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Happy Birthday

It was a day of birthdays on the 20th. Cole turned 8, so Happy Birthday Buddy!! I hope you had a fun day! There is something in the mail heading your way! It was also the day that Madalyn reached the 4 month mark! To celebrate we went to Grande Prairie. We had to take my computer to Future Shop to get it fixed and we had some Christmas gift certs to spend at Michaels and Zellers. We managed to get Madalyn a snowsuit for next year from Sears for only 20 bucks! We were pretty impressed with ourselves! Let's hope it fits her then!
The day was running perfectly. We got all the things accomplished that we wanted to and had fun doing it. On the way home we were talking about how wellbehaved Madalyn had been and how well behaved Scout had been. Of course, no trip is complete without some explosive diarrhea. That's right, you read that correctly. We were driving in the dark about 20 minutes from home when we heard a most disturbing sound. Oh how we wish it had been Madalyn, but no, alas, it was Scout!! We pulled over at the first available place (the top of the Taylor hill at the truck pulloff)to discover that Scout had hit the floor, the door the back of the seat and of course the blanket on the seat she had been sitting! What a mess!! We ending up wiping up what we could, and throwing out the blanket which was a lost cause. Luckily we had a second blanket we could cover the seat with so Scout could sit there until we got home without getting any more on her. Of course the sudden stop coupled with cold air from the doors opening (and I am sure the smell as well) caused Madalyn to wake up in an unhappy mood and she then cried for the last 15 minutes home!
It all ends well though. Madalyn calmed down as soon as we walked in the door and fed her and changed her. Scout had a bath as did the back of the car. The stains have come out and the smell has disappeared as well. So it all turned out fine in the end! From now on, I will not comment on good behaviour from either of them until we are home safe and sound!

Back to the Great White North

Well, we have all made it safely back to Fort St John. It did take us longer to get back than we had planned due to a blizzard, but it all worked out all right in the end.
Madalyn and Scout and I arrived in Grande Prairie on Tuesday afternoon and the pilot had mentioned, prior to landing, that it was -6 with a bit of snow. When we actually stepped out of the plane the snow was blowing and it seemed a lot colder than -6.
We met Chris inside the terminal where he told us a storm was coming so we had better head on the road for the two hour drive to FSJ. Originally we had planned to spend the afternoon in GP and get some shopping done, but we had to abandon that in hopes of beating the weather. We made it just past the half way point when we decided to give up because of white out conditions. For those of you who read the blog and do not live in snowy parts of the world, white out conditions are caused by blowing snow, where you can't see anything but white, so you suddenly lose any point of reference and have no idea what direction you're driving in or if you are still on the road. Very Scary!
So, we spent the night at the Super 8 in Dawson Creek. Madalyn seemed to take her first hotel stay in stride. She was just happy after a day of travelling to be able to stretch out and do some wiggling! She spent the night sharing a queen-sized bed with Scout! Here's a picture of her during her first hotel experience.

Baptism photos

Madalyn was baptized in Winnipeg on Thursday Decemeber 28th, and these are a couple of pictures that are just too cute to not share!

Happy New Year

We've ended offf 2006 by spending time with family and friends in Winnipeg and that is how we're starting 2007! I think we've got a good start to the year.
From Madalyn, Scout, Chris and me: Happy 2007!