Monday, February 28, 2011
sisters
Caitlin loves hanging out on her tummy and this afternoon Angela decided to join her. Melts my heart!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
coziest chair in the house
Caitlin has a new bouncy chair that she just loves to snooze in. I knew it was only a matter of time before somebody else decided to try it out. Trouble!!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Caitlin Elizabeth
We are so excited that our family has grown by one. Caitlin was born on February 9, 2011 at 10:45pm. She weighed 4.265kg (9lb 6oz) was was 49cm (19.3 in) long.
Angela has been fantastic since we arrived home from the hospital. She thought it was so cool that there was a new baby around and has been giving Caitlin lots of gentle kisses. Both of the girls are getting lots of attention with Grammy and Dziadziu here! Its been great having some extra help at home as we adjust to life with two kids. I have started uploading pictures which are available on Snapfish. I will continue to add more as I find time.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Waiting for baby
Today I am 40 weeks, 6 days pregnant. This is not something we had expected, or planned for. Even my doctor is surprised, she has been saying 'any day now' since my 38 week appointment! I guess this little girl is comfy in there. Our next appointment is tomorrow afternoon and I know we will talk about induction. Although I'm really hoping to not be induced I know that I'm reaching a point where it may become necessary.
Angela is enjoying all of this extra time as an 'only child', especially now that Grammy & Dziadziu are here. She has gotten lots of new toys and we've had extra trips to the mall, park and beach. We also did a mini-safari on Saturday morning to try and find some camels. In the time we've been here I hadn't seen any camels and we thought it would be fun to go drive around outside of the main city area. We didn't travel too far but did manage to see some cool things - including camels!
After passing many 'camel crossing' signs, we were starting to give up hope that we would actually see any camels - just a lot of sand!
And then a truck passed us on the road, and we finally saw camels!
A few minutes later, and there were camels everywhere
Ang was on camel lookout in the car
Having some fun at the beach
Storytime with Grammy
Angela is enjoying all of this extra time as an 'only child', especially now that Grammy & Dziadziu are here. She has gotten lots of new toys and we've had extra trips to the mall, park and beach. We also did a mini-safari on Saturday morning to try and find some camels. In the time we've been here I hadn't seen any camels and we thought it would be fun to go drive around outside of the main city area. We didn't travel too far but did manage to see some cool things - including camels!
After passing many 'camel crossing' signs, we were starting to give up hope that we would actually see any camels - just a lot of sand!
And then a truck passed us on the road, and we finally saw camels!
A few minutes later, and there were camels everywhere
Ang was on camel lookout in the car
Having some fun at the beach
Storytime with Grammy
Monday, January 31, 2011
Our 'sporting day' star
Today was Sports Day at Angela's nursery. Parents were invited in for an hour in the morning to watch the children dance and do mini-races. We were so excited to be able to watch Angela with all of her little friends.
Ang is part of the Little Mozarts classroom - here they come marching in
Starting to dance - to the tune of Hey Mickey your so fine - Ang seemed to really enjoy this one
The group dancing (the two lines of kids on the left are her classroom)
The real fun began when they brougt out small groups of kids for races. Angela was part of the butterflies and got to flap her way across the courtyard. We have a video of this which is posted online but I can't get it to post to this blog. You should be able to view it here: Video
Post-race, looking very cute with her butterfly wings
Third place, yay!
Ang is part of the Little Mozarts classroom - here they come marching in
Starting to dance - to the tune of Hey Mickey your so fine - Ang seemed to really enjoy this one
The group dancing (the two lines of kids on the left are her classroom)
The real fun began when they brougt out small groups of kids for races. Angela was part of the butterflies and got to flap her way across the courtyard. We have a video of this which is posted online but I can't get it to post to this blog. You should be able to view it here: Video
Post-race, looking very cute with her butterfly wings
Third place, yay!
Friday, January 28, 2011
the last days as an only child
I have reached the last week of this pregnancy and while there is no guarantee that this baby will come early, my doctor thinks it could be any day now and even guessed that she might see me this weekend.
Angela got the ultimate 'only child' day today - there is nothing left to do to get the house ready for baby #2 and I really needed to get out of the house today to keep my mind from jumping at every little twinge in my belly.
We started the morning at Toys R' Us. If you have seen our playroom you know that this stop was not really necessary. But Bonnie is flying back to China on Sunday and we wanted to send her with some new toys for her son. Of course we can't leave that store without more things for Angela too!
After Toys R' Us, it was on to Mini Monsters. This city is full of indoor play areas that come in so handy in the very hot summer months when you just can't go outside to the parks. Mini Monsters has just recently opened and we were very impressed when we checked it out last weekend so we decided to go back there today. I can't provide too much detail because I'm way too large to accompany Ang through the maze of a jungle gym to reach the 'fun' parts - but based on what Rich and Bonnie told me it sounds like heaven for kids. It's only about fifteen minutes from our house and Angela was asleep in the car (with a snack in her hand) before we even got on the highway.
After a great nap at home we decided to head down to a local beach area for dinner and to check out a little carnival. Dinner was at Angela's favorite place - On the Border. I'm not sure why but whenever we eat here she cleans her plate and then devours the little bowl of ice cream they bring her after. At the carnival she got to ride the train and the merry go round, and daddy won her lots of toys.
Unfortunately a stuffed meerkat was not on the list of things won. I'm sure the Muslim Meerkat would make a great addition to the playroom.
Angela got the ultimate 'only child' day today - there is nothing left to do to get the house ready for baby #2 and I really needed to get out of the house today to keep my mind from jumping at every little twinge in my belly.
We started the morning at Toys R' Us. If you have seen our playroom you know that this stop was not really necessary. But Bonnie is flying back to China on Sunday and we wanted to send her with some new toys for her son. Of course we can't leave that store without more things for Angela too!
After Toys R' Us, it was on to Mini Monsters. This city is full of indoor play areas that come in so handy in the very hot summer months when you just can't go outside to the parks. Mini Monsters has just recently opened and we were very impressed when we checked it out last weekend so we decided to go back there today. I can't provide too much detail because I'm way too large to accompany Ang through the maze of a jungle gym to reach the 'fun' parts - but based on what Rich and Bonnie told me it sounds like heaven for kids. It's only about fifteen minutes from our house and Angela was asleep in the car (with a snack in her hand) before we even got on the highway.
After a great nap at home we decided to head down to a local beach area for dinner and to check out a little carnival. Dinner was at Angela's favorite place - On the Border. I'm not sure why but whenever we eat here she cleans her plate and then devours the little bowl of ice cream they bring her after. At the carnival she got to ride the train and the merry go round, and daddy won her lots of toys.
Unfortunately a stuffed meerkat was not on the list of things won. I'm sure the Muslim Meerkat would make a great addition to the playroom.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Practice!
A friend came over with her 7 month old baby today and Angela was so excited to see the baby. She got to hold the baby, play with her and gave her some very sweet kisses. It was so wonderful to see how well she interacted with her. I have a feeling she is going to be an excellent big sister!!
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