Kelsey's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday pretty girl.  I can't believe Kelsey is 3.  She choose a pink themed party just like last year.  Her only request was that everyone wore pink.  

Our birthday girl waiting for the guests to arrive.

Garrett refused to wear pink but once he saw Daddy paint his hair he was excited to participate. 

Kelsey wasn't shy at all about opening all of her loot.  She admired every gift and then promptly tossed it aside and went onto the next one.  She sure is one lucky little girl.  

Quinn joined the festivities and enjoyed chatting with all his adoring fans.

The kids eating dinner outside.  I took about 10 shots and Kelsey made a funny face in all of them.

Love the pink headband and jewels Grandma Sharon.

Kelsey loved the attention and singing.  I'm hoping for another pink party next year as it makes it really easy to ice the cake.

I love this shot of Kelsey and Cousin Austin.  

Kelsey posing for a photo on her new bike.  Sigh....

Big Day for Quinn

I've switched over from a PC to a Mac so am having a very difficult time organizing photos.  It's a big learning curve.  Today was worth the stress however so I could post a few.  Quinn has started to push himself up on his elbows and today he flipped himself over.  So much fun!

This is his "Huh??" face.  He just flipped over from his front to back.

He's pretty darn proud of himself.  

Quinn is checking out some toys yet can't control his hands enough to grab one.  Love those thighs!

Oh and some old news...Quinn found his thumb.  He still, however, needs a floor or bed to help him guide it to his mouth.

I had a really cute video I wanted to post but after wasting over an hour trying to get it to upload I'm giving up.  Maybe tomorrow.  :)

June 2012

Time has been flying by over at the Hungle household.  Garrett's preschool is finishing up for the year this week along with soccer, swimming, dance and gymnastics.  Quinn has been thriving, and at 11 weeks old weighs over 16lbs and is wearing 6-12 month clothes.  He's full of big smiles when he's awake but continues to be a big sleeper.  It must be all of the growing he is doing. 

Kelsey really loved her Saturday morning dance class.  Both her and Garrett have been doing a lot of dancing at home right now.  Garrett puts on the music and Kelsey gets all dressed up in numerous princess dresses and slippers.  Garrett often wears his Batman outfit.  They both take turns dancing and all dances usually end with a lot of bum wiggles.

 Happy Father's Day!  The kids were very proud of their creations.

 Kelsey playing doctor with Quinn.  He made a very good patient.

Every time Cary and I go to check on the kids before bed we find them in weird positions.  Garrett is usually hanging out of his bed or has fallen out of bed and is lying on the floor.  Kelsey has been found kneeling by her bed and often has her head where her feet should be.  This night she was the one on the floor.

Ahoy there matey!

Sweet dreams.

I was the spider and had to chase these two bugs.  They were bugs all right as I was trying to cook dinner, hold Quinn, and be a spider at the same time.  Ugh.

 Kelsey's hairdresser gave free manicures.  How fun!!

A fun day trip to the new Oakridge Lego store with Mommy and Gran.  Thanks for the awesome Lego Gran! 

Outdoor School 2012

We had another great day at the North Vancouver Outdoor School Open House last weekend.  Here are some of the highlights.

 Garrett and Kelsey got to release salmon fry into a stream.

 They examined some creepy crawlies.

 Visited the farm.

 Ran wild in the Bighouse and watched people make bannock around a large fire.

 Threw rocks and had some snuggles down by the Cheakamus River.

Played hide and seek.  This is Kelsey hiding.  She wasn't behind the tree but stood in front, covered her eyes, and yelled, "I'm ready!".  Definately not her best work.

 Quinn snoozed the day away.

Cary made this neat collage of our past 3 visits.  Kelsey missed out the first year as she was in the backpack.

Quinn Graeme Hungle

Introducing Quinn Graeme Hungle.  Quinn was born via c-section the morning of April 4th weighing a healthy 9lbs 11oz.  His size impressed everybody in the delivery room.  I believe the doctor called him a 'bruiser'.  So far he has been a fairly easy baby.  He does a whole lot of sleeping and eating.

I love his dark hair.  It looks straight in this photo but when it got wet in the bath it went into tight little curls.  Looks like he's got his daddy's hair.

A proud Daddy.

Kelsey loves her little brother and has taken nicely to the role of big sister.   When he takes up too much of my time, however, I'm instructed to "put baby in his swing".

 Quinn seemed to enjoy his first bath.  He handled it well considering he had four of us staring down at him and Garrett and Kelsey were trying to hand him toys.

 Kelsey had just brushed Quinn's hair.  Poor kid. 

 Me and my boys.

Welcome to our family little guy.

The Artist

 Taking off Kelsey's clothes so she could paint without getting paint on her clothes seemed like a brilliant idea.  That was until I left the room for a minute.

This wasn't exactly the masterpiece I was hoping for.

Christmas 2011

It has come to my attention that I haven't posted any photos in a long time.  I'm going to blame the quality of my photos this time.  Kelsey and Garrett seem to think that making faces at the camera is the way to pose right now.  Every Christmas picture seemed to be of the back of one of the kids heads.  Hmmm.  Maybe it's the photographer not the subjects.  :)

We had a great Christmas.  A Greek feast for Christmas Eve dinner at Uncle Dean and Aunty Meghan's place, a delicious breakfast at Grandma Debbie and Michelle's, a nice afternoon visit from Grandpa Leo and Grandma Sharon, and a great dinner at Grandma Judy's house.

Garrett checking out the loot Santa brought him.  What a lucky boy!

 Even though Garrett had to wake Kelsey up she couldn't wait to examine her goodies.

 Too many toys!!!

 This cracked me up.  I found the two of them sitting like this in the kitchen waiting for breakfast.  Kelsey climbed up into her highchair by herself.  Santa did well with the goggle idea.

 Helping Grandpa Jerry open his presents.  Notice the nice dress.  She wore it for about 1/2 hour.

 Garrett loving his cool remote control Finn McMissile from Uncle Dean and Aunty Megs.

This is the reason why Kelsey tore off her boring Christmas dress.