Splish Splash!

I bought Alaina this adorable little island pool. We set it up last night for her to play in after dinner. Since it wasn't basking in the sun all day it was a bit cold. She played a bit but it was definitely too cold! We are hoping to try it out again today. We went and visited with Chandra and her family in the afternoon too. It was soo nice to able to see her twice this trip home! And it just happened to be her birthday :) Alaina had fun exploring another new place and watching all the kids (10 plus 2 on the way)! Those Wiersma girls are baby making machines :P Alaina slept all the way home she was soo worn out lol

Alaina's holding Trae's hand, so cute! The other boys were too busy playing with their cousins to stop for a photo, you can see them on Chan's blog for an update though :)

Father's Day :)

HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO ALL DADDIES!!

Haven't been able to post for a while but now we can catch you up! :)

We had an eventful Father's Day weekend. Saturday morning we had a yard sale, most people wanted to buy Alaina's little Tyke Stuff that was not for sale! But we still got rid of alot :) We had a visit with Chandra and Baby Trae. He soo tiny, well to me, Chan seemed to think him and Alaina were almost the same size lol. Then Alaina and I cooled off in the neighbours pool. When Daddy got home from work we headed over to my parents for a father's day dinner and visit. Sunday we headed over to Greenview Aviaries. Alaina like petting the animals that came near her, the goats seemed to be her favourite. Then we splashed a bit in the water park and bounced on the trampoline (well Alaina did with our help). Next stop to Grandma & Papa Coles' for another Father's day dinner with the family. Lots of swimming and eating. I had to watch from the sidelines, forgot my swimsuit :( Always nice to see everyone :) Alaina and I were so exhausted we fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillows!

The animals were begging for food :)

She's trying to climb the fence~She's still a little monkey!

Come on mommy~water!!

Splashing with the family :) The rest are in line for the slide lol

Playing with her new presents :)

So far, Alaina loves her new presents, THANKS EVERYONE!!

She's loves her new rocking chair, she can't rock it herself just yet

Sandbox doesn't want to hold water lol ~ will have to blow her new pool up now :)

Eating her finger paint ~ Yuck

Lounging on her new couch, just like daddy!

Giving Daddy a break from cutting the grass, he didn't like her pattern though lol

Big First Birthday Bash!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING

AND FOR THE AWESOME GIFTS AGAIN!!

Well, here's the story, of a girl named Alaina, who was celebrating her first birthday. It all started at the Dresden Legion, on Saturday, June 9th at 1pm. (that was suppose to be edited by the Brady bunch theme song if you didn't catch on lol) Anyways, Alaina was such the perfect little party girl. She was good and happy the whole time, even being passed around to several people. She sat through all of her presents, she opened a few and then just wanted to play with the paper and watch her cousins. Then she got ready to get down and dirty :P She ate her cake like a little girly girl. Picking up little pieces and eating it all proper. She doesn't like her hands to get really dirty so she started to shake them to get some cake off, needless to say it flew everywhere lol. I can't brag enough about how great she was that day and how proud she made me! She went home for a nap and then played some more with some after party visitors. The next morning we had to wake her up at 9am after 13hours of sleep! She had a big morning nap and then we had to wake her up from her afternoon nap so she wouldn't be too far off her schedule for the next day! I guess she was partied out lol. We didn't get alot of pictures with people, I was really bummed about that but here are some good pics and videos :)

Birthday Invitation

Cake

Presents!

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Starting to eat cake

After eating cake! :)

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Everyone enjoying the party

Kids getting treats from the pinatas

Most of the Coles'

The goodies unwrapped, clothes are piled :)

1 year Already!!

I can't believe my baby is now considered a toddler! It just doesn't seem right :( She is growing so fast physically and mentally. She is the definition of a perfect little girl (not a baby anymore!) She makes me soo proud everyday and I'm soo thankful to have her :) I don't even remember what life was like before her. I sure do miss the cuddling and snuggling stage, I'm lucky to get a 5sec hug these days. I'm having a 'my baby isn't a baby anymore' blues. I'm sure I will snap out of it in a couple days. Some more upbeat news. Alaina can make the cluck noise with her tongue against the roof of her mouth, it's funny. She is walking more and more but still not 100% of the time. She tries to open the gate, grabs the handle and is reaching for the door knobs now. She brushes her hair, not always with the bristle part but does it when you ask her to. She says 'sssss' when you show her a snake. She's just soo darn smart! She doesn't go to the Dr. for her one year check up until the 18th so I will post again then. Birthday party post to come later with TONS of pics :P

New Pics

Here are our newest professional pics to celebrate Alaina's first Birthday! We didn't order all of them but most! :)

The Water Hose is Fun!

Last night daddy was home early enough for us to play outside. Turned out to be a big 1.5+ hour play! We played on the swing, crawled and walked around, climbed up the slide. Then when I was finished cleaning out her sandbox to fill it, my sister said make it a pool for her first. So I started to fill it with the hose and Alaina started to play with the hose. Needless to say she was soaked. I was BBQing while this was going on and when I went in the house, daddy said she decided to climb right in! So she had to be changed to eat supper and still had to go have a bath, she was filthy but had a blast!!!! It was soo cute. Daddy missed part of it cause the grass needed to be cut too, good thing I got these adorable pics :)

Checking the temperature

Trying to get a drink :)