Merry Christmas Everyone!

Moving more and more

Well just a quick video to show everyone my little man and his new skills. Everyday he gets better, cannot believe that soon he'll actually be crawling!!!! Look out world hee hee.

6 Months!

Well Mekhi is now 6 months old and there is no holding him back, he wants to move so badly. As you can see by the video, that is how he's getting around right now. Which makes is pretty hard because our furniture has sharp corners, gonna have to pad that, and the floor is tile, yeah he'll learn after the first few bumps i'm sure haha. Can't tell you as yet weight or height but sometime in the next few weeks we are going to take Mekhi in for a general check up with a family doctor here, just to introduce them really and find out how he's growing. He is becoming such a character, when walking in town in the stroller he won't smile at anyone, but if I pick him up, well then he'll smile at everyone, so brave from his Mum's arms haha. He loves the papaya tree's leaves, would watch them all day, and the white butterflies that flutter outside our door are his friends. Anyways thats an update on Mekhi, his exzema is clearing up, and his chest cold is slowly going away as well. Thanks to a nurse friend on one of the Princess Ships yesterday, we went for a visit and she checked him out just to make sure the cold was ok, and yup, just normal cold.

We're Connected!

Well not too bad at all, two weeks in Grenada and we have a fully furnished apartment, house phone, cable, internet, and I have a local cell phone as well. Goodness we sure have been busy!

Lets see, our flights to Grenada went really well, Mekhi slept the entire way from Winnipeg to Minneapolis, then we played in the airport and he slept for about half the flight from Minneapolis to Miami. Once we arrived in Miami we had to re-check in with American Airlines (luckily didn’t have to collect luggage though) and get to the gate. Once there it was about time to board, we got on, all looked well until we got an announcement saying there was something wrong with the plane and we all had to get off, I had just gotten Mekhi to sleep  So had to wake him up, get all our stuff again, and go back to the terminal, tried to go and get something to drink then an announcement was made for all Grenada passengers to return to the gate, so we went back, only to be told “wait” cause there is now a medical emergency onboard and we all have to stay put, well Mekhi is now feeling a bit fussy, we sat down and played, calling Kellon to advise him of our delays. Anyways finally we got on, took off, Mekhi slept from take off until landing (thank you!) and we finally got to Grenada by 12:30am, out of the airport by 1:30am.

Anyways, since arrival poor Mekhi developped a heat rash all over his body, runny nose and eyes when outside which we thought were allergies, but then lead to a cold which he now has and a cough that makes him have a hard time breathing. So its been a little bit rough getting him accustom to Grenada. But together me and Kellon are trying to make everything as easy as possible for him.

So the pictures are of our two weeks here, I don’t think they need much explanation.

Above is the first ripe papaya off our papaya tree

First day at the beach!

One of our papaya trees in the yard

Daddy and Mekhi snoozing, big surprise!

Arrived Safely

This is Megan's mum, Susan.

Megan and Mekhi arrived safely in Grenada at 1:30 a.m. (Grenada time). There were many delays on the trip but Mekhi travelled wonderfully. Megan is tired but both she and Kellon are happy.

I'm sure she'll blog as soon as she can.

We Have a Home!

Finally, the Carter/Cain family has a home. Kellon accepted an apartment this afternoon. I of course only have a description but I will pass on as I have been told. It is a 1 Bedroom apartment with an open concept kitchen, dining and living room. It has one bathroom (unfortunately no tub :( ) and aparently the bedroom is very big so we plan on sectioning a part off for Mekhi's sleeping space. It comes fully furnished and all bills included minus cable. It has a veranda on the front and is quite spacious. We had wanted a two bedroom but the two bedrooms Kellon looked at were not acceptable. The apartment is in the Grand Anse area, which is the touristy area, right by Grand Anse Beach. Its about 20 minute walk from the beach, grocery store and laundrymat (walking without a stroller so for me and Mekhi a bit longer). Now we do plan on doing laundry by hand as that is whats done there so Kellon says he'll teach me, oh goodness, I don't want to hear anyone complain about laundry day here haha. Kellon will be meeting with the landlady on Monday to settle contract details and accept the keys, as is his skeptical nature, he doesn't believe it until the keys are in his hand, me i'm a dreamer so i'm on cloud 9. The apartment is ours for 2 months as a trial period and as long as all bills are paid up then the contract is extended. That works well for us in case we find ourselves needing to move to a less expensive place, or even to a bigger or nicer place.
All last minute details are being taken care of, Kellon is doing his first grocery shop for "baby stuff" to have in the apartment and is nervous he will get the wrong stuff heee hee. Here, i'm stressing over lack of luggage space and weight of luggage. Guess thats the way it is when always packing.
We are hoping to have Internet within the first month of getting to Grenada and then can continue with blogging and MSN as long distance is way too expensive, after all, webcam moments are super fun anyways.
This just may be the last post until we get settled, so I wish everyone lots of fun and love during the holiday seasons and we'll talk to you all soon.

