A WHITE CHRISTMAS

WOW!! can we say that's alot of snow? We got our white Christmas here in BC and broke all kinds of weather records. The kids loved all the snow, they were out a couple of times during the day playing and rolling around in the snow. We have about 2 feet of snow in our yard, the trees look beautiful covered in the snow and as I sit here typing this it is snowing outside again. It's funny though as I was taking these pictures I was out in a t-shirt, where else in Canada in the middle of winter with this much snow can you be outside in a t-shirt? no where I suspect. I guess now we are just waiting for the rain that is coming next week to wash this all away. The first picture here is actually our spare car completely covered in snow with only the side view mirror poking out. I hope you were all able to get out and enjoy the snow!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Here is a brief look into Christmas at our house. The kids were up by 7am and were very excited to see all of the gifts Santa had left for them. They were very patient in waiting to open them though. We had to feed Riley first, then wake up the in-laws and all the time Madison and Wyatt patiently waited. It was funny, after Wyatt opened his first gift he gathered up the wrapping paper and was headed straight to the garbage can to straighten up right away.



Here's Riley with her first Christmas gift. It is IgglePiggle from a new kids tv show called In the Night Garden. She seemed to really enjoy it and was trying to hold it and put it in her mouth.

Madison recieved a Hannah Montana tour bus from gramma for Christmas, which she was very excited to get. She played with it most of the day, with her various dolls from Hannah Montana, High School Musical and Camp Rock (all disney tv movies). She is also decked out in Hannah Montana pj's. It was a Hannah Montana christmas for Maddi, from the pj's to the socks, watch, clothes, nintendo and play station game, but she loved it all.

Riley and Joe taking in all the action of the kids opening their gifts.

Have you ever seen such a sight? Our in-laws dog Murphy, sniffed out her gift and then proceeded to unwrap it her self. It was quite funny!

Wyatt is playing Santa handing out gifts to everybody. He was happy with all the gifts he recieved. There was Optimus Prime the transformer, magnetix, nintendo games and a hot wheels track.

This first picture is from the beginning of Novemeber. Riley is almost 2 months old.

It's bathtime for baby, she loves having a bath no complaints whatsoever.

Joe has Riley propped up between the pillow while she listens intently to him playing the guitar.

This last picture was taken Nov 29/08 only 11 days away from 3 months old. She has grown so much over the last 3 months. Riley has grown 3" and is now 24" long, she weighs in at 15lbs and just last night she slept from about 9:30 pm to 6:00am Woohoo!!! She is a great baby with lots of smiles and coos. It seems like she is trying to pull her self into a seated position when she is in her swing or car seat.

Halloween

I know I am a bit behind but here it is anyways...
We have Miss Hannah Montana, Mr Ironman and our newest little kitten. Aren't they cute??? Madison and Wyatt each dressed up for school parties and then we took all 3 kids out trick-or-treating at night after dinner. I must say Riley did very good for her 1st Hallowe'en, she slept through everything, I'm sure she will do better next year! The kids got lots of candy, in fact we are still eating it almost 2 weeks later!

Here we are the night before Hallowe'en picking our pumpkins out at the Apple Barn. What a great place to go for pumpkins, there is lots for the kids to do there. They are still open on the weekends until Dec 20, we may have to go in December to see if they decorate for Christmas.

BACKYARD FUN!!!

We have a huge maple tree in the backyard that leaves lots of leaves on the ground, so of course it wouldn't be fall unless the kids made the leaf pile and played around in it.

Wyatt like any little boy can't resist digging in the dirt, and what better way to do it with these great trucks...a birthday gift from grampa.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WYATT ...

Wyatt turns 5!!! I can't believe he is 5 already. We celebrated with a Transformer cake and his favorite gift...his skateboard!!! It's almost as big as he is.

SHOP ONLINE NOW! AT STAMPIN'UP!

