Looking Forward to Spring

Thanks to Gabriella there are so many firsts to celebrate! We are looking forward to our first Spring and Summer as parents! There are so many wonderful things to do as a family here.

We moved to a house down the street that backs onto a forested area. Gabriella and I explored it one day in her super awesome off road stroller! It's still pretty muddy with all of the snow melting, so we will have to go back again in a few weeks. Our backyard has a couple of apple trees that the Magpies and Cardinals seem to be enjoying. I just hope they don't attract too many stinging insects in the summer.

Our new house is up the street from the library. Our library is beautiful! It has a few rooms in the children's section just for song and story times. In the children's play area there is even a little puppet theater! Just behind the library is a park that has a track around a lake that connects the park to the theater and swim center that we go to.

We are so fortunate that Gabriella's swimming lessons are in a salt water pool. She will most likely swallow a lot of that water before she can actually swim! We take a class with some friends we met some months ago. I hope that Gabriella will make them long term friends by seeing them for playdates and other activities.

We haven't had a playdate at our house yet because I'm afraid it may be boring for the other babies. our house doesn't have as many toys and gadgets as the others. But we like it! Gabriella has a lot of books!

Doug finally had to put together her crib since she was getting a bit long for her bassinet. She looks so small in her crib though! She used to be such a good sleeper, but now all she does is play in her crib! Hahaha! There is so much room around her that she rolls around and kicks and plays with the cat through the bars... Sigh!



We are still working on our room. I have an idea in my mind, but we will see if it ends up as nice as Gabby's! Thankfully, we have a walk in closet in this house. That help so much, as one of us has way too many cloths!


We are so thankful to be here! It's so nice to be surrounded by beautiful places and people. Sherwood Park is a great place to grow our family. Much as we love and miss our friends and family back in Ontario, we wish everyone gets a chance to come out here and visit us some day.