Pic Update

My parents came to visit at the end of
July, we were so busy having fun
this is the only pic I took!

Hanging out before bed time

I had a package of wildflowers kicking
around and threw them down late spring,
they seem to be pretty happy

Mrs. Squishy Face

I started amaranth from seed earlier in the year
and they are looking pretty good now. These
are in the back beside the chamomile
and blueberry bush

Pulled this out from the basement and
she was sooo excited. She is constantly
wanting someone to push her around

I've noticed that she likes to be on her
tiptoes often while standing

What may be my last rhubarb
harvest for the season

"Let me out Mom"

We did a quick trip to see Leanne recently

Mmmmm, frezies on a hot summer day

Owen wanted to be sure that Kate did
not get a sunburn

Just hanging out

I was trying to get a shot of the three of us and Owen quickly
turned to give me a kiss, such a sweetheart

Not a great pic but I've been perfecting
my corn tortilla making skills

I've also been getting better (in my opinion)
at styling my hair

I just love that these two enjoy playing together in the backyard

It had started to rain so Owen wanted
to get outside and do some exercise,
I can't say no to that

Having fun with his race car tracks

Honestly, she was lying like this while
trying to figure out how to
turn it on

Tonight, moments before popping her in
the bath, sooo tired

I found Owen at the table working away
on this. I'm so proud of him

"More"

Owen is up at my parents for a few days and based on his total lack of communication with me, I'm guessing he's having an incredible time. Hopefully my parents aren't too exhausted.

Over the past week or so I had started signing the word "more" to Kate when ever it was obvious that was what she wanted. Thursday night while I was changing her she randomly signed "more" for the first time so I said it back to her. Seeing her reaction was incredible. Her face lit up and she couldn't stop smiling, she kept repeating herself so I kept saying it back to her. We were both equally excited. It's now Saturday and she is very quick and confident in letting me know when she wants more!

I was able to catch a short video, it's a bit shaky but fun to see her communicate. Guess I need to learn some new words!

Pic Update

We went to visit Leanne and ended up at
a fantastic water park right by her place

I was trying to provide some shade

He loved the different water features

Perfect for the sunny hot day

Kate loved the water as well

Next was the play area 

where both kids had a blast

Then back to Leanne's where Jamie had
made us all wings on the bbq

So much fun for us all

The grass needed cutting so I loaded a
bowl up with watermelon and let
them loose. They look like little zombies!

Walks to the school park are always a hit

Kate wanted in on the action

So we all helped Owen look for "gems",
special rocks for his collection

This weeks project while Kate napped,
I got Owen to help me with the stenciling

I strung/supported the clematis differently
this year and it is really happy

Owen is constantly creating

It started to rain pretty hard one afternoon
so as a joke we said go have a shower

Before long he was naked and Kate had to
outside in the rain as well. A very
fun 40 min indeed

We walked downtown saturday morning
to check out the farmers market

Kate "helping" with the laundry

We went to the local bike park to watch
Uncle Sean ride, this was how she felt about it

Who knew!

Owen enjoyed it

The walk home was even better

Faster mommy, faster

Owen finally got a haircut, perfect for the summer

A new toy arrived and Kate had been
playing with it constantly

She's also been getting faster and getting around

A Very Busy Couple of Days

Just when I thought I had the crawling baby
under control (Hahaha)

This happened! I went in after her nap
and she was proudly standing.

This pretty much sums up how I feel about that

These two were being so cute together but as soon as I
tried to get a pic, this is what I get

Thankfully they are almost always
cute together
(happily standing)

Almost

Having a lazy Saturday morning
(still standing)

Safe to say, she's pretty confident in
such a short time

The ice cream truck came by today,
it's the "mom, you better not finish that"
look she's giving me

Gnocchi is definitely a hit, I couldn't serve it to her fast enough