Baby Shower Extraordinaire

My friends up here in Calgary threw me a baby shower after Blakely was born and boy of boy was it a party. My friend Simone is amazing and should go into the shower throwing business because she went all out and didn't hold back on anything. They came in on Saturday morning and transformed my house into a pink flowery oasis. In fact it was so cute I was wishing I could just leave my house like that forever. I had many ladies from the ward, Aunt Jeanne and Megan, and all my other friends from up here attend and it was so much fun. I couldn't believe how spoiled Blakely was and as I sat and looked around I was so grateful for the friendships I have made up here and how much people have gone out of their way to make me feel welcome. The party was a smashing success and I couldn't thank everyone enough. Thank you SIMONE, AMY, SHANI, CAROL-ANN, JEANNE AND MEGAN. You guys are amazing and truly made it a great day.

Megan took some amazing photos of all the decorations so I will post a lot of pictures.

The pictures still do not do it justice, but show how beautiful and fun it was. I love the last picture of Blakely and her boyfriend Carter and the bow in her eyes. Poor girl has to put up with her mom always putting bows on her head. In fact as I write this Blakey is asleep on the couch and once again her bow is down over her eyes, ha ha apparently she like it!

FAMILY DAY!

One thing about Canada that I love is their Monday holidays. About once a month you always get a Monday holiday with no work. So in February instead of Presidents Day they have FAMILY DAY, doesn't that just sound fun, well it was.

SO for family day this year we went with our psuedo family the Dahls and the Baldersons and made a day trip to Banff, it was a little cold but so much fun to be up in the fresh air and mountians with our best friends. It was Blakely's first trip up to Banff and she loved being bundled up in her snowsuit and was a champ!

Yeah now I can post all I want without crazies commenting and checking out my blog (story to come on future posts).

Now I just need to find the time to post without having to hold Blakely and type one handed, a skill I have mastered.

I am hoping to update tomorrow with some fun adventures and parties we have had but in the meantime here are a few pictures to tide you over!

It is crazy she is no longer a newborn but a baby and is growing up so fast.

P.S. I thinking of creating a blog that is not private that you can put on your reader and I will post when I have updated this blog, do you think that is a good idea??? I just know I hate private blogs because you forget to check them. Let me know what you think.

PRIVATE

Not happy about it AT ALL but I need all you e-mail addresses as soon as possible so that I can start posting again! Even if you don't comment but like to look at my blog (because i know it is so entertaining) don't be shy to leave me your e-mail address.

All Bundled Up!

It was actually semi nice outside today so I ventured in taking Blakely out on her first stroller ride in the Canadian winter. I just couldn't resist taking a picture of her all bundled up!!!

Despite the sun it was quite cold and we didn't last too long!

I am counting down the days where we can go on long walks and not freeze, I think I am going to be counting for a while!

Our Little Piglet!

Our little piglet knows how to eat. She went in for her 2 week check up and already weighs 7 pounds 11 ounces. That is 1 pound and 4 ounces over her birth weight! She is really starting to fill out and gets cuter everday, I love her cheeks!

Newborn Photos

Once again we had the very talented Eden take our pictures for us and I could not be happier. In fact I think I shed a tear everytime I look at them because they are so precious and Blakely has already grown so much since these were taken when she was a week old. There are so many good ones I could hardly choose which ones to blog, but here is a little sneak peak at my beautiful daughter (I think Hank is pretty cute too)!

Most newborns curl up and sleep during the shoot. Not Blakely, she was wide awake and wanting to party the whole time. She is her mothers daughter!