Here is my "new" car, we call it Barney. Believe it or not, it's much better than what I was driving before.

I found this picture on the Internet, the artist is Jim Warren. I love the concept. What imagination! And a child's imagination is a fascinating thing to me. Especially that of my three year old son. I hear the saying, "An only child is a lonely child" occasionally by people pressuring us to have another baby, but in a way that is true. My son has made imaginary friends to make up for the lack of constant companionship. Cherag and I discussed this last night and decided that it's better for him to be using his imagination this way then to be addicted to TV or Video games. Yesterday, he came downstairs holding the telephone, talking into it saying, "Yeah, sure, okay, I'll call you back." Then he looked at me put his hand on his hip and said, "Mommy, Nick is coming over tomorrow to play with me and Harry, so, You'll have to go to Hallie's house (his normal babysitter). Yeah, there is going to be only boys here, so you're going to have to leave." I loved it, I laughed so hard and gave him the biggest kiss. He is so funny! By, the way he laughed too. I wasn't laughing at him, only with him.

Anyways, we are moving this week, hence the reason why I haven't posted in so long. In fact all our camping pictures are still on the camera. It will be fall before I get the summer pictures up!

Packing has been difficult because we are downsizing. We are moving in with Cherag's parents for a few years to save up for a house. If we stay on track we should have our own home in 6 years. Much better then renting for the next 15. Ryan will have lots of friends in the neighbourhood. There are small kids everywhere and a very nice park just down the street. There is a little boy who lives next door, he is 4. He is so excited for Ryan to stay and play with him. Most of the neighbourhood is Middle Eastern, Indian people, so Ryan will get to learn more about that part of himself, especially from Granny and Papa too. We are going to India in December for the first time (well, for Ryan and myself). I am hoping that Ryan will pick up some of the language before we go, so that I will be the only one left in the dark about what people are saying. I always think I know, but then when I ask Cherag if I am right, he says, "no".

I will post again and share pictures of our new "home" in September. Have a great last few weeks of summer!

I added on new pictures of Ryan. We got to watch the men cut down the tree in our parking lot. The tree is right over our parking spot, good thing we moved the car! It took them over two hours. At the same time the city truck came and flushed the sewers. We had an exciting time outside. Ryan was dressed as Superman and the workers kept saying they needed his help. He felt like such a big boy. I also added pictures of some of the cakes I've made in the last year. The pink and purple heart cake was my latest cake for Ryan's friend Emma. It was lots of fun to make.

My cakes

Our Exciting Night

Well, about 4:00 this morning Cherag woke me up crying out in pain. He wanted to go to ER but couldn't get out of bed, so I called 911. They came and took him to the H. Ends up he has a kidney stone he is trying to pass. We got home around 3:00 this afternoon exhausted and he is doped up on pain killers. Fortunately, my in-laws came and Papa stayed with Ryan while Granny and I stayed with Cherag. Please pray that this will pass sometime soon. I don't want to see Cherag is so much pain. People say it's like child birth for guys, and I believe them. One funny thing, I was trying to help Cherag with his breathing and relaxing. He pushed me away and stated "You have no idea what I'm going through!" I couldn't help but laugh at him right then and there. It was very weird being on this side of it, because I swear I did the exact same thing to him when Ryan was born.