Technical difficulties

I've been trying to upload photos from Morgan's bowling party, but BLOGGER seems to be on crack tonight, and it just isn't working. My hormonal self is getting very frustrated, so I will try again tomorrow when I've had some rest.

The party went very well, although I was very unimpressed with the bowling alley this year. I booked the party well over a month ago, and they neglected to tell me that they no longer had a party room upstairs. Consequently we were squished downstairs right beside another party that was booked at the same time as us. Our party was booked for 1pm, and they didn't even get the kids bowling until well after 1:30pm which had me quite cross, but that is mostly due to my pregnant state, and lack of sleep. The kids had a ball (I hope), and didn't mind at all. I know our guys had a great time. Hopefully I'll be able to upload some pics tomorrow.

At home Birthday Dinner

Here is Miss Morgan with her cake after she blew out her candles.
Opening presents: these books were from Auntie Catherine. Thank You!!!!

Miss Paige's nose was quite out of joint over the whole birthday thing, so we found her something to open. It was a prize from Devin's birthday party that we hadn't opened yet. Godmother Miranda saves the day!!!!


All in all it was a very good evening. We ate pizza with Grandma and Jared, and ate cake and ice cream. The kids had a great time!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday Dear Morgan!!!!!! It's hard to believe that you are five years old today, it seems like just yesterday that you were born!!!!
We had a great and very busy day, I will post pictures tomorrow when I am less tired!!!!
Love to all. xxoo

28 week appointment

Just a quick update on the pregnancy. I had my 28 week appointment this afternoon. Paige came with me, and really liked hearing the baby's heart beat, which was 152. Everything looks good except that my hernia that I had repaired in order to have Paige (it caused distress when I was carrying Morgan) looks as though it may be poking through a bit. Fingers and toes that it doesn't get any worse. Other than that, everything is perfect!

Sparks Enrollment

Thursday night was Morgan's enrollment at Sparks. When a new Spark is enrolled, they are presented to the leaders by a second year Spark. This meant that it was Maddison that presented Morgan, which was very cool!!!!

The gruesome twosome!!!! For two kids who fight like cats and dogs, they sure love each other!!!!
Morgan and Maddison coming through the rainbow, after Morgan said her promise and officially became a Spark.

Gotta love the germs that come home from school!

Poor little Miss Paigie Pie has been down with her first bout of the stomach flu. She woke up with it during the wee hours of Thursday morning. Friday she was much much better although still not eating. This morning she woke up overly cranky, and things went downhill from there. Poor little muffin, hopefully she feels better tomorrow, and can start eating again. She is loving jello though, and it seems to be staying down. She has been living on gingerale, and crackers!!!!!
A huge ThankYou to Lynn for all of your help on Thursday taking Morgan to school, and for baking the cookies for Sparks, you're a great friend!

Visit with the Aunties

Kevin got home from his week of training in Elmira on Friday night. The girls were so excited to see him. I felt really bad though because I figured that he wouldn't be home until late, so we went to Miranda's for dinner. As I was leaving her house around 7pm or so my cell rang, and this kind of sad voice said "where are you, I've been home for an hour!". Of course by the time I got home, the girls were fast asleep!!! The Aunties, and cousin Elizabeth came for a lovely visit on Saturday. Thank you for the pizza lunch!! The girls had such a good time entertaining Elizabeth, and are still talking about it. I unfortunately didn't take any pictures though. Auntie Christine did though, so once she emails them to me, I will post them. My foolish cold is back again, so I am trying to rest, and drink lots of fluids, I am getting quite cross about the whole thing.

Morgan's Turkey

This Turkey was made at school by Morgan.

Paige's Turkey

Paige made this Turkey as her craft at library before Thanksgiving. 

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Kev and the girls on his 32nd Birthday!

Dance Class

Morgan and Maddison at dance class.

 

Deep in conversation

Here are Paigie and Ashton deep in conversation while Morgan and Maddison are at dance class.

