Adventures in Eating

Yesterday both girls experienced something new with food. Sophie tried "solids" for the first time. (And by solids I mean really runny rice cereal that does not resemble a solid in anyway). Abi got to try sushi for the first time. Sophie was really excited about the spoon. She seemed to enjoy it though.
Andrew has been learning how to make sushi and made dinner for us last night. I'm not a sushi fan but it was still good. Abi was very excited about the little tables and chopsticks.
First stab sushi.
Dip in soy sauce.
Put in mouth. Yum!! She ate quite a bit so that was good.
As for my adventures in eating, I'm still struggling to lose weight. I keep waiting to announce that I've lost 10 pounds but every time I get close I seem to gain a bit. So I am currently at -8 lbs. Hopefully soon.

Hats!

My awesome! Auntie Sonya and Uncle Martin and cousins Janessa and Michael thought of us on their recent trip into the US and brought back lovely hats for the girls. (As a side note I am jealous of their awesome hats and wish I had one!) So here they are! Above and below Abi is "hugging" Sophie and fixing her hat for her. What a good big sister!
Abi was so excited about her hat she wore it to church with huge Elton John sunglasses and people thought she was in disguise. It was so funny!

Sophie with her strawberry hat.
And together! So great!
So thank you so much to my awesome family. The girls (and I) LOVE them!

**As I was perusing this post and making sure there were no spelling mistakes I noticed my prolific use of exclamation marks. I must be really excited about these hats.

Halloween

Here are pictures from our Halloweening adventure. Abi was a unicorn. She was so excited and has worn her costume multiple times. That was her happy pumpkin. She did not want a scary one.
This is my BEAutiful family ready for the evening. It is so hard to get a good picture of them.
My creation!! Bats and stars and moon. Andrew says my bat didn't look like one but I disagree!
This is Andrew's pumpkin. I don't even know what it is. Oh no he told me it was a scary French pumpkin. I'm pretty sure mine was more awesome.
And here is our little ladybug Sophie. So cute! This picture landed her in the paper not once but TWICE last week.
So Abi had lot's of fun trick or treating and I had lot's of fun eating her candy! I had to eat some of hers because we RAN OUT this year. Crazy!!! Last year we have WAY too much and this year too little. Oh well. It was good times.
Next week we are heading to Kelowna. Sooo excited!!!!
Enjoy your week!

Contests

So lately I have been a wee bit obsessed with entering contests. I don't know why, to ease my boredom perhaps, to have something to look forward too and daydream about. Anyway I've entered contests to win a WestJet vacation. (This one I'm really hoping for because it would mean an awesome anniversary trip for Andrew and I). I love the Safeway contests and since we go there so often it only increases my excitement. I'm always looking for more to entertain me. However I don't understand how people can actually make a living doing this. I am not that obsessed with it! But it is something fun to distract myself with so here's hoping!
Soon I'll put up pictures of the girls in their costumes.

Random News and Pictures

This past week I have not been feeling good about myself so I did a few things to help me feel better. I got a haircut and clothes that fit. Hurray!! I'm feeling much better. Here are some random pictures from our week. Andrew got a new punching game for Wii so him and Abi had to practice beforehand. At least they are wearing "safety" equipment.
Abi got Andrew pretty good here.
Sophie was confused by all the excitement.

And me and the girls hanging out.
Have an awesome week!

Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. I love the fall. I love the colours. I love the big family dinners. I'm so looking forward to this weekend when lot's of Andrew's family will be coming over for a turkey dinner and some ice cream cake and probably other desserts as well. And chocolate turkeys. I'm very excited by the chocolate turkeys. Does anyone understand the chocolate turkeys? Also exciting my old boss Doug and his family are coming up for a visit. I'm really excited to see them. So this week should be good and a lot more happy than last week.
Here are some random pictures of my random (and very good looking) family. The first picture is Abi's creation. It is a picture of her grandma in crayon and doughnut form.
Sophie saying hello. (Janessa do you recognize what she's wearing?)
Watching a 3-D movie.
Sophie again.
Watching the movie and eating Kernels popcorn. We were watching BOB's big escape from Monsters vs Aliens. Abi was scared of MVA but she liked the little sketch. It was a nice time.
Andrew was thrilled because he could wear the 3-D glasses now that he has had laser eye surgery.
As an update I have lost a total of 7 lbs. I'm not too thrilled because there was a week where I lost nothing and one where I gained a bit. It's a lot harder the second time around so I am trying to be strong. Hopefully this week will go well although the weekend will pose a bit of a challenge.
Happy Thanksgiving!!

Brokenhearted

These last couple of weeks have left me brokenhearted. The things my mom does to herself and her family make me so sad. I can't imagine hurting Sophie and Abigail the way my mom has hurt her daughters. Someone asked me the other day how her actions make me feel as a daughter and I said that I don't feel like a daughter. She is not a mother anymore. She has been lost to an addiction and disease and I pray that one day she comes back to be a mom to her girls and a grandma to her granddaughters.
I also have some friends going through tough stuff. I hate it when my friends hurt. I hurt for them and I so desperately want to fix them and make it all better. I can't but I wish I could.
And lastly someone close to me has hurt me in a way no one should be hurt. I'm so sad and broken right now.
Please God help me heal.