Our Family & Our Life

Happy 143rd (belated) Birthday Canada! You've aged well and I'm so glad we finally get to celebrate with you! May you always remain glorious and free! In other news, Colin is away again.  We dropped him off at the airport last evening and then proceeded to have a teary ride home.  We hope and pray we are nearing the end of the wait for the visa (with favourable outcome of course) and it can't come soon enough.  In the meantime, we are the three muskateers at home - Isla, Pearl and me.  Yes, just us three. While Colin was home, our other furry girl, Dixie, went missing.  We haven't seen her for a week and a half and we miss her so much.   Each time we are outside we call for her and as we drive up and down the road, I'm always scanning the ditches and the corn field for any sign of her.  If you're not a cat person, keep your thougths to yourself - our cats are part of the family and we take their care very seriously.  She was part of ...

We were up before the birds this morning to do an airport run for a very important arrival from Sao Paolo.... We're all very excited to be together again so much so that Isla has been following Colin around like a puppy ever since... We also celebrated a belated Father's Day when we arrived home.... Isla bought Colin "Father and Daughter" Willow Tree figurine - I call it "Daddy's Girl" - how appropriate ;-)

Ok, maybe not day 118 but it sure feels like it - it's been a llllooonnnngggg five weeks and one day without you, dear.  We miss you so much and can't wait until we can celebrate Father's Day tomorrow starting at 5:45 a.m. - when your plane lands... Isla LOVES her daddy and daddy loves Isla! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Isla has been fighting a fever the last couple of days but thankfully a prayer is answered again and she's feeling great today - just in time to play with Daddy tomorrow!  She woke up a couple of times last night screaming but she woke up happy, bright eyed and ready to go at 11:00 a.m.!  I knew she really needed a good sleep in order to feel better and she sure got it this morning. 

Isla is 28 months old today and looking more and more like a little girl rather than a toddler.  She's talking more.... A bit more cheeky, OK, alot more cheeky everyday... Oh yeah, and she's finally 3 feet tall...

I went into her room to wake her up from her nap (I don't want her sleeping longer than 1.5 hours in the afternoon).  She was snug as a bug bundled up under the duvet. ... until she heard the click of my camera ... there she is! Her hair was soaked with sweat and curly, curly, curly.... I should've got a photo of it... oh well...

After I changed her, I made the mistake of leaving her for a few minutes and came back to this... Sitting on the coffee table with the change pad and wipes everywhere... I hate to think of what I could've returned too if I didn't already take care of the dirty diaper ... Silly girl with silly hair...

I thought this only happened to boys. Guess not, eh? Time for tubby-tub. Again.

Her new summer dress!  It's adorable and even sweeter on her  ;-) This is what she was doing as I was trying to take a pic! My three lovely girls!

Our girl playing with her "new" Tonka truck.... 'Til next time,