Playing Trains and Going Potty

Jasper is so happy that baby can finally reach the train table to play trains (well, sort of....)

Jasper finished his ENTIRE potty chart in one week. It took him 3 months to get 3 stickers and thanks to the crash course in SUmmerland, he is now a peeing pro! Now its off to the toy store for his prize!

Potty Au Naturel

Playing in the backyard

New vs Old Christine!

Sue the bday girl and Kieran Day

All the Days and Nielsens

Jasper was on "holidays" all last week in the Okanagan (thanks Mimi/Papa, Auntie Shell and Cousins!!) While on holidays, Jasper got a crash course in potty, going both inside and out (again MANY THANKS to Mimi/Papa/Auntie Shell). And while Jasper is still pretty resistant to going indoors, give the kid a patch of grass/bush/puddle and its go pee/poop go! We are so proud and we are blazing through the big bag of Smarties : )

We also had a couple of bday celebrations this weekend. Auntie Sue and the entire Day clan came over to celebrate her "39th" and we had a fabulous time at Katelyn's 3rd bday at Maple Grove pool.

Go Griffin Go!

To the tune of the RobDobHow family Ibchaillock soundtrack!

20 Years....

....since I graduated from high school and to commemorate I attended my 20 year reunion in Victoria this past weekend. Fortunately for me, I have remained close to my bestest girlfriends from my formative teen years despite time and distance, and of course, they were the ones I was most excited to see, so thanks for many laughs and many drinks girls, next time we will hit Gonzales Hill for sure. We certainly missed Jan the Can and Lou the Chew, but I suppose living in Australia and having a newborn are decent excuses for not attending. By the way, welcome to the world sweet little Jude Oliver!!

The girls getting their drink on at the Wine Bar

The old stomping grounds, soon to be torn down!

Replace the Smirnoff with Rockaberry Cooler and we could be back in high school!

The babies chatting about life at the family BBQ at Willows beach

Classic Self Portrait

8 Months

(Posted a week or so late - oops)

Griffin is 8 months old! And to mark the occasion with style - he decided to spring his top two teeth (complete with lovely gap between) AND start crawling AND pull himself up standing all on his own. Looks like Griffin is in a hurry to catch up with big brother - perhaps an early walker on our hands? And just perhaps, might be potty trained before Jasper?!

We also had a lovely visit to the Okanagan - perfect weather and lots of fun visits with family and friends.....

Auntie Sha Sha and Uncle Ty looking gorj!

G and J's first Quad ride

G on the moose

Ole Mor sharing some laughs with G