Strange days

I have my reasons for not having updated this blog in a while and most of you already know it anyways. My mother passed away after a one year battle with ovarian and peritoneal cancer. Some fights were won and some were not. Ultimately, I just don't know what to say or how to proceed in this life without my mom. I know we all end with death but never did the thought occur me to think that my mother would leave us so soon. I imagined being an old lady myself with my mother by my side. As well, I have to admit that this blog was mostly written for her as she enjoyed checking it on a weekly basis to see what her grandson was up to. I will do my best in keeping this updated anyways as I know it also makes a great place for memories to be stored and fun times not forgotten.

With all the sadness that my family and I have had lately, there is also much happiness. The big one for me of course if the much awaited birth of my daughter, Sophie Ginette. She is due November 27th and I am already so much in love with her as much as I am with Julian. The second exciting item is the marriage of my older sister Julie to a fabulous lady named Holly. We can't wait until they are both living closer to us so we can spend lots of time with them and get to know our new sister-in-law more. Congrats ladies. Julie is currently on a posting in Congo for two years. It's far but we get regular updates from her adventures. I just can't wait until she gets internet at home to be more in touch and see pictures to her surroundings.

Anyways, it just feels weird writing now after all we have been through but I promise, I will make more of an effort and especially with Sophie on her way soon so those far away can stay updated and see pictures.

Thanks for being patient and understanding.
Adele

Three months later

So i've told Maman it's absolutely time we update this blog. There is so much to tell. Not only am I speaking arabic but I let maman know when I pee and I will also be a big brother come November this year. That's he/her picture above. Maman said on June 30th we will find out if I will have a brother or a sister. I just can't wait to have more company in the house. I will have so much to tell them and show them.
I our last blog, maman was telling you all how I can eat my yogurt alone now. Well that's me with my yogurt beard. I am much cleaner now though. That was three months ago.
This is also me back when bathtime was fun. I don't like it so much anymore. I am not sure exactly why but I think I would much rather run around the house then be confined in the tub and wet. It frustrates maman and papa because they used to find it easy to bathe me and now I just cry.
On easter, we went to visit with grand-maman jeannette and grand-papa Donat and I was looking pretty fine if I do say so myself. A little tie and everything.

So Maman has been feeling pretty yukky and she says it the baby making her sick to her tummy. She said i did it too but not as bad and that it will go away. I wonder if my sister or brother is kicking maman so it hurts. It must be hot in there and they must want to come out and play with me. Maman says in good time they will be ready to come and play. I can't wait.

I will try to tell Maman not to wait so long before writing more next time but I do tend to keep her pretty busy.

Just because

Maman (I mean me) doesn't have time to write much right now cause she is at work but she wanted to post this picture because she says I am incredibly cute in this one (notice my fav item in my right hand). This was taken on the night of Papa's birthday dinner. We had grand-maman, grand-papa, Julie, Camille and Manon over for dinner. G-pop made ribs and they were tasty.

Maman took pictures of me eating my yogurt by myself for the first time. She plans on posting those in the next few days. Apparently I had a yogurt beard. It was yummy indeed.
Later alligator

I love balls!

Ah get your mind out of the gutter...I went to Cosmic Adventures with Maman, matante Janet, Mononcle Pierre and my cousin Isabelle cause it was her birthday. We had so much fun. I could have stayed in the ball pit all day. I especially liked the blue ones, not that they are any different but I think I like the color blue. I also got to miss my nap to make it to this great party. I had chips, and juice and we played for hours. Then for dinner we went to nana's house and had cake. Well they had cake, I didn't want any.

Other than that, I have had my first bad cold. I was coughing all the time and mommy kept wipping my nose. It was like a fountain out of my nose. My nostrils started to hurt she was wipping it so much. Oh well, I am getting better now but Maman is the one who is sniffling now. I guess that is why they keep saying to cover your mouth when you cough...but I still have a few years to be able to get away with this one.

Friday is Papa's birthday and we should have more then just his birthday to celebrate. Maman told me this morning that Papa will be starting to work a normal day shift soon. I am glad to see Maman so glad but also, I will get to spend lots more time with Papa. Youppi!

Stay Tuned

It was mentioned to me that I hadn't written in a while and that I should have lots of stories from my second Christmas. Well I do but I haven't had time to write because I am so busy playing with all my new toys and also, maman and papa had to bring in the computer AGAIN to get fixed. At least they didn't have to keep it for a month this time. I told maman that next time, she should insist on a new computer instead of this getting it fixed every few months.