5 Months!

5 Months old now and just getting bigger. Mekhi was weighed in today and is 17pounds and 11 ounzes and 26.5 inches long. Pretty sure he's gonna be like 6 feet in a few months haha. We've had a very busy weekend, Auntie Brandee came to town and she kept Mekhi on his toes. This made for many late nights and early mornings for Mekhi, I think he's going to sleep like a "baby" now. We had a photo shoot with Auntie Brandee at the Kenora Airport which for those of you who have never been there, probably these photos show the entire airport ;)

So for the next two weeks its time to pack up, sending a few boxes ahead to Grenada and then figuring out how to pack the rest of our life in two suitcases! Kellon will be disembarking the ship tomorrow and returning to Grenada to get us an apartment and start job hunting. No rest for the wicked hee hee.

Passport has Arrived!

Just a short update. Finally all the hard work, bumpy roads, hoops to jump through have lead us to a happy outcome. Mekhi's passport arrived today!!!!! Big sigh of relief as now we have nothing more holding us back from our departure date of the 4th of December! Guess Christmas will be a sunny one.

Mekhi vs Winnie the Pooh

Today Mekhi met his very first Winnie the Pooh. Once we got home they had their first real encounter, took Mekhi some time to warm up to him as he wasn't trusting right away. But by the end, they became friends. Not without a rumble in the middle. Sorry the rumble is on video which won't load, will come later

Sophie

So for those of you who have not heard about Sophie, I will educate you. When I got to Kenora and started going to Baby Group I discovered that ALL of the babies had a "Sophie". Sophie is a rubber girafe that squeeks when you squeeze her. I couldn't help but laugh at all of these mothers that paid $20.00 for what seemed to be no more then a dog's chew toy.

Well today I went to visit another Mother and her baby girl and noticed yet again, another mother had fallen to the ploye of the Sophie, there sat the girafe on the floor. She noticed me eyeing up Sophie and said "do you have one yet...because if you don't they have finally gotten them at the Baby Store in town". (This mother as well as others had ordered there's online and paid the $20.00 as well as the shipping fee). I giggled and said "honestly, I just don't see the appeal". Well she sang the praises of Sophie up and down, so much that I must say, I fell for it and thought, why not...I must have been crazy. So off to the baby store went me and Mekhi (Mekhi and I for Granny) to pick up our $20.00 chew toy. Sophie came in a beige box, with a lovely certificate and an explanation of how Sophie benefits infants, written in 7 different languages. I laughed at myself as I got to the counter to pay and the lady there asked why I was laughing. I said "i've fallen for it haven't I"...she just laughed as well ad said "I can't believe i'm selling a $20.00 chew toy either, but you'll see" and gave me a knowing smile.

Well we came home and I immediately took Sophie out of her box, yup she felt like a dog's chew toy, I even chewed on her ears, yup just like a chew toy for the dogs. Anyways Mekhi woke up, I handed him Sophie, made the introductions, and all of a sudden both of his hands were wrapped around Sophie and her head was in his mouth!!!! I promise you, Mekhi who hadn't eaten for about 4 hours, did not put down Sophie until I pried it from his hands. So...apparently all of the laughs I had at the other mother's expense should have been at myself. Sophie is a hit, her and Mekhi are the best of friends and I RECOMMEND SOPHIE to any mother of any child, $20.00 well spent, evidence below.

Happy Halloween

Today we went to Baby Group at the library and all the babies were in their costumes, I promised Auntie Steph that I would post the pics. It was a blast. The Daily Miner and News also sent a reporter to take the group photo so Mekhi will be in the paper. Oh yeah famous already hee hee. Oh yeah and my big boy has weighed in at 17 pounds and 3 ounzes!!!

Life Update

Well we are now back in Kenora and life is moving along again. Mekhi was weighed in on Tuesday and he is 16pounds and 7 ounzes and 25.5 inches long. We are going to Winnipeg tomorrow with Granny to get his passport issued because WE BOOKED OUR FLIGHTS! Yup we leave for Grenada on the 4th of December so its now time to get ready.
Anyways, thats the update on life so far. Just a few pictures here, there is Mekhi in his new Halloween costume (it was Ireland's but she doesn't fit it anymore), then Mekhi reading his very very first book (given to him by Auntie Brandee) and then me and Mekhi having a little nap, I love naps!!!!

Clover and Leaves and Sitting Oh My!

Today we went for a walk in the bush and got fab photos of the kids. Also poor Mekhi got his first flesh wound. We had him posing for a pic with the other kids and all of a sudden he fell and started rolling down the hill. Sounds funny now but I was like "I broke him!!!". Anyways he flipped and cried and has a little scratch on his head, which did draw blood. Poor Mekhi, the rest of the walk, he wouldn't look at any of us, especially me and would not smile, he was pissed.

Oh yeah he's sitting now really straight and standing next to the couch, all photos attached.

Thanksgiving

Ok i'm so over writing, so this was Thanksgiving, more pics and maybe more explaining on Steph's blog hee hee. But THANK YOU ANDREW for the Sumo Suits!!!! Oh yeah Thanksgiving was me, Mekhi, Thomas, Steph, Matt, Kaden, Ireland, Hilary, Rob, Devon, Andrew, Jen, Ceilidh, Sam and Wally and Richard.