Pictures!

And here's what we were up to in April (ish) of last year! Ok, confession, most of these pics are actually from March. April must've been, um, somewhat un-interesting. However, it is fun to think about spring of last year. And to see how much the little kids have grown! Wow!

These pics are from a little day trip to the, uh, "beach" that Michelle and I took with the kids. The tide ended up coming in and there actually was no beach that day, so we went to the park to fly kites instead. One of my favourite memories of this trip was actually on the car ride there when Maria was singing "Amazing Grace"--about 3 octaves higher than it's written, I'm pretty sure. Oh my. It was sooo funny! I wish I would've recorded it!

The amazing long car ride!

Wheeeee!!

Esther in her licking phase

Danny! He looks so small here! And so terrified of the slide! haha

The next few pics are from our very first place in Walnut Grove (not next to Laura Ingalls). It was small, but perfect for our first year! 

The view when you first walked in

Yes, our bed was too big for the bedroom. Laugh it up. Our bed is awesome.  

The actual "master bedroom". It was a nice sized closet. 

The bath

"2nd bedroom" a.k.a living room 

Kitchen on the other side

April-The Recap

 Oh, April! How you have come and gone so quickly! This year is absolutely flying by. I've heard most people say they feel like their pregnancy is soooo long and that it seemingly takes forever for the baby to come. I have not yet had that feeling. Granted, I am only a little over half-way there, but it so far has just sped by. I can't believe that in a few more short months we will actually get to meet our little guy/gal. Incredible! This month Jason and I also officially "moved in" the house! It has been quite the experience so far. Interesting, to say the least. It's a bit like camping, but getting cleaner and closer to being done [almost] every day--which is exciting!

And despite the fact that it snowed on April 1st-good prank, God-the weather hasn't been absolutely terrible. Mostly rainy days, but the sun has peeked out a few times. We decided to take advantage of this on Saturday and visit the Tulip Festival with Bryant, Michelle and the kids. Tulips are Maria's favourite flower. She may have gotten her fill of them for awhile...

Jason, Me and Baby

Danny boy-actually by the flowers for this one. Playing in the dirt the rest of the time...

Such a pretty flower princess!

Jason and the girls

oh, the mountains....lovely

pretty flower in the hands of a pretty girl!

The cool sunglass girls

Bryant and Michelle

Thomas-completely unaware of his surroundings




     And that was April!

Baby is still growin'!!

WEEK 16

WEEK 18

WEEK 20

Nobody Said It Was Easy

Moving into the "new house" this past week has been...exciting, to say the least. But, has also caused an upheaval of emotions--once again. That unsettled feeling just lingers, especially when one's life is still in boxes. I know that eventually we will have everything on the list done and eventually this new place will start to feel like a home. *sigh*. Eventually. And there is a hope that even in a new space, a new time, a new country....there will be life even better than before. In time.

Pictures!

And here is what we were up to in February and March of last year!

The first part of February was spent in beautiful Barbados on our honeymoon:

For more warm sunny pics click here or here!

As soon as we got back, we had our "Canadian" Reception to celebrate our wedding! Our friend Phil took some pictures for us:

And soon after that we had our "American" Reception back in Kalida. It was so good to see friends and family again so soon after leaving and to celebrate our wedding with them! The amazing and talented Robin took pictures there for us:

March 2010 finally ended the wedding craziness! It was so much fun and we were/are soooo grateful for everyone who made our celebrations possible!

February/March-The Recap

Let's see...what an exciting February and March we've had! Well, somewhat exciting. Jason has still been working on the house almost every day. We had a couple of friends come and help-one with painting and one with tiling, so that was a huge blessing! There is still a long way to go at this point!! But, as I keep promising, when one room is done I will start posting before and after pictures. Process pictures are just not as fun as "after" shots.

March brought three new little ones into our circle of friends! Andrew and Kelsy had Jude first on March 2nd (one week late), followed by Bryant and Michelle's Thomas on March 7th (3 weeks early) and last, but not least, Jordan and Angela had Hudson one week later on March 14th. Whew! Babies, babies and more babies! I think we were all surprised to have three little boys! It makes us excited to see what our little one will be--but we won't be finding that out until August! :) Here is the only pregnant picture that Michelle and I took together:

In March we also got our first "pictures" of the baby! Hello Baby:

We also celebrated the big 2-9 for Jason; his last birthday before the baby! We took Mommy and baby to their first ever professional hockey game! Baby V. must like hockey because s/he sure was moving like crazy when those Canucks scored!

"Pregnant and I Know It" MUSIC VIDEO (Parody of "Sexy and I Know It")

I couldn't help but post this! haha. Jason and I always laugh at the actual song when it plays and now even M&Ms has a commercial with it. This video is so cute. And a very well done parody, I must say!