I cannot believe it's already the middle of August and am sorry I haven't been keeping up with my blogs! I can't seem to find the time lately!! Since my last blog entry, a lot has changed in Colby's world! He has begun eating lunch everyday, so we've added a meal of solid foods. He loves to eat (usually), so it's been fun. Toward the end of July, Colby was SO close to crawling. He would get up onto all fours and rock for a bit, but then would drop, not knowing what to do. Then, all of a sudden, on Wednesday, August 6th (the day before he turned 8 months old), he crawled for the first time!!! He's unstoppable now! I absolutely love watching him explore the house, but definitely need to do some more baby-proofing as I follow him around, trying to keep him away from certain things. So exciting to see, but unreal how quickly he is growing and changing!! Colby was also beginning to take a few steps when holding onto our hands at the end of July. Now he is motoring when holding onto our hands and enjoys walking around... and not so much of the sitting in one place anymore!! LOL! I think it's crazy how we're so excited to see him start to move and want him to start doing things, but then don't want him to once he starts!! Diaper changing is becoming quite a difficult task these days... such is life with an 8 month old, I suppose. I hear it doesn't get much easier as he grows too... yikes!!
We had such a great summer of camping this year... we just got home from our last weekend of the year. We added it up and we slept in our trailer 23 nights this year. We were pretty happy to use it so much! At the end of July, Gerry, Colby, and I headed out on a week-long holiday with the truck and trailer. We met up with our friends from Strathmore, Mark, Corinne and the boys, at Pigeon Lake. Then we headed to Pine Lake and finally went to Ol' MacDonald's Resort at Buffalo Lake! Such a great time!! We used to go to Buffalo Lake when I was a kid and it's definilely one of my favorite campgrounds. There is so much to do for kids and we had a great time! Colby absolutely LOVES playing in the sand and in the lakes, so we spent a lot of time at the beach with his sand toys! Good thing we have an outside shower on the trailer to hose him off when we get back to the campsite!! To finish off our holidays, we went to the Elbrey Family Reunion (my grandma's side). We only have the reunion once every 3 years, so it's always great to catch up and see how everyone has changed! Definitely lots of changes with babies and kids now that a lot of my generation are becoming parents!
We became Auntie and Uncle again on Thursday, July 29th! Gerry's sister, Kathy, had a beautiful baby girl named Kathleen Marie! We're excited to meet her next week when they're here for several days!
I am hoping to get into my classroom this week to start assembling everything and getting organized at school. My days are rather limited, so I'm trying to spend as much time as I can with Colby while trying to get some things done for school. Definitely starting to worry about going back to work so early and trying to juggle everything... being a good mommy, wife, and teacher. I've had a few slight little breakdowns, but am hoping that it all works out well. I truly am excited to be so close to home, but am just not quite 'ready' to be headed back to work already.
Take care and enjoy the beautiful weather! The summer is almost over... man, how time flies!!
Gerry, Lesley and Colby
xoxo
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