Regular clothes, tall girl, & template

I wasn't sure if this day would come. I fit into most of my old clothes! After having Naomi, NONE of my regular clothes fit, so I put them away in a box in the basement so I wouldn't have to look at them and remember that they didn't fit me. On Sunday, Jamin & I were on greeting rotation at church, so I didn't want to wear jeans or my other casual pants. I do have some skirts that fit, but alas, my legs weren't shaved so that was out. What to wear!?!? I thought I'd give my old dress pants a try so I got Jamin to bring that box upstairs. To my surprise & delight a couple of pairs fit!! I kept going and it seems that most of my old pants fit! Wahoo!!!! After going a few months with a minimal wardrobe, I realized a couple of things:
1) I don't need as many clothes as I have.
2) Some of my old clothes are ugly/outdated. When you pull something out for the first time in a long time, you see it with fresh eyes. My eyes were telling me that some of my clothes have got to go!

I had Naomi's 6 month appointment today and it went well. She had her needles and didn't cry at all! She now weighs 17 pounds 3 ounces and is in the 75th percentile for weight now. It seems she's starting to level off. I forgot to ask what her length(height) was, but I do know that she's in the 95th percentile. The Dr. said that it's likely she'll be tall.Lastly, you made have noticed that our template is different. We had several complaints that our links weren't showing up, so we tried a new template. That didn't fix things. I noticed that this problem happened since we got back from CB. I think it was one of my posts were too big or something. Anyway, if you want to see my links they are at the very bottom of the screen. If you want to move them up, click on September and that gets rid of the big post and they fit where they should. Hope that made sense.

Naomi updates...

It's been a little bit since I've done my rundown of Naomi updates. I actually do this partly for myself so that I can look back and see when she did what. For reference purposes, Naomi is almost 6 months old. I have her six month appointment tomorrow (another needle!), so I'll have some updates on weight, etc.

-Naomi can sit up on her own. She's been doing this for about 2 weeks. She still falls over now & then, but is really getting the hang of it.
-She can spin herself all the way around the floor while she's on her belly. No crawling yet though..no rush!
-Naomi loves waking up in the night. Usually I'm up 1-2 times. She did sleep through the night for about 3 weeks when she was 3 months old..what happened!??! :) I'm actually pretty used to it by now!
-She has 3 naps a day...morning, early afternoon, later afternoon. Napping is not her favorite thing to do...she fusses sometimes when put down. Plus she doesn't usually take a soother.
-She now eats cereal (baby cereal) twice a day and this week we've started carrots. I don't think she's really liking them, but often babies need to develop a taste for foods. (Don't mind my hair..just got out of the shower)



I think those are the highlights of her life right now :) It's so fun watching her learn and grow. Having a baby constantly reminds me of how much God loves us. I love her so much and to know that God loves me that much plus more is amazing!

Long weekend....

We had both forgotten it was a long weekend. I don't think we realized until Thursday...it was almost even more exciting because we weren't expecting it. Jamin's big project was to finish the shed and he worked on it most of yesterday. My parents also dropped by on their way home from the Valley.

Here is my handsome hubby with his handsome shed.
Naomi hung out with him for a bit in her exersaucer!Naomi & I watching Jamin working on the shed.Naomi & Grampie & NanaThis is a pic from Thursday night. It was the first week in a while that everyone could make it to our small group. Jamin & I are so thankful for this group of friends.

Tomorrow we'll be feeding Naomi carrots for the first time..stay tuned!!

Visitors

Yesterday Tara & Aaron stopped by to see the new house & meet Naomi (and maybe to see us too!). In a close game of fooseball (sorry blue team) the girls took the victory!!We had other visitors later on that evening once it got dark. They wouldn't tell us their names and they didn't stay long. We're actually hoping they don't come back, but only time will tell.

The weddings...

When we were home we had the priviledge of attending both Leanne & Eric's wedding as well as Kent & Giselle's. Sadly, I forgot my camera (I was not happy!) for Leanne's wedding, so I don't have any pictures to show. I will tell you that the wedding was beautiful and the bride looked radiant. They seem so happy and I'm so happy for them. I especially enjoyed the music at their wedding.

I do have some pictures from Kent & Giselle's wedding which was also beautiful! Kent & Giselle both looked so nice and so in love. The supper was yummy and it was nice to see lots of familiar faces.
The happy couple






Taking a stroll (thanks for the pic, Jono)





The handsome groomsmen





Pete & Luke






Cliff :)






Jono & I






A shot of our table

We're baaaahaack!

Well, we just got back (at 1:15am) this morning from our vacation in Cape Breton! We had a very relaxing time at my parents' cottage. It was so nice to see our family & friends while we were home.

On Sunday night Kelly had all of us at her place for a good-bye party. Kelly & Jonathan are gone to Edmonton. I'm going to miss them very much! Here are a couple of pics from the party:Here are some before & after pics from Jamin's most recent haircut he got while on vacation. Looking good, Jamin!
Mom & Dad got us an anniversary cake when we were home...mmmm..ice cream cake..I can't get enough of it!! We celebrated our 3 year anniversary on the 23rd. We went out for supper while Mom & Dad looked after Naomi.

Of course, Naomi was also on vacation this week. Here she is enjoying her time off!

Staring at Uncle Peter

Dancing & laughing with Nana

Kayaking with Daddy (well, just for the pic)

Trying out the water...she found it a bit cold

Maxin & relaxin while working on the tan :)

Visit with the Johnson's

Last weekend we were happy to have Mark & Roxanne & baby Gavin stay with us. We had a busy weekend with shopping, playing cards, and of course playing with our babies! Gavin is such a cutie! Come anytime you guys!

