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Coffee...best served free!

10 out of the last 14 days I enjoyed a large double double for free, compliments of McD's! Don't know if any of you were able to take advantage of the deal but if not you missed out! I saved myself $16.90 over the course of the two weeks. LOL! I love free stuff! Plus I really enjoy the coffee at McDonald's...i actually think it's better than Tim Horton's...and they give you more PLUS you don't have to deal with the ridiculous line ups they constantly have at Timmy's.

Now the deal is over and I'm going to try to drink the free coffee that's here in the office. We'll see how long that lasts!

Hope you all have a fantastic week...only 25 days until Christmas...yikes! I better get shopping!

Penny

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All Decked Out

Christmas season has officially arrived at our household! Today we spent the day pulling out our decorations and we set up the tree. This year we set up Scott's childhood tree...it's all covered in snowy fluff...it's quite pretty with the lights on and Christmas music playing.

We love christmas time! It's a great time to gather family and friends together and enjoy visiting...and of course delicious treats, too! Hard to believe how quick this year went. You blink, and the year is over and you're setting your resolutions and preparing your tax return...lol!

Enjoy the start of the holiday season. Hope you have the opportunity to spend quality time with those you love...and maybe even some time just for you!

Penny

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Snack time

Annika loves feeding herself...and she's getting so god at it! This morning's snack was yogurt and pear...and she did an awesome job of eating that little tub of yogurt!

Now my little helper and I are going to vacuum and wash the floors! Happy Friday all!
Penny

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Journey to Jamaica

Our journey started with a red-eye flight from Edmonton-Toronto. We thought initially it was a great time to fly since that's normally a time when we're all sleeping and so Annika would probably be exhausted and sleep the entire way, right? Errr...wrong. She was up pretty much the entire way! But she was pretty happy and not too badly behaved the whole way to Montego Bay. (It was a completely different story on the trip home!)



Annika hanging out with Aunty Sheri at the airport in Toronto!


















When we got to Montego Bay we were met with some serious wind, the tail-end of hurricane Thomas...boy was it windy and there were some real waves!


You can't tell how big the waves were...but they were pretty big!



Our home-away-from-home for the week



Splish-splashin with Daddy in the pool!
They had a spa section with warmer pools...these were the ones
Annika didn't mind playing in. The main pool was way too cold for her!




By the wedding day the winds had calmed down considerably,
as you can see in this picture...ahhh wouldn't it be nice to be there
on a day like today!?




Beautiful bride Vicki walking down to meet her groom

Gary waiting for his bride

The big exchange...

Signed and sealed - it's official!

Stroll on the beach as Mr & Mrs

Mommy & Annika hanging out

What a massive pool...pretty spectacular!

Life is good in Jamaica

Hubby taking it easy

What vacation is complete without a self-taken snapshot?!

Our family

She loved playing on the beach and having the waves come in over her feet

I love those little legs and sandaled feet

Daddy took off her sandals so she could play
in the sand and water with her bare feet

Wow...look at me go!

Waiting for the waves

Annika made a friend at the airport

And that's a quick look at some moments from our trip! We had a great time - it was so nice to be away for a while.

Now I'm off to warm up under a blanket with a cup of tea. It's cold here!! BRRRRR! I think I'm even colder looking at the pictures and remembering how beautiful it was just a couple weeks ago...

Stay warm all...
Penny

Excitement...and not the good kind!

What a weekend. Not only was it unproductive (I didn't get ANYTHING done) our poor little princess had a rough time. Thursday when I picked her up from dayhome she was running a fever and was feeling pretty yucky. Not sure if she was fighting something or maybe the fever was connected to her teething...but she had a rough couple days. She was pretty miserable Friday as well and I managed to see two tiny little teeth starting to work their way through. Soon she'll have 6 teeth...wow! :)

Friday evening things took an unexpected turn when Annika burnt two of her little fingers on her right hand. We applied a cold, wet towel for 15 minutes and then put some ointment on to take the sting out. It seemed to help, although she was still pretty sore. Her fingers turned really red but we didn't see any blisters so it seemed the burn was limited to the 1st degree. Friday night Annika cried and was obviously in discomfort for most of the night, so neither of us got that much sleep. Not sure if it was the burn or her teeth or the combination of the two, but it was a rough night. :(

Saturday things picked up and she was in good spirits and had a great day at home just hanging out with Mommy & Daddy. She also slept better and today went smoothly until early this evening when I was getting supper ready I noticed that her fingers had blistered. Her pointer finger had a huge blister and she was developing more on her middle finger as well. Annika was playing with a garbage can and was pushing it along when she fell and hit her mouth (either on the garbage can or tile floor). I picked her up and checked her mouth and could tell there was quite a bit of swelling in her gums and it looked kind of like her teeth had been pushed up. ARGH!! That's before I caught a glance of her hand and saw that her giant blister had popped in the fall and she had a big raw patch of skin exposed on her finger. Sigh. I could've cried...my poor little baby did not have a good evening at all.

So after a phone call to Health Link, trip to the medi centre, fingers tended to and bandaged, and visit to dentist recommended, Annika is now in bed, asleep. And I think that's what I ned to do to now...go to bed.

G'nite y'all. It's amazing that our little ones manage to get through their first few years intact with all the accidents, trips and spills!
Penny

I do have pics to post of our vacation...coming soon! Here's a teaser...

Reality

So we're back. Back to reality. To work, winter road conditions, hectic schedules and all the responsibilities life throws at us. And it's great! A nice as vacations are, coming home is just as nice, in my opinion. Today was my day off, and so far I've got a big load of nothing done on my list of things to do! Annika's not feeling well so there's been a fair bit of cuddling and just hanging out, which is just fine by me. So this post may be short, but at least it's a post. And on my new phone...yay! I'll be back soon to share pictures,stories, and more.

Have a good one...
Penny

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Jamaica, Here We Come

Hey all!

Just a quick bye before we head out. I'm trying to get all our stuff together and packed.ready for our trip. Still have LOTS to do before we jet off into the night...literally. Our plane leaves around midnight on Friday night so hopefully that's a good thing and Annika is able to sleep the whole flight to Toronto. We'll be changing planes in Toronto and then moving on to Montego Bay from there! Yay!

Here are a few shots from Halloween...check out our little lamb. Nevermind...can't seem to upload more than this one right now! She enjoyed sucking on that sucker through the plastic...haha!

Penny