Woah, long time no blog O_o
Lets see, what has happened. I will start with the present and move into the past I think.
Gwendalyn is crawling! We were on the phone with grandma Lindsay last night and all of a sudden she crawled! She has been sitting up and twisting around for ages, and we knew it was only a matter of time. We quickly tested it out again by putting something she normally is not allowed to have across the room, and lo and behold she was off to get it. She was so proud of herself! And we of her. I'm so glad that Daddy was around to see it, as he hasn't been able to spend much time with her because he works such long hours.
So that was a great little surprise from Gwen.
I had my 27th birthday this past Tuesday too. I got some really good locally made chocolate and two pretty beaded bracelet/ring things from James. I also had two friends up from Cranbrook, Amy and Rachel and their babies Amelie and Jack for the afternoon. Amy cut my hair for free as a surprise, so that was awesome because I hadn't had a trim in over a year. And Gwen had so much fun with Amelie and Jack. And I think they really inspired her to crawl.
In some not so good news, James got laid off from his job. Apparently it happens a lot this time of year. There a few other places that he has a good chance of being hired at if they don't hire him back in the spring. And we will do just fine money wise with EI and my business starting up again. I think it will be good to have him home more often. He was working such long hours that we hardly saw him during the week. So it will be nice for him to spend more time with Gwen until he can find new work. And then I will have more time to sew :)
Grandma Sawatsky was up for five days a few weeks ago, so that was great. We has all these plans for projects and things, but we mainly ended up just playing with Gwendalyn and drinking tea. Though we did do some shopping and she helped me organize my studio which was a HUGE help. She also cooked and did dishes while she was here. I love you Mom! And of course Gwen just loved having Grandma around.
Lets see, what else...
The weather has been pretty cold here for the last few weeks. We don't have much snow (about 6-8") but is was around -20 to -15 for a while there (where James was working it got down to -32). It warmed up to about -3 yesterday and it was beautiful! I took Gwen to town in the backpack and I only had to wear a sweater! It was lovely. And of course it's usually sunny up here so that helps too.
Other then that, we are flying out to the Coast tomorrow for Christmas! We were going to drive our new car, but with the layoff we couldn't afford it right away so Mom and Terry found us a really great seat sale with Air Canada. Yay, no 12 hour drive in the snow with a baby!!
I can't wait to see everyone at home, and meet all the new babies! And of course it's Gwen's first Christmas so it will be tons of fun.
Eating snow
