Summer Vacay - pt. 1

Has it really been almost 2 weeks since I last updated the blog? (Sorry if I've thrown anybody into blog withdrawal...you know who you are {Nora, Ilona, Carli, Aileen, Tara} ). Wow, I guess time flies when you are having fun! And having fun we are!! For the past week, we've been living the good life, vacationing on Osoyoos Lake in Washington.  We got to spend some really nice time with our Bruins family, and also made some new friends along the way.

The weather was okay - not exactly what we were expecting from that neck of the woods in late July, but we still managed to have fun despite some rainy/cloudy weather. We arrived home to a beautiful, hot & sunny 29 degrees, which was a nice 'welcome home'. 

We stopped in Osoyoos for a little break, and we found a fountain, which completely mesmerized Ayla.

Greg ripped it up on the wake board...but paid for it over the next few days.

(The old body isn't what it used to be!)



a quiet morning moment with daddy

brothers (in-law)

about 1/2 of the clan (Ayla is MIA because she was napping)

helping daddy

best cousins

best cousins (in-law)

second cousins

the game of choice for Ayla & Moxon

daddy story time (aka: running out of ways to entertain 2 children at a campsite when it's raining)

beachin' it up!

time to go home

We came home for a brief stop over (and the chance to do 17 loads of laundry), and tomorrow we are heading off to Fairmont to spend a couple of days with the extended Bergen family.

Summer Vacay - pt. 2 pictures to come.... :)

Pool Party

Today was h.o.t.
And this week is going to be h.o.t.

So, in preparation for this heat wave, Greg bought Ayla a wading pool to keep cool.
And we threw a pool party.

POTW

Ruffle Bum

There's nothing cuter than a ruffle bum crawling away from you.

Except maybe one that's crawling toward you.

10 months...and not growing?

Ayla is 10 months old today.
And it seems that our little peachy has hit a bit of a growth plateau.

She has weighed in at a pretty consistent 18lbs 6ozs for the past 3 months, which currently puts her in the 25 percentile for weight.  I had a very lengthy (but exceptionally helpful and informative) meeting with a public health nurse this morning. She said that, because Ayla seems very healthy in all regards - she is happy, has a good appetite, sleeps well, and is energetic (to put it lightly) - that there isn't really a reason to be too concerned at this point. However, she does want to monitor Ayla closely, and wants me to bring her in to the clinic for weekly weigh ins. She also gave me some very helpful suggestions on ways to add high fat foods to her diet to help increase her calorie intake.

Our little Ayla is changing so much and so fast (except for the fact that she still has no teeth - that never changes).
At 10 months old she:

• is standing independently for up to 10 seconds
• is sleeping 12-13 hours at night, sometimes waking up in the early morning for a little snack - for which I am more than happy to oblige her! :)
• is pulling the toilet paper off all the rolls
• loves to be held and carried around (in this regard, I'm kind of glad that she is a bit of a feather-weight)
• is a little snuggle bunny, always happy to give hugs and snuggles (mostly to mommy and daddy)
• is starting to make strange
• loves to be outside - preferably in water

Here are some 10 month pictures that I snapped this morning.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

That's right folks. It's Stampede time here in the wonderful city of Calgary!
And as a true Calgarian (born & raised), I couldn't fathom the thought of the Stampede passing by without taking in at least 1 free pancake breakfast. I was also excited to introduce Ayla to the spectacular world of the Calgary Stampede.

So this morning, bright and early, we headed over the Cross Iron Mills mall and took it all in.
We enjoyed pancakes, sausages, strawberries, & coffee, listened to some live country music, sat on some hay bales, saw some ponies and piglets and baby goats, and enjoyed the atmosphere.

And by the end, we were thoroughly tuckered out!

This Stampeding business is exhausting...and we still have 6 more days to go!

While I'm uploading pictures, here are a few from the weekend.

Looks like daddy might be having more fun with those blocks than Ayla.