Fun days!

Ella reading up on whats happening to mommy :)
Mommy's little helper :)Ella can you look up 29 weeks

Finger painting turned into face painting

Was so much fun!

And very messy

But we didn't care :)

Ella's master piece

Ella watching Finding Nemo with baby and mom :)

Ella wishing Grandma a good show with her United Entertainer's

Dave and I became "Godparents" to Sweet Adriana.

Our God child :) We love you!

Well life has been very busy! And we haven't had the baby yet. I've been feeling really good "Lately" but not sure when that will change again to being sleepy and tired. I'm know 29 weeks in and my last doctor's appointment was all good. I have told my Doc to that I really want the whole experience this time. Dave cutting the cord and the baby placed on me right away. I really feel like I missed out on a lot of Ella's birth. But I asked him to make it painless and quick too :)

Since I last wrote Ella has become a 2 year old on April 8th at around 4:02pm. And she is already starting to change with a little bit more attitude and lots of NO's. But it's a stage I will learn to love but hope it doesn't stick around. She has grown a whole inch in a month and is growing up so fast. Lately she enjoys helping mom with the garden and we've been doing a lot of mommy and me time. Since this is the last few months that she will be an only child. Ella's going to be a great big sister and we can't wait. She knows that this bay is also Ella's baby,and that it's going to be a "Sister"(So she thinks)...hee I would love another girl but a boy too would be great.

25 week photo

The belly button is like it's own island ..hee:)

23 weeks and Ella update

Ella brooming
Just waking up from a nap


Ella trying to be like grandma


Charming the piano man at Country meadows

Grandma and Grandpa's Anniversary dinner 67 years, and happy brithday to grandpa on his 97th birthday.xoxox

Meeting her new friend Kaden for the first time.

Mommy and Ella working on their funny faces

TWO little piggy's

She eats so much, my little piggy!

Who know the second pregnancy would be SO different. It's harder!!! Way harder. And I'm out of breath just typing it. I'm looking forward to having this baby in my arms already. Maybe it's a sign that I really only want 2 kids. I'm really mostly looking forward to see what Ella will be like with the new baby. I truly believe that she's going to love it. I'm know 23 weeks pregnant and some what nervous as well. With Ella I had a C-section so you could say I feel like I scammed the system of "birth".Nature birth isn't for everybody but I truly feel I should know what birth feels like by know. I'm going to hope for a natural birth this time and I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. With Ella I felt ZERO contractions or pre pain. I still to this day have no idea what a REAL contraction feels like . So for me it feeling like I'm going in my first time giving birth. I really want to do the natural birth, and hope that it all goes well. Time will tell!

Ella bean.

She is growing up so fast, and has become a real magical little girl. She's a spark for people that meet her, a charmer and a little girl with lots of love in her heart. Any visitor to the house gets a tour of her room. And gets the low down on what you"NO TOUCH" of whats in her room...so funny! Ella is know sleeping in a BIG girl bed since last week. We have had no problems with the change and she has embraced it really well. No getting up in the middle of the night and she will call for when she's done sleeping, more than we ever thought it could be. She's a spinning dancer and bumps into everything doing it. But it seems really worth the spin,with giggles after. Loves to play tea party with her dolls. Her vocabulary is crazy she know can say pretty much anything and hears EVERYTHING:) Her favorite words are "EAT!"... "I SEE!"...and "SHOW!" These are the words I hear daily that she drives into your head. I totally remember doing this to my mom, where I would just say "MOM" over and over again to get her attention. She knows what she wants that's for sure. She can make me smile everyday and she's helping mommy get through this pregnancy with lots of love and laughter. She will soon be turning 2 on April 8th, which is hard to imagine. I still can't believe I'm a mom that will soon be a mom of 2. It's truly something I have always wanted and it's hard to believe it's happening.

I'm happy!

4 days in Tofino

We finally got the chance thanks to Grandma and Nanna for taking care of Ella bean to go to Tofino. Dave and I had such a wonderful time and the weather was fantastic! I'm glad we didn't get the stormy weather people talk about.We couldn't of done most of the thinks that we did do if it was raining. We both have never been before and we made it our last time going away trip before the new baby arrives. Tofino is a very special place, it's like a sprinkle of heaven! We had some friends stay at the Break beach lodge" and recommend it to us. And I would do the same for everybody I know. It was in the high price range but TOTALLY worth it. Long walks on the beach, beach combing (so many great treasures) biking, hiking and hot tubing. We even took a short boat ride to Mears Island to see the 1000 year old tree's, they were amazing! Once back to the Island we got a coffee and tea for me and walking round the small but very cute town of Tofino. Best trip in a long time! Here are some of the pictures we took on the 4 day Jo and Dave weekend,enjoy!

Torch in Ladner

Ella getting her chance to hold the torch

Dave holding the torch Run torch man run!


Ella and Alex with their apples...yum!

Ella ,Dave ,Ryan and Alex all walked over to the Municipal hall and watched the torch run by. The kids got free apples and enjoyed all of the excitement. Dave and Ella even got asked if they would like to have a picture with the torch...So cool. It will be something that will be very memorable for the two of them. Sadly I had to miss it all for a day at work, but I'm glad Ella and Dave got to experience it all.

19 weeks pregnant

The side profile and spin
Looking right at you,2 eyes, nose and mouth



They said the baby was very active and looks healthy.

Getting bigger, way bigger than last time!

Well so far I've been feeling pretty good about being pregnant the second time around. I had a little bit of sickness at the beginning but all over know. I do have some lower back nerve problems and my belly button has been sore. I really can believe I'm only 18 weeks and my Belly button has almost popped. That's never happened last time either(really hope this baby is not a 10 pounder)! The baby is moving around like crazy and feels very low. Ella has loved hugging and blows raspberry's on my belly. She thinks it's funny :) We have so much to do before the baby arrives. Like moving Dave's office out of the baby to be's room, and get Ella in a big girl bed. The office is going to be made into the back yard shed, which I think will be much nicer. He'll be able to open his door and get some fresh air and some sunshine in the summer time. And the kids and I can nap with no phones ringing. But I can't seem to be able to start nesting until all is done and I have my baby's room. So looking forward to all the new changes and a great summer with 2 kids and a great husband to spend it with.

A little something from my sweetheart for V-day

Picture of the three of us in the local paper.

This is something that I got to come home to after work on Saturday. A nicely written article about how Dave and I met. It put tears to my eyes and was a very nice surprise. On V-day the article could be picked from a draw , dinner for 2 at the Primerose is the prize. Hope we win!

Love blooms in kitchen at Reo's

(David Prak, Special to The Delta OptimistPublished: Saturday, February 06, 2010)

Pizza. Pasta. Seafood.
Not exactly the ingredients that make up your typical love story, but when you are a cook at a local restaurant, you have to work with you've got.
Mix that with hard work and long hours, and you end up with a cook falling head over heels for a beautiful, spunky waitress. They do say that the way to a woman's heart is through her stomach...This is how Jolene and I met. Our relationship developed over the years we worked together at Reo's, and when it was finally time to leave the restaurant, the foundation for our life together was already set.Over the years I have come to realize it's not the story of the meeting itself, but the story of what it has become: a love that is reflected in our daughter's eyes and, in Jolene's rosy cheeks, the glow of the baby still to come.
Happy Valentine's Day, Jolene.