A day in the life of us...

Thanksgiving 2008

2008-10-09T13:52:00.004-07:00

I can't wait to be sitting down at our little dinner table as we get ready to dig in to a wonderful turkey dinner. I am actually salivating as I type this...mmmmm. Wish we could all be together for a big Thanksgiving dinner this year. That is one thing I always remember about my childhood is enjoying a Thanksgiving dinner around Grandpa & Grandma's big dinner table. So much fun. I remember Grandma always trying to get me to "try" a brussel sprout but finding it still on my plate at the end of the meal...or maybe it "magically" disappeared into Duffy's mouth (no wonder he liked me so much...lol)

We will be thinking of you as we head into this long weekend. If anyone wishes to surprise us this weekend feel free to drop on in and celebrate with us. We have an extra bed with your name(s) on it.

Kelly & Family

Little Monkeys

2007-05-06T21:19:00.000-07:00

Here they are.....

Adysen - learning new 'tricks' at the park.

Presley - loving every minute of her tasty watermelon. Yum!

Isn't life good?

Maplewood Farm

2007-04-23T22:28:00.000-07:00

Daddy was busy working, so I decided to take the girls out on a trip to the farm. Adysen has been a few times before, but it was the first trip for Presley. They both loved it. Addy was a bit shy of the animals at first, but once she was convinced they weren't going to bite her, she was okay. Presley thought the goats were great. She loved petting them and thought they would be fun to ride on as well. I don't think the goat was too happy. After the goats we visited the sheeps and the lambs, the horses and the cows, the bunnies and the ducks, the chickens and the peacocks, but, the most favorite part of the trip was Adysen's very first pony ride. She was so excited she could stop smiling. I think there will be many more trips to the farm this year.

Addy's wacky outfits

2007-04-23T22:14:00.000-07:00

Here is another one of Adysen's outfits. She loves clothes. She loves to dress up. She loves to try new things, and sometimes this is what she comes up with. Isn't she funny. She sure know how to keep us laughing.

PRESLEY TURNS 1

2007-04-23T22:01:00.000-07:00

IS IT APRIL 17 ALREADY? I can't believe my baby turns one today. She has accomplished so much in the first year of her life and still amazes us everyday. She is so much fun to have around. Her goofy little faces will always put a smile on your face, and her cute giggle will keep you laughing.

She had no idea what all the commotion was about today. She was pretty excited about the balloons that were tied to her high chair though. She kept say bawoo bawoo. She had big smile when we sang her 'Happy Birthday' and devoured her entire piece of cake. Best of all she loved all the presents her big sister helped her open. I am sure she will get a lot of play out of them.

What a blessing it is to have 2 beautiful girls.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESLEY! WE LOVE YOU.

The Baden Powell

2007-04-19T15:03:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of photos of one of my favorite hiking spots in North Vancouver. It is a short drive (5 mins) from our house. If you are not into hiking then this is not for you. It starts out going straight up the side of a mountain but then levels out. There are a lot of stairs to climb as well and gives an overall great workout. I think it is absolutely beautiful. It takes about 25 mins to get to "the rock" (going at a good pace) which over looks Deep Cove, and in the distance you can even see Coquitlam. It is amazing and every time I go up there I remember how truly thankful I am to live in such a beautiful place. If you ever get to North Van, remember to hike the Baden Powell. If you are really adventurous and want to camp along the way this hike goes from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay (approx 12-14 hr hike). Probably won't be done in my near future, but I would love to attempt it one day.

P.S. The first pic is the start of the trail and the last pic is of the rock and the great view. The pics do not show off the true beauty this trail possesses.

Presley's 1st Haircut

2007-04-12T12:14:00.000-07:00

Presley was in desperate need to have her long locks trimmed back, so, while in Port Hardy we took her over to Liz's Hair Salon and gave her the star treatment. Unfortunately, she wasn't really in favor. Before going in she looked like such a sweet little baby girl and when she was finished she appeared so much older to me. No longer a baby, but a real little girl. Ain't she cute.

On the road again....

2007-04-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

Thanks to a fussy baby we captured this moment just off of the Zebellos turn off. We were on our way up to Port Hardy for the Easter long weekend. So excited to be going "home" for a couple of days. The weather was beautiful on our trip up and very warm. Presley was so anxious to get out of her car seat that she started wailing for a pit stop. Happy to get out of the truck for a few minutes, the kids watched for birds, threw some rocks and played around a bit.

On the slopes of Seymour

2007-01-15T15:03:00.000-08:00

What a beautiful morning it was here yesterday. We took full advantage of the nice weather and headed up to Mount Seymour to go sledding. It is so nice to have a ski hill literally 10 mins from your door step. Presley stayed home with Noni & Poppa and the 3 of us headed up the hill. The tobaggan area was perfect, just the right amount of sunshine, the right amount of people and the right amount of snow! We got quite the workout pulling Addy back up the hill on the sled. At first I couldn't figure out why Jason and I were sweating to death and Adysen was still bundled up, but I quickly figured it out. Here are some pictures from our morning. Enjoy.

