Haley's grade 8 grad!

Tonight was my Cousin Haley’s Grade Graduation. She looked beautiful from head to toe! I would like to add that I picked out her shoes.  Things have changes since my grade 8 graduation 18 years ago! (WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!)
The kids YEP kids (age ~ 13) are dressed up and polished like they are modeling for a fashion magazine. Everything matters like god forbid you have the same dress as someone else.. sheeesh. Haley and I have always been close. I have watched her grow from the second she was born babysitting, weekends at the lake. Haley was even the flower girl in our wedding. These days we spend Tuesday evening together in a cake decorating class. Tonight I had a little tear when an old song came on the radio. It was a song she knew the words to when she was only five. I used to laugh when we listened to it because she sounded so adorable. Well it came on the radio tonight while she was getting ready and we both remembered it.

The Zoo, Zoo, Zoo!

So we packed up early on Tuesday June 21st and headed to the Toronto Zoo with our friends the Fykes. Such a great day! The kids had an awesome time seeing all the animals. Andrew even got to feed some geese! The toddlers enjoyed the Carousel and Zoo-mobile rides, while the Infants slept most of the time in carriers or in one the three Quinny Freestyle strollers that we lugged along. LOL (inside joke) I debated whether or not to upgrade and get an annual zoo membership as its only about 90 minutes door to door. We decided after the day was over that maybe Sophia is still a little too young and would appreciate all the zoo has next year.

From Newborn to Infant

So tonight I was changing Christopher and noticed he is ALREADY growing out of his 6 month sleepers. ~cry~cry~cry~ He is only 15 weeks old. Not even 4 months and I already moving to 9 month sleepers :(. I just want to keep him in a little bubble. I just love our cuddles! He talks and mimics what I do. Like sticking out his toungue, cooing, and giggling. Gawd I love my little man. If you would have asked me in Febuary what I really thought of having a second baby and if there was any possible way I could share the love I have for my little girl with another human being! The answer would have been " I hope so" But the moment I set eyes on him I fell in love. Same love I have for Sophia. I am really enjoying my family of 4. Somedays are more challenging then others. Espcially with Sophia now turning TWO and starting the so called "terrible twos" We have already had our share of temper tantrums. LIke she HATES going to bed all of a sudden. Like naps are hard to come by! Oh and diaper changes are becoming a work out for both mommy and Sophia. She kicks and twists her body making it next to impossible GAH! Oh and Jason is hard core into studying with some midtems coming up so I find the days getting longer with the two of them. Thank goodness we have a great backyard to play in and burn off energy.

Happy Anniversary

Happy 9Th Anniversary to the best husband and of course Daddy to Sophia and Christopher. We aren't quite ready to go to a "sit down" restaurant with the kids just yet. SO we opted to just get some Wendy's YEP Wendy's drive Thur. Hey their new fries are awesome.
Maybe for our next anniversary we will do something special. Isn't 10 years a great big diamond ring? :)

Oh and yes this pic sucks! We were married before the digital camera was invented. Or so it feels like.

Cousins

Friday night we had my 8 year old neice Makayla over for the night! Sophia just loves when we have guests! Someone other then her dogs or baby brother to play with. Makayla is always such a big help when she is here.

Our First Hotel stay with Two!

We swore this would not happen for a while! The last time we did this was in December of 2010. Sophia was a nightmare to say the least! She just wouldn't sleep. We actually ended up checking out in the middle of the night and making the 2.5 hour trek home from Burlington to the security of her crib.
Anyways, this weekend we were going to be travelling to Oakville to introduce Christopher to his Uncle John, Aunt Kim and cousins Jack and Peyton. There isn't enough room at Grandma and Grandpa Kerr's so we always get a hotel. Actually since the nightmare of a trip in December we have been just been making day trips which SUCK!!
Christopher is a horrible traveller so we decided to bite the bullet last minute and book a hotel to break up the travel a bit.... I book the first 4 star on Hotwire and BAM we are staying at the beautiful Sheridan Airport hotel. Way over our heads. Like WAAAAAAAY over our heads. Fancy Schmancy. Beautiful lobby with a high end restaurant. I even saw a women in a fantastic gown with a pair of Christian LouBouton shoes. shhheeesh... Jason pulls our dirty SUV up to the doors. Its about 10pm I jump out in my postpartum fugly pants with over sized stretched white tee shirt (convenient because I am breastfeeding.) to check in oh and I guess I feel a little better cause I had my $800.00 LV bag. So ya I feel like I am fitting in with the rich folk. BAHAHA. SO all checked in and up to room 613 for the night! Not so much. Jason rushes out to get some food and Sophia instantly starts to explore.. So much to get into. By the time Jason came back she had the room rearranged. Now time for bed. I guess it wasn't so bad. She was out like a light by 12:30am and slept the whole night beside her Daddy. Christoper and I cuddled up in the opposite bed for some shut eye. HE is a fab co sleeper. :) I guess it wasn't so bad and glad we gave it another chance.

Happy Birthday Ryan F.

Today I had the pleasure of meeting baby Ryan. He is the son to our best friends Lindsay and Paul. He is also the baby brother of Andrew and Hunter!
He made a fast and wild ride into this world at 9:11am today May 24th 2011. We were so happy to meet him and can't wait to watch him grow along side our kids.

On your birthday today Ryan there was a lot of things happening in the news.

Gas prices were 124.9 in Belleville.
President Obama and the First Lady visit the Royal Palace.
Today is the second last Oprah Winfrey Show.
Cost of a Canadian stamp is 0.59 cents