Bathtime photoshoot

These pictures were so cute I had to post them! We had a photo shoot during Ainsley's bath/after bath time last night so here are some shots from that.






Now, isn't she the cutest baby ever?! We think so ; )

Peter is back to work

Today is Peter's first day back on the job .. he has a busy day ahead of him! In the last post I mentioned that he was lead FTE on 6 fleets of aircraft, but its actually 8 fleets! Needless to day he's going to have a lot of work on his plate, but he enjoys the work - mostly the flying : )


Here is a video of Ainsley jumping in the Jolly Jumper ... its pretty fun to watch her, she just loves it! In fact, as I type she is jumping and squealing and having a great time : )

Back in the swing of things

Hi everyone ... I apologize for taking so long to post a new blog entry, I know there are some of you who have been waiting and waiting ; ) Needless to say, we have been super busy since coming home from our 8 week holiday. We had a great trip and it was so great to see everyone, but it was nice to get back to our place and our routine. Although, we were both pretty homesick for a few days once we got back to Cold Lake. Our friends here were excited to have us back and to see how much Ainsley has grown - its been really nice spending time with all of them again.

So ... since we've been home we've been working on our yard. When we first came home we were surprised and a little horrified to find a weed forest all over our property! Some of these 'weeds' were more like trees and were as tall as me!! We honestly didn't think they would grow in the hard clay, but they did and we spent 2 days pulling weeds. Peter then worked on the deck for the rest of last week and has the top tier finished. Earlier this week we found out about a really good deal on topsoil, so we had that delivered and since then we've been raking the rocks and sticks out of it and getting our property graded so we can put down fertilizer/grass seed today. I don't think either of us realized how big our property was until the topsoil was spread - its huge! Its been a lot of work, but its going to be so nice to have grass and deck all done for next summer.





Ainsley making her contribution to the backyard.


Last week the weather was HOT and its supposed to be hot this weekend again, but the last two days have been pretty cool - so we've gone from shorts and a tank top to jeans, a sweater and hat.



Ainsley has been growing like a weed as they say ... she had her first round of shots last week and was 12 lbs., 1 oz., and 23.5" long. She is in the 50th percentile for her weight and length so she is just average. Hard to believe that she is almost 4 months old! She has become a very chatty/laughy/squealy baby and loves to stand up and talk to me face to face. She has even learned how to rollover from her front to her back. But, her latest favorite thing is her Jolly Jumper - she absolutely loves standing in there and jumping! She can spend up to a half hour in there jumping before she's tired. The other day she even fell asleep in it! It was the funniest thing and thank goodness I had the camera handy!!


She is still sleeping very well at nights and also for her naps. She now likes to have a blanket around her face or her head when she sleeps ... we often have to sneak in and move it off her face after she's asleep. Here she is napping in her bouncy chair with the blanket pulled up over her face!


In fact, she likes to pull alot of things up onto her head - she's so silly : )


And, as with all little girls - dressing them is half the fun! Here we are on our way to church last Sunday ... as you can see in the pictures, the headband didn't last too long.




Peter goes back to work on Monday. He is looking forward to it, but he also knows that its going to be super busy. He will be the lead Flight Test Engineer for 6 fleets of aircraft! Hopefully he won't have to travel too too much, but he's pretty sure that he'll be away a bit here and there. I am looking forward to starting some fall activities with Ainsley including a playgroup and maybe even swimming.
Now that I've gotten caught up with the blog I'm sure I'll be updating it regularly again : )

Team PM & Ainsley

Heading home

Well, 'home' isnt' really how I think of Cold Lake yet, especially now that I've been back in Ottawa over the summer : ) We are heading back west tomorrow - this time through Canada. I hope we see at least one moose, but I also hope its not in the middle of the road in front of our car. The side of road would suffice.

We had a really good time in Halifax, it was busy, but we got to see alot our friends and family in that part of the country. We visited Peter's parents in their new home in Indian Harbour Lake, and then stayed with Peter's aunt in Halifax. We also visited his grandparents cottage near Pictou and spent some time at Camp Evangeline ... sleeping in a very small cabin! At least it was only for 3 days. Ainsley has travelled really well and we haven't had one bad night with her on the whole trip! Even in the tiny cabin ...

While at the cottage we had a campfire on the beach. Ainsley was mesmerized by the flames for hours - she just sat on my lap and chewed my finger!



I'll add more pics and stories when we get back home ... for now, I have to go finish packing!

Team PM & Ainsley