The Holidays Are Over - It's So Sad!

What at great holiday season! I'm so sad to see it end. Back to reality and to work.

Here is a time line of what happened over the break.

December 13th - Nanny and Poppy arrived from Newfoundland

December 14th - Aaralynn takes a picture with Santa Claus


December 18th - Trim the Christmas tree


December 19th - Aunt Carol and Uncle Frank came for a visit. It was the first time they met Aaralynn


December 20th - Enjoying a day with both her grandparents and Uncle Ben



December 22nd - Decorating the gingerbread house

December 22nd - Nanny and Poppy leave for Uncle Davin home

December 24th (afternoon) - Christmas at grandma and grandpa's home

(more photos later)

December 24th (evening) - Getting ready for Santa and his reindeer

(Did I forgot to mention that Aaralynn can now sit up on her own. She still needs some support from time to time.)

December 25th - Merry Christmas!

- Aaralynn enjoys solids for the first time (video to follow later) Rice Cereal - Yummy!
- Aaralynn plays with all her new toys
-Aaralynn gets two bottom front teeth. (Sorry no picture yet)
-When do to Uncle Dav's for Christmas dinner





December 26th - Enjoyed our own Christmas dinner (a day late). Duck! Yummy!


January 1st, 2010 - Happy New Year!

-Aaralynn when sledding for the first time
- We had some friends over for a New Year's Party







January 3rd - Aaralynn plays with PaPa

5 months old

Aaralynn is 5 month old today. Where has the time gone?

She's getting bigger and bigger each day. I don't know her official weight or height, but I am guessing that she is about 21-22 lbs and 28-29 inches.

The biggest news is she is getting her first tooth. You can actually see the beginning of it.

Here are some pictures:

Aaralynn goes swimming: Aaralynn and I for the last 3 months have been going to the local pool for a Mom & Me Water Yoga class. Our friends, Terri and Aimee does the class with us.

Aaralynn and Aimee (Chilling and Relaxing)

Aaralynn enjoys the jolly jumper


Aaralynn goes to the Santa Claus Parade with Pa Pa
Aaralynn attends her first Christmas Party. It was at the Antoniou's home.
Hailey helps Aaralynn open her gift.
Aaralynn visits Santa Claus. (Dec. 14th, 2009)
And finally Aaralynn cuddles with Pa Pa. Isn't this cute!

The Flu Is Here!

Well, the flu has struck our home. Darian is sick, not sure if it is H1N1, but he definitely is not well. So as a precaution, he is now sleeping in the basement and is wearing a mask around the house. Aaralynn has a look on her face, not understanding why Papa can't carry her but can look and wave at her from a distance. I am hoping the shot I got yesterday (after waiting in line for 3 hours) will take affect soon. (He is all better now. This blog was started last week.)

In other news, Aaralynn celebrated her first Halloween as a monkey. Aaralynn when trick or treating with the Burke's children. She did really well, considering it was close to sleep time. Here are some pictures.

Photos and Videos Update

Here are some new videos of Aaralynn. She now enjoys her exercise saucer. This is now her new favourite thing.

Aaralynn wears her new pink Adidas Outfit. (Thanks Uncle Ben!)

3 Month Old and Thankful For It!

Well, our little girl was 3 month old as of October 14th. If you look at her you wouldn't know that she is that young. She is currently wearing clothing that would fit either a 9 month or 12 month old. We had her weighed yesterday at the doctor's and she is currently 18.1 lbs (over 100 percentile) and 25 inches long (97th percentile). I was told by the nurse that a 3 month old child usually only sleeps for 3 to 4 hours stretches at a time. Well, we get at least a 8 hours stretch each night. So I have to say I am thankful for that.

We also had alot of other things to be thankful for this past weekend. We had a house full of family and friends. The Black-Butts, The Hearn-Burkes and Davin came over for thanksgiving dinner. (Yes, some people may have call me crazy for hosting thanksgiving this year). We attend the annual Oktoberfest free breakfast. We went to a pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkin. And we also went to a farm which included a corn maze.

We are so thankful that we were able to do all this thing with all our family and friends.

Here are some pictures:

Aaralynn sleeps through part of the Oktoberfest festival.

The Band

The family meets Uncle Hans

At the pumpkin patch.

Taking a hay ride to the pumpkin patch.

In the pumpkin field ready to pick our pumpkins.
Tired out! It was hard work to pick out pumpkins.
Together at Thanksgiving
At KW Thanksgiving Parade
Aaralynn and Daddy in the corn maze.
Aaralynn rides a tractor at the farm.

And to finish off the weekend all three kids play together.

Time For An Update

While Aaralynn takes a little nap, I figure it is time for an update.

So, the big news, couple days ago our little girl rolled over from her stomach to her back. I was very shocked and surprised. I was so proud and excited that I had to call Darian right away. (He was at work.) I know that was kind of mean, but I wanted to share the good news, and I didn't think it would be right to let everyone else know first before him. She actually did it 3 times that first day and hasn't done it since. So not sure when we will get another roll over.

Here's a video. (This was her third and last roll over.)

Aaralynn has also started noticing her toys in her gym and the bouncy chair. She now talks and grabs at them.

We've also been keeping ourselves busy by attending a Baby and Me class runned by the Early Years Centre. We get to sing songs and meet other moms and babies, and the best part is most of the classes are free, that's right FREE! (Sorry no pictures)

And on the Wednesday we attended our first movie. The Surrogate, starring Bruce Willis.

Audrey's rating of the movie: 3 and 1/2 stars out of 5
Aaralynn's rating of the movie: unknown cause she slept through the whole thing. (It was great for mom, cause I could watch the movie. Plus I was also able to enjoy popcorn and a pop!)