Month: November 2011

more from Canada- the zoo

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I know that it’s probably a little late to still be posting photographs from our Cananda trip. Especially since we have been home now for over two months; but I still have a few that I really want to share so hang in there- ok?

One of my favorite things that we did while in Calgary was go to the zoo. It’s a wonderful zoo with all kinds of animals and Jay LOVED it! It has fun kid parks, really amazing animals and Jay got to take his first ever carousel ride (which he loved). Jamie and I really enjoyed it as well, it honestly makes me jealous of Jacksonville and their zoo… By the way my personal favorite animal was the giraffe. I seriously could have stood there all day long and been pleased as punch, it might have been the playful baby that was bouncing around their area chasing birds or just that they are so majestic looking- I am not really sure but I was like a kid in a candy store and even requested we stop one more time before leaving the zoo just to see them again.

Jay using the information station as a phone- I love his expression in this photo, it is just so him right now
the baby :)
isn't it cool how close we were able to get to them?!?
we were so close- I didn't have a huge zoom lens on to take this photo
Jay loved them too
the zoo crew aside from Jamie and Auntie Marilyn who were taking the photos
Jay and Bradey, fast friends- love this one :)

Jay playing with my Auntie Deb at the park
he loved these bouncy things at the park
big kitties
a rare photo of just the two of us

Jay playing on the hill outside the place where we had lunch. He loved playing on the hills and running down them, something that we don't get to do in Florida too often.
running down the hill

fun at the park
group shot by the giraffes

breakfast

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I probably have close to 500+ photos that I would love to edit and post (the selects from); however, I just can’t seem to find the extra time to get through them these days.  Jay is down to one nap (for the most part) and it isn’t really that long, so my productive time has been cut in half AND if you consider that I nap often (being 38 weeks pregnant and chasing Jay is kicking my booty) these days too you can pretty much say productive time has gone out the window.  Along with cutting down on productive time it also feels like my list of to do’s just keeps getting longer the closer we get to having baby brother.  Oh well, not much I can do about it and if I look on the bright side the only really huge thing I need to do before this second little bundle of joy comes is pack my hospital bag… It’s funny how much things change with the second kiddo- with Jay my bags were packed and ready by the door one month out, with this one I will be lucky to have them packed the night before :)

Okay, enough with the random chatter (thanks for listening by the way) and on to some pretty random photos.  I let Jay eat his breakfast the other day at the “big” table.  He was so darn proud of himself  and thought that he was such a big boy for sitting all on his own.  It was pretty darn cute to see only his little noggin’ popping up over the table :)

waiting (pretty patiently for him, I might add) for his muffin

his "cheese" face

what I didn’t know…

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Six years ago today I was introduced to my husband. We were set up by a dear friend/colleague of mine and my now father-in-law. When Lisa asked me if I would be interested in meeting Jamie my statement was- “Sure, what have I got to lose.” What I didn’t know was just how much I had to gain…

this was the oldest photo I could find of the two of us without too much digging... it's was taken shortly after we started dating- enjoy the flash back :)

halloween 2011

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a monster says ROAR!!

This is probably the only good photo I got of Jay on Halloween since he was so busy and not too interested in posing for his Mommy.  However, I love it!!

We really had a Monster of a good time (sorry couldn’t help myself) this  year; it’s been so much fun especially since Jay is a little older and able to participate in the holiday activities.  I decided that it was time to let Jay help make and decorate some sugar cookies. I figured that it could be the biggest disaster ever or we could have a great time… It was the later ;)  He loved every minute of helping to pour in the ingredients (which he has done on multiple occasions while helping with other baking projects), mixing everything together, spreading the flour, rolling the dough, using the cookie cutters but I am sure that his favorite part of it all was decorating the cookies.  He spread icing on a few of them but sprinkles were by far the best part of the whole deal.  I am sure that he would have put a whole bottle on each of them if I would have let him.  The whole project honestly took twice as long to finish as it would have normally but every time I looked over and saw his little face I was reminded of how precious and totally worth it that “extra” time was.

taste testing
taste testing some more, don't worry I switched knifes after this...

not too big of a mess...

p.s. Aren’t his curls adorable right now??