James & Teresa

James is staying over here last night (and maybe tonight, but that's a LONG story).

We took some pics. Enjoy.

More Pics

Not much new. I took a mental stress day today, and took James out to the Pancake House. I interviewed in Ste. Anne's yesterday for a permanant job, but I doubt I will be offered it as it has a number of sections of Geography. I should find out soon about that, but it would be tough on Cara (& I) because of the drive and lack of vehicle left behind for Cara during the day. I found out that St. Mary's didn't want me (which is fine as I would likely not have taken it, but it is a bit of a blow to the old self-esteem), and I hold out very high hopes for an AP Physics job at Grant Park, but we'll see. Overall, I am now batting .500 in teacher interview jobs, so I hope I can keep my 'batting' average high :)

As for the pics, Teresa being cute, trying to knaw off my toe, and Jeff being over giving her kisses.

Teresa in her walker

More video... Same deal as below about emailing for access. She loves rumbling around, pulling down whatever she can (papyrus, printer, bamboo...) and ramming into Rowdy & us. She is the cutest thing alive nevertheless :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWzodBS6NM

Teresa's Bathtime!

From a while back... Teresa enjoys playing with the stream of water.

I should mention that she now bathes in our shower, and loves splashing the water. We will have to get video of that too!

Once again, I should mention that you should email me at kjyost@gmail.com if you want to see the videos as I will send you a username and password.

This video involves naughty bits and viewer discretion is advised.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbZnEoLX3U

8 Months

That is Teresa's age today! Rowdy turns 2 tomorrow, but we're not planning anything special...

Beyond that, there is not too much to report. My cousin James (from Ottawa, presently residing in Edmonton) is in for a conference and we spent most of Saturday with him as it poured rain around us. The weather here has been horrible. We finally got out for a walk today. When the news was constantly reporting how it was so hot and unseasonable for the Victoria Day weekend, I was ready to kill the Easterners for neglecting to mention it SNOWED on Tuesday (or Wednesday) morning here, and we had a frost warning!

Now for the monthly pics. We have other pics to blog too, but they will wait for another day.






And now the session degenerates a bit...

Teresa is a chatty girl...

She zooms around the main floor now, doing laps around the kitchen table and even going so far as to get into the guest room... It is concerning though as she has now pulled over the papyrus twice (this is a problem, as it is a water plant and dumps water everywhere!), pulled on the bamboo, loves stealing the tea towel, yanked down the printer, and her new favorite game is "Look how fast Rowdy jumps up when I almost ram him!" The poor dog gets up, lays down somewhere else and then she attacks him there. She is beginning to learn "NO!", and by that I mean she stops what she does for 2.3 x 10^-428 of a second and then blinks and continues on her merry way.

Also, she has started to say "BLA. BLA" and "BA, BA" apparently a GA made it out today too. No MA's yet though.

I got some video of her rolling around yesterday. This will take time to edit though as I am working on a four year old computer now.

LOTS of news

Well, I have a pile of news. There have been a couple of reasons why we are so quiet over here lately. The first reason is that my MacBook's hard drive died, completely & kapput! Fortunately, I backed up the night before so all is well, and nothing is too terribly lost. Secondly, I have resigned my position at St. Paul's. Why? Buy me some beer and you will get a story, until I have another job I am not saying anything that future employers can google :) Bottom line: Admin did not see eye to eye with me or other people that were working closely with me and fresh start is best.

Right now, Teresa is whiney which is fine. Lately she has started babbling, and has put the sounds "da-da" I heard it later that day. Right now, Teresa keeps me & Cara going day to day. Anyhow, beyond the big news about our lives (I am looking for a job, until the end of June and then I hit the panic button, and Cara may search too...), Teresa has begun to walk in her walker! She has control upstairs and we have put in the gate! Cara had her first ever Mother's Day and I bought her an Italian charm with Teresa's pic on it AND a Clifford book about his mom where I put Teresa's hand print in it... Also, I gave Teresa her first big girl bath time in the tub. She sat up the whole time and enjoys water dumped all over her

Anyhow, only two things to say pre-pictures:

1 - The MB election is Tuesday, VOTE (for Hugh's peep's), as another four union loving years might help my salary, but kill the province. Even if the Tory is a sure bet / guaranteed loser, ensure the Tories get more votes than Doer

2 - Go SENS! While I believe the red chamber is useless and should be abolished, the hockey team is the next closest to my Habs, and I hope beats the evil Bettman favoured Yankee teams!

Now some pics of Cara reading to Teresa from her Mother's Day gift and Teresa all dressed up nicely for Mother's Day...

Teresa Standing Video

Teresa is standing with the help of her exersaucer. As always, if you want access it is as easy as emailing me (kjyost@gmail.com) and then logging into youtube with the user name and password I will send you!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW6ccqjHwh8

More Pics...

Well, I have some cute pictures but only one of Teresa. We had Warren over last night and he brought over Fudge, a weiner dog he is dogsitting this weekend and we got massively drunk, for reasons you may later find out. Anyhow, here are the pictures:

Teresa & me watching the laptop

7 Month Pics

Cara is scrapbooking pictures of Teresa at each month. Here are the set for 7 months.