Monday, March 06, 2006

the rocking cow


kitty goes on


kitty comes off


kitty goes on


kitty comes off


diedre's turn


stop for a hug


side saddle and backwards! wow, what talent!

Thursday, March 02, 2006

basket of fun


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.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

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

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Monday, February 27, 2006

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

Sunday, February 26, 2006

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.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Friday, February 24, 2006

Thursday, February 23, 2006

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

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Monday, February 20, 2006

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 :)