hambleton family reunion

this is from my mom's side: big smiles, big teeth is the family resemblance. most of the labels are for my mom (so i didn't go indepth with explanations). i really enjoyed spending time with family. it was great to see family i see somewhat infrequently. one of the coolest things about this reunion was meeting my 3 cousins (who are american) who i have never met. we have a pretty small family and i only really knew one male cousin, so it was nice to meet another one. i guess there are 5 male cousins and lots of female. anyway, it was really cool to meet my aunt leslie's 3 grown children.

i will be getting more pictures from ron's daughter sarah, from ottawa.


swimming! brrr it was cold, but they didn't want to get out!


cousins and other relatives


sara and diedre with marguerite


cute little mama


jack & ron hambleton's kids


ron hambleton walking by. leslie's youngest daughter kerry on the right


kate & her boyfriend gary


kate with diedre (i think gary is scaring her)


sara and diedre (thank goodness for cousins that love babies :) -- it is contagious though!)


kerry


beverly (leslie's older daughter)


the llama feeding group


miles eating the rind


cute little walker. she's been walking alot the last two days.


miles playing ping pong


i think this is such a cute booty shot! ha ha, takes after her mommy


tickles!!!


derek roughing up miles (make sure to check out his site for more fun pics from the last few days)

diedre's new table

being silly


eating grapes at her new table and chairs


a spontaneous kiss


strange after kiss face


organizing her barbie cups

doing pretty well

i am feeling good these days and getting more energy. waking up well before 6am is hard most days but by naptime, i'm usually awake. now its time to start getting this house in ship shape.

the weather has been beautiful so that helps alot. i have been spending time getting to know other parents in town and having play dates or just going to the park. diedre has been trying to say more words lately. i will say "say flower" and she'll try to mumble something. its cute.

its clean up week in our area so we have been fixing up the front yard and clearing out the back yard (from derek's climbing project). i am looking forward to having a more useable backyard soon.

i have my second prenatal doctor's appointment this friday, so we will get to hear the baby's heart beat! diedre will be there too because all three of us are having appointments (derek has tendonitis and is just getting another check up for it).

ciao

cute baby girl

here's my sweetie, sleeping like a baby. she's been sleeping very well the last few nights although she was really hungry tonight so she didnt go to bed until after a late snack. it was a bit much (8.40pm) for me, but she was doing fine with it.

she was sleeping like this when we went to give her a final kiss before we went to sleep.

sweet

12 week belly shot!

i was 12 weeks pregnant on wednesday. i took this picture today.

i have been dealing with my own morning/all day sickness, and diedre has had an ear infection for several weeks (she is almost done her second round of antibiotics, stronger than the first). i have been so tired lately as i/we have been getting up with diedre throughout the night. she has had a couple nights where she seems really scared or something and is only comforted by me. she slept with us two nights because i was so exhausted and she would only settle if she was next to me.

Hooray for last night! she slept right through (cried a little, but settled back down herself) and i got a decent rest (hence the blog updates!). i have more to do from the last week, so i hope you dont miss any. i'm totally trying to cram in all the updating during her nap and its nearly over!

i am feeling alot better the last few days. i have not been sick for probably one week now. i have great energy today from the rest i had last night. and the sun has been shining and its been so summery lately. this weekend is spring cleanup weekend so we are excited to get stuff done around here.

:) ciao

play date at Karley's

diedre and shayna playing with the water table


dripping water everywhere


fun

visit with my cousin's family

we went to have dinner with my cousin alexa & her husband andy and their kids. danika is 4 i think, and luke is nearly 2.


enjoing the wagon


crawling through the tunnel


diedre and my second cousin danika


diedre and my second cousin luke


weird look


diedre thought danika was so much fun


diedre playing mommy

day two at poppa & diane's

cute summer outfit


big smiles to somebody


she really liked classy


cute toddler


blowing bubbles with dady


she really loves putting the bubble wands in the container


me, d, poppa & classy

visit with Poppa & Diane in Courtenay

we went to courtenay this weekend. we made a major blunder and did not book a ferry so we had to wait around in the ferry line up for 4 hours!!! with a toddler!!!

it was very stressful for me, but we made the most of it.
we were able to hang out on a patch of grass and blow bubbles for the first hour. then we had to wait an hour in the car.
then we got to pull ahead, closer to the ferry and were able to go down and buy dinner and let diedre play at a park before loading onto the boat.

things did not get better when we arrived at my parents house...diedre was up until 1.30 or 2am because it was a new environment. she seemed so stressed out and was making weird crying noises and pointing. i eventually shut off the green nightlight and that seemed to help a little. so we all had very little sleep (diedre and i had 4 hours total!). saturday was a little groggy for all of us. but she slept marvelously on saturday night, ahhhh!

my dad is into "flipping" houses. this is his latest project. derek and him did a little work on saturday morning then we joined them to check out the project.


our sweet baby d


my dad & us


diedre and poppa checking each other out


playing with dandelions


steady now (derek's trying to get her to stand on her own)


"you still there dad?"


"bring the flower to mommy."


full concentration