Izzy's baptism

My little niece Izzy got baptized today. It was nice that so many family and friends could be there. Kai spent the first half of the service trying to run out the door, collect ant traps and trying to run away with the collection baskets.

Sisters; Ani and Izzy

Izzy wore the baptismal dress that has been in Kris' family for over 100 years.

Whatever Izzy gets, Ani wants too so here she is getting some of the water too!

Cutie pie

Some pictures from the day....okay, probably too many but I couldn't choose:)

The gym

Last night, my little sister invited me to a class at the gym. Wow. It brought back many memories for me, sort of like when I went to the pub in December. I used to go to the gym A LOT. I'd say that when I was 22-23, I was probably in the best shape of my life. Lynette and I were doing adventure fit classes and doing adventure racing. I would go to the gym, or run for an hour, at least 4 days a week. I would do about one 10 km race per month (I'm not saying I was good, just in shape!). Last night, when the instructor asked if any of us were runners, I couldn't raise my hand. I haven't run 5 km since July. Back in the day, if the instructor said that we were doing the plank as long as we could, I'd make sure I did it the longest. Last night, I was trying to figure out if I could go the full 30 seconds. Wow. I bet I could get back in shape. But, that takes time. Do I have the time, money, and energy to work out 3-5 days a week? Until I figure that out, I'll stick to walking. Here are some pics from back in the day...I have a lot but I'm not going to scan them. Oh the days before digital:)

Day 1 (above) of our adventure race `Sea 2 Summit' starting in Squamish. This was right before we started our 3 1/2 hour paddle to start the day off. It was a 12 hour day.

Day 2 of Sea 2 Summit in Whistler...this was in between the mountain biking and trekking portion. I believe this day was `only' 10 hours. We finished 4/6 in our category...not bad for our first race!

At a snowshoe running race...`The Yeti'...quite the workout!

My smarty pants

Bubi? Bubi? I love it when he holds his arms out like this when he is looking for something.

Feeding himself

We haven't been practicing him feeding himself with a spoon because most stuff he eats doesn't really need a spoon. But, since he loves the fruit cups, there is a picture of him feeding himself today:) Also, we played with the Noah's Ark animals. I asked for 2 elephants and....I got 2 elephants! I asked for 2 camels and I got...two `mammals' (as he calls them). We went through each one and he got them all.

Once he got a pair, he made them kiss...

Here is he saying `happy', one of his new fav. words

He is still very congested (lungs). Last night, he was up with us from 9-11pm. I hope he gets better soon...its tough when there is not much you can do for them.
Sitting on the musical stool, banging on the wall. Interesting how grandma got him all loud, musical toys for Christmas:)

Boring Wednesday Night Post

-Kai has a nasty cold. Very congested. Last night he fell asleep in my arms while Gary was getting dinner ready (5pm). He slept all the way through til 7am! The first few nights, he slept terribly but since we started using the humidifier, it has gotten much better. New words of the day; applesauce, nanny (janny), doug, han (he LOVES washing his hands)
-I'm hoping to have daycare figured out by the end of this week.
-Gary is basketball free from Friday til Sunday!!! Woohoo!!
-School is going well...I like working. I like being home. Some days I wish I was in the other place but for now, going well. Not sure if we could do it (financially) if I wasn't working. I don't know where we could cut costs....oh well, don't need to worry about it now.

Lynette and Bryan

What a beautiful bride (and I guess handsome groom too!). Phew, I'm exhausted. Here are some pictures that I took at the wedding. It was hard beccause I was the maid of honour and couldn't take any pictures during the ceremony or any other time! Gary was busy videotaping so here are a few of the pics that I got. By the way, Kai was at grandma's from Friday til Sunday! He had a great time and he seriously looked different to me when we picked him up. So glad to have him home!

So, here is the beautiful dress..

Lynette getting her make up done by cousin-in-law Jordana

Make up all done

Getting into the dress

She wore white boots for the reception and pictures but shoes during the ceremony

Lynette's dad taking her to meet Bryan for pictures before the ceremony

The bridesmaids

Gary and I

The happy couple

The colourful bouquet

Lou 'n Lyn

The first dance

Cutting the cake

Congratulations Lynette and Bryan! Have an awesome time in Cuba!

Lynette's stagette

My best bud Lynette, who became my best bud in Sept. of 91, is getting married on Saturday! Today we went to the spa with all the bridesmaids and then had a stagette afterwards.

Here Lynette is a bit emotional as I put together a scrapbook with all her friends and family contibuting a page of memories/advice/pictures. I won't show any more pictures though as it was sort of a lingerie shower:) Fun was had by all.

Daycare

I don't know if this is the place for it, but I thought I would try. My son (17 months) has been in daycare since September and has been loving it. Unfortunately, I need to find a new one! Does anyone have any great connections with a daycare in the Clayton area? Please email me or leave a comment (I won't publish the comment). I'm a little stressed:)

Retire

I'm ready to retire. Travel all the time. My head hurts. Gary has bball 11 out of the next 12 days. My best friend is getting married this weekend which entails 3 busy, busy days in a row. Kai is being shuffled off to grandma's. I feel bad. I know he will have fun there but I will be without him for 2 nights. I still need to find shoes. I don't know how to do my hair. My head hurts. Is it snowing again?!

17 months

This is a few days late due to our trip but I'll quickly write a bit. What a fun age. He is currently at a stage where he will attempt most words. Very fun. Just month he has said many names (Micah, Andrew, Jack, Ani) and words galore (please, thank you, happy, hungry, get you, me go, ow, peekoo (peekaboo)...to name some). When we ask him questions, he can now reply with `no' if he doesn't want it, very fun! When putting on pant legs or socks, if I say `one', he will say `two'. Cute. Physically, he is now into climbing onto objects and attempts to walk down stairs (which freaks me out!!!). He became a lot more cuddly on the trip and slept in bed with us half the time which we have never done before. He is such a fabulous boy. He usually takes his time to get comfortable in new environments (about 20 minutes) but then does his own thing. His highlights from our trip were; the slide, sand table, throwing rocks, chasing birds, playing `peekoo' and eating pizza:). He is not into sharing (me, mine etc is what he will say) and will push people to get what he wants...we are working on this! It was so great to be able to spend 10 days straight with Gary and Kai and to see their relationship grow too. He def. does not like to sit still (eating in restraunts was slightly stressful...we just took turns running around with him) and is into everything.

I love him tons and don't want him to grow up too fast. His favourite thing to do around the house is find something `dirty' and say it over and over and then gets excited when I give him permission to throw it in the garbage. Kaisie, we love you! You make us laugh and bring us so much joy.