happy canadian thanksgiving!

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Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. So this past Saturday (since we don’t get today off) we all drove out to Mom’s place and celebrated by filling our bellies, taking family pictures and singing Happy Birthday to the two October babies (the outlaws- Jamie and Frannie). It was great to see Scott and Frannie and nice to celebrate as a family; that and we get two turkey dinners a year- what could be better?

Enjoy the pictures, wish we were closer and able to celebrate with everyone up North…

group shot- taken with a timer and therefore no one to get Jay's attention
Mom, Ed and Jay
Uncle Scott, Auntie Frannie and Jay
this one cracks me up- I can't remember what they are laughing at but that combined with Jay's face makes me laugh
brother, sister, mom and grandson shot
most recent family shot of us- love Jay's smile, he is laughing with Auntie Frannie I think
Daddy trying really hard to keep everything on the table
a distracting spoon= a break for Daddy
birthday people with what looks like a bored Scott

special birthday wishes…

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Two years ago I posted 28 fun facts/ things that I love about my dear husband and since I am not sure that I can come up with a another list of 30, I will spare you.  However, I would like to show you why I fall more and more in love with this man with each passing day…

I don’t think I could have asked for a better husband or a better father for Jay.  I love watching him teach, tickle, kiss, hug, show off, and love our little boy each and every day and am so blessed that I get to witness it all happen.  Jamie I know that Jay will “be (more than) alright if he’s anything like” you…

i heart these pictures

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this is the last group that I have to post from Terra Ceia and they are some of my favorites…

Jamie and I took Jay out on the dock around dusk before we gave him his bath and packed up to leave for the evening.  The sky was so pretty, the light was wonderful and Jay was having a grand old time peeking over the benches on the dock.  I think these pictures capture his curiosity and love for nature so nicely…

more from Terra Ceia

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Time has honestly been getting away from me lately. Other than the usual maintenance of the house (laundry, vacuuming- so Jay isn’t consumed by animal fur, groceries etc) I am not sure where most of my time goes these days. It seems like I wake up, blink and it’s time for bed again. Which is probably why I can’t believe that Jay is 8 months old but that is a whole other post in itself. I guess all I am trying to do is make excuses for why these pictures weren’t posted sooner.  Oh well, I have been enjoying Jay and my family lately- and that’s all the excuse I need.  Enjoy, we certainly did!

Jay hanging out with Great Grandpa and Daddy on the dock
the mighty fisherman
cool guy
dinner- yum!
tractor fun
guys of all ages like the tractor
enjoying some time with my little guy on the front porch
obligatory group shot

so excited to have visited Terra Ceia
official picture by the sign
Jay and Mommy on the dock at dusk
loving some dock time
trying to freak Mommy out on the dock
Daddy and Jay on the dock

big fright by a little bird

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**To begin with- nothing happened to Jay, he’s fine completely!  I realized when I looked at the first draft title  (big fright by a little guy) that people would think I was talking about Jay so I changed “guy” to “bird” and realized that too wouldn’t distinguish it any better.  So instead of spending tons of time trying to figure out a different title I am just going to add the disclaimer upfront.**

This morning while playing with Jay and following his little-crawling-self around the house I heard a huge thud on come from the kitchen.  It sounded like when the cats chase lizards on the other side of windows so I was curious to see what they had found.  However, what I saw instead was no kitties in the kitchen at but a little bird flapping upside down on the ground outside like a maniac.  This of course freaked me out and I went to get my phone to message Jamie asking what to do.  By the time I sent the first message he had flipped himself over and squished himself up close to the window so I couldn’t see him very well unless I went outside (which I wasn’t going to do with a dog and a baby at my feet).  So I just sent another message to Jamie.  Well Blackberry messenger was especially slow this morning and he didn’t get any of the messages until 30 minutes later when I sent another after putting Jay to bed and hoping that the bird would fly away on his own (he hadn’t).  At this point Jamie got the messages and gave me a call- bless him because I was really starting to worry and freak out.  While talking to Jamie I went outside to get a picture of it to send to him and when I did this the little guy kind of came out of his daze and started to look around frantically.  Before I could snap a picture he took off and landed in the closest tree.  He was flying pretty shakily and landed low in a tree right above our neighbors cat (I scared the kitty away) so I figured he wasn’t all the way back to normal.  So I went back inside to grab a big camera (not my phone) to snap a few pictures and wait until he flew again.  He did and all is well with the world again.

Here’s a picture of my little trouble maker.  Not sure what he is, anybody have an idea?