The Next Chapter ... For Those Still Reading!

Okay, so usually I have some lame excuse for not keeping this blog up to date but this time I think my reasons are pretty valid. Here's a re-cap of the last month and-a-half.

• I had some day surgery that took a few days to recover from.


• The day before my surgery Cole came down with a nasty case of croup and spent 8 hours in emergency.


• I packed for a trip to Ontario


• I cleaned my house in order to have guests stay at our place while we were gone


• I was doing a baby clothes exchange with those guests, so I organized 5 diaper boxes of Cole's old clothes.


• Spent 5 days in Kingston candidating at a church


• Spent another week in Niagara visiting my family


• Returned home and unpacked everyone


• Got our house ready, cleaned and organized to list and sell


• Been keeping the house clean every minute of the day ... just in case

Oh ... and I have the normal "look after a 2 year old and a 2-3 month old" stuff in there as well. I'm sure there were a few other things I forgot too.

And just for clarification ... YES we are moving away from Grande Prairie. Dave has accepted a position as Lead Pastor at a church in Kingston, Ontario. This of course made my family back home very happy, but all our friends here in Alberta very sad. However, they are awesome friends and very supportive. Of course this is a decision we have spent a lot of time in prayer about and is very bitter sweet. We know Kingston is where God wants us to be, and knowing we will be close to at least one side of family is a wonderful thought. However, we love our home, friends and church in Grande Prairie so we will be very sad to leave them all behind. No moving date as of yet, but Dave's last day of work is August 31st. Please keep us in your prayers, especially when it comes to the sale of our current house.

And now for a few pictures ...

June Miscellaneous

Here are just a few snapshots from this month. During all the busyness of a new baby and an active 2 year old, I've been trying to remember to pull out the camera to capture a few photos. Even when I've had the opportunity, this endeavour is quite difficult considering the infant only spends an average of 20 minutes awake and happy when she's not eating, and the toddler is more inquisitive about investigating the digital camera and looking at the images on the screen than sitting still and posing for the camera. Despite all these obstacles, I've even managed to catch the rare instance of Cole taking an interest in his new sister ... or at least whatever apparatus she's resting in or on at the time!

Hats

After a long winter of wearing only toques, Cole decided he was not keen on wearing something to keep the sun off his face. That is until he got smitten with the idea of wearing Mommy and Daddy's ball caps. Here are a few pictures of our little man sporting his now favoured headgear.

Cole's "-Ouse"

Thanks to a fabulous sale at Zellers, us along with my mom, were able to get this wonderful little playhouse for Cole (and eventually his sister). Cole loves it. We set it up on our deck where Cole can see it from his booster seat at meals. These days breakfast, lunch and dinner end with the words "house" and "all done" meaning he wants to go play.

Outside is a working door bell and inside is a digital phone that makes noises when you press the buttons. Cole also loves going in and out and opening and closing the shutters. There is also a mail slot but he hasn't figured that out yet, mostly because we don't actually have a mailbox on our house but a locking one up the street.

An added bonus is the extra large box it came it that Cole likes to climb in and out of in our basement. However, I think we'll need our office space back soon.

My Shadow My Friend