Family Memories

The weather was beautiful for the weekend so we decided to do some family pictures outside in my sister's backyard. As you can tell it was hard to get the kids to cooperate at the same time but we think they came out great.

Nanny and Poppy Rose with the grand kids.

My sister and her family.

Kaitlyn and Her Cousins

She sure loved holding Ashlynn. She always had to know where she was. I know that she really wanted her to be able to get down and play with her.

Giving kisses

Gregory wanted to get in on the pictures too.

Giving his sister kisses

Just the older two. Ashlynn started to get fussy.

Dominoes

After the kids go to bed, the adults will play. Dominoes that is. Saturday night we had a game of dominoes and some drinks and food. It was great fun. I can't remember the exact time but I think it was around 1:30 before we ended the game.

Nanny Rose with her HUGE glass of wine.

Instrument of Choice

Something that Kaitlyn discovered at my sister's house was that her cousin Gregory had a set of drums. At first she wasn't quite sure about them but soon took a liking to them and wanted to play all the time. We always knew where she was by the sound of the drums.

She really liked it when Gregory would play the drums with her.

Easte Egg hunt

On Sunday morning there was an easter egg hunt for Kaitlyn and Gregory. The Easter Bunny hid plastic colored eggs filled with gold fish crackers or teddy grahams. The kids had fun trying to find them all.

Finding easter eggs is soooo exhausting.

Kaitlyn and Gregory relaxing after they found everything.

Easter in Calgary

For Easter this year we drove to Calgary to stay with my sister and her family. My mom had been there since Feb 9th and she told me that my dad and my brother were flying out for the weekend. It was so great to be with my whole family for the Holiday.

Poppy Rose showing Kaitlyn the toy that they were giving her for Easter.

Posing for a picture with Uncle Pete and her cousin Gregory. Have you ever seen someone more tired.

Uncle Pete had just given her a Rosie doll for Easter. When you hold both the hands it sings Ring Around the Rosie.

Playing with her cousin Gregory

She was just relaxing when Meadow the kitty came to visit.

Todd playing with Gregory and his legos.

She was enjoying some popsicle while I was holding her new baby cousin Ashlynn.

Fun Time

Every night after supper we have about half an hour to play and have fun before Kaitlyn has to start settling down for bed. She is always so lively and really makes us laugh. It's amazing how fast she learns new things.

She sure loves Buddy.

Smile for the camera.

Give me a big kiss!

Kaitlyn's New Food Favorites

Lately Kaitlyn has has been changing her tastes when it comes to food. For a while she never wanted to have any beef.....it was all about chicken. Then one night we got McDonald's and like always we bought her chicken nuggets and all she wanted was Daddy's cheeseburger. She also had to feed herself.

She really enjoyed her cheeseburger. All that was left was the pickle.

Every morning for breakfast Daddy has a shake and this morning Kaitlyn really wanted to share it with him. She loved it. She also loved that she was able to drink it from a big girl glass by herself.

For the longest time Kaitlyn has hated peas. I could never get her to eat them from the time that she started eating solid foods. All of a sudden when Daddy was eating them she really wanted them and loved them. Just in case it never happened again I had to get a picture.

Something that Kaitlyn has never had was hot dogs. We were looking for something different for lunch one weekend and we decided on hot dogs. She loved them. We cut it up for her with ketchup and mustard and she ate 2 of them. I couldn't believe it.

Ashlynn Mary Lavallee

On February 21, 2008 at 3:36am my little niece Ashlynn was born in Calgary, AB. She weighed 7 lbs 4 ounces and was 20.5" long. She is a beautiful little girl.

First Family Picture

Big brother Gregory giving his little sister a kiss.

Ashlynn sleeping in Nanny Rose's arms. She is in her glory.

We will be going to Calgary for Easter and I will be able to get lots of pictures of all 3 kids together. It is going to be great.