Three

That's right. My little Daniel is now 3. It's hard to believe that he is almost a sunbeam.

He was born in Winnipeg and I must say that I have fond memories of the whole labour/birth of him (I know it seems odd, but it's true). I was so sick a few days before he was born. I woke up on the 11th (a week early!!)with contractions and eventually made our way to the hospital. After being assessed, it was discovered that our babies heart rate was very high. At that point I almost became a high risk patient, but thankfully they realized that it was more than likely due to my dehydration. So they pumped me full of fluids and the heart rate came down. He was so small when he was born. At 6lbs and 13 oz and not even 19 inches long he was small. He seemed to stay tiny for so long.


He is such a blessing to have in our family. From a very young age his odd goofy sense of humour was very evident.


Happy Birthday Daniel

5 Years and Counting

It is hard to believe that Benjamin is already 5. He is so excited to finally be 5.

Just over 5 years ago, my husband and I thought it would be great fun to have one last date before our first baby was born. We purchased tickets to go see Les Miserables. Yes it was 1 week before my due date but I have always wanted to see it. My sister and her husband were coming up to see it with us. Well as you may have guessed, our baby decided to come 1 week early. (I have yet to see Les Miserables)

He is such a blessing to have in our family. He is always curious and up to something. From an early age he was on the go (crawling at 5 months and walking at 8 months). He has a wonderful spirit about him. We love him so much.





HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENJAMIN

First day of school

Benjamin started school at the end of August. He was so excited to be going to school. He helped pick out his new back pack, his pencil case and other school supplies. He goes for a full day every other day.


It was a very foggy, cool morning.

I was sad to see him go, but excited that he is beginning a new chapter in his life. Daniel misses him like crazy. I asked him to make a sad face because Benjamin wasn't at home and this is what he gave me:




Sidenote: Jenna is crawling now. She can sit on her own, go from sitting to crawling and crawling to sitting. She is teething and is currently cutting 4 teeth. She has two teeth cut through completely and enjoys grinding her teeth.

6 years

This week we celebrated our 6 year anniversary. It has been an amazing 6 years. This year we went out to for supper and dessert. We were able to go without any children. Thank you to those family members who watched our kids so that we could go out.

The past 6 years have been fun and exciting.

We have moved into 6 different places.

Lived in 2 different provinces and 3 different towns/cities.

We have 3 beautiful children that keep life exciting.

We have made countless trips to the temple.

We have gone to visit were Andrew served his mission, been to Navuoo, driven down to Utah and gone to Alberta.

We have been able to go to 3 sibling weddings in the temple

Shed many tears and laughter

Through the years we have grown closer together and at time it seems like our lives before our marriage was so long ago. I love my husband so much. His love for life is contagious. I love his dedication to his family, church and his calling. He is such an example to me and to the children. Our boys always miss him when he is at work. They look forward to him coming home. They often ask me as soon as the wake up, "When will daddy be home." He is my strength and light. I am so blessed to have had him for 6 years and get to have him for the rest of eternity.

Tails of Ponies and Other Fun Times

I have done it. I have finally put Jenna's hair into a pony tail. She has sported pig tails and looked like a cute little bug.

The boys love having a sister. They are always picking out a hair clip to put in her hair and have fun picking out an outfit for her. They enjoy having her wear dresses because then she looks like a princess. Daniel has become really attached to her. He will often lay down beside her and talk with her.

Jenna is growing so much. She has begun eating rice cereal and has two teeth that came in a few weeks back.

Benjamin and Daniel continue to make up games that I don't understand, but I don't complain...especially when they are playing so well together. We have had lots of fun going to the playground and going to the library. They were able to make their very own Eye Spy page.

Benjamin's Eye Spy page

Daniel's Eye Spy page

And what a better way to end a summer night than to roast hotdogs over a fire.

The Art of Rolling....

Jenna is the master of rolling. She is never in one spot for long. I put her on the ground and she becomes a steamroller.

A few weeks ago she was working on her back to tummy rolling while she forgot how to do her tummy to back roll. This is what happens:

Starting off on her back

Rolls onto tummy

Cries because she no longer wants to be on her tummy




Puts her head down in frustration

The month in review

That past month has been fairly busy. Here is what we have been up to.

1. We have been painting Jenna's room and the hallway.

2. Trying to clean up our yard

3. Organizing our basement

4. Getting ready for vacation

5. Going on vacation for 2 weeks. We went down to Utah to visit family. We had lots of fun and spending too much money on stuff we may or may not have needed. And of course we had to go and find dinosaurs to look at and more dinosaur toys (because we didn't have enough).

6. Getting home and wishing we could take a vacation from getting home from vacation.

7. Gearing up for potty training Daniel....I don't think anyone here is looking forward to it (including Daniel).

8. We are hoping to get our garden in soon...as long as the weather finally stays warm out.

9. Playschool is done and kindergarten orientation is coming up in a few weeks.

10. Jenna rolled over the other day for the first time. She is growing like crazy. She survived her first immunization like a pro. She is now 12 lbs and is full of smiles for everyone.