Maman just transfered all the pictures to the computer a few days ago so I will post some shortly but in short, I had fun. We visited lots of people, most I may have met once or twice but they all were nice, and a few little ones my age. I had fun sharing my toys with Victoria on Christmas Eve, shared again with my cousine Isabelle until she got sick and had to go home early (poor Isa), then got visited by Summer, maman's friend's baby girl. She was sweet and I also let her play with my things. I have to say that the highlight of this Christmas was getting to spend so much time with maman and papa. I didn't have to go to daycare for close to two weeks even though I like it there, it was funner at home. I got to sleep in, nap longer, cuddle with maman and watch football with papa.

So there you have it, another nice Christmas season. Pictures to follow soon.

Who's Santa and why does he want in my house????

So Maman and Papa took me to the community centre this Sunday to see this guys called Santa. Okay so what's up with me having to sit on his lap. He wants to come into my house and do what? Since when do we leave strangers into the house. Weird. Anyways, glad maman pulled me away from him quickly. By the way, hasn't anyone told him that it's not in fashion to match your pants to the color of your top. Whatever. His reputation, not mine. Other than the weird guy with the fake beard, I had so much fun running around following all the bigger kids. I can't wait until I can join at the craft table and get my face painted. Maman said we will go again next year. Hope no one invites red man.
Maman said I was her present this year, same as last but come on now, enough with the bows. Not funny.
Here is Maman and me before the encounter with the Santa dude. She does have an evil look in her smile. Bet she knew I would be upset by him. I still love you maman.

Without a computer

Maman et Papa ont amené l'ordinateur pour se faire réparé donc ca fait une couple de semaine que nous n'avons pas accès à la maison. Maman said it should be fixed soon so I will be able to post all my adventures once again. It's okay though as I have bene pretty low key since the last time I wrote....I mean Maman wrote on this blog. I got my first year shots....yahhhhh.....and then got sick. First it was pink eye, then it was fevers and an ear infection and throat infection. I had to take antibiotics for one full week. They were kinda yummy, tasted like bananas. But it made me not hungry and I slept and slept and slept. I made Maman miss a whole bunch of work but she said she didn't mind. I have to say, it was nice sleeping in her arms and having her sing to me and rub my hair. Maman always knows what to do. Then I got really high fevers again. Maman took me back to see Dr. Fisher but she said the infections were gone and that it was probably viral. Well turns out it was roseola. When my fevers were gone, then I got this silly rash all over. It wasn't ichy but just red all over. It was gone by Monday of this week and so I am back up to my normal silliness.

The last few nights, Maman and I have been having so much fun together. I was splashing in the tub last night and water was going all over Maman's face and she was giggling and so I started to giggle loud. We had fun. I also had a great day with Nana. She took me shopping around at Winners, Micheal's Craft Store and a few others. She bought me a fun airplane toy from Winners. I couldn't wait to show Maman when she got home.

Well that's it for now cause I have some more playing to do but I will write more early next week but won't post pictures until Maman and Papa get the camera back. Toodles.

J'ai un an

Wow, birthday's are fun. I got so many presents, so many kisses and hugs from people coming to visit me, and I got sugar. Chocolate cake twice in one week. Yummy. Here I am opening the gift from grandpa George and grandma Pam. I got a wheelbarrow.
Here I am eating my second cake. I had more fun playing with the icing then actually eating the cake.
Here I am eating the first cake I got which was on my actual birthday. It was a nice evening at home with just maman, papa and me. Maman made me a grilled cheese sandwiches cause she knows it's my favorite.
Merci matante Janet for the Annie Brocoli video. As soon as maman and papa buy a new DVD player, I will listen to it and dance dance dance.
Wow, so many gifts. Thank god my friend Noah was there to help me out cause it would have taken me forever and since he is now three, he has lots of experience in opening them up. Maybe one day I can help his little brother Adrian open his gifts.

Thank you everyone for the company and the presents. I am having so much fun with all of them.

Busy bees

Maman and papa have been quite the busy bees in the past few weeks. We all went to a wedding in Gananoque. It was my first stay in a hotel and it wasn't too shabby. I didn't sleep the second night but that was because I was secretly fed chocolate cake and whipped cream minutes before maman put me down. Then maman and papa got busy packing because this week was the big moving week. I also started this week with daycare. My sitter's name is Lydia and she is really nice. I get to play with Carol her daughter and a two year old boy named Jesse. They are fun to play with. Lydia took us to the park everyday and I got to sit in the front of the triple stroller.

We are now in our new house but I can't enjoy it fully because I am sick. Maman says it's a fever and she gave me some yukky tasting stuff but it made it go away. I will post pictures of the new house soon but here are some fun ones for now.

Hockey fan already

Maman took me to see papa play a hockey game at the Civic Centre. I have never seen a hockey game live and I have to say that it was lots of fun. I think I want to play like papa when I get bigger. I wish papa could play more often during the day so I could go and see him more often. Here are some pictures of me at the arena and yes those are Cheerios on my face. I accidently stuck one on my forehead and then maman thought it would be funny to add more.