Don't ya love....

...when you find a new super cute hairstyle that just looks FANTASTIC!  Love, love, love it Rylee!!!!

Holy Cow - 1 ALREADY!

FFION IS ONE!

Here's Ffion's stats on her first birthday as well as some wonderful things about the baby in our family:

12 month 

weight - 17lbs 13oz

height - 27.75 inches

head measures - 17 inches

Ffion falls in the under the 5th percentile for her weight, in the 10th for her height and in the 5th for her head.  Yep, she's still pretty small - wearing 6-9 month clothes fairly comfortably.  For those of you that know big sister Aylish, Ffion's stats are about what Aylish was at between 3-4 months (please note Aylish's percentiles were much higher).


Here's some things to remember about our first year together:

• she really is small - but we like it
• beautiful blue eyes
• great little personality - true red head attitude
• had ear infections constantly till at 8 months when her tubes were put in
• after tubes she was a different baby, slept through the night and actually smiled alot
• nursed longer than any of my other girls (11 months)
• took the longest to start crawling (10.5 months)
• LOVES her soother
• still in her infant car seat at 12 months
• doesn't like to be tossed in the air (cries like a baby)
• doesn't like to be hung upside down (ask Carly)
• likes her mom making loud scary sounds, just not anyone else
• loves cuddles
• still bathes in the sink at 1 quite comfortably
• loves being with her sisters
• has ALL of her sisters wrapped around her little fingers (she was definitely meant to come last)
• is ADORED by everyone she knows

We had a birthday party for her on the weekend and here's some pics from the event.  

Happy birthday sweetheart - we love you!

a little stunned at the beautiful singing

Mmmmm, cake

A bath to finish off the evening.  What a great day :)

First Day of School 2011/12

Can I believe I'm old enough for 3 kids in full time school?  Nope.  

Do I love it?  Yep.  

Do they?  Sure do.  

I think it's a win win situation all round!

Rylee - 1st day of Grade One with Mrs Gilmour:

Keira - 1st day of Grade Two with Ms Ikeda:

Shannon - 1st day of Grade Four with Mr Nelson:

Me - First day of school with only 1.5 kids home:

There's plenty more but I think you get the picture....

Happy Surprise Anniversary

This year we celebrated our 12 anniversary - 12 great years have completely flown by.  Our good friends Mike & Amelia celebrated their 10th so Richard and Mike planned our anniversary surprise together.  How fun it was.  I love that the even years are up to Richard to plan and I plan the odd years.  That means at least every other year we get to do something more than just dinner and a movie (you rock Richard).

This year we knew we were going somewhere, we just didn't know where.  We ended up spending 5 days in Lakeside MT overlooking Flathead lake (20 mins south of Kalispell).  It was so fun.

The boys did good.  It was brilliant.  We laughed all weeekend, I kid you not - all weekend.

Here's a blurry picture of the cabin we stayed in

Here's some memories of our RSP trip:

• Furry animals can scare the snot out of you
• Wait in line and don't be jerks about it
• 2 Degrees make all the difference
• Europe Trains is compatible with US homes
• Taking a running jump onto a bed isn't always advisable
• Famous Daves is now more famous
• Stores have great return policies, just ask Amelia
• Heels are great, just maybe not with stairs
• Great songs can be interrupted by unsightly stumps 
• I thought everyone could play Bocce Ball - I was WRONG
• Boys loves flart - a bit too much
• Danger + rapids + cold water = FUN
• Planking and Tweeting are for adults too

I can't wait till the next time............plans are already being made :)

Thanks Boys!!!!!