Raking the Leaves

Yesterday I was feeling VERY tired so David took Sarah outside while Calvin was napping. I was able to get 1.5 hours of precious sleep and David had some father daughter time. When I woke up they were just coming inside from raking up the leaves. David handed me the camera and said he took some photos. I love that he's into capturing our family moments just as I am. When I looked through the photos I smiled at what I saw. He said he kept putting Sarah into the leaves and she would try to climb her way out of the pile; looks like she had a good time.

A Sunday Afternoon in Fall

Yesterday afternoon we headed out the pumpkin patch and then for a nice drive along the Niagara Parkway (along the falls). We plan to do this while my mom is out, but wanted to make sure it would happen, just in case baby comes at around that time. The above photo was taken at the same place we took Sarah's photo last year. Wow, what a difference a year makes! She certainly wasn't able to sit for long this year.

A very curious little girl, having to check everything out.

Me and my little pumpkin...not so little anymore.

Taking a stroll. Some people told me I looked 6m pregnant, yahoo, all baby belly. Yesterday was my first due date. Today I have a doctor's appointment so we'll he what he says. I don't feel like labour is anytime soon, but you never know.

I love how Sarah likes to hold our hand/ fingers when we are in public places (at least most of the time).

Having fun playing with daddy!

After our stop at the pumpkin patch we drove by the falls and noticed this beautiful rainbow over the water.

Sarah looking out over the gorge on the Niagara parkway.

The fall colours aren't quite at the peak of beauty yet, perhaps they'll hold off a little longer until mom, Michael and Rebecca come to visit...less than two weeks now!

I Love you Leaf Man!

Our yard was covered in leaves!
Today has been a busy day, and it's only 3pm! This morning I had a girl named Karen and her baby Lily over that I met at the baby class I attended. It was wonderful to have someone to visit and chat with. She is kind and relaxed about life, I think we could become good friends.

We also had new windows installed in our house today. We previously had the old wooden window frames with a secondary window installed on the exterior. Our new windows have pretty white frames, are easy to open and best of all I can actually see out of them properly. Yahoo for new windows!

I put Sarah down for her nap about an hour ago and figured I should probably tackle the leaf situation. The weather is warm and beautiful today! Our neighbour Angela agreed to lend us her rake a couple of days ago, so I headed over to pick up the rake and tackle the job. I loved our tree with all the pretty leaves on it a couple of weeks ago, but now with all the leaves on the ground, not to mention all of our neighbours leaves, I'm not too sure. Thompson street ends right at the entrance of our driveways, and just like our old house, everything funnels into our driveway. We have been prewarned by our neighbours that we get the worst snow drifts on our driveways too... so much to look forward to!


Anyways, I had raked and stuffed 2 big bags, and 2 large compost bins when I noticed a small bulldozer (much bigger than a bobcat) driving up and down the roads scooping up leaves. This got me to thinking... why don't I just rake all the leaves onto the road? As he drove along the road I motioned to him my intentions, asking for permission. He slowed down and told me to go for it and that he would come back several times to pick them up while I raked. Yahoo! So I spent the next 20 minutes raking like a mad woman, just shoving it all onto the street. Not only did I not have to stuff it into bags, but I didn't have to figure out what to do with all of those bags. It was kind of funny to see neighbours going for walks stopping, smiling and laughing as I raked like crazy and the bulldozer just kept coming back for more. What a work out! Thank you leaf man you have made my day!

The forecast calls for snow this coming week... I think I'll let David do the shovelling.

Loving the Colours of fall

On the day that Sarah and I got back from Abbotsford we went for a drive to Niagara on the Lake and to go for a walk around the town. The weather was warm and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. People were walking around eating ice-cream cones- wierd for October.

The trees are incredible here! Every time I go for a walk or we go for a drive I am in awe of the beauty of the fall colours.
David sure did miss his little girl!

I am truly in love with our little family! It was so good to get home (to Ontario) and be with David again. When I left Ontario I felt like I was going home, but when I came back to Ontario I felt like I was going home too. Home really is where the ones you love are.

The river, near the falls.

Abbotsford for Thanksgiving

Last week Sarah and I flew home to Abbotsford for Thanksgiving. Sadly, David wasn't able to come as he had school and mid terms to write. I was a little nervous about flying on my own with Sarah but she did great. I was so relieved that she just slept there and back on the plane. 6 months and 3 flights already! Playing on the floor at the airport

Sophia and Sarah. Sophia was so curious about Sarah, she kept sayiny baby.

Sarah and her great Oma

This is the red fish at my Oma and Opa's house that I used to play with when I was a kid.

A bunch of the girls from our care group organized a little lunch while we were out. It was great to see friends and catch up.

Spending time with the lovely Laura

Sarah meets Owyn (Dustin and Mery's little guy) at White Spot

Just before we had to leave to catch the plane Sarah got up on her hands and knees and raised herself off the ground. She's crawling along the ground already and lunging herself forward on her hands and knees.



It was wonderful to spend time with our family and friends. I didn't get to see everybody since I was just out for one week. However, I consider this trip a bonus trip since it wasn't expected, therefore I am just happy to have seen who I did. Mom, I realized when I got home that I didn't even get any photos of you and Sarah. I suppose we'll just have to take lots at Christmas. We had a great time!