...no ideas for a good title here...

And thinking of a title is just wasting more time that I don't have. Let's see how long it will take before Amelia decided to push buttons on me...or start to scream or be bad etc. Hmm, how do people keep up with a blog? I was caught reading Leah's post just before writing this and all of a sudden I thought "oh...if I don't post anything soon Amelia will do such and such and Aaron will wake up and Jett will come in saying why I haven't gone to bed yet..." etc. Sooo, I actually didn't manage to finish reading Leah's post (sadly!) and I haven't checked a few other blogs in a while either...oh well. Ok must load some pics up!

Having two kids is somewhat of a challenge (of course!). I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to go back to cloth diapers with Amelia...but for now I'm enjoying the "ease" of disposable or are they giving me ease? Amelia has a rash and I think it has a whole lot to do with using disposables (and I'm using Pampers so you would think that is a good brand).

So, we've been a busy household for the past two days (and I've been a busy, overtired, housewife and mom). Busy that is with terminating my PR in the States (now why is it soooo easy to terminate PR, but excruciatingly difficult to get it in the first place?? I suppose it is a good thing it was easy cause I would have gotten upset over more stress of paperwork...ugh) And we've been working on getting Aaron to be a citizen of the US, for as it stands right now he appears to have no citizenship of any country. Sooo we thought we had all the right things and we get to the Consulate today only to find out that we need the "long form birth certificate" not the abbreviated one which we had. Ugh, it always always happens to me to run into some mean US official, or something is not going to workout with getting documents for the US. Ach well, by the end of this I'll know what to do next time.

I thought this pic was cute, Aaron of course is kind of a blob not being able to move much but still cute nonetheless.

Steph you wanted to see her eat...well this is the closest I got. We've been trying to give her, her own plate of food now but she still would rather have us feed her (well the majority of the time).

Quiche and carrots mmm!

Jett took this pic (I just erased Daddy and put Jett there instead...I guess it is true you start to call your husband Daddy when you have kids!!).

And here is Amelia talking on the phone to her one and only Daddy. She really is beginning to say more words now, the newest being Apple and duckie. Their conversation went something like this:

Daddy: Hi Amelia! (ok it took a few of these "hi Amelia's" before she responded)
Amelia: Hi
Daddy: Where's Aaron? Where's the baby?
Amelia: A-a-a-,
Daddy: Can you say baby?
Amelia: Baby.
Daddy: Yeah. Where's Mommy?
Amelia: Mama.
Daddy: Are you being a good girl?
Amelia: good girl (or close to that)
Daddy: Yeah. Are we going to go bye bye?
Amelia: bye bye.
And then lots of baby talk started on Amelia's end.

Okay a few more pictures and then I need to be getting ready for bed!

This is the way your supposed to wear a hat...lol, why do hats always do this? Thank you Melissa for the cute hat...I thought you might like to see my manny actually wearing it. :)

And here I pulled it up a bit. Ok must be off! :)

Mom's Visit

I can hardly believe that 2 weeks has passed already and now mom is just arriving in Toronto to snow and lots of it. I hope she makes it home safely, although I wouldn't mind if she flew back over here and stayed with us! Mom was a great help for me here...and I'm just slightly worried what the next couple of days are going to be like for us. Amelia and Aaron both have colds at the moment but they are (I think and hope) starting to clear up.

Here is the castle gates or entrance to Edinburgh Castle from being here you can overlook on both sides to see...

Arthur's seat in the back...and the old town below.
And some hills and the new town on the other side.
Like I said we went to many places on Saturday and Greyfriar's churchyard was included here are a few pictures of that. Below is the well known picture of the monument(?) put up for the covenanting martyr's.


Here is mom in the tour bus that we took earlier that week.
And here is my lovely mother coming back from grocery shopping...she walked the one way and got the taxi back.
Amelia holding Aaron (with Oma very close beside Aaron!)
Aaron in the tub.
This is one way to get her to somewhat smile for the camera...playing peekaboo!
Daddy and Aaron...
And a close up of the little sweetie sleeping.
Don't ask me where she got her attitude, but at least she likes her toast and jam. :)
Well, I should save the other pics for the next time. Now I can't wait for Care and Joe to come over! :)

Busy Saturday!

After a week of horrible winds and rain...and just downright coldness today of all days was bright and sunny...still windy mind you but at least it was bareable! Soo...I decided this has to be the day I take mom into the old town of Edinburgh! FINALLY! So...with just a wee map to go by I took my mom out to see St.Giles Cathedral (was surprised at how large it is...I don't seem to remember much from the time I was there in 2003), and then went up to the Castle gates, then I took her down to see the cute statute of Greyfriar's Bobby, the churchyard and the Covenanter's prison and the monument (or is it a monument?) and then to see the Grassmarket. It was ALOT of walking and pushing with a double stroller fully loaded with kids and bags...so I am tired as is mom! We stopped at Starbucks for a quick cup of coffee, got upset at Comcab taxis' and finally got a taxi from Central Taxis to get home (£8!?). After lunch and a quick snooze, we again got out to a small shopping centre to shop for clothes! Anyways, we got some KFC for dinner and now I'm writing this when I need to be getting ready for bed and for tomorrow. Aaron is supposed to be baptized tomorrow. Anyways, I will get pictures up soon of my mom's trip! :) For now I shall end this!

