Happy Birthday Mark

Hooray, Mark is 27! Happy birthday to our husband and daddy, we all love you very much.

Home

We are home from our trip to Lee's up in Vernon. We had a great time, but it sure is nice to be back. I would love to post pictures for you, but I kind of forgot that we brought our camera along :P If I can get Lee to email me some pictures I'll post them then.

While we were at Lee's, Chloe woke up way too early. 6:30 on Saturday, and 5:40 Sunday and today. It was really hard to drag myself out of bed to deal with her :P Though on the up side, she did nap both Sunday and today. In fact, we managed to get 3 hours of our trip home done with both our girls asleep - hooray!

I sure do love my own bed, which is where I'm headed now.

Daddy Home Days

Today is the end of day 7 of Mark's 30 day hiatus. Or, in other words, Mark has a lot of "daddy home day"s in a row. We've been hanging out, doing chores, enjoying our neighbors' pool, and staying up way too late even though we know we should try to catch up on sleep. We're going to go visit Mark's brother Lee and his kids in Vernon next weekend, and the weekend after that, our friend Coral (I met her in Lethbridge) is coming down here to visit us. While she's here, we're going to go to the BC Renaissance Festival, which just happens to be (mostly) run by one of Mark's co-workers.

Also, our internet and phone line went down at 1pm on Tuesday, and didn't come back until noon on Thursday. We weren't happy, to say the least. However, it did result in Mark finishing this:

Hey, we have time right now, so if any of you wanna come visit, let us know!

Our girls (are cute and awesometastic)

Here are some pictures of our girls from the last few days :)

Kara having tummy time, and Chloe playing peek-a-boo


Chloe being awesome


Chloe and Kara watching TV


Chloe likes her little sister most of the time, though I know she gets frustrated with the amount of time I spend feeding Kara. Kara absolutely adores her big sister, and some of Kara's best smiles are when Chloe is on the receiving end. We are so blessed to have two beautiful daughters!

Happy Daddy's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best father my girls could ever have. Mark is amazing - he provides so much for us, both by working and by showing us all how much he loves us. We are so blessed to have him as our husband and daddy. Thank you so much for all you do, we love you more than we could ever say.

Things are going well in our house, except for Chloe's randomly changing sleep schedule... one day she sleeps in until 8 am, then next day she's up at 6:15 - and she's always in bed between 7:45 and 8! It makes no sense. Mark needs more sleep, I'm doing all right. Kara is a wonderful sleeper, she goes to sleep between 8:30 and 9:30pm, wakes up once or twice at night for a quick snack, and sleeps until 8 or 9am. I really love the mornings I can leave Kara in bed and spend a bit of time with just Chloe while we eat our breakfast.

It's looking like Mark is going to have a few weeks off in July, which will be a nice respite for all of us. We can catch up on sleep and do fun things - like swimming in our neighbors' new pool, or going to the water park.

Well, off to bed now, I need sleep.

Happy Birthday Danielle

Happy Birthday to me, I'm 24 plus 3! We're going out for dinner with my mom and sister tonight, then out for lunch with some friends on Saturday. I am amazed at where I am in life right now, would never have guessed it 10 years ago. I have a wonderful husband and two beautiful daughters. They all make my life fantastic, even if it is a bit stressful sometimes.

Here's a pic of Mark and I from a few weeks ago :) We were at my mom's house... I'm not sure when the last time we got both of us in a picture is :P

Happy? Anniversary

Today is our 4 year anniversary. Hooray for us! However, we don't always have "happy" anniversaries... last year, Mark worked 14 hours on our anniversary. This year, I got a call from the police, attempting to track me down. My Aunt Cathy was taken to hospital with breathing problems this afternoon, and is heavily sedated while they give her antibiotics to clear up an infection in her lungs. So we walked up to Royal Columbian Hospital around 8 (it takes about 3 minutes) to check on her. She's in the ICU, and they're going to keep her completely sedated until the lung infection is gone and they can safely remove the breathing tube they had to put in to help her get enough air. So much for a nice relaxing evening :P

Tomorrow we go to my mom's for the weekend. My cousins Shannon, her husband Carl and their one-year-old daughter Sophie are coming out from Victoria to visit, and I haven't seen them since Shannon was 7 or 8 months pregnant. It will be nice to catch up.

Ouchie!

Kara got her two month shots today. They went as well as could be expected (lots of crying on the part of Kara, and a very concerned big sister). She's now sleeping it off.

After that we went to Superstore. The following exchange began while waiting at the left turn signal on Lougheed, right by the Toys'R'Us:

Chloe: "There's the super store!"
Me: "No sweetie, that's a toy store."
Chloe: "Maybe that's the super store?"
Me: "No, that's a store called Canadian Tire. They have garden stuff, and house stuff, and car stuff."
Chloe: "And Canady stuff!"

I love how simple toddler logic is :)

2 months

I totally missed posting on Kara's 2 month, which was Sunday. And also Mother's Day. My girls sure make me proud/happy to be a mom! We went to White Rock with my mom and sister, it was fun, even though it was cold. Mark made a sand castle with Chloe, and then we watched as the water washed it away. It was lots of fun.

Today is voting day... who are you voting for?

Photos for your viewing pleasure

It's been over a week since I updated, because life has been insane. But here are some photos from the past 2 weeks

Kara and Hosannah (Jon & Katie's daughter, 13 days younger than Kara)
At the park with my cousin Sandra and her daughter Emma Claire (her son Carter was around somewhere...)
Chillin' on Chloe's bed