11 Months

For 11 whole months, myself, friends, family and whoever else reads this blog have watched our Wren-Wren grow up. I don't think anyone can believe that she is already 11 months old either!

I wasn't quite sure I could believe anyone when they told me that it just keeps getting better. Really? This seems pretty great right now. But it's true. I mean, look at that face...she is hilarious!

This cheesy, hamming it up face is her newest one. She saw the camera when she turned around and put her best teeth forward...

She learned how to clap this month, "brush" her teeth, go "up!", say "all done" in sign, fake laugh when others are laughing, blow raspberries, throw things out of the grocery cart to see where they go, lean in for a kiss on the mouth, attempt to stand without holding onto anything, and who knows what else I can't even keep track anymore. And she discovered one of these...

Okay not that exact one, but a baby bike sort of like that. And all I can say is, try to get her off of it. Yeah, good luck.

It's going to be her second Christmas this year. Weird! Second Christmas...last year she looked sorta out of it...and Kenton and I felt really out of it.

It's like she knows it's coming...

Yep, still chewing on books. She thought I might not see her if she laid down...

She is now 24 lbs 13 oz and 31 inches long. So tall! We thought she probably grew a bunch again when she could reach things off of the table...

Apparently she discovered her tongue in the past few days. She licks her lips and touches it all day long, sticking it out and being silly.

Um no...she is not sleeping through the night yet, just in case you were wondering.

This past month she has seemed to change so much, her little personality has really come through all of a sudden! 

Right now we are busy thinking about a good birthday and Christmas gift for her this year...I may need to find one of those bike things...

Sick baby weekend

It has been one of those...weekends. Actually, it hasn't been that bad, but Wrennie is sick again, only with the flu this time. 3 days in a row she has ralfed up her lunch. I mean, it hit areas of the kitchen that shocked me. Poor little thing, being sick is the worst. But it also sucks for the parents.

This is how tonight went for her:
1) Eat a small, plain dinner.
2) Barf up small, plain dinner.
3) Go into the bath immediately.
4) While in bath, play with the running water. Dad accidentally turns off the cold before the hot and hurts her hand and feels so bad.
5) Put her to bed at 7, only to have her repeatedly wake up and now it's 8:30pm and she is sitting in the rocker with Dad eating a cracker.
6) We are hoping she will sleep okay tonight.


Why am I saying all of this? Because sometimes life isn't as easy, fun and happy-go-lucky as it seems on a blog. Sometimes you have really boring days staying inside with your sicky baby helping her get better and she refuses to let you put her down and is needy all day for you...for 3 days straight. Sigh.
However, Kenton and I did manage to still go on our double date with Cam & Jill on Saturday night. We stuffed ourselves with Famoso...literally. 4 people. 4 whole pizzas...maybe one banana and nutella dessert pizza on top of that. It. Was. Epic.

Then, 2 sets of parents went to go see a movie about people becoming parents. Life As We Know It.
It was really good. Jill and I cried...a lot! I definitely didn't expect it to be that sad.
As Wrennie's hand got briefly caught under the hot water and she cried, I instantly thought of the part in the movie where the friends caring for the orphaned baby in the movie always had a visit paid by the social worker in their worst moments. You should see it, it is also pretty funny!
I also want to know where all of Josh Duhamel's clothing from the movie was from, because it was awesome and Kenton would look great in all of it...Even though the actor is about as big as a professional basketball player and his shirts probably cost a small fortune.

The movie may have also made a joke about how the main female character (Katherine Heigl) is lame and probably just "reads and blogs". Hey now.

So anyway. Today I visited both Costco and Superstore, and as a result needed to come home and take an Advil. And then we rented The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which we have now given up watching because Wrennie just keeps crying in her room every 20 minutes because of some unknown reason to us. Burp? Hunger? Feeling like crap with the flu? All of the above?
I think we will turn in early...it's already 8:36! ;)



Wrennie eating an apple in healthier days...

Wren and her dad

Wrennie loves her Dad.

She waves bye-bye to him out the front window when he leaves for work.

Aww...

Christmas

Last night I went to the Nokomis Trunk Show, featuring some great Canadian designers. One of them was called Toodlebunny, and they were selling some of the most beautiful jewellery. I bought myself a pair of earrings- something I never do. Ever. I never buy earrings. The last pair I obtained came from Kenton's work. One of his boss's makes wooden jewellery on the side. So I didn't even buy them, they were given to me.

But this jewellery was impossible to pass up last night. Why am I mentioning this, where are the pictures of Wren, you are saying!
I bring it up because Christmas is around the corner, and whoever drew my name should know that I love Nokomis. And after being in the store last night and seeing all the beautiful clothes and jewellery they have this winter, above anything else, even Anthropologie, I want Nokomis. Or at least something in it. And if you have never stepped foot in there, you really need to. They have more than clothes, but baby gifts, tea towels and tea cozies, calendars, slippers, shoes, mittens, it goes on.

