imagine

...because there are no pictures for this one. on the 14th i celebrated my 29th birthday. we had what scott called, "a corinna day". starting with a family walk around the campus and the pond. i had made the comment many times that i wished i had brought the camera. sophie was very exploratory and picked up almost every leaf that we walked past. her and scott held hands and broke the cobweb path and i walked behind, just enjoying the sunshine and my family. our God is good, i feel so very blessed by my little family. after our walk, scott made us some lunch, sophie had a little nap, and we just sat together. by about four o'clock, scott said it was time to get ready and off we went. the drive took us to a beach in tsawwassen where we were met by scotts sister, chelsea. she walked us across the park to a little picnic table by a pond where mom werdal was waiting. grandma took sophie for the evening and left us to be alone, just the two of us. chelsea had put together a beautiful table for us including; a white table cloth covered with starfish, rocks, white candles, flowers and music. instant tears came to my eyes. scott had arranged for his family to help him out as he couldn't do anything seeing as how he had to be with me. we enjoyed a dinner of fish and chips listening to norah jones and sitting together by the ocean...the tears were still falling. after dinner we walked along the beach holding hands, feeling the sand between our toes. i couldn't have asked for anything better, most definitely a corinna day. when we reached the car, we headed to grandmas house where we had cake and fruit. beautiful? i am certain that it was one of those days that will not soon be forgotten. i am so honored to be apart of this family, to be cared for and loved by scott. thanks buds.

boots

sometimes i feel as though life is a little unfair...or even a lot. and other times i relish in the moment of being who i am to such a beautiful little girl. the other day as i picked sophie up from her nap and took her over to change her, i noticed that the smell of pooh was rather strong, perhaps too strong. as i lifted her little dress i caught a small glimpse of why. under her cute pink dress was a diaper, a diaper undone and holding only onto her skin by the sticky pad that should be around her waste. there was pieces of, or should i say smears of pooh everywhere, from my arm and shirt to her legs and crib. my shoulders dropped, my excitement for the day gone, my understanding of fair vanished. i called scott from the bathtub and reminded him on his answering machine that i did not sign up for this, that we had both been apart of the making and perhaps he should come home and i would take over his work for the rest of the day, besides, somehow i knew, i just knew it was his fault, after all, he put her to bed, and this would have never happened if i had just done it like i always do! like i said, this was over an answering machine and later would come a call from a husband who just giggled at me. then there are days that i relish in. last night as we wrapped up our day, sophie handed me her little blanket, which i tied around her shoulders as a cape, and then she went to the closet to find her boots. these boots have rarely left her feet since i brought them home for her, regardless of the temperature and how hot her feet get. so i had my little super hero with no pants on (but a diaper) in boots and a cape running up and down our little hallway shouting that she was going "fast"and laughing hard. i am truly blessed. to prove that the boots don't come off...a few pictures!

and so, this is my little girl, boots and all, and i love her.

time with nana

so school started and sophie and i escaped to nana's house...we came back to a crazy number of 18 year old teens super excited to be out on their own for the very first time...me, i am just waiting for papers and such to start so they settle down a bit. nana, sophie and i had a great time together and played almost every day. a few pictures to capture our time; on sunday we ventured to goldstream park, a favorite of mine that scott is tired of hearing of. this is a place that i grew up going to on school field trips and family outings...i just love seeing the stinky fish and walking the trails. monday night i reunited with two old and great friends...liana and frieda. let me tell you a little about these two. it started in grade seven with sitting together, playing colored eggs together, eating crap bats together and having sleepovers together. now fast forward to today and it is much the same...minus the colored eggs and add peeing together! i am blessed to have them in my life. next came tuesday, which included a visit to beacon hill park to see the goats and ducks. the ducks were great as sophie would call them to come. the goats amazed her to begin with and then nana found her a brush for them... wednesday we were together with the osman's and headed out for fort rod hill; friday found sophie and i upisland for an hour to visit with my dad, pick apples, watch the lizards, eat tomatoes and play with the sheep; saturday night was spent with my grandparents (gigi and papa), i only wish i had more photos of this night. sophie was rather tortured by them and loved every second of it...i should say, she was tortured by papa, who is no longer allowed unsupervised visits! sunday my mom and i walked along dallas road and played at the beach; and that was that. a very nice time spent with nana, building memories and having lots of fun together. thanks for having us over mom and sharing your holidays with us...more and more you are proving that you may be ready for unsupervised visits!