Samuel turns 8!!

Here is a photo blog of Sam's birthday! He will be having a SLEEPOVER party with friends on Friday...stay tuned. Enjoy!

We had a bit more fun with the snow throughout the week. Abigail was the only one who was able to persevere with cold hands and make a snow man. She then borrowed items of clothing from the rest of us to accessorize her snowman. When I look at pictures of the kids, sometimes I'm caught by surprise by much they are growing up and how beautiful they are! (If I do say so myself!) I had one of those moments when looking at this picture.

We didn't actually make these snowmen, we just used them for a 'photo opportunity'.


Here's another picture I'm posting just because it's cute...

Here's what we've been up to!

First of all I need to say thank you to my friend Connie and my sister-in-law Melissa for answering my Macaroni and Cheese plea! I did have a great picture of the Mac n Cheese tower that I built with the 32 boxes of mac n cheese, but I've lost the memory card that has it on! Thanks too to my sister-in-law, Kelli for her efforts and promise of things to come. Levi is 6 weeks old and growing fast. He is our smallest baby (although not small compared to most). At 6 weeks he weighs 10lbs 10oz and is 56 centimetres long. He is losing his hair and currently looks like he has a bit of a 'comb over'. He is spending more time awake after each feed and is responding more and more when he is spoken to with coos and smiles. His older siblings LOVE making him smile! It is lovely to watch their responses to each other. Today was full of excitement...we had a real live SNOW DAY Yes, folks...school was cancelled due to snow - a lot of it! There was around 5 inches of snow on the ground this morning and it snowed pretty much all day. The London buses were completely shut down, therefore not many people were able to make it to where they needed to go. We spent the day snowball fighting and sledging! School is cancelled tomorrow as well due to travel complications and health and safety. Here are some pictures of our fun! (and hopefully some video as well)

Desperate plea from a mother of 4!

Macaroni, Macaroni, Mac n Cheese - 3 times daily pretty please!
Macaroni, Macaroni, Mac n Cheese - we love Mac n Cheese!

That is the lyrics of one of Aleah's favourite songs from a 'Barney' video. It is also my plea as a mother of 4 who just used the last box of the precious stuff the other week! All you American mothers out there...what would you do without Macaroni and Cheese when you need a quick meal for your kids???? I beseech you therefore any of you who feel so inclined to help me out...could you send us some Macaroni and Cheese??!!!

If you need my adress - email me (kdrybonz@aol.com) and I will send it to you.

A thousand thankyou's to anyone who hears my plea and answers it!!

Levi is 3 weeks

Here's a quickie to mark Levi's 3 week birthday. Don't have much else to share on the matter because we have been stuck inside due to VERY cold weather and fevers coming and going between myself (kris) and Aleah. As soon as we are well enough and the weather permits I will be taking Levi to the baby clinic to get weighed.
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He is currently on a 4 hour schedule of feeding (pretty much clockwork). Sometimes he'll go 5 hours in the night which is a REAL blessing. He is very content and happy to be awake for a little while after most feeds. His sibling dote over him daily.


Enjoy.

Here's what we've been up to...

Over the last 2 weeks we have been...
- adjusting to life with a newborn
- enjoying the Christmas holidays
- enjoying a great visit with Grandma which includes:

*playing games (dutch blitz, phase 10, spoons, boggle, and perudo)

*making and eating lots of cinnamon buns


*having 'mickey mouse' pancakes

*doing puzzles



*making 'snickerdoodles'


*and just enjoying having her around!


We love you Grandma!
(Quoting Samuel just as we drove away from the airport...'I miss her already!')

Levi is doing well and is on a pretty good schedule. He has changed so much already...his newborn look is slowly fading - it happens so fast! He is not bothered by the noise of his brother and sisters and they are all very happy to have him around. We often have a waiting line of siblings wanting to hold/cuddle him. They are all very sweet with him.

Christmas 2008

Here are a few pictures from our Christmas fun this year. These pictures are of 'Christmas Pajamas'. Every Christmas Eve, we let the kids open one present...and it's always pajamas. Everybody loved their pajamas! I hope to be able to put up a Christmas slide show in the next day or so. So look out for it on the side of the blog.

Levi is doing well. We are fortunate enough to be getting at least 5 good straight hours of sleep in the night. He usually sleeps from midnight til around 5am! I can't believe he is over a week old already!

That's all for now...will try and post more holiday pictures soon.