Wading Through Life

Sorry every one I've been feeling boring lately, so I don't post anything.... then your board because there is nothing to read.I guess I could tell you the Bambino's are testing boundaries. Hitting, throwing and screaming till they throw up, but some how I have created a bubble as to not remember any of these incidences with any clarity after the fact. Forget and move on.

I thought my camera was getting old, it was turning gray, turns out that it was just layers and layers of dust....... not really because I would never let dust actually touch my camera, but the situation called for a dramatic description and cobwebs come with spiders eww gross......

I made time to process last weekends pictures this morning.....

What's For Dinner

I'm so glad to have a stove/oven again and a full sized fridge. I'm actually cooking and Ant hasn't really complained to much about it :)
So tonight for the kids I cook up some leftovers in the microwave see I'm putting the stove to good use..... well with all that effort put forth I was expecting Bambinos to be all greatful and come running into the kitchen and gobble up all the food in sight..... what is that not realistic?
Once the shock wore off that this indeed was not what happened, Ethan on my lap whining with every bite and Ava running off in terror at the sight of a noodle. I peacefully pretended that all was going as planned for the evening and had my sister talk me through dinner so as not to have gone through it alone. Comfort in numbers right?
Ava seemingly content with passing up dinner hung out in the living room till Ethan was done. And when I reached her I knew why, apparently she had preempted this horrible dinner disaster by saving her sandwich from lunch somewhere so as to avoid a run in with such vile noodles and GREEN peas.

In other news we went to the local library today for the first time, the children's book selection was a little sad. I managed to find one that Ava seems to have fallen in love with. Go here if you want to check out her new favorite book. I think I read it over a hundred time today :)

She Held My Hand

A walk for miracles....
I will hold this memory in my heart forever.
On our walk Ava and I ended up on our own, she just couldn't keep up the pace. Ethan was in the stroller and Aunti Nikki, Mr. Chris and daddy had the advantage of longer legs. We watched as everyone got further away. It was one of those moments where everything becomes so clear, when all the baggage of life slips away and you are left only with what really matters. I felt her little hand gripping my finger, tears filled my eyes, tears of joy and of sadness. I got to walked on Sunday with my daughter, hand in hand, with her little heart beating. I am blessed, I felt in that moment for anyone not so lucky as us..... We almost reached our goal and next year plan to exceed it.
Thank You for all your support.

Our Day To Walk

We are up nice and early...... getting ready to leave for Ottawa. It is our time to show our support to the hospital and the great staff who saved Ava's life. I want to thank everyone for their pledges and if you haven't yet here is the link Walk for Miracles. Every penny counts so please help!

In the true spirit of travel Ethan was sick last night. I'm thinking coffee will be a friend of mine today. We have a 2 hour drive, I spent the hours up last night holding on to the idea I could sleep in the car only to realize this was just a dream (the sleeping in the car part not the being awake for hours :P). My sister and her husband are carless for the next couple of days so we are taking both of our cars today, it's all good though as I said coffee is a friend of mine. I'll try to take lots of pictures, have a great day!

A Breakfast Show

Ethan loves it when you say ewww gross. So this means his main goal in life right now is to gross us out. A favorite is running around with the toilet brush, because I can't help it I have to react. So he gets the reaction he's looking for every time. So with his Uncle Jon and Antie Amelia to witness his hilarious high jinx, he streaked through the kitchen as we ate our breakfast waving a wet toilet brush for all to see. And yes as always I reacted in disgust chasing a giggling little boy down the hall, leaving everyone else laughing in hes wake.

Over The Weekend

We are almost a week into June and all you've got to read about is Ants Birthday.

We have had lots of traffic in this house..... I'm slowly adjusting to this new pace, the bambino's however love all this attention. I don't think we've had more then a day go by without a guest or two. As you've noticed the blogging thing has slowed down(I heard somewhere it was rude to ignore guests, go figure) as well as the photography(which sucks cuz I was really enjoying all the pictures I was capturing in Thunder Bay).

Brian and Mel's Visit
We had a great week although Mels to do list did not get done. All the important stuff got done, a baby registry, some pics, and lots of laughs. I think she has evidential proof that I was singing about my ankles. Oh well....

The bambinos had a blast, it didn't take long for either of them to warm up to Mel (or Brian when he finally made it poor guy).

A Tiger Note
Ethan's new found love for Tiger......

Carrying him around and making sure everyone knew what a great bouncer he is. Did you know that's what tigers do best?

Last, but Least.....
I know this post is really long, but I just have to say I have the most beautiful friends......


Oh and Nik put in some over time on her home computer......

He he he

Happy Birthday Daddy

Happy Birthday Ant
Love you
Hope you had a great day