So mother's day has come and gone, Gran and Opa have arrived, and the summer is here. We have a name: Samwise Erwin Kelly Wallner . . . We have begun his self defence training - first day of school is only 4 years away. Every day he is a little more alert, and a little bigger. It seems as though almost every day we are putting more clothes in the "too small" pile. I don't want to be the bragging father, but my daughter can sing the alphabet!! That seems very significant to me. Although, I should also mention that she likes to eat rocks.Sam had his first date. Miori came over with her daughter Mona. They held hands for a while and laughed...or at least we thought thats what they were doing. Emma has quite enjoyed getting to know her grandparents again, hard to say who is on the steeper learning curve.
! We had the bag packed!! This last week Sam has changed so much. He has suddenly started to look around trying to figure out what is going on...he has BIG eyes, I would love to know what colour that they are going to be. He certainly knows what/who he doesn't like! Tara and Sam have been working on "tummy time" and laying in the sun. Tara says that it is practice for our vacations?! Opa and Gran are on their way home from 6 months in Texas. Imagine, they haven't seen their latest grandson. They are returning to a different world. Emma runs and yells, enough said.
ys beautiful, and rolls with what comes her way. Me? I am getting grey through my facial hair. Emma often wonders off and can be heard singing and laughing happily her own. For the uninitiated, we have a cat that isn't friendly, at all. Ask most people and they will tell you about a confrontation that they have had at some point with Oreo. However, cat and daughter seem to have struck some strange balance in our home.
At times she is found banging out instructions at the cat or chasing him yelling"rat cat". Imagine the disbelief when Tara discovered her the other day playing dress up with him. Emma's enthusiasm seems to have extended to being outside lately. It used to be that she wanted to be in someones car, that was her version of being outside. Now, she is often at the front door asking if it is time to go for a walk. At these times it gets so hard to not drop everything and head out the door. We live in the middle of Newmarket. We are surrounded by walking paths that take you to parks and along the river, and through the woods. The other day Tara and I decided to take Sam and Emma on a family walk, to the Ford dealer. This is what my perfect family would do on a Saturday afternoon. Emma had the time of her life running in the beds of the pick ups and trying to get into all of the cars. Sam spent the time in his baby byorn his face mashed into my chest. Tara said that he was hiding his face in shame. His road to life-long embarrassment by his family members has only just started.
e calls. It seems that everyone has figured out that we are at home and could use a visit. First auntie Julie and her boy, Lucas, came out from Peterborough for a visit. A lesson to anyone who is thinking of coming to visit: Julie came with a lasagna and salad. Jeff, if you are paying attention, that is how a great house guest arrives! Shortly after lunch some of Emma's favourite people drifted in: the Hollefriends. Grammy and Poppa, Devin(dragging girlfriend Emma), Keigan, Rachel and Maggie. Rachel and Maggie took Emma for a walk. She was in heaven, telling the girls stories and showing them all of here favourite spots. Finally our wonderful neighbours, Alex, Connie, Steph(dragging best friend Sam) made their way over. We are very lucky to have such great neighbours. Steph, got her introduction to Sam. As our official babysitter, it was important to get her feet wet with him.
