Sebastian turns 1!
Sebastian turns 2!!
Almost 3!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
A Camping We Will Go....
Just got back a few days ago from our annual family camping trip. We headed up to Earl Rowe Provincial Park this year for a few days of rest and relaxation in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, the weather was definitely not on our side this year. It rained for pretty much the majority of our trip and as such, we chose to leave camp early. Unfortunately it wasn't early enough as a severe storm hit just as we were clearing up our dinner dishes (lucky for us everything else had been packed). Once the wind picked up I ran to the car with Sebastian and sat there wondering if I should be making a run to the nearest comfort station, while Jamie and his folks had the horrible task of taking down the tarp in the severe thunderstorm. The wind, thunder & lightening was quite frightful and luckily once again, Sebastian slept through most of it.
Upon leaving the campground Sebastian awoke and started to cry because he was upset we were leaving...
Glad to see he loves camping as much as we do, but it made us sad to know how upset he was so we're hoping to grab another camping trip in prior to the end of the season. We drove home in darkness, as the storm had knocked out the power to the majority of the towns we drove through, and watched the zig zags of lightening crash throughout the skies. We followed the tail of the storm home and made it home safe to our snug and warm beds without incident.
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Cottage
In early August we spent a few days at my co-worker's cottage. As some of you may remember, we first took Sebastian to this cottage when he was 10 months old. It was a very nice and relaxing few days spent at a leisurely pace and Sebastian continues to talk about Balm Beach and all the frogs he spotted at Wye Marsh! Anyways, for fun I thought it would be interesting to see the differences between Sebastian then and now. Hope you enjoy the trek down memory lane as much as I did!
Our summer in pictures part two
Spaceman Seb at the Science Centre
Lovin' the trampoline with cousin Jeremy
Sebastian's 1st roller coaster ride, Marineland
We went to Marineland with Aunt Shari, Uncle Dave, Kassy, Jeremy and Sophia
Holding a boa at Jungle Cat World at Griff's 4th Birthday
Petting a tarantula at Jungle Cat World for Griff's 4th Birthday
Painting the porch with Daddy getting ready for our house to sell
Monday, July 27, 2009
Our summer in pictures
Instead of writing more I figured I'd just update the blog with pictures of what we've been up to. There will be more to come.
Swimming with Daddy at Campbell's house
Showering with Daddy
Playing with Campbell
Playing in his garden
Swinging with cousin Jeremy
Cuddling with Grandpa
Swimming with Daddy at Campbell's house
Showering with Daddy
Playing with Campbell
Playing in his garden
Swinging with cousin Jeremy
Cuddling with Grandpa
Catching Up
So I've been rather lax with my blogging this summer so I thought I'd take the time to explain all the exciting things we've been up to and why we've been absent from the blogging-scene.
First off, we've been busy as always with trips to the zoo, Marineland and the Science Centre as well as various outings visiting friends and family out of the City. Things were really hectic for us at the end of June when we finally, after months of de-cluttering, put our house on the market. To say it was a crazy week would be an understatement! The For Sale sign went up on a Monday and one week later with over 65 appointments and 10 offers, we sold our house over asking! It was very exciting but also very draining and I will never sell our house again!
Sebastian was a great sport throughout but it took a toll on all of us as I would be running behind Sebastian every morning with my window cleaner wiping up his handprints off the mirrors and doors and the poor kid wasn't even allowed to sit on the couch without a sheet over it to protect it from dirt, cat hair etc. The evenings were the worse as we had appointments every evening until 7:30 p.m., which meant we weren't getting home until 8 p.m. Once Sebastian was down for the night Jamie & I would then complete our cleaning routine before we could go to bed. I have no clue if we would have survived having our house on the market longer!
So of course with selling our house meant buying a house. Our weekends were devoted to house hunting not to mention family parties to attend. Amongst our busy social schedule we finally purchased a home in mid-July and thus, I now have the time to update this blog!
Anyways, there's a lot of great things about this neighbourhood we love and that we'd be sad to leave. For example, I love the library, Farmer's Market and we have a great bunch of neighbours that get a thrill out of Sebastian. I'm also going to miss Sebastian pointing at the hospital he was born in and exclaiming, "Look mommy! That's my hospital! I was born there!". But I'm not going to miss the pollution, the busyness or the violence of the City.
With that said, we'll be heading to Guelph in the fall and am hoping that the pace of life will be much slower, quieter, safer and cleaner. Looking forward to getting connected to our new community and our new home.
First off, we've been busy as always with trips to the zoo, Marineland and the Science Centre as well as various outings visiting friends and family out of the City. Things were really hectic for us at the end of June when we finally, after months of de-cluttering, put our house on the market. To say it was a crazy week would be an understatement! The For Sale sign went up on a Monday and one week later with over 65 appointments and 10 offers, we sold our house over asking! It was very exciting but also very draining and I will never sell our house again!
Sebastian was a great sport throughout but it took a toll on all of us as I would be running behind Sebastian every morning with my window cleaner wiping up his handprints off the mirrors and doors and the poor kid wasn't even allowed to sit on the couch without a sheet over it to protect it from dirt, cat hair etc. The evenings were the worse as we had appointments every evening until 7:30 p.m., which meant we weren't getting home until 8 p.m. Once Sebastian was down for the night Jamie & I would then complete our cleaning routine before we could go to bed. I have no clue if we would have survived having our house on the market longer!
So of course with selling our house meant buying a house. Our weekends were devoted to house hunting not to mention family parties to attend. Amongst our busy social schedule we finally purchased a home in mid-July and thus, I now have the time to update this blog!
Anyways, there's a lot of great things about this neighbourhood we love and that we'd be sad to leave. For example, I love the library, Farmer's Market and we have a great bunch of neighbours that get a thrill out of Sebastian. I'm also going to miss Sebastian pointing at the hospital he was born in and exclaiming, "Look mommy! That's my hospital! I was born there!". But I'm not going to miss the pollution, the busyness or the violence of the City.
With that said, we'll be heading to Guelph in the fall and am hoping that the pace of life will be much slower, quieter, safer and cleaner. Looking forward to getting connected to our new community and our new home.
Milestone Marker (again!)
As we're approaching Sebastian's third birthday in a couple of months it's amazing how we're noticing slight differences in the way that he now does things. For example, he is now alternating feet while walking up/down stairs, as opposed to taking each step one at a time. I can't tell you exactly when this happened, but it's happened. Just one more milestone to check off the list!
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