American Thanksgiving

Cooking one turkey this year wasn't enough so we made another one and had a bunch of friends over to celebrate America's day of the Turkey. Jack attempted to climb into the oven with a turkey considering he has become quite the turkey! 

Hawryluk-Melnyk's, Miller's, Wright's, Pozzi's, Kershaw-Dahl's

After Thanksgiving dinner the Miller's started a move to Utah. They will most certainly be missed. 

On actual American Thanksgiving day we went to the Wright's for turkey dinner number 3. As usual Chrissy out did herself and we all left super full. 

 The next day, after naps, we hit up the mall to score some awesome Black Friday Deals!! Jack was happy in his stroller watching all of the shoppers. The only disaster was shopping in Coach. They wouldn't allow me to bring in the stroller so while attempting to FaceTime my sisters for approval on a wallet, Jack was crawling and destroying things! Oh well. We got the deal we were looking for and was able to finish most of our Christmas shopping. Win! Win! 

To celebrate all of our shopping success we got some Yogen Fruz. 

 I was also able to score Jack a new carseat. I was almost too late and was going to have to talk the lady in front of me out of buying it but was so relieved when they were able to find one more in the back. I felt like I was doing hard-core Black Friday shopping. 

 After the hard work of shopping, Jack had to take a nap and I refuelled with my favourite beverage of choice. 

 One day of shopping wasn't enough so Jack and I went out for more on Saturday with Chrissy. It ended up being really nice because Jack went down for a nap and then out again for Tim. We got so much Christmas shopping done. It will be so nice to not have all of the shopping stress during the holidays. 

Aunt Ginger

Aunt Ginger, my Grandpa Evan's sister died so my mom and Tannis came for the funeral. It was awesome to see family and learn more about the Evans side of the family. My favourite discovery was that Aunt Ginger would hide out and drink diet coke. She also loved taking her kids to 7-11. Apparently my Great Grandma Lucille (Jack Evans' wife) also loved drinking diet coke. I can't fight my genetics. Diet coke and 7-11 are in my blood.

 It was so fun to have Tannis stay for a few days. I took her to my favourite thrift shopping place: Interfaith Furniture. She was delighted by the amazing stuff their. We even found me two more chairs for my table and a glass vase which we accidentally broke before we even got out of the place! As usual we shopped, drank diet coke and at wings. It is my favourite when my sisters come to visit. 

 Tannis is a great aunt and we will sure miss her when she goes to Spain. Jack loves her! It doesn't hurt that she finds the cutest clothes for him. I also love that when she posts pictures of him she uses the hashtag- not my asian baby!! Hilarious. Have kids already because I want to see what they will look like.  

Hunting

Tim has been waiting all year to go on another hunting trip. He had so much fun last year and was dying to take Tyler out. The plan was to take go in Southern Alberta. I wasn't really interested in staying by myself so Erin came to hang out with me and Tyler took the girls to Soab to hang out with the Grandma's.

It was so fun just have Erin and Lincoln. We hit up the mall but shopping with Jack can sometimes be a little out of control.

 We got out the baby swing for Lincoln and Jack thought it was a great place to play. He loves to climb. I foresee this just becoming more of a problem! 

 Jack was in dog heaven with both Rocko and Wrigley. He has learned that the dogs wait under the high chair for food to fall so now he has started throwing it and laughs. 

 We watched lots of TV, ate buffalo wild wings and as always drank lots of diet coke. This relaxation time allowed for lots of Lincoln snuggles. 

 We also found time to watch Payton play hockey. She is scored a couple goals and got player of the game. Well deserved. 

 It was also fun to hang out and cheer with Mike. 

 Out walking with all of the puppies and babies. 

 Being an Aunt is the best. Lucky for Jack, Erin is playing the Aunt card and spoiling him rotten. In addition to sharing lots of treats, she also gave him his first taste of diet coke. Needless to stay Jack loved it because it is in his blood. 

