She Will Amaze You

Can I tell you about my summer? It's been amazing. And seriously, we deserve it, considering the start to our 2012.

DH has been on holidays for a while now, going back to work on Saturday. Our weekend was great.

Jakob got a care package from his grandparents in London

Repairing the Jeep!

Watching her brother in the garden

ah, my pretty baby <3

On Saturday, my brother came to spend the afternoon with us. Jakob loves his uncle, and was so happy to be able to spend time kicking a soccer ball around the yard. After, we went into town, to watch the Tour de Delta. We walked up, and got the best seats, on a patio right by the race track. We had a great dinner, and a fantastic time watching the racers zoom by.

In the pram, en route to the Tour de Delta

Squabbling over who gets the colouring book. It sure starts early...

Jakob's reaction to tons of cowbells ringing as the racers passed

Bitty in her sling, covered in a blanket to save her pasty skin

Look at them go!

Yesterday, we went to a family reunion, after cleaning our house top to bottom for an Open House. The reunion was for DH's grandfather's side of the family, and there were probably 40 people who came. It was lovely. The weather was perfect, and the park we went to was on the river, with a beautiful beach. Jakob built a sandcastle, and found a baby starfish in the water, which he was so excited about. I wish I'd taken pictures, but I was having too much fun to remember. Ellie LOVED the ocean, and wanted to walk right out into the water (holding our hands, of course, she isn't walking yet). DH and I tossed a football around for a while, and the kids played with their cousins, while we enjoyed adult conversations in the glorious sunshine.

Today, we dropped Jakob off at his first day of Sportsball camp. We packed our ice coffees, our bocce ball set, and headed off to Diefenbaker park, with Ellie. She sat in the shade of a big tree, while DH and I played a very fun couple rounds of bocce. I won the first game, by a chunk, and he remembered that I am actually pretty good at the game. He won the second game on a lucky last throw.

We packed up, and headed home, just as the sun was eating up the shade, the park was getting busy, and it was time to feed Ellie.

This afternoon, Ellie has an appointment with ENT. We have a lot of hope tied up in this appointment. Hope that they can fix her hearing with tubes, and that it is possible her apnea could be improved or resolved by an adenotonsillectomy.