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Baby Jamie and Pony Ride

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:12:33 +0000

We had very exciting news last week when my best friend Kathryn had her baby! She had a beautiful baby boy named Jamie William Menpes, he was in a hurry and arrived at exactly 37 weeks. Kathryn has taken to motherhood like a pro and they are loving their new addition. Now if I could only pop over for a visit! I will have to make do with phone calls and photos in the meantime. Here he is with his two very proud and happy parents.

Paul, Isla and I got an opportunity to try out a new business in town on Saturday. We went for a horse and carriage ride around the water and through town. It was very relaxing and you get to see a lot going that speed. Isla also enjoyed having time to point out and name everything she saw, ‘dog, bike, house, car, truck, etc, etc!’

Gone are the days when Isla automatically smiled for the camera. Now she is more interested in trying to get hold of it so she can turn it on and try taking photos.

Love April, Paul, Isla and Lime xxx

Garage Awesomness

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:24:09 +0000

This weekend I also finished one of my long run projects: refinishing the bar/counter I have. The slab wood counter was for my office when it was in a cabin, since I have had it down stairs to hang about and play dice and such. It never had a very good finish and got dented and scratched so I sanded the wood back to mostly plane, there was no getting a bit of warp out of it. This coating is a thick bar top coating that looks like a candy glaze. In a few more days it should cured enough for a decade of use. It will go back into the downstairs living room with the kegorator and xbox. Winter may come. Paul

Troop Lake

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:55:04 +0000

Paul, Isla and I walked out to Troop Lake this morning. Here are a few photos from our walk. Paul tried a spot of fishing while we were there, we saw a few little ones jumping but no nibbles on the line.

In Isla news, she has perfected the classic toddler scowl- we really need to get it on camera since it is too funny. She is using new words everyday and is very keen on action songs, particular favorites are ‘head, shoulders, knees and toes’ and ‘The wheels on the bus.’ It is very tricky for her to put her hands on her shoulders though, she really has to think about that one! She is also very keen on tickling and being tickled. She will often pull up our shirt to ‘tickle, tickle’ and will request tickles and where she would like to be tickled, e.g. ‘tickle neck.’ This afternoon she pulled up my shirt and put a sticker on my belly and told me it was for the baby! I’m sure the baby appreciated it!

I have been back to work for a week and children come back for their first day on Tuesday. I have a ton of things to do tomorrow before that happens but I’m feeling confident that it will all be done by Tuesday morning! Paul and I are anticipating a busy first month back since he will still be working six days a week at Seward Information as well as taking care of Isla.
Hope everyone is well, Love April, Paul, Isla and Lime xxx

Isla took me fishing!

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:03:17 +0000

On a rare sunny day here we headed out across the bay to have a snag. The river was full of pink salmon, yuk, so we passed on catching this afternoon. It was funny watching the ‘out of staters’ with these big piles of spawned out humpies, all excited. But she wanted to go fishing so… Paul

Seven Months!

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:33:11 +0000

Aug. 17th 2010

Aug. 2010

Lime is seven months old today! Very exciting and we feel like the count down is on! Here are a few photos of us taken today and we also reenacted my last seven month photo for comparison purposes. If you are curious about how they compare go back to the archives from August 2008.

The reenactment, the cat even co-operated and got in the background of this shot too!

We finally had a sunny day after apparently 31 days straight of rain!! Naturally we had it on my second day back to work, but we made the most of it and went out to dinner at our favorite sunny weather spot. Here are Paul and Isla enjoying the sunshine.

Love April, Paul, Isla and Lime xxx

Isla Baking

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:58:25 +0000

Isla is an enthusiastic helper when I am cooking or baking. She is always interested and generally follows instructions carefully, but there have been a few hands in the flour incidences! Here she is stirring some brownie.

This is probably why she enjoys helping so much!

One more day of holiday for me and then back to work. Paul and I put up the new baby crib today and finished clearing out what was the office and will soon be the baby room. I have already painted it, got the clothes cleaned and ready and organized the shelves and so I am pleased to be heading back to work with the baby’s room pretty much ready to go.
Have a great week!
Love April, Paul, Isla and Lime xxx

July in brief

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:25:39 +0000

We are very glad to finally have our website back up and running. Since we have so much that has been happening in the last month we are just going to have a quick summary. If you want to see any of the photos in more detail you can click on the thumbnail.
The weather this summer has been very wet and overcast but any opportunity we have been getting out; mainly hiking or visiting the playground. We have also used our bike trailer a lot this summer and it has been very handy. Isla is a big fan of riding on the bike and if she isn’t requesting a walk she is asking to bike.
Isla has developed opinions about nearly everything and has mastered lots of command words so that she can more accurately direct us to do what she wants. She has a pretty good vocabulary but is still mainly only putting two and sometimes three words together. Usually when she wants something, e.g. ‘more potato’ or when she doesn’t, e.g. ‘no more sit.’
Lime is doing well too and growing daily. It is an active little thing and we are often treated to a baby aerobic show as my belly leaps and moves.

New Lime Photos!

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:39:47 +0000

On Monday we had to go to Anchorage for another ultrasound. On our 20 week scan they thought there might have been something wrong with Lime’s heart. So they wanted to have a closer look when the baby was a little bigger. Turned out Lime is just fine and everything looks as it should. We were very glad to have another look at the baby and it sure looked like it was happy and cozy in there. So here are some photos of our baby at nearly 27 weeks.

This photo of Lime (above) shows it with its little forearm by its mouth and the other thing you can see next to it is actually a little foot! We have a few photos where its little foot is right next to its head. Doesn’t seem all that comfortable to me!

Back!

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:13:46 +0000

So we have a newly updated site that will be awesome and up todate again soon. For now though we are doing well. April is happily getting ready for wee babe. The wee babe looked well on the sonogram the other day. Isla has a cold at the moment and is a bit cranky, but we still love her.

Paul

4th of July 2010

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:21:44 +0000