This one's for you, Grandma!

Grandma, thank you so much for the pretty dress you made for me! I love wearing it! And in the first picture, you can see the cute black shoes mommy found to go with it! Don't I look so cute? I hope you and Grandpa have a wonderful time in Guatamala! I love you so much! Be safe, okay? I can't wait to see you at Christmas! lots of love, Karissa

Deck the halls...

We decided it was time to put up the little Christmas tree, cuz Joel will be leaving for BC on Dec. 9th! We wanted to enjoy a little bit of Christmas together... okay - mostly it was Mel's decision, but hey - we had fun!
Putting the star on top! (if you can see it...) Karissa enjoyed all the glitter, I think.
Getting the decorations out of Karissa's hands to actually put on the tree was fun. She just wanted to hold them! (and suck on them:))

Sending you all a bit of Christmas cheer before the season... lots of love, Joel, Mel and Karissa

Finally - a new post!

AHHHH! Mom's paper is finally done and we can have some sanity in the house again! The house is slowly getting back in order and I'm finally getting around to doing the things I've been neglecting for so long - like updating blogs!

This is Karissa's idea of helping with the laundry. Actually, what really happens is that mom sticks her in the laundry basket to carry her upstairs, cuz it's easier :) She doesn't seem to mind!
This is Karissa's 1o month picture - getting her to actually sit still by the bear is getting more and more difficult (we've been doing this since she was a month old...) Can you see her two little teeth on the bottom? She's got four more on top! Ouch! (let me tell ya...) She's getting so big - you'll barely recognize her at Christmas time!

Well, that's all for now... I'd like to send a big CONGRATS out to my friend (and possibly yours) Jen Spring - cuz she's having her third baby! Way to go, Jen! (and hey, big news - I got my links to work, finally - so if you want you can click on Jen's and see the creative way she told everyone!)

A Whole New World!

Well, we didn't dress up for Halloween and go trick-or-treating this year - mostly because that's not really done in Caronport! (can't say we really mind that...) But I thought it was time to post something new on the blog and show you what Karissa has been up to these days! Crawling just opens up a whole new world for her! Especially being able to chase the cat :) She loves to do that. The cat however...


Karissa is also finding many things to do with her spare time! The cd tower seems to be a favourite these days!!!