Home from Regina, off to Maui!

it's been a whirlwind of travel for us. This weekend we went to Regina for Great-Grandma's burial and memorial service. It was a lovely service and a great weekend with Stuart's family - they don't get together as a big group very often so it was really nice to meet some and see everyone! Sam was his normal "who are these people and why do they know my name" and then on to Sam-the-Ham! :)

I don't have lots of pictures yet (hoping some get emailed to me ... hint hint) but here's a fun one of Sam playing with Baba & Grandpa

And now we are off to Maui to escape the snow which doesn't seem to end here .... I will leave you with the view from our condo (and we're not taking the computer so no updates for a week!)

Happy Birthday Grandma!

or in Sam's words: "ama-ama!" :)

Love you lots! Sam

bring...bring

what an exciting Friday night - including a visit from the police!!

First the cute part: Sam went in our room and got the phone and was playing with it (as he does quite frequently) - I said to him "are you calling grandma?" and he put the phone to his ear and started yelling "ama, ama" :)

Then the mortifying part: who knew that a 14 month old would actually dial 911 and manage to connect the phone?! and he had to do this while eating rocks from the plant pot. So I was focussed on the fact that he had rocks in his mouth and I grabbed the phone, pushed the talk button to make sure it wasn't connected and then I saw the number flash (91111111). I thought "uh oh, I hope that didn't dial!" and sure enough a minute later, the phone rings. "did you dial 911 and hang up?" I have to now reassure the operator that all is well and my 14mo old dialed the phone and no one else is in the house and there are no weapons and yes, I am sure that all is well (and I'm very conscientious to be very polite, apologetic & calm so they don't worry). But of course, they have to send a police officer to the house to confirm everything is OK. Really - quite embarrassing!

And all this while dad is out on a guys night! :) Mother of the year award goes to: MOI

I have no picture for this, but I thought maybe Sam was missing Uncle Devin so he wanted to see a police officer :)

Happy 50th Birthday Auntie Monica!

Happy Birthday Auntie Monica....we are looking forward to seeing you next weekend!

Warning: contagious laugh

Sam was playing ball on the stairs and just laughing and laughing ... he was almost crying, he was laughing so hard. be warned: his laugh is very contagious :)

I'm afraid for Sam...

he is already showing signs of the knack. what can I do?! :)

a fun day with grandma

Sam gets to spend the first Friday of every month at grandma's house and always has a blast!

In the morning, going for a walk after mom dropped him off

pizza & chocolate milk for supper - sounds like a perfect grandparent supper!