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Little Derek has a Fall :(

On the 20th of October our little cute was playing in the loft and fell down the ladder :(
This required a trip to the ER or "Hostibol" as Derek says :):)
He got a neck CAT scan, and a full arm x-ray, only to discover a few days later (at the Ped.) that he has a fractured Clavicle!! Thankfully, it will heal all by itself, and Derek is supper brave and tough, aside from favoring it for a few days, he was rapidly back to his usual self :D
This is Derek upon arriving home from the ER which was a positive visit by the way, a few days later he got a small cut and said we needed to go to the ER so they could make it all better :D
The staff there were excellent, and that, coming from a staunch I-don't-agree-with-modern-medicine ME, is saying a LOT!


Had to add this, this is Little D knitting a wool ball with Nanny, glasses and all :D This is about 6 days after his fall and as you can see he isn't even slightly hindered :D:D

Litte D is THREE!!

Sorry this is so late.
We celebrated Derek's 3rd birthday at Uncle Derek and Auntie Sara's house on Sept 29th (b-day 30th) :)Derek got a BIG Dump Truck, and immediately zoomed all around the living room with Caleb in hot, (ok, not so hot ;)) pursuit!

Next up was an awesome new bike, cruiser style like Derek's Uncle and Auntie! Mom worried he would have trouble riding it but Derek was soon tooling up and down the road outside. For his first go on a 2 wheeled bike (with training wheels of course) Mom was very impressed :D

I don't need to tell you Caleb had a good time ;)


Mom's first go at a Raw birthday cake, this is a Black Forest Cheezecake, and I believe it was a success :D (Derek kept asking for more :D) Auntie Sara was the one who made it look so beautiful, AND was left with all the mess after, THANK YOU to Derek, Sara, Gayle and John for a fun afternoon, Derek had a blast :D
ps Photo copyright belongs to John and Gayle, Thank you!

Riding the DIGGER!

BaBa (Grampa Tobie) called one day and said to bring Derek down for a ride in the mini excavator he has been working in, so we did! BaBa calls this his Phone Booth ;p
As you can imagine, Derek was thrilled, seriously... (he is always very serious about these things;)


There is Uncle Jeremy at the top doin some serious digging too!

Brrrrruuummm! Derek got to ride in this Excavator twice, the second time BaBa let Derek take over the controls and he did really well! There were a few small holes in the driveway afterwards but he got the idea and did some turning and dumping too.

Great Brothers think alike :D

We are back!

As most of you know, I finally got my Green Card and went to BC for the first time in 3 and 1/2 years! I planned to go for a week but as things worked out we (the boys and I, sadly, Brent had to stay home) were there for 3 and 1/2, hmmm, one for each year? ;p
This was Derek and Caleb's first visit to where Nanny and BaBa live, Powell River!
So, here are some pictures to start us off, we went to this beach about 10mins south of my parents house. At low tide it is amazing!

Donnkersley Beach

Stephanie with Caleb. So lucky to see her as she is going, in October, to live in England!
The fearless water walker... even after many mouth fulls, he splashes on! Hmmm, this one is not Donnkersley, it is right below where Mom and Dad live, oops ;p
Derek loved that inflated chair, and Nathan made it lots of fun, here Caleb joined in for a minute but he was not impressed!!
Looking slightly Royal on his personal flotation device that is actually not his ;)

This was too cute, just as we were thinking of going, Derek took off across the sand to where this little girl was playing by herself. When we got there he informed us they were building a sandcastle :) Then Derek showed interest in her boogy board (?) so they took it to the water and she told him to get on! They were about the same size and not really in the water so her attempt to pull him on the wet sand was quite hilarious :):):)
Anyway, Derek definately has no problem finding and making friends!