Miss Olivia Teresa!

Olivia Teresa Vaino was born on Mon. Oct.4th at 11:02am! Nana and I arrived at 12:30pm just an hour and a half later! What a surprise:) It was so amazing and I was so glad it was over for Katie. We have been enjoying her ever since! All 9lbs. 2oz!

Big brother Aaron meeting his sister for the first time:)

Olivia has quite the set of lungs on her! She knows what she wants and is not very patient;)

Trying out the soother for the first time. She is a very sucky baby, just like all the rest of her cousins:)

Nana and Olivia.

Puppy giving little sis a kiss. Lots of snuggles with daddy!

She was just a couple hours old here. She's not even wearing any clothes yet:) And she's as bright eyed as ever.

A few more pics.

First day of preschool! Lilah LOVED it and can't wait to go back on friday.

Our special craft project that Auntie Holly sent in the mail!

Waiting for the glue to dry.

The finished project! Thanks again Auntie Holly.

Photography by Auntie Holly!

I was so glad to get these done! It had been a long time since we had family pictures done. I just love Holly's pictures and am always happy how they turn out! Its not easy to get both kids to look at the camera at the same time and smile:) Thanks again Holly! (I have a little something to give you next time I see you!)

August is nearly over:(

Declan's very first close up look at a fire truck! He's been obsessed ever since.

We went to our friend Beckhem's 4Th birthday party at the Ft. Langley fire hall. Poor Lilah was the only girl there but she was right in there with the rest of them!

Everyone got to take turns spraying the fire hose. She loved it!

Decs' is really good with the little chicks. He loves holding them and chasing them around.

Farrah and Lilah holding the 2 day old chicks! Always a highlight around the farm.

This poor chick is hanging on for dear life!

This past weekend Aaron and I and some friends went to Vancouver for a couple of nights away from the kiddies! We ended up zip lining on Grouse Mountain! It was really fun and what made it even more fun was the group we were with... a bunch of yahoos;) (the men anyway)

Here we are doing "the starfish" position to try and slow ourselves down. It doesn't really work all that well and when you hit the spring at the bottom you hit hard. You have to brace your body for the impact. It was fun to race each other though.

Aaron's coming in nice and slow:) Actually on this run you hit the spring and go backwards over the water.

We went for dinner at Joey Tomatoes! Such good food. Travis and Colleen, our travel buddies:)

Aaron and I.

Sweet Declan, always ready with a smile and a tongue hanging out of his mouth. He did say "cheese" for this picture.

Ahhh! Now that we've been having some good summer weather the kids and I are really enjoying it! I've been watching my niece Cali for the last two weeks (4 days a week) and having a third child in between the ages my two is definitely a lot busier! It makes the day fly by and since we can be outside I can get my tan on:) I will be watching her until my sis-in-law Julie goes on mat leave, probably in Oct?

Declan will be 18 months this month and wow has he recently grown up! He's trying so hard to repeat words and talk. So far he mostly repeats sounds and voice pitches:) He does say "Lilah" but it sounds more like "ila". He absolutely LOVES the outdoors and just cries at the front door, kinda like a sad puppy. For shoes he says "shhhh". He also loves to pick berries and since we are surrounded by blueberries and blackberries he's picking all the time. Unfortunately he doesn't know how to pick the ripe ones yet.

In spring Aaron and his mom planted a vegetable garden and I am reaping the benefits now! I love going out there and picking what I want to have with my dinner. So far I've used lettuce, carrots, beets, beans, peas, potatoes, tomatoes (which are just starting:) We also planted an herb garden and from that I've used cilantro, basil, thyme, chives, rosemary, spinach, and sage. I just love it! Can't wait for corn on the cob and more tomatoes than I know what to do with!

Lilah starts preschool in Sept and she is beyond excited! I am too actually. I couldn't put her in last year because my vehicle wasn't available for me on those days so she is very ready now for some structured school time:) I am afraid she might need an interpreter though because I sometimes can't even understand her! Her r's and st's sounds aren't so good but I know she'll grow out of it eventually! Anyway I guess thats all for now! Just want to enjoy the rest of my summer. And in fall 2 new babies will be added to the family and I can't wait! Its been a while since I got to hold a newborn and I need to get my baby fix on;)

Camping and other stuff

My big boy! 17 months old and just as cute and hilarious as ever! I think this is my favorite age besides 6 months and 4 years old;)

Out on the boat! Lilah loves it.

Declan had a good time too, but he's very serious.

At Hayward lake.

Cooling off with a popsicle.

8 years together:)

Story time before bed. Lilah is a very good story teller! We went camping on the July long weekend and the weather did not cooperate:( We were cold but we made the best of it.

Watching and waiting. They made a squirrel trap with peanuts and a plastic bin. They actually caught one squirrel but it got away. It was pretty fun!

Pretty sure we had the fire going the whole time we were awake otherwise we would have froze.

Cowboy Declan!

Just hanging out:)

Warming up by the fire after dipping our feet in the lake. We had one sunny evening so we took advantage.

Squirrel watching.

They were so cute reading their books together:)

Flower:)

This is Flower, Lilah's new kitten.

She is such a good little kitty:) And Lilah and Declan are really enjoying her.

This was taken on Father's Day at the Mission car show!

Lilah's costume for her dance recital! They were so cute as little dutch girls and pinocchio dancing to "I Got No Strings".