New Discoveries

Today Landen has discovered a new body part........his tongue!! I noticed that whenever he got excited he consistently would stick his tongue out! I really think that he must be teething. But whatever it is, it is quite funny to see! (It may not be soo cute when he gets older though:))

The Boys

Such a brotherly bond developing between the two boys. It is so exciting to watch it grow more every day. Jaren is such a wonderful big brother to Landen and Landen just seems to adore Jaren whenever he is around. I am going to enjoy these moments now because we are currently not yet fighting over the tractors!! :)

My sober little Landen and my mischievous little Jaren

I couldn't resist posting this last picture....no, it isn't Landen....this is Jaren at the same age. It is funny how when I take a picture of Landen it sometimes flashes a memory of Jaren so I go back hunting through pictures to compare the boys and how they look. Time goes by too quickly!!

A Purr-fect Ending to the Day

Our Alberta Sunset

The other night we had another beautiful evening sunset so I grabbed my camera to try to get a glimpse of it before it disappeared. Even our kitten Duncan was enjoying the view with me and managed to get into the picture! Can you see him? He's sitting on the fence.

Action!!

The highlight of Landen's day seems to be when he is in his Jolly Jumper. He absolutely loves the freedom and being able to expend his energy that he has. It is so much fun to watch him - although I just about get motion sick cause he is jumping soo much! :)

Here is the little man in his glory!

Lights, camera, ACTION!

Need an Addition

I think that we need to make an addition to our house cause with all these things we are moving in for Landen we are running out of space. For being the smallest person he sure has the biggest and most stuff! I am at the stage where I am still not ready to give things up for him, like the swing or bouncy chair. It still makes the day a little easier having those items around to use. Soon we will be packing some things up and taking them back out to the shop. As of yesterday I brought in the highchair to get him used to sitting at the table with us while we are eating. It will only be a short few weeks here before we start giving him some food.

Landen testing out the high chair at 5 1/2 months old

"Okay, where's my steak?"

I couldn't resist posting this picture below.....deer caught in the headlights! This is a picture of Jaren's first time in the highchair. He is just shy a few days of being 5 months old in this picture. I've often thought that Landen seems to be a bigger baby and now by looking at these two pictures it shows it. There's only roughly 3 weeks age difference between the boys in these pictures and Landen fills out the chair a little better than what Jaren did!

Severe Alberta Weather

These pictures were from an email that was sent to me showing a TERRIBLE wind storm that happened around the Medicine Hat, AB area July 15th, 2008. Thank goodness none of that touched us around here. Medicine Hat is just over 2 hours from us. This is getting a little close to home for me!

The email read:

I bet you'll get a kick out of these photos, this was of a storm that went through Med Hat and took out 80 structures (power poles) about 20 feet in the air. Some of these bales are rolled over 5 miles apparently and some are just sunk to the bottom in the irrigation canal.
FYI, not a tornado but a wind storm with similar wind speeds as an F2 tornado (113-157 MPH). The Pictures with the round bales are amazing!

Growing & Growing...5 1/2 Months Old

I was in Consort yesterday morning so I decided to stop by the health unit to weigh Landen. I was curious to find out how much he has gained since the beginning of July. I didn't fully undress him but he had on a sleeper-like suit and a freshly changed diaper. The scale read 14 lbs 15 oz! He's gained just about 2 lbs in 1 1/2 months! (He was an even 13 lbs on July 6th) What's he gonna do when he starts incorporating "real" food into his diet next month? He'll pass Jaren's weight before Christmas! :) We are so glad that Landen is such a healthy happy little guy - what a blessing!

Grandpa Ron's 64th Birthday

Today was Ron's 64th birthday so we all went over there for lunch to celebrate with him. Also for dinner was a man who used to work for Ron for a few years, Clint. So for a special treat in the afternoon Clint brought his team of miniature donkeys to take the kids for wagon rides around the farm.

Clint gave Kevin the reigns to drive the little team. Who knows, maybe Kevin will take up a new hobby? With the price of fuel these days this might be a cheaper way to get back and forth to work!! :) These little guys move!

The 3 musketeers

Jaren had fun but he'd still much rather push around the dump truck! I don't think I'll ever have to worry about him taking up rodeo of any sort. If it doesn't involve a motor he doesn't want to have a lot to do with it!

Even Landen was lulled to sleep bouncing around in the wagon. Clint will have to come back next summer when Landen's a little older and knows more about what is happening.

Landen and Grandma Letniak

Getting Ready for the 2012 Olympics

Today I dusted off the Jolly Jumper and Landen REALLY seemed to enjoy himself in it. He just loves to be sitting up which he can't yet do on his own. He hopped around in the jumper for about 40 minutes until......... I heard these funny little noises and looked to find him sleeping in the jumper. I guess when you've had enough, you've had enough!! We'll do a little more training tomorrow!

Our Expanding Farm

We have a little addition to our farm....two new kitties! They were part of the crew of 8 kitties at Ron and Connies but ended up going for a ride in a neighbours truck?!? Kevin went by to pick them up and now they have not been taken back but have made themselves right at home here. The two little guys seem to "rule-the-roost" over Keesha and our other two females. Hopefully they'll make themselves useful and be good mousers.

Jaren named the orange kitten Duncan and the Tabby kitten he named Tipper.

We're up 2 kitties but down one bunny. Tonight I let Hoppy free. He was just getting to be too big and you couldn't get near him. So I thought it was only fair that he be freed and be able to get ready for the cold winter when it arrives upon us before we know it. He's got to be able to survive on his own and be able to find food. Jaren misses Hoppy and was a little sad & I think that Floppy is a little depressed too.

Since being home Kevin has been putting in very long days. We are right around the corner of going into harvest full-steam. They have been combining the peas, swathing mustard, silaging, and getting ready to combine the winter wheat. Then comes the rest of the wheat and barley crops!!!! So maybe we aren't right around the corner - I think harvest is here! This is going to be a long couple of months!! :)