The Zoo

We went to Calgary for the night on Friday, partly to look at the pricing/quality of the cabinets/flooring at Ikea, but mostly just to get away. So we made the most of it and met my parents on Saturday. We had a picnic, went to the zoo and then had dinner at Chianti's (a fantastic little Italian restaurant). Here's some pics of the day: Kevin and Atalie look at the mountain goats. As you can see, the giraffes were Atalie's favorite animal. The rainforest exhibit. The otters were lots of fun (so she seemed to think) The black bears were dukin it out. A last look at how much sleep she got that day. We had a great day and had the pleasure of a (mostly) silent ride home!

A real date?!!

It's true! Kev and I will be going on a real live date tonight!! WOOHOO!!! Dinner and hotsprings. It would have been dinner and a movie but our local theatre is closed for 2 weeks for carpet cleaning (how funny is that?). I know you're all likely thinking that hotsprings are more romantic than a movie anyway, and you're probably right. But what you may not have thought of is that we go to the hotsprings on a regular basis with atalie, but seeing a movie is not possible without a sitter for our little bug, thus a rarity. Oh well. The time away is just as appreciated regardless of the activity. The only disapoitment is not being able to enjoy a glass of wine with my dinner out :( aw well. 4 more months :)

A weekend away.

As I mentioned earlier, I went to Calgary this past weekend with my fantastic friend Devon. I stayed with Deanne as she was having a going-away party and I just had to be there for it! Kristie showed up too:) :) so the three of us had some time to catch up and just be. Boy do I love those girls. Girlfriends are irreplaceable. Devon and I shopped till I almost dropped Friday evening:) Really, it was four hours of scouring the mall and I could barely walk as we left... so I went to the doc today and apparently I may have caused some inflamation with all that walking. When you're pregnant your joints loosen and your hips actually move out about 1/2 inch - thus the reason for any akward, clumsy pregnant women you see tripping over themselves for no "apparent" reason. Anyway, she advised I avoid anything which escalates the pain and take extra good care, as the next 10 weeks are the most critical - more so than the last 8-10. So no more lengthy shopping trips or walks up and down the road to the river for awhile. Anyway, here's a pic of myself and two of the fabulous girls I grew up with:) Deanne is in the middle, she is going to Guatemala for 5 weeks to learn spanish for her job; Kristie is on the left and she just left to travel Croatia/Ireland for 3 weeks. I on the other hand, travelled 3 hours back to Invermere to see my husband and daughter and wouldn't trade it for Guatemala, Croatia or Ireland - unless of course, they were there:)

A weekend away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it?! I almost can't. I haven't spent a night away from Atalie yet. Kevin and I have probably had a night or two apart (although I can't remember when) but generally we do everything and go everywhere together. Is that normal? Maybe it seems wierd. I guess we've just always been friends and always enjoyed doing the same things together. Of course having similar schedules works well... and when you have limited funds you tend to plan any "away" time as good times together. Plus you can't really go far when you have a little one. But not tomorow:) Devon and I are going to Calgary together for the weekend! My longtime buddy Deanne is having a little going away party, as she'll be leaving for Guatemala next week, and she invited me to come (to the party that is:)). My automatic response was, "shoot. too bad i can't go." And then that thought was interupted with, "wait - why not?". We're not building a house yet, I haven't delivered a baby yet (and have 4 months to go) and when that all happens I simply won't have time to go anywhere alone for, well, likely quite awhile. I had a good laugh at myself after Devon and I had planned out our weekend a little. We decided to try to get to Calgary before rush hour, which leaves us an hour or two to scour the mall before Deanne gets home from work. The thought of this was so exciting I could barely stand it. A mall??? A real mall?? Who'da thunk that small town life could affect a person so much:) So although I don't really have much $$ to spend, I'll enjoy the hunt of at least one good bargain. Yea! Aaaand, my other longtime buddy Kristie is also going to be there, who I haven't seen since July 2005 (shocking I know!). It's all too exciting for words!

Buuuuuu

Atalie loves birds ("buuuuuuu") so I took her down to the lake this morning to see the huge flock of ducks that were huddled along the shore... of course they dispersed somewhat once they heard us (Atalie) coming ;)

Little lasagna hands allllll over!

Here we have our little "meat and potatos" girl, chowing down on lasagna. She was determined to smear it in her hair and everywhere else she could possibly reach... she must cleverly know that means it's time for a bath... which she looooves! Little stinker. In other Atalie news, a person would think we let her watch MTV (music television) all day or something. She's got more moves than Madonna. She does this adorable little shoulder shrug - one at a time - perfectly in time with the music (well, that lasts about 5-10 seconds at a time)! I'm stunned. Any of you who know us know that neither Kev or I dance... not well and not seriously anyway:) Attie doesn't even have to have music playing, as long as you clap your hands a little she'll start to jive around. Totally priceless!!