The Way I See it!

Well as some of you may know we bought a trailer….a real, screw the tent and the old school camping we have a kid and lets just make it easier on ourselves camper! I am not sure how I actually feel about it to be honest….i love camping, i love being outdoors, sleeping on the ground, cooking on a picnic table and all that jazz, but when you add up the kid and the dog and all the crap that goes along with it, a trailer makes sense. And as much as it pains me to be “that kind of camper”, i must admit the convenience is awesome. We have all the amenities you could ever want, we have heat, we have a/c, we have a tv, we have HEATED BEDS! My friends if you have never gone camping in a hybrid trailer and experienced heated beds well then my friend you have not lived. For those who don’t know what I meant when i said hybrid, it simply means we have a trailer, but both the ends of the trailer pop out into beds and have a vinyl tent fabric so it still feels like a tent, you still get the humidity and cold…but with heated beds, my god it’s amazing…..I will never go back, NEVER.

Anyway, we hit the road on labour day weekend (look at me posting within a month of taking a picture) for a little family camping trip. We picked a campground and went…we knew nothing of the place, but figured what the hell… Turns out it was an open campground with a ton of regulars who all drove golf carts around the place for amusement…and when I say they drove golf carts, i mean they drove them…all day long!!!! So annoying…..but oh well…we got out and enjoyed our trailer, and Emma and Jake had fun! which I guess in the end is all that matters.

Here are some snaps of the little devil spawn in all her glory…did i mention she woke up at 5am everyday!!!!!

I blame the above outfit on pascal and his matching ability. I apologize…he will be punished and made to watch project runway

Pascal likes to play – Emma likes it when he plays….just some cute moments between the two.

She even brings his snacks to keep his strength up – cheerios of course.

Yes I am alive!

Well, in January I went back to work, and that meant that everyone around here has to pitch in…even Emma….

Just some recent photos of Emma and her cheerios!!!

You know how some people leave their Christmas decorations up waaaaayyyy to long (like some of my neighbours who still have wreaths and garland up), well I think i am guilty of a photographer/blogger version of this. I have jut now gone through and edited my Christmas pictures of Emma. I know that none of you are here for the story, but I am gonna write it anyway, cause I want to remember this Christmas just the way it was, a GONG SHOW!

Every Christmas we go up to P’s hometown and spend the holidays with his family and friends. I absolutely love how everyone comes together and it is just one big fun party. I think however it has taken me this long to recover from the hell that was my daughter. Let me just say that I hate teething, I hate teething, I hate teething, and one more time for good measure I HATE TEETHING!. I know I can’t complain too much, I know that there are many other people out there who have a harder time with their children than I have with Emma, and for the most part she is a fairly easy kid. HOWEVER, did I mention that she doesn’t take to teething very well.

If you follow this blog you will remember that we had a horrible time with her in the summer, and then things calmed down after her birthday in the fall. She actually even started to sleep through the night and was napping well….then December hit…then the eye teeth, then the molars…then the HELL. Like someone please beat me with a sledgehammer filled with nails hell. I mean, I still can’t even believe that I made it out alive. Naps went to hell, nights went to hell, but during the day, or during the night when we were at a party, it was fine. It was like she was faking me out into thinking it was all going to be okay. She was putting on a show for everyong to fall in love with her, then we get home, go to bed, and all hell breaks lose. Just so you don’t think I am serious, Pascal and I went out one night with his friends for a drink….Emma went down to bed fine, then when we got home at 1 just layed down to sleep she woke up screaming…..and she continued to scream until 6 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO DOES THAT! Then she was up at 8, then I dropped a glass bottle on a tile floor, then i cried, then i cried some more….and then i contemplated drinking…a lot!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, we made it through the other side. I know we are not the only ones to have experienced this….I know some people have it worse…and I know that I am thankful to have had those rough times now because I can truly appreciate it when Emma does now sleep from 7 to 7 OMG my kid will now usually sleep 7 to 7!!!!!!!!!! Really it’s the small things!

Okay fine, enough of the pitty party…here are a few snaps of our Christmas eve present unwrapping festivities…..you will note I didn’t get too many pics, cause i was in a wine/haven’t slept in a year coma!

Oh yeah did i mention that in the week and a half we were gone Emma cut like 6 teeth!!!!!!!!