The Pellerin Family

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Hannah Bear is 7 months

Where is the time going? Her first year is flying by. STOP! Hannah has changed so much over the past month. She took her first plane ride, ate her first foods, and is sitting up all by herself. I know crawling is next on her to do list. I am anxious for her to do it, first because it's such a huge milestone and second because I am not ready for her to be totally mobile.

Hannah's signiture move.

Happy Baby sitting pretty.

Look how tall I am!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Last Day Seattle

Tulip Town with the Maine girls

The first Starbucks Coffee shop in Seattle. The band in the front was Hannah's favorite part. She pumped her arms and legs to the beat.

On top of the Space Needle

Visit from Maine (Vancouver BC)

Some wonderful friends came from Maine to visit me way on the other side of the country. I have waited for their visit for months and can't believe it has come and went. We had such an amazing time. Check out the pics.

Vancouver's China Town, in the garden. Isaiah, Elijah, Amy, Lisa, Me, Hannah and Elissa took the picture.

China Town

Vancouver, it was beautiful. We will be going back!

The boys with Elijah's leg pose.

BIG tree in Stanely park. That's Amy and the boys.

Taking a picture of Amy taking a picture of me at the dolphin show. It was amazing!

The girls Lisa, Elissa, Me, Hannah and Lisa in the Rain Forest.

The boys in the Rain Forest.

Hannah Bear touching the tank at the Vancouver Aquarium

Lisa and Hannah WOW look how long Hannah is!

The boys with the Beluga Whale

Beluga whale show.

Waiting for the show to start.

Elissa in the dome!

Elijah with the jellies.

Hannah Bear taking in the sights

Classic ELijah

Vancouver

Monday, April 5, 2010

Tulip Town

Tulip town...and I mean tulips!!! Some friends invited us to see the tulips. I thought "I've seen tulips" But I stand corrected. I've never seen tulips like this. It's amazing. Rows and rows and rows of tulips,every color and they were beautiful.

Hannah Bear and mommy....someday she won't be attached to me.

Yellow!

The kids in the orange tulips.

Entrance

The boys in front of the red tulips

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Resurrection Day

The boys in their shirts they picked out themselves.

Hannah Bear...pretty dress

3 kids to love

One More of Hannah because she's too cute in that dress. The shoes DID not last past these pictures lol.

I like to eat apples

Friday, April 2, 2010

Back Home

So I was blessed to be able to go home and be with my family as we all said "See you soon" to Gram. It was a trip I didn't want to make but so thankful I did. I am not afraid to fly anymore =) It was a very special trip that Hannah and I got to share. When she is older I will tell her how amazing she did and what a blessing it was to have a sweet little girl to share that time with me.

I have a very large family....not just my own brothers and sisters, but aunts, uncles, cousins and so on. So the funeral for Gram was quite big and just about everyone was there. It was so great to see everyone and be there for one another. We comforted one another, cried with one another, and laughed with each other as we shared Gram stories. As we shared our stories I thought to myself "well there is no way that this person loved Gram as much as me, or that they were as special to Gram as me" Because that's just how much we loved each other, but I soon realized how big Gram's heart really was. She loved everyone and made us all feel like we were the most important person in her life. Her life was so rich with wonderful, special relationships. I thought "wow I hope to love others like that"
I was also so proud of my mom as she spoke in front of everyone at the funeral. She shared how special her mom was to her, how special she was to all of us. She stood there as a pillar of strength for us all. I don't think I could have done it without just sobbing. But mom spoke so clear, so true and I was in awe of her.