I tried to make Lilah pose in her "I love Daddy" shirt and her valentine bear she got from auntie Julie (Aaron's sister).

Sunshine:)

What a beautiful day! I put Lilah's exersaucer outside in the sunshine and she loved it. She played out there for well over an hour. Aaron and my sister were cleaning and putting their rims on their cars. Lilah watched the dogs play fight and the cats eat their food. At one point my sis put on the CD we got in Cuba and it took me right back! Two years ago at this time we went to Cuba for a week with my family. Someday we will go back! I think Lilah has gotten over the worst part of her cold, thank God! Those were some miserable days.

Dad's Super Star!

Maybe it should say Papa's super star instead! I am sure she'll be his little helper.

Home Alone!

Well living in a house with 7 people (including Lilah) its not very often that I find myself completely alone. Lilah is in bed, Aaron is go carting, my parents are in Chilliwack watching some bull riding, and I have absolutely no idea where my brother and sis are. I guess this is a good time to do some blogging so that is where I am! Poor little Lilah got a cold yesterday:( She has such a runny nose and is very cranky. I had to leave for a minute to put the dogs in there pen. For some strange reason they like to lie outside Lilah's window and bark at who knows what! Does anybody want a dog?

Anyways, I went to my mom's group this morning without Lilah. My sis watched her so she could go down for a nap, but when I came home she hadn't slept yet!. I guess she wanted her mommy to put her to bed. I'm very flattered really, but honestly baby girl, she has never done that before. I am going to blame it on the cold. She slept very good last night surprisingly but I sure didn't! Aaron also has a cold and was snoring up a storm so I finally kicked him out of bed and onto the couch. Mean I know but it was sooo annoying! And the breath strips that go on your nose that apparently help stop snoring don't work!

Back to mom's group, it was very good! Kinda intense but very informative. Our leader talked about relationships with our hubbies. Our homework for this week is we have to find out what our and our spouse's love language is. There are 5. Giving and receiving of gifts, physical touch, expressing words of affirmation, sharing quality time and performing acts of service. Mine are definitely sharing quality time and acts of service. Aaron's are touch and affirmation, definitely! Not such a hard homework assignment. Now if only we did these more often!

Yeah my sisters home! And she brought a friend with her. Ah the joy of still living with my family. Don't get me wrong, we have our own suite with a lock on the door but on a friday night like this its definitely nice to have some company. I really do love my family!

Proud Papa!

I think Lilah may already have a favorite! And now that they have the same haircut the resemblance is uncanny (sp?) I think my dad's favorite time of day is when he comes home from work and he gets to see is granddaughter. He is also a big tease but Lilah loves him anyway:)

Belly Shots!

This picture was taken last spring. I am 81/2 months and Melissa is 61/2 months! I like that we got fat together:)

Time flies when you're having fun!

Wow I can't believe its already wednesday. Weeks go by so fast it seems. And since Aaron has tuesdays and wednesdays off it feels like a weekend. We spent quite abit of time with my grandma and grandpa and A. Mary Lou. She flew back yesterday:( Its nice to catch up on whats going on with my family in Alberta. We are going to plan something big for my grandpa's 80th birthday in June, a family reunion of sorts. It will be nice to see them again!
On saturday we went to Quazines for dinner for Julie T.'s birthday. It was really nice. I had never eaten there before. A little pricy but very tasty. They even have someone playing a grand piano!
Last night my friend Melissa came over with Beckhem. She was supposed to come at round 5pm but as usual didn't get here til 8pm! She couldn't find her keys. Like all new moms she needed some grown up conversation. We watched American Idol. None of the guys did that great I thought. Maybe the girls will do better tonight. We'll see.
Now that Lilah is crawling she is getting into alot more trouble. You can't take your eyes off her. She got into my mom's plant a couple times. Oops! She can pull herself up in her crib now too. She will be crying and I will go check on her and she will be standing there holding her little arms out. It is heartbreaking but so cute too!

