AUTUMN AT THE COTTAGE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

With the river we never know what to expect...it can go from 1 1/2 foot white caps to still as glass in a matter of hours!

Very windy day at the cottage!

Nanny and Ava

Papa and Ava

The bubble machine works great on a windy day!

It's much less work if you just sit in the toy box!

"Jessie you are blocking my good side!"

Not too sure about the leaves.

Another beautiful sunset at the cottage

Gifts for Ava from Amy, my Aunt Alanna's niece.

Ava and Amy

Ava enjoying the bubble bath Amy gave her.

My sister Cathy at her surprise 40th Birthday with my mom and Ava

Papa, Nanny and Ava at the Birthday Party

My sister Cathy and Ava

Cathy, Ava and I

Dina enjoying the sunset and the beach at the cottage

My good friend Ann from Naples Florida's Mom Zelma.

John

Zelma and Ava

Ava and I on the swing

Ann and Ava

Ava taking drink orders from her Tiki bar!

Dina reading to Ava

View of the river to the right of the deck

View of the river from the left of the deck

Chilling at the cottage

Picture time at a bed and breakfast near our cottage

Myself, Ava and Nanny

Ann and I

More beautiful scenery near the cottage.

Visiting my Aunts farm near our cottage

As long as it isn't overcast this is the view we get every night!

Catching the sunset from the deck!

IT'S A DUCK ....AND IT'S PINK!!!!!

We received this card and pink breast cancer awareness rubber ducky in the mail today from Connie at "Somewhere in China..."
Ava immediatley took it to the bathroom and threw it into the tub....which she does with all her bath toys every time I leave the bathroom door open and she gets in there before me!
It will look great floating in our "Pink Retro Tub"!
Thank you so much for thinking of us Connie.

TOGETHER FIVE MONTHS!!!

THEN-APRIL 18, 2007(GOTCHA DAY)

18.9LBS

76CM LONG



NOW-SEPTEMBER 18, 2007(Wearing her gotcha day clothing!, notice the split pants!)

22LBS

82.5CM LONG

DAY AT THE LOCAL ZOO!

Last week we spent part of a day at the local zoo. Ava really enjoyed the area where the small animals roam free. She loved the baby goats running up to great her! Once we got to the caged animal area she kind of lost interest...was more interested in running up and down the ramps or climbing on the benchs. Trying to get her to sit still for a few solo pictures was next to impossible...these are the best of the many I took!

WAITING MOMMIES DINNER!!

Saturday Sept 8th we had our 6th "Waiting Mommies Dinner" in Toronto at the Pickle Barrel. It was another night of laughter and fun! We had a special guest from out of town(Montreal), Doris who joined us for the night. It was great meeting her in person as I have been following her blog for some time now. I met a few new people that I hadn't met before and also got to meet Mercy who is just home from China in July.
(back row l to r): Michelle, Dolores, Kathy,Doris, Bev,Lisa and Leslie.
(front row) Catherine, myself and Ava, Julia, Suzanne, Deb and Mercy(sleeping), and Lori.




This is beautiful Mercy, all tuckered out!



Ava made the rounds around the table so everyone could have a "squeeze" and "cuddle"!