We have Internet!!!

WOW, we are back online!!! yahoooooooo.  Being without internet was.....well, how did we all survive before facebook and email?  Sheesh.
There will be a ton of pictures and updates as soon as I have time.

 IT HAS BEEN AWFUL with Ella lately.  She is teething and she is up a ton at night. Last night she went down at 9:30pm was up at 11:30pm, back down at midnight and then started her day at 4am!!!  OMG.  I finally had to call Jack for help.  SOOOOOO totally wore out.  She is eating a ton of solid food and will take the odd bottle no problem now (taking her off them for the time being to see if maybe she is reacting to the formula) so I am assuming she is not hungry at all.   Major drool - putting everything in her mouth she can....baby orajel works for a little bit, but you can only give it to them 4x a day....I would love to make some sort of baby mouth guard and fill it with the stuff and strap it to her....sigh. We went to Lloyminster on Saturday for a road trip and moral of that story is....she doesn't appreciate heading out on the open road like her sister. :-(  So...doesn't sleep at all at night, hates travelling in the car (she slept most of the way there so that was good, but when she woke up it was not ideal)...all in all - lucky she is sooooooo cute.  :-)  We did manage to have a great time in Lloyd though.  Pictures to follow - along with pictures of kailey wearing a tutu gardening and doing ballet in the front yard!

more pictures of our special visit.

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Grandma Joy and Grandpa Phil are here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sooooo excited to see them.  They drove here over the past 3 days from Anaheim and we are so thrilled for them to meet Ella (it was amazing).  Kailey is talking 90 mph - like she is making up for lost time.  Talking more than usual if you can believe that. Internet is slow so there will be more pictures later - Kailey sporting some of her new stuff they brought - curly haired Tinkerbell with pink converse...hahaha.  Tomorrow we are going to the big fair that is in town and I am sure we will hit the beach as well. :-)  You don't really realize how much you miss someone until you are reunited again.  It has been over a year already.

Grandma Joy's first cuddle with Ella

Kailey loves feeding Ella and she is very good at it!!!

Nan comes for a visit

Nan came for a couple of days and we had a great time.  Wanted to do more but Ella had her shots and we needed to stay close to home.  Kailey did manage to show off her biking skills though. :-)  Jack's parents leave right away to come here to meet Ella and reconnect with Kailey.  We cannot wait to see them. 

Ella zonked...

Getting Ella ready for bed the other night and she just gave up the fight and zonked right out while I was changing her diaper.

Happy Canada Day!!

We went to the public beach today to celebrate.  We got there around 11am and got home around 3pm.  Kailey had a blast and ran into all her little friends from Miss Kim's.  I love the small town atmosphere so much.  There was a stage set up for dancers and some local bands, bounce houses, face painting, tons of vendors...good food.  Ella had her first nap while we were there and it was cool enough.  She woke up and ate half a jar of carrots, but needed the real thing...crap.  I tried to pull up a piece of land...there is no way I can Nurse in public so off to the car we went and I fed her there while Jack was holding a blanket up...jeez.  Tell me this is easier than bringing a bottle...NAWT. hahaha.  It is my hang up I guess.  She ate and then was good for another hour.  Kailey is napping and Ella is asleep on Jack.

Kailey: "do I have a dirty face?"  Ummmmm, a little bit ...maybe.