Happy 27th Birthday Julie! This picture was taken at Katie and Ian's wedding in the summer. Julie and Greg will be getting married this summer and Lilah will be the flowergirl again for her wedding! She'll be a flowergirl twice in only 1 year. (The man standing behind Julie is not Greg it is her dad Lorne:)

Here are all the kiddies! So much fun:)

Today my cousin Angela is coming for lunch and a visit with her 3 kids! My mom hasn't seen her in a while so she'll be there too. This morning my mom and I went for a nice walk up Bateman hill. A good workout especially when you have to push a stroller. On another note my sis-in-law Katie has started a blog! So check her out.

Here is my aunt Mary Lou, Lilah and grandma. This picture was taken the last time she came out from alberta 4 months ago.

Valentine's Day!

Yesterday started out with a trip to the spa! Last week when I booked my next appointment I didn't realize it was on valentine's day, but it sure worked out to my advantage. I got a purifying facial! It felt so amazing and included a neck and shoulder massage and a foot massage as well! Talk about being pampered. Aaron has tuesdays and wednesdays off so he watched Lilah while I was gone. For dinner Aaron took me to Restaurant 62 for a 4 course meal! It was so delicious:) And we got home in time for American Idol which we are addicted to this season. I'm not sure why because we didn't really watch any of the other seasons.
Today I went to my friend Holly's house for lunch. She has a 2 1/2 year old son and a 4 month old daughter. Our friend Denise was also there which was really nice cause we haven't seen her in a long time. She had met Lilah once when she was only 2 weeks old! Our friend Melissa also came with baby Beckhem, although she was almost 3 hours late! So there were 4 kids and 4 adults, we are almost outnumbered! It was very nice to catch up. Holly had made a really nice lunch of greek pasta salad and pizza biscuits and I brought banana chocolate chip muffins which I made this morning.
My grandma and grandpa and aunt Mary Lou came over for tea in the afternoon. My aunt flew out yesterday from Alberta so it was really nice to see her.
On another note Lilah finally figured out how to slither along the ground. She pulls herself along with her hands and arms. It won't be long now until she is crawling!

Tonight we had waffles with blueberries and whipped cream and bacon for dinner. Very healthy I know. We couldn't go to Aaron's mom's today because she was picking up Katie and Ian from the airport. They were in Quebec for the carnival!
I was an eager beaver today and did some scrapbooking! I love doing it when I have the motivation, and I got 4 pages done!
Aaron and his dad picked up Aaron's new car tonight. It had to be brought back on a trailer, and Aaron's dad just so happens to have one.

This picture was taken the other week. Mom, dad, my sister Julie, Lilah and I went for a walk and decided to stop at the park. Lilah loved the swing! And she was so cute too.

Bye Bye:(

Here is the picture I promised to post ages ago. It looks kinda like a big bug!Aaron still gets very sad every time he sees it:(

Everything has fallen into place. The money we got for his car went into RRSP's as well as buying him another car. He bought his brother-in-law Ian's honda civic off him for $1000. So he was very happy about that. Its not as nice as this one was but definately better than the pontiac Tempest he has been driving! He's got big plans for his new buy and i'm not too excited about it. Oh well, my husbands a dreamer!

Yesterday wasn't too exciting of a day. My mom and I went to Lens and Shutter to get crazy amounts of pictures developed (well not really). Than we went to the new Rendevous restaurant at Mt. Lehman. It was very nice in there and yummy food too! Lilah attracts attention wherever she goes. Its not rude when she stares at people! I don't think they'd like it if I stared at them like that! For dinner we just had leftovers. Very boring I know. I had my friend Rachel over last night for a visit. We were going to go out somewhere but decided to stay in. It just ends up costing money to go out. It was nice to have a visit with her. We hadn't talked in a long time. So that was my day yesterday. Today my mom's friend Therez is coming for a visit and of course to see Lilah!

Too Funny!

This is the face Lilah made tonight when we gave her grapefruit! I love it! It looks like she is yelling at somebody but it was just a little sour. It made us all laugh at the dinner table:) We are still waiting for those first teeth to appear.

Relaxation!

