Jade has continued to grow into a unique little gal, with one wickedly awesome personality. If her current amount of talking says anything, we are going to have a little chatterbox on our hands. She will sit and have descriptive & in depth conversations with whoever takes the time to listen and engage with her. I have to say, one of my favourite stories of someone excited to hear her talk was with my dad. They had brought Dexter out for a walk and afterwards we went to Starbucks to have a coffee. My dad sat out side with Dexter and Jade in her car seat while my mom and I went in to get some drinks for us all. When we came out my dad just had this glowing smile and was raving about how Jade hadn't stopped talking to him since we went in. This was a far cry from the fussiness he had endured a few evening before when we were at their place. I think this little one has totally won my dad's heart over; the amount of time he spends with her when we are visiting, telling my mom to leave her be while we were out for dinner to actually playing with her and not paying attention to the football game when him and I took her to the Lions game. It is so neat to see my dad this attached to her, words can't describe it. I can now see just how great he was with me when I was a baby...so lucky to have an amazing dad.
I spend a lot of time over on the North Shore while Ted is at work so a lot of time with the family. Both Jade and I love hanging out at my parents...I get to relax and she gets spoiled, what more could we ask for? Take note that when I say spoiled, it is primarily with love and cuddles not all about the materialistic spoiling :) It's pretty neat to walk into their place and Jade knows exactly where we are and recognizes both my parents faces and voices; she gets pretty excited. We spent a week at their place while they were in Hawaii and man I can't wait to get back there permanently. Walking outside and people smiling at you and saying hi, something you don't get much of out this way. As Ted keeps saying, this is the life...sitting out on the back patio, hearing the birds and the wind instead of the highway traffic...LOVE IT!!!!!!
We have been trying to make use of this gorgeous weather and had the opportunity to take our angel swimming which was pretty neat. We took her out to my Aunt and Uncle's pool, dressed her in her new bathing suit directly from Hawaii and Jade seemed to love it. Jade and daddy together in the pool; great time. There was no crying, only some laughing, even when she did a face plant in the water. Afterwards we set up the lawn chairs to get some suntanning in and put Jade in between us in her car seat. The little bugger kept wiggling herself down and nearly out of the seat as she laughed away :)
There were a few new people for Jade to meet as well as some outings with more familiar faces. First there was reconnecting with one of my best childhood friends for a walk in the forest and later a paddle out in West Van for me which was very relaxing. We had Marissa and Peter over for a bbq at my parents and also while over there a great stroll with Sandra through Lynn Headwaters. Then a rainy day with Oma, Uncle Tim and Aunty Rachel spent partly at Granville Island. A nice Sunday afternoon doing lunch with GG (my Grandpa and Bev) which was nice and another night was dinner with Aunty Rachel's family where clearly Jade was the main attraction, lol. There was also chilling on the patio of Milestones with Aunty Laine then going to surprise daddy at work on a gorgeous Vancouver day. Jade also took in her first wedding which also meant we all had to dress up, a rarity as you all know. Another outing was a two night stay down in Birch Bay with Tante Mette thanks to her in laws allowing us to stay at their cabin. Sooooo much relaxing and chillacking done; just us 3 gals movie watching & some shopping; very much needed. I must say though, it was great just us 3 girls but I did miss Ted but missing him makes coming home a great thing. The end of August was also Opa's 82nd birthday...Happy Birthday Opa!!!
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| In the arms of GG |
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| Lunch out with Bev |
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| With Tante Mette, Oncle Mike & Gracie |
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| with Aunty Laine |
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| With Aunty Rachel |
The past week was spent hoping and wishing Jade would explode as she hadn't gone in over 4 days then had only 2 very small ones. When the extreme code brown happened, I had to contact Mettehehe...no one was home though so I did have to clean it all up :)
Jade has found some new things to occupy her time with and seems to love every one of them equally at different times. Grandma went in to get her a new sweater and when she couldn't find the right size, came out with a jolly jumper. All you on facebook have seen the video so you know just how happy she is in that thing. Then there is her little play mat I got down in Birch Bay; Ted had a great time with her on that mat today. She was having so much fun, giggling and talking away...probably could have lied there for hours. Other times she just loves to lie on a blanket and kick up a storm; of course, more giggling and talking happening there too. She has now officially rolled over more than once...from her stomach to her back. Jade can push herself up on her arms and look around, pretty neat to watch her progress. I would have to say though, one of her favourite toys is her best friend, Gerry. Gerry the giraffe goes everywhere with us and Jade just holds onto him, often attacking and trying to eat him but it is cute none the less. What makes this so special to me is that it was one of the first stuffed animals given to her and was from her Aunty Ashlee who can't be here to physically get the love from Jade so Gerry gets that part instead.
Ted and I still look at each other and say "can you believe this is ours?" Jade is by far the greatest thing that has happened to either of us and showing her off is something we love to do. The sounds she has started to make and the conversations she is having with us put are hearts over the moon; words can't describe just how amazing this all is. We had a photo shoot with a coworker of my dad's and so far the pics look great & we have some keepers; can't wait to see the rest of them :)
Ted has said adios to Paladin in favour of working for Tom Lee doing inventory in the guitar department. It's great for us all as he LOVES his job, I have never heard him say work and love in the same sentence, let alone several times. I could hear it in his voice the first day he called; it's great! It also means we get to spend our weekends and evenings together...:) Ted has also started up school again, 2 classes this semester, one of which I am looking forward to going through separately & brushing up on my psyche. That course is online so makes it easier for me to follow, lol...important thing, lol.
September is going to a be a busy registration month for Jade and I. We are registering for Mother Goose, Water Babies, Music something or other and also going to begin the training to be a "Roots of Empathy" baby. We would love to get Jade into doing some commercials or that so if anyone has any tips or direction on how to do that, please let us know. It also is crunch time to sell this place of ours...3 offers have been made and they all fell through, what great luck we have eh?
I'm racking my brain here, trying to remember all the great things that happen but I am so bloody brain dead these days that the remembering part is not happening. Thus, to wrap this up, the past month has been a time of increased chatter, rolling over and laughter. Next months update will mark 5months as well as our 2nd anniversary.
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| At the Lions game with Grandpa & me |
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| Sound asleep at Grandma & Grandpa's (Surely safe to say that my mom more than loves this little girl, lol) |
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| Sound asleep again with two of her protectors watching over (Grandpa & Dexter) |
