Happy 1st Birthday Isaac!!!

Now this is how you do cake....

Our new closets!!! Merry Christmas! :)

For those of you who may not know.... for Christmas this year Mom and Dad gave us a HUGE and WONDERFUL gift.... His and Hers custom built closets (by none other than our family of professionals.... seriously... they should start a business, they'd make a killing!).

Here's a before and after shot... the before one is missing our 2 dressers that had been in there... we had already moved them out when we remembered to take the pics... I'll have to photoshop them in after.



And here's the after.... talk about an amazing transformation!! There are only some small finishing things to do now... like painting.




We are so happy with them... they are even better than what we thought they would be! We're so grateful.... Thank You Mom and Dad! and Special thanks to Uncle Elymer and Uncle Cliff too! You guys all did a great job... and with no major injuries! :)

p.s. Elise keeps asking when Uncle Elymer is coming to colour :)

Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary to Mom and Dad - and Grandma and Papa too.... AND Nana and Pa, and Granny and Papa (are you confused yet?)

We want to wish Mom and Dad (aka Grandma and Papa) a very Happy 31st Wedding Anniversary!!

I can hardly believe it's been 31 years... you've been through so much together, and I wonder on a daily basis how you both make it all work. But looking at this picture, I realize that there was never any doubt. You are my biggest inspiration and the most amazing parents anyone could have. I love you both very much.

From Elise:

hhhaaaaaappppppppy aaaaaaaanniiiivvvvvvvvvvvvvvvredssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaary

sklddkldkjdfkggkkk

oi loooooob b vvvvve b hyouu

(she typed that all herself)

Gilda and Ovelyn



We also want to wish Granny and Papa (aka Nana and Pa) a very Happy Anniversary too! We love you and can't wait to see you both at Christmas!

This was our day at the pumpkin patch... all in all it was good. Isaac was getting testy near the end... but it was almost lunch time. The pictures are in reverse order... and I don't have time to change it... so they go from the end of our trip to the beginning.

Isaac Claps!

Isaac learned how to clap today! This is big... Elise *wouldn't* clap until she was well over 1!

YAY Isaac! :)

Isaac's 'crawling'

So this is how Isaac is getting around these days... not exactly traditional crawling but it works, and it's fast.

Isaac's first ride in the wagon!

Elise wanted to hold Isaac... it looks like it should be the other way around though... lol



Playing with playdoh... the red blob with the pointy bits is my cat. Okay... so I'm not much of a sculptor.



Miss Elise making a wormy.

Mmmmmm.... French Toast...

Okay... so I've been lax... even neglectful of my updates... there's really no excuse.

Here are some pics of Isaac's first taste of French Toast. He loved it :) but really, who doesn't love french toast?!?

Miss Elise enjoying her breakfast... she insisted on wearing the hockey bib.


Isaac's first taste...













To say that things were a little sticky after wards is slight understatement. But it was worth it.

Isaac found the toy box!

Fun in Montréal

Helping Mommy

Elise always wants to help when I'm cooking... she does pretty good :)

The Zoo!

So way back when.... at the end of July... we went to the Toronto Zoo. We had a great time! Elise loved it... to bad the prices are so ridiculous. It's taken forever for me to just finish the pics... but here they are!

Elise and the BIG wormy.



Elise visiting the ever enticing Alpaca.



Playing in a giant log...



still in the log...



gorgeous girlie... in the ground hog exhibit



watching that crazy camel... he's SO CRAZY.....



again with the camel...



Daddy, Elise and Giraffe.



another log.... the logs are popular



can we say attitude? lol



Elise and the hippo



watching some roaming peacocks



sitting on an elephant.... guess that's pretty self explanatory....



Miss Elise playing on the stone elephants.



Watching the Orangutans... this one was playing peek-a-boo with the other ones.



Elise and Daddy going to see the jungle animals.



Yes, we brought Isaac too... he just spent most of the time asleep.
Mommy and Isaac going to see the turtles.



Some cool bird that was flying around.