Ok obviously it's time for an update!!!

Boy talk about neglect!! well it's now a new season and a new year. Oliver is 10 months old (tomorrow) and is growing and learning new things everyday. it's amazing how much they change in the first year of there life. he's so small but already has such a personality. he makes me laugh everyday!
we (Oliver & I) are going away for a week with my sister, leaving on sunday, which will be fun but hard to be away from Jeff for so long. we are going over to stay in a timeshare in Nanaimo (is that how you spell it?) and then do some siteseeing and whatnot from there. I'm super excited to poke around and maybe find some local artists and markets.
last weekend the three of us took the ferry from horseshoe bay to langdale (sunshinecoast) and back which was fun. I always love to ride the ferry even if it is just a round trip like we did. the weather wasn't great or we would have gone over to bowen island for the day, but we'll have to do that once we get into the sunny weather.
well I'm sure there are a thousand things to catch up on and a million pictures I should have posted but I'll try to go through and pic a few of the good ones.

Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful.....

We had our first snowfall of the year last night....well actually we are still having it as it's been snowing since the early evening yesturday. Normally we get little to no snow here so to see this when we got up this morning was a real treat. Needless to say I don't think we'll be going anywhere for a while.....now let's just hope the power stays on and then maybe we will be able to enjoy this unexpected winter hiatus.

It's electric!!!

So last week we had some big storms pass through and ended up losing our electricity for an astounding 22 hours! I think that was the longest it's been out in the area in quite a few years. Let me just say that being in a basement suite on well water during a blackout is not something I'd do again in a hurry. Needless to say as soon as Jeff got off work we rushed over to my parents' house which was also out of power but at least had warm running water and a flushable toilet.

Well now a couple days ago the wind started to pick up and the sky was full of black clouds. I just couldn't resist taking sime photos.

you can actually see the storm changing and the rain coming in the distance. It happened within a matter of minutes.

and then in the time it took me to upload the first few pics to my computer the rain was pelting against my window. But you can see that the sky had lightened and that was pretty much the worst of it. I just so thankful the power stayed on this time.

First Cold

Poor Oliver has his first cold. I feel so terrible for him. It's hard to watch your baby struggling and not being able to tell you how awful he feels. Hopefully it won't last long. He's gotten a lot of rest today so maybe it's on it's way out...

Christopher Robin
Had wheezles
And sneezles,
They bundled him
Into
His bed.
They gave him what goes
With a cold in the nose,
And some more for a cold
In the head.
They wondered
If wheezles
Could turn
Into measles,
If sneezles
Would turn
Into mumps;
They examined his chest
For a rash,
And the rest
Of his body for swelling and lumps.
They sent for some doctors
In sneezles
And wheezles
To tell them what ought
To be done...

...Christopher Robin
Got up in the morning,
The sneezles had vanished away
And the look in his eye
Seemed to say to the sky,
"Now, how to amuse them today?"

~A.A.Milne

The Men in my Life

My Boys

Snuggled

I just had to share this photo of Oliver all snuggled in his sling. I've been carrying him around in it since he was about three weeks old and more often then not he's fast asleep within 5 minutes. Now that he's getting older he often likes to look around when we go for walks or to the store. I loved how cuddly he was in this picture. It's a highlight in the many adventures in motherhood.

How Did We Get Here?

Tomorrow will be one year since we found out that Oliver was on his way. We didn't know who he was going to be or when exactly he would arrive but we were overwhelmed by the news and excited just the same. I remember very clearly looking at the test in disbelief as a swung the door open to our bedroom. All I could get out was "Dude..." as I thrust the test out to Jeff. He sort of looked at it and then at me. He was instantly excited.

It was so hard not to tell anyone (ok so we told a couple people) until we knew how old this life inside me was. It was a two week wait for the ultrasound and it was a long two weeks. But that day in the clinic was worth it. There wasn't really much to see...it turns out I was 6 weeks along...but the technician pointed out this small blinking light in the middle of the screen. That was the heart beating. That tiny twinkling light was going to change our lives in ways we could never imagine. This change came 31 weeks and 5 days later in the early morning of June 27th.
It was a bit of a shaky start to say the least. Oliver was so small when he was born...just 5lbs 7oz...he was fighting so hard to breathe and had really low blood sugar levels so he had to stay in the nursery until he was stable. I remember going into the nursery to see him for the first time since his birth. There he was, so small, in this incubator. It was a long 5 days of me and Jeff spending our days with Oliver at the hospital.

I was never really worried about him. I always had faith he would be fine but I just wanted to take him home with us so badly. Near the end of his stay it was harder and harder to come and go without taking him with us. But I remember the morning we got to the hospital and they told us that he could come home that day. Jeff and I both felt like "quick let's get out of here before they change their minds."

Now we've had him home with us for four months and the time has flown by. It's funny to think back to the tiny little stranger he was when we brought him home. Everything about him now is so familiar. My son!

Thing are Not Always What They Seem
Oliver John at one month old with his good friend the monkey. You can't
tell by this picture but this monkey is much smaller than he appears.

Two Months Old
Oliver's first Picture with Rosco

Lean On Me
Oliver at three months

Oliver is Four Months Old
He's starting to catch up with Rosco now
He isn't so tiny anymore

An Introduction of Sorts

I'm relatively new to this word of blogging although I have to admit I have a sneaking suspition that I'm a closet computer geek. I tried to keep a journal off and on throughout highschool but could never really stick with it. Blogging however appeals to my creative nature on a whole different level...See what I mean about geeky (but I really can't help it and it doesn't bother me) so...my plan for this little space is to express my thoughts and ambitions and some day to day experiences I encounter along the way. I can't promise how frequently or consistently I'll post...those who know me know that I am filled with good intentions and high expectations but am not so great at the following through...but I hope to share at least a piece of me here. Until next time...

An Unspoken Conversation

A boy and his turtle

Halfway Down

Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn't any
Other stair
Quite like
It.
I'm not at the bottom,
I'm not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where
I always
Stop.

Halfway up the stairs
Isn't up,
And isn't down.
It isn't in the nursery,
It isn't in the town.
And all sorts of funny thoughts
Run round my head:
"It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's somewhere else
Instead!"

-A.A.Milne