Alright, here's a few!

So I tried and tried to make a fb album, but it wouldn't let me. Sor for now, these will have to suffice. They are just a few of all the pics I got (there were alot!), but they do include the rare 2 pics that me and Jordan actually got together on the ENTIRE trip (excluding Niagara Falls of course). Some of em were a little muddy, so yes, I touched em up a bit, but the way they are now, they actually look like what they looked like there. Including the color of the ocean!
I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, it was stunning! It was so so blue! Well, more like aqau, such a crazy rich color that you really can't believe until you see it yourself!
Our entire week was just a blast, just the right amount of entertainment and fun, just the right amount of relaxing. It's so strange down there weather wise too! It's really quite hot, and VERY humid. I could actually feel damp on my skin most of the time. But the strange thing is, I didn't feel that hot. It was just perfect! I could even wear jeans in the evening and not get hot at all. Completely unexpected!
So day one, Saturday I guess. We flew in at 10:30 I think it was. I'm not too too sure of the time, because I was disgustingly sick the whole flight. I won't gross you out with the gory details, but I was sick until we got to our hotel a half hour away from the airport in
Veradero. When we got to the airport, all the workers were military, and they were all wearing masks because of the swine flu. It was actually a little scary! I felt so sick while we were waiting for our luggage, and Jordan just told me "no matter what, DO NOT puke in here!" Needless to say, I was a little scared, but I made it, and I felt perfectly fine by the next day. When we got to the airport, we had to fill out this form asking if we had come in contact with any sick people in the last 2 weeks, so of course we all answered no to everything! Apparently if you say yes, they quarantine you to a hotel until your flight
home! So glad I had Jordan there to whisper warnings in my ears until we got to the hotel, hehe!
So the next day, Sunday, I guess was our official first day. It was beautiful there! We pretty much relaxed on the beach that whole day, and went to an introductory thing that afternoon so this guy could tell us about all the stuff we could do there. We all decided on a trip to Havana (the capital city) on Friday, and the Tropicana Veradero show on Tuesday night, the night before the wedding. It's basically their Cabaret type show, very colorful and musical. It was really interesting. They tried to incorporate some stuff from other countries, but I found their own style the best, the most interesting. Monday was pretty much a shopping day, we took these little 2 seater "taxis" into the city. The taxis were basically motorbikes that were shaped like little pods, the front was open where the driver was and then the back was sort of enclosed. They were really fun, and we ended up taking them around a few more times on the trip. I don't have pics of them here, but there will be some on fb when I can get that up.
The first 3 days were pretty much the same, relaxing, checking out the flea market, more relaxing. Our hotel was all inclusive, and there was a little hut surrounded by the pools where they had
We pretty much lived on "pina coladas, no rum". We had alot of them =) And seriously, I have never tasted a more delicious one in my life! They weren't slushy like they are here, it was more like just a drink, with some ice in it, and they actually put cinnamon in them. Which is amazingly good, and whoever came up with that idea is a genius! We also tried the coconuts, just cuz we thought we should. This guy had a small stand by the beach with a fridge full of coconuts. He would pull one out, hack off the end, and stick in a straw. It was better than any coconut milk I've had here, but
definitely not my favorite. We just stuck with the pina coladas after that! Oh and the mangoes! OOOHHHHHH the mangoes! It was the end of mango season, and I really cannot sing the praises of the mango enough! A plate piled high with mangoes for every meal, and the most amazing coconut ice cream for dessert, it was dreamy!
So anyway, since i can't have them (maybe not ever again =( I'll get on with the rest of the week. Sorry if this is super long, but I need to write down all the details, I don't want to forget anything!
Wednesday, we had the priviledge of going to the wedding of our good friends, Rob and Sarah (who are on their honeymoon on a cruise in the Mediterranean right now, grumble grumble!) and it was the perfect day, not a cloud in the sky, a nice breeze, and the bride looked stunning! I know I'm repeating adjectives, I'm not creative enough to think up or make up new ones. So you'll just have to deal with it ; )
The wedding was flawless, no fights broke out, no one was hurt, the food was delicious, the cake was beautiful, the only hitch was trying to get the bride to keep her eyes open in the crazy bright Cuba sun for all of the pics!
We made it though, 423 pictures later! I pretty much dragged the wedding party all over the island! Or at least it felt like it! They were all very accomodating though, I appreciate the good sports they all were, and I'm sure Sarah did too =)
So the next day, very hot as well, but with a few clouds to ease the sun a bit. The waves were fantastic! Very big! Me and Amanda went back into
Veradero for a bit more shopping while everyone else hung out at the beach again. We joined them that afternoon, and they showed us this place a ways out where there was a sandbar that was about up to our knees (for the most part, obviously "knees" on one person means "mid thigh" or possibly "hips" on another). The waves were still pretty big, over our heads, so it was super shallow water, then super deep when a wave would come. Perfect conditions for wave jumping, it was so fun! Until our eyes were bleeding of course from the grotesque amount of salt intake. Throats as well,
absolutely rubbed raw! So fun though =)
Friday was our Havana day. Havana is really an amazing city. It's very big, I forget what the population was, but it was crazy as we were driving around thinking about how many people are packed in there. Everywhere you look there are stone buildings and houses and apartments with clothes lines strung everywhere in between.
There were these ladies walking around everywhere who had very bright dresses on and big flowery hats. They were selling flowers and paper cones full of peanuts. If you wanted to get a picture taken with them, it was 2 pesos. Except for this lady, she was just loving life and everyone who took her picture! I love the big toothless grin she gave me, what a cute little lady!
There was alot of interesting things to see, we went to the government buildings and saw where Fidel makes his speeches ( I actually stood in the same place that he does), we saw tons of old churches, and went inside one. It was so beautiful inside! Very old but amazing detail in everything! All the stone carvings, and wood, the murals up in the dome, the gold details, the chandeliers, it was breathtaking! The most interesting thing I saw was this guy sitting on the steps just outside the church. He was talking to a couple people, but he was absolutely COVERED in piercings! I mean his
entire face, ears, neck, everything! And they were so colorful! It almost looked like he had his face painted, with bones and colorful, um, sticks I guess sticking out all over! I tried to get his picture, but he saw me pull out my camera and moved behind the woman he was talking to so I couldn't see him.
After our tour, we went to the flea market in Havana as our last stop, then back to the resort.
Saturday we didn't fly out until 10:30 that night, so we had the whole day to kill. Which isn't hard on a beach in Cuba!
Our trip back consisted of the 3 hour flight
back to Toronto, 5 hour layover there, then 3 hours back to Edmonton. I was so so happy to see my lil Nolie when I got back, I was definitely missing him like crazy by the end! He was a little shy at first (I think because I had crazy braids in my hair), but he was really happy and excited to see us, and it didn't take him long to come to me =) And that is the end of our trip! It was fabulous and amazing and stunning and I would go back in a heartbeat! Probably to a different island, just to get some variety, but I would highly recommend it down there, it's worth every penny!

