Thursday, August 21, 2008

More July stuff

Here's Lily being silly in her high chair (while being well supervised ofcourse!)




We visited Merrick again. He's getting so big! Lily did not have any interest in him this time. She actually took a couple of swipes at him. Good thing Melynda has such a good sense of humour!
I love how Lily's like picking her nose here!


On July 23rd, it was Nana's 50th Birthday! We all celebrated by going down to White Rock beach and had fish and chips for dinner. It was a really sunny day but was still windy. Happy birthday, Nana!
Birthday girl!

I was trying out the zoom. Not bad! :)

Auntie Karen



Lily and Grandpa Lengle
The family
Grandpa teaching Lily to throw rocks

Being silly :)
Dinner time
She loves fish and chips!
So do the birds!
Lily helping Nana open her gifts

Lily enjoying Daddy's cake
We got this guy to put up a buzzard and crows all over Mom's lawn so she woke up in the morning to this...

Lily and Peanutbutter don't mix! :(

So, on July 14th, I gave Lily some peanutbutter on her toast in the morning. She has had PB before but for some reason, she has a major reaction to it this time! Her face became very swollen and she had trouble breathing. I panicked and called 911. We took the ambulance to the hospital where they just monitored her and gave her Benadryl. Thank you to Megan for picking us up from the hospital when the ambulance stranded us there! It all eventually passed through her system but took a full 24 hours before all the rash and swelling were gone. She was a trooper through the whole thing. We are now in the process of getting her tested. We are making sure she doesn't have any kind of nuts and stay away from anything with peanut oil in it. We carry around a bottle of Benadryl and an Epi pen with us at all times.

Here are a couple of pictures I took of Lily about 6 hours after her initial reaction. She looks 100 times better in these pictures than when she first reacted. I took pictures because I wanted people to be educated on how severe and quickly these reactions occur. I still cry when I look at these pictures but they also remind me that life is full of surprises that most of the time we are able to work through.



Thursday, August 14, 2008

Kristina and Craig's Wedding (July 12th, 2008)

July 12th-13th we attended Kristina (Kevin's cousin) and Craig's wedding. It was at the beautiful resort on the Island, called The Aerie. Here are some pictures from our trip.
(PS. Kevin surprised me with a beautiful new camera as an early birthday present. So, these pictures are so much more clear and vibrant, but some are very odd cause I was playing with the features)

On the ferry over





At the resort

View from our room

In our room

The ceremony site

Grandpa Martin
Sam, Mom and Dad
The Villa
Brent and Erica
The Groom (Craig)
The Bride's Mother and Brother (Pat and Joel)
The Bride and her Dad (Kristina and Don)

Signing

The Reception
Lily had dinner first ;)

Playing with Grandpa and Grandma M


Dessert worthy of a photo!!

Lily at the reception

Dancing and more fun stuff!
Lily with Auntie Pat
The happy couple (sorry Kris, I got you with your eyes closed)
They're pregnant with their daughter, Monet! She's one lucky babe! :)
Relaxing with Grandpa
Cake cutting
The First Dance
Dancing with Daddy


Yawning with Daddy (late night!)
The next morning

Lily loved running in and out of our room onto the patio
But it was hot on her feet *laughs*
Her beloved kitty!
On the ferry ride home


We saw whales!!!
We stopped at the Buston's for lunch.
Amanda and Lily
Amanda, Lily and Sarah
Bentley
Lily "woofing" at Bentley