we did it

After two winters of being pregnant I have finally broken my skiing slump. Today, Cody, Elliott and I went to Poley Mountain (and I am being very generous calling it a mountain) for an afternoon of skiing.  It was a lovely day out with our boy. We each took turns with E while the other skied and he was great.  The skiing wasn't bad either - very short runs but better than no skiing at all.

Kate spent the day with Danielle her lovely babysitter and is now at the pool with Pappa. He's trying to ease our guilty consciousnesses about ditching her and enjoying the outdoors without her.

Have a grand week. Jorgensen Sandwich

As I mentioned in a recent entry, getting Kate to say yes more than no is one of my New Year's resolutions. So far it's not going that well. The only time she does say yes is if you ask her if she wants peaches, a muffin or if she loves Elliott. Sweet but tiring.  We took this video the other night and it unexpectantly shows just how much she adores the word no.  I also thought my family would appreciate seeing some Kate giggles.  My family and hopefully you too.

Have a lovely weekend lovelies. xoxo aj

pappa's parenting

Cody is a little more laid back in his parenting style than I. Kate loves this as can be seen in this funny little clip. But Kate isn't even 2 years old - so what does she know. I however know that that's snow on the ground and I also know that at the end of the clip I ask "she's bleeding?" and yes she was. Oh fun Pappa - or as I call him - Good Cop.

Happy Wednesday. aj

these boots were made for walkin' ... ish

We received a little package from Aunty Rhonda and family today that contained some new boots for Kate. Luckily I caught the first few moments after Kate put them on and would very much like to share them with you. 

I thought I would also include this shot taken yesterday of our little guy.  I just can't imagine any boots walking away from him in the future. That is unless it has to do with some crazy old lady in his life called Mamma. 

Happy day 3 of 2011.
I mean 4.

Aimee and the kiddies.

it has to be midnight somewhere

We just arrived home from our little New Year's celebration with our friends Kim, Trevor and the lovely Brooklyn.  Kate and Brooklyn got along beautifully this evening - last time we were at their place we had to leave after Kate couldn't recover from a time out. I think it was 5 after 7 this evening when I first asked the time - I thought it felt like midnight.  Oh things have changed. It's 8:45 Kate just fell asleep with her milk watching a little Coronation Street and I'm blogging about our big night. 

It was a lovely night and I thank Kim and Trevor for the dinner and visit. So 2011 here we come. 

Today I literally had 5 minutes and I actually wrote out my resolutions for the coming year and for the first time ever, losing weight wasn't the top of the list. What was?  Well potty training Kate of course.  Second to potty training - having more fun. Third - relax more. Fourth - read more. Actually read something, anything. And fifth - get more vegetables into Kate and Cody. 

What I am looking most forward to in 2011. Elliott walking, talking and giving us a glimpse as to who he is going to be.  Kate saying yes more and throwing tantrums less. Kate's 2 year molars. The Oprah Winfrey Network. Seeing all my friends and family out West again soon - this time with Kate. Skiing!!! Being a little less sick. A date night with my husband. Okay that's it - I don't want to be too greedy.

Happy New Year everyone! Here's how we celebrated...

Hugs.

A very serious looking Brooklyn.

 Thank you Kim - thank you for thinking of champagne.

Our little love.

 Elliott's out - he's definitely my son.

 Cheers.

Our little New Year's babe.

Hope everyone had a great night but not so great as to cause head injuries tomorrow. Does that make sense? Weird. People are just arriving at our neighbour's house now. Rude it's almost 9.
xox aj

our family's first christmas

It's official our family's first Christmas has come and gone and it was lovely.  It was pretty much stress free and it was fun. Kate was a little sick and a lot tired but she was excited by all the activity Christmas day and again on Boxing day with her her cousins on the island. Elliott - he was great but oblivious - sleeping through most of Christmas morning and all of dinner. 

We have now assembled all of the kids' goodies and Cody and I are more than a little overwhelmed by the volume. Kate doesn't know which way to look so we are working on paring down the toys and we'll set to rotate them.

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas too - here are a few pics of our holidays. 

My Christmas kiddies.

 Our cowgirl.

Monkey Elliott working on opening Lego with Grandpa Paul.

The big one - Kate and Elliott's new trampoline. It's super fun.

A pooped Elliott tucking into Grampie for a nap.

Grandma Janice with E.

 

Me and Kate in her new dress Grandma Sherri made for her. Isn't it lovely?

Grammie's turn opening presents!

Uncle Paul and E.

The cousins, Aunty and a lot of gifts yet to be opened.

 

Sleeping over at Grammie's.

My little Mongolian (the hat is from Aunty Rho - love it!)

I'll post more soon - the kids are too wild. I can't finish anything. xox aj

my new favourite rudolf rendition

I just took my computer's imovie tutorial and I'm excited. Unfortunately I have little to no time to actually try out what I have just learned. As such you'll have to deal with the rough cut of Kate's little class sort of, actually not singing Rudolf, but stamping to Rudolf and wait for future cinematic masterpieces. It ends abruptly because I needed to keep it short in order for Blogger to take it. 

FYI - Kate's favourite friend is the lovely Alaya who is second from the left - the giggling monkey.  Just to help, Kate is third from the right - the first stomper. Here goes...

Let me know what you thought.

5 more sleeps! XOXO AJ