A Girl and her Dog!!

Last month, Morgan and I took Cookie to Toronto to visit with her family. Everybody had a great time, and I got some really good pictures.

This is Morgan and Cookie with her breeder Laura Colton.
Here are three generations: on the far left is Cookie, in the middle is Bliss (Cookie's daughter), and on the far right is Breezy (Cookie's mother).
Here is another picture of Breezy.
Morgan in the dog house, and Cookie (in front) with her son Paulie.
This is Cookie's other son Tonka.

Ultrasound

Wednesday was my fourth ultrasound for this pregnancy. They have been watching me quite carefully because of a low-lying placenta among other things, and because my OB knows that I am one of the biggest worriers that he has ever met! He was very confident that every was fine, but also knew that I was in need of some extra reassurance. Well the ultrasound went very well, and the baby looks great. I can't believe how fast the baby is growing!
The last picture that I posted were from August, so here are the ones from September, and this week:


This picture was from September.


This one was taken this week, and it really looks like there is a little person in there!!


This one is my favourite, you can really see the baby's face. Well most of us can (right Daddy???? :) ) Morgan was able to see the baby's face right away.

Update

Okay, so I haven't been too good at keeping things up to date. I will try to catch up on everything this week. I have quite a few pictures to post, but will do it in my next post. School is going very well for Morgan, and she can now count up to 30 en francais!!!! Morgan has also started Sparks, and is really enjoying it. Miss Paigie is growing like a weed. She was a bit cross when Morgan started school this year and she didn't, but now seems to be enjoying the quiet afternoons at home. Also we attend a story time at the library. The pregnancy has been challenging so far, mainly I think because this time there are two other little people who need me as well. I go for my fourth ultrasound this afternoon, and will update later. They are keeping a very close eye on me this time, but all seems to be well. We celebrated Kevin's birthday on the 3rd of October, and the birth of our niece Ilysa Rose Linton on the 4th of October. Welcome to the world little one!! More later when I hook the camera up to the computer. Love to all.

First Day of School

Morgan had her first day of school last Thursday. It went very well, and she was very excited about her new teacher, and her new classroom. Half the class went on Thursday, and the other half of the class went on Friday, so she will find out who else is in her class tomorrow.
Here are some pictures from her first day:


Morgan and Paige at home before we left for school.



Morgan and Maddison on the playground at school before they went in; they are in different classes this year.

We're all still alive.....really!!!!

I know I haven't posted in ages, but we are all still alive. I've been so tired by the time evening rolls around, and the kids are tucked safely in their beds, that I haven't had a chance to post anything. Last week we had a great visit from Auntie Catherine. I finally got the photos transferred from the camera, onto my computer so I will start posting the rest of the England pictures asap!! I see the doctor on Friday, and will update you all on that soon. Morgan starts school in one week, and cannot wait to go to Mme. Quait's class to learn french!!!! Other than that all is well! xxoo

Ultrasound photo

I couldn't get the picture very clear, but here it is:





I actually have two pictures, but I can't seem to edit the other one at all, and it is way too blurry to post. This one came out pretty well, and if you look closely you can see arms and legs!!!

ANNOUNCING.......

Well it's been another crazy week, and I still haven't had time to get those pictures posted. I'm going to get to it soon though because there are some great ones from our last week in England. On another note, we have some news for everyone. We are pleased, and very surprised to announce that our family will be growing by one this February. Morgan and Paige will have a new brother or sister. I had an ultrasound last week which showed that the baby looks great, and that I am due on the 18th of February. Once I figure out how to post the pictures, I will. I can't scan them apparently because it ruins the picture. I'll try to take a picture of it with the digital camera. Love to all!!!!

We're back.....

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we are now home safely after a very long flight. Morgan has announce to everyone that the flight took 28 hours and was very boring; poor kid!!! I have lots of new photos to post, which I will do once we have settled back into a routine, and have recovered from our jet lag!!! Until then, love to everyone!