Lack of Posting Should Stop Now

Hi there everyone...or at least the few of you that are still checking for updates. The last couple of months have been extremely busy for us here in Canmore and I apologize for the lack of photos of our little bug.

Updates...hmmm. Well I am finished my contract with Imperial Oil as of Friday and I (we) are very excited to be going back to Saskatoon. We have had a good time in Alberta and I loved my experiences in Calgary...but we are home sick. I can't wait to have only a 6 minute commute instead of a two hour one. Work went well and I present my stuff to the company on Tuesday. Wish me luck. Dinara and I will be flying to Saskatoon on Saturday and Andrew is going to spend a couple of days in Edmonton visiting friends. I have had three job interviews for next summer (Shell, Nexen and Petro-Canada) and hopefully will hear from them this week. Imperial doesn't hire the same summer students each year but I have been informed by the head manager in charge of recruiting that they are very interested in me for permanent once I am done the PhD. So goody there for me. I think I will work one more summer and then I'll just focus on the PhD. That way I have some experience and the companies don't think I am just an academic.

On the Dinara front...lots of new developments. She says a few words now...Daddy, Mama, Bye Bye, Hi, Eye, Hand, Pooh, Boo, and she tries to say Toes. She is very cute...duh...and having a good time with mom and dad. I have some pics to post courtesy of Nana and Opa. I have misplaced my camera cable and therefore cannot download the photos that are on my little Nikon. We have visited the Calgary zoo and had a blast. Dinara was making elephant noises all day afterwards. She really loves elephants...just like Mommy. She eats like a trooper still...storm trooper maybe. She is also good at telling us when she is full now. She either taps her stomache or pushes the spoon away saying No. Time is flying by for us. She is now 21 months old, 25 pounds and 78 cm tall. She is growing like a weed.

Well that's all for now. Now that my work term is ending I will be able to post on a more regular basis. I have November and December off and start school again in January. It is going to be nice to have two months off to play with my little girl and just hang out with my hubby. I have missed spending large amounts of time with them.

Bye bye for now.



Here is Nana and Dinara at Breakfast at the Radisson. Dinara is in to the tea already. Oh well. She likes Mommy's coffee too. Sharon doesn't really like this photo so look at the bottom for a couple more I have added. I thought this was cute but there are a couple more too.



Mommy and Dinara playing with Silver the cat. We were eating at the Flatbread company in Canmore at the time. The food was a bit dissappointing.



How about it? Would you all pay 25 cents for a kiss. That day we made enough money to put her through university.



Opa and Dinara at the park. Looks like the little bug is definitely enjoying herself.



Bye bye from our little cutie pie.

Here are the other pics of Sharon/Nana and Dinara. I think these will make Nana happier.