I'm sure our cottage photos are starting to look all the same. I've decided to concentrate mainly on blog books, rather than photo albums...hence why i post SO many photos of everything.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Last minute cottaging...
Mike had a change of work plans so we went up to the cottage for 2 nights, meeting Grandma and Grandpa who were up there for a week. We left early on a Friday so we had no traffic and arrived mid-afternoon. The weather was fantastic all weekend, the girls were continuously swimming, and we played a few games at night. The water was actually pretty warm, and at one point I think everyone was in the water. Sometimes we'd bring Rose in the water in her bathing suit, sometimes in just a diaper, or sometimes with no clothes on with a life jacket on top--an interesting look with the strap under the bum.
I'm sure our cottage photos are starting to look all the same. I've decided to concentrate mainly on blog books, rather than photo albums...hence why i post SO many photos of everything.
I'm sure our cottage photos are starting to look all the same. I've decided to concentrate mainly on blog books, rather than photo albums...hence why i post SO many photos of everything.
Outdoor Enthusiast
Rose is definitely an outdoor enthusiast. Every day she wants to go outside after breakfast and before dinner. Rain or shine. We don't always go out after breakfast if we have somewhere to go, but usually right before dinner. Both girls usually end up soaking wet and sandy and need to be changed and washed up before eating. It's the best time of day though, when the heat is gone and the backyard is shady, making the need for sunscreen unnecessary. With the backyard all finished, I love going back there. I pull out a chair cushion and bring a drink, raise the umbrella, set up the sandbox and slide and we're good to go! Paige likes it out there too, but not as much as Rose. I suppose Paige has a few years of the slide and sandbox under her belt. And, she's more bothered by wet and sandy legs and hands. They like it when I water the plants though. They follow me around filling up their buckets and bringing them back to the sandbox or mud pie station. I have to watch Rose carefully as she tries to drink the water out of the buckets sometimes.
If we'd had the backyard finished earlier in the year I think we would have bought a cheapy ikea highchair specifically for the backyard, but for now we just carry the usual one outside. The best thing about eating outside is definitely that I can leave all the crumbs on the ground...no sweeping!! Woohoo!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Way below average...
I took the girls for their doctors appointments--Rose's 15 month, and Paige's yearly checkup. Normally a 15 month visit isn't required, but our doctor wanted to check how Rose was growing as last time she had dropped in her growth curve.
I forgot to post Rose's 12 month stats which were:
28.3 inches
20.28 lbs
At this visit, Rose was:
28.74 inches
20.35 lbs
Not too much growth in the past 3 months.
Paige was:
32 lbs,
36.5 inches
Last year she was 35" and 28 lbs. Seems like maybe she's filling out before growing up!
Anyway, the girls are both smaller than average...way smaller. Paige is under the 3rd percentile for height and Rose is at the 6th percentile for height. My family is very small so it makes sense to me. The doctor wants to recheck them again though since they are still dropping in their growth curves rather than continuing on in the same percentile. We'll go back in 3-6 months. What we're most concerned about is Paige reaching 40 inches--this opens up a few more rides at Disney for us to go on, namely "Dinosaur"!
At the same appointment, Rose got her chickenpox vaccine and Paige got her 4 year vaccine (don't even know what it was for to be honest). Both girls cried a bit, and it really affected Paige the next day...she was fevery, tired, and had no appetite. So far Rose has been fine, but they mentioned that she could break out in some spots in a weeks time, but that it would be normal.
The doctor also found a heart murmur when listening to Paige's heart. She gave me a requisition for further testing at the hospital--an "echocardiograph" which takes an ultrasound of the heart to ensure that it is developing properly. She told me that I probably shouldn't worry as this is common and most usually nothing to be concerned about. The test is scheduled for the 18th, and luckily she is over 3 and therefore won't have to be sedated.
I forgot to post Rose's 12 month stats which were:
28.3 inches
20.28 lbs
At this visit, Rose was:
28.74 inches
20.35 lbs
Not too much growth in the past 3 months.
