A Window Into Our Little Life...

We decided to start a blog page that everyone can go to and get updates and new photos as life is so full for us right now and we rarely get a chance to share with our extended family and friends what is new and interesting in our life. When we do get the chance we usually forget or omit information as it has been too long to recount all the events that have passed.

I will try to update it weekly, maybe less frequently if not too much has happened, and hopefully you will all enjoy and get to know us a little more, a little better a little at a time!

Recent News and Events...

Judd - He has finally finished digging, taring and insulating around the perimeter of our entire house. For those of you who didn't know already he has been digging 5 feet down 2 feet wide along the house to replace the weeping tile, tar and insulate from the foundation up. Although it wasn't necessary to do this (no leaking or anything) it is something that not a lot of older houses have and apparently is a great thing to do for your foundation and basement walls....but I'm still not keen on both the front and back yards looking like a dump. Judd says it's a small price to pay for the peace of mind we'll have, I nod and smile. He is working hard at Boyd as usual and even with all the work he does in and out of the house he still manages to be a supportive partner and a great dad! Not sure what the next project will be for fall but I will keep you posted and I will add some pictures of our beautiful mess of a house right now so you can see all the hard work. We also got a new roof thanks to Class A Services, we are really happy with it and excited to finish the rest of the outside to match.

Aidan - He started a new daycare at Assiniboine Children's Center, which is the one right across the street from us in Ecole Assiniboine School. There are over 160 children there so it is much more of a preschool environment than a daycare and he is very busy all day. He loves it though and has already managed to turn on the charm and has his own personal fan club which consists of mostly the leaders (day care workers) they say he is a great kid and they are so happy and suprised with him. This has made us so proud so I apologize for the gloating, it's always nice to hear positive feed back about your children. He had a great 4th birthday and I think he has finally managed to play with all of his new things 1 month after the fact which gives you an idea of how much he got....you all give him to much, how will I ever teach him the value of things! His most recent saying is "Quiet mouth, calm body and listening ears" this is a new one he learnt this week at daycare. We have been dilegently working with him the last month or so to learn his personal information and I am happy to announce that as of yesterday he can spell his first name, he knows his parents first and last names, he knows his street # and street name, he also can recite his phone #. Overall he is a joy and a blessing for us every day and he is doing really great right now.

Sarah - I have been up to quite a bit lately. I seem to always be the cause of our life changing in an instant, I figure it's the Gemini in me. I accepted a job with MTS and started on September 5, 2006. I will be working in wireline activations which is where I would activate MTS phone lines and MTS TV. I am really enjoying the benefits of working for such a large and unionized company, the wage is excellent and increases very frequently plus after my full time training I will only be working part time hours which will allow me to spend a lot more time with Aidan than I would be able to if I worked full time. I have already met a lot of great people and am having lots of fun there. I am also training to become a certified labor doula. I began my training in July and I am becoming more enthralled every day. If you want to see more about that check out my doula website at www.birthroads.com

In the meantime I try to stay as connected as I can with Aidan although he is quite exhausted from all the change going on and give Kneesaa as much attention as possible as she is feeling so neglected since I started work...poor puppy! I started Yoga for a little while at Yoga North but they shut down for a few weeks and now I need to find a new place to practise as I really enjoyed it and found it helped to center me quite a bit. I have also recently attempted to fit running into my schedule although that has dwindled quite a bit since I started work. Hopefully now that I am more comfortable with the whole back at work thing I can find a happy medium between MTS, doula studies, family, pets and exercise!

This picture was taken by Aidan with the digital camera...we may have a photographer in the family!

Kneesaa & Ichabod - Like I said before Kneesaa is feeling pretty neglected I think since I went back to work and Aidan is gone all day as well. We used to take her to the dog park on a daily basis and now she usually has to settle for a walk around the block. She continues to work on her tricks, for those of you who don't know she is now 9 months old and knows the following commands: sit, stay, stand, lay down, settle, shake (both paws), sit pretty, speak, wait (to take a treat), dance and her most recent learn is to do a 360 degree turn to the right and sit at the end...very cute! I really am starting to think she has some Border Collie in her as she learns so quickly and is eager to train for long periods of time. We are having some behaviour issues with her, she barks A LOT now at people passing by and noises. If she gets free from us she will run as fast as she can and we can not get her to come back for the life of us. Most recently she escaped yesterday morning and she couldn't even be bribed to come back with meat, Judd had to wait her out and finally she got into the car when she tired out from tormenting the neighbourhood. Overall though she is a great addition to the family and her and Aidan are getting along better day by day.

As for Ichabod, he stays pretty much to himself as he does not like Kneesaa at all. He is also an outdoor cat during the summer and only comes in to get food and cuddles from Aidan. He has had to give up his cat bed as Kneesaa now uses it to bury her bones in (no wonder he hates her so much!) He is actively bringing in dead birds and mice as gifts to his family and is as cute as ever!

Well that's our life for now, lots of change and new things to get used to. We are all happy and healthy and hope all of you reading this are to. I will try to get more pictures on here as we take them and then you can have free access to print ones of Aidan as we are usually not good at distributing them otherwise.

Love: Judd, Sarah, Aidan, Kneesaa & Ichabod