Scratch that ....

forget that last comment about Kailey not having any teeth, her first little tooth is peeking through this week. No pain, no complaining from the angel, she doesnt seem to be bothered by it at all.
what a good girl.

And so it begins....

The count-down is on for moving into the house! The 27th is closing day and we have to be out of the apartment on the 31st. I have slowly started packing already, I HATE packing and unpacking. I would rather leave everything behind and buy all new stuff, but alas, it must be done.

She had fun playing in the box while I wrapped stuff up and cleaned.
I found these glasses at the dollar store and HAD to get them, I mean look at her! She is 7 and a half months now, not quite crawling but she tries. She pushes herself backward and turns around in a circle pretty easy but hasnt figured out the forward motion yet. I am okay with that for now, i cant chase after her AND pack at the same time! Still no teeth in sight, which I am totally ok with also, she bites me enough as it is without teeth!!!
Big excitement for us! My brother Peter got home from his mission on thursday! Kailey was a trooper at the airport even though it was 11 o'clock at night. she is starting to like Peter and all his funny faces that he makes at her!

Anyway, busy times for us here, but we are having fun anyway!

First, I must tell you that apples are Kailey's favorite thing to eat. Which is funny because when I was pregnant with her, there was a time when all I could eat was apples, but that isn't the point. She sees apples and she gets really excited, seriously she loves them. So imagine her excitement when we went apple picking and she saw apples as far as her cute little eyes can see! She was in HEAVEN!

We also have had alot of fun feeding her solid foods, she is a really good eater most of the time although she has a habit of rubbing food all over her face when she is full instead of just closing her mouth and not eating anymore! Makes for cute pictures though.

Anyway stuff is crazy with us here, getting ready to move into the house and all that it entails. Two callings, visiting and home teaching, taking care of Kailey, School and recruiting for next summer.... long story short we have been busy here, but we are PUMPED to move into the house!
Like I mentioned we are recruiting for next summer. Great for people who are in school, obviously it is not for everyone BUT for those who dont mind grinding it out for 4 months, you can make more in 4 months than some people make all year round.... seriously, its true, we just did!! Anyway if anyone reading this is interested or know someone who is let me know!!!

Last thing we are excited for is my little bro Peter coming home from his mission! he has been in Montana for 2 years and he gets home on the 16th!!!! Cant wait for him to be back with us!

I can never find time anymore to blog ... oh the joys of mother-hood ... and then when I DO find time, a month has gone by and too much has gone on to talk about.
But here is the short version ... very short....
Davis ended up getting 147 sales for the summer, I am very proud of him and all the hard work he did. Going door to door sucks and he was a total trooper! good job babes. So now he is back in school, and doing well as far as I know.
Kailey is just a cute as ever. Sitting up on her own and trying to pull herself around a little bit sometimes. Feeding her solid foods has been an adventure. at first she was allergic to the rice cereal, which i know sounds weird, but she would throw up a scary amount after she ate it every
time, but she is eating oatmeal cereal and veggies and stuff and that all goes down just fine.

So now for our biggest news, which most of you know allready, we bought a house!!! it has been a long stressful process, but everything finally went through and we move in the end of October! I have pictures to post but Kailey is seriously driving me crazy right now, trying to grab the computer.... she is just a little bit determined. oh well, maybe next time.

Where has the time gone?

Whoa, alot has happened within the last month and I really do not have enough time to explain it all. In the interest of time, the readers digest version will have to do.
Where to start?

--Mid July brought a visit from the Podeszwa side of the family, Davis' Mother, Father and older brother came to visit for 2 weeks. We revisited the stampede again, this time without a hat.

We took another trip up to Banff national park. It was so pretty up there, and we had a great day walking around and taking in the sights.

We also spent a day at the Calgary Zoo, not quite as big as the Toronto Zoo, but it was alot easier to get around and the displays were really well done. I also had there my first experiance with a "Screamer" which is apparently somewhat of a Calgary delicacy... basically layers of ice-cream and slush together... sounds a little nasty but it was pretty good actually. Has anyone else seen that anywhere else? Crazy Albertans .... jk;)

Kailey was suitably spoiled while they were here and we all had a great time together.

