Mmmmm..... Solid Food

Hello Everyone!

I started Davis on solid food a couple of weeks ago now. Oh the joy of peeling, dicing, steaming, pureeing, freezing....... I felt like it took Davis a little longer to catch on to eating solids, than it took London - but really; who knows? So far Davis is really enjoying avocado and more recently apple puree!

The bottom two pictures I thought were really cute. London found Davis's hat from the summer and plopped it on his head, which he clearly thought was lots of fun!

My Mom is Awesome!

Hello Everyone!

Jason got home today for another 5 day stretch. My mom so kindly took off of work early so that we could take advantage of the sunshine and get some family photos done. I am so blessed to have a mom who can take awesome pictures to preserve our family's memories.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out. The fall leaves and sunny setting just made the difference for me. Well.... that, and my kids are pretty darned cute too!

Our Edmonton Trip - Part 2

Hello Everyone!

London and I have been home for almost a week now and are going to pick up Jason from the airport tomorrow! Here are a few pictures from our last day in Edmonton. We had a relaxing morning (mostly because it was Sunday and the mall didn't open until 11:00am). Mini Golf was our first stop of the day. Jason handed London the putter and told her it was like playing hockey....... not sure if that was smart; however, she had fun. London lasted for about half the course and then got tired of trying to hit the ball with the putter so she resorted to THROWING the golf balls down each course. I know, I know, hard to believe that MY child would do that..... but she did. Luckily, there weren't too many people around and both Jason and I convinced her that rolling the balls down the green (is it still called that in mini golf) was much more fun!

After that we finished our shopping and then our last stop was to watch the sea lion show. Now, I have to admit that I wasn't actually very excited about this but thought that it would be something London would enjoy. It turned out to be the opposite; both Jason and I loved the show and London was so exhausted she kinda sorta cared..... but not really.

Well, my garburator is backing up into my sinks so that's what Jason gets to look at first when he gets home tomorrow (love you honey) :) I'm off to bed to get a little bit of rest hopefully, it's going to be another busy week!

Andrea

Our Edmonton Trip

London on the airplane

West Edmonton Mall!

Galaxyland!

Racing 'Around the World'

Jason getting on the rollercoaster

More Galaxyland

Hello from Edmonton!

First of all, I have to say that I clearly remember moving to Abbotsford (in 1988) and thinking that everyone there was a huge wimp when it came to the weather. I freely admit that I am one of those wimps now - it is COLD here. I heard that it snowed today but since we were inside all day, we missed it.

London was amazing (of course) and really enjoyed her first plane ride. Unfortunately we were seated overlooking the wing and the glare off of it from the sun was very bright so we had the window closed for mostly of the flight to avoid being blinded.

After checking into our hotel yesterday, we headed straight over to West Edmonton Mall to the waterpark for the afternoon. Unfortunately, since I didn't want to carry my camera around the waterpark, I don't have any pictures to show you. Both Jason and I were impressed by the number and variety of slides available.

We hit one of the food courts for dinner since London was all but falling asleep on Jason's shoulder and then headed back to our hotel to crash.

Today we started the day with breakfast at the hotel where Jason saw a friend from work (small world), then headed straight over to the mall again to do some shopping and then spend some time in Galaxyland.

Again, I was really impressed with London; she didn't love everything that she tried, but she was much more adventurous than I had expected. Maybe this is a sign that my baby is no longer a baby. Anyway, we broke up the day by doing some more shopping and then heading back to Galaxyland; however, by that time it had gotten crazy busy so we were happy that we had been able to enjoy everything that we wanted to before it got really crowded.

We ate dinner on Bourbon Street (inside the mall) and then came back to our hotel to relax. As I write this, we are all cuddled up on the bed with our Kernels popcorn watching a Mickey Mouse movie with London.

All in all, this has been an awesome weekend. I was feeling like a very bad mother for leaving Davis for the weekend, but I know that he is having fun with his Nana and I think that the one on one time with London has been really good for her. I told Jason that having the two of us together to take care of only one child has felt a bit like playing house instead of me by myself taking care of two kids. It probably also helps that I am not at home with all of the things that need to be done while I'm there.

I think we're going to try and fit in some mini golf tomorrow before we fly home. London's in bed now and Jason and I are going to watch a movie.

Hope you are all having an awesome weekend too!

Andrea

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