Scrapbooker's Paradise Sketch Challenge

Seeing that I've been to scrapbook I decided what better way to create a page than with a sketch.



Sorry the picture is very small - Blogger hasn't been doing a good job of allowing me to upload so I'm using photobucket which is forcing me to downsize the size of my pictures so they fit in the text box defaulted by this blogger theme! Brutal I can't wait to get my old blog back ( WP )

2 for 1

I finally scrapbooked a page - I've been dying to scrapbook since I don't have much else to do during the day. The only issue is that I'm limited to my supplies as only 2 of my 5 scrapbooking boxes were put aside when the movers dropped off our stuff so the missing boxes have my cricut plug and my cardstock / patterned paper and emblishments.... So I make do with what I have and what I could find at the scrapbook store without going overboard as I already have so much stuff already.


Also Zoe will be 8 weeks old this week and she has started to show more and more of her personality. She now smiles when you go get her from her crib. She loves taking her bath in the big bath, splashing and smiling away. She's already starting to outgrow some of her 3 month outfits.

Bowness Park

This was a much better idea except for the fact that the spray park was nothing but a small trickle of water - We have to find a better spray park, you know the kind where the buckets drop water, flowers spary water and fountains of water shoot up from the ground. I know there are some around but it's a matter of finding it.

We spend a nice late morning early afternoon in the bowness park under a big tree on a blanket. It was for sure the perfect outing for this hot day.

Wildlife Park .... More like caged animal Park in a field

Brutal - we drove 1.5 hours yesterday to see animals in large pens in the middle of the field right off the highway. It was more than cruel to see the animals, when you think of a wildlfe park I personally think Parc Safari, or even a zoo type setting where animals roam large enclosures and are shadded from this Albertan Sun.... but boy was I wrong.

We ended up paying $ 37 to walk around a field looking at a tiger, 2 jaguars, some monkeys and a couple of bears. The only interesting ones were the monkeys and the black bear that was playing in the water. The rest of the animals looked hot and were pacing their pens.... so freaking cruel. There were supposed to be a few shows but we ended up leaving right after noon hour which would have made it 1.5 hours we were there.

On a positive note I did grab some cute pictures of the baby monkey and the bear in the water.

Calaway Park - August 7

So it's not La Ronde or anything close, but it was fun. What I enjoyed the most was the fact that Cynthia was tall enough for most of the adult rides so Claude got a chance to take her on some of the more wild ones which she loved.



PS: Sorry for the small pictures - I was trying a new style of posting pictures but I'll go back to the old way on my next post.

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Pre-Pregnancy Weight

I weighed myself today and I'm proud to say that I am back to the weight I was when I got pregnant with Zoe .... now I have to push a little harder and lose the rest of the weight that I didn't lose from Cynthia which is another 30 pounds, but I've set myself a goal to try to lose 50.

Want to guess???

From the moment Cynthia was born we knew she was going to have her fathers brown eyes... but with Zoe it's still a mystery. Some days they look dark blue, other days they look brown and somedays they look olive.

Take you guesses on what her eye color is going to be!

I'm leaning towards Olive , Claude is leaning towards Brown.

Background eye colors :
Karin's Side - Dad ( Blue ) - Mom ( Brown ) - Karin ( Green )
Claude's Side - Dad ( Brown ) - Mom ( Blue ) - Claude ( Brown )

Mystery Bumps

We got a call from the doctor that we went to go see for Zoe's Bumps and everything has been confirmed normal. The bumps ( well one is gone ) should disappear by her 6 month mark.

I am so relieved to hear that news, I didn't like not knowing what the mystery bumps were and if they would be a problem for her head development.

Aside from that news nothing to report here from Alberta, weather has been nice and summery... Zoe and Cynthia are ever changing everyday...

Happy Wednesday!

Takakkaw Falls

Takakkaw Falls (play /ˈtækəkɔː/) is a waterfall located in Yoho National Park, near Field, British Columbia, in Canada. Its highest point is 384m (1260 ft) from its base, making it the second-highest officially measured waterfall in western Canada, after Della Falls on Vancouver Island. However its true "free-fall" is only 254m (833 ft).

About a 2.5 - 3 hour drive from Cochrane deep into the BC Rockies we found this wonderful jem of a spot. The water in the river runs almost white making it look like milk. Claude and I decided to drive up yesterday for a picnic with the girls.

Back to Back Blogging - Part I - Zoe's first month

Officially today our darling baby girl is 1 month old today as of 3:01 am. I can saw that she has changed so much already is unbelievable.



So she hasn't started talking or anything like that *lol* but she has started smiling back now and she'll copy your facial experssions when you stick your tongue out or make oooo with your mouth. She is also very strong in the neck holding her head up. As much as I may jinx myself she is sleeping a 4 + 4 hour at night so far so it's been giving me a break on the sleep :0)