Meeting Great Grandpa Jack at Easter

On Easter weekend, Mommy and Kate flew to SK to visit with Great Grandpa Jack. We arranged it so that Nana, Papa, Auntie Kim and cousins, Kyle and Andrew would pick us up in Regina and we'd all drive together to Redvers. It was so special that Kate got to meet her Great Grandpa Jack and he got to meet his Great Grandaughter who was named after his beloved wife. Not only did we get to celebrate Easter with Grandpa Jack, but we also got to celebrate Grandpa's 92nd birthday a few days early!

We stayed at the farm near Maryfield where Nana grew up and Kate got to meet her Great Aunt Carol and Great Uncle Dale, along with Shawna, Eugene, Jordan, Ethan and Aaron (some of her second and third cousins). On the way back to Regina to catch our flight, we also stopped in Weyburn and got to have a quick visit with Grandpa and Grandma Michel, Auntie Lindsee, Uncle Chris and cousins, Olivia and Ben. We definitely packed a lot into 2 days as we "hopped" from one place to another!!!

Go Flames Go!!!

In April, we had a visit from Auntie Kim and cousins Kyle and Andrew when the boys were on their spring break from school. They spent a few days with us before Nana and Papa and Uncle Matt joined us that weekend. We had a great time playing together. We played a little peek-a-boo and even ventured out to Chuck-E-Cheese. The boys all went to a Calgary Flames game on Saturday night (although they did let Kate into the photo op. before they left as she received a cute Flames outfit from one of Mommy's co-workers). Mommy and Daddy even went out on a date, while Nana and Auntie Kim stayed with Kate. It was a great weekend...until the flu bug visited our house and left a few of our house guests not feeling well at all!!!

Played Out!

All of this eating, smiling, cooing and tummy time definitely take their toll on a 2 month old! Here are some of our favourite "napping" shots:

Leaving on a Jet Plane

In mid March, Kate took her first plane ride to SK. Daddy was playing in a 3 on 3 hockey tournament in Weyburn. She was great on the plane ride, sleeping most of the way there and back (although there was a bit of crying while we were delayed for an hour and a half on the way home, but Mommy was ticked off about the extra waiting too)! :-)Not only did we get to have a visit with the Weyburn Michels, we got to watch Daddy play some hockey and we got to see Olivia dance at her annual dance recital dress rehearsal. It was a great trip!

2 Months Old

On March 15, Kate was 2 months old. Here's her onesie picture from that day:

Her second month held a few notable milestones, the neatest one being the smiles!!! Kate already had her Mommy and Daddy wrapped around her little finger since the day she was born, but once she brought on the smiles we've fallen even harder!!! The only trick has been trying to capture them on film....here's the best we could do from month number two!

Meeting the Caltexans!

At the end of February, Kate was thrown another shower by my coworkers at Caltex. It was nice to see everyone (and nice to leave before the year-end audit)! We were spoiled once again with a gorgeous gift basket. Kate was great and slept through almost the whole thing (even after being passed around to everyone).

Here I am with Tom, the Caltex President holding one of the gifts we received for Kate. It's a shirt that says, "The One That Broke All the Rules". The explanation behind the shirt for Kate is that all the babies born at Caltex have been boys to date. To take the boy trend even further, out of all 5 of the original Caltex executives, they collectively have 11 children all of which are boys! So needless to say, when it came to the Caltex baby pool for my pregnancy it was definitely leaning to the blue side of things! I'm not sure if I have a job to go back to when my maternity leave is over now that Kate and I have broken the trend (although in my opinion since I'm the first female employee to have had a baby, it's okay that I had a girl)!!!

Kate's First Weekend Getaway!

The end of February held two exciting events for Kate. She got to meet her cousins, Olivia and Ben who came to visit us from Saskatchewan and she went on her first weekend getaway to the mountains!

The Weyburn Michels and Daddy hit the slopes for a couple days, while Kate and Mommy stayed warm in the lodge. We did have a nice dinner out at the Keg (no crying at all)! We also had a fun time walking up and down Banff Avenue with everyone. Unfortunately, Mommy is losing her touch and didn't take any pictures of me bundled up in Banff, so here is the token picture she finally remembered to take of my first weekend getaway on the way home!