im an auntie :)

Well, finally after a week of being overdue, kris was scheduled to go in to be induced today at 12 p.m. We got a call at 12:48 a.m. this morning saying that she was having contractions and was on her way to the hospital. Mom,dad, mark and i quickly got ready and headed to meet them there. After a very long and very slow labor, Auroralyn Jane Dyck was born at 1 : 30 pm today. She weighs 7 lbs 9 oz and is absolutely gorgeous. Right away she was very alert, taking in every little thing. Both mom and baby are doing well, kris is very tired but will hopefully get a good night sleep tonight. please keep them in your prayers.

2 very proud parents :)

my precious little niece

latest happenings

....hard to believe it will be christmas today-next week! its come so fast!! this month has been crazy for us, but its a fun sort of crazy. christmas is one of my favorite times of the year, and especially this year since any day now i will become an auntie! i am very much looking forward to my sister having her baby, and so is she!

julian and i decided to have some christmas pictures taken this year, and although allistair screamed through most of the process, we finally ended up getting a few pictures taht were suitable! thankfully there was no sitting fee or i probably would have walked out. the pictures may be a bit blurry because i took "pictures of the pictures" since we dont have a scanner, but at least you can get a glimpse of them! enjoy! and incase i dont write more before next week, merry christmas and happy new year!!

trick or treat!!

Since Allistair was only around 3 months old last halloween, we didnt bother dressing him up. This year, i wasnt sure if he was still a bit too little, but decided to take him out anyways! We went out and bought him a little lion costume and he has never looked cuter! (well, thats definately arguable, but he looked very cute!) We went out with our good friends scott and katrina (and their boys) and with eric and lindsey and their 2 kids. what a fun night!

allistair and ben!

2 sets of best friends :)

re-married...almost:)

Well, we finally decided it was about time we get some good wedding pictures taken. Our wedding was perfect, but since i was 5 months pregnant at the time, i obviously didnt fit in my dress. We rented a tux, and i went and picked out a bouquet (so fun! it was like the wedding i didnt get to have!) and out we went! we drove to kincardine beach but unfortunately it was pouring rain so we only got a few shots taken. The day after was perfect out, so we got all done up again and out we went! we got some beautiful shots! now i just have to decide which ones im going to blow up and frame!

i love this boy

congrats jon and shanelle!

3 down, 1 more to go and all the Ducommun children will be married! its been crazy to see my younger brother Jon get engaged, and now married. On September 30, he and shanelle tied the knot in Armagh, Ireland! i wasnt able to be there(unfortunately) but i have loved looking over all the pictures my parents brought back. here are a few from the wedding!

congrats you two! we all love you and are so happy to have shanelle become a part of our family! we wish you only the best!

SALTIMBANCO!

Back in april, I had been watching tv when i saw an ad for Cirque Du Soleil. I have ALWAYS loved watching it on tv and only really have only dreampt of seeing it live. I mentioned it to julian later as going to see it for my birthday but he said we couldnt afford it. Well, Julian surprised me last night! he told me to pack an over night bag and wear something fancy so i knew right then we were going to see it! Our very good friends Scott and Katrina also surprised me HUGELY by coming along with us! what an incredible evening!! The acrobatics were by far the coolest thing i have ever and probably will ever see! the strength they had was out of this world!! What a blast it was going and getting to have that experience with our best friends! Unfortunatley we werent aloud cameras in the show, so i dont have any pictures that i took of it, but i have before and afters of us!! If anyone ever gets the opportunity to go see Cirque Du Soleil, i can tell you with 100% certanty, you will not regret it at all! it is worth EVERY penny!!

these 2 are brothers from Russia, as you can see,

their strength is beyond crazy!!

these 2 girls did some pretty incredible stunts on this

swing that was about 50 feet above the crowd

our hotel room

the boys were impressed taht our room had nintendo...

one of the best friends a girl could have!

couple pics...ours is sideways...dont know how to fix that

mmmm pizza!

thank you ju for the BEST birthday present i have ever had! love you babe :)

happy birthday dear baby

1 year ago today, our lives were blessed in a way neither Julian or I could ever imagine, Allistair was born! What a joy he has been to have in our lives and we are so thankful for everyday we have with him. Today we celebrated his 1st birthday (yes, it actually was his bday) and had some of (his) and our closest friends to help celebrate. Although Allistair wasnt a huge fan of the balloons/wrapping paper, and didnt even realize it was any special day, its a great memory for us as parents! Thanks so much to all who came out! what a great day!!

food galore!! and that was just the half of it!

i thought that even though allistair wont remember this

cake, it would still be fun to do something special.

how much do we love our little man!

"happy birthday dear allistair!"

"grandma says when God made me, He was just showing off"

Allistair absolutely adores any stuffed animals, so this

giant bear from uncle jon and auntie shanelle was a GREAT gift!

it took a bit of coaxing to get allistair used to the icing...

we are looking forward to celebrating many more birthdays as good as this one!