This is the link to the Nokomis blog.

Here is a page from the Toodlebunny website showing their new earrings. Mine aren't there, but another pair I loved are. Bottom right, the circles. Aren't they sweet?

Sigh.

Family portraits are here!

Take a look at the family portraits Amanda Gallant did for us. 

In a word, they are amazing! Thank you again Amanda!

Swimming in July

Here are some photos from when Wrennie, Nana and I went swimming way back in July. Thanks for the pictures Nana!

She is so excited to be swimming, it's one of her all time favourite things to do!

Pregnant Halloween costumes

I sort of wish I was pregnant again this Halloween just to do one of these hilarious Halloween costumes. Actually, last year Daisha helped me search some ideas on the web, and we found that same mermaid with a pearl costume on this link. It seemed like a lot of effort. I think my pick of these would be to do Juno and make Kenton wear yellow short-shorts. Ha!

Last year's Halloween costumes...

This year we won't be dressing up....but a certain small person in our house will be...

A few from Thanksgiving

When we got home from all of our Thanksgiving family days, I realized I really didn't take that many photos at all. Oh well, here are a few from our weekend!

Saturday we spent with Nana & Papa, Uncle Jordan and Kyle, and Wrennie's great grandparents.

It was a beautiful day out, and we like hanging out outside.

Sunday we spent at my parents with Cam & Andrea and Wrennie's great grandmas. This massive carrot is from my grandma's garden. Isn't it ridiculous??

Wrennie turned into a real ham this weekend. Here she is doing "up!". When you say the word, she throws her arms in the air. She also began to recognize that she was the center of attention, and threw out a cheesy, toothy grin the whole weekend. When everyone at the table would laugh, she would contribute her own fake laugh. Kenton and I couldn't believe how silly she got!

It was a fun weekend, and we are so thankful for our families, and that everyone enjoys the little Wren with them. Thanks for the great weekend!

Grass time...no not that kind of grass.

A hot October day. Wren was sick, grumpy, and bored of being at home so much. We came outside.

She is trying out the whole standing without holding anything business.

Where did she find that leaf? The lawn is perfectly empty of them..

Having a choke on a leaf. Sheesh.

Love this picture. Our sweetie-Wren.

Friends in the Park

We are really taking advantage of all the beautiful days outside right now. 

On this post, I added pictures from two separate days this week, but the same location.

On Tuesday Wrennie wanted to try a new park, and invite Aunty Andrea along to play.

Grass, it's about as exciting as a new toy, and just as likely to go in her mouth.

"Wrennie, look! Aunty is here!"

"Yay!"
Can you just hear her little giggle?

They chased geese together. Another reason why Andrea remains in the top 3 of Wren's favorite people.

And of course, a swing! It has been asked before, but I did make this toque. I really wanted the "elf" point at the top of it, and I finally made the perfect one that actually fits her. It only took me about 4 tries (and different sized toques) later to get it right.

And a big swing...

As often as Wren put leaves in her mouth, I spent just as much time pulling them all out. This happened about oh, the entire time she was put on the ground. Parks aren't exactly baby proof!

And so leaf-eating ends our first trip to the park.

And then we went again today with Jill and her little friend Isla. Looking at these photos today, Kenton was telling me how crazy it is that he has known Isla's dad (Jill's husband, Cam) since he was a baby, and now our kids play together.
Now that the girls are sitting up, crawling and even trying to stand, they are getting to be even better friends. They are 5 weeks apart, and Wren has typically had the upper hand as she acquires skills slightly sooner than Isla, and tends to push her weight around.  But now Isla can do all the things Wren can, so things get a little more interesting when they spend time in close proximity. Jill is also going to post these photos (but from her camera) on the blog. I can't wait to see what she caught on her camera.
They must be true friends...they even dress the same!

I call this The Lid Fight...

'Hey, a lid!"

'I like this lid too, Wren!'
'Well, give it back, I found it first.'

'No, I want it. Mom, I want it!'

'Ha, not looking Isla, give me that!'

'Girls! Look over here for a picture!'

'It's miiiine!'

'See Wren, I am big too. Now give it to me...'

'...or I will pull off your pretty little toque!'

'Hey girls, be nice..'
'Oh mom, don't worry, I am being nice, I was just telling Wren how much I love her toque...'

'Take that!'

'Isla...'
'Okay mom, I'll be nice, she is my friend.'

'Take us home!'

"I can tell that we are gonna be friends..."
What song is that? Hmmm???