plea from a tired mom

calling on all prayer warriors - we would greatly appreciate your prayers for sammy, as she is still sick.

when the doctor told us on tuesday she still could be sick over the weekend i thought - oh that is funny, there is no way she will be sick on the weekend. well the weekend is here and we have a sick sammy jean. there are moments when it seems like she is turning a corner and then the fever creeps back up and her spirits go down. so prayers for samantha are much appreciated.

thank you to those of you who have been praying for us - i do feel the Lord's presence and peace with us. i couldn't have lasted this long with a clear and patient mind without them!

here was one of the brighter moments of the week - sam decided she wanted to play/eat spaghetti like her mommy and daddy:

(you can see her new top two teeth in this one!)

thanks to all of you! you are a blessing to us!

helping with the laundry

picnics

joyce and calum (our housemates) found out about all of the amazing places around vancouver we have never been and are passionate to do something about it :) so we are going on picnics together everything thursday to a different spot around vancouver to see more of this beautiful city we live in. we have gone to two different places so far - and had a wonderful time. here is a glimpse....

sammy in queen elisabeth park (our second outing - don't be confused that samantha is wearing the same hat both weeks - yes, i love this hat!)
tim flying joyce and calum's kite - very fun! - in Vanier park

daddy and daughter

their first picnic

we look forward to exploring vancouver and many more thursday picnics together!

what's worse than having the flu?...

your husband having the same horrible flu the same day!

and unfortunately i know. friday tim and i were sick, and i mean sick. i will spare you the awful details but i hope we are never that sick at the same time again, or really that sick ever again on separate days. thankfully sammy did pretty well the whole day and slept a lot (which was nice that day but turned out to be a bummer). the next day samantha was very sick with a fever and slept 10 out of the 12 waking hours. poor little girl. the few bits that she was awake she spent cuddling on the couch and watching movies. we think Cars is her new favorite movie.

today we seem to be back on the mend but not completely well. and very, very thankful to be upright and on our way to health.

one final thought - i have many pictures on my camera and hope to post them tomorrow. there, i said it out loud - now you all can hold me accountable.

park time

this last week i met up with a few of the moms from our prenatal class. it is very fun to see how much the babies have grown. my friend melissa took this picture of sammy and i just had to share it with you!

happy monday!

10 months! and an evening with friends

on samantha's 10 month birthday our dear neighbors joyce and her son, finley were over for dinner. it is always a fun time to watch finley and sammy play - finley is just a few months younger than samantha but he is a bit bigger.

here they are climbing the cabinets. i think it is funny how it turned out that fin was wearing blue and sammy is sporting her pink diaper.
bright flash
sweet smile
wrestling the chair
it was hilarious to watch finley climb over the bars and through the chair - not once but twice. something about boys. sammy has never thought to go over the bars of the chair but instead has always gone around. huh. (ps. not sure why that text is blue)
off to bed. good night. :)

pictures from the day of my grandpa's memorial

samantha jean and me before the service
reading the program and having a snack
the whole gang
sammy and my grandpa enjoying one another
girl with crazy hair - anyone have a guess as to which parent supplied the volume...