Arilyn loves her dolly from Grammie. Her favorite part is it's pacifier. 

Isabelle loves being around the kids. The pictures are in the order they were taken. As you can see Isabelle don't mind the kids no matter what Ari does to her.  

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Andrew is finally home after his trip home to Nova Scotia. He was gone for three very long weeks. While he was gone Arilyn learned to sit up, say Dada and Mama, stand for longer periods of time, and sleep through the night... sometimes. We are slowly getting him used to being around all us women again. Having spent three weeks with men there is a lot of work to be done. We realized the other night that Andrew is the only male in our household, even are animals are girls. I told him we could always get a male dog, or have another baby, hoping it would be a boy. He quickly decided it's not all that bad being the only guy. 

Arilyn is changing fast. She's so very close to crawling, she goes in all directions except straight. Everything she sees, and can get her hands on, goes directly into her mouth. She even got Izzie's tail in it last night, I spent a bit of time picking hair out of her mouth. She learned to look around things now. It's pretty cute, you can see her little head bobbing around watching the cats. Her favorite games are peek-a-boo and where's Ari? I have been working hard on having Arilyn take a bottle. She is finally taking it! I'm so very proud of her for it. She will be given one bottle a day, mainly just to give me a break. 

I want to send out special thanks to my friend and family who kept me company over the three weeks Andrew was away. If it wasn't for all of you I never would have made it. Thanks so much! You guys are my heros! 

Arilyn has now become officially become Albertan! She has experienced the first snow fall in our neck of the woods. I, of course, took advantage of the fresh snow by taking a few pictures. Arilyn didn't really know what was going on, she was much more excited with the possibility of getting some in her mouth. 

Dada

Arilyn holding my hand, may that always make her smile. 

Our baby girl standing up. She's still pretty wobbly, but practice makes perfect. 

Arilyn in her PJ's just after her morning nap

Yesterday afternoon Arilyn and I headed into town for her 6 month check up (yes i know she's a little late). The Dr.Lindsey and nurses were happy to see us again. Airlyn didn't really know what was going on, but she was still while they checked her, no smiles though.  Ari now weighs 17.2lbs and is 26.5 inches. She's in the 97% for hight, 90% for head circumference, and 76% for weight. The doctor said not to worry about the carrot thing just yet, just keep her from eating them until she's around a year old.  She's still teething, which has been hard on her. It seems she takes pain about as well as i do. 

Still no deer for my hubby. I told him tonight to bring home the bacon. He sent back that he would rather bring home the venison. He thinks he's funny. 

As for me, I'm ready for Andrew to be home. Tomorrow is garbage day and i don't want to do it. As you can probably guess, Andrew normally does the garbage. It snowed this morning, which means that i have to shovel, also something Andrew normally would do. I am glad he's having fun with his family, so i'll keep doing all of the stuff. I sure do miss him!!

November 4, 2008

Today is a new day, I've joined the blogging family! I will do my best to keep up with the goings on of our little family. 

This afternoon I'm taking Arilyn to her 6 month doctor's appointment. I will post how it goes later tonight. I can't wait to see how much she's grown. I also have to remember to ask about Arilyn's apparent carrot allergy. I'm also looking forward to seeing how much she weighs. Last time we went to the doctor Ari was in the 90th percentile for her size and weigh(that means that if there were 100 babies of all the same age in the room, she would be bigger than 90 of them). It will be interesting to know if she's still that big. 

Andrew is still back in the maritimes. He is having a wonderful time male bonding with his family. I'm glad he was able to work this trip in because he really needed a vacation. The men took to the woods Wednesday noon, as last I heard still no deer. Andrew said they haven't even spotted tracks from one. I wish them luck, even though I would rather not have one in my freezer. 

Arilyn and I are doing well home together. The days are easy, it's the nights after Ari goes to bed that are hard. I have been catching up on my sleep though, Ari goes to bed around 6pm and I have been going to bed around 9pm. My parents have been very supportive in keeping us company. On October 30th, Mom, Ari, and I made the trek down to Edmonton to pick up my grandparents. They will be saying here for the winter, we have plans for a HUGE Reece family Christmas. I'm so thankful to have my sheltie to keep me company at nights. Shelbi is loving being able to come with Ari and I everywhere.