Monday, November 20, 2006

Hola Amigos!

Sorry for the delay in updates, but we've just returned from Auntie Kristi and Uncle Ryan's beautiful wedding in Mexico. Owen was an awesome traveller! He had no trouble with flying (a few issues on the flight home, but that was due to a wonky napping schedule more than anything). We roomed with Kristi's best friend Amie and her daughter Abbie, and the kids were great. The first night, they woke each other up LOT, but after that, they were fine.

I had a lot of fun with Amie and "the babies" were a huge hit wherever we went. Heh, the funniest was a group of Americans who had seen the four of us all over the resort. One day the guys stopped us to demand: "Where are your MEN???" (By this time, Amie and I had tired of the looks we were getting from people when we told them we weren't sisters, just friends, and had just started smiling and nodding when people assumed Owen and Abbie were cousins.)

Owen loved the pool, even though it was cooler than our swimming lessons pool at home, but wasn't too keen on the ocean. The sand was take it or leave it. The wedding was fabulous, and even the mystery monsoon that blew in just as we started walking down the aisle to the beachfront gazebo couldn't wreck things. The major deluge caused a mad scramble to the far side of the gazebo where the wind wasn't quite as strong. My brother got completely soaked trying to keep the rain off Amie and Abbie, and a lot of the ceremony pictures feature my arm as I tried to keep Kris' veil from whipping Ryan in the face.

The best part of all is that Ryan didn't even realize it was raining, and couldn't figure out what all the commotion was from the musical chairs going on behind them. He only had eyes for Kristi. That's a guy I KNOW will give my sister the happily ever after she deserves. Too many pictures to post, but here are two:




Please email me if you want to see more, I'll invite you to view our albums in our Yahoo Group. Cheers!

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Hallowe'en Redux

Sorry for the delay in updates, but we've just returned from Auntie Kristi and Uncle Ryan's beautiful wedding in Mexico. More on that in another post - waiting to get some photos ready.

I didn't have a chance to post Owen's Hallowe'en picture before we left:


He was a slug - that's our nickname for him, when he falls asleep in your arms, it's like he doesn't have any bones, so we call it "Sluggin' Out". Of course, Old Navy doesn't carry slug costumes, so I had to get out my sewing machine. I'm very happy with how it turned out. And I'm so happy we got a sunny day right before Hallowe'en so I could take him to the pumpkin patch and get some pictures!

More on Mexico in just a sec...meanwhile, a few more October pictures:


Yes, he's sitting up! Well, it's actually more of a tripod-prop, but he can hold this position long enough to snap a few pictures before he topples over. Real sitting can't be far behind! :)



Wearing his cutie hat and sweater that our friend Laura made for him.



Mexican preview - a sample of the photos I was supposed to send along for Kris' island-themed bachelorette party in Ottawa that we weren't able to make.



Owen peeking at me through the mirror in TummyTime Turtle. He loves tummy time, and he loves that turtle!