second half of january

first time in a baby swing at the park. the sun was shining but it certainly wasnt warm on the day we decided to walk to the park.

all three on the swings

we went out to visit my aunt & uncle in white rock and the kids had fun on these big hills behind their apartment.

audrey's first time sitting up with us at the table

she's getting in on the conversation

first time in a bouncy seat at my friend holly's house

my saturday morning date. isnt he cute? diedre was at ballet just down the street.

chillin' with the animals



we are all really enjoying baby Audrey. she is so pleasant, smiling, cuddly, and strong. she loves her brother and sister and is a very easy baby, she will go to almost anyone.

diedre is almost 4 and is so great at so many things. her ballet teacher was impressed that she followed directions so well and listened very good in class.

ezekiel and derek are going to a toddler gym/sports class and he is doing well there and learning some basic tumbling and sports.

some of us have been sick. last month ezekiel was diagnosed with asthma that comes on when he has a cold. thankfully we have puffers for him as he had a scary attack in the middle of the night and the puffers totally calmed him down.

i feel absolutely terrible at the moment and just want to sleeeeeep. since baby audrey is sick too, she nurses extra at night so i have a pretty disturbed nighttime sleep and naps are only occasional.

derek is not sick, and is working on the upstairs reno. always lots to do!

more january pictures here

diedre's first day of preschool

ready to go to school for the first time! we had an interview last week and they had room available on monday mornings only. one day a week is just fine by me!

derek took the morning off to bring her to and pick her up from preschool.

hanging her jacket on her hook

sitting on the story mat for "book looking" time.

i was really not sure about putting her in preschool, but decided that it would be good to give her some time for learning and for me to have a bit of time with ezekiel and audrey. audrey slept the whole time (2.5 hours) and ezekiel played by himself a bunch (which he doesnt usually do) and i managed to get the floor washed. it was a good first day all around.


and we went out for lunch to celebrate her first day

happy new year

diedre got into the ballet class at the dance academy! i was sooo excited and nervous for her...strange response, but it is what it is. here she is all ready to head to her first class.

sitting waiting for class to begin

running under the cloth. she wasnt supposed to run yet but her and the other girl were new and the teacher forgot to tell them they needed to be patted on the head to start their turn ha ha

audrey is such a cute bundle. she is so calm and content. i'm still figuring out her schedule but she is pretty obvious when she's tired although she takes longer in the evening to fall asleep and is fussier (and teething :( poor girl).

she can actually sit up pretty well on your lap or on the couch, but obviously cant be left alone or she'll topple.

some goofy faces

silly baby

this is at the fun n' run gym that is local and free in our town. diedre is so funny/motherly. the rules are that you are not allowed to run so she holds ezekiel down. i was shouting at her saying "you are allowed to stand up and walk around" so she finally let him.

he's really smiling now and having fun, but she's basically herding him around. sheesh.

and helping him keep his arms up under the parachute (another rule). at least she's good at following rules, and apparently enforcing them too!

dec 29 08: 3 months old!

she is sitting up really well

getting chubbier all the time

holding her own hands

chews on her hands constantly

i'm so behind in my posts its hard to think back. i guess 3 kids IS busy ha ha
audrey is still a very easy, content, well-fed baby. she is such a joy to have around and her brother and sister are still quite excited by her and she by them!
she still feeds once or more per night and is also teething so its still very random.

another 3 month milestone is jolly jumping!





so jolly

thats who's been making her smile

zeke is just below the max. weight of 28lbs...

Christmas & Boxing Day

Merry Christmas!

audrey looks like she's being tickled by cloudy.

Christmas PJs shot

Christmas Morning Brunch

Pepere & Grandma came over to spend Christmas Day with us and a fabulous turkey dinner. i'm pretty disappointed that there are no pictures because the camera batteries died (i had to use the camera for videotaping since our handycam was out of tape argh and the weather was too bad to go get more, so then i had very few pictures and videotaping with the camera uses more battery power...and i guess i was too busy cooking/napping to recharge them :( . it still makes me feel a little sick to my stomach that i didnt get any christmas pictures of our kids opening gifts before my parents arrived. snif.

Merry Christmas again: aka Boxing Day!

Boxing Day family dinner at my brothers' in White Rock. They had soooo much snow and getting into their neighbourhood was tricky. The family all made it and we celebrated with Mellenger Grandparents, Gagne Grandparents, my brother & family and our family.

poppy & zeke hanging out

baby audrey all bundled to watch the kids sledding/snowboarding.

ezekiel is a real natural shredder (excuse the pink barbie snowboard ha ha)

diedre was good at riding her new board too

diedre, poppy and auntie heather sledding.

see more Christmas pictures here :)

December before Christmas 2008

december has been too busy for me. i've not had time to blog and am really missing it. i'll try to catch up a bit!

West Coast Express Santa Train on Dec 6 more pictures here

diedre was in our churches production and sang:
I saw three ships
Caroling, caroling
Deck the halls

audrey tried the bouncy seat and loved it! that really helped with all the holiday baking i did. which i hope, "NOTE TO SELF" not to do so much of next year because it cost too much and was stressful and took too much time away from holding Audrey!

we took the kids rockclimbing with some friends

audrey wore a super-cute hat and waved at me :)

derek really got into decorating this year

we all went to see the Nutcracker Ballet

December part 1 photo album

December part 2 photo album

December Christmas Parties album

window & door renos

yes, this is ridiculously late. i will blame: a. the Christmas season and b. having 3 kids where at least one is awake between the hours or 7am and 11pm.

before

here is the photo album from facebook for the window and door renos that were completed on dec 5th.

after