Christmas pictures

Here is a sneak peak at our Christmas pictures.

The first one is a collage photo that I included in our

Christmas cards and the second is from the photo

shoot at Sears with my niece Faith.

I just picked up the pics from Sears and I

think they turned out so cute!

I can't believe how much my little man has

grown up in the last year!!!

It has been been a long, crazy year but we

are so glad to see that it is finally coming to an end.

I can hardly wait to get back to my life in Arizona.

Gene will be here this week and for now I am just

looking forward to being together as a family

for the holidays.

Well I am watching the Survivor

finale so I better run.

(I do hope that Denise wins at this point...

poor lunch lady)

oh, happy day!!!

early Christmas gift

This is my early Christmas gift from Gene. Isn't it beautiful? I just love it! I am not the biggest jewellery fan but I just couldn't resist.
So, Gene gets here a week from today. I am pretty excited! It will be so nice to have him here for the holidays. Last year we really wanted a white Christmas but nothing...well after being here a year, as of yesterday and experiencing all of last winter, I didn't care whether we have a white Christmas or not this year but it's been snowing for awhile. It's been pretty cold lately. Caleb loves it! He is obsessed with the snow!
I can't believe it's already been a year that I have been here in Canada! It's been a crazy year to say the least. We're hoping for some good news next week but I am so hesitant. It's just so disappointing every month.
I am so ready to go home! It will be hard in some ways to get back to Arizona. This has been my home for the last year. Caleb has got pretty attached to my family. He's spent most of his life here in Canada and I am sure he doesn't remember Arizona at all.
Gene has been pretty sick the last couple of days. I hope he's feeling better soon. It would suck to travel when you aren't feeling well.
I better run, I have a lot of chores to do today.

babysitting Faith

This is from our little photo shoot when Caleb and I got to

babysit my little niece, Faith.
She is such a sweetheart and as you can see,

Caleb is totally in love with her!

cabbage meatball soup

It's been awhile since I have blogged...I have been busy,

trying to get ready for Christmas.
I have a few things to blog about but for today I will keep

it short and simple.

Today I made Cabbage Meatball Soup and boy was it yummy!!!

56 meatballs, shredded cabbage, carrots, celery, onions,

tomato juice, beef stock....season and voila! Delicious!!!

Happy Sunday!

cherry chip cupcakes

Today we went for Christmas pictures and they turned out so good:) I will have to post them when I pick them up in a couple of weeks. Caleb was such a good boy today that when we got home, I decided to make another batch of cupcakes with him. This time we made my favorite, cherry chip! It was fun...not as much drama as the last time but I decided to post the video anyway. Caleb starts shaking when he gets excited. It's so cute!

Anyway, enjoy the video and pics. More blogging soon!

santa!!!!!

Caleb went to see Santa yesterday! He was so excited. He ran right up to him, yelling "Santa, Santa!" It was so cute. He didn't want to look at the camera. He just kept looking at Santa.

I got a little Christmas shopping done yesterday and set up an appointment at Sears to get pics done of Caleb and Faith.

It is freezing outside and I am not a fan of brushing snow of the car and scraping windshields while the car has to run for 15 minutes. Yesterday I was a trooper though and even did

my sister-in-laws car for her.

Well I need to get Caleb some breakfast.
Here are a couple more pics of Faith from a few days ago.

a new addition

Well it's been a very crazy week. I have been so sick!!! Wednesday was probably one of the worst I have every felt. I couldn't even move I was so sick! I am much better now...just a hacking cough and a nasty coldsore. (I won't post any pics of it, don't worry)
My dad, Caleb and I drove up to Sudbury on Friday. I wanted to be up here for when Mike and Melissa had their baby.
Well it was perfect timing.
Tonight, Saturday November 24th at 6:49pm my little niece,
Faith came into the world!
She is 6lbs 13 oz. and is 20.5 inches.
I was able to see her when she was a little over an hour old...what a precious baby.
She's very sweet. Here are some pics...there will be more soon:)

PS-Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!!

baking 123

Part Two
Well there wasn't as much drama when frosting the cupcakes...

a little at first but we managed.


I still cannot believe how fast Caleb ate the whole cupcake!!!

There was no attempt to clean him up afterwards...

the only solution was a bath.

I should have got a before and after picture of the bath water.

It's been a busy morning for both of us. Soon it will be Caleb's naptime and I have the privilege of cleaning up the kitchen:) It's a good thing that I like the smell of Pinesol.
Well have a great day!!!

baking abc

Part One

Well it has already been a pretty eventful morning. After breakfast, Caleb and I attempted to make some chocolate cupcakes...

What fun!!!!
He was such a good helper, stirring and pouring the ingredients. He put all the liners in the pan and I poured the batter in...while he dipped his fingers and then whole hand into it!

He got really upset when it was time to put the

cupcakes into the oven. (see video)

Right now the cupcakes are baking...then after they cool we will

frost them and put on sprinkles so stay tuned for part two...