Grace is Seven Months old

Hard to believe but our little bundle is now Seven months old! She has been so much fun to watch grow and learn! This month Grace has figured out how to crawl!! It really is so sweet to see her determination when she wants to get somewhere! No teeth yet, but according to her mood, these are quickly on their way! We have been busy walking and exploring the neighbourhood and playing out in the sun! Grace loves to watch Aries play and has quite a happy face for him. She gives a little "oof" back when he barks or runs by. Hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather!

First Harvest

I took Grace over to the garden last night to have a look at what we might be able to harvest but it turned out that we were the harvest for the mosquito population this side of the rockies, so I had to bring her home. Just as well, there turned out to be quite a bit that needed to come out of the ground! This is the first garden I have had where I can actually say we will be eating a home grown meal tonight, minus the steak that I am going to treat us to!! A potato is a fascinating thing! You put a shrivelled up old sprouting one in the ground, and voila! You get about 12 beautiful big shiny ones back! Our beets were ready as well, the greens are gorgeous and the root is so red and sweet! A few carrotts made their way in to our basket as well, and onions. Looking forward to preparing a beautiful meal for my family tonight!

Calgary Stampede! Woooo Hooo

Well, we managed to make our way through the crowds to celebrate Family Day at the Stampede with Grace. I am not sure how 20,000 people ate breakfast before 830 in the morning, but I was fine with paying 5.00$ for a rather average corn dog instead of waiting for nearly 3 hours in line for some bacon and eggs. Have we lost all of our marbles people? (LOL) We spent most of our time in the Agricultural Tents cooing over the piglets and the miniature donkeys. Grace thought the horses were pretty cool, lots of big smiles and reaching out for pets...however, mommy had visions of circus animals that go bad so we didn't get close enough for her to touch. Amazingly Grace slept through an hour of mayhem on the grounds while Mom and Dad walked about to find the best fries and mini doughnuts. Basically, a good time was had by all and we can tag it in the log book as a mission completed! Happy Stampede everybody, only 7 more days till we get our city back!!

More Tree Climbing

Well, it has approached, the time is here, traffic jams, tourists, fireworks, booze induced coma's, that's right folks, Stampede 2010 is officially upon us! Bring on the pancakes and sausages, bring on the 11:00 am shooters, let the festivities begin!! (Okay, so I won't be indulging in these traditions, but you go for it!!!!) We are going to bring Grace down to the excitement this year on Family Day. We figure at least while she doesn't "need*" everything she sees that we could take her down and enjoy watching her in awe... Summer seems to be sneaking in a day here and there, but nothing to write home about, hence no updated pictures of our garden yet...but soon if mother nature plays nice! We have been spending some time with Grama and Grampa T in the yard, pruning and weeding, here Grace and I are taking a break together up in the Apple Tree, so cute! Happy Stampeding Everyone! See you out there!!

Grace has a photo shoot!

Grace celebrates six months with her first photo shoot! What a great find, Amber Holt Photography in Airdrie. So talented and professional! Grace was a star! Check out Amber's website. Happy Canada Day!!

Grace climbs a tree!

Grace climbs her first tree...with a little help from Daddy! So cute! We are going to try out swimming this week, mommy and Grace got new swimsuits! More to follow about that... :)

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Father's Day! We spent the weekend celebrating Dad the good old fashioned way...with hugs and kisses! Grace is moving more towards walking than crawling making her momma wish she could slow down a little! Saturday we had a nice barbeque at the Turnbull mansion with the Coopers! Kanasta turned nasty once again...boys, beware! Sunday we had a fabulous brunch at the Black House! Thanks everyone, xxoo. Ps, does anyone know how I can make the video vertical?