Adysen Turns 3

2007-01-15T14:52:00.000-08:00

January 7th, 2007 came very quickly for us. Our baby turned 3 years old. I feel like I have had her my entire life because I can't quite remember life without her, but on the other hand, I can't believe she is 3 years old already. How quickly time flys. She loved having a birthday. She couldn't wait to have a party and open presents and have cake. We celebrated her party with her new friends from preschool on January 12th at Go Banana's Jungle Gym. What a blast. We hope you enjoy the pictures.

Our growing girls

2006-12-10T19:55:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted a picture of the girls lately, so I thought I would share one with you. Can you believe Adysen is going to be 3 years old next month? I can't. Where has the time gone? And Presley, she is almost 8 months old now. I think time keeps getting faster the more children you have.

Adysen is doing really well. She is enjoying living in Vancouver and going to all of the different shops. She loves Costco's demos and Ikea's hotdogs.
Her favorite is the "Go Bananas" Jungle Gym. She could stay in there all day. She has just started Preschool here in Deep Cove. The people are really friendly and the kids are great. It is a wonderful little place to take your kids. She is busy, busy, busy and just never stops. She is wild and crazy but so loving and caring all at the same time. She is a great big sister.

Presley is just going with the flow. She is mesmerized by all the lights here in the city. She loves to people watch when we are out and about. She is very laid back and easy going. Never complains unless she is hungry or tired. She is a real blessing as a second child. She has adjusted well to the move. The first week was rough (she thought it would be fun to hang out with Mom and Dad from about 11pm - 4am) not fun, but thank goodness she is over that. She is in love with her big sister. Addy really can make her laugh. She is trying to crawl right now. She'll get there in no time. She does like to climb, so once she is mobile I will be in trouble. She says "Mama" and we are working in her saying "Dada". She is definitely a Mommy's Girl right now.

They are both a ton of fun and we couldn't imagine our lives without them. They truely make life worth living.

Enjoy the pics.

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

2006-12-09T09:41:00.000-08:00

Adysen has been asking me for days to make the gingerbread house with her. With all of the unpacking and settling in I just didn't have time...until lastnight. What a fun evening... building, decorating and then eating the last bits of leftover candy. That explains why Addy wasn't ready for bed until 10pm. It was neat to see her having so much fun decorating. She was quite funny when she would put the candy on the house and "accidently" getting some extra icing on her fingers. She would say, "Oh, don't worry Mom, it was just an accident! LOL. Too funny.
So here is our first Gingerbread House. A ton of fun, and it looks pretty good too!

A self portrait

2006-12-08T21:09:00.000-08:00

I thought it would be so cute to post a picture of Jason and I on our blog. Little did I know we would look so tired. Especially Jason, I think he had been up with Presley pretty much the whole night before this picture was taken. LOL. I guess we don't look as youthful as we feel....

Calling All Dogs...

2006-12-08T20:56:00.000-08:00

Jason and I could hardly believe our eyes when we drove past Ron Andrews Rec Centre and saw a huge yellow sign that said, "Doggy Swim, Sunday 4-6pm". We looked at eachother and thought, no it can't be for real dogs! Oh, but were we wrong. Apparently, twice a year they have a doggy swim, where, for $5, you can take your beloved dog to swim with his/her friends at the local pool. We rushed home to get Kaiya (our chocolate lab) to take her for a swim. We thought she would love it. We thought, because she is a water dog she would go crazy for the warm pool water, but, we were WRONG! WAY WRONG! Kaiya kept trying to run out of the building. I think because there were so many people and so many dogs, that it freaked her out. Needless to say, we lost all 3 tennis balls we took to coax her into the pool and got wetter than we anticipated!

Isn't it beautiful

2006-12-08T20:44:00.000-08:00

I thought I would share one of the beautiful scenery pictures we took on our way down the island highway on our move to our new house. Isn't it absolutely beautiful. I feel extremely blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Enjoy!!!

Moving Moving Moving...

2006-11-29T10:53:00.001-08:00

Sorry we haven't been doing any posts for a while now....I don't seem to have a lot of spare time anymore...CRAZY!

We have sold our little investment house in Port Hardy and have moved to North Vancouver. So far, we are still unorganized. Our furniture doesn't come until either Friday, Dec 1st or Sunday, Dec 3rd. (The snow here is incredible. At least a foot and more to come today) and apparently Port Hardy has seen 6 inches overnight and is now facing high winds....FUN. So travelling the island highway is not really desirable right now, especially for a huge moving truck. The roads were pretty good when we travelled down on Monday, Nov 27th, but I think I did experience a couple of minor heart attacks while in the passenger seat. I felt we were driving so much faster than we really were. Jason just laughed at me.
The ferry took us for a wild ride. There was not a lot of cars on, so as we were pulling into Horseshoe Bay we hit a few waves really hard and it sounded like we just ran over a small boat or something. Then we started rocking back and forth, not great for someone who gets sea sick. Believe me, I was happy to be off of that thing.