After those two weeks I may or may not have needed a little vacation myself so we decided last minute for kailey and I to take a trip back to Nova Scotia as a surprise for everyone out there. I unfortunetly dont have the pictures from that trip on the computer yet but I will put them on the next post.
Our good friend Doreen Stuart came to pick us up at the airport and brought us to my parents place, we put blankets at the bottom of a big box and laid kailey inside. She wasnt too impressed by that, but we put her on the doorstep and rang the bell and hid inside the car. Sammy came to the door first and looked at Kailey and yelled for Mom " hey Mom it's Kailey!" Mom came upstairs and picked her up ... anyway long story short it was a fun surprise and we had a great time seeing everyone!
My Dads sister and her family from the states were up visiting at the same time so I was glad to get to spend so much time with them. Most of my time at home was spent visiting with family, going to the valley, lakes, beaches and harbour hoppers ... all in all it was a great 2 weeks and I am glad that I got to go.

Only 3 weeks left of our Calgary summer! Davis is selling REALLY well and has already exceeded his goal for the summer. Amanda is currently at her second EFY as a leader and is hopefully having a great time from what we hear!

This ended up being longer than I wanted and kailey wants some attention so I gotta go!


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Stampede goodness

SO we had the ultimate Alberta experiance .. the Calgary Stampede.

Davis made us all get "cow-boy outfits" ... I gave in and got a hat, I am not a hat person so I doubt that i will ever wear it again but I was informed that I HAD to get one. We went to the chuck wagon races and the grandstand show on Saturday and we will probably go again at some point this week. There is TONS to do there so I want to take advantage.

This is all of us at the stampede, hats and all.

One cow boy outfit that I was excited about, she looked so darn cute, i especially loved the boots, although they arent in this picture for some reason.

other than the cowboy fest, not much going on, only one and a half months left to go until we go home!! All this hot summer weather and no beaches in sight ... how do these people live?

I was tagged by my dear friend Kristiane Edna Chatham, I am not very creative today so the following may not be very interesting, feel free to read if you are bored .... ;)

Joys:

1-Spending time with Kailey and Davis, its always just a taste of what heaven will be like
2-My Family, I miss them so much right now and I cant wait to see them in a month and a half!!!
3-The ocean ... sigh

Fears

1-Being far out in the open ocean/sinking boats/sharks ..... i think they all go together to form one large unreasonable fear
2-Anything happening to Kailey
3-getting pregnant again any time soon ... seriously....

Goals

1-To be more environmentaly friendly (i spend alot of time trying to find products that are eco-friendly ... use less water and electricity ... etc etc etc)
2-To loose 5 to 10 pounds of pregnancy flab. well actually I lost all the pregnancy weight but my tummy is still a little looser than it was before, i would like to fix that but hate excersizing ...
3-To do something differant with my hair soon, I dont even know what I want to do, I just want to do something........

Current obsessions

1-Watching documentaries on line. I need to be more aware of what is going on in the world.
2-Kailey.. she is probably the biggest one
3-Tea tree oil ... holy cow it works great on skin (anything from breakouts to insect bites to scratches etc ... my new favorite thing, goes right along with aloe ... except aloe doesnt get rid of acne)

Random facts

1-I am hot ALL OF THE TIME, I used to be one of those people who were cold always, but ever since I got pregnant ... I am boiling ALWAYS. I dont sleep with blankets anymore at night, I have a fan pointed at me on high speed all day long ... honestly its ridiculous ... its like Im going through menopause, I am going to go see a doctor about it because I think there is something wrong with me.
2-I eat raisin bran for breakfast everymorning
3-Davis and i found this little restaurant in Edmonton called Wok Box, and we ate there for lunch and supper for like 3 days straight ... so dang GOOD. holy cow. I wish there was one here in calgary too ... or better yet, back in halifax. Best ginger beef EVER!!

Am I supposed to tag someone now? alot of people have allready done it.... but Claudine go ahead!!!!