Here are Gavin & Naomi holding hands..Naomi made the first move!Mark, Roxanne & Gavin enjoying my birthday cake!

Happy Birthday to me....

Jamin (well, maybe it was me) threw me a party on Friday night for my big 26th! It was so nice to have our friends over and eat yummy food and play a few games (in the pic below we are playing Apples to Apples). I love my friends. Thanks for coming over guys! Naomi was a good girl and went to bed nicely. Here are a few pics of all the happenings!

Happy Birthday Sarah

Happy birthday, we love you like crazy. We are so happy that you are our Mom/Wife. Have a great day.

Jamin and Naomi

Our new shed

Jamin has been talking about building a shed for a couple of months now, and on the weekend he got it started. Our old neighbours came by to help Jamin (thanks, guys!!!) and within in a few hours they had the frame built. The next day Jamin put on the shingles and our new neighbour stopped by to help (you've gotta love neighbours!).

Now Jamin just has to finish the door and put on the siding. Looks good, Jamin!

Friday night and we're doing Sudokus!

Because we have a baby, it's not as easy to get out as much, so many Friday nights we chill out at home. Tonight I thought I'd spice things up, so I'm printing off some Sudokus for Jamin & I to do! :) (I know...we're geeks...)

Have you heard of Sudoku? It seems it's all the range lately. I keep talking to people and somehow it comes up. I enjoy doing them. I have always loved puzzles and numbers. Here is an example. The rules are this: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 3x3 box. Give it a try!

My three Kell(e)y's

I have received four phone calls so far today (well, five if you count that my mom called twice). I realized that three of these were from Kell(e)ys!

1) Kelly Hart
2) Kelly Sutherland
3) Kelley Myles

I love the Kell(e)ys in my life :)

Clan Gathering

Jamin, Naomi & I made a quick trip home to CB for the Clan Gathering that takes place every other summer. It's not often that we get all of the aunts, uncles, & cousins together, so this was a special weekend!

Three out of the seven cousins had a baby girl this past year. Emma (David & Denise's baby) was born in November and Jessica (Kathy & Hughie's baby) was born 6 days after Naomi. I got to meet both of these beautiful girls this weekend for the first time! The three girls got along great...I think the grandmothers had just as much fun! My Great-Aunt, June's daughter, Jennifer also had a baby girl (Eden)! Girls everywhere!!!

It was great to see everyone even if it was just a quick trip. We're so blessed to have such a wonderful family!

Kathy, Jennifer, Naomi, Mom, Jessica, Eden, & Emma

Jamin & I in the kayaks..it was so beautiful on the water

Peter & Janine with their "Happy Engagement" cake. (We also had a cake for Mom's birthday)

Jamin claiming his prize for participation in the golf tournament :)

The family @ the Clan Gathering

The seven cousins: Amy, David, Kim, Kathy, me, Peter & MaryDenise, David, Emma, Kim, Leigh, Kathy, Jessica, Mary, Amy, Jamin, me, Peter & Janine (if you're wondering, Naomi was sleeping)

Sisters...

I'm so happy to have a sister. Mom always told us growing up how blessed we were to have each other. Now that we're older, I think we appreciate having a sister even more. Mary came up on the weekend to visit with us. We loved having her!

I'm on a ROLL!

Well, here I am blogging for the second time today. For those who have been requesting another video, here you go! Naomi has been continuing to roll over onto her tummy from her back. Yesterday she seemed to really get the hang of it! She's now rolling over all the time! This video is one of her earlier rolls...she's now much quicker, so I really have to keep my eyes on her!

The camera came back!!

I can't believe it! We got our camera back...and it's the strangest story!

So, the last time we had officially seen our camera was Tuesday, July 18th. We had been out in the yard taking pictures, etc. I believe I was probably the last person with the camera. Last I remembered I had placed it on the front step. I had run down to the bottom of the driveway to talk to neighbours and then came back up and in the house. Jamin was still outside. I figured he brought the camera in..he assumed I did.

More background info: The girl that lived in our house before us still gets mail here, so I usually give her a call and she or her boyfriend picks it up.

So, last night I'm sitting in our living room when I see a police officer pull in our driveway and come to the door. I recognize him as the girl's boyfriend who often picks up the mail. (I didn't know he was a police officer.) I give him the mail and then he proceeds to hand me our camera! I couldn't believe it!! Someone had turned it into the station. They had found it by the rec centre! Now my mind is racing...how in the world did it get to the rec centre!????!!!??!? Anyway, he had seen the pictures we had on it and in one it had our car and they zoomed in on the liscence plate and looked us up. However, it showed our old address still. He looked through the rest and recognized us and our house number that was in a pic! He said it actually came to him @ 3 in the morning how he knew us! Strange, huh!??!

So, here are our theories about how in the world the camera got to the rec centre (2 minutes from our house):

1) An animal picked it off the step and took it there...
2) I dropped it at the end of the driveway when I was talking to our neighbours and then someone picked it up and took it down to the rec centre and left it there
3) I left the camera on top of the car when I went to talk to the neighbours and then Jamin drove the car by the rec center the next morning on his way to work when the camera fell off the car

I'm actually leaning towards #3. (what do you think?) Not that I remember doing that, but it's possible. The camera was a bit banged up as if it had been dropped (or as if it had fallen off the car) and no pictures had been taken. Jamin managed to fix the camera so it works just like before!

So there you have it...the camera came back!