A Story about New York City

First I have to say... Nicole is still talking to me! Because after these events... you'll wonder!

On Friday morning we left my house bright and early: 4:15 to be exact. Nicole had to leave her house like 20 minutes earlier... She seriously got the short end of the stick this entire trip! When we arrived at the airport we went through customs... which they made me do by myself... I had to pretty much disassemble my child, her stroller and myself with my one free arm! That was sort of hilarious! But it worked out! Our plane took off at 7:00 in the morning and then we landed in Calgary for a almost four hour layover. Nicole & I kept ourselves busy with dutch blitz. Sophia was pretty exhausted... and we made her a little bed on our flight to NYC which departed the Calgary Airport at 12:30pm.

Here we are in our death cab... please ask Nicole how she felt about our driver... 

Bean was pretty tired... but she did very well. It was only 4:00 our time... but 7:00 NYC time. We are still looking pretty fly at this point!

Here we are in front of the Juicy Couture Flagship store... oooo heaven! Nicole was a good friend and didn't let me buy a $80.00 T-Shirt... she's a keeper! Don't let Nic's smile fool you... she was freezing her little ghetto booty off at this point! 

I think it's funny we are smiling in this picture... because we had already walked down a million flights of stairs with the stroller... lets just say the MTA has no clue about wheelchair accessibility. When we did find the occasional elevator... well.... they smelt like death... literally... well literally they smelt like PEE...  O the adventures!

Here we see Bean all tucked into her stroller! We had suspended toys for her to look at, had three blankets to keep her warm, and had put her weather shield on so she wouldn't be wind burnt (like our faces were)  We were pretty jealous of her by the end of the trip... wishing that we were the ones being pushed around like little Princess Sophia!

Well... Nicole loves Museums... let her tell you about how much she LOVES museums!!!! 

Ok I lied... she now HATES museums... 

New York City has a lot of tourists and they all love going to the museums. After spending two hours in the subway trying to get to 81st St (thanks to it being a SUNDAY and the trains were all running backwards)... we finally arrived at the Museum of Natural History. The only reason why Nicole is smiling right now is because she is picking a giant head's nose... Otherwise... She wanted to run everyone over! I agreed... there were like 40 billion people there!

Nicole... i love your smile here... you can totally tell you are running out of steam! We hadn't eaten lunch or breakfast at the this point! You were like... wow a big dinosaur... now lets leave!!! It was pretty neat to see these giant creatures though!

Choose Juicy always... especially when you find it on sale!

Poor Nicole had to search the city with me for a pair of Wayfarers... Found in Greenwhich Village!!! I was so happy that I wore them in the subway.. and in Times Square... they actually helped with all the LIGHTS.... I kid I kid... just a good excuse!

Baby at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square! (Before I got food poisoning... we won't go into that story... but again poor Nicole)

Times Square

Me very tired.... Sophia chit-chatting with the folks beside us!

East 19th Street... our Street!

Nicole eating her Magnolia Bakery Cupcake... are you tired???

We had a wonderful time on this trip! I'm glad that Nicole is still friends with me after putting up with so much! This means that our friendship might be able to withstand some serious abuse! There were many more stories to tell... I'll let Nic share those with you!

We Heart NY!

We had a wonderful trip... will post more later!

NYC baby... literally!!!

It's good I'm not a hairdresser

So in Grade 10 we had this school dance, and I went over to Miss Heidi's house and we got ready together. I was in the process of blow-drying her hair straight... and well I might have burnt some of it off. She was really not too pleased with me... but she was really sweet about it. But I'm sure to this day she remembers that (definitely the smell) and I'm positive that she would never let me touch her hair again! Sorry Heids!

So fast forward to 2009. People kept telling me about cradle cap and that I should probably try and get rid of Sophia's. So I bust out the baby oil and baby brush and start working on her head! Well.... my poor BABY GIRL now has bald spots thanks to me. I can't believe I did that to her. At least she doesn't care... 

But note to self: Do not touch people's hair!!! I try and make them bald. Maybe it's my fear coming to life... I'm so afraid of going bald that I try sabotage others... so they can be just like me one day! 

Happy Valentines Day

Today... One year ago... Four years ago

Four years ago today... Matthew proposed to me in Belize! We have now been together for six years (how time flies) and been married for two and a half! I can't believe how scary we look in this picture. Miss Marion... (a wonderful woman and an incredible cook) threw us a lovely engagement party when we were down there! These were our engagement hats... it's nice that we look so happy... and crazy!!!

Well... One year ago today... I took a little test and found out about our little bean! I was at work that day and peed on this little stick and was overjoyed at the little blue plus sign! That night I had a work event to attend... and wasn't able to tell Matthew until like 11:00 that night. Needless to say... I have never sped home that quickly in my life! Record time... me and my stupid thinking... I should have been more careful... But I made it home safely... and so did little baby... almost nine months later!

Three weeks late...

Well first off I have to say a Belated Happy Birthday to my husband on the BLOG! He turned 27 this year and we had a little gathering at The Keg for him on the Sunday night. Here is Jericho sipping his juice at the restaurant. Earlier that day... he had phoned "Mamu" and wished him a very Happy Birthday over the phone. It really made Matty's day... thanks J-Roc!

Sophia was blessed again in January with another shower. This time, the lovely Krista Penner hosted a MRBC shower for Baby S. It was a lovely get together of some wonderful ladies from our church. The loveliest gift they gave was a time of prayer for Matthew & I as parents and for Sophia as she grows over the next couple of years. I was so blessed by that evening...

Well Baby Sophia has changed quite a bit lately. She has grown a ton, eats a ton and now is quite a lovely form of entertainment for her parents! She has started spitting!!!! Well blowing bubbles with her lips! At all times, when she is happy... she will spit! Our little Llama! The other night she was sitting next to Daddy playing with his hair (which was also adorable) and she was just so happy that she started to spit all over him! He was not super impressed... but she was just as happy as a little clam! Here is a picture of her with drool down her face from her spitting episodes.... She also sits in her jolly jumper and her bumbo chair these days!!! Our little S is growing up!

To help herself fall asleep... she sucks on these fingers instead of her thumb! 

Sophia also loves her little "Sophie the Giraffe". She loves to chew on it and grab it. And as you can see... also sleep with it!

I tried to make her take these valentines day pictures... and after 5 minutes... this is how she felt towards the "special day".