Pics from last Saturday

I haven't posted in a while (it wasn't that long ago really was it?) but obviously we've been busy taking my mom out to see places it can be rather hectic with two kids who have different nap times and feeding schedules. It has been rather cold, windy and rainy here too so that hasn't helped the experience either! Anyways, I finally managed to get mom to see more of the old part of Edinburgh city...but it was by tour bus and that really didn't do justice at all. I'm really hoping she can get out again but the weather seems so unpredictable and cold, I suppose we'll just have to wait and see!

Last Saturday, Miss Mackenzie invited us for dinner (Rach and MJ were there as well) and the following are a few pictures we took.

Mom keeps telling me that my boy is an early smiler and is so alert etc.
Not a good picture of the family, but I doubt we'll have a good picture until Amelia properly sits (at least) and smiles!
Mom and the kids...we tried with Amelia to no success.
So we ended up just having mom and Aaron...but that didn't seem to be successful either! :)

Anyways, I should start on ironing as it is building up after so many outings and not enough time at home for household work! I have more pictures to post up but will wait for another time. :)

Just a few pics :)

My cute son :)
My overtired daughter...
Aaron again
Somebody was in a bad mood...

Off to make coffee for Jett!!

one last pic

since blogger hasn't allowed anymore then 4 photos in a post (must be a bad night?) here is the last pic which both moms will like I'm sure! :) I've had to post 3 times to get all these pictures in...but this one likely is the sweetest one :)

Our outing to Arthur's seat

Don't worry I didn't even attempt to climb it, we just walked on the ground level a wee ways, it was chilly but the sun was out. We decided to stop by the pond...

to see some Swans...


ugh I look quite awful here...very bad angle. :S

Teething or Tantrums??

You would think we are not getting enough sleep because of my little boy needing to nurse throughout the night, but in fact it is completely the opposite, he is quite good in the night (for now) and rather it is his teething sister that has decided to keep us awake at 3ish in the morning. I think she is also throwing tantrums or fits whenever something goes slightly not her way or wrong in her mind. Yesterday must have been the worst day ever for all of this! I have never gotten so frustrated with her since Aaron was born, but she was utterly impossible to soothe...crying to screaming, etc for nearly the whole day. Ugh, it has left both Jett and myself very tired and it certainly doesn't help when your trying to take care of a newborn.

Today however, she has been almost the opposite with a few fits during the beginning of worship this evening...I hope no more are to come but you never know with an 18month old!! Anybody have advice on how to treat this little ladies tantrums?? I'm all open for it!

So here is a pic of the wee upset Amelia...

And then a pic of a drink Daddy decided to give Amy.

This was the outcome of this "drink"...

And what was this "drink"? Take a guess...:)

Well, blogger isn't letting me post the rest of the pics so will have to do that in a new post... :)

wrong birth weight?

I forgot to mention that the midwife told us the wrong birth weight (thankfully she didn't write down the wrong birth weight!!). I think she was having a bad day or something because she wrote down the wrong time when he was born as well as telling us that Aaron was 8lbs etc. So how much did he weigh at birth? 7lbs and 6.5oz so I guess I wasn't having a elephant...just felt like it! I have to heat up supper now so I had better run!

of plumbers, teething, and Tesco

Ok, I thought I wasn't going to shop at Tesco's again after the money thing awhile back but in the end I found out it was our bank's fault!! EEK. Thankfully it was put back into our account. It is hard to pass up a free £10 voucher on your next online grocery shop. Because that would pay for the delivery plus some more! Heehee, this has to be the 3rd time they sent me a nice voucher like that!

So we've had the plumbers come yesterday and today...installing a shower!! Yippie!! Except, the water pressure or temperature is a problem so we likely are still waiting to use it...I'll let Jett be the guinea pig but I'm not willing to be a test subject. Good thing they didn't come last monday as they were planning! They left a mess though...dust! So I've been cleaning my bathroom up today, doing laundry, and taking care of Amelia and Aaron...eek, am I overdoing it??

I figured out why Amelia has been waking up in the night and it is due to new teeth coming in...I've got some teething powder (I think its some homeopathic remedy) and I think it has been helping her. Last night was so nice not having 4 in the bed! I'm glad Aaron is okay sleeping in his basket right next to the bed or else it would be crowded all the time. He is such a good baby! I just hope (a whole whole lot) that it stays!

Thanks to Catherine for the pics, she was here last night dropping off quite a number of meals for us.

A whole week already?

Time does fly by when you have a newborn in the home! Aaron is now a week old (well technically at 10:59pm he will be a week old. The 2nd midwife that arrived too late for the birth wrote down that the baby was born at 11:59, she definitely got that one wrong! She could have said he was born on the 3rd then! Anyways here are a few pics of my wee ones, and my tired looking but lovely, husband. Off to take care of my wee manny!

Announcing our little arrival of...

Aaron Austin!

At long last the wait is finally over, and our family has now a new addition. Yes it is a boy! He came weighing in at 8lbs 1oz and at a height of 20 inches. Born on the late evening of Saturday, February 2, 2008 in our home. Amelia has shown nothing but curiosity towards him and she calls him "baby", obviously Aaron is slightly harder to say. :) Anyways I doubt I will be posting much in the next week or so - gotta recover somewhat! Sarah is coming today as well as her family (family is coming to see the baby but Sarah is staying). Jett starts his week of exams tomorrow so hopefully for his sake and for mine too things run fairly smoothly.

Enjoy the pics of our wee manny! :)