That's right online shopping is now available at my Stampin'Up! website. You can go to my website anytime you want 24/7 in the privacy of your own home and order your stamping goodies. The link to my website is just to the left on this page. You will see the shop now button in the top right hand corner under my name when you go to my website and that will get you started. If you prefer to have an in house party or workshop instead you can contact me about setting that up for you. Happy Shopping!!

More baby pictures

Here are some more pics of Riley, with Madison, Wyatt, and daddy. Thanks to everyone for there well wishes, gifts and for the visits we had while in the hospital. My mom was a big help to us while we were at the hospital, shuttling kids back and forth to school and the hospital, thank you mom!

RILEY has arrived!!!!

Here are a few pictures to start with. The first one is the nurse prepping me for surgery, you know the I.V., blood pressure, temperature etc. It was so cool we were able to watch the C-section being done on the big screen TV they had in the operating room. It was like watching a medical show on TV. When they pulled her out of my stomach it was the most amazing thing. Apparantly we were the first ones to be able to watch a delivery that way.


Here is little Riley minutes after being born. She weighed in at 8lbs 15 ozs and was 21" long. We call her our little runt as the other kids were 9lbs 15ozs, 23" and 9lbs 14ozs, 22" long.

Here is proud papa tending to his newest little one while they finished up with me in the O.R.
I look a little rough here but I guess that is to be expected after giving birth, right?

Here is a close up of our newest little angel RILEY MARIE GUNDRUM.

Baby Book

Here is the card and baby book I made for Joe's niece to celebrate the birth of her second daughter in a year. The book is made with 12 x 12 double sided paper folded to make the pockets. Then you insert a card with a tab at the top that you can use to put pictures on and some journaling. Each page can be used for each month of baby's first year with a couple of extra ones at the back. A book like this could also be used as a calendar to list birthdays, anniversaries etc... If you are interested in the instructions for this book you can email me and I will get them to you. Thanks for looking!!

First Day of School

Well, the first day of Kindergarten has arrived for my baby. I can't believe Wyatt is in school, it seem like he was just born. Enough of my sniveling though he did great! He just went for 1 hour each day this week to get used to it I guess. He was a little disappointed he didn't need his backpack, snack or inside shoes this week. "Mrs. Martens said we don't need to bring our backpacks, inside shoes and snack until next week mom"

The first day I stayed with Wyatt and we did the tour of the different areas of the school he will be using. First was the Kindergarten room where they recieved a cookie and licorice (maybe that was a ploy to get

them back the next day LOL. We also visited the computer lab where Wyatt was right at home playing the games they have. The library was another stop and the gym was a big hit, he didn't want to leave.

Here's my boy taking a rest at the end of a fun-filled hour. I think Wyatt ended up napping a couple of afternoons this week because "school tired me out mom".

And now on to Madison. All dressed up, such a growing girl she is in grade 3 this year, hard to believe. She wasn't too excited about going back to school because "grade 3 is going to be too hard mom". Once she got to school everything was fine though. She has some kids from last year in her class again and no homework yet so it's all good. They were doing division on the second day though, eek! So now that the first week is done we are slowly getting into some kind of routine again, although that will probably be a little harder this week with the arrival of baby. Oh well, we will make it through!

Madison had to do a few poses with her most important Hannah Montana backpack.

Hope all of you with kids in school had a great first week! Here's to the next 10 months.

RETIRED STAMPS FOR SALE!!!

The following are some retired Stampin'Up! sets that I have for sale. Sales to Canadians only, cash, cheque or money order accepted. Stamps will not be shipped until cheque has cleared the bank. Please email me if you are interested in any sets and I will give you the shipping costs at that time. If you are local to Abbotsford you can contact me about picking them up at my home.

pgundrum@shaw.ca Happy Shopping!!!

Very Punny $15 You're Neat $10

Figures of Speech $20

Polka Dot & Paisley $15

Smorgasborders $15 Party Punch $15













Polka Dot Posies $20 Too Terrific Tags $15












Crayon Kids $25 Beyond the Basics $7

Sweet & Sassy $15 Love Without End $20