Our Family & Our Life

Dear Diary, The bottles are put away! We had a sippy cup for her but it was a beginner cup and it seemed like nothing came out of it so we bought a couple more and she loves them. She has one for her juice/water and another for her milk. I lay her in Pack'n'Play and she enjoys it. With her being in the Pack'n'Play I spend less time cleaning the carpet. She's been spitting up alot so everyday I've going around with my scrub brush bucket of vinegar water cleaning up little spills. I still do it but there isn't as much to clean up! YAY Isla! We had a bit of snow today and we went for a walk in it this afternoon. I didn't bring my camera with me so I took a photo of her on the balcony when we got home. I think this is the closest I'm going to get to a dog ~ Isla's hat!!

Dear Diary, OK, so I didn't get around to vacuuming the house today or folding my laundry until just before dinner tonight because I was mucking around with the blog, again. Colin thinks it's very pink but what does he know? Many of the same features but now you can also be "Our Follower". Just look to the left of this post and you'll see the link. Be the first one, don't be shy! Hope you like my new 3 column blog. It was a bit of work to get the extra column in but I like it and hope you do too! 'Til next time, <img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px"

Dear Diary, Firstly, Happy Birthday Loretta! Have a great day and we wish you many continued blessings! Secondly, Happy 3rd Engagement Anniversary to my Groom! Thirdly, Happy 2nd Wedding anniversary to our friends Jeffrey and Jenny Dempsey! Congratulations ! Jeffrey and Jenny are unique because they had the most unusual wedding in Larne. I won't go into details but if you were at the ceremony, you know what I'm talking about... I told you it was a busy day!

Dear Diary, ... we think she's so cute! ... and her Oma and Opa love to see lotsa photos of her....

Dear Diary, Just a few photos to share... Colin wanted to make sure Isla doesn't forget where she was born! Wee Norn Iron girl in her Jumperoo Daddy's girl This is the box from her new car seat and between her and the cats, it's usually occupied by someone. It's become part of the dining room furniture! Pearl climbed through the clothes rack to get to the top....

Dear Diary, I am " At the Well " today with hostess, Tracy of Thirsty for Him discussing the very timely topic of Keeping Christ in Christmas. I grew up in a Christian home where we had a Christmas tree, decorations, turkey and visits to Santa at the mall. We also exchanged gifts with the immediate family but never on Christmas Day, usually the Saturday before Christmas Day. I don't recall any traditions but we always went to church on Christmas morning and as kids we knew why Christmas was celebrated. In my young family to date we have two tradition: ~ new pyjamas, which was started by my husbands family when he was growing up; and ~ a family photo by the tree. Between my husband and I we discussed how we want our daughter to celebrate Christmas as she gets older. Unlike some Christians, we will celebrate Christmas. If I understand correctly, some Christians do not celebrate because many traditions e.g. tree and Santa, are rooted in pagan beliefs and there is no biblica

Dear Diary, Yesterday we had a really nice Thanksgiving lunch with Merlin and Janet Moore. We (Colin) cooked and they brought a delicious pumpkin pie for dessert. I could eat pumpkin pie all year long! This was Colin's first Thanksgiving ever since it is not celebrated in the UK and I think he enjoyed himself, even if it just meant getting a couple days off work. Nothing exciting has happened lately but we did finally get the van registered in Colorado. Out with the Ontario license plates and in with the Colorado plates. We went a few weeks ago to the DMV to get it done but we didn't get the right forms completed by Border Control when we crossed over in October. We had to go to a Border Services office near Denver airport for a VIN check and complete the importing forms. No hassle, no fee, no fuss ~ just the way I like it. Anyways, back to the DMV on Friday morning at 7:45 and we were out of there by 8 a.m. Now we have to work on our drivers licenses. I'm dreading this

Dear Diary, ... he leaves comments like this on our blog: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather dear, I just wanted to let you know that I have thoroughly enjoyed your posts about us over the last few weeks. As you know I love you more today than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow.. And I also want to say 'Hi' to all the wives out there that are giving Heather the ideas to blog even better.. Colin.. (Heather's other half) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's comforting to know that he'll always stand by me... Thank you Colin (but you made me cry when I read it!!!)