http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY

I know I haven't posted about us in a long time, and I don't really have time to right now, but that music video above is so cool I had to share it.

Happy New Year everyone. Hope your 2010 is great.

Walking?

So, Kara was 9 months old yesterday. Today, she took 5 steps by herself. She's been standing on her own occasionally for a week or so, and walking with assistance for longer than that, but she sure is close to walking. Its awesome and scary at the same time :S

Also, we are dedicating Kara at church this Sunday. 11am at Coquitlam Alliance Church, 2601 Spuraway Avenue.

Gah

I haven't been here in forever. I've got so many things I want to post, but I don't know when I'll get around to them.

Our Christmas tree is up, its nice. Kara was really interested in it, but so far hasn't tried to stand up on it or pull it over, thankfully.

I'll try to get to everything else soon, really!

Teeth, and tired

Kara popped out two more teeth yesterday morning, which means she has 4. She's working on two more on the top still, which has made for not good sleeping. That combined with staying up late on Friday to play Robo Rally with Ricky and Audrey means we're both exhausted right now.

Other than that, life goes. My mom and sister were over yesterday, which was nice. My girls sure love Grandma.

Church day today. Chloe is finally happy to go to Sunday School, and we can get Kara to stay in nursery at least half the time.

Mark is working on a 3D mini-competition last week and this week, which means even though he's home, he's not really around to help out with stuff. Its different that when he's at work though, because the girls still want to see him, and he still emerges every once in a while to get a drink or have meals with us. Overall, its good but a bit strange.

Lets see....


Kara is now 8 months old, and is still working on those two top teeth. Moving her to the crib is going slowly, but it is working well for naps.

Chloe is as hyper as ever.

Mark is still off work, and we're still waiting for EI to kick in. It has resulted in us getting a lot of chores done, though.

Not sure why, but I'm feeling a little down this week. I haven't been sleeping well (neither has Kara, that's part of the problem), and for some reason life just seems a little overwhelming. *sigh*

Right now my mom is over, and she's going to watch the girls so Mark and I can go out for coffee. Yay mom! :)

Teeth!

Kara now has two teeth on the bottom, and is working on pushing some through on the top. In two weeks she has gone from none to almost 4. Of course, it means she's cranky and not sleeping properly :P On top of that, we've decided its time for Kara to move out of our bed and into her crib. Here's hoping that goes well...

Tomorrow is a bi-election here in New West/Coquitlam, so we have to choose who to vote for AGAIN :P But we will vote.

10 years

I have been SO busy that I'm only just getting around to this.

Yesterday was November 4. It was also 10 years of Mark and I as a couple. Absolutely amazing, huh? I feel so blessed to have him as my husband, and friend. Here's to another wonderful 10 years!

Oh yeah, Kara also has a tooth!

Dragon goes rawr

Chloe was a dragon for Halloween. When I asked her at the beginning of October what she wanted to be, she said "a monster." So I looked up a few kinds of monsters on google, showed her some monster costumes, and she decided that a dragon monster was what she wanted to be.

My mom and I sewed the costume. Lots of people commented on it, saying how cute Chloe was. Unfortunately, Kara didn't go out with me and Chloe because she was napping.

Here's our sweetheart :D

Happy (day after) Thanksgiving

I know I should update this more often, but oh well. Here's what we've done in the last week:

Thursday Oct 8, Mark and I went to Distant Worlds: The Music of Final Fantasy performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the UBC Opera Ensemble. It was FANTASTIC. We loved the music and it was great to get out without our girls. It did make me miss the days of high-school band and choir though; I like music.

On Friday the 9th, Chloe and I went to see The Wiggles in concert. While the concert was great and Chloe had fun, getting to and from the Arena at UBC was a nightmare. It took us almost 2 hours to get there, and we were 20 minutes late for the concert. The concert ended at 8, we got to our car at 8:20, and finally got to leave the parking lot at 8:40. Mark had Kara, and they did not have a good evening. In other words, I don't think I'll ever go to an event at UBC in the evening again, and I won't leave Mark alone with Kara for more than an hour or two.

Saturday was Thanksgiving dinner with my mom & her family that lives out here. We went to Rob & Karen's in Mission. It was fun. Chloe stayed over at my Mom's Saturday night, which was a nice break for us. Then Sunday was dinner at Mark's parents; my mom dropped Chloe off there for us, and ended up staying for dinner. It was nice to see all our parents at the same time.

Monday was just a nice relaxing day at home with daddy, though Mark did go see Inglorious Basterds with Blair in the afternoon. I think he liked it...?

The only other important thing is that Kara is now truly crawling, and is pulling herself up to stand ALL THE TIME. She really likes it. She is slowly getting more stable, but still falls over a lot. Though at least she is learning to avoid hitting her head most of the time.

Oh yeah! I am part of a group of people at our church making quilts for an orphanage in the Philippines. It is our goal to make 40 or more quilts (they'll each be about 36" square) by March. So if you have any extra 100% cotton fabric laying around, let me know. Please spread the word on our need for fabric. Thanks!

Updateish

So many things have happened this week. Lets start the list!

Kara is pulling herself up to standing on objects already! She's still super wobbly though, and has taken quite a few falls, which has led to a lot of cries.
On Tuesday when it was raining a lot, we told Chloe that it was fall, and that the summer sun was gone. To which she said, "It has lots of rainy days!" It made us laugh. She's so smart to figure that one out.

Chloe has been playing with our across-the-street neighbour a lot these past two weeks. Her name is Ayla, and she's also 3.
Mark got a computer set up behind our TV so that we can watch anime, etc. on it. Chloe has observed that we can turn our TV into a computer. Kara is also enthralled with the mouse, since it glows red and all.

Uncle Lee bought a Disney Princess play mat set for Kara. She's enjoying it.
While Chloe isn't in preschool this fall, she is in dance class and sports school. Dance class is fun because she gets to prance around in her body suit and tutu, and sports school is great because she can run around.

And a reminder that the premiere of Stargate Universe is tomorrow night at 6pm on Space Channel!