Idaho

One morning I was home alone with Jett at Grandma's house.  I was not feeling so well and I kind of let Jett run around the house and play with his toys, not REALLY paying attention to what specifically he was doing. All of a sudden I could hear him laughing with someone.  I run out to the living room to see him playing with my cousin Kimber.  Nobody else is around.  Kimber is 7.  

Me: KIMBER, How did you get here?  

K: OH The four wheeler. 

Me: By Yourself?

K: UH YEAH.  I AM SEVEN.

Granted, she only lives half a mile away, but still!  After getting over the thought of how Idaho that was, I decided I kind of liked it.  I wish I lived there when the babies will be born, because I could just call her to come over and play with Jett and I wouldn't even need to pick her up.  A friend with her own transportation!  Too bad they don't have a lot of 4-wheelers in Calgary.  Or 7 year old cousins (plus the many others who I would love to live by but AREN'T 7 years old).

I finally got my preciously craved Urban Cowboy Sandwich from Gandolfo's Deli.  YUMM and totally worth the wait.

This is my sister in law Katie.  She is 35 weeks pregnant and I am 15 weeks here.  The first one is a more natural picture of me, the second I am kind of pushing / leaning forward.  

If Katie sees this she will freak out and want me to warn you that we had no make up, had been outside all day, and it was Saturday.  We did not get ready.  Considering that we look hot right?

I am so excited to meet Katie (and Josh)'s sweet little boy sometime in August.  He is going to be so spoiled by his two older sisters and hopefully me.  Sorry buddy but I am praying you get at least one girl cousin to play with, but girls are still fun right?

The Mosquito Missle

With all of the rain we have had this year, there have been mosquito's EVERYWHERE.  My poor baby does NOT do well when bit on the face.

  

It started with a simple swollen eye.  Poor guy got bit right in the eyebrow.

However, the next day he got bit again.

AND AGAIN!

Jett is starting to look like Quasi Moto.  He got bit between the eyes (which I am sure is the only spot NOT slathered in bug spray) and his forehead started swelling.  Needless to say he was a happy camper despite the swollen face and benadryl saved the day.

Blessing the Baby - Part 2

So there are a few funny things that happened that I forgot to mention when I was posting pictures of the weekend.

*My cousin Michelle has a dog, her mom was visiting with HER dog, as well as her friend Mandy with a tiny dog, possibly a Yorkshire terrier?

*Jett would play fetch with the bigger dogs all morning long, thrilled that he was allowed to throw a ball inside the house.  Unfortunately he wanted to run after it as well as throw it and the dog WAS NOT happy with jett for stealing all the fun.

* After playing with the two dogs, the tiny puppy came up and Jett squealed with excitement "KITTY!"

* Kevin took Jett for a ride with me on the tube.  He laughed his head off he loved it so much, until his face got splashed and then he was done.

* I decided that since Jett wasn't riding I could go for a "REAL" ride.  20 minutes later all 3 of us were swimming in the "Cold Lake" while the other 2 were whining of what hurt on the landing, I was more shocked at the water temperature.

Blessing the Baby

My cousin Michelle and family blessed their baby over the Canada Day Weekend.  We took the 6 hour trip up and had a great long weekend visiting and checking out this new (to us) city.

Here we are at the Marina for the fireworks.  Jett didn't stay awake long enough to see the show.

Michelle and Karsten

Kevin and his Mom

Lounging by the lake waiting for his boat ride!

  

Jett is working on a new career as a massage therapist.  Just kidding.

The reason for the celebration:  Sweet baby Nixon with Grandma J.

It was so awesome to see the McNutt family and we even got to go on a few tube and boat rides.  Jett is totally a boat man and loved feeling the wind in his hair!  It was so fun and the best way to spend the weekend.

CHEESE!

Jett loves the camera and totally understands the whole SAY CHEESE thing.  He will grab my camera and stick it in his eye and take pictures while yelling cheese.  Here are his artistic shots for you.

Funny hey?

Grandparents 2

I forget how ornery old people are. I got chewed out for 5 minutes on using the wrong cup. Apparently certain cups are meant for certain things. Juice is in the small cups milk in the bigger cups. No mixing and matching. Ever.

And don't even think about sitting in the wrong chair. Everyone gets mad. I didn't know there were assigned seats but apparently I have one.

Cell phone? Only to hold. Don't think about using it we might run out of minutes. I called a friend to share some exciting news (it's not like we get charged for long distance) and I got my cell privileges taken away. Paranoid.

We will have to see what tomorrow brings.

Brooke

Grandparents

My Mom, Grandma, Uncle Brad, Grandpa, Uncle Joe, and Uncle Mike. 

There are certain things that are different when sleeping in the same house as your grandparents.

On one hand it's an advantage because if your kid wakes up screaming in the middle of the night nobody over 50 actually hears him.

The one thing a pregnant lady has in common with her 79 year old grandpa? We both go to the bathroom every 20 minutes and the silent classic toilet seat argument has never been had so often.

I love it here!

Brooke