The Unforgettable Necklace

I don't know if it is just me but I find shopping online so weird. I mean it is thrilling because it is so instant but there is a problem with that too because you can commit to something and then later find out that in "real life" it isn't as cool or awesome as you thought it would be. Enter the website The Vintage Pearl. I had seen some stuff they'd made and thought it was super cool. I mentioned it to Greg on more than one occasion dropping hints and hoping he'd do something maybe for my b-day or Mother's Day. This year he did but it wasn't a surprise. He asked me what I wanted and we ordered it together. I was super excited.

When the necklace arrived, it was nice and shiny and I really loved the pearl but as I looked at the names, I couldn't help but feel like it looked like it said, "Javin" instead of "Gavin". It was a poor font choice by us. We contacted them and even though it wasn't their error, they said they'd made us a new one for just the cost of the disc portion discounted 20%. We thought that sounded perfect so we went for it and Greg carefully told them the new font we wanted.



That's when necklace #2 arrived. This time, Tati's name was misspelled and it was in the other font that we didn't want.

Greg changed it all up and the girls were all really funny at the VP too. Here's an excerpt from her email:
Hi, Greg-

I certainly don't know what to say....I am SO sorry about that....we will get the new charm made and sent out to you tomorrow.

I've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the third necklace. 3rd time's the charm and all that and lo and behold but what happens? Post strike here in Canada. Yeah, no mail for like 2 weeks now. I'll be lucky if he ever attempts to get me a present again in my life.

Baby Bonanza!

So many people have had babies in our ward this year. Between December and now, there have been 9. Yeah 9. 4 girls 5 boys. That's a lot of babies. It is a little bit crazy but also super fun. The mother's lounge is quite the place to be on Sundays. Here is a picture that was taken at a baby shower for 6 of them. Having a baby shower for 6 babies at once. Do you think that has happened before? Anyway, the picture is of those 6 plus me and my friend who had her baby a bit after me. There was still one baby missing.

Isn't that a trip?

Life is Rough in 'da Hood

So Chloe comes into our room and goes straight to Gavin's bassinet where he is cooing. She loves to see him in the morning and he loves her too. Suddenly she gasps and says, "Oh no, there is blood all over Gavin's face!" Sure enough, his crazy hands and witchy nails got him good. It wasn't too bad after the blood was wiped away.

It is so sad to see blood on a beautiful baby face--especially with their perfect, little skin. He has become so busy with his hands. He is constantly moving them, sucking them, flailing them, finding ways to get them out of hand covers and blankets, etc. We can already tell he's a smarty but then again how smart is it to scratch your face off?

Dr. Doolittles

We had a lovely, lazy Saturday yesterday. We probably broke some parenting rules as well. We decided since it was cold and dreary that it was a perfect movie day. Then the girls decided that they wanted to watch "Jurassic Park". Greg and I kind of looked at each other and thought, "Why not?" We figured we could skip any part that was too intense and just explain how everything was fake. Everything seemed all fine and dandy until they dropped the cow down for the raptors to eat then it continued ok until the power went out on the island. Then it was all a blur between Tati laughing, Chloe hiding under a blanket and me fast forwarding. After the kids went to bed, we watched Harry Potter and suddenly appears Tati crying, telling us our movie was too loud and it sounded like dinosaurs were walking in their room. Greg finally turned on their Primary cd to listen to so they could feel safe. I guess we won't be watching Jurassic Park 2 for a while. ;-) I actually told Greg I forbid Jaws until they are at least 16 because once you watch Jaws, there is no going back and swimming will never be the same.

Anyway, after all the drama of the dinos, we decided to get out of the house and headed over to this little festival. There wasn't much to do at the festival but they did have an awesome Petting Zoo. The girls went nuts in there. Chloe was determined to hold a goat but they all wanted to run away from her. She finally settled with a cute little bunny who sat patiently on her lap and let her pet her. Chloe said it was because her jacket was so soft that the bunny wanted to sit with her.
Tati held a rooster (bad idea), a bunny and then a baby goat. The little goat was so cute! We want a baby goat. The only problem is that the goat would grow up. The little goat just sat on Tati's lap so cute and still and then the next thing we knew, the goat was SLEEPING! It was so funny and so cute. Tati sat there for like 10 min. just with this smile on her face while the goat slept.

It was fun to get out with the girls and do something as a family!