Miss Sophie

Little Sophie just keeps getting bigger. At her 3 month check up she was in the 75th percentile for height and weight and starting to really show us that smile. Here are a few photos from September (my goodness, am I ever behind!). And, of course, her brother had to get in on it too.

Day of Remembrance

In Canada, Nov. 11th is a day to pay tribute to our veterans & teach our children about what it means to be a true hero. We are very thankful for those who have served and are serving in the armed forces. Our prayers are with them and their families especially this day.

In my family, this is also a day to remember my Grandma Mac, who passed away two years ago after a long and fruitful life. I am so grateful for her quiet example of how to live & love and be a blessing to others. I pray that my children will also enjoy a lengthy relationship with their grandparents, and that none of us will take a moment of it for granted.

Fireman Daniel

The day before Daniel's third birthday, the new firehall had an open house. Daniel was thrilled to climb into all those big machines and chat up the firemen & EMS personnel. At one point he even got to turn on the flashing lights. He asked to climb the ladder too, but that (thankfully) was not an option. Sophie was with us as well, but she opted to sleep in her stroller the entire time.









Later in the day we met up with Keith to go the training center open house & demos. They were just wrapping up when we arrived so they offered to give the few kids there a ride in one of the trucks. I think Daniel summed the day up best: "Those firemen are really good guys."

Growing, growing

In early September we finally had some pictures taken of the kids. The timing seemed right since Daniel was nearly three years old at the time, and Sophie was just 3 months. Sophie is a happy baby with a giant grin, but as soon as a camera comes out she turns serious.




I can't believe how tall Daniel is getting and how "grown up" he is starting to look. He is sounding like a big kid too- ask him about anything and he will likely have an opinion. Daniel is still really into diggers, cars, and things that move, as well as dinosaurs. His hair still doesn't show up great in pictures, but everywhere we go someone comments about how blonde and curly it is.



Daniel loves his little sister most of the time, but he still hasn't gotten brave enough to hold her. Her likes giving her a quick hug and a kiss and bringing her toys to make her smile.

Last days of summer

These ones are from the end of summer. Sophie is three months old and Daniel is a month shy of 3 years old.











Daniel had to get in on the Eeyore comparison.

Oops, I did it again

Wow, am I behind on posting on this blog. You probably aren't even checking it anymore. Sorry! On the upside, we've been busy enjoying a beautiful fall here. But I guess I should finish with how we spent the second half of the summer...


During August we got to spend a week in Banff courtesy of Keith's needing to attend a conference. Thankfully my Mom was able to join us as well so while Keith went to meetings during the day, I had help wandering around the Banff and Canmore area with the two little ones. We went up a day early so that Keith could enjoy a few of the sights too. A big highlight for everyone was going up the Sulpher Mountain Gondola on a beautiful, clear day & hiking to the weather station at the top.




Sophie seemed to enjoy the Gondolas too, but she probably won't remember this trip.



Looking back to the gondola station.




We made it! Daniel even hiked almost the whole way by himself.



Daniel & his Dad are big fans of gondolas. We headed to the Lake Louise one a day later!



This last photo was taken at the Bow Falls down in the Banff townsite.

Fair flashback

Imagine it is July and I am not two months behind on blogging. Daniel had a blast at the hometown fair & has been asking to go back ever since. He was old (& tall) enough to go on a few rides this year and there were almost as many uncles as tractors. He even got to go into some of the really big machines with Grandpa.




Uncle Stephen took some time out from volunteering at fair to walk through the tractors and watch Daniel on the rides.




Daniel figured out pretty quick that his Grandpa could be easily talked into giving him rides around the fairgrounds.