Happy 4 months Chloe!

Our dear little youngest daughter Chloe turned 4 months old on December 18th! We just love her to bunches:-) Happy 4 months Chloe- daddy, mommy and Kaley love you lots.

R.I.P Dear Chair

Kaley's beloved chair has finally been put to rest permanently sadly enough. The chair has been broken beyond repair but has been loved thoroughly!

The story is pretty funny though. It all started when my aunt Janet's neighbor was getting rid of a few things that she had from a hobby that she did and one of these things were these two little chairs that were meant to be used for display items. Well, Janet took them and asked my mom if Olivia and Kaley would like them. My mom took them, painted them white and added their names on them and gave them to both Olivia and Kaley.

Kaley latched onto her little chair right away. At that time, she was about 8 months so she could just fit on it herself. When she wasn't sitting on it, she used it for her Jesus bear to sit on and other stuffed animals. While it could hold an 8 month old okay, as this 8 month old grew, it became not just a chair, but a step stool, a toy to drag behind her, and many other things.

We had to repair it many times with glue and eventually screws, but when the wooden dowel rod broke the other day, it couldn't be repaired anymore! It has provided hours of fun and creativity for Kaley and now comes the job of finding a new one!

The beloved chair through the years...

We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

Having a little fun on a Saturday afternoon...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar...

read by Kaley. This has been Kaley's favourite book for a couple of weeks now. I didn't realize how much she like it until I heard her reading it word for word to her woof woof a couple of weeks ago. I got it on video for us to remember before this phase passed!

Happy Birthday Erica!

Happy Birthday Erica! Love from all of us:-)

God gave a gift to the world when you were born—

a person who loves, who cares,
who sees a person’s need and fills it,
who encourages and lifts people up,
who spends energy on others
rather than herself,
someone who touches each life she enters,
and makes a difference in the world,
because ripples of kindness flow outward
as each person you have touched, touches others.

May the love you have shown to others
return to you, multiplied.
I wish you the happiest of birthdays,
and many, many more!

By Joanna Fuchs

Halloween 2010

This year was a lot of fun for Halloween with Chloe being here and Auntie Sharlene visiting us. It was difficult coming up with a theme that would fit for a dog, baby and toddler. Since Kaley was into princess things, we decided that the girls would both be princesses and that Baracus would be the knight in shining armor. Then, when Auntie Sharlene was going to be coming out then, we added her to the group as their fairy God mother.

It was a blast and Kaley really enjoyed herself. We took pictures the night before, but Baracus wasn't having anything to do with it, so we let him off the hook. Here they are, all dressed up!




Kaley got to go Trick-or-Treating with Auntie Sharlene while Chloe stayed with mommy to help hand out candy. Daddy was at the church handing out candy for the Trunk N Treat.






In the end, Kaley got a TON of candy for such a small amount of time that she was out. She had fun, Auntie Sharlene had fun, mommy and daddy had fun, Chloe slept through most of it and Baracus enjoyed it all from the couch sleeping:-)

Halloween Fun

As most of you know, our family (or, I should say me and the rest just come along for fun) enjoys very much all of the festivities around this time of year. Perhaps it is just the fun of dressing up, my love of candy, or my love of the fall season--whatever the reason--I love this time of year. Thankfully my parents allowed us as kids to join in on the fun with Trick-or-Treating when the church at that time had much different views on the matter.

Before we had kids, the dog was the lucky one who got dressed up every year, and although we didn't take him out trick-or-treating, he did get some special treats at the end of it. This year, however, he received a "Get out of jail free card" with the addition of Chloe to our family. It was just too hard managing all three of them in the picture without losing my mind:-). Just for fun, here are a few of the costumes Baracus has worn:

2002-2005:Didn't realize there were costumes for dogs!!!
2006: Power Ranger costume (it was too small and I didn't get a picture before I took it back)
2007: Firefighter


2008: Yoda & Princess Leah





2009: Monkey and a Banana


2010: Knight in Shining Armour guarding his princesses (didn't make it into the photo)


Lots of fun and some good memories (at least for mom!)