Today I went to the Wild Orange Spa. Last year for my 24th birthday my husband and mom and dad gave me a gift certificate to the spa for a massage, facial and pedicure. I don't really know why I waited so long to go but it was worth the wait! I had a 45 minute aromatherapy massage done today. It was heavenly! It was my first massage ever (from someone other than my husband.) It is so nice in there and very relaxing. After my luxurious afternoon at the spa I drove to the Mt. Lehman Starbucks (because I love the drive-through!) I treated myself to a "tall vanilla tea misto" and asked if they had any cranberry bliss bars? The girl at the drive-through said no but had one cranberry lemon scone left and asked if I wanted it for free. Of course I couldn't refuse! How nice and yummy. Now to conclude my relaxing afternoon I am going to continue reading my very good, funny book until Lilah wakes up from her nap!

Clarity

Sorry I guess on my last post I was not clear about who exactly was to be wed. Aaron's sister Julie is engaged to Greg and Aaron, my sister, and Greg went to play bball the other night:) My aunt called yesterday and asked why she didn't know about my sister getting engaged! Oops.
It gets very confusing when you have 2 sisters with the same name.

Busy Day

Today was a busy day and I didn't even leave my house! My mom babysat my cousin's little girl, Emrickka. She is 18 months old and kept us both very busy. She loves Lilah and can say her name really well and she says it all the time "Lala". Very cute:) Mom and I went for a nice walk down the road with the girls before it started raining.
Tonight I had Aaron's family over for dinner. I cooked a smoked chicken. If you have never had it before you have to try it. It was so yummy! It tastes just like ham so we call it "cham" or "picken" or "hicken"! Anyways everyone loved it! There were 13 of us altogether in my little basement suite. I set up a folding table because the table I have only seats four. It was very cozy to say the least. Usually Aaron's mom has a dinner at her place every sunday but she needed a break so I thought it would be nice to have everyone at my place for once. My sister-in-law Julie informed me that was the first time I have ever had her over for dinner in all the years Aaron and I have been together. How embarassing! Oh well, we will just have to have them more often! Well I'm off to bed now. My hubby just got home from shooting hoops with my sis and future bro-in-law Greg! Night

My Day

We actually got to go to church today! Lilah woke up at 6 this morning so she got her morning nap in before church. Normally she goes down at around 10 and church starts at 10:45 so it really doesn't work well with her schedule. After church mom, Julie, Lilah and I went to my grandma and grandpa's for a yummy lunch! My grandma adores her great granddaughter:) Lilah was #10 great grandchild for them, and since then there has been 2 more additions.
After Lilah's second nap of the day we went with my sister Julie to her friend Lindsay's in Maple Ridge to watch the superbowl. She lives with her roommate in a really nice big basement suite. A couple of Julie's friends were there who hadn't seen me since I was very pregnant! They got such a kick out of Lilah! She just stood holding on to the coffee table most of the time and was very entertained by one of the guys playing the guitar. Aaron had to work so he missed out on all the fun:(
Tonight Aaron gave me the most wonderful back massage! He is sooo good at giving them. And thankfully he likes to give them too! I was so lucky during my pregnancy. I'm surprised his wrists didn't get sore he gave me so many. He also likes to give foot massages. I have the best husband ever.

My Day

We actually got to go to church today! Lilah woke up at 6 this morning so she got her morning nap in before church. Normally she goes down at around 10 and church starts at 10:45 so it really doesn't work well with her schedule. After church mom, Julie, Lilah and I went to my grandma and grandpa's for a yummy lunch! My grandma adores her great granddaughter:) Lilah was #10 great grandchild for them, and since then there has been 2 more additions.
After Lilah's second nap of the day we went with my sister Julie to her friend Lindsay's in Maple Ridge to watch the superbowl. She lives with her roommate in a really nice big basement suite. A couple of Julie's friends were there who hadn't seen me since I was very pregnant! They got such a kick out of Lilah! She just stood holding on to the coffee table most of the time and was very entertained by one of the guys playing the guitar. Aaron had to work so he missed out on all the fun:(
Tonight Aaron gave me the most wonderful back massage! He is sooo good at giving them. And thankfully he likes to give them too! I was so lucky during my pregnancy. I'm surprised his wrists didn't get sore he gave me so many. He also likes to give foot massages. I have the best husband ever.