Paige was:
32 lbs,
36.5 inches
Last year she was 35" and 28 lbs. Seems like maybe she's filling out before growing up!
Anyway, the girls are both smaller than average...way smaller. Paige is under the 3rd percentile for height and Rose is at the 6th percentile for height. My family is very small so it makes sense to me. The doctor wants to recheck them again though since they are still dropping in their growth curves rather than continuing on in the same percentile. We'll go back in 3-6 months. What we're most concerned about is Paige reaching 40 inches--this opens up a few more rides at Disney for us to go on, namely "Dinosaur"!
At the same appointment, Rose got her chickenpox vaccine and Paige got her 4 year vaccine (don't even know what it was for to be honest). Both girls cried a bit, and it really affected Paige the next day...she was fevery, tired, and had no appetite. So far Rose has been fine, but they mentioned that she could break out in some spots in a weeks time, but that it would be normal.
The doctor also found a heart murmur when listening to Paige's heart. She gave me a requisition for further testing at the hospital--an "echocardiograph" which takes an ultrasound of the heart to ensure that it is developing properly. She told me that I probably shouldn't worry as this is common and most usually nothing to be concerned about. The test is scheduled for the 18th, and luckily she is over 3 and therefore won't have to be sedated.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Back in St. A
After spending what felt like hours gathering up toys and crafts and food that was strewn all throughout the hotel room, we made the journey home to St. Albert...no coffee for the long journey, that's for sure. We saw an elk again on the way home. This picture is from the way up though. Mike's iPad really comes in handy for long trips...we discovered this on the way up to Jasper. After Rose has a nap we wedge the iPad in between the 2 front seats and put a movie on. They usually watch Despicable Me, which they've seen about 10 times now.
The following week was a work week for everyone, so it was pretty quiet around the house as everyone left and Lizzy went to daycare. Mike worked from Jen's house, although I don't know if he was working hard or hardly working. He spent a lot of time going to the gym. Good for him to just relax. I was able to visit with some friends, although it didn't feel like I had enough time with anyone. I saw Janice, Lisa, Erin, and Andrea. Great visits, and can't wait for more time next year. As a family we also went to Marilyn and Hal's house for a fun BBQ. Great to see the newlyweds Cam and Lana there too, whose wedding we had missed while we were at Matt's.
As Paige looooves "Auntie Booze's ride place" we went back for some more fun, bringing Uncle Tyson along. People think this picture is set up but she actually went on it. I included the video so you can see that it's not that crazy.
Here's Rose watching a show in bed while she was waiting for me to put her to sleep:
As usual there was a Turcsanyi potluck dinner. This time it was on the last night we were there as a bunch of the family had just come back from Hungary.
Here are Mike's second cousins Bailey, Riley, and Bella:
Avie had sure grown since last year. She wasn't crawling last year and now she's almost as big as Paige!
Here's Paige's 3rd cousin Ciara (I don't know the spelling I'm sorry!). Paige and her have the exact same birthday, and are the same age. they had fun playing with Paige's toys.
Mike's cousin Melissa:
Mike's pregnant cousin Amanda, mom of big-girl Avie:
So happy that everyone made it out for the dinner as I'm sure lots of them were still jet lagged. Auntie Sue and Auntie Judy brought back Hungarian dolls for the girls and Paprika for us.
Rose and Lizzy pose for the camera in their final moments together before we went home. The girls didn't play together really, as they don't at this age, but Rose learned a bit of sign language from Lizzy. Lizzy does the sign for "more", and Rose started to copy her and say "muh muh" while doing the sign. She did it at home for about a week and then stopped.
One final kiss for Abby:
The face Lizzy makes when you tell her to give someone a kiss:
An awesome meltdown:
So fun in St. Albert. We also went to the Farmer's Market where Grandma Val bought Paige another painted rock and hair clip. I bought some chocolate bar stuffed brownies. Major yum!
Looking forward to next year already! Maybe the mosquitos will be better though, that really sucked! No pun intended.
