Thank You

This week London and Mason, got a package in the mail from their Grandpa and Grandma Bashi (as London, calls them).  She loved it all, especially the books,candy, and her baby Stella.  It was pretty much the best day of her life.
Thanks, Mom and Dad for making this girl smile!

So happy to have her Baby Stella back

London, loved the matching outfit for her doll

 

Cute Coat!!!

 

Mason was thrilled with his clothes too......can't you tell

Daddy-Daughter Date

Darcy and London had a daddy-daughter date last week.  They brought home some new friends.....

Their names are Banana and Carrot

 

 London is pretty excited about them

 

 

I'm just glad they didn't bring home a puppy.....

 

The Detroit Zoo

Last week we went to the Detroit Zoo. It was awesome!
It was London's first time going to the zoo. I realized how new this experience was for her when I asked, "London, do you want to go to the zoo today?" She replied, " Ya, Grandma Sue!"
By the end of the day she definitely knew what the zoo was. She loved the animals and would yell hi to them or tell them to wake up. The tiger was her favorite, even though it was asleep the whole time.
It was such a fun day, we will definitely go again.

 The sleeping tiger

 

 

 Rhinos

 

 Kangaroos

 

 Prairie Dogs- they had underground tunnels that the kids could go under

 

 Polar Bear statue

 

 Seals

 

 Our "little monkey" playing at the zoo playground

 

Mason, was so good (as usual), but slept through most of the fun.

 

 



Were Back!!

We are back in Michigan, which means I will try and blog again.  Not much has changed here, the shopping is as good as ever and Darcy has started his 2nd year of Law school.
London is the funniest she doesn't really remember being here last year, so to her everything is her "new house", "new nursery", "new Dora movie".  This week she met a little boy named Jaxon, she already has a friend named Jaxon, in Canada, so she started calling him "new Jaxon".
We are surprised at how quickly she has adapted to our home here.  The first few days she would ask to go to her grandparent's house, or back to Tigi's (Teagan's) house, but now she seems to be quite happy here.

We were lucky enough to have some visitors a few days after we moved back. Darcy's brother and his family stopped by on there drive home from New Brunswick.  It was so fun to see them! We missed them a lot this summer! London, had a blast playing with her cousins and I got to catch up with Ashley.

The weather has been really nice so far, so we have been spending time at the parks and pool at our apartment.  We are planning a trip soon to the Detroit Zoo, so hopefully that will be my next post!

Oh, and by the way, our Mr. Mase is already 3 months old and so happy, and handsome and humongous!!

 Love, love, love this little face!

 

 London and cousin Carter playing together

The kiddos (and daddy's) tiered out, after a fun day!

 

 Londy girl!

 

London loves doing tummy time with Mason.

 



This Girl

Little Londy is 18 months now.  She is such a sweet girl and full of energy.  I am amazed at how much she is learning and growing.  Her personality is developing more and more, and I think she is a lot like Darcy.
Here are some updates on our toddler:
* She still loves music and learning new songs
* She is saying lots of words and is starting to put a few words together
* She loves books and going to the Library
* We introduced potty training and London has peed 5 times on the potty
* Her mullet is getting longer and longer but the front is starting to grow too
* She love make-up and nail polish
* Her favorite toys are her babies and kitchen with play food
* She loves candy, gum, pudding and anything sweet
* She loves slides and climbing
* She likes saying prayers and tries to be very reverent
* She is officially in nursery, and I officially got called as a worker in the nursery !

We can't get enough of this sweetheart!

Baby BOY

We had our ultrasound in February.  Thankfully, Darcy, was home visiting so he was able to come too.  We found out we are having a baby boy!! Darcy, cheered out loud when he heard.  So far everything looks healthy and the baby's measurements are right on track.  We are excited (and nervous) for this little guy to join our family. 

Christmas 2011

We had such a great Christmas.  It was so great to be home with our families.  We flew into Canada the week before Christmas, where my parents picked us up.  London greeted them with this shirt!

 (It says, "BIG SISTER summer 2012")

We spent Christmas day with both families. We went to church with Darcy's family, where he and his brothers sang. Then we went back to my parents new home in Raymond to open gifts.  My brothers, Rob and Mack were there and Shawni and Blake. It was nice to have everyone together.
It was so fun to watch London, this year! I don't think she totally understands the whole opening presents thing, but she had fun with the wrapping paper and new toys.
Next, we headed over to the Shurtz' for more gift opening.  It's was pretty crazy there, as there are now 5 grandchildren and way too many presents! London opened a few presents, but had had enough by then, so we put her down for a nap half way through.
We spent the rest of our holiday relaxing and spending time with our families. Darcy and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on December 28!
Darcy, headed back to Michigan on January 1st.  I decided to stay in Canada for his next semester so I could work and get my hours that are needed to keep up my license.  It's hard to be apart but we think it's the best thing for our family right now.

 The cute stockings I made (Okay, so my mom helped me A LOT)

 Darcy and London opening stockings

 Our family Christmas morning

 Blake and Shawni

 Rob and Mack

 Playing with the Christmas presents