Teeth

I know it's a bit out of focus, but it's the best I've got so far!

Dexter now have four teeth out! It is amazing how such little things can really change how my baby boy looks! He's such a cute little muffin, but looking more kid-ish now!

Lewis at the Park

It has been so very busy around here lately. We are now moved into our new house though! We are still so thrilled to be here! It is such a blessing to our family.

This afternoon I took a bit of a break from unpacking and headed out for a hike with Dexter and Lewis.

It was lovely to get outside and enjoy ourselves! A welcome distraction!

Here's some pictures of Lewis enjoying his time there!

SOLD

You know what's cool?

When the official 'sold' sign goes up on the house you bought!

It still has not quite sunk in, but little things like this help to make it feel more real!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is my super handsome husband's 29th Birthday!

Hooray!!!

Poor guy is stuck in Fort McMurray today.  This is sad, because when he's out of town he works very long days and doesn't get many opportunities for fun.  

But don't worry, I got him a super awesome present!  So he will have fun when he gets back!

Happy Birthday Daniel!

We all love you and miss you lots!

Mini Adventures!

We decided to try to sneak in a couple more GeoCaching adventures before bed tonight. We quickly got dressed, grabbed our gear and made a beeline for a nearby park with two listed GeoCaches.

We had a bit of trouble with the first, as I was carrying Dexter in the backpack carrier. This hindered me from bending over to help Layla search for it. I was pretty sure of where I thought it may be, but it required getting way down on the ground and getting up close to an area that had many cobwebs.

Needless to say, Layla wasn't game for trying quite that hard to find it!

I was doing the best I could, but I just couldn't do what I needed to do. I didn't want to walk away though. Eventually I had to unstrap the hiking backpack and make Layla stay with Dexter while I went to explore the dark, cobwebby places.

After all that, I'm happy to report that YES we did find it!

The park we were in has a path in a big loop. We hadn't gone too far in yet and guessing for about where the next one was, we could either go quickly there by going back and walking past the parking lots and such, or take the long way around the lake and through the forested area.

Of course, Layla picked to go the long way. Through the mosquito-y woods. She wasn't carrying a 23 pound baby on her back!

But I gave in and we trucked it through the woods. We even detoured on a side path a little until it became too mucky. We also had some nice little chats along the way.

We came pretty close to getting the second cache, but the looming dark clouds finally began to surrender their raindrops. Between that, and the bug itchies, and that I was trying to bushwhack in my little flip flops, and I'd been carrying 'Two-Ton Grizzly' on my back around the whole park; we called it quits and hiked back to the car.

We finished the night soggy and a little itchy, but in good spirits from still having one success and having a fun time laughing and being together.

I'm sure we'll be back to try to find it again soon! But tonight's episode was a good reminder to me how the real treasure is in the detours and taking the long way on our journeys. That's where the magic is and that's where our memories were made.

I've Just Got to Ask:

Does anyone else GeoCache?

I had a friend a few years ago try to introduce me to it, but I never quite got the bug at the time.

But this past Sunday, Layla and I have officially been bitten by the GeoCache bug!

It's like treasure hunting with coordinates. Many use a handheld GPS, but I just downloaded the app on my iPhone and away we go!

You can learn more at geocaching.com, but if anyone else is hooked, let us know! We'd love to have some more caching buddies!

The following pictures are some of our finds!

A great activity to get out in the fresh air with your kids!

News from Friday

So, a lot has been going on lately, and as I try to use this as a bit of an alternative journal for our family, I wanted to record that on Friday, Dexter's first tooth finally started to break out! Saturday you could really feel it though.

This is quite exciting! Layla's first two teeth came out early at 4 months, but as Dexter just turned 9 months old on Saturday, we were waiting for a while to see when they'd finally make their appearance!

Here's a blurry picture that I took trying to capture it! You can hardly see anything! I've kept trying, but no luck yet for a good tooth picture.