 We were getting tired of waiting for the boys to come home so we hit up Lulu Lemon to make ourselves feel better. Maybe next year they won't leave us for so long... 

 Jack is really looking forward to the day when his Dad will take him hunting!!

Tim and Tyler did have a successful hunting trip. Tyler was able to get a deer. Tim took a shot but due to wind and distance missed. Tyler blamed the lack of seeing deer on Tim's noisy pants. Now Tim is dying to get camo to improve his hunting skills. We will have to wait and see what Santa brings. 

10 months

Jack is busier than ever and so much fun. He loves to explore new places and scales the stairs on the regular. He wakes up once in the night to eat and I am hoping during the next month I can cut that out! He loves to read touch and feel books. He takes my finger and has me feel each page. It melts my heart. He finally got two bottom teeth!! I have thought he has been teething since day 1 so it is nice for it to have finally been real this time.

This little monster is my absolute favourite!

 Got him to crawl to my by having him chase after a tape measure. 

 Jack is large and in charge so he makes the perfect work out buddy. 

 One day I lost Jack but could still hear him. I looked in the pantry, all around the island and table but he was still no where to be found. After being thoroughly confused I found him hidden by the fridge. 

 Changing Jack's diaper is a serious challenge these days. He is so fast and escapes on the regular. But how cute is that little bum with only one sock on!

 Church is also an exhausting experience. I brought a banana for a lesson but Jack found it in my bag and decided to eat it. Haha it is the only time he has ever eaten a banana. 

 Jack loves pushing the exercise ball around. He basically bounced off of it, fell down, laughed and then did it over and over again. 

 Grocery shopping is like a race because the longer you take the more out of control and judging looks you get! He starts out happily eating snacks in the cart. So cute.

 Then we move onto wanting to escape but settling for a lounging ride in the cart. 

 Then he will briefly walk behind the cart. 

 And lastly he just escapes and starts crawling! Yes, my child is crawling on the floor at Superstore and no don't care! I just love his spunk and we are building the immune system. 

 He is learning how to open and close drawers and cabinets. It keeps him entertained while in the kitchen or bathroom but just makes for an even bigger mess! 

I can hardly handle how big my baby is. Jack continues to love cheese and meat. He has started to like frozen yogurt tubes and eats the occasional vegetable mixed in with supper. Jack refuses to drink any form of milk from bottle, sippy cup or regular cup. I have tried it cold, warm, breast milk, cow's milk, chocolate milk. You name it and I have tried. He will take a few sips and then just spit it out and let it dribble down his chin. Super frustrating. I am trying to not let how much he should be drinking or eating bother me. It is one of the things I struggle with. It is hard not to judge what I am doing by what friends kids are doing on Facebook or what the parenting book tells me to do but based on Jack's size and cheery disposition I remind myself that Jack and I are both doing great. 

Halloween

To get in the Halloween spirit, Jack and I went and picked up pumpkins. I love my chariot! We bike everywhere!

 My favourite part of Halloween is the candy. They come individually wrapped so you can always take some in your purse and because they are "small" you can eat lots and not feel guilty! I was super happy to find Big Feet! They are my favourite. 

We dressed up as the peanuts characters. Jack was Charlie Brown, I was Lucy van Pelt, Tim was Linus van Pelt and Wrigley was Snoopy.  

No big deal but I sewed the black onto the shirt! I am pretty crafty... 

The day before Halloween we went to our ward party. It was super fun. We split into groups and lip synched to Halloween song. 

On Halloween day we dropped Jack off with Grandma Wright and then headed to a movie. I was overwhelmed with happiness to find a Coke Freestyle machines.

The house with our pumpkins, all ready for trick-or-treaters. 

 Jack and I left Tim at home to hand out candy and then we walked to 7-11 for a free slurpee and visited our friend for some candy! Jack climbed up and found the bowl. He was adorable! 

 By the end of the night everyone was pretty wiped out. I would say Halloween was a success.