Jasper Part 2: Matt's wedding
Matt's wedding was on July 16. The ceremony was at Maligne Lookout (not on Maligne Lake as numerous people assumed because of the name). The weather was beautiful that day and my fears of the girls freezing were calmed when the sun came out that morning.
I have a lot of pictures of Tyson and Rose. He held her for the ceremony and she was so good and calm and looked like she would fall asleep:
Grandma Val and Tyson with Paige and Rose:
Auntie Booze and Rose. Rose had an early early nap as she woke up super early. This made it possible for me to come to the ceremony--she would otherwise have been sleeping. James was back at the hotel with a napping Elizabeth.
Matt waiting for the big moment.
One blurry photo of the vows. All of the guests stood for the ceremony. We were near the back and I was having a hard time seeing, not to mention scoping out an opening for a photo. And our camera is loud.
Since Rose napped early I assumed she would have a double nap and be good to go in the evening. It was a win-win!! Too bad--it didn't work and instead she was a disaster. Here she is in the beginning of the evening before she spotted Daddy, AKA "Mommy" sitting at the head table. After that it was game over.
Not a great picture, but reminded me that at Paige's place at the table, along with all of the other kids, there were little gift packs with crayons, stickers, glow sticks and toys. This was awesome and Paige loved it.
Lizzy was melting down too:
Tyson doing "Le Tigre". We make him do this pose at weddings:
Our table chowing down. Luckily they let us go to the buffet early in the proceedings before the babies had a complete meltdown. 
Zaida Bruce brought Paige and Rose mounds of dessert. Hey, whatever keeps them busy at this point.
When Rose had reached her boiling point, somewhere in the middle of the speeches, and Paige was saying "I'm so tired and I'm not even sleeping", I took them back to the hotel for the night (8:30). After putting them both to bed I was exhausted. It was a long day not having Mike with me, not to mention the fact that Rose didn't nap past 11:00am. I had taken them to the town to look around in the middle of the day as well, so it was a busy day. Jen and I felt ripped off since she had to take Lizzy back too, but our hotel rooms weren't close enough to use a monitor or anything.
I have a lot of pictures of Tyson and Rose. He held her for the ceremony and she was so good and calm and looked like she would fall asleep:
Grandma Val and Tyson with Paige and Rose:
Auntie Booze and Rose. Rose had an early early nap as she woke up super early. This made it possible for me to come to the ceremony--she would otherwise have been sleeping. James was back at the hotel with a napping Elizabeth.
Matt waiting for the big moment.
One blurry photo of the vows. All of the guests stood for the ceremony. We were near the back and I was having a hard time seeing, not to mention scoping out an opening for a photo. And our camera is loud.
Since Rose napped early I assumed she would have a double nap and be good to go in the evening. It was a win-win!! Too bad--it didn't work and instead she was a disaster. Here she is in the beginning of the evening before she spotted Daddy, AKA "Mommy" sitting at the head table. After that it was game over.
Not a great picture, but reminded me that at Paige's place at the table, along with all of the other kids, there were little gift packs with crayons, stickers, glow sticks and toys. This was awesome and Paige loved it.
Lizzy was melting down too:
Tyson doing "Le Tigre". We make him do this pose at weddings:
Our table chowing down. Luckily they let us go to the buffet early in the proceedings before the babies had a complete meltdown. 
Zaida Bruce brought Paige and Rose mounds of dessert. Hey, whatever keeps them busy at this point. 
When Rose had reached her boiling point, somewhere in the middle of the speeches, and Paige was saying "I'm so tired and I'm not even sleeping", I took them back to the hotel for the night (8:30). After putting them both to bed I was exhausted. It was a long day not having Mike with me, not to mention the fact that Rose didn't nap past 11:00am. I had taken them to the town to look around in the middle of the day as well, so it was a busy day. Jen and I felt ripped off since she had to take Lizzy back too, but our hotel rooms weren't close enough to use a monitor or anything.
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