on the scene. i'm ready for my boxing match.


you wanna piece o' me?!


just kidding!!!


disrobed.

fun times with my big bear

hanging out


snuggle attack


stargazing


wrestling moves

even though diedre is sick, she is still in a good mood most of the time and doing cute things all over the place to make me laugh :)

everything i learned about orchids, i learned from Adaptation

derek bought me a beautiful orchid a few months ago. i let it die. i was so sad about it. its my favorite kind of flower (ever since watching Adaptation) and i had really really wanted one for a long time. so i found one at Superstore, it had two stems with many unopened buds. i tried and tried to nurture it, and so far it has survived. its been a month or so, i have waited patiently as several buds have bloomed. its so gorgeous, i had to share my victory :)


beautiful orchid





so many blossoms

ok, just one more

happy milk smile. this warms my mothering heart...it also makes my heart hurt to think how big my baby is now! but anyway, i just had to share one more. so cute. my sweet baby D

video taped (in the dark--thats why its such poor quality) on march 26 2005.

standing

this video is from yesterday!

thanks so much to my big brother andrew for teaching me how to upload videos onto my blog. (i own the domain name for choice climbing and have been paying hosting for the last few months but have not used it for anything until today!)

how exciting :)

crawling

this video is from october 20 2005

the giggle

this video is from september 14 2005