Niagara Falls first!

So this is really the beginning of our trip. We flew to Toronto on Saturday (started super early, our flight left at 1 in the morning and got to Toronto at 6:30 their time). We had an 11 hour layover there. Most people just stayed at the airport and slept and hung out, but me and Jordan decided that since we will probably never be back in that part of Canada, we might as well make the most of it!
We researched alot of things to do, from the zoo to the dish museum (what?? there's an actual dish museum? anyway ... ) and decided that since neither of us had been to

Niagara Falls, we might as well go! It was only an hour and a half drive from the airport, and our rental car had awesome GPS. I've never actually seen GPS in action, so it was kind of crazy to me. It was talking to us the whole way, telling us exactly where to go, even telling us when to switch lanes and everything! Technology!
So we made it there without a hitch, and started walkin around. I was completely amazed at the falls! Those of you who have been there know!
It was absolutely beautiful! They were so big! We took the ferry that takes you right out to the falls, and it was really crazy! We went right out into the middle of the horseshoe falls, and you could just feel the boat rocking like crazy, and it was really like a hurricane out there! the water from the falls was just blowing in every direction and we got absolutely SOAKED! If any of you have ever seen it on tv, there is a very good reason they are all wearing those blue raincoats!
After that, we just walked around. There wasn't alot open, I think we got there just before the amusement park and everything

opened for the summer. That was fine though, we found a little souvenir shop, and a really yummy little cafe for breakfast. Since nothing was open really, we didn't stay too long after that. Took another look at the falls, and then took off back to the airport. When we got back we still had about 5 hours left before our flight took off. 5 hours in the Pierson International Airport, rated number one in the world for most boring airports to have a layover in. And it was sooo true! The most exciting thing to do there is sleep! On our way back home, we just went to the first floor, a bunch of us found a long row of seats with no armrests, and there was just a line of us sleepin all along it! The place was totally deserted around us (except at one point we could hear some crazy guy yelling some random stuff, we think he was talking to the electric carts). Anyway, that was the beginning of our trip, next post, COO-BAH!!!
Oh, and I know, I DO look really hot in that pic up there, I was so happy when I saw it. Why didn't you warn me I looked so good Jordan??