So now here we are. I really feel like we are just visiting, not actually residents of North Van. Maybe when our furniture shows up, it will hit us. The one good thing about living in the city is we don't have to do our Christmas shopping all in one day like before. We can do a little at a time. Nice! I love Christmas and I want to enjoy the shopping a little at a time as well.

Okay, off I go to play in the snow. I am going to try and post more often.

Happy Winter....

Love the Cattermoles :)

My Growing Presley

2006-06-06T19:42:00.000-07:00

Well...it has been quite a while since my last post. Sorry! It's almost impossible to get a moment to yourself now that we have two growing girls, but, I wouldn't have it any other way. Adysen seems to be getting busier by the day, and Presley, well she is growing like a weed. She began smiling at 6 weeks. Now she is the most smiley baby I know. She is sleeping very well. I get about 6 hours straight at night before she needs to nurse. I love that. Adysen wasn't a sleeper. She woke about every 2 hours for 1 whole year. No wonder I have bags under my eyes. I still haven't recovered. LOL.
Here are a couple of pics. Presley is 7 weeks old now. Isn't she beautiful? We feel very blessed to have her and Adysen is our lives. Two beautiful, funny, crazy daughters...who would of ever guessed?????

The girls......

2006-05-05T20:20:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pics of the girls. Presley is doing really well. Growing lots, eating lots, sleeping lots. I am still getting used to the sleep deprivation. I forgot how tired you can get, although this time I feel less tired than when I just had Adysen. Figure that one out....

Addy still loves her little sister and is happy to have one. She tells her everyday how cute she is and how much she wuvs her. LOL. What a good big sister....

Presley at 2-1/2 weeks. Awwww.....

Welcoming Little P

2006-05-05T20:04:00.000-07:00

Here is our little "P".
PRESLEY ANA CATTERMOLE. Isn't she absolutely beautiful?
Born April 17th, 2006 at 6:46pm. She weighed 7lbs 10oz and was 20-1/4 in long. Everything is going well. She is perfect. Her big sister is happy she has finally arrived and loves to give her lots of kisses and hugs. Welcome Presley. We love you.

Pregnancy photos at 38 weeks

2006-05-05T09:16:00.000-07:00

Here I am at 38 weeks. Doesn't Blaine take nice pics? One of my favorite parts about being pregnant is having my pregnancy photos taken. A local photographer has taken these for me and I absolutely love his work. He did a wonderful job with my first set of pregnancy photos as well. Can you believe I was completely naked for 4 hrs getting these photos done. I still can't believe it myself. CRAZY!

Pretty Toe Nails

2006-03-30T06:35:00.000-08:00

So Adysen was at home sick for 3 days with the stomach flu. The first day we were preoccupied with her vomitting every 1/2 - 1 hr...fun fun! After that ended, we became quite bored. I asked her if she would like to have her nails painted, of course she said 'yes'! She was quite excited to pick out her own color and everything. She sat so still and was so patient for them to dry. Once I was done, she said "Mommy's turn, Addy do it". You can imagine the thoughts going through my head - What if she spills it? Gets it on the furniture? Or the floor? Then I decided, she is 2, and I should just let her be a 2 year old. So I did, and this is the result. Pretty good for a 2 year old I thought!

The best part of this whole thing was the next morning when she brought the purple nailpolish to Jason and asked him to take of his socks so she could paint his nails. LOL. He was such a good sport. I think he only let her paint 1 foot, but she was quite impressed with her work. LOL.

Happy Happy Birthday Jason

2006-03-18T18:16:00.000-08:00

Happy 36th Birthday Daddy!

Adysen couldn't wait for it to finally be March 11th. She was so excited to give Jason his birthday card with her ever so precious 2-year-old signature and drawing in it. I think most of all she was excited to make the cake. Chocolate is going to be her favorite I can tell. She was such a big help. She loved to our the ingredients in the bowl and mix it all together, but I think her favorite part was getting to lick the spatula in the end. Yum!

And here they are ready to dig in.....who looks more excited!

35 weeks and counting....

2006-03-16T20:02:00.000-08:00

Here I am at 35 weeks pregnant. I can't believe that I only have 5 weeks left to go. Starting to get very excited and very nervous all at the same time. Only have 2 weeks left of work. The thought of being off for another whole year is great, but I think staying at home with 2 kids, 2 and under is going to be the tougher job. It is so worth it in the end though.

We are starting to narrow the naming field down finally. We are still looking for suggestions, so please help us out. We love the name Easton for a boy, but for a girl, I have my heart set on Hayden. I know it is more of a boys name, but I really like it for a girl. Jason really likes it as well, but I don't think he is totally convinced. So here we are looking for your help.....
please no names like Dakota, Courtenay or Victoria (cute, but....) I would rather not name my baby after a city, state or country. Also, even though I think Summer is nice, no names of seasons or months either please. Picky, I know.....LOL - see why we are having hard time.

Okay, we are leaving the thinking up to you. Thank you in advance for all of your suggestions.

Love you all!