RIBEIRO

Since May, I feel like we've been away more than we've been here. We added up the plane rides and Jonas has been on 12 plane rides since he's been born and the majority of those have been since end of May! We recently came back from Kitimat for a wedding for close friends of ours Cara and Nuno. We were able to stay with other GREAT friends Rico and Christine who put up with us for the 9 days we were there! All three of us were in the wedding, although originally Jonas was suppose to go down the aisle in a wagon and he ended up walking up with us. Jonas had his first sleep over without Mom or Dad there! The days leading up to the wedding were quite hectic and friends and family were so great and helped babysit, etc. On the night before the wedding our fabulous girlfriend Anita even took him for the night! Thank you Anita, it helped so much! We are so lucky to have such great friends. We have some very close friends that still live in Kitimat and we loved being able to spend

I heard that Birthdays were fun but no one ever told me they would be this fun. Hi everyone...it's Jonas, and I had the best First Birthday ever! Friday was my actual special day and Mommy took me to Kits Beach to meet up with my gal pal Anna and her Mommy ( Jelena) for the morning. On the way home we stopped to buy balloons and I started putting things together! All morning I kept hearing this special song "Happy Birthday", well I saw the balloons and put two and two together and realized it was for me! I LOVE balloons. When Daddy came home we had a BBQ with some of my special friends. Oh ya....I LOVE BIRTHDAY CAKE too! I ate a whole cupcake all by myself! Lot's of people wanted to sing to me on the phone/skype! When I woke up on Saturday, Auntie Drea and Uncle Ryan were at my house ( they live in Kelowna)! They came just to visit me...okay, maybe Mommy and Daddy too! We went swimming at the wading pool in the hot hot sun. I love splashing in the water. Then in the e

Today our baby turned one...one! There are little moments in my life that I have to pause and memorize the moment and last night was one. It was 10pm and I was just finishing making a fabulous birthday cake for Jonas and I kept thinking "I can't believe he's ours and we don't need to give him back!" Keith and I still are in awe that we have our little guy in our lives! A year ago tonight we were sitting in the INC at Children's Hospital holding our new little baby and now he's crawling up the stairs! Yes, that was his new trick he showed us today! Ithink he secretly practices when we're not around and then when he feels like it he decides to show us his new skills which he's already mastered! Thank you God for what a wonderful first year we've had!

On our way back from Portugal, we spent 2 days with Keith's sister and family in Toronto. This was the first time the cousins were able to meet. We made sure to take some pictures. Say cheese! We hadn't been in Toronto for almost 2 years and it was nice to catch up. Thanks for the hospitality!

Since we've been home it's been hot, hot, hot! Despite runny noses, a mild eye infection and a bad cough, we have been able to enjoy some summer days with friends in the pool! The kids had such a great time. Thanks friends :)