A full and eventful March

One last post before our little family of 3 turns into a family of 4. Note worthy events in our lives for the month of March included Curtis' 32nd birthday on the 8th, and Elle's 2nd birthday on the 27th. I also tackled a very lengthy TO DO list of items before baby comes. Only a couple things left to do so I am feeling almost ready for baby. Everyone keeps telling me that because I am not ready for baby to come yet the baby is bound to arrive early before my list is completely checked off! We will see. I figure I have a good week at least left to go, so plenty of time. We are starting to get really excited and anxious to know if the baby is a girl or boy.

For Curtis' birthday we had a family dinner and I was lucky enough to get to escort Curtis to a Flames game, a gift from his Dad. I decided after the game that it was going to be my last while pregnant. Those lines to the washroom are way too long and those stairs seem extra steep. We had a great time though.

We had a couple of days childless while Elle was enjoying a sleepover at her Nana's this month. We decided to take advantage of that time and went out for dinner to the Japanese Village my favorite, and we also went to the movies, something that we do very rarely since Elle joined us. It was really great to just have some time for the two of us before baby comes.

Elle was spoiled on her birthday and enjoyed the balloons and presents and attention. We had a smaller gathering of just close family which was nice and not as overwhelming for her as her first birthday. We had a delicious birthday cake made by my cousin who is taking the baking course at SAIT. Thankfully this year Elle can use a fork, and we didn't have as much cleanup.

The slideshow has some birthday pics and other fun times mostly outdoor,that we had in March. Elle really loves to be outside as much as possible, I can rarely distract her from wanting to stay outside on the short walk from the car to the the house. All day today she was out in the back garden with her pail and shovel helping Dad work on the yard. She is such a fun and happy little helper.

We can't wait to update you on the excitement to come this month as we wait for baby to arrive, so we will keep you posted.

Almost 2 going on 13!

Today Elle found some mascara in my purse and decided to put some on just like mommy! She actually did get some on her one eyelash but it is evident from the pictures that I still need to teach my daughter that less is more! We thought it was pretty funny especially since she ran right over to daddy with mascara in hand after making herself beautiful in the front mirror, and was so excited to show him what she had done. That is when I came down the stairs thinking that Curtis had attacked her with a jiffy marker.... he was quick to tell me he had nothing to do with it! Oh how quickly they grow up.

Christmas has come and gone

2009 ended great for the Dry family. We stayed in Calgary for Christmas and Elle was spoiled as usual! Her face was so cute christmas morning as we brought her downstairs to all the presents that Santa brought. She looked for a second and then let out a gasp of surprise. By the 4Th or 5Th present she wanted to be done so we had to open alot for her or be very persuasive. It was a long but fun day for her. Santa brought Curtis a photography course for Christmas. He is all enrolled. It is through the New York Institute of photography and it is all done correspondence using Internet DVDs telephone and mail. He has three years to complete it and he is nervous since it has been so long since he has done anything school like. He was very surprised and happy. Santa brought me a jewellery dresser I have wanted for a while that matches the rest of our bedroom furniture. On boxing day we took off for Fairmont where we met up with my Sister and her family and my oldest brother and his family who made the drive from Victoria to see us for the week. All the kids had fun playing together and though Elle and I were feeling a bit under the weather we still enjoyed a day out in the snow with the snowmobile and toboggan. The highlight for Elle was Radium Hot Springs. She had a blast and kept plunging into the water with no fear even if there was no one ready to catch her. We have to watch that child,her dad has made her fearless. My baby bump is growing and I can no longer keep up with all the things I give myself to do each day. I get so frustrated because I feel so lazy but I just can't do as much as I could a month ago. I am definitely slowing down. Only about 3 months to go. It is going to fly by and we are getting so excited for baby. I am thinking a girl would be great so we don't have to go out and buy anything but we will just have to wait and see! We don't think Elle really has any idea what is going on with the new baby coming. She did successfully make the big move from her Crib to a big girl bed last weekend and she loves it. Curtis captured some middle of the night shots of her (which are above). She is growing up and is going to be a great big sister.