The Squirrels Like it Soft...

We celebrated Canada Day this year with the Lydon's camping at the hole in the wall in Grand Manan. Lots of fun was had by all and we had a spectacular view of the ocean from our campsites! Not very often can you be sitting around a fire shootin' the shit and look up to see a whale numerous times swimming by! Awesome! Ava was a great little camper along with Kya and Noah! Here are some pics from the past few days.

Goodtimes Never Seemed So Good...

Had a ball in P.E.I over the weekend to celebrate Glenda's stagette. Sure was fun being out with all the girls! My first night away from Ava went well even though I had dreams about her all night! :) Here are a few pictures I can show! ;)

Happy Father's Day!

Pete celebrated his first Father's Day yesterday with Ava. Here are some pic's of Ava and Dada!

Happy 3?th Birthday Auntie Kathy!

June 12th is Auntie Kathy's Birthday. Ava sends along Big birthday Hugs & kisses!

Happy 10th Birthday Joshua!

Birthday wishes going out to Josh who turned 10 last Friday! I can't believe he's in the double digits now! Just seems like yesterday he was a baby! Here he is with Ava when she was brand spankin' new!

One year ago today...

Pete and a very pregnant me began our trekk home to New Brunswick from Ontario. It's unreal to think it's officially been a year! I still talk to new people and say "oh I moved back a few months ago!". I can't believe it's been a year since I've seen Jayde, Francesca, Mariska and Monica. I think of you girls often. Keep your fingers crossed that I can make it to T.O Labour day weekend! :)

Another event for us today is that Ava turned 10 months old today! She's crawling like a maniac and is pulling herself to standing all the time. She'll be walking soon enough!

I started my second week of work today and all is good. I really think I'm going to like it at Skillsoft. It was hard for me to leave Ava last Monday morning but I know she's being taken care of really well by Nanny! Ava doesn't even blink an eye when I leave! Good I guess?!

Robyn Lily Reeves

She's here! Robyn joined us in our wonderful world on May 29th at 7:16pm. Weighing in at 7lbs 13oz and 21 and a half inches long. Pete and I went to see the new Reeves family tonight. Valerie looks amazing and Robyn is gorgeous! Robyn already has Malcolm wrapped around her tiny finger! Beautiful family indeed! Congratulations Malcolm and Valerie! Robyn is so lucky to have you guys as parents!

I tell ya, I had some heart aches walking through the maternity ward and hearing & seeing all those brand new babies! Brought back so many great memories I had tears in my eyes! I love it! Can't believe Ava is going to be 10 months old in a few days!

Duck, Duck Moose!

We had a great time down in Boston for 5 days! We saw 2 moose in Maine on the drive down and pulled off to the side to see them. Ava took the "T" subway for the first time. Slept in 3 different hotels, found out Ava is not so keen on elevators! Ava was the best little traveler. Smiling the whole entire trip! It sure was handy to have Mom and Dad there for the help! Started the trip down at Wrentham Village shopping at the outlets all day then on Friday we did the Boston Duck tour. We had always wanted to do it and we reccomend it! We had nice warm weather for the land and sea! Ava had a blast and a snooze in the 80minute tour! Saturday we attended the wedding of the Fontana's. Kim and Kevin had a beautiful wedding and reception was great learning to Armenian dance! Congrats to you both again!

Happy 7th Birthday Holly!

We'd like to wish Holly a Big Happy Birthday!

Happy 12th Birthday Sarah!

We went to Moncton on Saturday to celebrate our Niece's Birthday. Forgot the camera so here is a shot when Sarah met Ava for the first time!

My 1st Mother's Day! I love being a Mom!

Today we drove to the camp at Skiff Lake for the day. I had a super day relaxing and enjoying the whole reason why I am celebrating Mother's Day! Being a Mom is a powerful role and I love every moment of it. When Ava learns something new and faces me with the look of being so, so proud of her accomplishment to see my reaction or when she gets a little bump on her head and turns to me with the sadness and open arms that could make the Devil weep, I feel so incredibly lucky to be her Mom. I'm very much beginning to understand my own Mom and why she did/said the things she did!

Yay Me!

Just a post to let everyone know that I got a job offer from Skillsoft on Friday afternoon! I'm so excited as this was the only job out of dozens I applied for that I truly wanted! It's full-time and no contracts or French to deal with! It's a bittersweet time for me. I wanted to go back to work (especially at a job that I really want to do) and really don't have a choice in the matter but I'm sad to leave Ava. I didn't get my full 12 months with her but if that's my only complaint right now I think I'm doing alright! Besides I'm one of the lucky ones to have my Mom watch Ava when I go back to work!