Congrats Cal!!!

This weekend was Cal's last module in his Project Management course. And he's done! YAY :) Good job Cal! I know it wasn't easy, especially those weeks when you didn't have the Monday off and pretty much worked 12 days in a row. We're so proud of you and very glad you persevered! Cal can now challenge the PMI (Project Management Institute) test if he wants. It's the International Society of Project Manager's exam. Or he can take two more modules to prepare for the exam. He's not sure when/if he will be doing this, but definitely plans on taking the summer off!

The kids are doing great. Keeping us busy as ever!! I'm trying to find time to go to the dentist, optometrist and for a hair cut, but just can't seem to fit it in!!! Maybe Cal's next Monday off! It really is very, very busy having two little ones so close in age! But at the end of the day we wouldn't have it any other way!!

Blake has discovered the phrases, one more, one more time, and I need more! He is definitely pushing his boundaries!! One more story, one more cookie, more this, more that, let's just see how much more time I can buy or how much more I can get from Mom and Dad! All part of growing and learning! We still can't believe how good his memory is. Just last night Cal put a bib on him before supper and he said, "Colby's bib!" We were momentarily confused and then I remembered that our nephew Colby used that bib when he was here for supper one night after Emerson was born!!! Then Blake said, "Colby green bib!" I wonder if he has a photographic memory? Hopefully it helps him to do well in school!

Emerson is doing good too! She continues to be super smiley and happy!! She's giggling more and more and has started grabbing at things! I'm looking forward to her 4 month check up on June 16th. She is still very "croaky" and congested, which creates a bit of a problem. She spits up phlegm a lot and gets pretty stuffed up by morning. I hope the Dr. can shed some light on this. I would think that after 4 months it wouldn't be due to a fast trip down the birth canal!! And the antibiotics she was on didn't seem to clear anything up at all. On Saturday the Canadian Baby Photographers "consultant" had an appointment with us to sell us ridiculously priced photo packages! LOL! But, seeing as we'd been through the whole spiel with Blake's photo's we knew what we wanted and saved the guy some time! I scanned our favorites, but haven't had any luck uploading them to Facebook. I'll try and post a couple on the blog!

The kids and I had a pretty low key weekend. On Saturday morning we headed downtown to Pure bridal, where I got measured for my bridesmaid dress for Lindsay's wedding. I can't wait for the wedding!!!! Having a sister getting married is so fun :) We didn't know there was a downtown Farmer's Market, but found out when we went to park in front of Pure Bridal and the street was closed! So we wondered around the market for awhile before and after our appointment at the bridal shop. Blake had lots of fun! There were quite a few people with dogs, so he was busy pointing out the white dogs, black dogs, little dogs and BIG dogs!!! I love the way he says, "BIG!" Nothing is just a truck or a bird or a cat or a dog, etc, etc ... it's either big or small or one color or another! He is so full of personality!! He was also very impressed with the balloon artist's and the race car they made him. How do they do that anyways?! They had a list of over 100 things they could make!

Other than our trip downtown we took it pretty easy. Stuck around home for the most part. Played outside a bit, despite the chilly weather. I coerced Blake inside today with a cookie and hot chocolate! After Cal got home from NAIT today we decided to go out for dinner in celebration of the completion of his course AND our "13 year anniversary!" Yes, that's right - 13 YEARS!!! Wow! And this October is our 5 year wedding anniversary. Where has the time gone? We were just kids 13 years ago! Amazing to look back on all that has happened over the years! And looking forward to all that is to come :)

Have a great week everyone! The weather should be shaping up towards the end of the week!

Luv Tracy