GRANDMA AND AMANDA ARE HERE!

Yep, Grandma and Amanda arrived safely last week much to Dylan's delight. The new airport setup in Halifax is great for watching people come down the escalator and I think it made Grandma's day to hear Dylan screaming out her name as she came down to the arrivals area - probably the best greating she's ever had in Halifax! Amanda would have got the same reception but by the time she arrived on Saturday potty training was in full swing so we didn't dare risk the accident. Potty training - if it wasn't for the overriding desire to never change a dirty diaper again I'm not sure that anyone would want to potty train their kid. Dylan is batting about .500 so far - we had a couple of really good visits to the potty (no #2 yet...) and a couple of "Daddy I pee'd" when we were nowhere near the potty! Anyways the books say that this is meant to be a quick or easy thing so I guess we'll keep at it - the reward at the end of this is definitely worth it.

Other than having to get used to using the potty, Dylan is in her prime! She loves having some one to play with 24/7 and the first words out of her mouth each morning is "where's Amanda/Grandma?" And so begins a day filled with tea parties, bubbles, hairdoos, potty, the park and generally anything Dylan want's to do. She's loving it and is good and exhausted at the end of the day, making bedtime a dream! As a result, Nardine and I are also in our prime as we get to sneak away and take advantage of sometime without Dylan - who knew a coffee at Starbucks could be so relaxing? Jeremy - we took your wife running with us yesterday - no wait, yes it's true! Amanda kept up with us for the entire 6km run - although I did have to offer her some encouragment a couple of times....she says she can't wait until the next run!

Grandpa - we're sorry that you couldn't make it out here with Grandma but we're sure that you're having fun hanging out with Dom and at least you don't have to stay up to 1am to watch the Oilers kick Anaheim's butt! Gotta go - time to try the potty again - wish us luck!