Bleh

Don't worry about it, I know my blog's really fugly right now, I'm workin on it! In the meantime, my Cuba pics are done, so I will post some of those on here. I'll make a full album on fb cuz there's just too many for here. And don't expect to see me and Jordan in too many, I think we actually only got 2 with us in, the rest are all scenery lol!

Yay!

So now that I have a cord again, I can finally start blogging again, like I promised ; ) So, I kind of feel bad that I'm so skimpy with writing about our whatnot, and Nolan's whatnot, so I'm gonna try and do better from now on. I always read other people's blogs who use it as a journal, and I love it and I don't know why I've never done it before, so here I go! I probably won't be as good at it at first, but bear with me. With a lil practice, I'll be a pro in no time =)
So the last few weeks of our lives have been RIDICULOUSLY busy, as most of you know! I've had a few sessions, but also going to Cuba (which was uh-mazing!) kind of cut a big chunk out of our lives! I'm only going to post a few pics of Nolie in this post, just because I haven't gotten around to even looking at the Cuba pics yet. But I'll do another post after this one with those pics, maybe even tonight!
Well, Nolan's been growing like a weed, even I couldn't believe it when I saw him again after we got back. He looked so much older to me! Jordan will probably tell you he looked just the same, but I think just being away from him for so long did it to me. Nolan's a little spitfire, that's for sure! He keeps me going constantly, which is what I contribute alot of my recent weight loss to, so thank you Nolie =) He has more energy than any little person I know, he's constantly running ... around the house, up the stairs, all over the deck. I took him to the park the other day and he was off like a rocket as soon as we got there! I pretty much just ended up chasing him the whole time we were there! Once again, thanks for the excercise lol!
He's finally starting to say actual words now too, like not just mamamama and dadadada (which he never really understood what they meant until just recently). His favorite new word is "achoo!" That's what I say when I'm wiping his nose, otherwise he HATES it. So I was doing that a few weeks ago, and suddenly he said it after I did, and now he just says it whenever he wants to make us laugh. I love it! He is also starting to wave. He's always kind of been on his own schedule, no amount of repeating ourselves would make him do something before he wanted to. He just randomly waves at people when he feels like it. He will never do it on demand! It's pretty funny!
So anyways, I can't really think of anything else for now. just a few pics. The first few are of him about a month ago. We used to keep our suitcase behind our couch in the living room, and he discovered this one day and thought it was pretty fun to crawl over the back of the couch and just stand on the suitcase! The last 2 are just random, I thought his lil bum looked cute stickin out in his towel like that (he's going to hate that when he's older haha). So, enjoy!

I'm not a slacker!!!

I promise I'm not slackin on the blogging on purpose! I just lost my cable, so all my pics, project 52 included, are on hold for now until I find it =( But there will be adorably cute pics as soon as that happens, cross my heart! Til then, patience (myself included!)

It's just Nolan. I can't help it ...

I'm pretty much addicted to this lil guy. Sorry if you never see me or Jordan, that's just the way it is. I guess my blog should be called just Nolan, not Jordan Kenny and Nolan, since I always seem to be missing 2 out of 3 ... aw well, one day I promise we will be joining Nolie on here! For now, just look at him, cuz he's so stinkin cute! Seriously!

Easter number 2

So obviously he's not quite old enough to understand yet what Easter is, but he watched the Easter video with pictures of jesus with me, and he was loving it. He kept lookin at me and smiling huge, it was awesome! He was also so excited to see a trail of jube bunnies and a basket with a chocolate egg and a toy bunny in it at the end! It was pretty fun =)

pickin up the jubes, almost there...
and there it is!!
mmmm, caramilk egg

what else you got in there?